clarke@csri.toronto.edu (Jim Clarke) (01/21/88)
(SF = Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road)
(FMS= Faculty of Management Studies, 246 Bloor Street)
SUMMARY:
SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SEMINAR, Monday, January 25, 7:45 p.m., FMS 722:
Alex Morton, President, US Branch, Consumers Software Inc.
COLLOQUIUM, Tuesday, January 26, 11 am, SF1105 -- Rayan Zachariassen:
"Electronic Mail: Where we are, and why"
A.I. SEMINAR, Tuesday, January 26, 2 pm, SF1105 -- Robin Cohen:
"Implementing a model for understanding goal-oriented discourse"
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SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SEMINAR
Monday, January 25, 7:45 p.m., FMS 722
Mr. Alex Morton
President, US Branch,
Consumers Software Inc.
Mr. Morton, who was the first Vice President of Marketing and Sales for
Borland International, and who conceived the product ``Sidekick'', will
discuss and answer questions about the early days of the spectacular growth
of Borland.
(NOTE: FMS 722 is on the 7th floor of the Faculty of Management Studies,
246 Bloor Street West, at the northwest corner of Bloor and Bedford.)
COLLOQUIUM, Tuesday, January 26, 11 am, SF1105
Mr. Rayan Zachariassen
University of Toronto
"Electronic Mail: Where we are, and why"
This will be a tour through the world of E-mail, covering its history, pro-
tocols, technology, and politics. The talk will dwell on the differences
between the two major E-mail standards, on the cultures of the various net-
works used for message transmission, and on the recent domainization
efforts in Canada. Every popular buzzword will be mentioned at least once
(with explanation), and the audience is likely to leave with an apprecia-
tion for the complexities of the subject. This will not be a "How to send
mail at UofT" tutorial, although features of the local environment may be
used to illustrate the problems that are usually hidden from users.
A.I. SEMINAR, Tuesday, January 26, 2 pm, SF1105
Professor Robin Cohen
University of Waterloo
"Implementing a model for understanding goal-oriented discourse"
In this talk we describe the design decisions taken in implementing a pro-
cessing model for understanding goal-oriented discourse. This model
analyzes a restricted form of discourse known as arguments.
After clarifying the aims of the model, we present a discussion of the
implementations (in three stages). Two main contributions are: (i) an
integrated processing algorithm, which combines basic processing con-
straints with an interpretation of clue words - words and phrases which
serve to indicate the structure of the discourse (ii) a working version of
the "evidence oracle", which establishes connections between utterances in
the discourse. This oracle determines if an "evidence" relation is intended
between two utterances, and builds a model of the speaker based on the evi-
dence relations found.
We thus emphasize in this talk the general insights gained from the imple-
mentation exercise, both for the specification of a discourse analysis
model, and for the general problem of recognizing speaker's intentions and
plans.
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Jim Clarke -- Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4
(416) 978-4058
BITNET,CSNET: clarke@csri.toronto.edu