nelson@ICS.UCI.EDU (Richard Nelson) (03/05/88)
Although the preliminary announcement was posted to AIList a couple of months ago, this new announcement lists featured speakers, planned session topics, and registration info. Cheers Richard * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing Dakota State College Madison, South Dakota April 21-22,1988 The third International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing (ICEBOL3) will present papers and sessions on many aspects of non-numeric computing: artificial intelligence, analysis and printing of texts, machine translation, natural language processing, the use of dangerously powerful computer languages, SNOBOL4, SPITBOL, Icon, Prolog, and LISP. There will be a series of concurrent sessions (some for experienced computer users and others for interested novices). Coffee breaks, lunches, social hour, and banquet will provide a series of opportunities for participants to meet informally and exchange information. Sessions will be scheduled for "Birds of a Feather" to discuss common interests. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Paul Abrahams, President, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Consultant on Programming and Technical Writing. BANQUET SPEAKER: Robert Dewar, Courant Institute, New York University, SPITBOL originator. OTHER FEATURED SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS: Ralph Griswold, University of Arizona, author of numerous books and articles on SNOBOL4 and Icon Viktors Berstis, Minnesota SNOBOL4 creator Michael Shafto, author of articles on SNOBOL4 and artificial intelligence Mark Emmer, of Catspaw, Inc., creator of SNOBOL4+ Sessions covering the following topics are planned: Parsing and grammar analysis Tutoring Systems Machine translation Data conversion Style analysis Processing and printing List handling and scheduling special character sets Natural language processing Multi-thread processing Cryptography SNOBOL4 heuristics Icon programming Music analysis - - - - - - - - - - REGISTRATION FORM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dakota State College International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing April 21-22, 1988 Madison, South Dakota 57042 Indicate a number for the following: ____ Advanced registration - $125.00 (includes two lunches, coffee breaks, banquet, one copy of the proceedings) on-site registration - $140.0 ____ Additional copies of the proceedings ($20.00 each) ____ Additional banquet tickets ($12.00 each) ____ Shuttle from Sioux Falls airport ($25.00 each roundtrip) (Notify us of date and time of arrival & departure) TOTAL ENCLOSED $_________ Rental cars are available at the Sioux Falls, SD, airport. Name __________________________________________________________ College or Firm _______________________________________________ Mailing address _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Electronic mail address _______________________________________ Suggested topic for "Birds of a Feather" section:______________ _______________________________________________________________ Please make your own motel reservations at one of the following: Super 8 Motel Lake Park Motel DSC Dormitory (605) 256-6931 (605) 256-3524 (605) 256-5149 Single: $25.00 Single: $23.00 Single: $7.50 Double: $31.00 Double: $30.00 Double: $10.00 Return this form to Eric Johnson ICEBOL3 114 Beadle Hall Dakota State College Madison, SD 57042