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NL-KR Digest (Tue Jun 18 18:21:51 1991) Volume 8 No. 34 Today's Topics: NASA's Knowledge Dictionary Project job opening in Computational Linguistics Job Openings in Computational Linguistics at DFKI, Saarbruecken Job Openings in Computational Semantics at DFKI Applications of AI Conference Submissions: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Requests, policy: nl-kr-request@cs.rpi.edu Back issues are available from host archive.cs.rpi.edu [128.213.10.18] in the files nl-kr/Vxx/Nyy (ie nl-kr/V01/N01 for V1#1), mail requests will not be promptly satisfied. If you can't reach `cs.rpi.edu' you may want to use `turing.cs.rpi.edu' instead. BITNET subscribers: we now have a LISTSERVer for nl-kr. You may send submissions to NL-KR@RPIECS and any listserv-style administrative requests to LISTSERV@RPIECS. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu >From: Cris Kobryn <cris@harlqn.co.uk> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 20:23:33 BST Subject: NASA's Knowledge Dictionary Project We are investigating intelligent text information retrieval systems and have been verbally referred to NASA's "Knowledge Dictionary" project. Any pointers to literature or persons associated with this project would be greatly appreciated. - - Cris Kobryn +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Cris Kobryn Tele: +44-223-872522 | | Harlequin Limited Fax: +44-223-872519 | | Barrington Hall Net: cris@uk.co.harlqn | | Barrington | | Cambridge CB2 5RG, England | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Thu, 6 Jun 91 16:10:57 +0200 >From: vannoord@coli.uni-sb.de (Gertjan van Noord) Subject: job opening in Computational Linguistics [ In addition to the next couple job openings, I have recieved details of some job vacancies in Scotland involving the Gaelic language. The job ads are in Gaelic and no English translation is available. If anyone is interested in seeing them let me know and I'll send them individually. None of the jobs have anything to do with NLP or CL as far as I can tell. - CW ] 5 June 1991 Job Opening in Computational Linguistics at the University of Saarbrucken: Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in the Project BiLD We are looking for an additional researcher to join the project BiLD, located at the Department of Computational Linguistics of the University of Saarbruecken. BiLD (Bidirectional Linguistic Deduction) is a three year project (started January '91) funded by the DFG (German Science Foundation). The project is part of the Special Research Division 314: Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Systems with locations at the Universities of Karlsruhe, Kaiserslautern and Saarbruecken. The main objective of the project BiLD is the development of uniform methods for parsing and generation based on the paradigm of "NLP as deduction" in the area of constraint-based approaches to linguistics. Current project members are Guenter Neumann, Gertjan van Noord and Hans Uszkoreit (PI). Ideally, we are looking for a computer scientist or computational linguist with theoretical and practical experience in automated deduction techniques and interest in the application of AI deduction methods to natural language processing. However, we are also interested in hearing from interested individuals offering a good background in computational linguistics with experience in the area of the processing of feature-logic-based grammars. The University of Saarbruecken offers an excellent research environment for anyone interested in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, and computer science. Several research projects are conducted at the Computational Linguistics department. The University has one of the best Computer Science departments in Germany. NLP is one of the main strengths of the department's AI lab. The university also hosts the DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence), where several project groups work in the area of NLP. Furthermore a newly founded Max-Planck Institute for Computer Science with a focus in Parallel Processing has been set up on the Saarbruecken campus. Appointment initially until December 1993, with prospects for renewal until December 1996, Salary on the German BAT IIa scale. Exact income depends on age and marital status. CV's and enquiries electronically or by post or during the conference to Prof.Dr. Hans Uszkoreit Universitaet des Saarlandes Computerlinguistik W 6600 Saarbruecken 11 Germany uszkoreit@coli.uni-sb.de ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu >From: busemann@dfki.uni-sb.de (Stephan Busemann) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 91 15:18:27 +0200 Subject: Job Openings in Computational Linguistics at DFKI, Saarbruecken Research Associates (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in the Project DISCO We are looking for additional researchers to join the project DISCO located at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz, DFKI) at Saarbruecken. The posts should be filled by January 1992. DISCO (DIalogue Systems for autonomous COoperating agents) is a four year project (started January '90) funded by the German Minister for Research and Technology (BMFT). The main objective is to develop a natural language dialogue system for multiple cooperating agents. Besides strategies for parsing and generation, a grammar and a lexicon are presently being developed using a formalism close to that of HPSG. In the second phase of the project, the constraint-based approach will be extended to include the treatment of dialog phenomena and non-linguistic knowledge. Current project members are Rolf Backofen, Stephan Busemann, Hans-Ulrich Krieger, John Nerbonne, Klaus Netter, Harald Trost and Hans Uszkoreit (PI). Ideally, we are looking for computer scientists or computational linguists with a good theoretical and practical background in AI and natural language processing. Applicants should be able to implement in Common Lisp and have experience in one or more of the following areas: - - treatment of dialogue phenomena (including dialogues between multiple agents) - - relating conceptual knowledge (a domain model) to linguistic knowledge for interpretation and generation of dialogue steps - - parsing and interpretation of natural language input - - development of large natural language systems - - description of German in HPSG (or similar framework). DFKI is a non-profit organization which was founded in 1988 by its shareholder companies ADV/Orga, AEG, IBM, Insiders, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, GMD, Krupp-Atlas, Mannesmann-Kienzle, Nixdorf, Philips and Siemens. Research projects conducted at the DFKI are funded by the BMFT, by the shareholder companies, or by other industrial contracts. The DFKI conducts application-oriented basic research in the field of AI and other related subfields of computer science. The overall goal is to construct systems with technical knowledge and common sense which--by using AI methods--implement a problem solution for a selected application area. >From its beginning, the DFKI has provided an attractive working environment for AI researchers from Germany and from all over the world. Several project groups work in the area of natural language processing. The Saarbruecken site offers an excellent setting for research in computational linguistics, AI, and computer science. Several research projects are conducted at the university's Computational Linguistics department. The university has one of the best Computer Science departments in Germany. Natural language processing is one of the main strengths of the department's AI lab. Furthermore a newly founded Max-Planck Institute for Computer Science with a focus in Parallel Processing has been set up on the Saarbruecken campus. The employment is not restricted to the duration of the project DISCO. The salary will mainly depend on the applicant's scientific experience. Applications with the usual documents should be sent electronically or by post to Prof. Dr. Hans Uszkoreit DFKI GmbH Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 W 6600 Saarbruecken 11 Germany uszkoreit@coli.uni-sb.de ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu >From: busemann@dfki.uni-sb.de (Stephan Busemann) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 91 15:16:29 +0200 Subject: Job Openings in Computational Semantics at DFKI Researchers (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in ASL We are looking for researchers to join the project ASL (Architectures for Speech and Language) located at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz, DFKI) in Saarbruecken. The posts should be filled by January 1992. ASL is a four-year project (started January '91) funded by the German Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT). The main objective is to combine speech and natural language technologies with an eye to improving the accuracy of the former and the utility of the latter. The project involves teams throughout Germany and is led by a group at Hamburg under Prof. Walther von Hahn. The leading scientific idea of the project is to encode information about natural language in a declarative fashion so that its use in processing is subject to the needs of recognition. The task of the Saarbruecken project will be to define, design, implement and maintain a semantics and (contextual) pragmatics component in ASL. Because constraint-based methods are called for, and because there is an opportunity to work on semantics and (contextual) pragmatics in a single component, we are interested in exploring a situation semantics approach. Ideally, we are looking for computer scientists or computational linguists with good theoretical and practical backgrounds in AI and natural language processing. Applicants should normally be able to implement in Common Lisp, and should have experience in some of the following areas: - -- semantics of suprasegmentals (stress, intonation) - -- linguistic description in constraint-based models - -- discourse context modeling, especially in situation semantics - -- resolution of anaphora and disambiguation - -- implementation of logics for meaning representation DFKI is a non-profit organization which was founded in 1988 by the share holder companies ADV/Orga, AEG, IBM, Insiders, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, GMD, Krupp-Atlas, Mannesmann-Kienzle, Nixdorf, Philips and Siemens. Research projects conducted at the DFKI are funded by the BMFT, by the shareholder companies, or by other industrial contracts. The DFKI conducts application-oriented basic research in the field of AI and other related subfields of computer science. The overall goal is to construct systems with technical knowledge and common sense which--using AI methods--implement a problem solution for a selected application area. >From its beginning, the DFKI has provided an attractive working environment for AI researchers from Germany and from all over the world. Several project groups work in the area of natural language processing. The Saarbruecken site offers an excellent research environment for anyone interested in computational linguistics, AI, and computer science. Several research projects are conducted at the university's Computational Linguistics department. The university has one of the best Computer Science departments in Germany. Natural language processing is one of the main strengths of the department's AI lab. Furthermore a newly founded Max-Planck Institute for Computer Science with a focus in Parallel Processing has been set up on the Saarbruecken campus. The employment is not restricted to the duration of the project ASL; The salary mainly depends on the applicant's scientific experience. Applications with the usual documents should be sent electronically or by post to John Nerbonne DFKI GmbH Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 W 6600 Saarbruecken 11 Germany nerbonne@dfki.uni-sb.de ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 09:50:40 CDT >From: bareiss@zettel.ils.nwu.edu (Ray Bareiss) Subject: Applications of AI Conference APPLICATIONS OF AI X: KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS April 20-24 1992 Marriott's Orlando World Center Resort and COnvention Center Orlando, FL. U.S.A. Sponsored by: SPIE -- The Society for Optical Engineering In cooperation with: IEEE Computer Society IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Conference Chair: Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University (biswas@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) Program Committee: Ray Bareiss, Northwestern University James Bezdek, University of West Florida Wray Buntine, NASA Ames Research Center Doug Fisher, Vanderbilt University Paul Fishwick, University of Florida David Franke, MCC Ashok Goel, Georgia Tech. Larry Hall, University of South Florida Yumi Iwasaki, Stanford University Ethan Scarl, Boeing Computer Services Jude Shavlik, University of Wisconsin, Madison Prakash Shenoy, University of Kansas Evangelos Simoudis, Lockheed Aerospace Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University Sam Uthurusamy, GM Research Labs This year we will focus on techniques and applications that deal with reasoning and problem solving in complex situations. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 1. Case-Based Reasoning 2. Functional Reasoning 3. Model-Based and Qualitative Reasoning 4. Machine Learning 5. Multi-level and Integrated Reasoning Systems 6. Knowledge Based Systems: Knowledge Acquisition and Refinement 7. Knowledge Based Systems: Verification and Validation 8. Manufacturing Systems 9. Planning and Scheduling 10. Diagnosis 11. Design 12. Training and Tutoring Systems 13. Intelligent Interfaces, Natural Language Processing, Hypermedia Applications 14. Intelligent Pattern Recognition 15. Parallel Architectures and Next Generation Applications In addition there will be 2-3 plenary sessions, and one or more panel discussions. We also solicit suggestions for special sessions (e.g., Case-Based Tutoring, Reactive Planning in Space Missions). A one-page description of such a suggestion should be sent to the Conference Chair, who will then forward it to appropriate members of the Program Committee for evaluation. Selection will be based on how well the topic relates to the general theme of the conference, and the level of interest it is likely to generate. To submit a paper, send four copies of a 2000 word extended abstract by September 23, 1991 to: Applications of AI X SPIE, P.O. Box 10 Bellingham, WA 98225. Shipping address is: Applications of AI X SPIE 1000 20th Street Bellingham, WA 98225. Tele: (206)-676-3290; Telefax: (206)-647-1445. Each paper should be accompanied by a 50-100 word biography of each of the authors. Submissions will be reviewed by two members of the program committee and reviews will be returned to the authors. It is important that each paper clearly state the problem which is being addressed, the contribution that has been made, and the relation to the current state of the art. The program committee and conference chairs will make a selection of the best papers accepted, and these authors will be invited to submit a revised version of their paper to one or more special issues of journals in AI (to be decided later). Papers submitted to the Knowledge-Based Systems conference should not also be submitted to the Machine Vision and Robotics conference of Applications of AI X (Conference Chair: Kevin Bowyer, kwb@csee.usf.edu). Questions about which conference is most suitable for a particular paper should be directed to the program chairmen. Each presenter is generally allowed 20 to 25 minutes for presentation, plus a brief discussion period (about 5 minutes). SPIE will provide the following media equipment free of charge: 35 mm carousel slide projectors, overhead projectors, electronic pointers and VHS format video display. Additional equipment may be arranged by SPIE at the speaker's expense. Author Benefits Authors and coauthors who attend the conference will be accorded a reduced-rate registration fee, a complimentary one-year non-voting membership in SPIE (if never before a member), and other special benefits. IMPORTANT DATES: 2000 WORD ABSTRACTS DUE: September 23, 1991. ACCEPT/REJECT LETTERS SENT BY: November 20, 1991 FULL PAPERS (4000-5000 words) DUE: January 27, 1992. CONFERENCE DATES: April 20-24, 1992. Further questions may be directed to : Dr. Gautam Biswas Dept. of Computer Science Box 1688, Station B Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235. Tele: (615)-343-6204; Telefax: (615)-343-8006. ------------------------------ End of NL-KR Digest *******************