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NL-KR Digest (Wed May 8 17:36:33 1991) Volume 8 No. 24 Today's Topics: TEI workshop TEI European Workshop Announcement MACHINE TRANSLATION CONFERENCE (MT III) CILS Calendar 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 Date: Sat, 4 May 91 15:02 EDT >From: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" <IDE@vaxsar.vassar.edu> Subject: TEI workshop X-Envelope-To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TEI North American Workshop * * 22-23 July 1991 * * Brown University * * Providence, RI * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Text Encoding Initiative will hold its first open North American Workshop, in Providence, Rhode Island, on 22 and 23 July 1991. The TEI Workshop is an opportunity to learn more about the TEI's draft Guidelines for the Encoding and Interchange of Machine-Readable Texts, and to see the principles they describe being used in practical situations. The Workshop will combine detailed presentations, small group discussion, and hands-on experience for participants. Topics to be covered during the workshop will include: * nature and purpose of descriptive markup * basic features of SGML * essential components of the TEI Guidelines * TEI conformance -- what it is and why it matters * an overview of SGML-aware software * using TEI texts with standard software packages Who can attend? Those who have begun or are working with large-scale text projects, SGML-software developers, interested computer center staff, ... The workshop attendance will be limited to ensure that those attending will have ample time for discussion and for the opportunity to try for themselves the full variety of software tools we will be demonstrating. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with a degree of priority given to members of existing TEI Work Groups, Committees and Affiliated Project representatives based in North America who have not previously attended a TEI Workshop. Who will be there? The Workshop is being organized by the TEI Editors, Lou Burnard and Michael Sperberg-McQueen, with additional support from Elaine Brennan and Harry Gaylord, who also ran the TEI Workshop at the recent highly successful ACH/ALLC conference in Tempe, Arizona. The Workshop is being run back to back with a meeting of North American TEI Affiliated Projects, which means that a number of major research projects already using or planning to use the TEI recommendations will also be in attendance. The Workshop is therefore likely to provide an unusual opportunity for interested people to get together with SGML experts, TEI experts, and just plain text hackers. Where and when? The Workshop will be hosted by the Brown University Women Writers Project, a TEI Affiliated Project, and Brown University Computing and Information Services. Brown University is located in Providence, RI, an hour from Boston. The Workshop will begin at 8:30 am on Monday 22 July and finish around 5:00 pm on Tuesday 23 July. How much? There will be a fixed charge of $100 per head for workshop participants, $75 for members of ACH, ALLC or ACL. This includes attendance fees and a manual and other illustrative material, together with refreshments. Participants will be responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and meals. Dorm room accommodations can be reserved on the application form; information on hotels in the Providence area is available on request. Expenses for active members of official TEI Working Groups and Working Committees and of one representative from any TEI Affiliated Project will be refunded, subject to the usual limits, provided that they have not previously attended any TEI Workshop. A number of places are reserved specifically for non-TEI affliated participants. The aim of the Workshop is to provide detailed practical experiences in applying the TEI Guidelines to real-life text handling problems, and to demonstrate the practical advantages of following the Guidelines. A wide variety of software solutions will be demonstrated and participants will also be given the opportunity to use state-of-the-art SGML and other software for themselves. - ---------------------PRELIMINARY INTEREST STATEMENT--------------------- - -------PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FOLLOWING BY MAY 15th------------- TO: wwp@brownvm.brown.edu TEI North American Workshop 22-23 July 1991 Please X as many of the following as apply: o I would definitely like to attend the workshop o I would like to know more about the workshop before committing myself o I cannot attend on the dates specified, but would be interested in other workshops o I have some knowledge of SGML o I have read the Guidelines o I have read part of the Guidelines o I have tried to read the Guidelines Your name: Your e-mail address: Your postal address: Your fax number (if any): - --------------------REQUEST FOR WORKSHOP PLACE-------------------------- - --------PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FOLLOWING BY JUNE 25th----------- TO: wwp@brownvm.brown.edu TEI North American Workshop 22-23 July 1991 Please reserve a place at the workshop for: Name Address E-mail: FAX: Telephone: * I enclose payment of $100 * I am a member of ACH/ALLC/ACL and enclose payment of $75 * I am a member of TEI Work Group/Committee .... * I am the official representative of Affiliated Project ... Checks must be made payable to Brown University. Please note that places will not be reserved unless payment is enclosed with this form. * Please reserve a dorm room for me on Sunday and Monday, ($27.50 per night, single occupancy) * Please send further hotel information. This form should be returned as soon as possible to: TEI North American Workshop c/o Women Writers Project Box 1841 Brown University Providence, RI 02912 tel 401/863-3619 email wwp@brownvm.brown.edu Please note that reservations cannot be accepted after 25 June 91 ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Mon, 6 May 91 09:19 EDT >From: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" <IDE@vaxsar.vassar.edu> Subject: TEI European Workshop Announcement X-Envelope-To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Living with the Guidelines The European TEI Workshop Oxford University Computing Service 1-2 July 1991 What is it? The TEI Workshop is an opportunity for you to learn more about the thinking behind the TEI's draft Guidelines for the Encoding and Interchange of Machine-Readable Texts, and to see for yourselves how the principles they describe can be used in a practical situation. The Workshop will be a mixture of group discussion work, detailed presentations and hands-on experience. Topics covered will include * nature and purpose of descriptive markup * basic features of SGML * essential components of the TEI Guidelines * TEI conformance -- what it is and why it matters * an overview of SGML aware software * using TEI texts with standard software packages Who can attend? The numbers attending will be limited to ensure that everyone has both a chance to be heard and the opportunity to try for him or herself the full variety of software tools we will be demonstrating. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, with a degree of priority given to members of existing TEI Workgroups, Committees and Affiliated Project representatives based in Europe who have not previously attended a TEI Workshop. Who will be there? The Workshop is being organised by the TEI Editors, Lou Burnard and Michael Sperberg-McQueen, with additional support from Elaine Brennan and Harry Gaylord, who also ran the TEI Workshop at the recent highly successful ACH/ALLC conference in Tempe, Arizona. The European Workshop is being run back to back with the first TEI Affiliated Projects Workshop, which means that a number of important major research projects planning to use the TEI recommendations will also be in attendance. The Workshop is therefore likely to provide an unusual opportunity for SGML experts, TEI experts and just plain text hackers to get together. Where and when? The Workshop will be hosted by Oxford University Computing Service, which is located in the centre of Oxford, one of the most beautiful cities of Europe, (even in the middle of summer when it is traditionally over-run by tourists), an hour's journey from London and within easy reach of the Midlands. Overnight accommodation will be arranged for delegates requesting it on the application form. The Workshop will begin at 0900 on Monday 1st July and finish around 1500 on Tuesday 2nd July. How much? There will be a fixed charge of #80 per head for workshop participants, reduced to #60 for members of ACH, ALLC or ACL. This covers attendance fees and a manual and other illustrative material, together with refreshments and lunch on Monday and Tuesday. Attendants will be expected to pay their own travel, accommodation and dinner, but we will do our best to make hotel reservations for anyone requesting this on the application form. All expenses of members of official TEI Working Groups and Working Committees and of one representative from any TEI Affiliated Project will be refunded, subject to the usual limits, provided that they have not previously attended any TEI Workshop. TEI European Workshop RESERVATION FORM Oxford July 1-2 1991 Please reserve a place at the workshop for: Name Address e-mail: FAX: telephone: * I enclose payment of #80 (British sterling) * I am a member of ACH/ALLC/ACL and enclose payment of #60 (British sterling) * I am a member of TEI Workgroup/Committee .... * I am the official representative of Affiliated Project ... Cheques must be made payable to Oxford University Computing Service. Please note that places will not be reserved unless payment is enclosed with this form, except for TEI-funded attendants. * Please reserve overnight accomodation for me on Sunday and Monday, in the price range [ #30-#50 [ #50-#70 This form should be returned as soon as possible to: TEI Euro-Workshop Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN tel +44 865 273200 fax +44 865 273275 email TEI@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK Please note that reservations cannot be accepted after 1 June 91 ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 15:38:01 EDT >From: Kenneth.Goodman@a.nl.cs.cmu.edu Subject: MACHINE TRANSLATION CONFERENCE (MT III) MT SUMMIT III MACHINE TRANSLATION CONFERENCE MAYFLOWER HOTEL, WASHINGTON D.C. USA JULY 1 - 4, 1991 General Introduction MT Summit III is the third in a series of international conferences that bring together representatives from academia, industry and government who are interested in promoting research, development and deployment of machine translation technology. The conference is thus aimed at diverse audiences and will feature policy debates, scholarly presentations and demonstrations of machine translation-related software. The first MT Summit was held in Hakone, Japan, in 1987 and the second in Munich, West Germany, in 1989. Both were highly successful. The Center for Machine Translation of Carnegie Mellon University is proud to host the third MT Summit in the United States. Washington D.C. Machine Translation has witnessed a major comeback in the United States in recent years based on scientific progress, governmental support and business needs. Washington D.C., the nation's capital, is the hub of much of US MT activity and is also in close proximity to the MT SUMMIT III host organization, the Center for Machine Translation of Carnegie Mellon University. MT SUMMIT III should provide an international dimension to foster scientific exchanges and commercial collaboration with MT researchers and practitioners across both oceans. Executive Briefings Morning Sessions - July 1 1. Introduction to MT: Issues and Survey John Hutchins, Harold Somers 2. How Your Organization Can Use MT Zenshiro Kawasaki, Joann Ryan Afternoon Sessions - July 1 1. Knowledge-Based MT Jaime Carbonell, Sergei Nirenburg 2. MT: The Japanese Experience Makoto Nagao Technical Program The technical program will include scientific paper presentations, panel discussions and poster sessions. The topics of the panels are as follows: Building the Customer Base MT User Experiences MT and Human Translators International Perspectives on MT Evaluation of MT Systems At the Forefront of MT Research Applications of MT Technologies Panelists include: Doris Albisser, Union Bank of Switzerland Sture Allen, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Claude Bedard, Traductix Translation Consulting, Can Christian Boitet, University of Grenoble, France Jaime Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, USA John Chandioux, John Chandioux Expert-Conceil, Canad Joseph Clark, U.S. Department of Commerce Alex Gross, Cross-Cultural Research Projects, USA Deanna Hammond, ATA, USA Ulrich Heid, University of Stuttgart, Germany Harald Hille, United Nations John Hutchins, University of East Anglia, UK Shogo Iwashita, Inter Group, Japan Rod Johnson, IDSIA, Switzerland Zenshiro Kawasaki, Hitachi, Japan Martin Kay, XEROX and Stanford University, USA Margaret King, ISSCO, University of Geneva, Switzerl Richard Kittredge, University of Montreal, Canada Frederick Klein, USA Akira Kurematsu, ATR, Japan Lori Levin, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Robert Mercer, IBM, USA Makoto Nagao, University of Kyoto, Japan Sergei Nirenburg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Nicholas Ostler, Touche Ross Consultants, U.K Christian Rohrer, University of Stuttgart, Germany Joann Ryan, SYSTRAN, USA Bernard Scott, Logos, USA Harold Somers, UMIST, UK Hozumi Tanaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Howard Teicher, TTI, Inc., USA Masaru Tomita, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Hiroshi Uchida, Fujitsu, Japan Muriel Vasconcellos, PAHO, USA Donald Walker, Bellcore Research, USA Steven Weinstein, Reuters, UK Charles Wayne, DARPA, USA Yorick Wilks, NMSU, USA Kousoke Yamamoto, MITI, Japan Michael Zarechnak, Georgetown University, USA Exhibits The Exhibit Area will feature the latest MT technology presented by leaders of the industry. A comprehensive exhibition program including industrial exhibit booths, live and video demonstrations of MT systems will be open to all conference participants. Institutions interested in exhibiting, if they have not already made plans to do so, should contact Bill Fry, Exhibits Coordinator, 2101 Crystal Plaza Arcade, Suite 390, Arlington, VA 22202, USA. Phone: 703- 998-5708, fax: 703- 998-5709. Live MT System Demonstrations As a special feature, MT Summit III will be providing a separate theater/conference room with direct computer-to-large-screen projection for a series of live demonstrations of MT systems and component technologies that are either in the research and development stage or fully developed. For further information on live demonstrations please contact Bill Fry (see Exhibits). Video MT System Demonstrations MT Summit III will accommodate 10-minute video demonstrations of MT Systems (VHS format only) during the poster sessions on July 2 and 3. All participants with accepted papers in the technical or poster sessions are welcome to show a (VHS, half inch) video of the system. Registration Preregistration must be received by May 1, 1991. Late registrations by mail must be received by June 15, 1991. Walk-in registration will be permitted at the conference site on a first-come first-served basis to the extent that space is available. All registration forms must be accompanied by a check payable to "MT SUMMIT III-CMU" or a proof of wire transfer. Wire transfer of funds for registration can be made to Account #197-9003, Ref: MTSUMMIT-III, CMT 1-11382, Mellon Bank, Oakland office, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 USA. All payments must be made in US dollars. Standard registration Meals* Total By May 1 $350 $130 $480 Late $400 $130 $530 Student registration Meals* Total By May 1 $250 $130 $380 Late $300 $130 $430 * Meals include three luncheons and the banquet on July 3. Registration fee includes reception and a of the proceedings. Travel Arrangements The Peoples Travel Agency, INC., of Pittsburgh, PA, is the official travel agency for MT SUMMIT III. For convention discount air fares (40% on full coach fares and 5% on super-saver fares) and other travel information contact: Peoples Travel Agency, Inc., 201 South Craig Street Pittsburgh, PA, 15213. Phone: 412- 621-0799, toll free: 800-343-4692 and fax: 412-621-5438. Airport Transportation Airport shuttle, taxi and other ground transportation service are available from Dulles and Washingtion National Airports. Expected travel time from these airports is about 45 and 15 minutes, respectively. Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport is about 70 minutes by ground transportation. Approximate costs are as follows: Airport Taxi Shuttle Dulles Airport $36.00 $12.00 National Airport $12.00 NONE BWI $50.00 NONE Accommodations A block of rooms has been reserved at the Mayflower Hotel where the conference is being held. These accommodations will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations should be made directly with the hotel by calling toll free 1-800-468-3571 (US and Canada) or 202-347-3000, fax: 202-466-9083. The conference name, MT SUMMIT III, must be specified to receive the discounted rate of $120.00 per night for a deluxe single or double room. A limited number of single bedroom suites are also available at a rate of $175.00 per night. In order to receive the discounted rates, reservations must be made by June 17, 1991. Since the nation celebrates its Independence Day on July 4th, it is expected that many Washington hotels may be filled quickly. Therefore early reservations are recommended. Special Event Dinner Cruise - Price $60.00 An optional dinner cruise on the Potomac River is scheduled for the evening of July 2 for conference participants and their guests. A fee of US$60 per person must be received by May 1, to reserve space on the cruise. The price includes a five-course meal and round trip transportation from the Mayflower Hotel. Organizing Committee: Jaime G. Carbonell, General Chairman Sergei Nirenburg, Program Chairman Masaru Tomita, Demonstrations Muriel Vasconcellos, Local Arrangements D. Radha Rao, Business Affairs To request additional information or registration forms, and to send completed registration forms, please use the following address. MT SUMMIT III Center for Machine Translation Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Email: mtsummit@nl.cs.cmu.edu Phone: 412-268-6521 or 412-268-6592 Fax: 412-268-6298 _____________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM MT SUMMIT III, July 1-4, 1991 Center for Machine Translation Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA Name: ________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________ Fee Schedule: Advance registration(Before May 1, 1991) Standard $350.00 (US$) _________ Student $250.00 (US$) _________ Late registration (May 1, to June 15, 1991 or on site) Standard $400.00 (US$) _________ Student $300.00 (US$) _________ Meals $130.00 (US$) _________ Executive Briefings Both sessions $350.00 (US$) _________ AM only $190.00 (US$) _________ PM only $190.00 (US$) _________ Dinner Cruise # of tickets _____ x 60.00 (US$) _________ Total enclosed _________ (US$) Please make the checks payable to "MT SUMMIT III-CMU". Wire transfer of funds for the registration can be made to Account # 197-9003, Ref: MT SUMMIT III, CMT 1-11382, Mellon Bank, Oakland office, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213 USA. All payments must be made in US DOLLARS. ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Subject: CILS Calendar X-Mailer: MH 6.6 #5[UCI] Date: Mon, 29 Apr 91 16:46:56 -0500 >From: colleen@tira.uchicago.edu _________________ T H E C I L S C A L E N D A R ________________ The Center for Information and Language Studies Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 Subscription requests to: cils@tira.uchicago.edu ____________________________________________________________________ Vol. 1, No. 25 April 29, 1991 ~*~ Upcoming events: 5/6 14:30 Ry 277 Lecture David D. Lewis, CILS 5/6 16:00 Wb 130 Workshop Stephen Schiffer, CUNY Graduate Center 5/13 16:00 Wb 130 Workshop Pragmatics of Language 5/14 16:00 Wb 408 Workshop Mark Turner, Univ. of Maryland - ------------------------------ MONDAY, MAY 6 2:30 p.m. David D. Lewis (lewis@tira.uchicago.edu) Ry 277 Center for Information and Language Studies "Text Classification: Statistical and Linguistic Issues" Abstract in last week's calendar. ***** 4:00 p.m. Workshop Wb 130 The Pragmatics of Language Stephen Schiffer, CUNY Graduate Center "On Belief Ascription" For more information, please contact Jerrold Sadock, Department of Linguistics (2-8524, sadock@sapir) or Josef Stern, Department of Philosophy (2-8594, j06s@midway). Next Workshop: Monday, May 13 (student presentations). _____________ TUESDAY, MAY 14 4:00 p.m. Workshop Wb 408 Language and Thought Mark Turner, Dept. of English, University of Maryland "Texts and Brains" This presentation pertains to Professor Turner's forthcoming book "Reading Minds: The Study of English in the Age of Cognitive Science," forthcoming from Princeton UP. Readings will be available as of Wednesday, May 1, in Cl 11. For more information, please contact Paula Schiller (733-0915). New participants are welcome. - ----------- End of CILS Calendar ------------------------------ End of NL-KR Digest *******************