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NL-KR Digest (Tue Oct 16 14:23:44 1990) Volume 7 No. 19 Today's Topics: Word lists with semantic categories PhD in NLP Re: Word-list sought. AAAI symposium on Machine Learning of Natural Language Minds and Machines Annoucement of a new book on uncertain reasoning Submissions: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Requests, policy: nl-kr-request@cs.rpi.edu Back issues are available from host archive.cs.rpi.edu [128.213.5.17] 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: marshall@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Marshall Harris) Newsgroups: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep Subject: Word lists with semantic categories Date: 11 Oct 90 03:38:09 GMT Reply-To: marshall@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au I'm after a list again, but this time I'm looking for lists of words, with the words classified by some sort of semantic category - something along the lines of Roget's classification, but any useful classification would do. ASCII text format is desirable, so that it can be used on a variety of machines. I am experimenting with a word-disambiguation algorithm that relies on knowledge of a word's possible semantic classifications. And thanks to all those kind people who directed me to the unix dict - that was useful, and I should have known about it! Thanks in advance. **************************************************************************** Internet/CSnet: marshall@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au || Dept.of Computer Science JANET: marshall%batserver.cs.uq.oz.au@uk.ac.ukc || University of Queensland EAN: marshall@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au || St Lucia, Queensland 4072 Bitnet:marshall%batserver.cs.uq.oz.au@uunet.uu.net || Australia UUCP: uunet!munnari!batserver.cs.uq.oz.au!marshall || ph:+61 7 377 2909 JUNET: marshall@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au || fax:+61 7 371 0783 **************************************************************************** * "If you want to make god laugh, show him your plans" * * Woody Allen * **************************************************************************** ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Tue, 9 Oct 90 12:24:34 EDT >From: rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU (William J. Rapaport) Subject: PhD in NLP To: jaw@hyperion.ESL.COM, nl-kr@cs.rpi.ed Subject: PhD in NLP A good, though dated, source of info on PhD programs in NLP is: Martha Evens (compiler), "Directory of Graduate Programs in Computational Linguistics, 2nd ed.," Computational Linguistics, Vol. 12, Graduate Directory Supplement (1986). Also: Carnegie Mellon U. has a Graduate Program in Comp. Ling.; contact the CL Program, Phil. Dept., CMU. My own institution, SUNY Buffalo, has PhD programs in Computer Science and in Linguistics, and many of our students get a PhD in one of those and a master's degree in the other. We also have an active Cognitive Science Center. Contact me for further information. William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science Dept. of Computer Science||internet: rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu SUNY Buffalo ||bitnet: rapaport@sunybcs.bitnet Buffalo, NY 14260 ||uucp: {rutgers,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!rapaport (716) 636-3193, 3180 ||fax: (716) 636-3464 ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Mon, 8 Oct 90 09:36:17 EST >From: p.campbell@trl.oz.au (Peter Campbell) Subject: Re: Word-list sought. Newsgroups: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep In comp.ai.nlang-know-rep you write: >I am looking for a fairly extensive machine-readable (ASCII) list >of English words - not exhaustive, of course! I don't want roots >and accompanying syntactic and/or semantic info: just words, >pre/suffixes and all! Can anyone direct me to such a list? If you can get to a UNIX machine, then try looking in the directory /usr/dict. There should be a file there called 'words' or something similar, which is generally over 100K, i.e. has quite a few words. >From memory this is pretty standard. If there's nothing there ask your UNIX administrator - there should be a list like this somewhere if there is a spell checker on your system. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter K. Campbell | 2/M6 | Telecom Research Laboratories | Phone : 03 541 6751 P.O. Box 249 | Fax : 03 543 6026 Clayton 3168 | Email : p.campbell@trl.OZ.AU Victoria, Australia | - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu >From: David Powers AG Siekmann <powers@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences,comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology,bionet.general,comp.robotics Subject: AAAI symposium on Machine Learning of Natural Language Keywords: Machine Learning, Natural Language, Ontology, Cognitive Science Date: 8 Oct 90 14:49:01 GMT Update AAAI has now determined the fees for its spring symposia in Stanford next March: regular: $190; student: $75. Reminder The deadline for submissions to attend or present at the AAAI Spring Symposium on Machine Learning of Natural Language and Ontology is November 26th. Further information: The call and/or the background paper can be obtained from me. The aim is to have a fairly broad spectrum of involvement and to promote interaction amongst those with research relevant to Language Learning, whatever their background or goals. Of course, of special interest are those language learning programs which have already been implemented, as well as extant projects with such an aim. David - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Powers +49-631/205-3449 (Uni); +49-631/205-3200 (Fax) FB Informatik powers@informatik.uni-kl.de ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Tue, 9 Oct 90 09:57:07 EDT >From: rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU (William J. Rapaport) Subject: Minds and Machines Kluwer Academic Publishers announces MINDS AND MACHINES Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science EDITORIAL FOCUS: Machines and Mentality Knowledge and its Representation Epistemic Aspects of Computer Programming Connectionist Conceptions Artificial Intelligence and Epistemology Computer Methodology Computational Approaches to Philosophical Issues Philosophy of Computer Science Simulation and Modeling Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence EDITOR: James H. Fetzer, Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: William J. 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Schank Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, USA John Searle Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, USA Brian Cantwell Smith Artificial Intelligence, Xerox PARC, USA Paul Smolensky Computer Science, University of Colorado, USA Stephen Stich Philosophy, Rutgers University, USA Terry Winograd Computer Science, Stanford University, USA MINDS AND MACHINES affords an international forum for discussion and debate of important and controversial issues concerning significant developments within its areas of editorial focus. Well-reasoned contributions from diverse theoretical perspectives are welcome, and every effort will be made to insure their prompt publication. Among the features that are intended to make this journal distinctive within the field are these: o Strong stands on controversial issues are specifically encouraged; o Important articles exceeding normal journal length may appear; o Special issues devoted to specific topics will be a regular feature; o Review essays discussing current problem situations will appear; o Critical responses to previously published pieces are also invited. This journal is intended to foster a tradition of criticism within the AI and philosophical communities on problems and issues of common concern. Its scope explicitly encompasses philosophical aspects of computer science. All submissions will be subject to review. Publication will begin with a single volume of four issues per year. The first issue will appear in February 1991. Contributors should send 4 copies of their manuscript to: James H. 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Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht The Netherlands or Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061 USA ========================================================================= The table of contents for the first issue of MINDS AND MACHINES is: CONTENTS Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 1991) Editor's Preface Critical Exchange: MICHAEL MORRIS / Why There are No Mental Representations ROBERT CUMMINS / Form, Interpretation, and the Uniqueness of Content: Response to Morris General Articles: STEVAN HARNAD / Other Bodies, Other Minds: A Machine Incarnation of an Old Philosophical Problem ROBERT F. HADLEY / The Many Uses of "Belief" in AI CLARK GLYMOUR / The Hierarchies of Knowledge and the Mathematics of Discovery TIMOTHY COLBURN / Program Verification, Defeasible Reasoning, and Two Views of Computer Science Book Reviews: NICOLAS D. GOODMAN / Hilary Putnam's Representation and Reality STEPHEN W. SMOLIAR / Stephen Handel's Listening: An Introduction to the Perception of Auditory Events MORTON SCHAGRIN / Paul Thagard's Computational Philosophy of Science Unless the page count requires the addition or the deletion of mater- ial, the contents of the first issue will be just as described above. ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu >From: morgan@unix.sri.com (Morgan Kaufmann) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep,comp.edu,sci.math.stat Subject: Annoucement of a new book on uncertain reasoning Keywords: uncertainty, probability Date: 9 Oct 90 23:58:53 GMT Followup-To: poster Morgan Kaufmann Publishers announces a new title in the Series in Representation and Reasoning (edited by Ronald J. Brachman) READINGS IN UNCERTAIN REASONING Edited by Glenn Shafer (University of Kansas) and Judea Pearl (UCLA) Most everyday reasoning and decision making is based on uncertain premises. Human actions are based on guesses, often requiring explicit weighing of conflicting stimuli and evidence. The readings in this book address the methods that have been used in artificial intelligence to build systems with the ability to manage uncertainty. An authoritative and thorough collection of work, this volume presents forty two key papers from the literature. In addition, the editors have provided introductions to the volume and to groups of papers that offer informative commentary and unifying perspective. In selecting the readings for the volume, the editors have represented all of the major approaches to work in the field and have related them to the historical tradition of probabilistic methods. This volume will be useful as a text or supplement for courses in artificial intelligence with an emphasis on expert systems and commonsense reasoning. It will also be a valuable reference for researchers, system developers and students in computer science, statistics, operations research, engineering, cognitive science and many other fields. 768 pages, softcover ISBN 1-55860-125-2 Price $38.95 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction by Glenn Shafer and Judea Pearl The Meaning Of Probability Introduction by Glenn Shafer The Foundations of Statistics Reconsidered (1961) L.J. Savage Why Isn't Everyone a Bayesian? (1986) B. Efron Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (1974) A. Tversky and D. Kahneman Languages and Designs for Probability Judgment (1985) G. Shafer and A. Tversky Conditional Independence and Its Representations (1989) J. Pearl, D. Geiger, and T. Verma Decision Making Introduction by Glenn Shafer A Tutorial Introduction to Decision Theory (1968) D. W. North Evaluating Influence Diagrams (1986) R. D. Shachter Rational Choice and the Framing of Decisions (1986) A. Tversky and D. Kahneman Critical Decisions under Uncertainty: Representation and Structure (1988) B. Kuipers, A. J. Moskowitz, and J. P. Kassirer Savage Revisited (1986) G. Shafer Computer Programs to Support Clinical Decision Making (1987) E.H. Shortliffe Architectures and Strategies for Reasoning Under Uncertainty Introduction by Paul R. Cohen The Control of Reasoning under Uncertainty: A Discussion of Some Programs (1987) P. R. Cohen Predictability Versus Responsiveness: Coordinating Problem Solvers in Dynamic Domains (1987) E. H. Durfee and V. R. Lesser A Robust Layered Control System For A Mobile Robot (1986) R. A. Brooks A Therapy Planning Architecture That Combines Decision Theory and Artificial Intelligence Techniques (1987) C. P. Langlotz, L. M. Fagan, S. W. Tu, B. I. Sikic, and E. H. Shortliffe Summarizing and Propagating Uncertain Information with Triangular Norms (1987) P. P. Bonissone Numerical Uncertainty In Expert Systems Introduction by Judea Pearl A Model of Inexact Reasoning in Medicine (1975) E. H. Shortliffe and B. G. Buchanan Subjective Bayesian Methods For Rule-Based Inference Systems (1976) R. O. Duda, P. E. Hart, and N. J. Nilsson Categorical and Probabilistic Reasoning in Medical Diagnosis (1978) P. Szolovits and S. G. Pauker Probabilistic Interpretations for MYCIN's Certainty Factors (1986) D. Heckerman A Statistical View of Uncertainty in Expert Systems (1986) D. J. Spiegelhalter HUGIN -- A Shell for Building Bayesian Belief Universes for Expert Systems (1989) S. K. Andersen, K. G. Olesen, F. V. Jensen, and F. Jensen The Bayesian Approach Introduction by Judea Pearl Bayesian Decision Methods (1987) J. Pearl Probability, Frequency and Reasonable Expectation (1946) R. T. Cox Fusion, Propagation, and Structuring in Belief Networks (1986) J. Pearl Local Computations with Probabilities on Graphical Structures and Their Application to Expert Systems (1988) S. L. Lauritzen and D. J. Spiegelhalter On Evidential Reasoning in a Hierarchy of Hypotheses (1987) J. Pearl Stochastic Relaxation, Gibbs Distributions, and the Bayesian Restoration of Images (1984) S. Geman and D. Geman Belief Functions Introduction by Glenn Shafer The Bayesian and Belief-Function Formalisms A General Perspective for Auditing (1990) G. Shafer and R. Srivastava Uncertain Evidence and Artifical Analysis (1988) A. P. Dempster and A. Kong The Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence (1984) J. Gordon and E. H. Shortliffe Bayesian and Belief-Functions Formalisms for Evidential Reasoning: A Conceptual Analysis (1989) J. Pearl Axioms for Probability and Belief-Function Propagation (1990) P. P. Shenoy and G. Shafer A Framework for Evidential-Reasoning Systems (1986) J. D. Lowrance, T. D. Garvey, and T. M. Strat Evidential Reasoning Using DELIEF (1988) D. Zarley, Y.-T. Hsia, and G. Shafer Non-Numerical Approaches To Plausible Inference Introduction by Glenn Shafer and Judea Pearl Fragments of a Theory of Human Plausible Reasoning (1978) A. Collins Nonmonotonic Reasoning (1967) R. Reiter Extended Inference Modes in Reasoning by Computer Systems (1980) T. Winograd Implicit Ordering of Defaults in Inheritance Systems (1984) D. S. Touretzky An Endorsement-Based Plan Recognition Program (1985) M. Sullivan and P. R. Cohen Integrating Probability And Logic Introduction by Judea Pearl Probabilistic Logic (1986) N. J. Nilsson Methodological Simplicity in Expert System Construction: The Case of Judgments and Reasoned Assumptions (1983) J. Doyle Belief Maintenance: An Integrated Approach to Uncertainty Management (1988) K. B. Laskey and P. E. Lehner Probabilistic Semantics for Nonmonotonic Reasoning: A Survey (1989) J. Pearl Qualitative Probabilistic Networks for Planning Under Uncertainty (1988) M. P. Wellman Defaults and Probabilities; Extensions and Coherence (1989) E. Neufeld Embracing Causality in Default Reasoning (1988) J. Pearl An Introduction to Possibilistic and Fuzzy Logics (1988) D. Dubois and H. Prade Author Index Subject Index _________________________________________________________________ Ordering Information: Please add $3.50 for the first book and $2.50 for each additional for surface shipping and handling to the U.S. and Canada; $6.50 for the first book and $3.50 for each additional for shipping and handling to all other areas. Master Card, Visa and personal checks drawn on US banks accepted. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Department 53 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 260 San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Phone: (800) 745-7323 (US and Canada), (415) 578-9928 Fax: (415) 578-0672 email: morgan@unix.sri.com ------------------------------ End of NL-KR Digest *******************