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NL-KR Digest (Thu Sep 6 11:59:41 1990) Volume 7 No. 15 Today's Topics: Computer Languages and the Sapir/Whorf hypothesis CFP Quantitative Linguistics Conference Sep 91 CFP: 8th SSAISB CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE New CSLI Visitors New CSLI/SRI visitor Returning CSLI visitor Submissions: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Requests, policy: nl-kr-request@cs.rpi.edu The nl-kr archive server is currently off the air. It will back in about a week, with a new address. Back issues can be gotten by mail 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: jfl@munnari.oz.au (John Lenarcic) Newsgroups: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep,comp.ai Subject: Computer Languages and the Sapir/Whorf hypothesis Keywords: computer languages, Sapir/Whorf hypothesis, linguistics Date: 21 Aug 90 05:45:53 GMT Does anyone know of any research that has been undertaken on the application of the Sapir/Whorf hypothesis to computer programming languages ? ( Briefly stated, the hypothesis is : " Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about. " ) If anyone can direct me to any papers/technical-reports/books that deal with the above topic I would be most grateful. ( Pointers to good literature dealing with the hypothesis from a general linguistics perspective are also welcome.) Please reply to me via e-mail. I'll post a summary of responses. Many thanks, John Lenarcic Department of Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA E-mail : jfl@munmurra.cs.mu.oz.au ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu >From: utrurt!ian (Jan Wender) Newsgroups: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep,comp.cog-eng Subject: CFP Quantitative Linguistics Conference Sep 91 Date: 24 Aug 90 10:36:57 GMT Expires: 10/01/90 Reply-To: utrurt!qualico Followup-To: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep First QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE (QUALICO) September 23 - 27, 1991 University of Trier, Germany organized by the GLDV - Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische Datenverarbeitung (German Society for Linguistic Computing) and the Editors of "Quantitative Linguistics" OBJECTIVES QUALICO is being held for the first time as an International Conference to demonstrate the state of the art in Quantitative Linguistics. This domain of language study and research is gaining considerable interest due to recent advances in linguistic modelling, particularly in computational linguistics, cognitive science, and developments in mathematics like non- linear systems theory. Progress in hard- and software technology together with ease of access to data and numerical processing has provided new means of empirical data acquisition and the application of mathematical models of adequate complexity. The German Society for Linguistic Computation (Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische Datenverarbeitung - GLDV) and the editors of 'Quantitative Linguistics' have taken the initiative in preparing this conference to take place at the University of Trier, in Trier (Germany), September 23rd - 27th, 1991. In view of the stimulating new developments in Europe and the academic world, the organizers' aim is to encourage and promote mutual exchange of ideas in this field of interest which has been limited in the past. Challenging advances in interdisciplinary quantitative analyses, numerical modelling and experimental simulations from different linguistic domains will be reported on by the following keynote speakers: Gabriel Altmann (Bochum), Michail V. Arapov (Moskau) (pending acceptance), Hans Goebl (Salzburg), Mildred L.G. Shaw (Calgary), John S. Nicolis (Patras), Stuart M. Shieber (Harvard) (pending acceptance). CALL FOR PAPERS The International Program Committee invites communications (long papers: 20 minutes plus 10; short papers: 15 minutes plus 5; demonstrations and posters) on basic research and development as well as on operational applications of Quantitative Linguistics, including - but not limited to - the following topics: A. Methodology 1. Theory Construction - 2. Measurement, Scaling - 3. Taxonomy, Categorizing - 4. Simulation - 5. Statistics, Probabilistic Modells, Stochastic Processes - 6. Fuzzy Theory: Possibilistic Modells - 7. Language and Grammar Formalisms - 8. Systems Theory: Cybernetics and Information Theory, Synergetics, New Connectionism B. Linguistic Analysis and Modelling 1. Phonetics - 2. Phonemics - 3. Morphology - 4. Syntax - 5. Semantics - 6. Pragmatics - 7.Lexicology - 8. Dialectology - 9. Typology - 10. Text and Discourse - 11. Semiotics C. Applications 1. Speech Recognition and Synthesis - 2.Text Analysis and Generation - 3. Language Acquisition and Teaching - 4.Text Understanding and Knowledge Representation Authors are asked to submit extended abstracts (1500 words; 4 copies) of their papers in one of the conference's working languages (German, English) not later than December 31, 1990 to: QUALICO - The Program Committee University of Trier P.O.Box 3825 D-5500 TRIER Germany uucp: qualico@utrurt.uucp or: ..!unido!utrurt!qualico X.400: qualico@ldv.rz.uni-trier.dbp.de or: <c=de;a=dbp;p=uni-trier;ou=rz;ou=ldv;s=qualico> Notice of acceptance will be given by March 31, 1991; and full versions of invited and accepted papers (camera-ready) are due by June 30, 1991 in order to have the Conference Proceedings be published in time to be available for participants at the beginning of QUALICO. This 'Call for Papers' is distributed world-wide in order to reach researchers active in universities and industry. SOCIAL PROGRAMME The oldest city in Germany, founded 16 b.C. by the Romans as Augusta Treverorum in the Mosel valley is situated now in the most Western region of Germany near both the French and Luxembourgian border.In the center of Europe this ancient city will host the participants of QUALICO at the University of Trier, surrounded by the vineyards of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wine district at vintage beginning. The excursion day scheduled midway through the conference (September 25, 1991) will provide an opportunity to visit points of historical interest in the city and its vicinity during a boat-trip on the Mosel river. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: B.B. Rieger, University of Trier S. Embleton, University of York, D. Gibbon, University of Bielefeld R. Grotjahn, University of Bochum J. Haller, IAI Saarbruecken P. Hellwig, University of Heidelberg E. Hopkins, University of Bochum J. Kindermann, GMD Bonn-St.Augustin U. Klenk, University of Goettingen R. Koehler, University of Trier J.P. Koester, University of Trier J. Krause, University of Regensburg W. Lehfeldt, University of Konstanz W. Lenders, University of Bonn C. Lischka, GMD Bonn-St.Augustin W. Matthaeus, University of Bochum R.G. Piotrowski, University of Leningrad D. Roesner, FAW Ulm G. Ruge, Siemens AG, Muenchen B. Schaeder, University of Siegen H. Schnelle, University of Bochum J. Sambor, University of Warsaw ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: R. Koehler, University of Trier CONFERENCE FEES Early registration (paid before July 31, 1991): DM 300,- - Members of supporting organizations DM 250,- - Students (without Proceedings) DM 150,- Registration (paid after July 31, 1991): DM 400,- - Members of supporting organizations DM 350,- - Students (without Proceedings) DM 250,- - - | Jan Wender (ian@utrurt, ..!unido!utrurt!ian) | FB II Linguistische Datenverarbeitung (Computational Linguistics) | Universitaet Trier, West Germany | May the farce be with You. ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu >From: B M Smith <bms@dcs.leeds.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 90 13:48:10 BST Subject: CFP: 8th SSAISB CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS AISB'91 8th SSAISB CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE University of Leeds, UK 16-19 April, 1991 The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB) will hold its eighth biennial conference at Bodington Hall, University of Leeds, from 16 to 19 April 1991. There will be a Tutorial Programme on 16 April followed by the full Technical Programme. The Programme Chair will be Luc Steels (AI Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Scope: Papers are sought in all areas of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, but especially on the following AISB91 special themes: * Emergent functionality in autonomous agents * Neural networks and self-organisation * Constraint logic programming * Knowledge level expert systems research Papers may describe theoretical or practical work but should make a significant and original contribution to knowledge about the field of Artificial Intelligence. A prize of 500 pounds for the best paper has been offered by British Telecom Computing (Advanced Technology Group). It is expected that the proceedings will be published as a book. Submission: All submissions should be in hardcopy in letter quality print and should be written in 12 point or pica typewriter face on A4 or 8.5" x 11" paper, and should be no longer than 10 sides, single-spaced. Each paper should contain an abstract of not more than 200 words and a list of up to four keywords or phrases describing the content of the paper. Five copies should be submitted. Papers must be written in English. Authors should give an electronic mail address where possible. Submission of a paper implies that all authors have obtained all necessary clearances from the institution and that an author will attend the conference to present the paper if it is accepted. Papers should describe work that will be unpublished on the date of the conference. Dates: Deadline for Submission: 1 October 1990 Notification of Acceptance: 7 December 1990 Deadline for camera ready copy: 16 January 1991 Location: Bodington Hall is on the edge of Leeds, in 14 acres of private grounds. The city of Leeds is two and a half hours by rail from London, and there are frequent flights to Leeds/Bradford Airport from London Heathrow, Amsterdam and Paris. The Yorkshire Dales National Park is close by, and the historic city of York is only 30 minutes away by rail. Information: Papers and all queries regarding the programme should be sent to Judith Dennison. All other correspondence and queries regarding the conference to the Local Organiser, Barbara Smith. Ms. Judith Dennison Dr. Barbara Smith Cognitive Sciences Division of AI University of Sussex School of Computer Studies Falmer University of Leeds Brighton BN1 9QN Leeds LS2 9JT UK UK Tel: (+44) 273 678379 Tel: (+44) 532 334627 Email: judithd@cogs.sussex.ac.uk FAX: (+44) 532 335468 Email: aisb91@ai.leeds.ac.uk ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Thu, 16 Aug 90 15:37:22 PDT >From: ingrid@russell.Stanford.EDU (Ingrid Deiwiks) Subject: New CSLI Visitors HELGE J. J. DYVIK Professor of Linguistics Department of Linguistics and Phonetics University of Bergen, Norway Helge's research topics over the last fifteen years have been Old Norse syntax and phonology, the interpretation of Medieval runic inscriptions, critique of the empirical foundations of generative grammar, especially GB, syntax and semantics of Vietnamese, especially Vietnamese classifier constructions, and unification-based parsing and generation. He is currently studying the possible advantages to be derived from using situation schemata and unification-based methods in machine translation. One idea is that the concept of partial information should be useful in exploiting structural similarities between source and target language in the translation process. Dates of visit: August-December 1990. HIDETOSI SIRAI Associate Professor School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences Chukyo University, Japan Hidetosi's main interest is to develop a Natural-Language Understanding System. He is a coorganizer of ICOT's working group on Situation Theory and Semantics (STS) and a member of ICOT's working group on Japanese Phrase Structure Grammar (JPSG). For several years, he has worked on developing a descriptive grammar formalism and synthesizing syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. During his stay at CSLI, he is working for the XL project, developing a context-dep ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Tue, 28 Aug 90 13:24:37 PDT >From: ingrid@russell.Stanford.EDU (Ingrid Deiwiks) Subject: New CSLI/SRI visitor HECTOR LEVESQUE Professor of Computer Science University of Toronto Hector works on theoretical aspects of knowledge representation and reasoning, especially in the areas of tractable reasoning and formal models of belief, action, and time. During his year at CSLI, he hopes to continue research on communication and multi-agent action, as well as begin work on two books. Dates of visit: August 1990-July 1991. ------------------------------ To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu Date: Wed, 29 Aug 90 15:14:57 PDT >From: ingrid@russell.Stanford.EDU (Ingrid Deiwiks) Subject: Returning CSLI visitor HIDEYUKI NAKASHIMA Chief of Cooperative Architecture Section Electrotechnical Laboratories (ETL), Japan This is Hiday's fourth visit to CSLI. His current interest resides in situated reasoning and the design of a programming/knowledge-representation language PROSIT based on situation theory. Hiday is located in Cordura 114 and his email address is nakashim@csli. Dates of visit: 8 August--9 ------------------------------ End of NL-KR Digest *******************