hbe@sonia.math.ucla.edu (08/08/90)
Occasionally I see references to the Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. No University of California library has it (not even Berkeley). 1. Does it really exist? Or is "Theoretical" the operative word here? 2. Does someone print it in his basement in Warwick and distribute it locally? Is a journal or a throwaway newspaper? Many journals are accused of selling only to libraries; perhaps this is the dual case: it goes only to members of the EATCS? 3. Is it being kept out of the U.S. to forestall a imperialistic takeover? (All we ask is oil and computer science.) 1992 is coming. --hbe
bjornl@sics.se (Bj|rn Lisper) (08/09/90)
In article <224@kaos.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hbe@sonia.math.ucla.edu writes:
%Occasionally I see references to the Bulletin of the European
%Association for Theoretical Computer Science. No University of
%California library has it (not even Berkeley).
%1. Does it really exist? Or is "Theoretical" the operative word
%here?
It does exist. It is distributed to members of EATCS. It is exactly what the
title indicates, a periodical publication for EATCS members. Except for
EATCS matters it also has, amongst others, a section for technical
contributions. Try to find somebody in your neighbourhood that is an EATCS
member.
Bjorn Lisperwanka@uni-paderborn.de (Rolf Wanka) (08/13/90)
In article <224@kaos.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hbe@MATH.UCLA.EDU (H. B. Enderton) writes: >Occasionally I see references to the Bulletin of the European >Association for Theoretical Computer Science. No University of >California library has it (not even Berkeley). > >1. Does it really exist? Or is "Theoretical" the operative word >here? > ----> Yes, this bulletin is really existing. It is a thick book, that has about 450 pages. It is published in February, June and October. >2. Does someone print it in his basement in Warwick and distribute it >locally? Is a journal or a throwaway newspaper? Many journals are >accused of selling only to libraries; perhaps this is the dual case: >it goes only to members of the EATCS? > ----> It is printed in Paderborn (Germany) and distributed to all members of EATCS. It is a medium for rapid publication and wide distribution of material of Theoretical Computer Science. A bulletin (the language is English) includes news about sister organizations (e.g. ACM, ...) news from non-European research activites (regulary columns: News from Australia, News from Japan, ...) and columns about Algebraic Specification (by Hartmut Ehrig), Logic in Computer Science (by Yuri Gurevich), Structural Complexity (by Juris Hartmanis) and Formal Languages (by Arto Salomaa) (These columns are very good !). Additionaly, it contains tutorials and research contributions (E.g., the famous result by R. Szelepcsenyi was first published in EATCS bull. 33 (Oct 1987)), and it contains reports on conferences and conference announcements, abstracts of Ph.D. Theses, and ... It is a very stimulating regular event to get the bulletin. About EATCS: Number of members of EATCS in July 1989: 1538 Number of European members: 1086 Number of US members: 295 The president of the EATCS and the bulletin editor is G. Rozenberg, vice-president is W. Brauer, treasurer is D. Janssens, secretary is B. Monien. EATCS is the organizer of the ICALPs and publisher of the journal `Theoretical Computer Science (TCS)' It's very easy to join EATCS: (quotes from the bulletin) DUES The dues are DM (Deutschmark) 30,- for a period of one year. If the initial membership payment is received in the period December 21 - April 20, April 21 - August 20 or August 21 - December 20, then the first membership year will start in June 1, October 1 or February 1, resp. Every contribution payment continues the membership for the same period. Additional fee is required for ensuring the air mail delivery of the EATCS bulletin outside Europe. The amounts are DM 12,- for USA, Canada and Israel, DM 16,- for Japan and DM 20,- for Australia per year. For information on additional fees for other destinations contact either the Secretary or the Treasurer. HOW TO JOIN EATCS To join, send the annual dues, or a multiple therof (to cover a number of years), to the Treasurer of EATCS: Prof. Dr. D. Janssens V.U.B., Dept. Mathematics and Computer Science Pleinlaan 2 B - 1050 Brussels Belgium The dues can be paid (in order of preference) by cheques in DM or US $, cheques in other currency, DM or US $ cash, or other currency cash. When submitting your payment, please make sure to indicate your complete name and adress. For this purpose you may use the form below. ------------------------------------------------------------------ I would like to join EATCS and enclose _________ (DM / US $) as membership fee for ______ years (and ______ (DM / US $) for air mail delivery) Name: _______________________________ First name: _______________________________ Adress: _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Date: Signature: ------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information about EATCS please contact: Prof. Dr. B. Monien Secretary of EATCS University of Paderborn Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Warburger Str. 100 D - 4790 Paderborn Fed. Rep. Germany or send e-mail to: eatcs@uni-paderborn.de Regards, Rolf Wanka --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rolf Wanka | e-mail: Universitaet-GH Paderborn | wanka@uni-paderborn.de Fachbereich 17-Mathematik/Informatik | or wanka@pbinfo.UUCP Warburger Str. 100 | or ...!uunet!unido!pbinfo!wanka D-4790 Paderborn, West Germany | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------