ph@hci.hw.ac.uk (Patrik Holt) (03/15/90)
Conference Announcement:
Computers and Writing III
Scottish HCI Centre
Heriot-Watt University
6 - 7 April 1990
Edinburgh
Scotland
The conference is aimed at writers, computer scientists, teachers and
trainers and examines the ways in which computers can support all
aspects of the writer's task, from manuals to creative writing.
Provisional Programme:
Friday 6 April 1990
Noel Williams & Phil Roddis (Sheffield City Polytehnic):
New Technology. New Writing. New Problems?
Robert Dale (Edinburgh University):
An Integrated Approach to the Correction of Syntactic Errors in Text
Robert Welch (TMS Computer Authors):
Designing the Perfect Workbench
Gerard Kempen (University of Nijmegen):
Grammar Based Editing Tools.
Lawrence Thirkell (Scottish HCI Centre):
A Neural Network Model of Written Style
Peter Wayner (Cornell University):
Boxweb: A Structured Outline Engine for Writers.
Patrik O'Brian Holt (Scottish HCI Centre):
HyperNet: A Protoptype Tool for Authoring Hypertext Documents.
Harold Thimbleby (Stirling University):
An Author's Cross Referencer.
Julian Newman (Glasgow College) & Rohna Newman (University of Ulster):
Three Modes of Collaborative Authoring.
Steven George, Claude Ghaoui, Roy Rada & Martin Beer (Liverpool University):
Text to Hypertext and Back Again.
Stuart Moulthrop (Yale University):
In the Toils of the Text: Some Possibilities for Response to Hypertextual
Literature.
Jane Douglas (Scottish HCI Centre):
The Golden Thread: Proximity, Causality and Interactive Fiction.
Nancy Kaplan (Cornell University):
Unbinding the Book: Turning Literary Theory into Pedagogical Practice
Interactive Fiction in Introductory Literature Courses.
Peter Andersen (University of Aarhus):
The Venus Project: Narrative Techniques for Multimedia Interactive Fiction.
Mahmoud Mhashi & Roy Rada (Liverpool University):
Word Frequency Based Indexing and Authoring.
Christopher Korycinski & Allan Newell (Univesity of Dundee):
Text Indexing: The Problem of Significance.
AE Winterbauer (DLS Group):
Factors Affecting the Organisational Acceptance of an Automated Writing Aid.
Yiya Yang (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory):
Supporting the Natural Writing Process with an Undo Mechanism.
Panel Discussion: What can interactive fiction do that print fiction cannot?
Participants: Peter Andersen, Jane Douglas, Gordon Howell, Nancy kaplan,
Stuart Moulthrop, Noel Williams.
Saturday 7 April 1990
Lindsay Marshall (University of Newcastle):
Internationalisation - The Programmer, the Writer and the User.
Dirk Schreurs (Catholic University of Louvain):
Controlled English.
Keith Oatley & Stephen Draper (University of Glasgow):
Minimal Manuals Produce better Learning than Conventional Manuals and
they are Theoretically Important Too!
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (Aston University):
A Dictionary View of Technical Writing.
Richard Buchanan (Boeing Computer Services):
Textbase Technology - Writing with Re-usable Text.
Gary Born (SD Consultancy):
A Hypertext-Based Support Aid for Writing Software Documentation.
James Hoard, Richard Wojcik & Katherina Holzhauser (Boeing Computer Services):
An Automated Grammar and Style Checker for Writers of Simplied English.
Steven McGowan (Heriot-Watt University):
Ruskin to McRuskin: Degrees of Interaction.
Mike Sharples, James Goodlet & Lyn Pemberton (Sussex University):
The Writer's Assistant: A Computer System to Assist the Writing Process.
Chris Breese (Bedwell School):
Some Effects of Unlimited Access to Word Processors on Children's Writing.
Joel Nydahl (Babson College):
Questioning Priorities in Computerised Writing Classes: An Apology for
Teaching Our Old Word Processors New Tricks.
Paul Maharg (Glasgow University):
Hypertext for Teaching English Essay Writing.
Rosetta McLeod (Grampian Regional Council):
IV Storyspace.
Deborah Little (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign):
Story-Building with Computers: Effects on Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary,
Attitude and Writing.
Douglas Whinnett (Scottish HCI Centre):
Hypertext for Children's Story Writing.
Erno Lehtinen (University of Joensuu):
Writing and Metacognitions: Training Writing Strategies with Computer
Modelling.
Stella Harding & Noel Williams (Sheffield City Polytechnic):
Shareware: An Effective Method for Disseminating Writing Software?
There will be software demonstrations throughout the conference.
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Daily Delegate Rate @ 50 pounds (2 days 100 pounds)
(Morning coffee, Buffet lunch, Afternoon tea)
Daily Speaker Rate @ 30 pounds (2 days 60 pounds)
(Morning coffee, Buffet Lunch, Afternoon tea)
Conference Reception and Dinner 16 pounds
Accommodation:
Standard @ 17 pounds per night
En Suite @ 31 pounds per night
Cheques should be made payable to Edinburgh Conference Centre Ltd
Completed forms should be returned to:
Edinburgh Conference Centre
Heriot-Watt University
Riccarton Campus
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
Scotland
Enquires to:
Conference Office, Heriot-Watt University
Tele: (031) 449 5111 extension 3117
Fax: (031) 451 3199
CLOSING DATE: 30 MARCH 1990