[ut.dcs.general] Explanation of ut.dcs.* news groups

dw@csri.toronto.edu (Dave Wortman) (02/10/90)

A belated explanation of the new ut.dcs.* news groups that you may
have noticed appearing recently on a computer near you.
(I had intended to post this message BEFORE the new news groups
 were created, but a system hack installed them before we were ready).

The intent of the new newsgroups (originally proposed by Ric Hehner)
is to provide electronic dissemination of announcements of seminars,
and meetings within the Department of Computer Science at the University
of Toronto.  The hope is that these electronic announcements will 
replace many of the printed notices that the Department has been distributing.

The news groups are organized more or less along the lines of the current
Departmental seminar and colloquium series.  In addition the existing news
group gradnews has become ut.dcs.gradnews.

The new Departmental news groups are:

ut.dcs.general	general announcements and discussions of interest to
		members of the department.  
		Includes announcements for Departmental Colloquia.  
		It is recommended that everyone subscribe to this news group.

ut.dcs.ai	Artificial Intelligence seminar announcements and
		related discussions.

ut.dcs.cscw	Computer Supported Cooperative Work seminars and
		related discussions.

ut.dcs.db	Data Base seminar announcements and related discussions.

ut.dcs.gradnews	Announcements of interest to graduate students.

ut.dcs.graphics	Graphics seminars and related discussions.

ut.dcs.hci	Human Computer Interaction seminars and related discussions.

ut.dcs.na	Numerical Analysis seminars and related discussions.

ut.dcs.systems	Systems seminars and related discussions.

ut.dcs.theory	Theory seminars and related discussions.

ut.dcs.vision	Vision seminars and related discussions.