IRList Digest Saturday, 30 April 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 28 Today's Topics: Announcement - ALLC/AIBI 1988 Joint Conferences News addresses are Internet or CSNET: fox@vtopus.cs.vt.edu BITNET: foxea@vtvax3.bitnet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Prof. Choueka Yaacov Date: Sun, 24 Apr 88 19:08:09 +0200 Subject: ALLC/AIBI conferences ... ALLC/AIBI 1988 Joint Conferences ==================== Fifteenth International Conference on Literary and Linguistic Computing and Second International Conference on Computers and Biblical Studies June 5-13, 1988, Jerusalem * Sponsored by: ALLC - Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing AIBI - Association Internationale Bible et Informatique * With the participation of: ACH - Association for Computing in the Humanities * Partially supported by: ICRD - Israel Council for Research and Development * Organized by: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and Institute for Information Retrieval and Computational Linguistics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel Prof. Yaacov Choueka, Chairman, Organizing Committee * Under the auspices of: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities ___________________________________________________________________ Organizing Committee: Yaacov Choueka, Chairman Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Hillel Weiss, Coordinator Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Daniel Boyarin Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Itamar Even-Zohar Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv Ariel Frank Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Reuven Mirkin Academy of Hebrew Language, Jerusalem Uzzi Ornan Technion, Haifa Yehuda Radday Technion, Haifa Michael Sokoloff Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan ALLC 1988 Conference International Advisory Board Paul Bratley Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada Jacqueline Hamesse Universite Catholique, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium R.-F. Poswick Centre Informatique et Biblique, Maredsous, Belgium Klaus M. Schmidt Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA Don Walker Bell Communications Research, Morristown, New Jersey AIBI 1988 Conference President: Emmanuel Tov, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Secretary: Br. R. -F. Poswick, osb, Centre Informatique et Biblique, Maredsous, Belgium _____________________________________________________________________ ALLC/AIBI 1988 Joint Conferences The Fifteenth International Conference for Literary and Linguistic Computing will be held June 5-9, 1988, at the Moriah Hotel, Jerusalem, to be immediately followed by the Second International Conference on Computers and Biblical Studies June 9-13, 1988, at the same site. This first-time arrangement of jointly organized conferences with separate programs and many joint activities was endorsed by the sponsoring organizations (ALLC and AIBI) in the hope of promoting a fruitful exchange of ideas and information between scholars who work in related areas with obvious mutual influences and projections. Separate registrations are possible, but a joint registration with greatly reduced fees is available and recommended. The conferences consist of invited lectures, contributed papers, panels, and product-review sessions. Major textual databases in the Humanities (French, Italian, Hebrew) as well as program products in computerized Biblical studies will be presented and demonstrated on-line in plenary sessions. Special social and touristic activities are also included and are detailed in the brochure. Participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy many cultural and entertainment activities that will be taking place during June 1988 in Israel in the context of the festivities for the celebration of Israel's 40 years of independence; details will be included in the registration kit. All the conference activities will take place at the Moriah Hotel except for the last day of the AIBI Conference which will be hosted by the Hebrew University, at its Mt. Scopus Campus in Jerusalem. ________________________________________________________________ Conferences Schedule ALLC Sunday, June 5 : Registration (afternoon) Monday, June 6 : 8:30-9:20 Opening Session 9:30-17:30 Parallel Sessions, Product-Review Sessions and Panels Evening Folklore Evening Tuesday, June 7: 8:30-9:20 Invited Lecture 9:30-17:30 Parallel Sessions and Panels Evening Reception and Visit to Israel Museum Wednesday, June 8: Excursion day Thursday, June 9: 8:30-9:20 Invited Lecture 9:30-12:45 Parallel Sessions 14:00-15:30 Plenary panel 15:30-16:30 ALLC Closing Lecture 16:30-17:30 AIBI Opening Lecture 17:30- ALLC and AIBI Business Meetings Evening Joint ALLC-Farewell/AIBI-Welcome Banquet AIBI Friday, June 10: 8:30-9:20 Plenary Session 9:30-12:45 Joint Workshop 9:30-15:30 Parallel Sessions Evening Evening:Informal talk on a Biblical- Archaeological topic Saturday, June 11: Free (visits to religious sites in Jerusalem) Sunday, June 12: 9:30-12:45 Joint Workshop-CD-ROM 14:00-17:15 Joint Workshop-Desktop Publishing 14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions 15:45-17:15 Panel Monday, June 13: Hosting the AIBI Conference -- The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 8:30-15:30 Parallel Sessions 15:45-17:15 Closing Panel _____________________________________________________________ ALLC Conference Program Outline (provisional) * Invited Lectures Monday, June 6 8:30 a.m. (to be announced) Tuesday, June 7 8:30 a.m.: Jeremy Clear, Senior Computer Officer, CO-BUILD Project, Birmingham University and Collins Publishing Co. "Computers, corpora and modern lexicography: the CO-BUILD experience" Thursday, June 9 8:30 a.m.: Prof. J. Aarts, University of Nijmengen, Nijmengen, the Netherlands "Corpus Linguistics-"An Appraisal" Thursday, June 9 15:30: ALLC Closing Lecture Prof. Ian Lancashire, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada "Back to the future: Humanities Computing 1968-1988" * Contributed papers About 50 contributed papers covering all aspects of literary and linguistic computing will be presented at the conference. The topics covered, and the number of papers in each topic are approximately as follows: Mechanized morphology, lexicography and dictionaries (15) Textual databases and corpora, text retrieval and processing (9) Stylistic analysis, authorship studies and statistical linguistics (8) Critical editions, collations and variants (6) Encoding, formatting and data entry (4) Computational linguistics (3) Phonetics (3) * Panels Three panels will be held during the conference, on the following topics and with the indicated moderators: - "Text encoding and formatting", Nancy Ide, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A. - "Literary and linguistic computing: the tools are here, what about results?", Willard McCarty, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada - "Corpus linguistics: a new tool?", Yaacov Choueka, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel * Demonstration of major textual databases in the humanities Three of the major textual databases in the humanities, with their relevant software, will be presented, with live demonstrations: The Pisa Linguistic Database (Italian) The "Tresor de la langue Francaise" (French) The Responsa System (Hebrew) * Product-Review Sessions Parallel to the sessions with contributed papers, special Product-Review sessions in which unrefereed presentations of commercial hardware/software products of interest to the Conference participants will take place. * SCCAC - Society for Conceptual and Content Analysis by Computer As has been the tradition in the last few years, the Society for Conceptual and Content Analysis by Computer (SCCAC) is organizing its annual meeting in the framework of the ALLC Conference. The meeting will consist of 2-3 sessions of contributed papers and a round-table discussion. Attendance is free for ALLC registrants. For more information, write directly to: Prof. Klaus Schmidt, BGSU A.Y.A. program, Ins. fur Anglistik & Amerikan., Univ. Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (Tel.(43)662-8044/4415) ________________________________________________________________ AIBI Conference Program Outline (provisional) * Opening lecture Thursday, June 9, 16.30 p.m. Prof. Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem "Achievements and trends in computer-assisted Biblical studies" * Contributed papers About 30 papers will be presented covering all aspects of computerized Biblical studies: morphology and syntax, concordances, stylistic analysis, authorship studies, statistical features, variants analysis, data entry, display and typesetting of non-standard characters. Various utility programs for analyzing and concording the Hebrew and Greek text of the Bible will be also demonstrated. * Panels Three panels are under planning on the following topics and with the indicated moderators: - "International exchange of programs in computer-assisted Biblical studies", Prof. Walter T. Claassen, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa - "European Biblical databases", Prof. Georges Heintz, Strasbourg - Closing panel, Monday, June 13, 15:45 p.m., R. -F. Poswick, CIB-Maredsous, Belgium * Special AIBI Day at the Hebrew University The Hebrew University will host the AIBI Conference on Monday, June 13, at its Mount Scopus Campus. In addition to the sessions with contributed papers, several Biblical projects will be demonstrated, including the CATSS databases and tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Workshops Three Workshops will be given at the end of the ALLC Conference and during the AIBI Conference. Each workshop will consist of two sessions of 1h 30m each, with a 15 minute coffee break in-between, and is open to the attendees of both Conferences for a special registration fee of $35 each. Each workshop will deal with a different sector of the relevant technologies for textual computing and processing, introducing the basics of the technology, discussing potential uses for literary and linguistic computing as well as operational applications, and giving details on products, prices, etc. Written material will be also distributed. Workshop 1: Hypertext, Friday June 10, 9:30-12:45 Prof. Walter T. Claassen and Mr. D.P. Van der Merwe, Department of Semitic Languages, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Workshop 2: CD-ROM, Sunday June 12, 9:30-12:45 Prof. Robert Kraft, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Workshop 3: Desktop Publishing, Sunday June 12, 14:00-17:15 Mr. John R. Hughes, Editor and Publisher, Bits and Bytes Review, Iowa, USA. _____________________________________________________________________ Social Program Monday, June 6: A folklore evening of Israeli dancing and music at the Moriah Hotel in Jerusalem Tuesday, June 7: Reception hosted by the Municipality of Jerusalem, followed by a visit to the Israel Museum Wednesday, June 8:Half-day historical-archaeological tour of the picturesque Old City of Jerusalem. Highlight: Mt. Scopus, Mt. of Olives, Western Wall, Ophel Garden, City of David, Jewish Quarter, Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Thursday June 9: Farewell banquet (jointly with AIBI Welcome banquet) ADDITIONAL TOURS For the convenience of participants and accompanying persons Omega Tours have prepared a: -one-day excursion to the Dead Sea area, the Judean desert, Masada, Qumran Caves (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered) which will be available on Wednesday, June 8, 1988 at $33 per person; -3-day (3 nights) post conference tour to include one night at leisure in Tel Aviv, touring in the Jordan Valley, Beit Shean, Tiberias, the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Meggido, Caesarea. In addition, regular and individual private-car tours throughout Israel will be available at the Omega Tours desk during the conferences. ____________________________________________________________ General Information Venue The Conferences will take place at the five star Moriah Hotel in Jerusalem. Registrations fees (per person) Tariff: 1 2 3 Joint Conferences $ 150 $ 180 $ 75 ALLC only $ 120 $ 145 $ 60 AIBI only $ 70 $ 85 $ 35 Tariff 1 is for registered 1988 members of ALLC, AIBI, or ACH organizations. Tariff 2 for all other regular participants. Tariff 3 is for registered 1988 full-time students (please enclose proof) and for accompanying persons. For late registration mailed after May 1, 1988 an additional fee of $25 will be charged. Participant's registration fees include: participation in scentific sessions, book of abstracts, social events, which for ALLC participants include a folklore evening, reception at the Israel Museum, a half-day tour of Jerusalem, farewell banquet, and for AIBI participants the welcome banquet. Accompanying person fees include: participation in all social events listed above. Student fees include: participation in scientific sessions, and book of abstracts. Registration Desk The registration desk will be open on Sunday, June 5, 1988 at the Moriah Hotel between 16:00-21:00 and (for AIBI registration) on Thursday, June 9,1988 at 13:00. Refunds Registration fees will be refulnded (less 10% handling charges) provided the cancellation letter is post-marked not later than May 5, 1988. Weather and Clothing The weather in Jerusalem in June is generally warm and pleasant by day and cool during the evening. Temperatures range from 16-28 C (61-82 F). Sweaters or jackets are recommended for the evenings. Light clothing, headcover and comfortable shoes (as well as a bathing suit) are advisable for sightseeing. Transportation Just outside the airport, there is a bus station with regular buses to Jerusalem (a trip of less than an hour). Once there at the Central Bus station bus 6 or 18 will take you to all of the hotels mentioned in this brochure; a tax`i would cost about $4. For a couple of dollars more you may find it more convenient to share a car service ('Sherut') from the airport to Jerusalem which will then take you directly to your final destination. Meals You can have your meals at most of the hotels, or, for a more interesting experience, in a multitude of restaurants located a few minutes from Moriah and ranging from the luxurious to the popular in all styles and tastes: European, Jewish East-European, American, Israeli, Middle-Eastern, Italian and vegetarian (needless to say, Kosher is no problem here!). Datailed information will be enclosed in the registration kit. *Travel*Tour* Accommodations Omega (Israel), Travel & Tours Ltd., Jerusalem, has been appointed by the Organizing Committee as the official organizer and travel agent for the Conferences. For the ocnvenience of participants Omega Tours is offering reduced rates for accommodation in Jerusalem at the hotels listed below. Payment to Omega Tours may be made by travellers' cheques, Eurocheques, cash or Visa credit card (other credit cards not accepted). Special rates have been obtained at the following hotels (all are within walking distance from the Conference venue) and include full Israeli buffet breakfast and service charge. Rates are per person per night class double room single room Moriah 5-star $ 40 $ 58 Kings 3-star $ 33 $ 48 Y.M.C.A. Economy 3-star $ 21 $ 33 Note: All above rates are valid only if reservations and payments are made through Omega Tours. Hotel addresses Kings 60 King George St. (02)247133 Moriah 39 Keren Hayessod (02)232232 Y.M.C.A. 26 King David St. (02)227111 ______________________________________________________________________ For more information: Program ALLC: Prof. Yaacov Choueka Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 52100 Tel. (03) 5318716; electronic mail address: choueka@bimacs.biu.ac.il or Choueka-bimacs.bitnet Program AIBI: Br. R. -F. Poswick, osb Centre Informatique et Biblique, Maredsous, B-5198, B-5198, Denee, Belgium Tel. (082) 699647 Telefax (082) 699436 Official Organizer and Travel Agency: Omega Tours 59 Ramban St., POB 71102 Jerusalem, Israel, 91079 Tel. (02) 662989, 668377 Telex 26577 IL. _____________________________________________________________________ Post Conferences Tour June 14-17 1988 Tuesday,June 14,1988 After breakfast depart Jerusalem via Bethany to Jericho. Drive along the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean and on to Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Arrival at a kibbutz guesthouse in the Upper Galilee for dinner and overnight. After dinner enjoy a lecture on the unique kibbutz way of life. Wednesday, June 15, 1988 After breakfast drive up to the Golan Heights to Banias, one of the sources of the Jordan River. Cross the river to visit the Mt. of Beatiltudes, Capernaum, Tabgha (site of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fish), and 'Jesus'boat'. Proceed on to the ruins of the monastery of Kursi, the hot baths of Hamat Gader and Karnei Hittim. Return to the kibbutz guesthouse for dinner and overnight. Thursday, June 16,1988 Check out of the kibbutz guest house and drive via the Hulah Valley to Cana and on to Nazareth to visit the Church of the Annunciation, Joseph's House and Mary's Well. Proceed via Meggido (site of 'Armageddon'), the city of the Kings of Israel to Caesarea (the Roman port-city and Crusader bastion with its amphitheater and hypodrome). Continue to Tel Avliv for overnight at a three star hotel. Friday, June 17,1988 Departure transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport. Rates Per person in double room: US $ 165 Supplement for single room: US $ 35 Rates include: -2 nights at a kibbutz guesthouse in the Upper Galilee with dinner and Israeli breakfast. -1 night at a three star hotel in Tel Aviv with Israeli buffet breakfast. -3 days of sightseeing in an airconditioned bus with services of licensed guide -entrance fees as per itinerary. -porterage at hotels -transfer upon departure (on car-sharing basis) Note: Tour will operate only with a minimum of 15 paying participants. _______________________________________________________________________________ FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND BIBLICAL STUDIES Registration Form Please type or write in BLOCK LETTERS and airmail to: ALLC/AIBI Joint Conferences P.O. Box 71102, Jerusalem 91709, Israel SURNAME FIRST NAME/S INSTITUTION MAILING ADDRESS: INSTITUTION HOME _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ELECTRONIC MAIL ACCOMPANYING PERSON/S REGISTRATION FEES (US $ per person) Status: 1 member 2 regular 3-4 student/accompanying Conferences Tariff: 1 2 3-4 Joint ALLC/AIBI 150 180 75 ALLC only 120 145 60 AIBI only 70 85 35 Late registration 25 25 25 Workshops: W1 Hypertext 35 W2 CD-ROM 35 W3 Desktop Publishing 35 I enclose a cheque of US $ (or equivalent) payable to: Omega Tours ALLC/AIBI I made a bank transfer of US $ to account No. 02612709/038, Bank Leumi, Rehavia Branch, 912, Jerusalem, Israel * Participants settling their conference fees for registration, hotel accommodations and tours by bank transfers are requested to instruct the bank clerk to stipulate the name of the Conference on all necessary forms. Date__________________________ Signature_________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND BIBLICAL STUDIES Reservation Please type or write in BLOCK LETTERS and airmail to : ALLC/AIBI Joint Conferences P.O.Box 71102, Jerusalem 91709, Israel SURNAME FIRST NAME/S ACCOMPANYING PERSON/S ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ARRIVAL Date Airline Flight Time(if known) DEPARTURE Date Airline Fliglht Time(if known) I wish to reserve: double room/s single room/s from till total of nights at the Moriah Hotel Kings Hotel Y.M.C.A. Seat/s for Jerusalem Tour Dead Sea/Masada Tour Post Conference Tour I enclose the total amount of US $ to cover US $ 100 deposit per person for each of the following: Accommodation during the conferences Post Conferences tour Reservations cannot be confirmed unless accompanied by a deposit. Deposits are refundable less 10% processing charges. Cancellations received later than 30 days before check-in date are refundable less the amount of one-night accommodation. I enclose a cheque of US $ payable to Omega Tours I made a bank transfer of US $ to: Acct. No. 02612709/038, Bank Leumi, Rehavia branch 912, Jerusalem, Israel * Participants settling their congress fees for registration, hotel accommodations and tours by bank transfers are requested to instruct the bank clerk to stipulate the name of the Congress on all necessary forms. Date________________________ Signature_________________________________ ------------------------------ END OF IRList Digest ********************