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AIList Digest Tuesday, 2 Aug 1988 Volume 8 : Issue 33
Today's Topics:
Announcements:
Object-Oriented Database Workshop
Network Computing Forum - call for papers
ACL 1989 Annual Meeting Call for Papers; Vancouver, 26-29 June
First annual meeting of the International Neural Network Society
New Special Interest Group - INFO-FRAME
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Date: 26 Jul 88 20:05:21 GMT
From: root@mips.ti.com (Super-user)
Reply-to: thatte@ti-csl.ti.com (Satish Thatte)
Subject: Object-Oriented Database Workshop
Article-I.D.: ti-csl.54967
OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE WORKSHOP
To be held in conjunction with the
OOPSLA '88
Conference on Object-Oriented Programming:
Systems, Languages, and Applications
26 September 1988
San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Object-oriented database systems combine the strengths of
object-oriented programming languages and data models, and database
systems. This one-day workshop will expand on the theme and scope of a
similar OODB workshop held at OOPSLA '87. The 1988 Workshop will
consist of the following four panels:
Architectural issues: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Therice Anota (Graphael), Gordon Landis (Ontologic),
Dan Fishman (HP), Patrick O'Brien (DEC),
Jacob Stein (Servio Logic), David Wells (TI)
Transaction management for cooperative work: 10:30 AM - 12:00 noon
Bob Handsaker (Ontologic), Eliot Moss (Univ. of Massachusetts),
Tore Risch (HP), Craig Schaffert (DEC),
Jacob Stein (Servio Logic), David Wells (TI)
Schema evolution and version management: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Gordon Landis (Ontologic), Mike Killian (DEC),
Brom Mehbod (HP), Jacob Stein (Servio Logic),
Craig Thompson (TI), Stan Zdonik (Brown University)
Query processing: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
David Beech (HP), Paul Gloess (Graphael),
Bob Strong (Ontologic), Jacob Stein (Servio Logic),
Craig Thompson (TI)
Each panel member will present his position on the panel topic in 10
minutes. This will be followed by questions from the workshop
participants and discussions. To encourage vigorous interactions and
exchange of ideas between the participants, the workshop will be limited
to 60 qualified participants. If you are interested in attending the
workshop, please submit three copies of a single page abstract to the
workshop chairman describing your work related to object-oriented
database systems. The workshop participants will be selected based on
the relevance and significance of their work described in the abstract.
Abstracts should be submitted to the workshop chairman by 15 August 1988.
Participants selected will be notified by 5 September 1988.
Workshop Chairman:
Dr. Satish M. Thatte
Director, Information Technologies Laboratory
Texas Instruments Incorporated
P.O. Box 655474, M/S 238
Dallas, TX 75265
Phone: (214)-995-0340
Arpanet: Thatte@csc.ti.com CSNet: Thatte%ti-csl@relay.cs.net
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Date: 29 Jul 88 12:31 PDT
From: William Daul / McAir / McDonnell-Douglas Corp
<WBD.MDC@OFFICE-8.ARPA>
Subject: NETWORK COMPUTING FORUM - CALL FOR PAPERS
NETWORK COMPUTING FORUM
CALL FOR PAPERS
OCTOBER 5-8, 1988
HOLIDAY INN WESTPORT, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
The next meeting of the Network Computing Forum will be held on October 5-7 in
St. Louis, Missouri. This will be the fourth meeting of the Forum, and will
focus on the role of the Forum as a catalyst for change in the industry. The
Forum is an industry group chartered to lead the way for rapid adoption of
multi-vendor network computing concepts and technologies. Forum meetings allow
representatives from users and vendors to work together on common issues in an
open, informal atmosphere. The Forum has over 100 member organizations, and
more than 220 representatives attended the May 1988 meeting.
Forum meetings are organized into three sessions: a conference featuring
invited papers and panel sessions, meetings of interest groups and working
groups, and a policy making executive committee meeting. Some areas of
interest to the Forum member organizations are listed, to suggest possible
topics for papers:
Definition of user requirements for network computing
Practical experiences using network computing concepts & technologies
Partitioning and/or integration of applications across networks
Remote procedure calls and other core services for network computing
System and network administration for networks of heterogeneous computers
User interfaces and user environments for network computing
Software licensing in a network environment
Data representation and command scripting across heterogeneous networks
Use of network computing with IBM mainframes (MVS and VM)
Invited Papers
As part of each Forum meeting, papers are invited from the community at
large for presentation and discussion. These papers should address the use
or development of network based applications and services. Emphasis should
be placed on creating and using tightly coupled links between multiple,
heterogeneous computer systems. Technical descriptions of research
projects, user experiences, as well as commerically available products are
welcome. Invitations are also extended for more informal talks on practical
experience in administering heterogeneous computer networks. All
presentations should be 35 minutes in length, with 15 minutes of discussion
following each presentation.
Abstracts must be received by August 10, 1988. Abstracts should summarize
the paper in two or three paragraphs and include the mailing address,
affiliation, and phone number of the author(s). Notification of abstracts
selected will be sent on August 19, 1988 and papers must be submitted no
later than September 20, 1988. Papers can be copyrighted, but must include
authorization for unrestricted reproduction by the Network Computing Forum.
Papers can be marked as working papers to allow future publication.
SEND ABSTRACTS BY AUGUST 10, 1988 TO the Program Chairman for the October 1988
meeting:
T.D. Carter
c/o Jan McPherson
McDonnell Douglas Travel Company
944 Anglum Drive, Suite A
Hazelwood, MO 63042
(314) 233-2951
Internet Address: TDC.MDC@OFFICE-8.ARPA
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Date: 1 Aug 88 14:30:14 GMT
From: flash.bellcore.COM!walker@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Donald E Walker)
Subject: ACL 1989 Annual Meeting Call for Papers; Vancouver, 26-29
June
CALL FOR PAPERS
27th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
26-29 June 1989
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original,
and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics,
including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics,
syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics, phonology, and morphology;
interpreting and generating spoken and written language; linguistic,
mathematical, and psychological models of language; machine translation
and translation aids; natural language interfaces; message
understanding systems; and theoretical and applications papers of every
kind.
REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe unique work that has not been
submitted elsewhere; they should emphasize completed work rather than
intended work; and they should indicate clearly the state of completion
of the reported results.
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit twelve copies of an
extended abstract not to exceed eight double-spaced pages (exclusive of
references) in a font no smaller than 10 point (elite). The title page
should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete
addresses, a short (5 line) summary, and a specification of the topic
area. Submissions that do not conform to this format will not be
reviewed. Send to:
Julia Hirschberg
ACL89 Program Chair
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2D-450
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA
(201)582-7496; julia@btl.att.com
SCHEDULE: Papers are due by 6 January 1989. Authors will be notified
of acceptance by February 20. Camera-ready copies of final papers
prepared in a double-column format, either on model paper or in a
reduced font size using laserprinter output, must be received by 20
April along with a signed copyright release statement.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials
organized by Martha Pollack, AI Center, SRI International, 333
Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (415)859-2037;
pollack@ai.sri.com. Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a
demonstration should send a brief description together with a
specification of physical requirements (space, power, telephone
connections, tables, etc.) to Richard Rosenberg at the address below.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being handled by
Richard Rosenberg, Department of Computer Science, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA V6T 1W5; (604)228-4142;
rosen%cs.ubc.ca@relay.cs.net. For other information on the conference
and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE
2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA;
(201)829-4312; walker@flash.bellcore.com or bellcore!walker.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Joyce Friedman, Barbara Grosz, Julia Hirschberg,
Bob Kasper, Richard Kittredge, Beth Levin, Steve Lytinen, Len Schubert,
Martha Palmer, Fernando Pereira, Carl Pollard, Mark Steedman.
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 88 12:08:42 EDT
From: mike%bucasb.bu.edu@bu-it.BU.EDU (Michael Cohen)
Subject: FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK
SOCIETY
-----Meeting Update-----
September 6--10, 1988
Park Plaza Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
The first annual INNS meeting promises to be a historic event. Its program
includes the largest selection of investigators ever assembled to present
the full range of neural network research and applications.
The meeting will bring together over 2000 scientists, engineers, students,
government administrators, industrial commercializers, and financiers. It
is rapidly selling out. Reserve now to avoid disappointment.
Call J.R. Shuman Associates, (617) 237-7931 for information about registration
For information about hotel reservations, call the Park Plaza Hotel at
(800) 225-2008 and reference "Neural Networks." If you call
from Massachusetts, call (800) 462-2022.
There will be 600 scientific presentations, including tutorials, plenary
lectures, symposia, and contributed oral and poster presentations. Over 50
exhibits are already reserved for industrial firms, publishing houses, and
government agencies.
The full day of tutorials presented on September 6 will be given by Gail
Carpenter, John Daugman, Stephen Grossberg, Morris Hirsch, Teuvo Kohonen,
David Rumelhart, Demetri Psaltis, and Allen Selverston. The plenary lecturers
are Stephen Grossberg, Carver Mead, Terrence Sejnowski, Nobuo Suga, and Bernard
Widrow. Approximately 30 symposium lectures will be given, 125 contributed oral
presentations, and 400 poster presentations.
Fourteen professional societies are cooperating with the INNS meeting. They
are:
American Association of Artificial Intelligence
American Mathematical Society
Association for Behavior Analysis
Cognitive Science Society
IEEE Boston Section
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Control Systems Society
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society
Optical Society of America
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Society for Mathematical Biology
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
DO NOT MISS THE FIRST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF THIS IMPORTANT NEW
RESEARCH COALITION!
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 88 10:04:34 pdt
From: mcdonald@loki.edsg (louis mcdonald)
Subject: New Special Interest Group
New Special Interest Group
INFO-FRAME ------- System Frameworks
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This group is designed to provide information for software tool
developers that are responsible for integrating heterogenous
software products. This can include in-house and vendor supplied.
Usually, the integration of the products is designed to provide
an environment that makes using the tools easier. The basic
issue is to build a `framework' around the tools that provides
a common and consistent view of the system.
The framework is not limited to homogenus environments, but
also can span heterogeneous systems. Companies like EDA
and government sponsored projects like EIS are trying to
tackle this problem. This group can be viewed as a forum
for users and developers to voice their opinions on this subject.
Frameworks are common in the area of CAD/CAE, CASE and office
automation; but they are not limited to only these areas.
Topics open for discussion are:
Tool encapsulation Data Management Network Computing
User Interface Data Transfer Languages Tool Portability
Process Control/Flow Object Programming Anything Else
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Moderator: Louis McDonald; Hughes Aircraft
mcdonald%loki.edsg@hac2arpa.hac.com
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