Nlp-l July 1999

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PD: [E-Conf] TMI-99: Final Reminder
by Ryszard Gubrynowicz 28 Jul '99

28 Jul '99

- ---------- > Od: iat(a)ccl.umist.ac.uk > Do: > Temat: [E-Conf] TMI-99: Final Reminder > Data: 28 lipca 1999 08:37 > > 8th International Conference on > Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Machine Translation > TMI-99 > August 23-25, 1999 > Chester, UK > http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/tmi99/ > > > Final Announcement > ==================== > > The eighth conference in the TMI series will take place over > August 23-25, 1999 in the historic city of Chester, UK. > > Important dates > > Conference dates > Tutorials: Sun, Aug 22, 1999 > Papers and Panels: Mon-Wed, Aug 23-25, 1999 > Workshop: Thur, Aug 26, 1999 > > Electronic registration still possible. Note: if you have registered > electronically but have not recevied an email with your invoice, > please register again as we have experienced some difficulties with > the TMI-99 registration webpage. > > Tutorial Program: > ================= > > Two tutorials are being offered on August the 22nd: > > * Introduction to MT and translation tools > (Organiser: John Hutchins. Tutors: Reinhard Schäler, Ian Gordon, > Dorothy Senez, Jörg Schütz, Rita Nübel and A.N. Other) > * Acquisition of Knowledge about a Low-Density Language for Use in MT > (Sergei Nirenburg) > > Details of the program, including a schedule, and details of how to > register, will be found at the web site. > > Conference Program (provisional): > ================================= > > Monday (23rd August) TMI-99 Sessions > > 09:00 Registration > > 10:00 Authoring Multilingual Documents Symbolically > Donia Scott (Invited Speaker) > Information Technology Research Institute (ITRI), University of > Brighton > > 11:00 Break > > 11:30 Mental Spaces, Space Builders and Bilingual Summarization of News > Reports > Barbara Gawronska, Jaana Anttila, Dan-Ivar Jacobsson > Department of Languages, University of Skövde, Sweden > > 12:00 Long Time No See: Overt Semantics for Machine Translation > Evelyne Viegas, Wanying Jin, Stephen Beale > Computing Research Laboratory, New Mexico State University, > Las Cruces NM > > 12:30 Lunch > > 14:00 Adding Linguistic Knowledge to a Lexical Example-Based Translation > System > Ralf D. Brown > Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, > Pittsburgh PA > > 14:30 A Unified Example-Based and Lexicalist Approach to Machine Translation > Davide Turcato, Paul McFetridge, Fred Popowich, Janine Toole > Natural Language Laboratory, School of Computer Science, Simon Fraser > University, Burnaby BC > > 15:00 Learning, Forgetting and Remembering: Statistical Support for > Rule-Based MT > Oliver Streiter, Leonid L. Iomdin*, Munpyo Hong, Ute Hauck > Institute for Applied Information Science, Saarbrücken, Germany > * Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow > > 15:30 Break > > 16:00 Automatic Generation of Semantic Dependency Rules for Japanese Noun > Phrases with Particles no > Satoru Ikehara, Shinnji Nakai, Jiníchi Murakami > Tottori University, Japan > > 16:30 An Example-Based Approach to Japanese-to-English Translation of Tense, > Aspect, and Modality > Masaki Murata, Qing Ma, Kiyotaka Uchimoto, Hitoshi Isahara > Kansai Advanced Research Center,Communications Research Laboratory, > Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Kobe, Japan > > Tuesday (24th August) TMI-99 Sessions > > 10:00 Bilingual Clustering Using Monolingual Algorithms > Sergio Barrachina, Juan Miguel Vilar > Departamento de Informática, Universidad Jaume I, Castellón, Spain > > 10:30 Extracting Bilingual Collocations from Non-Aligned Parallel Corpora > Kumiko Ohmori, Masanobu Higashida > NTT Information Sharing Platform Laboratories, Yokosuka, Japan > > 11:00 Break > > 11:30 A Language Neutral, Sparse-Data Algorithm for Extracting Translation > Patterns > Kevin McTait, Arturo Trujillo > Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, Manchester > > 12:00 Extraction of Translation Equivalents from Non-Parallel Corpora > Takaaki Tanaka, Yoshihiro Matsuo > NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Kyoto > > 12:30 Lunch > > 14:00 A Confidence Index for Machine Translation > Arendse Bernth > IBM T.J. Watson Research Lab, Yorktown Heights NY > > 14:30 Errors of Omission in Translation > Graham Russell > RALI, Université de Montréal > > 15:00 Profiling Translation Projects: An Essential Part of Routing > Translations > Nancy L. Underwood, Bart Jongejan > Center for Sprogteknologi, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen > > 15:30 Break > > 16:00 Lexical Selection with a Target Language Monolingual Corpus and MRD > Hyun Ah Lee, Jong C. Park, Gil Chang Kim, > Department of Computer Science, Korean Advanced Institute of Science > and Technology, > Taejon, Korea > > 16:30 Explanation-based Learning for Machine Translation > Janine Toole, Fred Popowich, Devlan Nicholson, Davide Turcato, > Paul McFetridge > Natural Language Laboratory, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC > > Wednesday (25th August) TMI-99 Sessions > > 10:00 "The Limits of my Language Mean the Limits of my World": > is Machine Translation a Cultural Threat to anyone? > Nicholas Ostler (Invited Speaker) > President, Foundation for Endangered Languages > > 11:00 Break > > 11:30 Experiments in Translingual Information Retrieval Using Web-based MT > and > WordNet > Krzysztof Czuba, Xin Liu > Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, > Pittsburgh PA > > 12:30 Lunch > > 14:00 Automatic Addition of Verbal Semantic Attributes for a > Japanese-to-English Valency > Transfer Dictionary > Hiromi Nakaiwa > NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Kyoto > > 14:30 Argument Status in Japanese Verb Sense Disambiguation > Timothy Baldwin, Hozumi Tanaka > Tokyo Institute of Technology > > 15:00 A Valency Dictionary Architecture for Machine Translation > Timothy Baldwin*, Francis Bond**, Ben Hutchinson*** > * Tokyo Institute of Technology > ** NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Kyoto > *** University of Sydney > > 15:30 Break > > 16:00 Multiple Strategies for Automatic Disambiguation in Technical > Translation > Teruko Mitamura, Eric Nyberg, Enrique Torrejon, Robert Igo > Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, > Pittsburgh PA > > 16:30 Multi-Engine Machine Translation: Accomplishment of MATES/CK system > Min Zhang, KeySun Choi > CAIR, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, > Korea > > Workshop: > ========== > > After the conference (i.e. on August 26th), we will hold a one-day > workshop. > > * Problems and Potential of English-to-German MT systems > > Convener: Claudia Gdaniec (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) > Email: cgdaniec(a)us.ibm.com > Web site: http://www.research.ibm.com/people/g/cgdaniec/tmi99.html > > Synopsis: > > Many German speakers have had a chance, and a need, to taste > English-German MT translation through the many products available on > the market and through the growing opportunities on the > Internet. Reactions have been anywhere from acceptance to > disappointment to derision. This workshop is aimed at getting > developers, researchers, and users together for an opportunity to > present, discuss -- and ideally reach some agreement on -- the status > of, and desired and possible improvements to, English-to-German MT > systems. > > The workshop will address the many areas of MT application: heavy-duty > translation of technical documentation; casual in-house and at-home > translation; on-the-fly Web page translation; MT in information and > knowledge management; MT in electronic commerce; Internet chat and > e-mail translation. There will be presentations of positive and negative > experiences with text types and linguistic quality as well as of > desired priorities in terms of linguistic domains and technical > requirements by users, developers, and researchers. > > Conference Site: > ================ > > The conference meetings will be held at Chester College, in the city > of Chester, UK. More information about the conference site can be > found at the web site: http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/tmi99/. > > TMI-99 is supported by the European Association for Machine > Translation and by Aslib, The Association for Information Management. > > > TMI-99 Officers: > Program Chair: Francis Bond, NTT CS Labs, Kyoto > Local Chairs: Arturo Trujillo and Harold Somers, UMIST, Manchester > General Chair: Sergei Nirenburg, NMSU, Las Cruces NM > > Please address any further enquiries to the local chairs: > > Arturo Trujillo (iat(a)ccl.umist.ac.uk) > Harold Somers (harold(a)ccl.umist.ac.uk) > --- > TMI-99 > Department of Language Engineering > UMIST > PO Box 88 Fax: +44 161 200 3099 > Manchester M60 1QD > England Web: www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/tmi99/ > > > >

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PD: Progress & Prospects '99
by Ryszard Gubrynowicz 28 Jul '99

28 Jul '99

- ---------- > Od: LINGLINK <linglink(a)anite-systems.lu> > Do: rgubryn(a)ippt.gov.pl > Temat: Progress & Prospects '99 > Data: 27 lipca 1999 15:17 > > To all involved in Human Language Technology > > In 1997 and 1998 the LE Projects reference book has been the famous > 'Progress and Prospects', also known as P&P or the blue book. This has > contained summaries of all of the LE Projects together with a large amount > of background information about the sector. > > For 1999, the LINGLINK team has produced an online version - "P&P99 > Online" - on the HLTCentral site (http://www.linglink.lu/hlt/p&p99/), which > has just been launched. This features completely revamped project > descriptions and updated background material. The look & feel of P&P 98 has > been retained in the design elements and graphics, although these have been > optimised for fast load times. > > As the MLIS Programme has come under the management of DG13-E4 alongside > HLT, and as some LE-related projects from the Esprit and INCO programmes > have also migrated, the project descriptions for these have all been updated > and included in P&P99 Online. > > The advantages of the web version are many, including the ability to update > project information dynamically. Also, where these have been available, > project presentations and demos have been added, as have relevant links. We > welcome any feedback at mailto:linglink@anite-systems.lu and will implement > any corrections and/or updates rapidly. > > In addition to the launch of P&P99 Online, the team has also introduced a > new design for the HLTCentral homepage (http://www.linglink.lu), and > slightly changed the navigation to improve clarity. The 'new look' will be > extended to the rest of the site over the summer. Again, feedback is most > welcome. > > The LINGLINK team > >

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PD: ETAI-DRU Newsletter 99003
by Ryszard Gubrynowicz 19 Jul '99

19 Jul '99

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Call for papers of IPMU-2000 =20 - ---------- - ------=_NextPart_000_01BED1C6.D8484FA0 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Newsletter-99003" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Newsletter-99003" *************************************************************************= * NEWSLETTER ON DECISION AND REASONING UNDER UNCERTAINTY = =20 Issue 99003 Editors: Salem Benferhat, Henri Prade = 15.07.1999 Back issues available at = http://www.ida.liu.se/ext/etai/dru/index.html =20 *************************************************************************= * To subscribe or to correct an entry from the directory of researchers = temporarily located at: http://cafe.newcastle.edu.au/salem/chercheur.html please send an email to benferhat(a)irit.fr or prade(a)irit.fr This newsletter contains: 1. Technical program of UAI99 2. Call for papers of IPMU-2000 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 1. Technical program of UAI99 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Fifteenth Annual Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence=20 July 30 - August 1, 1999=20 KTH=20 Stockholm, Sweden=20 UAI '99 Conference Program=20 Friday July 30, 1999 8:30 AM Welcome (Greg Cooper, Kathryn Laskey and Henri Prade)=20 Plenary Session 1: Learning I=20 8:45 AM=20 1.Variational Learning in Mixed-State Dynamic Graphical Models - = Vladimir Pavlovic, Brendan J. Frey, Thomas Huang=20 2.Accelerating EM: An Empirical Study - Luis E. Ortiz and Leslie P. = Kaelbling=20 3.Model based Bayesian Exploration - Richard Dearden, Nir Friedman, = David Andre=20 Break 10:00 AM=20 Invited Talk 1=20 10:20 AM=20 Inference Networks and the Evaluation of Evidence: Alternative Analyses = - - David A. Schum=20 =20 =20 Plenary Session 2: Utility=20 11:20 AM=20 1.Efficient Value of Information Computation - Ross D. Shachter=20 2.Lazy Evaluation of Symmetric Bayesian Decision Problems - Anders L = Madsen, Finn V. Jensen=20 Lunch 12:10 PM=20 Poster session 1=20 1:40 PM=20 1.Discovering the Hidden Structure of Complex Dynamic Systems - Xavier = Boyen, Nir Friedman, Daphne Koller=20 2.Evaluation of Distributed Intelligence on the Smart Card - Kazuo J. = Ezawa, Greg Napiorkowski, Mariusz Kossarski=20 3.Data Analysis with Bayesian Networks - A Bootstrap Approach - Nir = Friedman, Moises, Goldszmidt, Abraham Wyner=20 4.Parameter priors for directed acyclic graphical models and the = characterization of several probability distributions - Dan Geiger, David Heckerman=20 5.Faithful Approximations of Belief Functions - David Harmanec=20 6.On Supervised Selection of Bayesian Networks - Petri Kontkanen, = Petri Myllymaki, Tomi Silander, Henry Tirri=20 7.Bayesian Poker - Kevin B. Korb, Ann E. Nicholson and Nathalie Jitnah = 8.Learning Finite-State Controllers for Partially Observable = Environments - Nicolas Meuleau, Leonid Peshkin, Kee-Eung Kim and Leslie P. Kaelbling=20 9.The Decision-Theoretic Interactive Video Advisor - Hien Nguyen and = Peter Haddawy=20 10.Well defined decision scenarios - Thomas D. Nielsen and Finn V. = Jensen=20 11.Graphical Representations of Consensus Belief - David M. Pennock and = Michael P. Wellman=20 12.Enhancing QPNs for Trade-off Resolution - S. Renooij, L.C. van der = Gaag=20 13.Approximate Learning in complex dynamic Bayesian networks - R. = Settimi, J. Q. Smith and A. S. Gargoum=20 14.An Update Semantics for Defeasible Obligations - Leendert W.N. van = der Torre, Yao-Hua Tan=20 15.Probabilistic Belief Change: Expansion, Conditioning and = Constraining - Frans Voorbraak=20 16.A Method for Speeding Up Value Iteration in Partially Observable = Markov Decision Processes - Nevin L. Zhang, Stephen S. Lee, Weihong Zhang=20 Break 3:40 PM=20 Plenary Session 3: Decision=20 4:00 PM=20 1.Reasoning With Conditional Ceteris Paribus Preference Statements - = Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Holger Hoos, David Poole=20 2.A hybrid approach to reasoning with partially elicited preference = models - Vu Ha and Peter Haddawy=20 3.Qualitative Models for Decision Under Uncertainty without the = Commensurability Assumption - Helene Fargier, Patrice Perny=20 Panel 1=20 5:15 PM=20 15 Years of UAI: Where Have we Been and Where Are We Going? - = Orgainized by Tod Levitt=20 End of Friday Program 6:15 PM=20 Banquet 7:00 PM=20 Saturday July 31, 1999 Plenary Session 4: Finalists and Winner of Best Student Paper Award=20 8:30 AM=20 1.On the Power of Mini-Bucket Heuristics for Improved Search - Kalev = Kask and Rina Dechter=20 2.Expected utility networks - Piero La Mura and Yoav Shoham=20 3.Random Algorithms for the Loop Cutset Problem - Ann Becker, Reuven = Bar-Yehuda, Dan Geiger=20 Break 9:45 AM=20 Invited Talk 2=20 10:05 AM=20 Practical uses of belief functions - Philippe Smets=20 Plenary Session 5: Learning=20 11:05 AM=20 1.Learning Parameters and Structure of Latent Variable Models by = Variational Bayes - Hagai Attias=20 2.Efficient Learning of Bayesian Network Structure from Massive = Datasets: The ``Sparse Candidate'' Algorithm - Nir Friedman, Iftach Nachman, Dana Pe'er=20 11:55 AM Lunch=20 Poster Session 2=20 1:20 PM=20 1.A Temporal Bayesian Network for Diagnosis and Prediction - G. = Arroyo-Figueroa and L. Enrique Sucar=20 2.Artificial Decision Making in Intelligent Buildings - Boman, = Davidsson, Younes=20 3.Causal Discovery from a Mixture of Experimental and Observational = Data - Gregory F. Cooper and Changwon Yoo=20 4.Assessing the value of a candidate: Comparing belief functions and = possibility theories - D. Dubois, M. Grabisch, H. Prade and Ph. Smets=20 5.Fast Learning from Sparse Data - David Maxwell Chickering and David = Heckerman=20 6.Learning Polytrees - Sanjoy Dasgupta=20 7.Hybrid Probabilistic Programs: Algorithms and Complexity - Michael = I. Dekhtyar, Alex Dekhtyar, V.S. Subrahmanian=20 8.Quantifier Elimination for Statistical Problems - Dan Geiger and = Christopher Meek=20 9.A new theory of plan recognition - Robert P. Goldman and Christopher = Geib and Christopher S. Miller=20 10.SPUDD: Stochastic Planning using Decision Diagrams - Jesse Hoey, = Robert St-Aubin, Craig Boutilier and Alan Hu.=20 11.A General Algorithm for Approximate Inference and its Application to = Hybrid Bayes Nets - Daphne Koller, Uri Lerner, Dragomir Angelov=20 12.Learning Bayesian Networks from Incomplete Data with Stochastic = Search Algorithms - James W. Myers, Kathryn B. Laskey=20 13.Learning Bayesian Networks with Restricted Causal Interactions - = Julian R. Neil, Chris S. Wallace and Kevin B. Korb=20 14.Learning Hidden Markov Models with Geometrical Constraints - Hagit = Shatkay=20 15.A process control algorithm for concentrating mixed-waste based on = Bayesian cg-networks - Robert L. Welch and Clay Smoth=20 16.Contextual Weak Independence in Bayesian Networks - S.K.M. Wong and = C.J. Butz=20 Break 3:20 PM=20 Plenary Session 6: POMDP/MDP=20 3:45 PM=20 1.On the complexity of policy iteration - Yishay Mansour and Satinder = Singh=20 2.A Possibilistic Model for Qualitative Sequential Decision Problems = under Uncertainty in Partially Observable Environments - Sabbadin Regis=20 3.Approximate Planning for Factored POMDPs using Simplified Belief = States - David McAllester and Satinder Singh=20 4.Continuous Value Function Approximation for Sequential Bidding = Policies - Craig Boutilier, Moises Goldszmidt, Bikash Sabata=20 Panel 2=20 5:25 PM=20 Challenges in Decision Theoretic Planning - Organized by Craig Boutilier = and Hector Geffner=20 End of Saturday Program 6:25 PM=20 Sunday August 1, 1999 Plenary Session 7: Applications=20 8:30:AM=20 =20 1.Bayesian Networks for Dependability Analysis: an Application to = Digital Control Reliability - Luigi Portinale, Andrea Bobbio=20 2.Attention-Sensitive Alerting in Computing Systems - Eric Horvitz, = Andy Jacobs, David Hovel=20 3.How to Elicit Many Probabilities - L.C. van der Gaag, S. Renooij, = C.L.M. Witteman, B. Aleman and B.G. Taal=20 4.An Application of Uncertain Reasoning to Requirements Engineering - = Philip Barry and Kathryn Blackmond Laskey=20 Break 10:10 AM=20 Plenary Session 8: Representing Knowledge about Uncertain Phenomena=20 10:30 AM=20 =20 1.SPOOK: A System for Probabilistic Object-Oriented Knowledge = Representation - Avi Pfeffer, Daphne Koller, Brian Milch, Ken T. Takugasawa=20 2.On Transformations between Probability and Spohnian Disbelief = Functions - Phan Giang, Prakash Shenoy=20 3.Possibilistic logic bases and possibilistic graphs - Salem = Benferhat, Didier Dubois, Laurent Garcia, Henri Prade=20 4.On the Semantics and Automated Deduction for PLFC, a logic of = possibilistic uncertainty and fuzziness - Teresa Alsinet, Llus Godo, Sandra Sandri=20 Lunch 12:10 AM=20 Poster session 3=20 1:45 PM=20 =20 1.Relative Loss Bounds for On-line Density Estimation with the = Exponential Family of Distributions - Katy S. Azoury and M. K. Warmuth=20 2.Comparing Bayesian Network Classifers - Jie Cheng, Russell Greiner=20 3.Loglinear models for first-order probabilistic reasoning - James = Cussens=20 4.A Hybrid Algorithm for the Construction of Causal Models From Sparse = Data - Denver Dash and Marek Druzdzel=20 5.Multi-objects association in perception of dynamical situation - = Gruyer Dominique, V=E9ronique Berge-Cherfaoui=20 6.Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis - Thomas Hofmann=20 7.Estimating the Value of Computation - Michael Horsch and David Poole = 8.On Quantified Linguistic Approximation - Ryszard Kowalczyk=20 9.Choosing Among Interpretations of Probability - Henry E. Kyburg Jr. = and Choh Man Teng=20 10.My Brain is Full: When More Memory Helps - Christopher Lusena, Tong = Li, Shelia Sittinger, Chris Wells, Judy Goldsmith=20 11.Representing and Combining Partially Specified CPTs - Suzanne = M.Mahoney, Kathryn Blackmond Laskey=20 12.Solving POMDPs by Searching the Space of Finite Policies - Nicolas = Meuleau, Kee-Eung Kim, Leslie Pack Kaelbling and Anthony R. Cassandra=20 13.Bayes Nets in Educational Assessment: Where the Numbers Come From - = Robert J. Mislevy, Russell G. ALmond, Duanli Yan and Linda S. Steinberg=20 14.A Bayesian network classifier that combines a finite mixture model = and a naive-Bayes model - Stefano Monti and Gregory F. Cooper=20 15.A Variational Approximation for Bayesian Networks with Discrete and = Continuous Latent Variables - Kevin P. Murphy=20 16.Multiplicative Factorization of Noisy-Max - Masami Takikawa and = Bruce D'Ambrosio=20 17.Time-Critical Dynamic Decision Making - Yanping Xiang and Kim-Leng = Poh=20 Break 3:45 PM=20 Plenary Session 9: Inference=20 4:00 PM=20 =20 1.Mixture Approximations to Bayesian Networks - Volker Tresp, Michal = Haft, Reimar Hofmann=20 2.Inference in Multiply Sectioned Bayesian Networks with Extended = Shafer-Shenoy and Lazy Propagation - Yang Xiang and Finn Jensen=20 3.Loopy belief propagation for approximate inference: an empirical = study Kevin P. Murphy, Yair Weiss, and Michael Jordan=20 End of Sunday Program 5:15 PM=20 Business Meeting 5:15 PM=20 End of Conference 6:15 PM =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 2. Call for papers of IPMU-2000 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D IPMU2000 - -------- The 8th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems July 3 - 7, 2000 Madrid, Spain http://www.mat.upm.es/ipmu e-mail: ipmu(a)mat.upm.es HONORARY PRESIDENT - ------------------ Lotfi A. ZADEH (University of California at Berkeley, USA) CHAIRPERSONS - ------------ Bernadette BOUCHON-MEUNIER (LIP6, CNRS, Universit=E9 Paris VI, France) Julio GUTIERREZ-RIOS (Universidad Polit=E9cnica de Madrid, Spain) Luis MAGDALENA (Universidad Polit=E9cnica de Madrid, Spain) Enric TRILLAS (Universidad Polit=E9cnica de Madrid, Spain) Ronald R. YAGER (Iona College, NY, USA) The IPMU Conference is organized every two years with the aim of bringing together scientists working on various methods for the management of uncertainty in intelligent systems. This conference provides a medium for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners using different methods to address the important issue of uncertainty. CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT ADDRESS - ------------------------------ Secretar=EDa IPMU2000 Dept. Matem=E1tica Aplicada ETSI Telecomunicaci=F3n Universidad Polit=E9cnica de Madrid Madrid 28040 SPAIN TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT - --------------------- Ultramar Express C/ Enrique Jardiel Poncela 6 Madrid 28016 SPAIN PRESENTATION - ------------ We all are very likely walking towards the Era of the Soft Computing and Computing with Words when uncertainty will be adopted as a natural component of information and knowledge, and when the ancient concept of accuracy, as the essentials of mathematics and calculations, will give way to this new generation of automatic reasoning. >From the first edition, the International Conference on Information Process and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge Based Systems (IPMU) has proven to be an ideal forum for the exchange of ideas, methods, procedures and applications among the best researchers and professionals related to fuzzy information processing and techniques, and has become one of the best Conferences of this area in the world. Next edition, the eighth, of IPMU congress (IPMU'2000) will be held in Madrid. As the controversy about the 21st century starting point continues, we are not very sure if Madrid will be hosting the first IPMU congress of 21st century or the 20th's last one, but in any case, this is not a very appropriated discussion in a fuzzy environment. The focusing of this edition does not differ very much from the spirit of the previous ones, since our main objective is to make the best we can in order to concentrate the most interesting contributions, topics and researchers in the area. However, since IPMU evolves as time goes by, some novelties may be expected as, for example, consolidation of the European Society of Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT), a general inventory of advances, tendencies and achievements which could yield to some conclusions where scientific and engineering efforts must be addressed to, as well as other novelties such as exhibitions of practical applications. As a matter of fact, there will not be any special topic for the eighth IPMU Conference, since we consider this occasion must constitute a very special opportunity to reflect and do some brainstorming about the role of soft computing within the field of the new technologies, once the area has reached a high degree of maturity. TOPICS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST - ----------------------------- Bayesian and Probabilistic Methods, Fuzzy Methods, Theory of Evidence, Belief Networks, Possibility theory, Chaos Theory, Measures of Information and Uncertainty, Rough Sets. Non-standard Logics, Non-monotonic Logics, Default Reasoning, Approximate Reasoning, Multivalued Logics, Temporal Reasoning, Belief Updating. Knowledge Acquisition and Representation, Machine Learning, Inductive Methods, Neural Networks, Databases, Information Retrieval, Data Mining, Uncertainty in Cognition. Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation, Hybrid Systems, Uncertainty in Expert Systems, Decision Support Systems, Multicriteria and Group Decision Making, Pattern Recognition, Clustering, Classification, Data Analysis, Image Processing, Fuzzy Processors, Multi-media Management, Financial Engineering, Intelligent agents, Diagnostic Systems, Fuzzy Systems Design. TIME SCHEDULE AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION - ---------------------------------------- * October 15, 1999: Submission of special sessions. * November 15, 1999: Submission of papers. * February 15, 2000: Notification of acceptance. * March 31, 2000: Submission of final papers. * May 15, 2000: Deadline for early registration. * July 3-7, 2000: CONFERENCE. Authors should submit four copies of full papers (6-8 pages) written in English. Papers must include title and author's name(s) and affiliation(s) on top of the first page followed by an abstract. Fax or e-mail submissions are not accepted. Please indicate the corresponding author, with their e-mail where possible. Send papers to: Secretar=EDa IPMU2000 Dept. Matem=E1tica Aplicada ETSI Telecomunicaci=F3n Universidad Polit=E9cnica de Madrid Madrid 28040 SPAIN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Tentative) - ------------------------------- J. AGUILAR-MARTIN(France) C. ALSINA (Spain) J. BALDWIN (U.K.) S. BARRO (Spain) J. BEZDEK ( USA) P. BONISSONE (USA) P. BOSC (France) J.L. CASTRO (Spain) M. DELGADO (Spain) D. DUBOIS (France) F. ESTEVA (Spain) M. FEDRIZZI (Italy) L. FOULLOY (France) M.A. GIL (Spain) F. GOMIDE (Brazil) A. GONZALEZ (Spain) S. GROSSBERG (USA) S. GUIASU (Canada) P. HAJEK (Czech Rep.) F. HERRERA (Spain) K. HIROTA (Japan) J. JACAS (Spain) F.V. JENSEN (Denmark) J. KACPRZYK (Poland) A. KANDEL (USA) E.P. KLEMENT (Austria) G. KLIR (USA) J. KOHLAS (Suisse) R. KRUSE (Germany) H.L. LARSEN (Denmark) R. LOPEZ DE MANTARAS(Spain) G. MAYOR (Spain) R. MESIAR(Slovakia) C. MORAGA (Germany) H. NGUYEN (USA) S. OVCHINNIKOV (USA) H. PRADE (France) A. RALESCU (USA) D. RALESCU (USA) A.F. ROCHA (Brazil) E. RUSPINI (USA) A. SAGE (USA) E. SANCHEZ (France) R. SCOZZAFAVA (Italy) G. SHAFER (USA) P. SHENOY (USA) P. SMETS (Belgium) P. SOBREVILLA (Spain) M. SUGENO (Japan) T. TERANO (Japan) I.B. TURKSEN (Canada) R. VALLEE (France) L. VALVERDE (Spain) A. VENTRE (Italy) J.L. VERDEGAY (Spain) M.A. VILA (Spain) H. ZIMMERMANN (Germany) NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - ----------------------------- J. BOTIA J.C. CRESPO S. CUBILLO F. FERNANDEZ E. FRIAS J.M. GO=D1I R. RIAZA J.R. VELASCO LOCATION - -------- Madrid, a world-famous city where Nobody is a foreigner. The capital has always known how to be nice and amiable. Its forcefulness and personality turns Madrid into an unforgettable city, and its plentiful resources of interest to tourism -nature, art, history- are rounded off extraordinarily well by a series of cities in its surroundings which are full of sights of historic interest, some of which have been included by the UNESCO in the list of places considered "world heritage": Avila, Segovia, Toledo, as well as the Monastery of El Escorial or Alcala de Henares. Madrid has admirable parks and gardens, and a large number of museums, including those in the Avenue of Art, an itinerary unique in the entire world, which includes painting, sculpture, architecture and natural beauty, set in one of the most emblematic areas of Madrid; The Paseo del Prado. It includes three of the most important museums of Spain; the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. The cultural panorama of Madrid is marked today by a large number of public and private cultural institutions, banks and savings banks, universities and student residences that compete in converting the cultural spirit of Madrid into a reality that is tangible as well as multifarious. - ------=_NextPart_000_01BED1C6.D8484FA0--

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PD: [E-Sftware] Computational Linguistics Textbook
by Ryszard Gubrynowicz 19 Jul '99

19 Jul '99

- ---------- > Od: Strasser, Peter <Strasser(a)springer.de> > Do: > Temat: [E-Sftware] Computational Linguistics Textbook > Data: 16 lipca 1999 15:56 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > SPRINGER-VERLAG > is pleased to announce the publication of > > Foundations of Computational Linguistics: > Man-Machine Communication in Natural Language > > by Roland Hausser. > > 1999, XII, 532pp. Hardcover DM 89,-- > ISBN 3-540-66015-1 > > > The central task of a future-oriented computational linguistics is the > development of cognitive machines which humans can freely talk with in > their respective natural language. In the long run, this task will > ensure the development of a functional theory of language, an > objective method of verification, and a wide range of applications. > > Natural communication requires not only verbal processing, but also > non-verbal perception and action. Therefore the content of this > textbook is organized as a theory of language for the construction of > talking robots. The main topic is the mechanism of natural > language communication in both, the speaker and the hearer. > > The content is divided into four parts: Theory of Language, Theory of > Grammar, Morphology and Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics. The book > contains more than 700 exercises for reviewing key ideas and important > problems. > > For further detailed information on this exciting new textbook > -- including preface, table of contents, and introduction -- please > visit > http://www.linguistik.uni-erlangen.de/~rrh/Schriftenverzeichnis.html > > For on-line ordering please visit > http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/bag_generate.pl?ISBN=3-540-66015-1 > ________________________________________________________________ > SPRINGER-VERLAG > Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Barcelona, Hong Kong, > London, Milan, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo > >

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PD: [E-Conf] Workshop on Inference in Computational Semantics
by Ryszard Gubrynowicz 02 Jul '99

02 Jul '99

- ---------- > Od: icos1(a)wins.uva.nl > Do: > Temat: [E-Conf] Workshop on Inference in Computational Semantics > Data: 1 lipca 1999 14:58 > > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > First workshop on > > INFERENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL SEMANTICS > ICoS-1 > > http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/ICoS/ > > > Institute for Logic, Language and Computation > Amsterdam, August 15, 1999 > > (Early registration deadline: August 1, 1999) > > > Endorsed by SIGSEM, the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) > Special Interest Group (SIG) on computational semantics. > > > ABOUT ICoS > Traditional inference tools (such as theorem provers and model > builders) are reaching new levels of sophistication and are now widely > and easily available. In addition, a wide variety of new tools > (statistical and probabilistic methods, ideas from the machine > learning community) are likely to be increasingly applied in > computational semantics for natural language. Indeed, computational > semantics has reached the stage where the exploration and development > of inference is one of its most pressing tasks --- and there's a lot > of interesting new work which takes inferential issues seriously. > > The first workshop on Inference in Computational Semantics (ICoS-1) > intends to bring together researchers from areas such as Computational > Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, and Logic, in > order to discuss approaches and applications of inference in natural > language semantics. > > PROGRAM > The following people will give invited presentations: > > * Johan Bos (Saarbruecken) > Automated Reasoning for Natural Language Semantics > > * Steve Pulman (Cambridge and SRI International) > Bidirectional Contextual Resolution > > * Matthew Stone (Rutgers) > Towards a Computational Account of Knowledge, Action and > Instructions > > In addition, 7 research papers and some implementations will be > presented > > * P. Baumgartner and M. Kuehn > Abducing Coreference by Model Construction > > * G. Bierner and B. Webber > Inference through Alternative-Set Semantics > > * M. Gabsdil and K. Striegnitz > Classifying Scope Ambiguities (System Description) > > * C. Gardent and K. Konrad > Definites and the Proper Treatment of Rabbits > > * A. Holt, E. Klein and C. Grover > Natural Language for Hardware Verification: Semantic > Interpretation and Model Checking (System Description) > > * J. Jaspars > Structural Logics for Reasoning with Underspecified > Representations > > * A. Kaplan > Reason Maintenance in a Hybrid Reasoning System > > * B. Ludwig > An Inference-Based Approach to the Interpretation of Discourse > > * A. Ramsay and H. Seville > Models and Discourse Models > > The program committee for ICoS-1 consists of the following people: > > James Allen Alex Lascarides > Patrick Blackburn Christof Monz > Denys Duchier Reinhard Muskens > Jan van Eijck Manfred Pinkal > Claire Gardent Maarten de Rijke > Jacques Jayez Len Schubert > Aravind Joshi Henk Zeevat > Michael Kohlhase > > LOCATION > ICoS-1 will be held at the Institute for Logic, Language and > Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam during the 11th European > Summer School on Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI'99), which > will be held in Utrecht, approximately 30 km from Amsterdam. More > information on the ILLC including instructions how to get there can be > found at http://www.illc.uva.nl/ContactsandLinks/ > > REGISTRATION > Until August 1, the registration fee for ICoS-1 is 50 Dutch > guilders. After August 1, the fee is 100 Dutch guilders. The > registration fee includes the conference package and lunch. > > To register, please go to: > > http://www.illc.uva.nl/~christof/ICoS-1/registration.html > > or fill out the form attached to this message and send it to > > icos1(a)wins.uva.nl > > > As it is very hard to get accommodation in Amsterdam during the > summer, it is imperative that you start looking for accommodation > now. If you are attending ESSLLI'99, you can take the train to > Amsterdam which takes approximately 30 minutes. More information on > finding accommodation in Amsterdam will be made available on the > ICoS-1 home page. > > FURTHER INFORMATION > For further information, please contact the local organizers at > icos1(a)wins.uva.nl or visit the ICoS-1 home page: > http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/ICoS/ > > > ***************************************************************** > ICoS-1 Registration Form > ***************************************************************** > > > First name: > > Last name: > > Email: > > Phone: > > Fax: > > Preferred address: > > > > > > > > Special requests: > > > > > > > > I will join the conference dinner: > > [ ] yes > [ ] no > > The registration fee will be collected on the spot at ICoS-1. > We kindly ask you to pay in cash. > > > > ***************************************************************** > > > > -- > > Christof Monz | A: ILLC Plantage Muidergracht 24, 1018 TV Amsterdam, The > Netherlands | R: 326 (3rd floor) | P: +31 20 525 6095 | F: +31 20 525 5101 > E: christof(a)wins.uva.nl | W: www.illc.uva.nl/~christof > > > > >

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PD: [E-CFP] Workshop on Collocation
by Ryszard Gubrynowicz 02 Jul '99

02 Jul '99

- ---------- > Od: dgfs-coll(a)ims.uni-stuttgart.de > Do: > Temat: [E-CFP] Workshop on Collocation > Data: 1 lipca 1999 14:54 > > * Apologies if you receive this more than once * > > Call for Papers: > > As part of the 22nd Annual Conference of the German Linguistic > Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Sprachwissenschaft), > > DGfS-2000 > March 1 - 3, 2000 in Marburg > http://www.uni-marburg.de/linguistik/dgfs2000 > > we are organizing a workshop on > > Collocations: > their linguistic description > and acquisition from text. > > The workshop aims to bring together research on collocations - and > any kind of related multi-word-lexemes - from formal linguistics, > descriptive linguistics and lexicography as well as Natural Language > Processing and its applications. > > Despite increasing interest in idiomaticity within theoretical and > formal linguistics, there is still a gap between the needs of NLP > lexicons and the descriptive tradition in lexicography and applied > linguistics. In the framework of formal grammars, mainly the syntactic > description of collocations (in particular support verb constructions) > has been discussed, but the integration of collocational lexicons into > broad coverage formal grammars is still an open issue. > > Contributions are invited on all relevant topics, in particular the > following: > > -- The linguistic description of collocations: definition > criteria; collocations vs. idiomatic expressions; collocations vs. > support verb constructions etc.; the grammatical description of > collocational phenomena (complex predicates, the description of > predicative nouns in support verb constructions etc.). > -- The interaction between lexicon and grammar: generalizations, > sub-regularities in the lexicon; lexical rules, the relationship > between semantic classifications and collocational preferences; > contrastive generalizations (Germanic vs. Romance languages). > -- The acquisition of collocational information from text: > stochastic grammars, statistical cooccurrence measures, clustering > techniques, hybrid systems; partial parsing, morphosyntactic > extraction patterns etc.; possibilities of combining symbolic and > statistical extraction procedures. > -- Applications of detailed collocational descriptions: broad > coverage grammars and lexicons, computer-assisted language learning, > machine translation, information extraction and information retrieval. > > Abstracts: > -- Should be maximally 3 pages with 2,5cm (1 inch) margins > -- Submission on paper (3 copies) or via e-mail as ASCII text or > postscript > files; no word processing formats! > -- First page to include title, author(s), author(s)' affiliation, > address, telephone, telefax, e-mail > > Deadlines: > -- Submission of abstracts: August 15, 1999 > -- Notification of acceptance/rejection: August 31, 1999 > -- Submission of a short abstract (1 page) for the proceedings: > December 20, 1999 > -- Conference date: March 01 - 03, 2000 > > Workshop organizers: > Ulrich Heid und Anke Luedeling > Institut fuer Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung, Universitaet Stuttgart > > Petra Ludewig > Institut fuer Semantische Informationsverarbeitung > Universitaet Osnabrueck > > Submissions, inquiries and comments should be addressed to > > Ulrich Heid > Institut fuer Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung > Azenbergstr. 12 > 70174 Stuttgart Germany > Fax: +49-711-121-1366 > Email: dgfs-coll(a)ims.uni-stuttgart.de > >

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