8.191, Calls: Product demo, HPSG-4 reminder

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-8-191. Fri Feb 7 1997. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 8.191, Calls: Product demo, HPSG-4 reminder

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1)
Date:  Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:50:35 -0300
From:  Abdellatif.Saoudi at irin.univ-nantes.fr (Abdellatif Saoudi)
Subject:  CALL FOR PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION

2)
Date:  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 10:59:09 -0500 (EST)
From:  Jean-Pierre A Koenig <jpkoenig at ACSU.Buffalo.EDU>
Subject:  ONE WEEK LEFT for HPSG-4 Abstracts

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:50:35 -0300
From:  Abdellatif.Saoudi at irin.univ-nantes.fr (Abdellatif Saoudi)
Subject:  CALL FOR PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION

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                RIAO'97 CALL FOR PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS


                      RIAO'97 CONFERENCE
           Computer-Assisted Searching on the Internet
                      June 25-27, 1997
           McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  **********************************************************************

Theme: Tools for Information Retrieval (text, image, or sound) on the
WWW

Commercial products are welcome. Products to be presented will be
selected for their innovative character by the Scientific Application
Committee of RIAO.

Main themes of interest :

 A:  Rapid indexing and retrieval engines; automatic abstracting

 B:  Linguistic tools in information retrieval

 C:  Information retrieval from heterogeneous formats
     - Identifcation of the same document in different contexts
       (different languages, structures, versions, etc.)
     - Unification of documents from heterogeneous formats;
	data-wharehousing
     - Data-mining and knowledge discovery in large databases
     - Search strategies in heterogenous contexts


 D:  Strategies for technology watch on the Web; content addressable
electronic mail, newsgroups, and other WWW systems

 E:  Architecture
     - How to exploit large bandwidth for information retrieval
     - Distributed multi-agent architectures


 F:  Imaging
     - Content characterization; manual and automatic description
	methods
     - Search strategies

 G:  Sound
     - Sound content characterization
     - Automatic indentification of sound type: speech, music, ...
     - Spoken language recognition; word (boundary) identification

 H:  Multimedia Web interfaces: Iconic, navigational, and speech
interfaces

 I:  Content-based compression techniques

 J:  Data security problems: copyright protection, internet crime


 K:  Web-related international conventions and policies

A URL giving access to a demonstration of the product must be
submitted to the Committee, along with a description of the product
emphasizing its original aspects.

Some of the local expenses related to demonstrations will be the
responsability of the demonstrators.

APPLICATION COMMITTEE
- -------------------

Persons in charge of the Application Committee are:

Carole BROCHARD (France) for Europe, Africa and Asia
Adel EL ZAIM (Canada) for Nothern and South America

They will choose the experts for selecting the innovative products
according to the specification of each product.

RIAO97 SUBMISSIONS AND CONTACTS:
- --------------------------------

    Products should be submitted electronically as attached Postscript
or ASCII files to:
           riao97 at irin.univ-nantes.fr

 or in manuscript form to:

 RIAO97
 C.I.D.
 36 bis, rue Ballu
 F-75009 Paris, France

 or to:

 RIAO97
 C.A.S.I.S
 C/O Leon Constantin
 25th floor
 575 Madison Ave
 New York, NY 10022 USA

 Closing date for submission: March 10, 1997

Questions, comments, and intents to attend conference or submit paper
or demonstration proposals may also be sent to above addresses.
Additional information will be found at conference web page at URL:

       http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/RIAO97    [note: RIAO in CAPS]


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 10:59:09 -0500 (EST)
From:  Jean-Pierre A Koenig <jpkoenig at ACSU.Buffalo.EDU>
Subject:  ONE WEEK LEFT for HPSG-4 Abstracts

ONE WEEK LEFT FOR HPSG-4 ABSTRACTS

                      CALL FOR PAPERS

                         HPSG-97
               4th International Conference on
                Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
                  1997 LSA Linguistic Institute
                    Cornell University

                    July 18-20, 1997

The 4th International Conference on HPSG will be held at
the 1997 LSA Linguistic Institute at Cornell University
on July 18-20, 1997.

Abstracts are solicited for 20-minute presentations
(followed by 10 minutes of discussion) which address
linguistic, foundational, or computation issues relating to
the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar.
Selected papers from the conference
will be published.


To submit, send eight (8) copies of your abstract.
Abstracts should not exceed 5 pages in length
(single-spaced; minimum 12 pt font), including all
examples, diagrams, and references.  Please include
a 3x5 card or a title page with (i) the title of your
abstract, (ii) your name and affiliation, (iii) your
address, email address, phone and fax numbers.

Abstracts should be received at the address below by
FEBRUARY 15, 1997. Electronic submissions are possible in
either postscript or ASCII format. Fax submissions will
NOT be accepted. Address submissions to:

                   HPSG-4
              c/o Gert Webelhuth
          Department of Linguistics
                  318 Dey Hall
          University of North Carolina
            Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3155
                   USA

          or (for electronic submission) to:

	     webelhut at mindspring.com


Queries can be addressed to the above address, or via fax
or email:

            Fax: (919) 962-3708
            Email: webelhut at mindspring.com
                   jpkoenig at acsu.buffalo.edu

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