8.870, Calls: AI, NELS 28
linguist at linguistlist.org
linguist at linguistlist.org
Sat Jun 14 16:11:06 UTC 1997
LINGUIST List: Vol-8-870. Sat Jun 14 1997. ISSN: 1068-4875.
Subject: 8.870, Calls: AI, NELS 28
Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar at linguistlist.org>
Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>
T. Daniel Seely: Eastern Michigan U. <seely at linguistlist.org>
Review Editor: Andrew Carnie <carnie at linguistlist.org>
Associate Editors: Ljuba Veselinova <ljuba at linguistlist.org>
Ann Dizdar <ann at linguistlist.org>
Assistant Editor: Sue Robinson <sue at linguistlist.org>
Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
Zhiping Zheng <zzheng at online.emich.edu>
Home Page: http://linguistlist.org/
Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <ann at linguistlist.org>
==========================================================================
Please do not use abbreviations or acronyms for your conference
unless you explain them in your text. Many people outside your
area of specialization will not recognize them. Thank you for
your cooperation.
=================================Directory=================================
1)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:00:03 +0100 (BST)
From: Ulrike Hahn <pssax at csv.warwick.ac.uk>
Subject: Workshop CFP--AI
2)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:51:08 -0400
From: Carolyn Smallwood <nels at chass.utoronto.ca> (by way of
dbeck at chass.utoronto.ca
(David Beck))
Subject: NELS 28 - Call for Papers
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:00:03 +0100 (BST)
From: Ulrike Hahn <pssax at csv.warwick.ac.uk>
Subject: Workshop CFP--AI
Announcement And Call For Papers
An Interdisciplinary Workshop On Similarity And
Categorisation <http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/misc/simcat/>
Edinburgh, Scotland, November 28, 29 & 30, 1997
To be held at The Department of Artificial Intelligence,
University of Edinburgh
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Mark Keane (Computer Science / Psychology) Trinity
College Dublin, Ireland.
Robert Goldstone (Psychology) Indiana University, U.S.A.
James Hopkins (Philosophy) Kings College, University of London, U.K.
Brian Ripley (Statistics) University of Oxford, U.K.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
David Aha (Machine Learning/Case-Based Reasoning) NRL, U.S.A.
Martin Davies (Philosophy) University of Oxford, U.K.
Evan Heit (Psychology) Univ. of Warwick, U.K.
Koen Lamberts (Psychology) Univ. of Birmingham, U.K.
Arthur Markman (Psychology) Columbia University, U.S.A.
John R. Taylor (Cognitive Linguistics) Univ. of Otago, N.Z.
David Willshaw (Connectionism, Comp. Neuroscience)
Univ. of Edinburgh, U.K.
THE WORKSHOP
Similarity and categorization are paramount in our making sense of the
world and the objects, structures and actions that we find in it. The
process of classifying objects is a fundamental feature of most human
pursuits, and the idea that we classify together those things that we
find similar is both intuitive and popular across a wide range of
disciplines. Similarity-based models of classification abound in
Psychology as accounts of human performance and in Artificial
Intelligence and machine learning as the basis of practical
applications.
However, despite their centrality, the notions of similarity and
categorisation are still comparatively poorly understood. The major
cause for this has been that until recently, many disciplines have
tended to study these only as adjuncts to larger questions and in
isolation from other fields. Even in Psychology, where these
phenomena have been tackled directly, much discussion of similarity
and categorisation has been fragmented across a variety of specialist
domains, with related aspects such as conceptual categorisation,
metaphor and analogy, decision making, problem solving and memory
being studied largely in isolation.
This workshop will bring together ways of looking at
similarity and categorisation from the perspective of different
disciplines in order to provide fresh insights and offer
new ways of thinking about them. We welcome papers
from any discipline that relate to our understanding of
similarity and categorisation, such as:
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Case-Based Reasoning
Psychology
Philosophy
Linguistics
Statistics
Semiotics
Music
Design Theory
DISSEMINATION:
Papers accepted for presentation at the workshop will be published in
proceedings, as a Technical Report of the Department of Artificial
Intelligence, University of Edinburgh.
In addition, an edited collection with Cambridge University Press is
planned. This collection which will contain longer contributions based
on the material of the proceedings will seek to capture the essence of
the workshop, highlighting its main themes and setting out a new
agenda for multidisciplinary research in Similarity and
Categorisation.
QUESTIONS:
Whilst the interdisciplinary nature of the workshop will by
necessity leave space for a degree of interpretation, papers will be
expected to address some the following key questions:
What makes things similar?
How should 'similarity' and/or 'categorisation' be defined?
What principles govern similarity and/or categorisation?
What is the relationship between similarity and categorisation?
The maximum length for papers will be seven pages, conforming to
the format laid down at http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/misc/simcat/formats.html.
Whilst all papers will be expected to address an informed interdisciplinary
audience, papers that address detailed technical questions and / or
innovations will be expected to use the first of these pages to place
such matters in a wider context. This should address issues such as:
% The role similarity and / or categorisation plays in your research;
% Which concept - similarity or categorisation - features most
prominently in your work;
% A characterisation of the similarity criteria that your research
uses or is most pertinent to it;
% The level of abstraction at which your description of
similarity applies;
% Do you have an explicit model for describing similarity or
categorisation.
DATES
Deadline for papers : August 22nd 1997
Notice of acceptance: September 26th 1997
Send Final copy: October 17th 1997
PAPER FORMAT
The text of the paper should be formatted in two columns with an
overall width of 7 inches and length of 9.25 inches, with 0.25 inches
between the columns. The left margin should be 0.75 inches and the top
margin should be 1 inch. (The right and bottom margins will depend on
whether you use A4 or US letter paper.) Use 10 point type with a
vertical spacing of 11 points, and use Times or Times Roman typeface
throughout. Papers must not exceed seven pages; in non-review papers
one of these pages should be used to relate the body of the paper to a
wider audience (see above).
ELECTRONIC TEMPLATES
Electronic templates for producing the camera-ready copy are available
for several major word processors, including LaTeX, Microsoft Word and
the standard RTF interchange format. Templates are accessible on the
World Wide Web at:
http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/misc/simcat/formats.html
Please send any questions on these electronic templates to:
simcat at dai.ed.ac.uk
SUBMISSION
You should send both the submitted and final versions of your paper
in hardcopy form. We will need five (5) stapled copies of your
submitted paper for use in reviewing and three (3) unstapled copies
of your final, accepted paper, packed flat and unfolded. Send both
to:
Similarity and Categorisation Workshop
Department of Artificial Intelligence
The University of Edinburgh
80 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1HN
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Emilios Cambouropoulos (Music) University of Edinburgh
Ulrike Hahn (Psychology) University of Warwick
Helen Pain (Artificial Intelligence) University of Edinburgh
Michael Ramscar (Artificial Intelligence) University of Edinburgh
ANY OTHER ENQUIRIES
Email
simcat at dai.ed.ac.uk
or write to
Similarity and Categorisation Workshop
Department of Artificial Intelligence
The University of Edinburgh
80 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1HN
REGISTRATION OF INTEREST
If you are interested in attending or contributing to the workshop,
we would be grateful if you could take the time to complete the following
form, and mail it to simcat at dai.ed.ac.uk
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Interdisciplinary Workshop On Similarity And
Categorisation
Edinburgh, Scotland, November 28, 29 & 30, 1997
I am considering attending Y/N
I am submitting a paper Y/N
My name is:
My interests are:
My email address is:
My address is:
-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:51:08 -0400
From: Carolyn Smallwood <nels at chass.utoronto.ca> (by way of
dbeck at chass.utoronto.ca
(David Beck))
Subject: NELS 28 - Call for Papers
NELS 28
Conference of the North Eastern Linguistic Society
University of Toronto, Toronto ON CANADA
October 24-26, 1997
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts are invited for twenty-minute papers on any aspect of
theoretical linguistics. Abstracts should be anonymous and typed
single-spaced in 12-point font on no more than one 8" by 11" page with
one-inch margins. References, but no examples, may be included on a
second page. For the sake of the reviewers, the guidelines will be
strictly enforced. At most one individual and one joint abstract per
person will be considered.
**DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS IS JULY 9, 1997**
Submissions should include:
-10 anonymous copies of an abstract;
-1 copy stating the name of the author(s) and affiliation(s), for
inclusion in the NELS booklet, if accepted;
-a typed 3" X 5" index card bearing the title of the paper and the
authors' names, affiliations, phone numbers, snail mail, and email
addresses.
Please indicate whether you would like e-mail acknowledgment of
receipt. Abstracts received afer the deadline will not be considered.
We will accept no fax or email submissions. Accepted presenters will
be notified in late August.
PLEASE SEND ABSTRACTS TO:
Abstract Committee/ NELS 28
Department of Linguistics
University of Toronto
130 St. George St.
Toronto, ON
M5S 3H1 Canada
Pre-registration fees: $35 ($25US) for students; $45 ($35US) others.
Deadline for pre-registration is September 29, 1997.
On-site registration fees: $45 ($35US) for students; $60 ($45US) others.
For more information, contact:
nels at chass.utoronto.ca
or visit our upcoming web site at:
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~nels/nels.html
=======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-8-870
More information about the LINGUIST
mailing list