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Date:         Sat, 8 Jul 1995 10:36:56 +0100
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From:         Andy Butler

Subject:      Call for papers
English Department, Hull University
and the Academic Fantastic Fiction Network present
The Fantastic
The third annual conference of the AFFN
December 2nd - 3rd 1995
Call For Papers:
From before Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to after Jeff Noon's Vurt,
the Fantastic has always been a hybrid - the familiar and the
uncanny, the scientific and the nonsensical, the human and the
machine, the known and the unknown, the mundane and the
amazing, the next five minutes and the next five million years,
the real and the unreal.
It is a literature of ideas, of the mind, of the unconscious, of
adolescents, of embarrassment; perhaps it is not even literature
at all . . .
We are looking for papers which cover any aspect of the fantastic,
science fiction and horror, from gothic to cyberpunk, from Metropolis
to Johnny Mnemonic, from fin de siecle to the day after tomorrow,
from nanotechnology to the next big thing.
Please send abstracts (up to 300 words) by 30 October 1995 to:
Andy Butler / Samantha Barber
English Department
Hull University
Hull
HU6 7RX
UK
or e-mail a.m.butler@english-language-and-literatures.hull.ac.uk
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Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 1995 19:03:53 -0400
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From:         Sabourin Conrad 
Subject:      References
Please find below the list of volumes published in the INFOLINGUA
series.
We believe they will be of interest to the subscribers of this list.
Conrad F. Sabourin                             
sabourco@ere.umontreal.ca
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INFOLINGUA
(ISSN=1198-1083)
A series of extensive and fully indexed bibliographies in
computational text processing
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The references in the following bibliographies span the period
beginning
with the inception of the computer to the present.  50% of the
references
were published after 1985.  Documents were included in the
bibliographies
regardless of their country of origin or the language in which they
were
written.  The entries describe work done on more than 150 natural
languages.
Each reference is assigned a set of keywords taken from a thesaurus of
3800.  Between 30 and 50 percent of each book consists of a detailed
two
level index allowing multiple access to the information.
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LITERARY COMPUTING : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 581p  ISBN=2-921173-12-3                                    US$
80
The references included in this fully indexed bibliography demonstrate
how
computational techniques can be used to study literary texts (fiction,
poetry, theatre), religious texts (Bible, Tora, Quran), philosophical
texts,
and classical texts (Greek, Latin, Hebrew). Some of the studies focus
on
the content of the texts while others examine their style or deal with
authorship attribution.
Number of references : Total = 4060, style analysis = 700, author
identification = 340, text collation = 220, literary concordance and
index =
840, fiction = 670, poetry = 670, theatre = 200, bible/tora/quran =
500,
philosophy/history = 250, archaic languages = 70, Greek = 240, Hebrew =
180,
Latin = 380, rhythm = 40, theme analysis = 100, creative text
generation
(prose/verse) = 140, metrical analysis = 80, literary criticism = 190,
etc.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE TEACHING : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F.
Sabourin
and Elca Tarrab
1994, 2 volumes, 1066p, ISBN=2-921173-13-1                        US$
150
The papers referenced in this fully indexed bibliography illustrate how
information technologies are being used to help people (children,
adults)
learn languages or help them produce texts that conform to grammatical
and rhetorical norms in their mother tongue or in a foreign language.
Many
papers refer to systems designed to detect and correct lexical or
grammatical errors in texts.
Number of references : Total = 8010, teaching orthography = 130, writing
=
1500, composition = 770, grammar = 430, listening/comprehension = 150,
reading = 830, speaking = 200, vocabulary = 250, keyboarding = 60,
foreign
languages = 1900, classical languages = 100 ; readability analysis =
200,
lexical/grammatical error detection/correction = 500, text revision =
220,
text style checking = 210, text composition support = 440, electronic
communications = 210, authoring language = 120, videodisc/cd-rom = 200,
hypertext = 270 ; teaching adults = 750, children = 1230 ; attitudes =
220,
performance/efficiency = 290, evaluation of results = 380, etc.
COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
and
Rolande M. Lamarche
1994, 2 volumes, 862p, ISBN=2-921173-15-8                         US$
130
This entirely indexed bibliography contains references to papers
discussing
how computers  are becoming intermediaries in the communication
process.
Papers refer to the transmission of complex texts (hypertext,
hypermedia),
letters (electronic mail), talks (computer conferences), etc. or the
contribution of information technologies in collaborative work, meeting
support, interviews, etc.
Number of references : Total = 5680, hypertext = 1500, hypertext link =
220,
Hyperties = 190, hypermedia = 440, document browsing = 180, meeting
support = 50, collaborative work = 220, collective text creation = 90,
computer conferencing = 550, electronic mail = 400, electronic
publishing =
370, multimodal communication = 100, human-machine communication = 960,
computer interviewing = 100, ergonomics = 410, linguistic game = 150,
multimedia document = 130, socio-political aspects =100,
performance/efficiency = 410, etc.
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PROCESSING : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
and
Rolande M. Lamarche
1994, 551p, ISBN=2-921173-17-4                                    US$
80
The studies listed in this entirely cross-referenced bibliography
describe
all aspects of electronic document preparation including formatting,
typesetting and mark-up (ODA, SGML).  The bibliography also covers
topics
like document management and interchanging as well as document structure
and
coding standards.
Number of references : Total = 4260, document editing = 2400, formatting
=
140, typesetting = 540, coding/mark-up = 420, interchanging = 170,
management
= 260, structure = 170, coding standard = 180 ; ODA = 100, SGML = 190,
TEX = 160, document editing learning = 90, page description language =
20,
text and graphics document = 110, software evaluation = 90, ease of use
= 70,
word hyphenation = 20, etc.
QUANTITATIVE AND STATISTICAL LINGUISTICS : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F.
Sabourin
1994, 508p, ISBN=2-921173-19-0                                    US$
80
The references included in this extensively indexed bibliography deal
with
the quantification of linguistic entities in text or in spoken
language.
Among the phenomena under study are the frequency, length,
co-occurrence,
clustering and entropy of linguistic entities like phonemes, letters,
words,
grammatical categories, grammatical features, etc.
Number of references : Total = 3100, frequency of characters = 60,
phonemes = 90, words = 640, grammatical categories = 90, grammatical
features =
250 ; lexical richness = 100, word collocation = 230, entropy = 150,
word length = 70, sentence length = 90, language interrelationship =
40,
word association = 50, word cluster = 20, diachronic evolution = 70,
information theory = 40, etc.
OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND DOCUMENT SEGMENTATION : BIBLIOGRAPHY,
by Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 512p, ISBN=2-921173-25-5                                    US$
80
This fully indexed bibliography holds references on optical segmentation
of
printed documents and optical recognition of characters of texts,
whether
they are printed, hand-printed or cursive.  Many references describe
the
methods and tools used to attain these objectives.  Also, the
bibliography
covers the fields of writer or scriptor identification and handwriting
modelling.
Number of references : Total = 3700, recognition of cursive characters =
910,
hand printed characters = 490, printed characters = 390, multi-font
characters = 140, alphanumerics = 890, digits = 220, ideograms = 700 ;
on-line
recognition = 170, writer identification = 330, document segmentation =
320,
feature extraction = 260, character isolation = 140, character thinning
= 90,
Arabic = 70, handwriting generation = 40, writing/scripting model = 70,
character classification =  150, system training = 50, word recognition
= 90,
dynamic programming = 30, neural network = 130, syntactic method = 80,
pressure/speed method = 120, character recognition assessment = 330,
etc.
COMPUTATIONAL MORPHOLOGY : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 492p, ISBN=2-921173-01-8                                    US$
80
The references in this extensively indexed bibliography focus on the use
of
formal, algorithmical, and computational methods for performing
morphological
analysis and generation. The methods are applied to dozens of natural
languages.
Number of references : Total = 2350, morphological analysis = 1300,
morphological generation = 290, lemmatization = 260, morphophonology =
80,
inflectional morphology = 150, derivational morphology = 50, two-level
model = 100, LISP = 20, PROLOG = 30, etc.
COMPUTATIONAL PARSING : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 2 volumes, 1029p, ISBN=2-921173-02-6                        US$
150
The entries in this extensively indexed bibliography refer to
computational
methods, algorithms, and strategies used to analyze sentences and
uncover
their underlying logical or semantic structures. References to nearly
all
problematic linguistic phenomena including ellipsis, anaphora,
ambiguity,
coordination, and idioms are provided.
Number of references : Total = 5180, syntactic analysis = 1110,
semantic
analysis = 710, semantic interpretation = 260, parsing algorithm = 200,
parsing strategy = 70, chart parsing = 170, ambiguity = 400, anaphora =
110, coordination/conjunction = 110, ellipsis = 40, methaphor = 30,
ellipsis = 40, idiom = 40, noun compound = 40, tense = 60, constraint =
100, garden path = 30, sub-language = 50, ill-formed input = 100, logic
programming = 70, semantic representation = 100, 80 parsing methods,
24 knowledge representation formalisms, PROLOG = 210, etc.
COMPUTATIONAL LEXICOLOGY AND LEXICOGRAPHY : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F.
Sabourin
1994, 2 volumes, 1031p, ISBN=2-921173-04-2                        US$
150
The papers refered to in this fully indexed bibliography deal with the
formalization, design or development of computational dictionaries,
lexical
databases and term banks. Many papers refer to the extraction of
linguistic
data from machine readable dictionaries.
Number of references : Total = 5910, dictionary (production) = 1380,
thesaurus = 680, term bank = 680, analysis dictionary = 1230, transfer
dictionary = 140, generation dictionary = 60, lexical database/machine
readable dictionary = 550, lexical semantics = 780, lexicon grammar =
110,
dictionary design/organization = 310, lexical knowledge base = 100,
word
compound = 40, synonymy = 50, idiom = 60, linguistic object extraction =
100;
dictionary : bilingual = 20, conceptual = 30, reverse/inverted = 17,
frequency = 60 ; meaning-text theory = 30 ; DELAF/DELAS = 30, OED = 60,
EURODICAUTOM = 50, LDOCE = 80, MESH = 20, SNOMED = 17, TEAM = 30, TLF =
20,
TERMIUM = 30, DEC = 30, etc.
COMPUTATIONAL TEXT UNDERSTANDING : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 657p, ISBN=2-921173-06-9                                    US$
80
All the titles of this fully cross-referenced bibliography pertain to
the
understanding of texts by computers.  While some references focus on
the
intellectual parameters (beliefs, goals, intentions) used in the
understanding process, others describe the tools (knowledge
representation,
types of reasoning etc.) used by the systems to achieve understanding.
Number of references : Total = 3830, natural language programming =
110,
argument analysis = 80, anaphora = 120, ellipsis = 50, methaphor = 70,
sub-language = 50, pragmatics = 120, reference = 70, semantics = 190,
speech act = 60, knowledge acquisition = 80, reasoning = 120, belief =
100,
discourse = 170, focus = 30, goal = 90, inference = 350, intention =
30,
knowledge representation = 750, planning = 100, narrative/story = 190;
15 types of reasoning, 21 knowledge representation formalisms, etc.
COMPUTATIONAL TEXT GENERATION : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
with a survey article by Mark T. Maybury
1994, 649p, ISBN=2-921173-07-7                                    US$
80
This fully indexed bibliography includes references to studies on the
computational generation of text from data or from a semantic
structure.
The generation process can take place in the context of applications
like
machine translation or natural language interfaces. The generation
process
can also be entirely creative, producing fictional or poetical texts.
The
bibliography holds references to all these types of generation
processes.
Number of references : Total = 2870, text generation from data = 1060,
text generation from structure = 730, text planning = 180, sentence
generation = 310, explanation generation = 330, RST = 40, pragmatics =
50,
text generation : fiction/poetry = 140, text paraphrasing = 50, dialogue
=
70, discourse = 90, conceptual representation = 40, user modelling =
100,
systemic grammar = 90, rhetorics = 40, reference = 50, pronoun = 40,
tense = 30, bilingual system = 50, goal = 70, inference = 50, MUMBLE =
20,
NIGEL = 30, PENMAN = 40, etc.
NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 2 volumes, 847p, ISBN=2-921173-08-5                         US$
130
The papers referenced in this fully indexed bibliography describe
systems
that attempt communication in natural languages between humans and
computers.
Because of the nature of the communication problems involved, hundreds
of
references deal with different aspects of dialogue and user modelling.
Number of references : Total = 4100, interface to database = 1100, to
expert
system = 70, to question-answering system = 640, to robot = 70, to
operating
system = 70 ; conversation system = 300, interface : vocal = 210,
pragmatics =
80, dialogue = 450, dialogue structure = 40, dialogue break-up/repair =
20,
dialogue : collaborative = 60, language : quasi-natural = 100, inference
= 200,
speech act = 30, discourse = 70, discourse representation = 20, goal =
70,
planning = 50, user modelling = 160, system portability = 130, etc.
MACHINE TRANSLATION : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin and L. R.
Bourbeau
1994, 2 volumes, 1168p, ISBN=2-921173-10-7                        US$
150
The references included in this extensively indexed bibliography
present
studies on the use of computers in the translation of one natural
language
into another.  Over 120 systems operating on more than 60 different
languages are described.  Some of the systems attempt to translate
verbal
communications.
Number of references : Total = 8070, aids to translation = 550, speech
translation =100 ; ambiguity = 240, interlingua = 300, polysemy = 40,
intermediate structure = 140, translation workstation = 110,
post-edition =
120, transfer = 280, use of statistics = 50, commercial aspects = 120,
performance/efficiency = 170 ; 60 different natural languages ; 120
systems,
TAUM = 230, EUROTRA = 430, SUSY = 100, SYSTRAN = 230, GETA = 190, PAHO =
30,
LOGOS = 60, METAL = 80, DLT = 60, etc.
COMPUTATIONAL CHARACTER PROCESSING : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F.
Sabourin
1994, 580p, ISBN=2-921173-18-2                                    US$
80
This fully cross-referenced bibliography is devoted to the problems
linked
to the processing of character sets larger than the English one.  The
topics
covered include the coding (internal and external), input, output,
conversion,
generation and printing of these characters.
Number of references : Total = 4120, character coding = 550, input =
900,
output = 260, conversion = 360, generation = 400 ; text compression =
240,
hashing = 110, string matching = 300, font design = 160, coding standard
=
110, keyboard design = 230, literate programming = 330, document
display/
printing = 160, bilingual/multilingual system = 80, Braille = 140,
Arabic = 160, Chinese = 620, Japanese = 450, Indian Languages = 150,
etc.
MATHEMATICAL AND FORMAL LINGUISTICS : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F.
Sabourin
1994, 612p, ISBN=2-921173-20-4                                    US$
80
This fully cross-referenced bibliography deals with the problems of
formalization and mathematical representation of linguistic phenomena.
This
formalization is made possible by the use of mathematical languages like
the
numerous kinds of logics and grammar formalisms referred to in this
bibliography.
Number of references : Total = 3840, formal linguistics = 1470,
mathematical
linguistics = 1910, grammar formalism = 480, grammar testing = 90,
logic = 820, quantifier = 300, situation semantics = 50, fuzziness =
110,
negation = 50, reference = 50, semantics = 550, discourse representation
= 40,
tense logic = 60, unification = 50 ; 51 kinds of logic, 240 kinds of
grammar,
etc.
COMPUTATIONAL SPEECH PROCESSING : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 2 volumes, 1187p, ISBN=2-921173-21-2                        US$
150
All the references included in this fully indexed bibliography pertain
to
speech processing by computers.  The main processes studied are the
analysis,
segmentation, recognition, understanding, coding, enhancement, and
synthesis
of speech.  Numerous references describe the methods and tools for
speech
processing as well as the applications of speech technologies.
Number of references : Total = 8290, speech analysis = 1110, speech
recognition = 2600, speech understanding = 600, speech coding = 560,
speech synthesis = 1500, speech segmentation = 290, noise interference =
160,
pitch extraction = 110, formant perception/estimation = 230, analysis
by
synthesis = 40, speech intelligibility = 230, vocal tract simulation =
110,
human-machine vocal communication = 340, text-to-speech = 560, speaker
identification = 290, speech data base = 90, neurocomputing = 200,
prosody
processing = 600, phoneme identification = 500, speech enhancement =
60,
vector quantization = 180, time warping = 90, hidden Markov model =
220,
ADPCM = 40, CEPSTRUM = 40, DPM = 130, LPC = 340, etc.
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS IN INFORMATION SCIENCE : BIBLIOGRAPHY, by
Conrad F. Sabourin
1994, 2 volumes, 1047p, ISBN=2-921173-23-9                        US$
150
The references in this extensively indexed bibliography demonstrate how
computer technologies can aid in finding information in texts.  These
technologies can be used to perform tasks such as information 
retrieval,
indexing, abstracting, content analysis, information extraction, etc. 
Many
references concentrate on the tools developed to help perform these
tasks.
Number of references : Total = 6390, information retrieval = 2100,
full-text = 890, conceptual = 60 ; automatic indexing = 930, text
abstraction =
270, content analysis = 530, information extraction = 520, concordance =
150,
indexing language = 110, query language = 210, index generation = 360,
query transformation = 70, text to data base conversion = 150, thesaurus
=
390, parsing and analysis = 510, cluster/clustering = 70, hypertext =
230,
keyword system = 70, statistical model = 150, weighting of keywords =
80,
performance/efficiency = 210, General Inquirer = 50, RESPONSA = 30,
SMART = 40, TOPIC = 40, etc.
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