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	FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
		PROTEXT IV CONFERENCE
	  The Fourth International Conference 
		On Text Processing Systems
		    20-22 October 1987
		and the 6 related
		 PROTEXT IV SHORT COURSES
		    19 October 1987

	All sessions at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston
	
The Converence is held under the auspices of the Institute for Numerical
Computation and Analysis, a non-profit research organization licensed
under the laws of the Republic of Ireland. The short courses
are under the same auspices, except as indicated.

Conference: The conference is a forum for discussion of the latest
research on computer-aided text processing. Keynote speakers include
John Collins (Bitstream Inc.); Richard	Furuta(Univ. of Maryland);
Shiu Chang Loh (Chinese University, Hong Cong); Pierre MacKay( Univ. of
Washington); Marc Nanard (CRIM, Montpelier); Luis Trabb-Pardo (Imagen Corp.);
Xuan Wang(Peking University).

SHORT COURSES. The following one-day short courses are scheduled for
October 19:

A. Issues in Generalized Text Processing( Furuta, Loh, MacKay, Nanard)
B. TeX for Scientific Documentation ( Bart Childs, Texas A&M Univ.)
C. An Introduction to SGML ( W.W. Davis, Jr., Internal Revenue Service)
D. Issues in Digital Typography (Richard Rubinstein, Digital Equipment Corp.)
E. Introduction to PostScript(Yvonne Perry, Adobe Systems)
F. Document Databases and Technical Publishing( Geoffrey James,
	Honeywell Information Systems) under the auspices of the
	University of Massachusetts/Boston and UCLA extension
	programs. To be confirmed.

CALL FOR PAPERS. Contributed papers are solicited. Authers should submit a
one page typeset or typewritten abstract (500 words maximum) and up to two
additional pages of figures (no text). This must state clearly the
purpose of the work, the specific original results that have been 
obtained, and the significance of these results. Only works not
previously submitted for publication will be considered. The absolute 
deadline for receipt is June 30, 1987. Manuscripts should be sent to
one of the following:
	Prof. John Miller, School of Mathematics, Trinity College,
	Dublin 2, Ireland.

	Prof. Robert Morris, Department of Mathematics and Computer
	Science, The University of Massachusetts at Boston,
	Boston, MA 02125.

The program committee will meet shortly after the deadline and
notify authors by July 15, 1987. Authors will be allocated 20 minutes
at the conference. The final version of the paper is to be
submitted in camer-ready cop[y at the conference and will be
refereed again before being accepted for publication in the
conference proceedings.

Further information on fees and accomodation
is available from John Miller or Robert Morris at the addresses above.