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             8th Annual Conference of the UW Centre for the
            New Oxford English Dictionary and Text Research

                            Screening Words:
                       User Interfaces for Text

                          October 18-20, 1992

                         University of Waterloo
                       Waterloo, Ontario, Canada


   The  conference theme represents a universal problem of immediate
   concern: we have all repeatedly struggled with accessing or main-
   taining  materials  stored  in large text repositories.  Although
   information retrieval has been well-studied in a library context,
   and  database  querying  has  matured  for  conventional business
   applications,  much research and development is still required to
   suit most text and information needs.

   The  Eighth  Annual  "OED  Conference"  will  extend  our ongoing
   exploration of text management applications and techniques.  This
   year,   we   will  investigate  diverse  application  activities:
   retrieving  information  for  scientific  disciplines; supporting
   literary  and  linguistic  needs;  bridging between corpora, dic-
   tionaries,  and other knowledge representations;  managing multi-
   lingual and translated documents; and managing text in commercial
   environments.   It  is expected that attendees will be exposed to
   problems motivated by specific application areas and to solutions
   that can address requirements across several areas.

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                           Conference Program


   Sunday, October 18

   7:00 pm -- Registration and reception
        (Charcoal Steakhouse, Library Room)

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   Monday, October 19

   8:30 am -- Registration and coffee
        (Davis Centre, DC 1301)

   9:00 am

   Session I

   "Beyond the String: An Approach to Extracting Knowledge"
   Ruth Glynn, Oxford University Press

   "Overcoming Brittleness in Text Retrieval by Automating"
        the Use of Common Sense Knowledge
   Douglas B. Lenat, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation

   Session II

   "Managing Text in Biomedical Settings"
   Mark Frisse, Washington University

   "Better Things for Better Chemistry Through Multi-Media"
   Michael E. Lesk, Bellcore

   LUNCH

   Session III

   "Text, Quotation, and Document Identity"
   David M. Levy, Xerox PARC

   "Text, Form, and Genre"
   Geoffrey Nunberg, Xerox PARC

   Session IV

   "A Campus-Wide Textual Analysis Server:  Project, Prospects, and Problems"
   John Price-Wilkin, University of Virginia

   "Prototyping the Ultimate Tool for Scholarly Qualitative Research on Texts"
   Christophe Lecluse & Francois Chahuneau, Advanced Information Systems

   7:00 pm -- Cash bar and dinner
        (Transylvania Club)

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   Tuesday, October 20

   9:00 am

   Session V

   "Uses of Text in the Workplace"
   Sally S. Grande, Bank of Montreal

   "Bi-Textual Aids for Translators"
   Pierre Isabelle, Communications Canada

   Session VI

   "Automated Language Generation and the Lexicon -- What Goes Where?"
   Eduard Hovy, USC Information Sciences Institute

   "Hector:  Connecting Words with Definitions"
   Lucille Glassman, Dennis Grinberg, Cynthia Hibbard, James R. Meehan,
        Loretta Guarino Reid, & Mary-Claire van Leunen,
        Digital Equipment Corporation - SRC

   LUNCH

   Session VII

   Software Demonstrations

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	This year's conference is sponsored by:

		Information Technology Research Centre
				and
		        Open Text Corporation

	with ongoing research support of the University of Waterloo and
	the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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Conference Fees:

	Registration covers all conference activities, one copy of
	the conference proceedings, a reception, two lunches,
	refreshment breaks, and dinner on Monday evening.

	Total fees include GST (Canadian Goods and Services Tax)
			GST Registration # R119260685

	(Before October 1):
		Academic:	$180.00 + GST = $192.60 (Cdn)
		Non-academic:	$280.00 + GST = $299.60 (Cdn)
		Student:	$ 74.77 + GST = $ 80.00 (Cdn)

	(After October 1):
		Academic:	$205.00 + GST = $219.35 (Cdn)
		Non-academic:	$305.00 + GST = $326.35 (Cdn)
		Student:	$ 93.46 + GST = $100.00 (Cdn)

	Additional proceedings: $20 + GST = $21.40 (Cdn) each

	Please make cheques payable to the UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO,
	and send to:
			Liz Bevan
			Centre for the New OED and Text Research
			Davis Centre, Room 1311
			University of Waterloo
			Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   N2L 3G1

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Accommodations:

	The hotel recommended this year is:

		Relax Hotel
		2960 King Street East
		Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  N2A 1A9

		(519) 894-9500    or    1-800-667-3529
		fax:   (519) 894-9144

	Special conference rates are available at $59 for single
	and $65 for double (Cdn funds).  Please make your reservations
	directly with the hotel BY SEPTEMBER 15, quoting the New OED
	conference.

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Registration Form:

	Complete the following form and return it with your registration
	fee, or send the completed electronic form to:
			newoed@watsol.uwaterloo.ca
	with the payment to follow by mail.  The conference information
	package will be forwarded upon receipt of registration.
	

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