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kcl.ac.uk>In case some of you could not open yesterday's attachment, the text file follows Open Day For The New MSc Programme In Computational Linguistics & Formal Grammar At King's College London Date: May 11, 1999 Time: 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Location: Lecture Room Department of Philosophy King's College London The Strand The Department of Philosophy at King's College, University of London is pleased to announce a new MSc in Computational Linguistics and Formal Grammar. The programme is provisionally scheduled to begin in September, 1999 (final approval of the programme expected in March, 1999). Come to the open day to hear details of the programme and discuss the possibility of either entering the programme or taking some of its courses in the context of another degree programme. The programme will also welcome into its courses students studying for other degrees in Philosophy at the University of London, students taking Linguistics degrees at the University of London, and students from other departments at King's College. These courses will be of particular interest to students pursuing work in philosophy of language, semantics, logic, artificial intelligence, and the theory of formal grammar. The program is a one-year full time MSc course designed primarily for students who have completed a BA/BSc in linguistics, computer science, philosophy, logic, or mathematics, and who wish to pursue the application of formal and computational methods to the analysis of natural language. The MSc will also serve as the taught year of an MPhil/Ph.D research degree in formal grammar and computational linguistics. Current faculty of the programme: - Professor Dov Gabbay (Computer Science Department) logic, non-monotonic reasoning - Professor Ruth Kempson (Philosphy Department) formal pragmatics, formal semantics, formal syntax - Professor Shalom Lappin (Philosophy Department) formal semantics, computational linguistics, formal syntax - Dr. Odinaldo Rodriguez (Computer Science Department) logic programming, Prolog - Lecturer (candidate tba, Philosophy Department) mathematical linguistics, formal properties of grammar, model theory, - Lecturer (candidate tba, Philosophy Department) computational approaches to discourse theory, formal semantics Course convenor: Shalom Lappin For additional information and application forms send inquiries to lisa.turnerMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
cs.utwente.nl>INTERACTIONS IN VIRTUAL WORLDS Offically endorsed by SIGDIAL May 19-21 1999 University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Accepted Papers THE WORKSHOP The Parlevink Research Group of the Centre of Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT) is pleased to announce a 3-day workshop on interactions in virtual reality environments. Anyone dealing with theoretical, empirical, computational, experimental, anthropological or philosophical approaches to virtual reality environments is invited to participate. In this workshop the emphasis is on VR environments that provide means for interacting with the objects in the environment, with embedded information sources and services (possibly represented as agents) or with other users and visitors of the environment. The format of the workshop will consist of keynote presentations by experts in the fields of virtual reality, dialogue modelling and speech and language processing, combined with presentations of accepted papers. All these presentations will be plenary. In addition to plenary presented papers there will be poster presentations and demonstrations. The workshop is endorsed by SIGDIAL and the Dutch national Telematics Institute (U-Wish project). Sponsors of the workshop are TNO (TPD, Delft), Shell Netherlands, NWO Exacte Wetenschappen and the NeuroFuzzy Centre (Enschede). INVITED SPEAKERS Niels Ole Bernsen (Odense University. Odense, Denmark): Coordinator of i3net, the European Network for Intelligent Information Interfaces. i3 was created in 1997 in order to take a human-centred approach to the exploration of new, visionary interactive systems for people in their everyday activities. Lili Cheng (Microsoft Research, Seattle, Wa., USA): Lead Program Manager in the Microsoft Research's Virtual Worlds Group, working on the Virtual Worlds Platform. At NYU, Cheng designed graphics and created the human interface for one of the first participatory, real time rendered 3D environments which was broadcast tri-weekly from NYU. Lili is a registered architect and designed commercial architecture in both Tokyo and Los Angeles. W. Lewis Johnson (USC, Marina del Rey, Ca., USA): Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education at the University of Southern California. His interests center on the use of artificial intelligence and human- computer interaction in education and lifelong learning. Lewis Johnson is co-editor of the journal Automated Software Engineering. He is President Elect of the Artificial Intelligence in Education Society, member of the governing board of the Autonomous Agents Conferences, Chair of SIGART, and member of the ACM SIG Board. James C. Lester (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA): The primary objective of Lester's research is to design, construct, and empirically evaluate computational mechanisms to support HCI in educational and scientific software. His interests focus on developing advanced animated and natural language explanation systems that facilitate learning and scientific analysis. Stephen N. Matsuba (VRML Dream Company, Toronto, Canada): Matsuba has authored a series of VR spaces for Cyberstage Live: an on-line journal dealing with the arts and technology. His interests are focussed on multimedia and VR applications. He and others developed a VRML-based theatre adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Pierre Nugues (ISMRA-Caen, France): Research of Pierre Nugues is focused on natural language processing for spoken dialogue and user interfaces. This includes design & implementation of conversational agents within a multimodal framework. ACCEPTED PAPERS Virtual Reality Interface for the World Wide Web. Denis Gracanin and Kecia E. Wright Investigating Navigation & Orientation within Virtual Worlds. Dimitrios Charitos and Alan Bridges A VR System for (non) Immersive WWW Navigation. Maurizio Cibelli, Gennaro Costagliola and Genoveffa Tortora TheU Virtual University: Steps Toward Learning in Virtual World Cyberspace. Bruce Damer and Stuart Gold Virtual Campus - A 3D Multimedia Educational Environment. (Poster) Sigrun Gudjonsdottir ECHOES: A Collaborative Virtual Training Environment. G.M.P O'Hare, T. Delahunty, A.J Murphy and K. Sewell EISCAT Virtual Reality Training Simulation: A Study on Usability and Effectiveness. Lakshmi Sastry Creating Virtual Worlds With A Graspable User Interface. Hauke Ernst, Kai Schaefer and Willi Bruns Design and the Social Ontology of Virtual Worlds. Philip Brey Why Bill Was Killed: Understanding Social Interaction in Virtual Worlds. Mikael Jakobsson Let's-Improvise-Together. (Poster) Riccardo Antonini "Males say 'blue', females say 'aqua', 'sapphire', and dark navy.'" The Textual Performance of Gender in Online Role Playing Games. (Poster) Frank Schaap Presence: Interacting in VR? Martijn Schuemie The Usability of Interacting with the Virtual and the Real. in COMRIS. Geert de Haan When Worlds Collide: Interactions between the Virtual and the Real. Sandy Ressler, Brian Antonishek, Qiming Wang & Afzal Godil Towards an Intelligent 3D VR Architectural Design System. Jack van Wijk, Bauke de Vries and Kees van Overveld Real Time Gesture Based 3D Graphics UI for CAD Modeling System. J. M. Zheng, K.W. Chan and I. Gibson Spoken Language Interaction with a Virtual World in the MUeSLI Multimodal 3D Retail System. Peter J. Wyard and Gavin E. Churcher Modelling Interaction in Virtual Environments using Process Algebra. Boris van Schooten, Olaf Donk, and Job Zwiers The Twente Virtual Theatre Environment: Agents and Interactions. Anton Nijholt et al. Modelling Interaction to Inform Information Requirements in Virtual Environments. Kulwinder Kaur Deol, Alistair Sutcliffe and Neil Maiden PROGRAM COMMITTEE Program Chairman: Anton Nijholt (CTIT, Enschede) Niels Ole Bernsen, Philip Brey, James C. Lester, Stephen N. Matsuba, Pierre Nugues & Oliviero Stock ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Local Chairman: Betsy van Dijk Olaf Donk, Boris van Schooten & Hendri Hondorp REGISTRATION For registration, see the registration form at http://wwwseti.cs.utwente.nl/Parlevink/ QUESTIONS? Contact twlt15Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
columbia.edu>The American Language Program at Columbia University Announces a New Program in TESOL/TEFL The Summer 1999 TESOL Certificate Program (Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language) June 28 - August 20, 1999 Develop your professional expertise in teaching English as a second/foreign language at the adult level: * Earn the certificate in a full-time, 8-week intensive summer program. * Explore the latest theories and techniques in TEFL/TESOL methods and curriculum design. * Study with an internationally known faculty at Columbia University's campus in the heart of New York City. * Practice-teach in Columbia University's American Language Program. Certificate Program-6 required core courses, 3 credits each: * Methods in language teaching * Teaching English grammar * Second language acquisition * Applied phonetics & phonology * Materials development & curriculum design * Practicum in teaching English Come to our Open House Tuesday, April 6, 5:30 - 7:00pm 505 Lewisohn Hall, Columbia University Broadway and 116th Street, New York, NY Admission requirements Applicants should have a university or college degree; TOEFL scores must be submitted with application. Tuition $368 per credit. Students may take from one to six courses, or 3 - 18 university credits. (Please note, however, that all six courses must be satisfactorily completed in order to earn the certificate.) Contact: Linda Lane, Ed.D., linda.laneMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue