LINGUIST List 7.527

Wed Apr 10 1996

Confs: International Conf on Chinese Computing 96 (ICCC96)

Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <dizdartam2000.tamu.edu>

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1. Guo Jin, ICCC96 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Attached below is part of the ICCC96 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION.
For complete information, please email iccc96iss.nus.sg or
fax (65) 778 2571 or phone (65) 772-2003.

Regards,

GuoJin
for ICCC'96
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		ICCC96 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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	International Conference on Chinese Computing 96 (ICCC96)
	 The Latest Technological Advancement & Application
		 June 4-7, 1996, Singapore


Invited Speakers 
Prof Makato Nagao (Kyoto University, Japan)
Prof Mark Liberman (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Dr Robert Stumberger (Microsoft Corporation, USA)

Keynote Speaker
Dr Low Hwee Boon (Institute of Systems Science, Singapore)

Jointly Organized by Chinese and Oriental Languages Information
Processing (Singapore) Institute of Systems Science, National
University of Singapore (Singapore) Chinese Information Processing
Society of China (China)


ICCC96 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

ICCC96 is intended for researchers, developers and practitioners of
Chinese Computing to exchange ideas, share experiences and results ,
discuss issues and potential solutions through paper presentations,
panel sessions and invited speaker presentations.

Focus areas will include but not be limited to the 
theories/systems/applications of :

	Optical Character Recognition
	System & Software for Chinese
	Corpus & Statistics
	Dictionary & Language (Linguistics)
	Machine Translation
	Computer-Aided Instruction
	Chinese Input
	Information Retrieval
	Speech Recognition



TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1996 P TUTORIALS

Tutorial 1	9.00 am P 10.30 am 
Chinese Sentence Parsing
Keh-Jiann Chen 
(Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei)

Tutorial 2	11.00 am - 12.30 pm 
Construction and Application of SenseWeb -- a Multilingual 
Semantic Lexical Database
Zhendong Dong 
(Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, 
Singapore)

Tutorial 3	1.30 pm P 3.00 pm 
Word Segmentation and POS Tagging for Unrestricted Chinese Texts
Maosong Sun, Changning Huang 
(Tsinghua University, Beijing)

Tutorial 4	3.30 pm P 5.00 pm 
Text Extraction & Summary in Chinese 
Benjamin Tsou 
(City University of Hong Kong)


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 P 7, 1996 P CONFERENCE

KEYNOTE SPEECH :
Natural Language Processing in the New Realm of Applications
Low Hwee Boon, 
Institute of Systems Science, Singapore



OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION

Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition by Guided Stroke 
Extraction and Hidden Markov Models
C-H Wong and K-P Chan, Hongkong

Using Dynamic Information in the Recognition of the Confusion 
Set of Hanzi Characters
C. C. Jean , J. E. Tierney, UK

Skeleton and Stroke Extraction Using Fuzzy-C Means Clustering	
Patrick Chan Khue Hiang, Lim Joo Hwee, Singapore

An Iterative Rule-Based Character Segmentation Method for 
Chinese Documents
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Cheng-Chin Chiang, Tze Cheng, Shiaw-Shien Yu,Hsinchu

On-Line Chinese Characters Recognition by Means of Symbolic Learning
Jacqueline Castaing, Pierre Brezellec, France

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Liu Changping, Zhang Yonghui, Li Guojie, Luo Gong, China

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Xia Ying, Ma Shaoping, Sun Maosong, Zhu Xiaoyan, Jin Yijiang, China

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Yie Zhiyuan, Li Baorong, Dong Minghui, China

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Liu Jian, Ma Shaoping, China

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Yang Zehong, Zhu Xiaoyan, Xia Ying, China

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Ma Shaoping, Xia Ying, Zhu Xiaoyan, China


SYSTEM & SOFTWARE FOR CHINESE

A Generation Method of Handwritten Style Font with Individuality from
Example Base Mamoru Yasumoto, Takash Ikeda, Jiangqian Ying, Kanji
Toyokura, Japan

A Study of Multiple Attributes and Equivalent Orderings in Chinese 
Character Sorting
Chin Lu, Lei Wuan, Hong Kong

A Talking Chinese System
Luo Siwei, Zhu Keqin, Shi Dongfang, China

Optimization of the Hanzification Process
Barbara Nassaney, Xueni Ye, USA

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Wu Xingfu, China

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Huang Yunsen, China


CORPUS & STATISTICS

Using Chinese Text Processing Technique for the Sanskrit Based Indian 
Languages : Maximum Resource Utilization and Maximum Capability
Md Maruf Hasan, Singapore

Conversion of Hanzi to Toned Pinyin Using a Hybrid Approach
Amelia Fong Lochovsky, Derek Hing Leung Ngok, Hong Kong 

A Knowledge-Based Data Fusion Model: Extracting Information From
Message on Electronic Bulletin Boards Yawei Liang & Simon French, UK

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Song Rong, Qiu Chaojie, Ouyang Longgeng, Xu Lubing, Wang Xin, China

An Comparative Experimental Study on English and Chinese Word Boundary
Ambiguity Guo Jin, Singapore

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Zhou Qiang, Zhang Wei, China

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Zhou Ming, Huang Changning, China

A Statistical Approach to Study the Structure and Boundary of
5D-Phrase Guo Zhili, Yuan Chunfa, Huang Changning, China

CNPS Chinese Noun Phrase Partial Parser
Angel S. Y. Tse, Kam-fai Wong, Hong Kong

Chinese Noun Phrase Extraction Based on the Statistical Distribution
Information Wenjie Li, Kam-fai Wong, Hong Kong

Part of Speech Tagging of Chinese Sentences Using Genetic Algorithm
Lua Kim Teng, Singapore

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Zhang Shuwu, Huang Taiyi, China


DICTIONARY & LANGUAGE (LINGUISTICS)

Compiling an Indexical Classical Chinese Philosophical Dictionary
Based on Electronic Corpora Liu Xiagan, Tao Hongyin, Zhang Min, Bao
Zhiming, Singapore

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Zhang Min, Singapore

Study of Problematic Structures for Chinese Word Segmentation
Shaoyi He, Leo Yu, Hsiang Liu, USA

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Yang Erhong, Liu Kaiying, Sui Zhifang, China

Sense Tagging of RTongYiCi CiLinS Using Itself
Ji Donghong, Huang Changning, China

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Chen Qunxiou, Meng Jie, Wu Min, China

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Sun Honglin, China

~{4J5d1`<-WT6/;/SkS
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Zhao Jun, Huang Changning, Ding Junyan, China

~{;ySZ=SPx9fTr5D=(5
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Yu Changyun, China

~{6TOV4z::So7q6(=a9
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Sun Qingcheng, China

~{R;VVPBPM::So5gWS4
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Sun Jianjun, Chen Zaoxiong, Hou Min, China


MACHINE TRANSLATION

~{;a;0ND7-RkVP5D7VI
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~{HN8#<L~}, Japan

Capturing Language Specific Constraints on Lexical Selection with 
Feature-Based Lexicalized Tree-Adjoining Grammars
Chunghye Han, Fei Xia, Martha Palmer, Joselph Rosenzweig, USA

~{::So7VNvO5M3VPJ!B
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Zhang Guiping, Cai Dongfeng, China

SYSTRAN Chinese-English Machine Translation System
Jin Yang Yang, Laurie Gerber laurie, USA

Interaction of Syntax and Semantics in Parsing Chinese Transitive Verb
Patterns Wei Li, Canada

An Example-Based Approach to Prepositional Phrase Attachment in NLP
Tong Loong Cheong, Tan Chew Lim, Wang Tongsheng, Singapore

On Serial Verbs in Chinese and Their Representation in HPSG
Gang LIU, Germany

Automatic Alignment of English-Chinese Bilingual Texts of CNS News
Chew Lim Tan, Donghua Xu, Singapore

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Xie Jinbao, Wang Yonghui, Sun Gang, China

Automatic Evaluation System MTE and the Improvement of Its Test Suite
Yu Shiwen, Luo Airong, China

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Zhang Min, Li Sheng, Zhao Tiejun, etc., China

~{TZ;zVzHKRkO5M3VP2
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Liu Xiaohu, Li Sheng, Zhou Ming, Zhao Tiejun, Zhang Min, Cai Meng, China

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Zhou LiUna, Sheng Gang, Yu Shiwen, China

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Chen Liren, Chen Qunsiu, China

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Liu Sha, Gong Yanru, China


COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION

Chinese Teaching and the Internet
Zhang Lizhong, Australia

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Wang Shenkang, Zhang Gaoqing, Shu Hongxan, China


CHINESE INPUT

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Zhang Tianguang, Huang Borong, China

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Peng Shouquan, Huang Ke, Zhang Yigang, China

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Zhang Zaiyun, China

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Li Boyue, China

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Zhou Qihai, China

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Duan Lihua, China


INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

Towards a Word-based Chinese Text Retrieval
Jian-Yun Nie, Martin Brisebois, Xiaobo Ren, Canada

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Wang Yongcheng, Wang Jicai, China

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Wang Yongcheng, Zhang Kun, China


SPEECH RECOGNITION

Chinese Dictation Kit: A Very Large Vocabulary Mandarin Speech Input
Baosheng Yuan, Yuqing Gao, Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Jean-Luc Lebrun, Zhiwei
Lin, Gareth Loudon, Han Xi, Yen-Lu Chow, Gerry Beauregard, Joe Bo,
Daniel Lau, He Liang, George Loo, Jerry Tan, Singapore

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Li Gongjun, Huang Taiyi, China

High Performance Chinese Continuous Digits Recognition System
Chao Huang, Daowen Chen, China

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Wu Jun, Wang Zuoying, China