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Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 10 Feb 91 20:08:05 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1003. Sunday, 10 Feb 1991.
(1) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 91 17:02:43 GMT (276 lines)
From: Mike Sharples <mike@cogs.sussex.ac.uk>
Subject: Computers and Writing IV Conference Announcement
(2) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 13:22:13 EST (62 lines)
From: langconf@louis-xiv.bu.edu (BU Conference...)
Subject: Call for Papers - 1991 BU Conference
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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 91 17:02:43 GMT
From: Mike Sharples <mike@cogs.sussex.ac.uk>
Subject: Computers and Writing IV Conference Announcement
Could you please circulate this announcement around your colleagues.
Thanks,
Mike Sharples
COMPUTERS AND WRITING IV
Fourth Annual Conference on Computers and the Writing Process
March 22 and 23, 1991
Brighton, UK
Computers and Writing IV will be held at the University of Sussex, sited
on the Sussex Downs in an area of natural beauty, close to the seaside
resort of Brighton and 60 miles from London. It will be an
international conference bringing together a wide variety of people
concerned with all aspects of computers and the writing process.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Keynote Speakers - Bertram Bruce, Douglas Adams.
Dr. Bertram Bruce is a Professor at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. He has developed natural language understanding systems
and a variety of educational software, including QUILL, an integrated
computer-based writing program.
Douglas Adams is the author of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and,
more recently, "Last Chance to See..." He is a designer of interactive
fiction and multimedia systems and is an advisor to Alan Kay's Vivarium
educational computing project.
Papers - March 22nd:
D. Judkins & E. Gibler
Word Processing Wordsworth: Writing Literary Essays Aided by Hypercard.
E. McAteer
Schoolchildren's Revision Tactics in Computer-Supported Writing Tasks.
M. Sharples
Computer Support for the Development of Writing Abilities.
J. Gifford & D. Pattow
Networks, Collaboration, and the Systems Documentation Classroom.
N. Williams
Teaching Writing through Hypertext.
E. Hoekstra & B.A. Andeweg
Computer-assisted Teaching of Technical Writing.
S. Bringsjord
Cinewrite.
J, Parthemore
Jonathan: a Collaborative Creative Writing Environment.
J. Yellowlees Douglas
Are We Reading Yet?
J. Ramsay & K. Oatley
Designing Minimal Manuals from Scratch.
C.G. Leedham & Y. Qiao
High Speed Text Input to Computer using Handwriting.
Papers - March 23rd:
K.S. Eklundh
Problems in Achieving a Global PErspective in Computer-based Writing.
D. Galbraith
Conditions for Discovery through Writing.
A. Kukulska-Hulme
Electronic Dictionary Paths for Writers.
P. Holt
Logic and Writing: Experiments on the Logical Structuring of Hypertext
Documents.
D. Diaper & M. Beer
Reading and Writing Documents using Headed Recored Expertext.
S. George.
Link Attributes for Controlling Hypertext.
R. Rimmershaw
Technologies of Collaboration
B.T. Hughes
Collaboration Beyond the University
J. Newman & R. Newman
Two Failures of Computer-mediated Textcommunication
T. Bench-Capon & P.E.S Dunne
RAPPORTEUR: from Dialogue to Document
J. Barlow
Applying a Model of Concurrency to Computer-supported Cooperative Writing
A. Finkelstein
Reviewing and Correcting Specifications
J.E. Hoard, R.H. Wojcik, K.C. Holzhauser, J. Bremer, P. Montague, S.G.
Arellano
On Refining and Validating the Simplified English Standard
J.K.W. Forster & P.L. van Nest
An Engineering Application for Hypertext
Exhibition
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There will be an exhibition of software and publications
at the conference. For further details and exhibition costs, contact the
conference administrator, Judith Dennison.
Posters and Software Demonstrations
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There will be space at the conference for displays of posters and
non-commercial software. Posters should fit a space of approximately
3ft x 2ft. Please submit a brief description of the proposed poster or
demonstration to Mike Sharples, the conference organiser, giving your
technical requirements.
Teachers' Day
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Organised by English Teaching with Computers.
Sponsored by National COuncil for Educational Technology.
A pre-conference day for teachers has been organised for Thursday 21st
MArch. This day is designed for teachers who wish to explore some of
the ways in which IT has been used to support children's writing. There
will be a mixture of workshops and presentations providing opportunities
to meet with interested colleagues and to share ideas, strategies and
concerns.
Further details and application forms, for the Teacher's Day only from:
Rosetta McLeod
Grampian Regional Council Education Dept.
Resources Centre
Belmont Street
Aberdeen AB1 1JH
UK
Conference chair:
Dr Mike Sharples
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
BRIGHTON BN1 9HN
UK
Email: mike@uk.ac.sussex.cogs
Conference administration:
Judith Dennison
MAPS Building
University of Sussex
BRIGHTON BN1 9HN
UK
Tel: +44 (0)273 678379
Email: judithd@uk.ac.sussex.cogs
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Surname.....................................................
First Name .......................................Title.....
Institution/Company.........................................
Address.....................................................
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Phone.................Fax.................Email.............
Registration Fees
Full conference fees include conference dinner on March 22nd and lunch on
March 22nd and 23rd.
One day registration includes lunch only.
Registration does not include accommodation.
Full Conference
Before Feb. 20th 120.00 UKL ......
After Feb 20th 150.00 UKL ......
Member of Computers and Writing Association
Before Feb. 20th 110.00 UKL ......
After Feb. 20th 120.00 UKL ......
[For membership details of the Computers and Writing Association only,
contact: Patrik Holt, Department of Computer Science, Heriot Watt
University, 79 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2HJ, UK.]
One day participation
Friday March 22nd 90.00 UKL ......
Saturday March 23rd 90.00 UKL ......
FEE ENCLOSED ...........
Accommodation
Type of Accommodation
University Hall of Residence (17.00 UKL per night)
Guest House, Brighton (25.00 UKL per night, approx.)
3 Star Hotel, Brighton (65.00 UKL per night, approx.)
I wish to reserve a single room in the accommodation indicated
above for the following nights.
Thursday March 21st ......
Friday March 22nd ......
Staruday March 23rd ......
Brighton is approximately 5 miles from the University Campus, with
a regular train connection. PAyment for the hotel accommodation
should be made to the hotel. You will be sent details of the hotel
reservation. University accommodation should be paid in advance.
UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATION FEE ENCLOSED ...........
TOTAL FEE ...........
Payment for registration and university accommodation should be made by
bank transfer to Account no. 10880817, University of Sussex, Computers
and Writing Conference, Barclays Bank, University of Sussex (sort code
20-88-64), or by a cheque from a UK bank to University of sussex,
Computers and Writing Conference.
Please return this form to:
Judith Dennison
Computers and Writing IV Conference
MAPS Building
University of Sussex
Brighton
BN1 9QH
UK
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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 13:22:13 EST
From: langconf@louis-xiv.bu.edu (BU Conference on Language Development)
Subject: Call for Papers - 1991 BU Conference
The 16th Annual
BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
October 18, 19 & 20, 1991
Keynote Speaker: STEVEN PINKER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* CALL FOR PAPERS *
Papers in the following areas are encouraged, although other topics
in Language Acquisition will be fully considered:
Linguistic Theory Input & Interaction
(Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology) Early Linguistic Development
Development of the Lexicon Speech Perception & Production
Signed Languages Discourse Processing
Creolization Discourse
Cognitive Development & Language Literacy
Neurolinguistic Development Narrative
Exceptional Language & Language Disorders Sociolinguistics
including a special session on Dyslexia Bilingualism
IN RELATION TO
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FIRST & SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
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REQUIREMENTS 1) Original research that has never been presented or published
2) 450-WORD SUMMARY for anonymous review
3) 150-WORD ABSTRACT with title, topic, name & affiliation
(to appear in conference handbook)
SUBMIT 1) SIX copies of the summary, clearly titled
2) TWO copies of the abstract
3) ONE 3 x 5 card stating:
a) Title b) Name(s) c) Affiliation(s) d) Topic area
e) Current address f) Summer address g) e-mail address
h) Telephone number i) Summer number j) Audiovisual needs
NOTE NEW ADDRESS
Boston University Telephone: (617) 353-3085
Conference on Language Development e-mail: langconf@louis-xiv.bu.edu
138 Mountfort Street
Boston, MA 02215 USA
DEADLINE: All submissions must be POSTMARKED BY *May 1, 1991*. Please
include self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt.
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by June 30.
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Note: All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts
submitted. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate symposium proposals.
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