6.0326 Conference & Exhibit: Multilingual Computing (1/496)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 27 Oct 1992 10:32:04 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0326. Tuesday, 27 Oct 1992.

Date: Sun, 25 Oct 92 12:29:27 BST
From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk
Subject: Conf.Multi




The Documentation Unit

The Centre for
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
University of Durham

3rd International
Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing
(Arabic and Roman Script)

10-12 December 1992
Provisional
Programme
and Provisional List of
Companies Attending
14th October 1992


P r o g r a m m e

The Exhibition will be held for one day, the 11th of December, 1992.
The Conference will adjourn
to enable academics and professional users to see the Exhibition.
Companies' representatives will be
free to attend the Conference on the first and the third day if they wish.

We are trying this year to have one or two discussants who will prepare
a commentary on a paper in
advance. The time for each discussant will be 2-5 minutes with maximum
of two discussants,
leaving a minimum of 5 minutes for questions from the floor.


I. Provisional List of
Companies Attending

- Al-Alamiah Software, Egypt.
- Apple magazine (Arabic), UK.
- Arabic Computer Services Centre, UK.
- CTN, USA.
- Diwan. Science and Information Technology Ltd, UK.
- The Islamic Computing Centre, UK.
- MacXperts, UK.
- Microsoft, Middle East, UAE.
- Monotype Typography Ltd, UK.
- Al-Raed Electronic Industries, Saudi Arabia.
- RITSEC. Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Centre,
Egypt.
- Saqar Computers & Kul Al-Arab Newspaper, UK.

II. Provisional List of Contributors

Canada
1. Mr Sh. Nanji, McGill University.

Cyprus
1. Mr U. Ubaidly, Dilmun Publishing Ltd, Nicosia.

Egypt
1. Dr N. Ali, Al-Alamiah Software.
2. Prof. A. Rafea, American University of Cairo.
3. M. Sabry, American University of Cairo.
4. R. El-Ansary, American University of Cairo.
5. Sh. Samir, American University of Cairo.
6. Prof. A. Mousa, American University of Cairo.
7. Prof. A. Goneid, American University of Cairo.
8. Prof. M.N. Mikhail, American University of Cairo.
9. A. Farghaly, American University of Cairo.
10. S. Schakkal, American University of Cairo.
11. N. Sidhom, American University of Cairo.
12. N. Madbouly, American University of Cairo.
13. I. Magdi, American University of Cairo.
14. D. Soliman, American University of Cairo.
15. E. Samy, American University of Cairo.
16. G. Felfela, American University of Cairo.
17. N. Hegazy, American University in Cairo.
18. Prof. F. Saleh, Regional Information Technology and Software
Engineering Centre (RITSEC).
19. Prof. N. Hegazi, Electronics Research Institute.

France
1. Mr M. Fanton, CERTAL, Institut National des Langues et Civilisation
Orientales.
2. Mr F. Amara, Concept Technology International.
3. Mr F. Portaneri, Concept Technology International.
4. Mr E. Coury, Concept Technology International.
5. Dr. Y. Haralambous, Villeneuve d'Ascq.

Germany
1. Ms T.M. Hamdan, Tbingen.
2. Mr U.H. al-Hanbaly, Tbingen.
3. Dr. G. Wedel, Berlin Free University.
4. Prof. Dr K. Lagally, Institut fr Informatik.

Israel
1. Ms C. Panzer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Jordan
1. DrJA.JAbu-El-Haija, Jordan University of Science & Technology.
2. Mr. A. Jazaa, Yarmouk University.
3. Dr M. Saleem, al-Quds Open University.
4. Dr M. Yaseen, Jordan University for Women.
5. Dr Y. Nusseir, Royal Scientific Society.
6. Dr G. Palumbo, ACOR: an International Research Institute in Jordan.
7. Dr A. Abdul Rahman, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation.
8. Mr Gh. Abdullah, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation.

Kuwait
1. DrJH.JAl-Sadoun, Kuwait University.

Lebanon
1. Ms H. Nassar, American University of Beirut.
2. Ms A. Farha, American University of Beirut.

Morocco
1. Prof. M. al-Hannach, Linguistic Communicatio.
2. Mr M.S. Janjar, Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al-Saoud.
3. Ms N. Dchane, Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al-Saoud.

TheJNetherlands
1. Dr E. Ditters, Nijmegen University.

Russia
1. Dr E. Rezvan, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences.
2. Dr I. Tikhonova, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences.

Saudi Arabia
1. Dr M. Ashoor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
2. Dr A. Chaudhry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
3. Prof A. El-Sherif, King Faisal University.
4. Mr H. al-Muhtasib, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
5. Dr M. Aref, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
6. Prof. Saad Haj Bakry, King Saud University.

Syria
1. Dr B. Kurdy, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
2. A. Joukhadar, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
3. Mr M.Y. al-Hafez, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
4. Dr M. Mrayati, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology.

Tunisia
1. Dr M. Zrigui, IRSIT.
2. Mr A. Ben Hamadou, Facult des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax.

UK
1. Col. O. Taylor, Kent.
2. Dr A. Feddag, Research Fellow, University of Manchester.
3. Mrs. J. Butterworth, Cambridge University.
4. Mr T. Mahmoud, University of Durham.
5. Prof D. Gallaway, University of Durham.
6. Prof A. Brockett, University of Durham.
7. Dr I. Clark, IAC/Human Interfaces.
8. Mr G. Kiraz, Cambridge University.
9. Mr. N.E. Abdul Rasool, London.
10. Mr. I. Bachir, University College, London.
11. Mr J.D. Clarke, Cranfield Institute of Technology.
12. Dr A. Vella, Cranfield Institute of Technology.
13. Mr A. Narayanan, University of Exeter.
14. Ms L. Hashem, University of Exeter.
15. Dr A. al-Assam, DIWAN, Science and Information Technology Ltd.

USA
1. Dr J. Eilts, The Research Libraries Group.
2. Mr T. Buckwalter, Eastern Language Systems.
3. Dr M. Jiyad, Mt. Holyoke College.
4. Assistant Prof. Husam Yaghi, Southern University.
5. Mr Hussein Yaghi, Southern University.
6. Mr F. Khoury, University of Washington.
7. Dr M. Eissa, Northwestern University.
8. Mr J. Martinez, CTN.


III. Provisional Programme


Wednesday 9th December

15.00 - 19.00
Registration and coffee, Trevelyan College (for those arriving early)

Thursday 10th December

08.45 - 09.50
Registration and coffee (Trevelyan College)


09.50- 10.05
Opening of the Conference (Trevelyan College, Main Hall

Opening address: Prof A. Brockett
(Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham).

10.10 - 11.30
Session 1: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (I)


1. Arabic computing: a view from a Window; a review of Windows 3.1,
Mr F. Khoury, University of Washington, USA.

2. An Heterogeneous environment for Arabic processing: ARABDOS and TeX,
Mr M. Fanton, CERTAL, Institut National des Langues et Civilisation Orientales,
France.

3. Composing and displaying Arabic script without needing to
employ the Arabic Version of the Macintosh,
Dr I. Clark, IAC/Human Interfaces, UK.

4. Bilingual (Arabic and Roman script) software design and implementation
issues: a case study, Dr M. Yaseen, Jordan University for Women, Jordan.

11.30 - 12.50
Session 2: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (II)


1. Typesetting the Holy Qur'an with TeX, Dr Y. Haralambous, Villeneuve d'Ascq,
France.

2. A library of scalable Arabic fonts, Prof. M. Mikhail,
A. Goneid, S. Schakkal, N. Sidhom, N. Madbouly and I. Magdi,
American University of Cairo, Egypt.

3. Postscript calligraphy, Mr Sh. Nanji, McGill University, Canada.

4. Design of an Arabic language knowledge base as a lexicon for NLP,
Mr M.Y. al-Hafez,
Dr M. Mrayati, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Syria,
Dr A. Vella, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK, and Mr J.D. Clarke,
Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK.

11.30 - 12.50
Session 3: Editing Arabic manuscripts using computers (I)


1. Indexing of Lisan al-Arab dictionary using computer,
DrJA.JAbu-El-Haija, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan.

2. Mr A. Ben Hamadou, Facult des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax,
Tunisia. Paper in Arabic.

3. The Data-Base on Early QurUan MSS: new approach to the text history
reconstruction,
Dr E. Rezvan, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences, Russia.


14.00 - 15.20
Session 4: Multi-lingual data bases (I)


1. Automatic syntactic analysis and lexicalization on the basis of
corpus-data (Egyptian newspaper data), Dr E. Ditters, Nijmegen University,
The Netherlands.

2. A word-frequency count of Newspaper Arabic, Col. O. Taylor, Kent, UK.

3. Lebanese corner: Lebanese authors on health fields, Ms A. Farha,
American University Library, Lebanon.

4. Arabic technical terms in Arabic formal languages, Mr H. al-Muhtasib
and Dr M. Aref, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

14.00 - 14.20
Session 5:
The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (III)


1. The bilingual computer industry in the Arab World, Prof A. El-Sherif,
King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
Discussant. Prof. N. Hegazi, Electronics Research Institute, Egypt.

15.25 - 16.45
Session 6: Multi-lingual data bases (II)

Chairman: Mr F. Khoury, University of Washington, USA.

1. The New Fihrist, Dr J. Eilts, The Research Libraries Group, USA.
Discussant. Mrs. J. Butterworth, Cambridge University, UK.

2. Potential of currently available Arabized software for bibliographic
application,
Dr M. Ashoor and Dr A. Chaudhry, King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Discussant 1. Mr. I. Bachir, University College, London, UK.

Discussant 2. Ms N. Dchane, Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al-Saoud.

3. Arabic into Roman: automatic conversion of script in working library
routines, Mrs. J. Butterworth, Cambridge University, UK.

4. Saab Medical Library automations, Ms H. Nassar, American University Library,
Lebanon.

15.25 - 16.05
Session 7: Computer based lexicography and machine translation (I)


1. Corpus for modern standard Arabic: 1. preliminary design and analysiss,
Prof. A. Mousa, A. Goneid, M.N. Mikhail and A. Farghaly,
American University of Cairo, Egypt.

2. A three level finite-state model for Arabic morphologys, Mr A. Narayanan
and Ms L. Hashem, University of Exeter, UK.


17.10 - 18.30
Session 8: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (IV)


1. Optical character recognition of Arabic handwritten numerals, Prof. A.
Goneid,
M. Mikhail, H. Kotkata and A. Hassan, American University of Cairo, Egypt.

Discussant. DrJH.JAl-Sadoun, Kuwait University.

2. Arabic optical character recognizers, Dr I. Tikhonova, Institute of Oriental
Studies
of Academy of Sciences, Russia.

3. Multi-font recognition system for Arabic characters, Dr B. Kurdy and
A. Joukhadar, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Syria.

4. Omnifont OCR for Arabic: achievements, applications and limitations,
Mr J. Martinez, CTN, USA.

19.00 - 20.00
Reception
Speaker: Mr John Norton
Chairman of the Board of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of
Durham



Friday 11th December

09.00 - 12.45
Exhibition




17.05 - 18.25
Session 9: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (V)


1. The Status of Informatics in the Arab Countries, Dr Y. Nusseir,
Royal Scientific Society, Jordan.

2. CAL authoring in Arabic, Dr M. Saleem, al-Quds Open University, Jordan.

3. Prospects for Arabic computer industry, Dr A. al-Assam, DIWAN,
Science and Infromation Technology Ltd, UK.

4. Planning for Arabic Information Services, Prof. S. Haj Bakry,
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.

19.30 -
Official Dinner

Speaker: will be announced.


Musical performance in memorial of Composer Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab


Saturday 12th December

09.00 - 10.40
Session 10: Computer based lexicography and machine translation (II)

1. Orthographic variation in Arabic and its relevance to automatic
spell-checking, Mr Tim Buckwalter, Eastern Language Systems, USA.

2. A knowledge-based system for analyzing Arabic language, Mr. A. Jazaa,
Yarmouk University, Jordan.

Discussant. Dr A. Narayanan, University of Exeter, UK.

3. Arabic morpho-syntax and semantic parsing, Dr A. Feddag,
Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK.

Discussant. Mr J.D. Clarke, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK.

4. ArabTeX: a system for typesetting Arabic, Prof. Dr K. Lagally,
Institut fr Informatik, Stuttgart, Germany.

5. Arabic vs. English: from an automatic parsing perspective, Dr N. Ali,
Al-Alamiah Software, Egypt.


09.00 - 10.40
Session 11: Teaching of Arabic by computer


1. Lets learn Arabic: the multimedia way!, Assistant Prof. Husam Yaghi
and Hussein Yaghi, Southern University, USA.

2. Incorporating Arabic learning software into the curriculum, Prof A. Brockett,
CMEIS, University of Durham, UK.

3. Arabic C.A.I. for special purposes: the case of Islamic schools and centres,
Dr M. Eissa, Northwestern University, USA.

4. The computerized comprehensive identification procedure: who is
gifted?,
Mr T. Mahmoud and Prof D. Gallaway, University of Durham, UK.

5. Non-conventional material for the conventional classroom:
teaching cultural awareness through high technology, Dr M. Jiyad,
Mt. Holyoke College, USA.


11.05 - 12.25
Session 12:

Poster session

Chairman: Dr P. Glavanis, University of Durham, UK.

PALIS: Palestine Information System Project, Dr As'ad Abdul Rahman and
Mr Ghassan Abdullah, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Jordan.

Discussant 1. Mr U. Ubaidly, Dilmun Publishing Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus.


14.00 - 15.20
Session 13: Miscellaneous: Multi-lingual computers for the handicapped,
archaeology and computing and computer based lexicography and machine
translation.


1. Nour, a multi-lingual system for the blind, Dr M. Zrigui, IRSIT, Tunisia.

2. JADIS: multi-lingual software for the catalogue of archaeological sites in
Jordan,
Dr G. Palumbo, ACOR: an International Research Institute, Jordan.

3. Documentation issues in Egyptian Museums, Prof. F. Saleh, Regional
Information
Technology and Software Engineering Centre (RITSEC), Egypt.

4. Prof. M. al-Hannach, Linguistic Communicatio, Morocco.
Paper in Arabic.

15.25 - 16.25
Session 14: Other Semitic languages and computing


1. Semitic morphology: a linguistic and computational account,
Mr G. Kiraz, Cambridge University, UK.

2. Data communication in the context of automatic edition of multilingual texts,
Dr. G. Wedel, Berlin Free University, Germany.

3. ALEPH: a multi-scriptual multi-lingual library management system,
Ms C. Panzer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

16.45 - 17.15
Session 15: PANEL DISCUSSION: Evaluation of the Exhibition and Conference

Dr A. Ubaydli

* * *

Papers for publication in Appendix

1. Al-Daleel : an Arabic interactive programming environmentS Prof. Ahmad Refae,
D. Soliman, E. Samy, G. Felfela and N. Hegazy, The American University in Cairo,
Egypt.

2. Issues and problems of compiling an English-Arabic glossary of computer
terms,
Mr. N.E. Abdul Rasool, London, UK.

3. The Bilingual English/Arabic environment of Unix, Mr Amara, F.,
Mr Portaneri, F., and Mr Coury, E., Concept Technology International France.

4. Mr U.H. al-Hanbaly and Ms T.H. al-Hanbaly, Tbingen, Germany.
Paper in Arabic.

5. Al-Mutargem: a machine translator for Middle East News, Prof. A. Rafea, M.
Sabry,
R. El-Ansary and Sh. Samir, American University of Cairo, Egypt.

Discussant. Dr M. Zrigui, IRSIT, Tunisia.


For further information. contact:
Dr Ahmad Ubaydli (convenor)
Documentation Unit, CMEIS
University of Durham, South End House, South Road,
DURHAM, DH1 3TG, UK, Telex: 537351 DURLIBG,
Phone: +44 (91) 3742838, Fax: +44 (91) 3742830,
E-mail: A.Y.Ubaydli@uk.ac.durham[JANET],
A.Y.Ubaydli@durham.ac.uk[EARN/BITNET]