7.0245 ICEMCO '94 (1/426)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 18 Oct 1993 10:09:37 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0245. Monday, 18 Oct 1993.

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 12:48:09 BST
From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk
Subject: MultiLingual Computing Conference




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University of Cambridge
Centre of Middle Eastern Studies

announces

I C E M C O 94

4th International Conference and Exhibition on
Multi-lingual Computing
(Arabic and Roman Script)

London, 7-9 April 1994



Provisional Programme
1st October, 1993
I. List of Contributors, Discussants and Chairmen
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Australia
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Mr Darabi Golshani, A.,
School of IT & Maths, Edith Cowan University.

Republic of China
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Prof. Hsu, Cheng-Hsiang,
Department of Arabic Language and Literature, National Chengchi
University.

Cyprus
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Mr Ubaidly, Ubaidly,
Dilmun Publishing Ltd.

Czech Republic
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Dr Zemnek,
Petr, Charles University.

Denmark
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Ass Prof. Wien, Charlotte,
Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Odense Universitet.

Egypt
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Mr Emam, Ashraf,
Information Technology Department, Alexandria University.
Mr Emam, Ossama,
IBM Cairo Scientific Center.
Mr Hashish, M.,
IBM Cairo Scientific Center.
Prof. Hegazi, Nadia,
Electronics Research Institute.
Mr Ismail, Mohamed,
Information Technology Department, Alexandria University.
Mr Korany, Ezzat,
Information Technology Department, Alexandria University.

France
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Mr Meddeb Hamrouni, Boubaker,
Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatique and WinSoft.

Germany
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Prof. Lagally, Klaus,
Institut fr Informatik, Universitt Stuttgart.
Dr. Wedel, Gerhard,
Freie Universitt, Berlin.

Italy
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Ms. Correale, Daniela,
Dipartimento di Studi Eurasiatici, University of Venice.

Jordan
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Dr al-Ajeeli, Abid,
Department of Computer Science, Yarmouk University.
Dr Jazaa, Abed,
Yarmouk University.
Dr Mashhour, Ahmad,
Yarmouk University.
Ms al-Rujoob, Khulode,
Department of Computer Science, Yarmouk University.

Lebanon
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Ms Nassar, Hilda,
Saab Medical Library, American University of Beirut.

The Netherlands
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Dr Ditters, Everhard,
TCMO, University of Nijmegen.

Russia
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Mr Kondybaev, Nurlan,
Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg branch.

Saudi Arabia
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Dr Ahmed, P.,
King Saud University, College of Computer and Information Science.
Dr Aref, Mustafa,
Information and Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals.
Mr al-Kulaib, Ali.
Mr Mathkour, Hassan I. ,
King Saud University, College of Computer and Information Science.
Mr al-Muhtaseb, Husni,
Information and Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals.
Dr SharafJEldin, A.,
College of Computer and Information Science, King Saud University.

Spain
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Dr Baez, Valerio,
Departmento de Humanidades, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid.
Dr Berge, H.
Dr Snches, Francesco,
Instituto de Electrnica de Comunicaciones, Univ Politecnica-Madrid.

Syria
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Mr Farah, Mansour,
Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and
Technology.
Gaudic, R.,
Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and
Technology.
Malek, M.,
Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and
Technology.
Razouk, R.,
Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and
Technology.

Tunisia
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Abdennader, S.,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications.
Prof. Ben Ahmed, Mohammad,
Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de
l'Information.
Mr Ben Miled, Z,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications.
Mr Boussetta, Slim,
Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de
l'Information.
Mr Fehri, Mohammed,
Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de
l'Information.
Garbout, N.,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications.
Mr Ghazali, Salem,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications.
Mr Labed, L.,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications.
Salhi, R.,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications.
Dr Zrigui, Mounir ,
Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de
l'Information.

UK
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Mr      Bachir  Imad,
al-Hayat Information Centre.
Prof. Brockett, Adrian,
Darlington.
Mr Clews, John,
John Clews Associates.
Goraine, H.,
School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Reading University.
Mr      Knight, Andrew.
Mr Rochford, Thomas,
Computer Services, Anglia Polytechnic University.
Dr Usher,       M,
School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Reading University.
 
USA
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Abdelazim, H.,
Apple Computers, Inc.
Ms Bernstein, Debbie ,
Training Systems Research Division,     Army Research Institute.
Dr      Hassibi,        Khosrow,
Mitek Systems Inc.,     Automatic Document Recognition Group (ADRG).
Dr Jiyad, Mohammed,
Mount Holyoke College.
Dr al-Khatib,   Hasan, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University.
Mr Martin,      Jeffery,
Training Systems Research Division,     Army Research Institute.
Mr Mcconnell, J.,
Apple Computers, Inc.
Dr      Roochnik,       Paul,
Language Analysis Systems, Inc.
Dr Saba,        Mohamed.
 
 
 
 
                         II. Provisional List of Papers
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"Arabic computer-based assistant systems for handicapped",
        MrEmam, Ossama and Mr   Hashish, M., IBM Cairo Scientific Center,
Egypt.
 
"Automatic generation of the Arabic theoretical lexicon using morphematic
structure combination",
        Prof.   Ben Ahmed,      Mohammad, Dr Mounir Zrigui and Mr Slim
Boussetta,
Laboratoire RIADI,      ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de
l'Information,  Tunisia.
 
"Automatic translation of Arabic language to English and vice versa",
Dr Mashhour,    Ahmad and Dr Jazaa, Abed,       Yarmouk University,     Jordan.
 
"The basic structure of a formal Arabic-English verbal lexicon",
Dr Ditters,     Everhard, TCMO,         University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
 
"Books in Arabic in the Danish library system"
        Ass Prof.       Wien,   Charlotte, Centre for Contemporary Middle
Eastern Studies,
Odense Universitet,             Denmark.
 
"Character recognition of Arabic script"
        Dr al-Khatib,   Hasan, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University
USA,
Mr Ismail,      Mohamed, Mr Korany, Ezzat and Mr Emam, Ashraf,
Information Technology Department, Alexandria University, Egypt.
 
"A complete assisted language learning programme used at a Spanish university",
        Dr Baez,        Valerio,        Departmento de Humanidades,
Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, and Dr H. Berge,    Spain.
 
"A computer-assisted Arabic poetry prosody",
        Dr SharafJEldin,        A.,     King Saud University,   Saudi Arabia.
 
"A computer-based tutoring system for modern standard Arabic",
        Mr Martin,      Jeffery and Ms Bernstein, Debbie, Training Systems
Research
Division,       Army Research Institute,        USA.
 
"Computer recognition of Arabic script based text: the state of the art",
        Dr      Ahmed,  P. and Mr Mathkour, Hassan,     College of Computer and
Information
Science, King Saud University,  Saudi Arabia.
 
"Computerized critical editions of medieval Arabic manuscripts.
Requests for high standard features in software applications",
Dr,JWedel, Gerhard,     Freie Universitt, Berlin,               Germany.
 
"Connectivity between Arabic systems:
a case study in reference to the Chinese systems",
        Prof. Hsu,      Cheng-Hsiang,   Department of Arabic  Language  and
Literature,
National Chengchi University,    Republic of China.
 
"Description of some support programs (utilities) applied in
the Lirica Persica research project"    ,
Ms.JCorreale,  Daniela, University of Venice,   Dipartimento di Studi
Eurasiatici,    Italy.
 
"Detection and correction of misspelled isolated words in Arabic language",
        Dr Zrigui,      Mounir  and Prof. Ben Ahmed, Mohamed, Laboratoire RIADI,
ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information,   Tunisia.
 
"The development of Arabic support on the Macintosh",
Mr Mcconnell, J. and Abdelazim, H., Apple Computers, Inc., USA.
 
"The encoding of non-Latin scripts under MS-DOS",
Zemnek, Petr, Charles University,       Czech Republic.
 
"Escala: musical measure and notation of oriental scales",
DrJSnches, Francesco, Instituto de Electrnica de Comunicaciones, Univ
Politecnica-Madrid, Spain.
 
"An intelligent teaching system of Arabic language",
DrJal-Ajeeli, Abid and Ms al-Rujoob, Khulode, Department of Computer
Science,        Yarmouk University,     Jordan.
 
"The IRSIT Arabic text-to-speech synthesis system",
Mr Ghazali, Salem, Mr Ben Miled, Z., Dr Zrigui, M. and Abdennader, S.,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications, Tunisia.
 
"KHOOL: Khabeer object orientated language"
Dr Aref,        Mustafa, MrJal-Muhtaseb, Husni and Mr al-Kulaib, Ali,
Information
and Computer Science Department,        King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals,       Saudi Arabia.
 
"Logic compression of multi-lingual dictionary"
Mr Meddeb Hamrouni, Boubaker,   Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatiqu
and WinSoft, France.
 
"Machine-printed Arabic OCR using neural networks",
DrJHassibi, Khosrow,    Automatic Document Recognition Group (ADRG), Mitek
Systems Inc., USA.
 
"Multi-lingual (Arabic & Roman) strategies for checking Arabic name
dataJbases",
        Dr      Roochnik, Paul, Language Analysis Systems, Inc.,        USA.
 
"A multimedia archaeological knowledge-based system",
MrJFarah, Mansour, Gaudic, R., Malek, M. and R. Razouk, Department of
Computer Engineering,   Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology,
Syria.
 
"A new approach to Arabic character recognition in multi-font document",
Mr Fehri, Mohammed and Prof. Ben Ahmed, Mohamed, Laboratoire RIADI,  ENSI
(Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information, Tunisia.
 
"New approach to the automatic classification of symbol's image:
automatic classification of Kufi letters from early Qur'anic MSS",
        Mr      Kondybaev,      Nurlan, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy
of Sciences,
St. Petersburg branch,  Russia.
 
"An overview of the application of
multi-media computer based training for Arabic and Persian speakers",
        Mr      Darabi Golshani,        A.,             School of IT & Maths,
Edith Cowan University,
Australia.
 
"Pan-Arabic script computing: implication for creating systems, fonts,
printing and data base applications",
Mr Clews, John, John Clews Associates, UK.
 
"Printed Arabic text recognition",
        Dr Usher,       M. and Goraine, H.,     School of Engineering and
Information
Sciences, Reading University,   UK.
 
"A proposal for an Arabic standard code for information interchange",
DrJSaba, Mohamed,               USA.
 
"Steps towards Arabizing LATEX",
        Prof.   Lagally,        Klaus,  Institut fr Informatik, Universitt
Stuttgart,
Germany.
 
"Technology, proficiency and the integrative culture - learning process",
Dr Jiyad, Mohammed, Mount Holyoke College, USA.
 
"Torjomane: An Arabic-to-English computer assisted translation system",
        Mr      Labed,  L., Salhi, R., Garbout, N., and Mr Ghazali, Salem,
Institut
Regional des Sciences Information et  des Telecommunications,           Tunisia.
 
"The use of computer to format and produce printed Arabic indexes for daily
newspaper",
Mr      Bachir, Imad, al-Hayat Information Centre,      UK.
 
"User evaluation of  Aldoc information system",
Mr Ubaidly Ubaidly, Dilmun Publishing Ltd.,             Cyprus.
 
"Using Urdu page layout. Programmes for community development"  Mr      Knight,
Andrew, UK.
 
 
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