7.0394 Multi-Lingual Computing (London, April 1994) (1/488)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 12 Jan 1994 11:21:24 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0394. Wednesday, 12 Jan 1994.
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 94 15:30:02 GMT
From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk
Subject: Subject: CO.94
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University of Cambridge
Centre of Middle Eastern Studies
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
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(17th December, 1993)
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I. List of Contributors, Discussants and Chairmen
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Australia
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Mr Darabi Golshani, A., Edith Cowan University.
Bahrain
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Mr al-A'li, M., University of Bahrain.
Mr Girgis, M., University of Bahrain.
China, Republic of
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Prof. Hsu, C., National Chengchi University.
Cyprus
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Mr Ubaidly, U., Dilmun Publishing Ltd.
Czech Republic
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Dr Zemnek, P., Charles University.
Denmark
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Asst. Prof. Wien, C., Odense University.
Egypt
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Mr Emam, A., Alexandria University.
Mr Emam, O., IBM Cairo Scientific Center.
Dr Goneid, A., American University in Cairo.
Mr Hashish, M., IBM Cairo Scientific Center.
Prof. Hegazi, N., Electronics Research Institute.
Mr Ismail, M., Alexandria University.
Mr Korany, E., Alexandria University.
France
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Meddeb Hamrouni, B., Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatique and WinSoft.
Germany
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Prof. Lagally, K., Universtt Stuttgart.
Dr Wedel, G., Freie Universitt Berlin.
Iran
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Mr Mohadjer, A., Brain Computer Systems Group.
Mr Torabi, B., Iran Info-Tech Development.
Italy
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Ms Correale, D., University of Venice.
Jordan
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Dr al-Ajeeli, A., Yarmouk University.
Dr Mashhour, A., Yarmouk University.
Ms al-Rujoob, K., Yarmouk University.
Lebanon
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Ms Nassar, H., American University of Beirut.
Malaysia
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Ms Ahmad, F., University of Agriculture.
Dr Yusoff, M., National University of Malaysia.
Dr Sembok, T., National University of Malaysia.
The Netherlands
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Dr Ditters, E., University of Nijmegen.
New Zealand
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Mr Dodd, G., Auckland University.
Mr Yaghi Hussein, Auckland University.
Russia
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Mr Kondybaev, N., Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg branch.
Saudi Arabia
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Dr Ahmed, P., King Saud University.
Dr Aref, M., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals.
Mr al-Kulaib, A.
Mr Mathkour, H., King Saud University.
Mr al-Muhtaseb, H., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals.
Dr Sharaf Eldin, A., King Saud University.
Spain
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Mr Aedo, I., Universidad Carlos III.
Dr Berg, H., Universidad Carlos III.
Ms Castaeda, C., Universidad Carlos III.
Ms Daz, P., Universidad Carlos III.
Ms Fontecha, M., Universidad Carlos III.
Dr. Eng. Gonzlez, F., Instituto de Electrnica de Communicaciones.
Ms Martnez, M., Universidad Carlos III.
Ms Pascual de la Cueva, P., Universidad Carlos III.
Dr San Jos, V., Universidad Carlos III.
Syria
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Mr Farah, M., Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
Gaudic, R., Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
Malek, M., Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
Razouk, R., 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, M., Laboratoire RIADI, Centre National de l'Informatique.
Dr Ben Hamadou, A., Facult des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax.
Mr Ben Miled, Z, Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des
Telecommunications.
Mr Boussetta, S., Laboratoire RIADI, Centre National de l'Informatique.
Mr Fehri, M., Laboratoire RIADI, Centre National de l'Informatique.
Garbout, N., Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des
Telecommunications.
Mr Ghazali, S., 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, M., Laboratoire RIADI, Centre National de l'Informatique.
UK
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Dr Abdallah, A., Reading University.
Mr Bachir, I., al-Hayat Information Centre.
Mr Bolton, A., Cambridge University.
Prof. Brockett, A., Darlington.
Mr Clews, J., John Clews Associates.
Mr Crocker, M., University of Edinburgh.
Dr Goraine, H., Reading University.
Mr al-Jabri, S., University of Edinburgh.
Mr Kiraz, G., Cambridge University.
Mr Knight, A., Cambridge.
Mr Mellish, C., University of Edinburgh.
Mr Ponsford, D., Cambridge University Press.
Mr Rezaei, S., University of Edinburgh.
Mr Rochford, T., Computer Services, Anglia Polytechnic University.
Dr Shanley, A., Edinburgh Regional Council Chambers Encyclopaedia.
Dr Usher, M, Reading University.
USA
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Abdelazim, H., Apple Computers, Inc.
Mr al-Badr, B., University of Washington.
Ms Bernstein, D., Army Research Institute.
Mr al-Hmedan, A., World Information Services Inc.
Dr Hassibi, K., Automatic Document Recognition Group (ADRG) Mitek Systems Inc.
Dr Jiyad, M., Mount Holyoke College.
Dr al-Khatib, H., Santa Clara University.
Mr Martin, J., Army Research Institute.
Mr McConnell, J., Apple Computers, Inc.
Dr Peeters, J., U.S. Department of Energy.
Dr Roochnik, P., Language Analysis Systems, Inc.
Dr Saba, M., Key Technology, Inc.
Mr Wilson, A., Apple Computers, Inc.
II. Provisional List of Papers
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1. Archaeology and computing; Islamic architecture
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* A multimedia archaeological knowledge-based system S,
Mr Farah, M., Gaudic, R., Malek, M. and Razouk, R.,
Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Syria.
* Puertra: Islamic geometric design S,
Dr. Eng. Gonzlez, F., Instituto de Electrnica de Communicaciones, Spain. ***
2. Character recognition of Arabic script
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* Character recognition of Arabic script S,
Dr al-Khatib, H., Santa Clara University USA, Mr Ismail, M., Mr Korany, E. and
Mr Emam, A., Alexandria University, Egypt.
* Computer recognition of Arabic script based text: the state of the art S,
Dr Ahmed, P. and Mr Mathkour, H., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
* Machine-printed Arabic OCR using neural networks S,
Dr Hassibi, K., Mitek Systems Inc., USA.
* Maximum entropy approach in automatic classification of symbolic images S,
Mr Kondybaev, N., Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg Branch, Russia.
* A new approach to Arabic character recognition in multi-font document S,
Mr Fehri, M. and Prof. Ben Ahmed, M., Laboratoire RIADI,
Centre National de l'Informatique, Tunisia.
* Printed Arabic text recognition S,
Dr Goraine, H. and Dr Usher, M., Reading University, UK.
* Recognizing Arabic without prior segmentation S,
Mr al-Badr, B., University of Washington, USA.
3. Computer based lexicography and machine translation
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* Automatic generation of the Arabic theoretical lexicon using
morphematic structure combination S,
Prof. Ben Ahmed, M., Dr Zrigui, M. and Mr Boussetta, S.,
Laboratoire RIADI, Centre National de l'Informatique, Tunisia.
* Automatic translation of Arabic language to English and vice verse S,
Dr Mashhour, Ahmad, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
* The basic structure of a formal Arabic-English verbal lexicon S,
Dr Ditters, E., University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
* Coreva: an automated method for the assessment of simultaneous
translation by signal correlation S,
Mr Yaghi, Hussein and Mr Dodd, G., Auckland University, New Zealand. ***
* Detection and correction of misspelled isolated words in Arabic language S,
Dr Zrigui, M. and Prof. Ben Ahmed, M., Laboratoire RIADI,
Centre National de l'Informatique, Tunisia.
* Logic compression of multi-lingual dictionary S,
Meddeb Hamrouni, B., Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatique and
WinSoft, France.
* Torjomane: an Arabic-to-English computer assisted translation system S,
Mr Labed, L., Salhi, R., Garbout, N. and Mr Ghazali, S.,
Institut Regional des Sciences Information et des Telecommunications, Tunisia.
4. Computing in other Semitic language: Syriac
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* The Arabic-Syriac Lexicon Project-report 1 S,
Mr Kiraz, G. and Mr Ponsford, D., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
University, UK.
* The Syriac Hypertext Project: an electronic encyclopaedia on Syriac studies
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Mr Bolton, Anthony, and Mr Kiraz, G., Cambridge University, UK.
5. Computing in Malay, Persian and Urdu
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5.1 Malay
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* Characterization of an experimental collection S,
Ms Ahmad, F., University of Agriculture, Dr Sembok, T. and Dr Yusoff, M.,
National University of Malaysia, Malaysia.
* A Malay stemming algorithm for retrieval system S,
Dr Sembok, T., Dr Yusoff, M., National University of Malaysia and
Ms Ahmad, F., University of Agriculture, Malaysia.
5.2 Persian
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* Farsi computing in UNIX environment S,
Mr Torabi, B., Iran Info-Tech Development, Iran.
* Parsing a free word order language: Persian S,
Mr Rezaei, S. and Mr Crocker, M., University of Edinburgh, UK.
* Some support programs applied in the Lirica Persica research project S,
Ms Correale, D., Italy.
5.3 Urdu
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* Using Urdu page layout. Programmes for community development S,
Mr Knight, A., UK.
6. Editing Arabic manuscripts using computers
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* A computer-assisted Arabic poetry prosody S,
Dr SharafJEldin, A., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
* Computerized critical editions of medieval Arabic manuscripts. Requests for
high
standard features in software applications S,
Dr. Wedel, G., Freie Universitt, Berlin, Germany.
7. Multi-lingual computers for the handicapped
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* Arabic computer-based assistant systems for handicapped S,
Mr Emam, O. and Mr Hashish, M., IBM Cairo Scientific Center, Egypt.
8. Multi-lingual data bases
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* Arabic books in the Danish research library system S,
Asst. Prof. Wien, C., Odense University, Denmark.
* Exchanging scientific information with the United States S,
Dr. Peeters, J., Department of Energy, USA. ***
* Multi-lingual (Arabic & Roman) strategies for checking Arabic name data bases
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Dr Roochnik, P., Language Analysis Systems, Inc., USA.
*RThe use of computer to format and produce printed Arabic indexes for daily
newspapers S,
Mr Bachir, I., al-Hayat Information Centre, Kensington Centre, UK.
9. Multi-lingual software industry
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* Arabization: actual and objectives S,
Mr al-ATali, M., and Mr Girgis, M., University of Bahrain, Bahrain.
* Connectivity between Arabic systems: a case study in reference to the Chinese
systemsS.
Prof. Hsu, H., National Chengchi University, Republic of China.
* RThe development of Arabic support on the Macintosh S,
Mr Abdelazim, H., Mr McConnell, J. and Mr Wilson, A., Apple Computers, Inc.,
USA.
* The encoding of non-Latin texts under MS-DOS S,
Zemnek, P., Charles University, Czech Republic.
* Generating Arabic words from semantic description S,
Mr al-Jabri, S. K. and Mr Mellish, C., University of Edinburgh, UK. ***
* The IRSIT Arabic text-to-speech synthesis system S,
Mr Ghazali, S., Mr Ben Miled, Z., Dr Zrigui, M. and Abdennader, S.,
Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications,
Tunisia.
* KHOOL: Khabeer object orientated language S,
Mr al-Muhtaseb, H., Dr Aref, M. and Mr al-Kulaib, A., King Fahd University of
Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
* Pan-Arabic script computing: implication for creating systems, fonts, printing
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data base applications S,
Mr Clews, J., John Clews Associates, UK.
* A proposal for an Arabic standard code for information interchange S,
Dr Saba, M., Key Technology, Inc., USA.
* Some problems in Arabizing LATEX S,
Prof. Lagally, K., Universtt Stuttgart, Germany.
* The Unicode character encoding standard: support for Persian and Arabic
scripts S,
MrJMohadjer, A., Brain Computer Systems Group, Iran.
* User's evaluation of MS Word for Windows with Arabic support S,
Mr Ubaidly, U., Dilmun Publishing Ltd, Cyprus. ***
10. Notation of Oriental music on computers
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* Escala: automatic measurement of Oriental scales S,
Dr. Eng. Gonzlez, F., Instituto de Electrnica de Communicaciones, Spain.
11. Teaching of languages by computer
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* A computer assisted language learning programme used at a Spanish university
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Dr San Jos, V., DrJBerg, H., Ms Castaeda, C., Ms Fontecha, M., Ms Martnez, M.,
Ms Pascual de la Cueva, P., MrJAedo, I. and Ms Daz, P., Universidad Carlos III,
Spain.
* A computer-based tutoring system for modern standard Arabic S,
Mr Martin, J. and Ms Bernstein, D., Army Research Institute, USA.
* An intelligent teaching system of Arabic language S,
Dr al-Ajeeli, A. and Ms al-Rujoob, K., Yarmouk University, Jordan.
* An overview of the application of multi-media computer based training for
Arabic
and Persian speakers S,
Mr Darabi Golshani, A., Edith Cowan University, Australia.
* Technology, proficiency and the integrative culture - learning process S,
Dr Jiyad, M., Mount Holyoke College, USA.
*** Papers for publications in the Proceedings
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