7.0558 ICEMCO Program (1/545)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 9 Mar 1994 23:05:07 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0558. Wednesday, 9 Mar 1994.

Date: Wed, 09 Mar 94 08:26:22 GMT
From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk
Subject: Subject: ICEMCO Program




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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
I. Provisional Programme
1st March 1994
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Wednesday 6th April

15:00 - 19:00 Registration, London School of Economics
(for those arriving early).

Thursday 7th April

08:45 - 09:50 Registration and coffee, (London School of Economics)

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* 10:00- 11:30 Session 1: *
* Opening of the Conference *
* Old Theatre *
* Chairman: Sir Roger Tomkys, *
* Chairman of the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge *
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* HE Mr Tareq al-Moayed *
* (Minister of Information, State of Bahrain) *
* "Information and copyrights laws, protection of intellectual properties" *
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11:30 - 12:30 Session 2: Multi-lingual data bases (I)
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Chairman: Mr Khoury, F., University of Washington Libraries, USA.
* "Exchanging scientific information with the United States", Dr Peeters, J.
and Dr Gebus, G., Department of Energy, USA.
Convenor's address: Dr Ubaydli, A.

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 Session 3: Character recognition of Arabic script (I)
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Chairman: Prof. Hegazi, N., Electronics Research Institute, Egypt.
* "Character recognition of Arabic script", 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",
Dr Ahmed, P.
and Mr Khan, M., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
* "Machine-printed Arabic OCR using neural networks", Dr Hassibi, K., Mitek
Systems
Inc., USA.

14:00 - 15:00 Session 4: Computer based lexicography and machine translation and
multi-lingual computers for the handicapped
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Chairman: Dr. Wedel, G., Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany.
* "Automatic generation of the Arabic theoretical lexicon using morphematic
structure
combination", 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",
Dr Mashhour,
Ahmad, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
* "Automatic parsing of Arabic sentences", Mr Chalabi, A., al-Alamiah Software,
Egypt.
* "Arabic computer-based assistant systems for handicapped", Mr Emam,O. and
Mr Hashish, M., IBM Cairo Scientific Center, Egypt.

15:00 - 16:00 Session 5: Character recognition of Arabic script (II)
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Chairman: Mr Ubaidly, U., Dilmun Publishing Ltd, Cyprus.
* "Maximum entropy approach in automatic classification of symbolic images",
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",
Mr Fehri, M.
and Prof. Ben Ahmed, M., Laboratoire RIADI, Centre National de l'Informatique,
Tunisia.
* "Printed Arabic text recognition", Dr Goraine, H. and Dr Usher, M., Reading
University, UK.
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee

16:20 - 17:40 Session 6: Multi-lingual data bases (II)
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Chairman: Ms Nassar, H., American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
* "Arabic books in the Danish research library system", Asst. Prof. Wien, C.,
Odense
University, Denmark.
* "Multi-lingual (Arabic & Roman) strategies for checking Arabic name data
bases", Dr Roochnik, P., Language Analysis Systems, Inc., USA.
* "The use of computer to format and produce printed Arabic indexes for daily
newspapers", Mr Bachir, I., al-Hayat Information Centre, Kensington Centre, UK.

16:20 - 17:40 Session 7:
Computing in other Semitic languages (Syriac) and editing Arabic
manuscripts usingn computers
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Chairman:
* "The Arabic-Syriac Lexicon Project-report 1", Mr Kiraz, G. and
Mr Ponsford, D.,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University, UK.
* "The Syriac Hypertext Project: an electronic encyclopaedia on Syriac
studies", Mr Bolton,
Anthony, and Mr Kiraz, G., Cambridge University, UK.
* "A computer-assisted Arabic poetry prosody", Dr Sharaf Eldin, A., King Saud
University, Saudi Arabia.
* "Computerized critical editions of medieval Arabic manuscripts. Requests
for high
standard features in software applications", Dr. Wedel, G., Freie
Universitat, Berlin,
Germany.

Friday 8th April
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09:00 - 10:20 Session 8: Multi-lingual software industry (I)
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Chairman:
* "Arabization: actual and objectives", Mr al-ATali, M., and Mr Girgis, M.,
University of
Bahrain, Bahrain.
* "Connectivity between Arabic systems: a case study in reference to the Chinese
systems". Prof. Hsu, H., National Chengchi University, Republic of China.
* "Developing an affordable computer hardware and software to solve various
market
needs in Jordan", DrJal-Assaf, Y., University of Jordan, Jordan.
* "The development of Arabic support on the Macintosh", Mr Abdelazim, H.,
Mr McConnell, J. and Mr Wilson, A., Apple Computers, Inc., USA.

09:00 - 10:20 Session 9: Teaching of languages by computer
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Chairman: Prof. Brockett, A., Darlington, UK.
* "A computer assisted language learning programme used at a Spanish
university",
Dr San Jos, V., Dr Berg, H., Ms Castaeda, C., Ms Fontecha, M., Ms Martnez, M.,
Ms Pascual de la Cueva, P., Mr Aedo, I. and Ms Daz, P.,
Universidad Carlos III, Spain.
* "An intelligent teaching system of Arabic language", 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", Mr Darabi Golshani, A., Edith Cowan University,
Australia.
* "Technology, proficiency and the integrative culture - learning process",
Dr Jiyad, M., Mount Holyoke College, USA.

10:20 - 11:20 Session 10: Multi-lingual software industry (II)
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Chairman: Prof. Hsu, H., National Chengchi University, Republic of China.
* "The encoding of non-Latin texts under MS-DOS", Zemnek, P.,
Charles University, Czech Republic.
* "Generating Arabic words from semantic description", Mr al-Jabri, S. K. and
Mr Mellish, C., University of Edinburgh, UK. *
* "The IRSIT Arabic text-to-speech synthesis system", 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", Mr al-Muhtaseb, H., Dr
Aref, M. and
Mr al-Kulaib, A., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals,
Saudi Arabia.

11:20 - 11:35 Coffee

11:35 - 12:45 Session 11: Archaeology and computing; Islamic architecture
and notation of Oriental music on computers
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Chairman: Mr Rochford, T., Computer Services, Anglia Polytechnic University.,
UK.
* "A multimedia archaeological knowledge-based system", Mr Farah, M., Gaudic,
R., Malek, M. and Razouk, R., Higher Institute of Applied Science and
Technology, Syria.
* "Puertra: Islamic geometric design", Dr Eng. Snchez, F., Instituto de
Electrnica
de Communicaciones, Spain.
* "Asiatic Museum Project: 1. Data-base on Muslim seal", Dr Rezvan, E.,
Institute
of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg branch and
Dr Polosin, V., Russia.
* "Escala: automatic measurement of Oriental scales", Dr Eng. Snchez, F., I
nstituto de Electrnica de Communicaciones, Spain.

11:35- 12:35 Session 12: Computing in Malay, Persian and Urdu (I)
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Chairman:
Malay and Urdu
* "Characterization of an experimental collection", 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", Dr Sembok, T.,
Dr Yusoff, M.,
National University of Malaysia and Ms Ahmad, F., University of
Agriculture, Malaysia.
* "Using Urdu page layout. Programmes for community development", Mr Knight,
A., UK.

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:.20 Session 13: Multi-lingual software industry (III)
Chairman:
* "Pan-Arabic script computing: implications for operating systems, fonts,
printing
and data base applications", Mr Clews, J., John Clews Associates, UK.
* "A proposal for an Arabic standard code for information interchange",
Dr Saba, M.,
Key Technology, Inc., USA.
* "Some problems in Arabizing LATEX", Prof. Lagally, K., Universitat
Stuttgart, Germany.
* "The Unicode character encoding standard: support for Persian and
Arabic scripts", Mr Mohadjer, A., Brain Computer Systems Group, Iran.
* "User's evaluation of MS Word for Windows with Arabic support",
Mr Ubaidly, U., Dilmun Publishing Ltd, Cyprus. *

15:20 - 15:50 Session 14: Open Forum
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Chairman: Mr al-A'li, M., University of Bahrain, Bahrain.
* "Centre for Documentation and Research- Projects",
Dr Abdullah, M., A., UAE.
* "Notables of Arabia", Dr Bidwell, R., Suffolk, UK.
* "Question-answer system for Arabic language: project", Mr Yamani, A.,
Greenwich University, UK.
* "Computer facilities at Statistical, Economic and Social Research and
Training Centre for Islamic Countries", Dr Rais, M., Turkey
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15:50 - 16:05 Coffee

16:05 - 17:25 Session 15: Computer based lexicography and machine
translation (II)
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Chairman:

* "The basic structure of a formal Arabic-English verbal lexicon",
Dr Ditters, E.,
University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
* "Coreva: an automated method for the assessment of simultaneous translation by
signal correlation", Mr Yaghi, Hussein and Mr Dodd, G., Auckland University,
New Zealand. *
* "Detection and correction of misspelled isolated words in Arabic language",
Dr Zrigui, M. and Prof. Ben Ahmed, M., Laboratoire RIADI, Centre National de l'
Informatique, Tunisia.
* "Logic compression of multi-lingual dictionary", Meddeb Hamrouni, B.,
Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatique and WinSoft, France.
* "Torjomane: an Arabic-to-English computer assisted translation system",
Ms Labed, L., Salhi, R. and Mr Ghazali, S., Institut Regional des
Sciences Information et des Telecommunications, Tunisia.

16:05 - 17:05 Session 16: Computing in Malay, Persian and Urdu (II)
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Chairman: Mr Cooper, J., Cambridge University, UK.
Persian
* "Farsi computing in UNIX environment", Mr Torabi, B., Iran Info-Tech
Development, Iran.
* "Parsing a free word order language: Persian", Mr Rezaei, S. and Mr Crocker,
M., University of Edinburgh, UK.
* "Some support programs applied in the Lirica Persica research project",
Ms Correale, D., Italy.
* Papers for publications in the Proceedings
Saturday 9th April
10:00 - 16.00 Exhibition
A.85 and A86
* The Exhibition is open to the public, entry free (18 years and over).
* All events will take place at the London School of Economics, Old Building,
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE (Holborn Station-Piccadilly/Central line).

II. List of Contributors,
Discussants and Participants
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Australia
Mr Darabi Golshani, A., Edith Cowan University.

Bahrain
Mr al-A'li, M., University of Bahrain.
Mr Girgis, M., University of Bahrain.

China, Republic of
Prof. Hsu, C., National Chengchi University.
Dr Gautier, G., Wen-Tzao School of Foreign Languages.

Cyprus
Mr Ubaidly, U., Dilmun Publishing Ltd.

Czech Republic
Dr Zemnek, P., Charles University.

Denmark
Asst. Prof. Wien, C., Odense University.

Egypt
Mr Chalabi, A., al-Alamiah Software.
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
Meddeb Hamrouni, B., Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatique and WinSoft.

Germany
Prof. Lagally, K., Universitat Stuttgart.
Mr Munford, D., ETEC-E.
Dr Wedel, G., Freie Universitat Berlin.

Iran
Mr Mohadjer, A., Brain Computer Systems Group.
Mr Torabi, B., Iran Info-Tech Development.

Ireland
Ms O'Hanlon J., Pan Arab Arabic Translation.

Italy
Ms Correale, D., University of Venice.

Jordan
Dr al-Ajeeli, A., Yarmouk University.
Dr al-Assaf, Y., University of Jordan.
Dr Mashhour, A., Yarmouk University.
Ms al-Rujoob, K., Yarmouk University.

Kuwait
Dr al-Kenai, J., Kuwait University.

Lebanon
Ms Nassar, H., American University of Beirut.

Malaysia
Ms Ahmad, F., University of Agriculture.
Dr Yusoff, M., National University of Malaysia.
Dr Sembok, T., National University of Malaysia.

The Netherlands
Dr Ditters, E., University of Nijmegen.
Hansen, C., Utrecht.

New Zealand
Mr Dodd, G., Auckland University.
Mr Yaghi Hussein, Auckland University.

Russia
Mr Kondybaev, N., Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg branch.
Dr Polosin, V.
Dr Rezvan, E., Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg branch.
Dr Tikhonova, I., Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg branch.

Saudi Arabia
Dr Ahmed, P., King Saud University.
Dr Aref, M., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals.
Mr al-Kulaib, A.
Mr Khan, M., King Saud University.
Mr al-Muhtaseb, H., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals.
Mr al-Sabban, H., Muslim World League.
Dr Sharaf Eldin, A., King Saud University.

Spain
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. Snchez, 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.

Sweden
Eiserjoe, B., University of Uppsala.

Syria
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
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.
Mr Ghazali, S., Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des
Telecommunications.
Ms 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.

Turkey
Dr Rais, M., Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre
for Islamic Countries.

UAE
Dr Abdullah, M., Centre for Documentation and Research.

UK
Dr Abdallah, A., Reading University.
Dr Abu Taleb, M., University of Westminster
Mr Bachir, I., al-Hayat Information Centre.
Dr Bidwell, R., Suffolk.
Mr Bolton, A., Cambridge University.
Prof. Brockett, A., Arabesque, Darlington.
Mrs Chawishly, T., London.
Mr Clews, J., John Clews Associates.
Mr Crocker, M., University of Edinburgh.
Mr Cooper, J., Cambridge University.
Dr Goraine, H., Reading University.
Mr Healey, A., intellect.
Mr al-Jabri, S., University of Edinburgh.
Mr Kiraz, G., Cambridge University.
Mr Knight, A., Cambridge.
Mr Musallam, A., DIWAN, Science and Information Tecnology Ltd.
Mr Mellish, C., University of Edinburgh.
Ms Murphy, N., Middle East International.
Mr Ponsford, D., Cambridge University Press.
Mr Rezaei, S., University of Edinburgh.
Mr Rochford, T., Computer Services, Anglia Polytechnic University.
Mr Saleh, G., Cambridge University.
Col. Taylor, O., Kent.
Dr Ubaydli, A., Cambridge University.
Dr Usher, M, Reading University.
Prof. Willett, P., University of Sheffield.
Mr Yamani, A., Greenwich University.

USA
Abdelazim, H., Apple Computers, Inc.
Dr Anderson, J., Southern University.
Mr Eilts, the Research Libraries Group, Inc.,
Dr Gebus, George R., U.S. Department of Energy.
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 Khoury, F., University of Washington Libraries.
Mr McConnell, J., Apple Computers, Inc.
Dr Mneimneh, H., Cambridge.
Dr Peeters, J., U.S. Department of Energy.
Dr Roochnik, P., Language Analysis Systems, Inc.
Dr Saba, M., Key Technology, Inc.
Ms Whitaker, A., National Institute of Health.
Mr Wilson, A., Apple Computers, Inc.
Prof. Yaghi, H., Southern University.



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