[1] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (82)
Subject: CONFERENCES ON VALUES & POLICY MAKING
[2] From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu> (76)
Subject: AiML'98: First Call for Papers
[3] From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu> (20)
Subject: 9th Workshop on NL Generation-Final CFP
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 16:01:42 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: CONFERENCES ON VALUES & POLICY MAKING
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
January 15, 1998
VALUES & POLICY MAKING
Forgive the recent deluge of important conference announcements. Be sure,
as always to check the NINCH webpage for Calendar listings
<http://www-ninch.cni.org/CALENDAR/calendar.html>.
David Green
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Center for Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
WORKSHOP ON DESIGN FOR VALUES:
ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
<http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Ethical/announcement.html>
February 28 - March 1, 1998
Princeton University
Organizers:
* Helen Nisssenbaum, University Center for Human Values, Princeton
University, helen@princeton.edu
* Bernard Chazelle, Computer Science Department, Princeton University
Contact: Sandy Barbu, barbu@cs.princeton.edu
The workshop will offer four panel presentations beginning Saturday,
February 28 at 9:30 a.m. The final panel will take place Sunday, March 1,
10:00 - 12:00 a.m.
Panels will be organized around the central theme of how computer and
information systems are shaped by societal and ethical values, including
broadly encompassing values such as fair distribution of goods and power,
freedom, autonomy, sovereignty, and privacy as well as more specific human
ends such as wealth, efficacy, and rights to free expression, association,
private and property.
Panel presenters, representing the fields of computer science, the social
sciences, philosophy, and policy studies, will discuss values embedded in
specific systems, including but not limited to the net, encryption,
security, autonomous agents, educational software, user-interfaces, and the
structure of information systems. They may be guided by questions such as:
* How do values influence or determine the shape of computer and
information systems?
* Whose ends, interests or values are best, and most frequently,
represented in contemporary systems?
* By what means are values embedded in systems -- public policy, markets,
or the discretion of individual scientists and engineers?
* Are some of these sources more ``legitimate'' than others?
* What values ought to shape computer and information systems?
* Is there some shared sense of public, community or individual welfare
that ought to drive the design of systems?
* Is it enough to ``let the market decide''?
For details on panels and registration see
<http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Ethical/announcement.html>
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ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING (ACM) ANNUAL CONFERENCE
* * * POLICY98 * * *
"Shaping Policy in the Information Age"
Washington, DC, Renaissance Hotel
May 10-12, 1998
<http://www.acm.org/usacm/events/policy98/>
The ACM Annual Conference will focus on public policy issues affecting
future applications of computing. Our goal is to forge stronger links
between computing professionals and policy makers. Attendees will interact
with prominent leaders from academia, industry, Congress, and Executive
agencies, and participate in debates on policy issues including Universal
Access, Electronic Commerce, Intellectual Property, and Education Online.
The conference will promote more regular engagement of computing
professionals in democratic processes related to productive use of
computing and information processing innovations. A blend of technical
skills and policy insights are essential to cope with the inherent
opportunities and dangers of any transformational technology. Continuing
collaborations between computing professionals and policy makers will
benefit citizens, consumers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and students.
You can make a difference!
May 10: Ethical and social impacts papers and panels
May 11-12: Public policy panels and featured speakers
All Policy98 attendees are invited to the Annual ACM Awards Banquet on
Sunday evening May 10th, and a conference reception on Monday evening May
11th.
PANEL TOPICS AND COORDINATORS
Universal Service: Ollie Smoot
Electronic Commerce: Jim Horning
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace: Pam Samuelson
Education Online: Charles N. Brownstein
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Ben Shneiderman, USACM (U.S. Public Policy Committee)
C. Dianne Martin, SIGCAS (ACM Special Interest Group on Computers & Society)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Marc Rotenberg, Public Policy
Keith Miller, Ethics and Social Impacts
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:39:01 -0500 (EST)
From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu>
Subject: AiML'98: First Call for Papers
>> From: mdr@wins.uva.nl (Maarten de Rijke)
[Please post. Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.]
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
AiML'98
Advances in Modal Logic '98
October 16-18, 1998
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Advances in Modal Logic is an initiative aimed at presenting an up-to-date
picture of the state of the art in modal logic and its many applications.
The initiative consists of a workshops series together with volumes based
on those workshops.
Advances in Modal Logic '98 is the second workshop organized as part of
this initiative. AiML'98 will be held from October 16-18, 1998 in
Uppsala, Sweden. The workshop is intended for users of modal logic in
cognition, computing, and language, as well as for logicians working in
modal logic.
TOPICS. AiML '98 will be organized around a number of thematic areas:
- modal logics of agency and normative systems
- algebraic and model-theoretic aspects of modal logic
- modal approaches to grammar and natural language semantics
- computational aspects of modal logic
- philosophical aspects of modal logic
- modal logic and belief revision.
Papers on related subjects will also be considered.
SPECIAL SESSION. During the workshop there will be a special afternoon
session on modal logic and belief revision; this session will be chaired
by Sven-Ove Hansson and Sten Lindstrom.
INVITED SPEAKERS. Invited speakers include J. van Benthem, K. Fine,
J. Horty, M. Kracht, and R. Parikh.
PAPER SUBMISSION. Authors are invited to submit a detailed abstract of a
full paper of at most 10 pages by e-mail to Heinrich Wansing (e-mail
address: wansing@rz.uni-leipzig.de), using `AiML98 Submission' as the
subject line. The cover page should include title, authors, and the
coordinates of the corresponding author. Following this it should be
indicated which of the thematic areas best describes the content of the
paper (if none is appropriate, please give a set of keywords that best
describe the topic of the paper).
To be considered, submissions must be received no later than June 1, 1998.
The preliminary version of the full paper to be included in a planned
volume from the workshop should be available at the workshop; the volume
will be submitted to CSLI Publications. Authors will be notified of the
acceptance of their papers by December 1, 1998.
SPONSORS. AiML '98 is generously sponsored by Neurotec Hochtechnologie
GmbH, the Computational Logic Group at the University of Amsterdam,
the Compulog Net network for Computational Logic, the Swedish Royal
Academy of Science, and the University of Uppsala.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: June 1, 1998
Notification: August 1, 1998
Workshop: October 16-18, 1998
Preliminary version for workshop volume due at the workshop
Notification of acceptance for publication: December 1, 1998
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Maarten de Rijke, Amsterdam
Krister Segerberg, Uppsala
Heinrich Wansing, Leipzig
Michael Zakharyaschev, Moscow
PROGRAMME CHAIR
Michael Zakharyaschev
Institute of Applied Mathematics
Russian Academy of Sciences
Miusskaya Square 4
125047 Moscow
RUSSIA
(e-mails: mishaz@math.fu-berlin.de and mz@spp.keldysh.ru)
AiML STEERING COMMITTEE
Maarten de Rijke, Heinrich Wansing, Michael Zakharyaschev
AiML ADVISORY BOARD
Johan van Benthem, Amsterdam
Max Cresswell, Wellington
Luis Farinas del Cerro, Toulouse
Larry Moss, Indiana
Krister Segerberg, Uppsala
Colin Stirling, Edinburgh
FURTHER INFORMATION. Email enquiries about AiML '98 should be directed
to Krister.Segerberg@filosofi.uu.se. Information about the AiML initiative
can be obtained on the World-Wide Web at http://www.wins.uva.nl/~mdr/AiML.
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:39:43 -0500 (EST)
From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu>
Subject: 9th Workshop on NL Generation-Final CFP
>> From: Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse@cs.rutgers.edu>
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9th International Workshop on
NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION
5-7 August 1998
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
The 9th biennial Workshop on Natural Language Generation will be held
in the scenic town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, near Niagara Falls, in
Ontario, Canada, on 5-7 August 1998.
The workshop is in the week immediately prior to the joint conference
of COLING and ACL, in Montreal, Canada (10-14 August 1998).
Electronic submissions must be received by 28 January 1998.
For more information on topics and submission procedures, visit
http://logos.uwaterloo.ca/~inlg98
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
General workshop questions:
Chrysanne DiMarco, cdimarco@logos.uwaterloo.ca, phone +1 519 888 4443
General paper-submission questions:
Eduard Hovy, hovy@isi.edu, phone +1 310 822 1510 x731
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