4.1039 Confs: Computers & English;... Philosophy (2/154)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Fri, 15 Feb 91 13:06:51 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1039. Friday, 15 Feb 1991.


(1) Date: Fri,15 Feb 91 12:53:28 GMT (82 lines)
From: J.G.Anderson@vme.glasgow.ac.uk
Subject: Symposium: Stella Project, University of Glasgow.

(2) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 21:30 EDT (72 lines)
From: <BYNUM@CTSTATEU>
Subject: Computers and Philosophy Conference

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Date: Fri,15 Feb 91 12:53:28 GMT
From: J.G.Anderson@vme.glasgow.ac.uk
Subject: Symposium: Stella Project, University of Glasgow.

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Software for Teaching English Language & Literature and its Assessment
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STELLA Project director : D.M. O'Brien
University of Glasgow programmer : J.G. Anderson
telephone: 041 339 8855 ext. 4980 email: STELLA@UK.AC.GLASGOW.VME
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STELLA SYMPOSIUM
The Use of Computers in English

First Announcement and Invitation to Contribute

The STELLA Project will host a meeting on the use of computers in
teaching and research in English on June 14th and 15th 1991. Delegates
will explore the full range of STELLA software, including packages in
Old and Middle English, Old Icelandic, Scots, Modern Grammar, Metre,
Stylistics and Renaissance poetry. Both teaching and research versions
of the Historical Thesaurus of English will be on view.

It is hoped to cover as many applications as possible while retaining
the informality and practicality of a workshop format. In order to give
delegates maximum hands-on experience, numbers will be limited to about
40. Contributions should take the form of a 45 minute workshop (a short
introduction followed by talking a group of delegates through the use of
a package), or a demonstration of a package on a single machine. There
will also be one or two talks and group discussion sessions on the state
of the art.

The conference will begin with lunch on Friday 14th June and end after
tea on Saturday 15th. Sessions will be held in the STELLA and DISH
laboratories on the main University campus, a short distance from the
city centre. The conference fee will be kept low (possibly 20-30 pounds)
and will cover everything EXCEPT accommodation, which is available in
local hotels and guest houses from around 16.50 pounds for bed and breakfast.

If you would like to attend or receive further information, please
complete the form below and send it to:

Mary Pat Gibson, STELLA Symposium, 6 University Gardens,
University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ.
Email: STELLA@.UK.AC.GLASGOW.VME Fax: 041 330 4808
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STELLA SYMPOSIUM
The Use of Computers in English

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Software for Teaching English Language & Literature and its Assessment
STELLA Project, University of Glasgow. STELLA@.UK.AC.GLASGOW.VME
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 21:30 EDT
From: <BYNUM@CTSTATEU>
Subject: Computers and Philosophy Conference

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FINAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS
6th COMPUTERS AND PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE

The Sixth International Conference on Computing and Philosophy
(6th CAP) will be held in New Haven, Connecticut at Southern
Connecticut State University on August 10 to 12, 1991. The
conference is sponsored by the APA Committee on Computer Use in
Philosophy, the Department of Philosophy at SCSU, the Research
Center on Computing and Society at SCSU, the journal COMPUTERS
AND PHILOSOPHY and the journal METAPHILOSOPHY.

This sixth CAP conference will occur back-to-back with the
National Conference on Computing and Values to be held on the
same campus August 12 to 16. Those attending the CAP conference
are invited to remain and participate in the Computing and
Values conference.

We invite presentations on all aspects of the relationship
between philosophy and computers, including, but not restricted
to, issues in AI and the philosophy of mind, philosophical
foundations of computation, the use of computers in teaching
philosophy and logic, computer-assisted analysis of philosophical
texts, and computational techniques applied to the solution or
investigation of philosophical problems.

Both conferences also will be showcases for instructional
software.

Deadline for receipt of five-page abstracts and proposals for
software demonstrations is March 31st, 1991 for both conferences.
Please send three copies of abstracts to: Terrell Ward Bynum,
Director, Research Center on Computing and Society, Southern
Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515 USA (For
E-mail use BITNET: BYNUM@CTSTATEU)

Selected papers from the CAP conference will be published in
the journal COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY.

Papers or presentations concerning ethical issues surrounding
computer use could be considered for inclusion in the Computing
and Values conference if they fall within the "six tracks" of
that conference. Other papers or presentations on ethics and
computing will be considered for inclusion in the sixth CAP.

We are also inviting proposals for the site of the 1992 meeting.
For further information, contact Robert J. Cavalier, CDEC,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (For E-mail
use BITNET: rc2z+@andrew or INTERNET at rc2z+@andrew.cmu.edu).
The deadline for proposals for the 1992 site is February 28th,
1991.