IRList Digest Monday, 11 Nov 1985 Volume 1 : Issue 21 Today's Topics: Listing - NSF Information Awards in 1984 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: fox (Ed Fox) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 85 18:00:11 est Subject: SIGIR Forum Fall 85 - List of 1984 Information Awards of NSF I. INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGRAM Bolt Beranek & Newman User Goals as a Basis for an Intelligent System's Ability to Understand Ill- Formed Input--Weischedel, Ralph Brandeis Univ. Information Structure of a Natural Language Lexicon--Jackendoff, Ray Brown Univ. Cognitive Applications of Matrix Memory Models--Anderson, James A. Univ. of CA-Berkeley Evaluating a Knowledge Representation for Planning and Natural Language Understanding--Wilensky, Robert Univ. of CA-Berkeley Management of Uncertainty in Expert Systems--Zadeh, Lotfi Univ. of CA-Los Angeles Studies in the Organization of Information Structures--Pearl, Judea Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Structures for Plan-based Tutoring: Applications to Geometry--Anderson, John Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Optimal Query Processing in a Distributed Data Base Management System with Data Fragmentation--Kellner, Marc Colgate Univ. Knowledge-Based Multilingual Machine Translation--Tucker, Allen B. Columbia Univ. Conjunction-Hierarchies in Structures of Arguments--Harris, Zellig S. Columbia Univ. The Structure of Information in Science: Fact Formulas and Discussion Struc- tures in Related Subsciences--Parsons, Charles Columbia Univ. Information and Complexity--Traub, Joseph F. Cornell Univ. Advanced Models for Information Retrieval--Salton, Gerard Univ. of Denver A New Data Structure for Text Processing and Pattern Recognition--Blumer, An- selm Duke University Workshop on Transportable Natural Language Processing, Durham, NC, October 1984--Ballard, Bruce W. Florida State Univ. Analysis and Modeling of Imprecise Information in Uncertain Environments-- Kandel, Abraham Georgia Inst. of Tech. Extracting Information from Experience: Experience-Driven Incremental Learning--Kolodner, Janet L. Georgia State Univ. An Intelligent Index of Problem-Solving Tools--Whalen, Thomas H. Harvard Univ. Studies on Natural and Artificial Visual Categories--Herrnstein, Richard J. Harvard Univ. A Comparative Approach to Natural and Artificial Visual Information Processing--Herrnstein, Richard J. Harvard Univ. Fundamental Information Issues in the Theory of Measurement--Luce, R. Duncan Univ. of Ill.-Urbana Explanatory Schema Acquisition--DeJong, Gerald Indiana Univ. Foundation Value and Effectiveness of Information as Related to Decision-Making--Yovits, Marshall C. Iona College Dynamic Theory of Expertise: Multimodel Approach--Nowakowska, Maria Univ. of Kansas Belief Functions and Fuzzy Sets--Shafer, Glenn Lehigh Univ. Computer Selection of Search Words for Text Searching Retrieval--O'Connor, John J. Louisiana State Univ. Travel to the International Conference on Research and Development in Infor- mation Retrieval: Cambridge, England on July 2-6, 1984--Kraft, Donald H. Univ. of Maryland Knowledge Representation and Measures for Relational Experiential Data Base- -Ligomenides, Panos A. Univ. of Maryland Artificial Intelligence, Parallel Logic Programming, and Deductive Databases--Minker, Jack Univ. of Maryland Workshop on Human and Machine Vision, Montreal, Canada, August 1-3, 1984-- Rosenfeld, Azriel MIT Information-Preserving Dynamics--Fredkin, Edward MIT Natural Computation: A Computational Approach to Visual Information Processing--Richards, Whitman A. Univ. of MA-Amherst Heuristic Reasoning about Uncertainty: An Artificial Intelligence Approach- -Cohen, Paul Univ. of MA-Amherst Presidential Young Investigator Award--Lehnert, Wendy G. Univ. of MA-Amherst Information Representations for Text Summarization--Lehnert, Wendy G. Univ. of Miami Workshop on the Application of Supercomputers to Information Science, Dec. 5-7, 1984--Hertz, David B. NLM/SRI Natural Language Access to Text--Hobbs, Jerry U.S. Naval Academy Joint Applications of the Theory of Semi-groups and the Theory of Fuzzy Sets to Problems in Computerized Pattern Recognition--Lerner, Bao-Ting Office of Naval Research Committee on Human Factors--Maleck, Gerald S. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln The Processing of Visual Information from Displays Containing Multiple Elements--Flowers, John H. New Mexico State Univ. Analysis of Uncertainty in Knowledge Representation--Nguyen, Hung T. New York Univ. Language as a Database Structure--Sager, Naomi Ohio State Univ. Application of the Knowledge Based System Approach to Operational Problems of Engineering--Miller, Don W. Oregon Graduate Center Presidential Young Investigator Award--Maier, David Penn. State Univ. Computer Assisted Studies of Structure-Property Relationships--Jordan, Joseph Univ. of PA Extended Natural Language Interaction with Database Systems--Webber, Bonnie L. Purdue Univ. Research on Inference Procedures with Uncertainty--Fu, King Sun Rutgers Univ. Toward a Flexible User Interface to Relational Database Systems--Rozenshtein, David Rutgers Univ. Information Processing Analysis of Human Understanding of Action Sequences and Computational Traces--Schmidt, Charles San Francisco State Univ. A Normative Approach to Some Issues in the Theory of Computational Linguistics--Ovchinnikov, Serge Univ. of South Carolina Information Retrieval from Normal Mixtures--Bezdek, James C. Univ. of So. Calif. Research on Constructive Characterization of Text--Mann, William C. SRI International Research Toward Computer Implemented Natural Language Systems-- Configurational Variation--Robinson, Jane Stanford Univ. Representation and Use of Causal Relationships for Inference from Databases- Blum, Robert L. Stanford Univ. Information Structure and Use in Knowledge-Based Expert Systems--Buchanan, Bruce G. Stanford Univ. fR Toward Automated Natural Language Processing: Phrase Link- ing Grammars for Syntax and Semantics--Peters, Stanley SUNY at Binghamton Possibilistic Information: Theory and Applicability--Klir, George J. Syracuse Univ. Impact of Anaphoric Resolution in Information Retrieval--Katzer, Jeffrey Syracuse Univ. Research on Information Retrieval: Document Representation Information Systems---Katzer, Jeffrey Tantalus, Inc. Application of the Maximum Entropy Principle to Optimal Retrieval from Very Large Databases--Kantor, Paul B. Univ. of TX-Arlington Collabor. Resarch: Development of Retrieval Principles and Languages for Fuzzy Databases--Buckles, Billy Univ. of TX-Arlington Travel to Sino-American Conference on Fuzzy Sets, July 14-21, 1984, Peking PRC--Buckles, Billy P. Univ. of TX-Austin Representation and Query Logic for a Text Knowledge System--Simmons, Robert F. Thinking Machines Corp. Workshop on Theories of Complexity: Common Frontiers of Physics, Biology, and Computation--Wolfram, Stephen Tulane University Collabor. Resarch: Development of Retrieval Principles and Languages for Fuzzy Databases Tulane Univ. Methodology and Evaluation of Specialized Information Extraction from Scien- tific Texts--Reeker, Larry H. Yale Univ. Problem Solving Strategies in Computer Program Generation and Comprehension- Adelson, Beth Yale Univ. Mapping Between Programmer's Conceptualizations and Programming Language Constructs--Soloway, Elliot M. II. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Aerodyne Research Holographic Display-Phase II--Caulfield, H. John Univ. of Calif-LA Computer-Based Systems for Problem Structuring--Pearl, Judea U/CA-Santa Barbara Constructing a Self-Modifying Knowledge-Based Geographical Information System-Smith Terence R. Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Experiments on Interactive Exploration and Modification of Data and Model Structrures--Morgan, M. Granger Dartmouth College Acquisition of Expertise in the Revision of Written Texts--Beal, Carole R. Univ. of Florida Advanced Information Technology for Document Processing--Tou, Julius T. Lehigh Univ. Novel-Purpose Retrieval from Administrative Archives--Hillman, Donald J. MIT Guided Computing and Graphics for Modeling in the Social Sciences--Kuh, Edwin Nat. Acad. of Sciences Partial Support of the Numerical Data Advisory Board and the U.S. National Committee for the Committee on Data for Science and Technology USSC/CODATA-- Carter, Gesina C. Perceptronics, Inc. Decision Making in Information Retrieval--Fischoff, Baruch Relational Tech., Inc. Managing Text as Data--Kooi, Robert Resources Planning Assoc. Low-Cost Digitizing of Color Imagery for Cartographic Analysis Systems-- French, Peter N. Rutgers Univ. Exploration of Problem Reformulation and Strategy Acquisition--Sridharan, Natesa S. So. Methodist Univ. Interaction of Queries with User Profiles--Korfhage, Robert R. Stanford Univ. Stanford Univ. Information Processing of Graphic Displays--Bower, Gordon H. Stanford Univ. Theoretical Basis for the Development of Document Preparation Systems--Knuth, Donald E. SUNY-Buffalo Selection of Image Features for Machine Vision-Walters, Deborah K. Va. Poly. Inst. Structure of Human-Computer Interaction--Hartson, H. Rex III. INFORMATION IMPACT PROGRAM Univ. of Arizona The Role of Expertise in Human Information Processing and Decision Behavior- -Northcraft, Gregory B. Calif. Inst. of Tech. A Laboratory Experiment of Investigation of Institutional Influence on Polit- ical Economic Processes--Plott, Charles P. Univ. of Calif.-Berkeley Information and Incentive Issues in the Theory of Iterative Resource Alloca- tion Mechanisms--Marschak, Thomas A. Univ. of CA.-Berkeley Occupational Segregation Among Information Professionals--Van House, Nancy Univ. of Calif.-Irvine A Longitudinal Analysis of the Social Impact of Computing in the Home-- Vitalari, Nicholas P. Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Oligopoly with Private Information--Palfrey, Thomas Cornell Univ. Transactions, Intermediaries, and the Transmission of Information--O'Hara, Maureen CUNY Micro-Computers and Social Networks--Kadushin, Charles Georgetown Univ. Support of Twelfth Annual Telecommunications Resarch Conference, Airlie, VA, April 23-26, 1984--Cooke, Wilhelmina R. Univ. of Hawaii Tracking and Optimality in Managerial Decision Making--Remus, William Univ. of Hawaii Research Workshop on Economics of Telecommunications, Information and Media Activities in Industrial Countries April 30 through May 2, 1984--Snow, Mar- cellus S. Hofstra Univ. Studies in Orbit Spectrum Economics--Levin, Harvey J. Univ. of Houston Information Impact and Information Processing in Common Value Auctions: Ex- perimental and Theoretical Investigations--Kagel, J.H. King Research, Inc. Statistical Indicators of Scientific and Technical Communication in the U.S.--King, Donald W. MIT The Determinants of Information Technology Standards--Sirbu, Marvin A. Univ. of Mich.-Ann Arbor The Demand for Information by Rational Agents and the Information Market-- Blume, Lawrence E. Univ. of Minnesota Comparison and Analysis of Systems and Techniques of Economic Organizations- -Hurwicz, Leonard Univ. of Minnesota Information Flows Intrinsic to the Stability of Economic Equilibria--Jordan, James S. New York Univ. A Study of Productivity Performance and Scientific and Technical Information--Baumol, William J. Northwestern Univ. Computational Complexity of Resource Allocation Mechanisms--Reiter, Stanley Univ. of Pennsylvania Alternative Representations of Information in Microeconomic Systems--Allen, Beth E. Univ. of Pennsylvania Studies in the Economics of Asymmetric Information in Financial Markets-- Kihlstrom, Richard E. Univ. of Pennsylvania Industrial Robots in Japan and the United States: The Diffusion and Impact of a Major Application of Information Technology--Mansfield, Edwin Univ. of Pennsylvania Optimal Contracting with Asymmetric Information--Riordan, Michael H. Univ. of Pennsylvania Collabor. Research: Information, Decentralization and Expertise in the Multi-Agent Organization--Sappington, David Princeton Univ. Information, Innovation, and Market Structure--Stiglitz, Joseph E. Stanford Univ. Collabor. Research: Information, Decentralization and Expertise in the Multi-Agent Organization--Demski, Joel S. Stanford Univ. Strategic Analysis of Markets Under Incomplete Information--Roberts, Donald J. SUNY-Stony Brook The New Uses of Information: Impacts in Organizations --Rule, James B. Texas A&M Univ. Price Dispersion and Information Aggregation in Experimental Markets-- Battalio, Raymond C. Yale Univ. On the Role of Information in a Production Organization--Milgrom, Paul