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General Information
A booklet containing the extended abstracts will be published by Queen's
Printing before the conference, and will be available at registration.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Our keynote speakers will be Dr Frank Tompa and Dr Merlin Donald.
Dr Tompa is a Professor at the University of Waterloo, Chair of the
Department of Computer Science, a member of the Data Structuring Group,
and Director of the UW Centre for the New Oxford English Dictionary and
Text Research. He is a founding board member of Open Text Corporation, a
Waterloo-based company specializing in text management software.
Professor Tompa's interests span the fields of data structures and
databases. He has been an active researcher in the area of data
structuring, with applications to programming language design and to
databases. Other database research has included relational database
design for conventional applications, the design of videotex systems,
and the support of hypertexts. In recent years, he has been particularly
interested in the design of text management systems suitable for
maintaining large reference texts (including the Oxford English
Dictionary) and large text collections. One project, in conjunction with
the Canadian Strategic Software Consortium, aims to define a standard
for extending relational database management systems to manage
structured text, such as those described with SGML.
Dr Merlin Donald is a Professor of Psychology at Queen's. He is a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada, and from 1994 to 1996 held one of
Canada's most prestigious research fellowships: a Killam fellowship.
During this period he was a visiting scholar at Harvard, and at
University College London. He is the author of an important and well
received book "Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution
of Culture and Cognition", which deals with the human manipulation of
external symbolic objects.
LOCATION OF EVENTS
The conference will take place in Victoria and Stirling Halls on the
Queen's University campus. These buildings are 50 metres apart on
Queen's Crescent (accessible via Lower Albert Street from Union or King
Streets, or through the large parking lot on Union).
Victoria Hall will house the registration area, the poster sessions and
demonstrations, and various social gatherings. Invited talks and
paper sessions take place in Stirling Hall. Lunches (and breakfast
for those staying in residence) will be served in Ban Righ, adjacent to
Stirling Hall.
CONFERENCE OFFICE
The conference office can be reached at
ACH-ALLC'97
Department of Computing and Info. Science,
Queen's University,
Kingston, Ont., Canada, K7L 3N6.
achallc97-admin@qucis.queensu.ca
Email addresses for paper submission, registration and bursaries can
be found elsewhere in these web pages.
Enquiries regarding papers, posters and demonstrations, etc. should be
addressed to the local organizers at
ACH-ALLC'97
Department of French Studies,
Queen's University,
Kingston, Ont., Canada, K7L 3N6.
achallc97-localorg@qucis.queensu.ca
For accommodation inquiries, please contact the hotel or
residence directly.
REGISTRATION
Please pre-register using the form provided. Registration rates increase
after May 3, 1997. Payment may be made by Visa or MasterCard (note that
credit card payments will be processed in Canadian funds); payment may
also be made by personal cheque for Canadian dollars from a Canadian
bank, or by international money order or bank draft, which must be for
Canadian dollars drawn on a Canadian bank. Cheques in other currencies
cannot be accepted due to the excessive collection fees levied during
the currency conversion process. Cheques and money orders should be made
payable to Queen's University-ACH-ALLC'97. Fees are refundable, minus a
$30 cancellation charge, provided a written request is received by the
Conference Office no later than May 9, 1997. Full payment must accompany
the
registration form.
Registration fees include a copy of the printed abstracts,
lunches for Tuesday through Friday, and admission to all invited talks
and paper sessions. A student registration fee is available. (Student
registrations must be signed by the student's supervisor.) Accompanying
persons are welcome to attend all social functions.
BANQUET INFORMATION
An optional banquet will be held on Friday, June 6 in Ban Righ Hall. Ban
Righ has been home to thousands of women since 1925. The interior of its
limestone structure has recently undergone extensive renovations,
allowing banquets to be held for up to 700 hundred people. Ban Righ is
conveniently located close to Victoria and Stirling Halls on the corner
of University and Stuart Streets. The main course for the banquet will
be prime rib of beef. A vegetarian meal alternative will be substituted
if you request this on the registration form. We will do our best to
cater to individual dietary restrictions. Please note any other needs on
the registration form and we will pass this information along to the
catering staff.
BOAT CRUISE
An optional boat cruise through the beautiful Thousands Islands region
of the St Lawrence River
from Gananoque will be held on Thursday afternoon. Buses will pick
delegates up in front of Victoria Hall and drop them there following the
cruise. The tour with commentary is 3 hours in length with an additional
half hour travel each way to and from Kingston. While indoor seating is
available on the boat, it's advisable to bring a sweater and headwear.
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