Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 05:14:29 From: Space Digest maintainer Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V16 #439 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Fri, 9 Apr 93 Volume 16 : Issue 439 Today's Topics: Biosphere II (2 msgs) CIKM-93 SPECIAL SESSION ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY IN SCIENTIFIC DATABASES Gibbons outlines Space Station redesign guidance [Release 93-64] (Forwarded) Hoosier eccentricity (was Re: Quaint US Archaisms) Plans, absence therof Welcome to the Space Digest!! Please send your messages to "space@isu.isunet.edu", and (un)subscription requests of the form "Subscribe Space " to one of these addresses: listserv@uga (BITNET), rice::boyle (SPAN/NSInet), utadnx::utspan::rice::boyle (THENET), or space-REQUEST@isu.isunet.edu (Internet). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 12:47:34 GMT From: fred j mccall 575-3539 Subject: Biosphere II Newsgroups: sci.space In <1q09ud$ji0@access.digex.net> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes: >Why is everyone being so critical of B2? >It's ed Basses money, why should we care. >If he spent it on Cocaine and hookers, no-one would care. >Be glad he didn't buy an S&L instead. >pat >besides it's holistic science, they are attempting to establish >an inbalance eco-sphere. they don't need to know neccesarily >each interaction, they need to know wether or not it will >self sustain. to date, it seems they are having O2 balance >problems. It's like a farm. if the crops grow it's a success. Even if all the people die and they can't duplicate it because they don't know how it worked in the first place? Hardly sounds like 'science' to me, Pat. 'Holistic' science strikes me the same way that crystal pyramids and the New Age do; it *sounds* real pretty, but calling it 'science' is like calling Creation Science 'science'. It ain't no sech animal. -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me. ------------------------------ Date: 8 Apr 1993 15:29:49 GMT From: Greg F Walz Chojnacki Subject: Biosphere II Newsgroups: sci.space From article <1q09ud$ji0@access.digex.net>, by prb@access.digex.com (Pat): > > Why is everyone being so critical of B2? > I haven't been following it for quite a while, and not too closely even then, but my main objection is the self-righteous hype associated with it. That and the claims of scientific rigor or usefulness, even if it is holistic, a term and don't claim to understand. Greg ------------------------------ Date: 8 Apr 93 14:28:32 GMT From: Chris Overton Subject: CIKM-93 SPECIAL SESSION ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY IN SCIENTIFIC DATABASES Newsgroups: sci.psychology,sci.math.stat,sci.space,sci.research,sci.geo.geology,sci.bio The deadline for submission of papers to the Second International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM-93) has been extended to May 15, 1993. CALL FOR PAPERS: KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY IN SCIENTIFIC DATABASES A Special Session of the Second International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management November 1 - 5, 1993 Double Tree Hotel, Washington D.C., USA Scientific disciplines from astronomy to earth sciences to biology are faced with extraordinary growth in the complexity and volume of data that must be examined to gain new scientific insights. To cope, researchers have turned to techniques for automating their analyses with the goal of making discoveries that might otherwise be missed due to the sheer mass of data. Knowledge discovery in databases is an emerging research area that draws from information management and machine learning, among others, to address the problem of uncovering nontrivial, implicit information in databases. It offers considerable potential for automating at least some aspects of the scientific discovery process. The International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) will host a special session on Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Databases to explore recent results in both the theory and practice of the methodology. Contributions from researchers and practitioners in the fields of information management, statistical and heuristic machine learning, knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation and allied technologies as applied to the problem of scientific discovery are welcome. General information on CIKM is enclosed at the end of this message. For further information on the session, contact: G. Christian Overton U. of Pennsylvania 422 Curie Blvd CRB 475 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6145 phone: 215-573-3105 fax: 215-573-5892 internet: coverton@cbil.humgen.upenn.edu or coverton@central.cis.upenn.edu IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for paper/tutorial/exhibit submission: May 15, 1993 Notification of acceptance: July 15, 1993 Camera ready papers due: September 1, 1993 Please indicate in the cover letter that the submission is for the special session on Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Databases. ============================================================================ Subject: CIKM '93 Call-For-Papers (NOTE: DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED to MAY 15) ************************************************************************ * Please Note: More than 100 papers have arrived by the orginal due * * date. However, given the numerous world-wide requests for extension, * * it was decided to extend the submission daeadline to May 15, 1993. * ************************************************************************ CIKM-93, the second International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management will be held November 1-5, 1993 at the Double Tree Hotel in Washington D.C., USA. Like the successful CIKM-92, it will provide an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and knowledge bases. Confirmed Invited Speakers Include: Mike Stonebraker (UC-Berkeley), Stefano Spaccapietra (EPFL, Laussane, Zurich), Arie Segev (UC-Berkeley) Donald Tiedeman (AT&T) Mike Papazoglou (Queens, Australia) Authors are invited to submit papers, proposals for tutorials and exhibits concerned with theory or practice or both. Papers should be sent to the Program Chair, Dr. Bharat Bhargava, by May 15, 1993. Send email to CIKM-INFO@CS.UMBC.EDU to receive an automatic reply with a full copy of the Call for Papers and to CIKM92-INFO@CS.UMBC.EDU to receive a copy of the CIKM-92 program. CALL FOR PAPERS Second International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management November 1 - 5, 1993 Double Tree Hotel, Washington D.C., USA Sponsored by ISCA in cooperation with AAAI, ACM (Pending Approval), IEEE, and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The conference provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and knowledge bases. Authors are invited to submit papers, proposals for tutorials and proposals for exhibits concerned with theory or practice or both. The focus of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following: Application of knowledge representation techniques to semantic data modeling; development and management of heterogeneous knowledge bases; automatic acquisition of data and knowledge bases especially from raw text; object-oriented DBMS; optimization techniques; transaction management; high performance OLTP systems; security techniques; performance evaluation; hypermedia; unconventional applications; parallel database systems; physical and logical database design; data and knowledge sharing; interchange and interoperability; cooperation in heterogenous systems; domain modeling and ontology-building; knowledge discovery in databases; information storage and retrieval and interface technology. INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter containing a list of all authors, their affiliations, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and fax telephone numbers. Papers should be at most 20 double spaced pages and must include an abstract of 100-150 words with five keywords. All submissions will be reviewed and will be judged with respect to quality and relevance. Authors must submit 7 copies of each paper, tutorial or exhibit proposal to the program chairman: Prof. Bharat Bhargava Department of Computer Science Purdue University West LaFayette, Indiana, 47907 Email: bb@cs.purdue.edu Telephone: +1 (317) 494-6013 Fax: +1 (317) 494-0739 For more information about the conference (as opposed to paper submissions), send e-mail to cikm@cs.umbc.edu STUDENT PAPER AWARD The author of the best student paper will receive an award for his/her submission. To be eligible, the student must be the first author and primary contributor to the paper. The cover letter must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for paper/tutorial/exhibit submission: May 15, 1993 Notification of acceptance: July 15, 1993 Camera ready papers due: September 1, 1993 STEERING COMMITTEE Bruce Blum Tim Finin Keith Humenik David Jefferson E. K. Park Yelena Yesha GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Tim Finin Yelena Yesha PROGRAM CHAIR Bharat Bhargava PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Nabil Adam Rafael Alonso Jay Gowens Sushil Jajodia P. A. D. De Maine Kia Makki Chris Overton Niki Pissinou EUROPEAN VICE CHAIR Hans Schek AWARD VICE CHAIR Stanley Su PUBLICITY VICE CHAIR Arie Segev LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS VICE CHAIR Keith Humenik TUTORIAL CHAIR Charles Nicholas TREASURER E. K. Park ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 15:15:19 GMT From: Hartmut Frommert Subject: Gibbons outlines Space Station redesign guidance [Release 93-64] (Forwarded) Newsgroups: sci.space From sci.space.news: > Gibbons reiterated that, "President Clinton is committed to the >redesigned space station and to making every effort to preserve the science, >the technology and the jobs that the space station program represents. >However, he also is committed to a space station that is well managed and one >that does not consume the national resources which should be used to invest >in the future of this industry and this nation." That appears rather strange: I always thought of spaceflight (in particular including SSF, but same in particular for planetary/lunar research and scientific satellites) as a future investment. So what are those "investments" there sources should be consumed with ?? just wondering .. - Hartmut Frommert ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 12:43:32 GMT From: fred j mccall 575-3539 Subject: Hoosier eccentricity (was Re: Quaint US Archaisms) Newsgroups: sci.space In <1993Apr7.182954.662@indyvax.iupui.edu> tffreeba@indyvax.iupui.edu writes: >In article <1993Apr7.093944.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>, higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey) writes: >> In article <1993Apr1.163622.614@indyvax.iupui.edu>, tffreeba@indyvax.iupui.edu writes: >> [Converting to metric would be good but...] >>> >>> Don't get me wrong, coming from the land without daylight savings >>> time, I understand the need to hold on to what always was even if >>> it does not make much sense. The Indiana Senate recently >>> defeated yet another attempt to drag us into 20 century time, to >>> the collective sigh of Hoosiers everywhere. If we are to be >>> stereotyped as rubes we want it to at least be eccentric rubes. >> >> Don't worry, Tom. I think "Indiana Pi" secured that reputation firmly >> and forever, back in the last century. >> >> Bill Higgins, Beam Jockey >> Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory >Hey Wild Bill, >Do you mean the old Hoosier bromide: Pi R not square! Pie are round, >cornbread R square? If not then I guess I need some schooling on my >own state's history. I believe he means attempts in the past by your legislature to regulate the value of pi *by law* to be 3 (or 9, depending on the story) because the round number would be easier to work with. >I'd say e-mail me the answer but it is obvious from these flamers that >use their keyboards as aids in onanism and not discourse, that bandwidth >is no problem in this newsgroup. If they can use hundreds of lines >in odes to their egos, surely we can use 50 or 60 on goofiness. Gee, you want to play too, Tom? Must be something about that first name . . . -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 13:03:42 GMT From: fred j mccall 575-3539 Subject: Plans, absence therof Newsgroups: sci.space In <1pvhhm$582@access.digex.net> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes: >I know there are always disputes on people even wearing campaign buttons to work >and i have heard of disputes on passing out campaign literature even >when off federal property. The military doesn't permit campaign buttons (because you are at work and it is, after all, a uniform). There isn't a problem with campaign literature, but you have to be away from Federal property (they would probably get sticky about you standing right outside the gate, for example, even though you are not technically *on* the base. >I don't know what the military rules are, but I've noted a strong >tendency for them to avoid getting close in any way to local political >battles. The tendency is there, but it's not enforced by rules. There is one more caveat to what I mentioned earlier, though. You can't publicly oppose the military policy of the United States government, criticize it, etc., once you are above a certain level. Generals have been fired and/or resigned over this one. I'm not sure if this is a written rule or if it's just a very strong tradition (which tend to amount to the same thing in the military), since I've never been an Admiral. >When i was in, i got cautioned for chatting with some strikers, while >in uniform. Possible perceptions of being seen supporting a local >employee strike. You were in uniform. That's a no-no. >Maybe Mary or Ron can comment on what the rules are? Yes, it might be interesting to know. I'm rather surprised that they use the Hatch Act to keep you Beltway types out of local politics. I would have expected the reasoning to be somewhat different. >The rules keep changing. Outside jobs have been a bit >questionable at times, although a lot of groups use the washington post >rule. "Can the action withstand being on the cover of the Post". All it's ever taken in the military is Command approval of the second job. Of course, there are some jobs that they simply are not going to approve to avoid any apparent conflicts of interest. >Yeah, but what if the organization was using the employee to give >advanced access to not yet public information? It creates >teh specter of conflict of Interest. Let employees moonlight >for areas further away from their government jobs. it's simpler. He can't do that. It's that simple. Like I said, it can't be with an organization which directly impacts his organization or which could change his funding or things like that. It seems obvious, of course, that he also can't violate security and similar things; that's more an ethical violation than Hatch Act. -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me. ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 16 : Issue 439 ------------------------------