From: japancs@cs.arizona.edu (Japan CS Project)
Newsgroups: comp.research.japan
Subject: Scientific Information Bulletin, Vol 16, No. 2 (1991)
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:30:34 GMT


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Scientific Information Bulletin, Vol 16, No. 2 (1991)

             published by

U.S. Office of Naval Research Asia  (in English)
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[Collection and dissemination of this information supported in part by
 ONR Grant N0001492J1737.]

                     CONTENTS
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Scientific Information Briefs                                             1

                   COMPUTER SCIENCE

Snapshot of Computing Activities in Korea                                  7
     David K. Kahaner

  This article provides a "snapshot" of computing activities in Korea, 
  including an assessment of parallel processing projects at the Pohang 
  Institute of Science and Technology and the Korea Advanced Institute 
  of Science and Technology.

Nippon Steel Kimitsu Works                                               15
     David K. Kahaner

  This article describes to what extent automation and computerization 
  have been accomplished at the Kimitsu Works of Nippon Steel

The First International Workshop on Algorithmic Learning Theory           19
     David K. Kahaner and David Haussler

  Algorithmic learning theory is the theoretical portion of artificial 
  intelligence that is concerned with machine learning. This article 
  summarizes the major papers presented at the workshop.

Computing in Taiwan                                                      23
     David K. Kahaner

  Computing in Taiwan is discussed by describing two meetings at National 
  Tsing Hua University, the International Computer Symposium and the First 
  Workshop on Parallel Processing, as well as a visit to the Institute for
  Information Industry.

New Information Processing Technology Workshop                           31
     David K. Kahaner

  This workshop was organized to discuss aspects of a possible Japanese 
  new 1O year program to follow the Fifth Generation Institute for New 
  Generation Computer Technology program that is to end in 1992.  A 
  summary of the discussions is presented and some opinions about the
  directions that this program might take are given.

New Information Processing Technologies Symposium
   (Sixth Generation Project)                                            45
     David K. Kahaner

  NIPT, the successor to the Fifth Generation Project, is described

The First Japan Knowledge Acquisition for
   Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop                                      53
     David K. Kahaner, B. Chandrasekaran, and Hiroshi Motoda

  Knowledge acquisition (KA) covers a broad area and the talks presented 
  at this workshop reflected the breadth of the subject matter.

SX-3 Benchmarks from the Swiss Team Tests                                57
     David K. Kahaner

 This article presents the benchmarks from Swiss team tests on the 
 NEC SX-3l12 and Sx-3/14 supercomputers.

A Review of Japan and Japanese Highend Computers                         59
     Sverre Jarp

 The latest supercomputer systems offered by NEC, Fujitsu, and Hitachi 
 and their operating systems and current installed base are described,
 with a comparison to the European supercomputer installed base. The 
 author tries to predict what will happen in Europe in the large-scale 
 computing area over the next few years and suggests how best to profit
 from the situation.

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