From: ytanaka@icot.or.jp (Yuichi TANAKA)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.parallel
Subject: ICOT Free Software Newsletter --- No.2
Date: 12 Aug 92 12:21:50 GMT
Distribution: fj


							    7 August, 1992
								     No. 2

                   ICOT FREE SOFTWARE NEWSLETTER
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[Introduction]

    We, the Institute for New Generation Computer Technology (ICOT), have
made our original and advanced software available to the public free of
charge in order to contribute toward the progress of computer science.
Persons wanting to use this ``ICOT Free Software'' may freely do so and
may also freely modify, copy and distribute such, provided that ICOT gives
no warranty on this software.  We hope that this software will be of use
in your research and development activities.

    This newsletter is published in order to provide users with new
information on ICOT Free Software.  New issues will be published
successively to announce the latest changes in the software.

    A list of ICOT Free Software is provided in the ICOT Free Software
Catalogue. If you do not have a copy of this list, please contact us at
the address given at the end of this newsletter.

    If you know of persons who are interested in ICOT Free Software,
please let us know their names and addresses so that we can send them
newsletters.


[Announcement of the first release of ICOT Free Software]

    Of the 71 ICOT Free Software programs, 43 programs will be released on
7th August.  These are obtainable through Anonymous FTP from our ftp-
server machine (ftp.icot.or.jp) at ICOT.  Note that, only ftp access from
oversea is available now.
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	You are not allowed to access ftp-server from inside Japan
	until the preparation of the domestic server is completed.  
	The server will be prepared by the beginning of September.  
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Persons in Japan wanting to get the software earlier than this date are
requested to come to ICOT to copy it by themselves.

    By the end of August, almost all of the 71 programs will be released.


[Contents of the first release of ICOT Free Software]

    The following is a list of the 43 ICOT Free Software programs to be
released on 7th August. The number attached to the name of each software
is the same as that in the ICOT Free Software Catalogue.  The size of each
compressed tar-file is also attached.


-Symbol Processing: 4

 4   OS for Parallel Inference Machine: PIMOS	  7.7MB
 6   Experimental Reflective Programming	  
     System: ExReps				  132KB
 7   Programming Environment for KL1		  
     with Program Visualization			  255KB
 8   Strategy Management Shell			  430KB

-Knowledge Representation, 
 Knowledge Base and Constraints: 10

 9   CLP Language: cu-Prolog			  251KB
10   Dynamical Programming: DP			  453KB
14   CLP Language: CAL (CESP)			  266KB
15   Hierarchical CLP Language: CHAL		   76KB
16   Robot Design Support System		   40KB 
17   Parallel CHAL Language: P-CHAL		   24KB 
18   Parallel CLP System: GDCC			  564KB
19   CLP Language: CAL (ESP)			  708KB
20   Voronoi Diagram Construction Program	   96KB
21   Knowledge Verification System: KNOV	  233KB 

-Problem Solving, 
 Meta-reasoning, Theorem Proving: 4

23   Program Generation System: PAPYRUS		  3.8MB
28   Reasoning System: EUODHILOS		  273KB
29   Fuzzy Clustering Tool			  406KB
32   A Structure-Mapping Engine: SME		  180KB

-Natural Language Processing: 14

33   Morphological Dictionary for Japanese	  1.5MB
34   Localized Unification Grammer Rules: LUG	    2MB  
35   Dependency Grammer for Japanese: RDG         113KB
37   Morphological Analyzing Program              402KB
38   Grammar Writing Support System: Linguist	  557KB
39   Parallel Parsing System: PAX		   75KB 
43   Japanese Sentence Generator		  390KB
44   A Sentence Dividing Tool			   80KB 
45   Summarizing Support System			  196KB 
46   A Support System for Generating		       
     Controlled Japanese Text: ICOTEXT		  522KB
47   A Sentence Retrieval Tool: KWIC (ESP)	    2MB  
48   Experimental Dialogue System		  550KB
50   An Experimental Discourse Analyzer		  345KB
51   A Parallel Processing Based Natural	  
     Language Analysis Tool: Laputa		  537KB

-Experimental Application: 11

54   A Parallel Legal Reasoning System: HELIC-II  775KB
55   Multiple Sequence Alignment by 3D DP	   93KB  
56   Multiple Sequence Alignment by Parallel	       
     Simulated Annealing			   98KB  
57   Standard Cell Placement Experimental System  262KB
59   Parallel Logic Simulator			    2MB   
61   A Concurrent Program Development System:	        
62   KL1 Execution Data Collection Tool:	        
     Performance Monitor			  377KB 
65   Experimental Parallel Hierarchical		        
     Recursive Layout System: Co-HLEX		  397KB 
68   Experimental Sequence Analysis System	  169KB  
69   Case-Based Circuit Design Support System	    1MB   
     MENDELS ZONE				    1MB   
70   High Level Synthesis System: RODIN		  903KB 


[Contacts]

    For information on ICOT Free Software, please contact ICOT at the
following e-mail address.

	ifs@icot.or.jp

    If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, or get backissues,
please let us know your e-mail address.  If you do not have access to
e-mail facility, please contact


        ICOT Free Software desk

        Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
        21st Floor, Mita Kokusai Bldg.
        4-28, Mita 1-chome
        Minato-ku, Tokyo 108
        Japan

        FAX:    +81-3-3456-1618