From: japancs@cs.arizona.edu (Japan CS Project)
Newsgroups: comp.research.japan
Subject: Scientific Information Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1992)
Date: 6 Nov 92 01:20:06 GMT


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     SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION BULLETIN, VOL. 17, NO. 1 (1992)

            published by

     OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH ASIAN OFFICE     (in English)
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[Collection and dissemination of this information supported in part by
 ONR Grant N0001492J1737.]


CONTENTS
Scientific Information Briefs                                            1

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Pacific Rim Fault Tolerant Systems International Symposium               9
     David K. Kahaner and D.M. Blough
	The latest research in fault tolerant systems to increase the 
        reliability of computers is summarized.

Parallel Processor for Many-Body Calculations, GRAPE                    15
     David K. Kahaner
	Many-body systems play a key role in astrophysics and molecular
        systems.  In astrophysics, the applications are primarily to basic
        science, but at the molecular level applications are to drugs,
        smart material design, and many other practical problems.  This
        article describes Project GRAPE, a parallel computer for many-body
        calculations that was developed at the University of Tokyo.

Computer World '91                                                      21
     David K. Kahaner
	The theme of this year's symposium was Multimedia Technology and
        Artificial Intelligence, with the subgoal of making computers
        more friendly to people.

International Conference on Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 1991      25
 (ICCIM'91) 
     David K. Kahaner
	This article summarizes the conference and describes Singapore
        manufacturing science activities.  It also presents the research
        in artificial intelligence being conducted at the Singapore/Japan
        AI Center and the work on user interface for numerical software
        at the National University of Singapore.

First Korea-Japan Conference on Computer Vision                         37
     David K. Kahaner
	Korean research in computer vision is at a much earlier stage
        than research being conducted in the United States and Japan,
        and applications of vision in industry are much more limited. 
        This article summarizes both Japanese and Korean efforts in
        this area.

First New Information Processing Technology Workshop '91                51
     David K. Kahaner
	The purpose of this workshop was to listen to proposals from
        scientists interested in participating in the NIPT program,
        which MITI has opened to researchers outside of Japan.

Computer Security in Japan                                              61
     Jonathan D. Moffett
	The state of progress in computer security activities in
        Japan is assessed.

Japanese Advances in Fuzzy Systems and Case-Based Reasoning             65
     Daniel G. Schwartz
	This article presents a survey and assessment of fuzzy
        systems and case-based reasoning research in Japan.

Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems '91 (MTNS '91)              81
     Biswa N. Datta
	The conference and site visits in Japan, Hong Kong, Macao,
        Singapore, and India are summarized.