HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: alex@cs.uow.edu.au (Alex Zelinsky)
Subject: Ph.D's in Mobile Robotics
Summary: Ph.D program in Mobile Robotics at Wollongong University
Keywords: Ph.D, Mobile Robots, Further Study
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 00:37:40 GMT

The Intelligent Robotics Lab in the Department of Computer Science
at the University of Wollongong, Australia has an opportunity to
offer a limited number of vacancies to enter the Ph.D program in
"Mobile Robotics".

The Intelligent Robotics Lab is jointly run by Dr. Phil McKerrow
and Dr. Alex Zelinsky. Dr McKerrow's research interest are in 
echolocation (sonar) for mobile robot navigation and mapping. Dr
Zelinsky's interests are in path planning, landmark navigation
and using multiple sensors for mapping. 

The emphasis of the research work is on experimental work using
real autonomous mobile robots. The laboratory is well resourced
in equipment, this includes two mobile robot research platforms,
the Labmate (built in the USA) and the Yamabico (built in Japan).

The principal researchers have been actively researching in the
robotics field for nearly 8 years. They have published extensively
in the area. Dr. McKerrow recently published with Addison-Wesley
a book titled "An Introduction to Robotics". The research group
has established strong collaborative links with Japanese research
institutions. Dr. Zelinsky has recently returned from Japan, where
he worked at Tsukuba University with Prof. Yuta on the Yamabico
Mobile Robot Project. In 1993 Dr. Zelinsky will be returning to
Japan to join the MITI, Electrotechnical Lab (ETL), to continue
his work in mobile robotics.

The successful candidates may have an opportunity to travel several
times a year to Japan to engage in the research work with Dr. Zelinsky.

If you are interested in joining our research laboratory, please 
contact us soon. The deadline for scholarship applications is
looming!

Preference will be given to Australian citizens/permanent residents.

Email contact: alex@cs.uow.edu.au
Xref: sparky aus.ai:124 comp.ai:3352 comp.lang.lisp:2375
From: jiang@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Jiansheng Jiang)
Newsgroups: aus.ai,comp.ai,comp.lang.lisp
Subject: error tolerant English parser
Keywords: English parser, error tolerance, Common Lisp
Date: 7 Sep 92 00:50:09 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia

Most of existing natural language parsers are designed to analyze structurally 
correct sentences. For the purpose of second language learning, this is not 
enough, since beginners of a new language often make some structural errors. I
am currently looking for some parsers that can not only work as a recogniser 
(that is, simply say 'no' to a structurally ill-formed sentence) but are 
actually able to do some sort of analysis to ill-formed sentence. I find some 
parsers based on Marcus' deterministic parsing theory belong to this type, but 
I think there must be other approaches but don't know what they are. The 
particular questions I have are:

  1. are there any approaches better than using ad-hoc methods for analysing 
sentences containing structural errors?

  2. if there are, then are there any parsers actually developed (programmed)
based on those approaches? Where can I find them or who can I contact to get 
more information about them? 

  3. there must be some parsers (with or without error tolerance) implemented
in Common Lisp that are publicly available, where can I get them?

I'm a student doing Masters and working on the field of robust language 
analysis for second language learning. It will be very much appreciated if 
anybody there can provide me any sort of information related to the above 
questions. You can either post to these newsgroup or email me personally.

Thanks in advance!

Jiansheng Jiang (email: jiang@latcs1.lat.au.oz)
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering,
La Trobe University
Australia
Xref: sparky aus.ai:130 aus.acs:48
From: rng@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: sa.cs,aus.ai,aus.acs,dsto.general
Subject: Remainder, September SA ACS AI SIG Meeting
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:39:28 GMT
Organization: Defence Science and Technology Organisation


                            ACS (SA) AI SIG Meeting

                           Tuesday  September 15 1992

                Wayne Agutter (SA Centre for Parallel Computing)

                "An Introduction to the CM5 Connection Machine"

The South Australian Centre for Parallel Computing is in the
process of purchasing a CM5 supercomputer for use by the South
Australian community.

The CM5 provides high performance plus ease of use for large,
complex, data-intensive applications in an architecture designed to
scale to teraflops. The makers claim the machine combines the best
features of existing parallel architectures, including fine and
coarse grained parallelism, MIMD and SIMD control and fault
tolerance in a single integrated 'universal' architecture.

This presentation gives an overview of the CM5 including the
processor and communication network architectures and the software
development environment.

Waayne Agutter is the Director of the South Australian Centre for
Parallel Computing.


                           Time: 6.00 - 6.30 (coffee)
                             6.30 - 7.30 (lecture)

              Venue: Lecture Theatre, Computer Science Department,
                            University of Adelaide.

         With sufficient demand, we will go for a meal after the talk.

             For further details, contact Ronnie Gori on 259 7124,
                           email rng@itd.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: richardm@runx.oz.au (Richard Murnane)
Subject: Re: VK2WI Broadcast, Sunday 6th September, 1992
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 06:26:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.115352.18615@ips.oz.au> dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.031053.4562@fawlty.towers.oz.au>
>    steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:
>
>>Interesting article, starts off as a news item, ends up as an add !
>
>Since I only posted the news, I'll let Richard answer it.  
I answered Steve privately on this one, and you won't be seeing
disguised ads again. (The AAPRA news in this week's bulletin had
a similar plug, but I cut it out. I guess this means we'll lose
the AAPRA account. :-)

73 de Richard VK2SKY
-- 
Richard P. Murnane                     "Making it up? Making it up? Why should
Internet: richardm@runx.oz.au          I want to make anything up? Life's bad
UUCP:     uunet!runx.oz.au!richardm    enough without inventing more of it."
Packet:   VK2SKY @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC   - Marvin the Paranoid Android
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: richardm@runx.oz.au (Richard Murnane)
Subject: What's Sam up to now?
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 11:17:27 GMT

Does anyone know why Sam Voron VK2BVS (he of "Radio Free Bougainville"
renown) appears on page 6 of today's (Monday's) Sydney Morning Herald,
warning everyone how scanner users can eavesdrop on cellular phone
calls?

While the article is substantially correct in its facts (though I don't
know if "millions" of scanners are in use in Australia), the article
carries a photo of Sam in his shack (proudly displaying callsign),
with the caption "Waiting to hear your call...amateur radio operator
Sam Voron at his Roseville home."

Y'know sometimes I wish the PNG goverment could have hired better "help" :-)
This sort of garbage does nothing for amateurs. I wonder if this was a
leftover filler from the RFB thing six months ago. The author's name
(Shelli-Anne Couch) sounds familiar...

73 de Richard VK2SKY

-- 
Richard P. Murnane                     Every time I read the Sydney Morning
Internet: richardm@runx.oz.au          Herald cartoon page, I am reminded that
UUCP:     uunet!runx.oz.au!richardm    that I've become an institutionalised
Packet:   VK2SKY @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC   bankie: I now find "Bristow" funny...
From: dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report -  7 Sep 92
Date: 6 Sep 92 23:53:27 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: IPS Radio and Space Services.  Sydney, Australia.

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 6 September 1992
Summary for 6 September and Forecast up to 9 September
IPS Warning No. 22, issued on 06 September and is current 
for period 08-09.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: high

Flares    Max     Fadeout    Begin   End    Freq.  Sectors
 X1/2B    1852UT  probable                  all    East Pacific/
                                                   North American
 X1/2B    2059UT  Confirmed                 all    East Pacific/
                                                   North American
 M4/1N    1158UT  possible                  lower  European

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 139/092

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             07 September       08 September       09 September
Activity     Moderate to high   Moderate to high   Moderate to high
Fadeouts     Probable           Probable           Probable

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 145/098

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
Recent flare activity originated from same solar region. This
region continues to show good flare potential.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Sydney : quiet to unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K
    Sydney          --  ---- ----
    Learmonth       08  2222 2322
    Fredericksburg  15
    Planetary       15

2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Sydney : unsettled
Ap :  15

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Activity is expected to be unsettled for today, however
geomagnetic storming is expected to start during local night on
the 8th due to recent flare activity.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :         
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Fair-Normal.
PCA Event : expected.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be normal for today at low
and mid lats. High lat propagation may be effected by PCA.
Degraded/depressed conditions are expected late 8th/9th.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUF's at Sydney were depressed about 10%

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  70

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
       07 September    08 September                 09 September
MUFs   near normal     normal/depressed 20 to 30%   depressed about 30%
T index    75             60                           50

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for September is 90.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Ionospheric conditions are expected to deteriorate after local
dawn on the 8th with depressions of 20-30% expected. Further
depressions/degradations are expected on the 9th.


-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@ips.OZ.AU                  ...munnari!ips.OZ.AU!dave
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: Daily IPS Report -  8 Sep 92
Organization: IPS Radio and Space Services.  Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 01:09:08 GMT

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 7 September 1992
Summary for 7 September and Forecast up to 10 September
IPS Warning No. 22, issued on 06 Sept is still current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: high

Flares    Max     Fadeout    Begin   End    Freq.  Sectors
 M7/2B    0637UT  probable                  lower  Mid East/Indian
 M1/SF    0009UT    none
 M2/SF    2307UT  Confirmed  2259    2323UT  lower West Pacific

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 132/084

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             08 September       09 September       10 September
Activity     Moderate to high   Moderate to high   Moderate to high
Fadeouts     Probable           Probable           Probable

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 140/093

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
Two solar regions showing flare potential. 
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Sydney : unsettled to active

Estimated Indices : A   K
    Sydney          --  ---- ----
    Learmonth       15  2234 4332
    Fredericksburg  22
    Planetary       18

2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Sydney : active to minor storm
Ap :  25

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Geomagnetic storming is expected to start during local night on
the 8th due to recent flare activity.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :         
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Normal.
PCA Event : None.
The expected proton event did not eventuate.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be normal, until local night
tonight when degradations are expected due to anticipated
geomagnetic activity.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUF's at Sydney were depressed 10-15%. Spread F observed 09-20UT.

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  62

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          08 September             09 September       10 September
MUFs      normal/depressed 20%     depressed 20-30%    normal
T index   50                       40                  60 

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for September is 90.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@ips.OZ.AU                  ...munnari!ips.OZ.AU!dave
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Subject: Re: VK2WI Broadcast, Sunday 6th September, 1992
Reply-To: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:42:46 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.115352.18615@ips.oz.au> dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.031053.4562@fawlty.towers.oz.au>
>    steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:
>
>>Interesting article, starts off as a news item, ends up as an add !
>
>Since I only posted the news, I'll let Richard answer it.  My point of

Yes, he did and we have discussed it privately between us.

>view is that if it doesn't mention a price, it's OK.  For example, if
>a source of DSP-4 boards became available, I'd probably put it on the
>Broadcast, as it is of direct benefit to Amateurs.
>
>Hey, didn't the broadcast mention the TNC+ and VADCG modems some years
>ago?
	I dont think there were any sales pitches via the broadcast,
I did have them in the various rags, that we posted to, I think I kept
only news items about SADCG meetings etc for the broadcast and references
to articles that were in A.R.   and of course replies to stupid statements
from TUG (TUG being the former name of AAPRA)
In those days, I was doing publicity for both SADCG and MWRS, so I was
putting items into the broadcast on a weekly basis.

de steve


-- 
| Steven Blanche, Davidson, Sydney   | AARNet  steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au |
| vk2kfj%vk2kfj@vk2aqg.nsw.aus.oc    | wk phone :    +612-427-2999       |
| VK2KFJ [44.136.8.6] (4800@144.800) | wk fax   :    +612-427-7072       |
| voice : 146.875 Mhz or 438.175 Mhz - VK2RMB                            |
From: dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: Re: VK2WI Broadcast, Sunday 6th September, 1992
Organization: IPS Radio and Space Services.  Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:53:52 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.031053.4562@fawlty.towers.oz.au>
    steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:

>Interesting article, starts off as a news item, ends up as an add !

Since I only posted the news, I'll let Richard answer it.  My point of
view is that if it doesn't mention a price, it's OK.  For example, if
a source of DSP-4 boards became available, I'd probably put it on the
Broadcast, as it is of direct benefit to Amateurs.

Hey, didn't the broadcast mention the TNC+ and VADCG modems some years
ago?

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@ips.OZ.AU                  ...munnari!ips.OZ.AU!dave
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Subject: Re: VK2WI Broadcast, Sunday 6th September, 1992
Reply-To: steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche)
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Distribution: aus
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:10:53 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.001154.27705@ips.oz.au> dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>VK2WI Broadcast, 6th September, 1992.  Copyright 1992 WIA
>(NSW) & contributors.  Material may be used elsewhere if the
>source is acknowledged.
>
>                         AAPRA NEWS
>
>The recent WICEN exercise for the enduro bike trial at
>Cessnock involved some 10 mobile and portable packet
>stations.  Each of these packet stations comprised a laptop
>computer, a German-made Baycom modem, and the Baycom packet
>program, version 1.5.  The use of surface mounted components
>allowed the entire Baycom modem to fit inside a standard
>9-pin "D" plug, keeping the size of the packet station to a
>minimum.
>
>Further information about the Baycom modem, and the latest
>version of Baycom software, is available from the Australian
>Amateur Packet Radio Association at:
>
>                                   59 Westbrook Avenue
>                                        WAHROONGA 2076
>                                 Phone:  (02) 487-4393
>
>AAPRA advises that if you operate packet radio while mobile,
>you should have a second operator to do the driving!
>
>    - Geoff VK2BQ.
>
Interesting article, starts off as a news item, ends up as an add !

steve


-- 
| Steven Blanche, Davidson, Sydney   | AARNet  steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au |
| vk2kfj%vk2kfj@vk2aqg.nsw.aus.oc    | wk phone :    +612-427-2999       |
| VK2KFJ [44.136.8.6] (4800@144.800) | wk fax   :    +612-427-7072       |
| voice : 146.875 Mhz or 438.175 Mhz - VK2RMB                            |
Newsgroups: aus.radio,aus.radio.packet
From: dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: Re: WICEN again
Organization: IPS Radio and Space Services.  Sydney, Australia.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:48:11 GMT

In article <terryd.715596611@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
    terryd@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Terry Dawson) writes:

>The last is probably the only real problem .. I wouldn't take a laptop
>with a harddrive in it, let alone one worth that amount of money ..
>I think it will be possible to design a totally solid state device to
>do the job .. Mobile Data Terminals exist for other applications ..
>I don't believe it is beyond the means of amateurs to design a mobile
>data terminal ..

Enter the palm-top...  I'm looking wistfully at the Sharp 3000/3100,
since the HP-95LX I had my eye on fell through...  1Mb of ROM, and
2Mb of RAMdisk (in the 3100).  PCMIA 1.0 cards also available (but
pricy).  It has a real keyboard, a real serial port, a real screen,
and a real parallel port; attributes that are not shared by the '95.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@ips.OZ.AU                  ...munnari!ips.OZ.AU!dave
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: richardm@runx.oz.au (Richard Murnane)
Subject: Re: VK2WI Broadcast, Sunday 30th August, 1992
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 11:09:11 GMT

In article <terryd.715240237@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> terryd@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Terry Dawson) writes:
>dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>
>>Today, 24 candidates [are sitting / sat] for more than 40
>
>Hmmm .. wow! There were as many people attended the forum as there were
>exams being conducted on the sunday ... impressive showing ..
>
>abt 5 were non-members .. and another handful were committee, add another
>couple of out-of-town ring-ins and you've got a fair percentage of those
>that bothered to turn up .. not bad for 1800 members.
>
Ok, Terry, that's a fair cop! :-) To be fair, there were also some written
submissions from those who didn't want to travel into Sydney, as well as
some on packet. But you're right: it wasn't an immense turn-out. It's our
bad luck to have a hobby populated with a large number of people who expect
the WIA to hand them everything on a plate. They won't join the WIA or get
involved in any of the work it takes to run the show, but you'll certainly
hear them on air whining about how the WIA don't do this, and the WIA
ought to do that...

As you know, Terry, I had to leave early. How many volunteers did YOU
see put their hands up?

Never mind, I have a feeling there'll be other forums in the near future,
hopefully on-air as well as at Parramatta. Hopefully more people will get
the message...

73 de Richard VK2SKY
-- 
Richard P. Murnane                     Every time I read the Sydney Morning
Internet: richardm@runx.oz.au          Herald cartoon page, I am reminded that
UUCP:     uunet!runx.oz.au!richardm    that I've become an institutionalised
Packet:   VK2SKY @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC   bankie: I now find "Bristow" funny...
From: dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report -  5 Sep 92
Date: 6 Sep 92 23:53:22 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: IPS Radio and Space Services.  Sydney, Australia.

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 4 September 1992
Summary for 4 September and Forecast up to 7 September
IPS Warning No. 21, issued on 02 Sept is still current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 105/055

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             05 September       06 September       07 September
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 105/055

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Sydney : quiet to unsettled with minor storm
levels from 09-12UT.

Estimated Indices : A   K
    Sydney          --  ---- ----
    Learmonth       17  3335 3322
    Fredericksburg  20
    Planetary       30

2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Sydney : unsettled to active
Ap :  20

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Magnetic activity is expected to decline today.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :         
Low Lats: Fair.
Mid Lats: Poor-Fair.
High Lats: Poor.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be poor-fair at high lats,
fair at mid lats and fair-normal at low lats.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUF's at Sydney were depressed 30-40% 00-16UT, strong spread F
observed 00-03UT and 16-17 UT (indicating degraded propagation 
conditions).  F2 criticals depressed 20% 17UT-24UT.

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  29

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          05 September       06 September       07 September
MUFs      depressed about 20%% depressed about 15% depressed about
15%
T index    65                 70                 70

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for September is 90.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
The quality of HF comms was severely reduced over the 3-4 September.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@ips.OZ.AU                  ...munnari!ips.OZ.AU!dave
Newsgroups: aus.radio