Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!tektronix!ogcvax!omsvax!icalqa!hplabs!sri-unix!Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA From: Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Seminar Notices Message-ID: <12521@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 13:04:03 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12521 Posted: Wed Oct 12 13:04:03 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Oct-83 01:30:05 EDT Lines: 38 From: Ken Laws There have been a couple of net.ai requests lately that seminar notices be dropped, plus a strong request that they be continued. I would like to make a clear policy statement on this matter. Anyone who wishes to discuss it further may write to AIList-Request@SRI-AI; I will attempt to compile opinions or moderate the disscussion in a reasonable manner. Strictly speaking, AIList seldom prints "seminar notices". Rather, it prints abstracts of AI-related talks. The abstract is the primary item; the fact that the speaker is graduating or out "selling" is secondary; and the possibility that AIList readers might attend is tertiary. I try to distribute the notices in a timely fashion, but responses to my original query were two-to-one in favor of the abstracts even when the talk had already been given. The abstracts have been heavily weighted in favor of the Bay Area; some readers have taken this to be provincialism. Instead, it is simply the case that Stanford, Hewlett-Packard, and occasionally SRI are the only sources available to me that provide abstracts. Other sources would be welcome. In the event that too many abstracts become available, I will institute rigorous screening criteria. I do not feel the need to do so at this time. I have passed up database, math, and CS abstracts because they are outside the general AI and data analysis domain of AIList; others might disagree. I have included some borderline seminars because they were the first of a series; I felt that the series itself was worth publicizing. I can't please all of the people all of the time, but your feedback is welcome to help me keep on course. At present, I regard the abstracts to be one of AIList's strengths. -- Ken Laws