From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Tue Aug 01 06:05:50 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:05:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1G7tvz-00079s-4n for llg-board@lojban.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:05:31 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so269527nfc for ; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:05:15 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=G8yI7Us6DtoYha3Y9krDNZySdHJYXIM3fpF9Y9ah6tgJT1cI4ms8sppcZDVRWaEg7zs5w43PFCnuNvAZZRo3QmtjGUJta6fxh5C2npDdtnQAHm81KKNiVzgwAt/vV8HA9unyCCYPQMzI6RI9W1UD3+F4vUtqprOOyM7nEam/jHY= Received: by 10.78.118.19 with SMTP id q19mr262748huc; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:05:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.159.4 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 06:05:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:05:13 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: [ben@goertzel.org: Lojban: Interesting Grant Opportunity] In-Reply-To: <20060731212330.GO28137@chain.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060729213809.GA28137@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20060731212330.GO28137@chain.digitalkingdom.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 141 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board Perhaps the sample conversation could be from "Everyday Lojban": http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Everyday+Lojban+B01&bl -epkat On 7/31/06, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > I'm going to respond in the affirmitive to this, and will talk to > Ben directly about getting him that translation and who should be > named besides the LLG itself, unless someone objects. > > -Robin > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 02:38:09PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > I haven't read this thoroughly yet. > > > > -Robin > > > > ----- Forwarded message from Ben Goertzel ----- > > > > Subject: Lojban: Interesting Grant Opportunity > > From: Ben Goertzel > > To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org, mark@kli.org > > Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:25:50 -0400 > > > > Hi, > > > > The attached grant opportunity seems like a really nice opportunity to > > get funding for Lojban and Loglish development. > > > > My plan would be to use the $$ to develop > > > > * robust Lojban and Loglish linguistics resources > > * a software toolkit making it easy for AI's to intercommunicate using > > these languages > > * training materials teaching humans to communicate using these languages > > > > Both Lojban and Loglish would be developed and the advantages of each > > would be empirically studied in studies involving humans entering > > knowledge and interacting with computers. > > > > I need to put together an interdisciplinary team for this proposal, > > and I would like the proposal to include some of the leaders of the > > Lojban community. > > > > As always with government grant proposals, I am not sure how good the > > chances are, but it seems worth trying, as what they are asking for is > > really right up Lojban's alley. (Setting aside the Lojban/Loglish > > debate for the purpose of this email....) > > > > They want a white-paper submitted by Aug 17, then within a month or so > > they will tell you whether they want you to submit a full proposal or > > not. > > > > So, what I'm asking for now is whether you would > > -- allow me to list your names as collaborators, on the white paper > > -- review the white paper and make suggestions [of course if you > > really don't like it, you can remove your name before I submit it] > > > > If the whitepaper gets selected for "full proposal submission" then of > > course we'll have more to talk about... > > > > Also, finally, I will want to present a sample conversation translated > > into Lojban as part of the proposal, and my Lojban sucks. So having > > one of y'all do the Lojban translation would be very valuable. > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > > > > > ************* > > To those who expressed interest in the "Cognitive Approaches to NLP" > > symposium, > > > > > > Last week I attended a "Language for Bots" workshop at West Point. The > > workshop was essentially a kick-off for the long-term development of a > > language to support communication between humans and machines. A key > > driver for this line of research is a $5 million MURI Grant to support > > an interdisciplinary team of researchers over a 5 year period. I am > > attaching the MURI announcement for your information and > > consideration. > > > > One caveat: MURI grants must go to academic institutions and typically > > involve teams of researchers from multiple institutions. > > > > My apologies for multiple postings (once again)! > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > -- > > http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ > > Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" > > Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ > > > > > > -- > http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ > Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" > Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ > > >