concurrent semantics mailing list

[M.Stannett@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk]

Hello again!

A number of subscribers to CONNECTIONISTS have indicated they haven't come
across concurrent semantics (which may explain Chris Tofts' comments below).
I'll send you a quick summary of the subject area in a few days' time, and
try to show why it's relevant to connectionist researchers. 

Meanwhile ... two respondents have indicated that appropriate electronic fora
already exist for the discussion of concurrent semantics, while others
have demonstrated that (like me) they have no information about these
fora. Since there's no point setting up a third system in competition with
the other two I now know about, I enclose the details below. (If the other
are indeed distinct, perhaps they should consider merging ...)


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From: Miranda Mowbray <mjfm at com.hp.hpl.hplb>
Hello Mike,
            Yes, this is a very good idea [...] There is already a Concurrency
mailing list and archive, specially designed as a forum for rapid exchange of
ideas between different groups working in Concurrency.  It's been running for
some time now and I'm surprised you haven't heard of it.

It's run by Albert Meyer at MIT.  To join, send a message to 
concurrency at theory.lcs.mit.edu saying that you'd like to be on the mailing 
list.  You'll get information about archive files available.

This is a high quality forum and I recommend joining.  I also recommend
that you tell anyone else who replies to your message and wants to be 
in a concurrency club.  I don't see why you should go to the trouble of
setting up your own separate club when one already exists, unless your
version has specific local interests which are not catered for by Albert
Meyer's;  in any case what you *mustn't* do is set up a second forum which
will keep people ignorant of the first, after all the whole point is
to get everyone together!

Thankyou for your public-spiritedness,
                                       Yours,
                                              Miranda.


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From: Chris Tofts <cmnt at uk.ac.ed.dcs>
Subject: Re: Concurrent semantics

Hi Mike,
 interesting idea, at a symposium on complex systems in the states last year
I suggested using ideas from algebraic concurrency theory to a collection
of people working in neural nets etc, they not only seemed remarkable
uniterested but failed to see any link. It seems that any connections (sic)
will have to be exposed from the theoretical side. There already exists
a news group for concurrency which is used, are you suggesting something
other than this??
All the best,
Chris.

From: C.Tofts at uk.ac.bath.gdr

I believe its mail.concurrency, at least that's what its called in edinburgh.
Ask your local news guru,
All the best,
Chris.
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