Program at a Glance


 

1999 Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative, Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, Scholars Engaged in Electronic Resources & Pacific Neighborhood Consortium Joint Meeting

 

Agenda

 

January 17, 1999, Sunday

Time

Function

Venue

09:00 – 18:00 Registration 1F Lobby, Academic Activity Center
10:00 – 17:30 Steering Committee Meeting (Committee Members Only) Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center

 

January 18, 1999, Monday

Time

Function

Venue

08:00 – 16:30 Registration 1F Lobby, Academic Activity Center
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Reception 1F Lounge Cafe, Academic Activity Center
09:30 – 10:30 Opening Ceremony

Chairperson: Dr. Simon Lin, Pacific Neighborhood Consortium, Taiwan

Welcome Remarks:

Dr. Shang-Fa Yang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Dr. Simon Lin, Pacific Neighborhood Consortium, Taiwan
Ven. Sheng-Yen, Dharm Drum Mountain Foundation, Taiwan

Keynote Speaker:

Mr. Roy Weber, AT&T Fellow, USA

Auditorium, Academic Activity Center
10:30 – 11:00 Photo Taking & Coffee Break

Sponsored by Compaq Computer

 
11:05 – 12:35 Press Conference Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
11:05 – 12:35 Plenary 1: EBTI / Archives Session

Chairperson: Ven. Huimin, The Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association, Taiwan

"Buddhist Studies and Buddhism in Russia and Buryatia: Electronic Bibliography"

Tsymjit Vanchikova, Academy of Sciences and Buddhist Studies, Buryatia Republic

"The IDP Interactive Web Database of Manuscripts and the Addition of the Stein Photographic Archive"

Susan Whitfield & Colin Chinnery, British Library, UK

"Museum Infomatics Project"

Thomas Duncan, UC Berkeley, USA

Auditorium, Academic Activity Center
12:35 – 14:00 Vegetarian Luncheon

Sponsored by Dharm Drum Mountain Foundation

Lecture Hall, Academic Activity Center
14:00 – 15:30 EBTI / Chinese Texts Session

Chairperson: Christian Wittern, Chung Hwa Institute, Taiwan

"Using XML for Dunhuang Manuscripts Database"

Kosei Ishii, Komazawa Junior College, Japan

"On the Missing-Characters (GAIJI) of the Taisho Tripitaka Text Database Published by SAT"

Shigeki Moro, SAT, Japan

"The Activities of the Mojikyo Font Center (MFC)"

Tokio Furuya & Tsuneo Yatagai, MFC, Japan

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  Library / Information Sharing Session

Chairperson: Margaret Fung, Library Association of China, Taiwan

"Book-pilferage Is Not Banditry, a Cultural Perspective on International Library Information Sharing"

Karl Lo, UC San Diego, USA

"Infrastructural Support for Developers of Electronic Resources for Asian Studies"

Maureen Donovan, Ohio State University, USA

"Some thoughts on IR evaluation"

Mei-Mei Wu, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

“Towards a New Paradigm of Resource Sharing: The Interaction Experience between Mirror Site and Consortium in Taiwan Context”

Arthur Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  ECAI / North America Session 1

Chairperson: David Bodenhamer, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA

"North American Religions on the Web: The American Religious Experience"

Briane Turley, West Virginia University, USA

"Documenting North American Religions: The Role of ECAI"

Thomas Tweed, University of North Carolina, USA

"North American Religious Mapping"

Philip Barlow, Hanover College, USA

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
ECAI / Southeast Asia & Austronesia Session

Chairperson: Marilyn Levine, Lewis-Clark State University, USA

"Digital Archive Project of the Siam Society of Thailand"

Royol Chitradon, High Performance Computing Center, Thailand

"GIS in Thailand: Current Uses and Opportunities"

Caverlee Cary, UC Berkeley, USA

"Atlas of Austronesia Speakers of the Pacific"

David Blundell, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

Sponsored by Compaq Computer

 
16:00 – 17:30 EBTI / Sanskrit, Pali, Tocharian, Prakrit Texts Session 1

Chairperson: Robert Chilton, Asian Classics Input project, USA

"Linking Methods as a Basis for Cross-Linguistic Text Retrieval: Requirements and Solutions"

    Jost Gippert, University of Frankfurt, Germany

"The Fragile Palm Leaves Project: Preservation of Pali Materials"

     Peter Skilling, Fragile Palm Leaves, Thailand

"Chattha Sangayana CD-ROM"

Dhananjay Chavan, Vipassana Foundation Institute, India

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  ECAI / North America Session 2

Chairperson: Philip Barlow, Hanover College, USA

"The Great American History Machine: Use and Development"

Gary Richardson, UC Berkeley, USA

"Resources for North American Atlas"

David Bundy, Christian Theological School, USA

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
19:30 EBTI Business Meeting Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center

 

January 19, 1999, Tuesday

Time

Function

Venue

08:00 – 16:30 Registration 1F Lobby, Academic Activity Center
09:00 – 10:30 Plenary 2: Networking Session

Chairperson: Simon Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Taiwan Research and Education Networking"

Simon Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Japanese Network Systems"

Tetsuya Katsumura, Kyoto University, Japan

"CalREN 2, California's Part of Internet2"

Russ Hobby, UC Davis, USA

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break  
11:00 – 12:30 EBTI / Tibetan Texts Session

Chairperson: John Huntington, Ohio State University, USA

"Software Development for Windows Application for Tibetan

Language Materials"

Marvin Moser, Tibetan for Windows & Lucent Technologies USA

"Asian Classics Input Projects 1999"

Robert Chilton, Asian Classics Input Project, USA

" Automatic Recognition of Tibetan Buddhist Text by Computer"

Masami Kojima, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, & Masayuki Kimura, Tohoku Technical University, Japan

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  Educational Network Session

Chairperson: Karl Lo, UC San Diego, USA

"Infrastructure of Information Technology Education in Taiwan"

Lih-Shyang Chen, Ministry of Education, Taiwan

"The Interactive University and the K-12 Systems"

Jeanette Zerneke, UC Berkeley, USA

"Korean Cultural Information for Teaching and Research"

Hesung Chun Koh, East Rock Institute, USA

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  GIS Session

Chairperson: Bor-Wen Tsai, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

"GIS and Coding/Marking-up ECAI China Atlas Materials"

Lawrence Crissman, Griffith University, Australia

"POLIS: Use of GIS for Urban Study"

David Bodenhamer, Indiana University- Purdue University, USA

"Development of a Spatial Decision Support System for Hazards Mitigation in Taiwan"

Chin-Hong Sun, C. L. Yen, S. M. Wang, S. C. Chan, & C. F. Hsieh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon Lecture Hall, Academic Activity Center
12:30 – 15:30

12:30 - 13:00

 

 

13:00 - 14:20

 

14:30 - 15:30

Computer Demo

"From Data to Multimedia Knowledge"

Dr. Frank Tung, Software Executive, IBM Greater China Group

"IBM Digital Library Solutions"

Mr. William Chan, Director, ICO Corp.

 

"Digital Museum Project in National Palace Museum"

Mr. Jacob Chen, Project Manager, IBM Corp.

Conference Rm. 6, Academic Activity Center
14:00 – 15:30 EBTI / Sanskrit, Pali, Tocharian, Prakrit Texts Session 2

Chairperson: Jost Gippert, Frankfurt University, Germany

"The Construction of Sanskrit Database for a new Sanskrit Dictionary"

Jong-cheol Lee, Academy of Korean Studies, Korea

"Input of Sanskrit Buddhist Texts on Mahayana Dharanis and Strotras of Nepal and Its Importance to Buddhist World"

Min Bahadur Shakya, Nagarjuna Institute, Nepal

"Buddhist Music & Wind Records"

Chin-Tsung Yang, Wind Records Co., Taiwan

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  Digital Library Session

Chairperson: Ian Johnson, University of Sydney, Australia

"Introduction to the Digital Museum/Library Project"

Ching-Chun Hsieh, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Some Thoughts on the Digital Library: the Formosan Plain Aborigines Project"

Ing-Hai Pan, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Design Issuces of a Digital Museum of Butterflies"

Jieh Hsiang and Jen-Shin Hong, National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break  
16:00 – 17:30 EBTI / Korean Texts Session

Chairperson: Charles Muller, Toyo Gakuen, Japan

"The Korean Ancient Buddhist Corpus and the Korean Version of the Koryo Buddhist Canon on the WWW"

Yong Kyu Lee, Keum Suk Lee, Young Sik Hong, Tae Sik Han (Ven Bo Kwang), Dongguk University, Korea

"The Input and Translation of the Works of Wonhyo"

Sungtaek Cho, State University of New York-Stony Brook, USA

"The Technical Solution in the Computerization of Tripitaka Koreana: 4 Byte Code System, Word Processing and Corrective Programs"

Chongrim Sunnim, Korea

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  Library / Metadata Session

Chairperson: Helen Jarvis, University of New South Wales, Australia

"METADATA: The Foundations of Resource Description for Digital Libraries"

Hsueh-Hua Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

"The Distributed Metadata System and the Retrieval Error Ratio"

Cheng-Juei Wu, Fu-Jen University, Taiwan

Panel Discussion

Panelists: Hsueh-Hua Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Cheng-Juei Wu, Fu-Jen University, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  ECAI / China Session 1

Chairperson: Jeffrey Reigel, UC Berkeley, USA

"Creating a User's Guide on Early Photography in China"

Regine Thiriez, Paris, France

"Chinese Scared Geography in Hyperspace"

William Powell, UC Santa Barbara, USA

"The Huntington Archives" New China Suite: A Demonstration of the Potential of ECAI and the Arts"

John Huntington, Ohio State, USA

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
  Scientific Collaboration Session 1

Chairperson: Simon Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Progress on Evaluated Nuclear Parameters Library and Nuclear Reaction ModelComputation System"

Zongdi Su, China Institute of Atomic Energy, PRC

"Computational Materials Physics – A Multi-scale Modeling Approach"

Lin H. Yang, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

"Model Proteins from the Viewpoint of Computation --Toward a Collaborative Program in Life Science"

Zheng-Yao Su, National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
19:30 ECAI Business Meeting Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center

 

 

January 20, 1999, Wednesday

Time

Function

Venue

08:00 – 16:30 Registration 1F Lobby, Academic Activity Center
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary 3: Networking Session

Chairperson: Kuo-Wei Wu, National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taiwan

"Internet Structure and Development"

Matthew Ciolek, Australian National University, Australia

"A Typology of Electronic Projects with Implications for Project Management"

John Lehman, University of Alaska, USA

Panel Discussion:

Panelists: Matthew Ciolek, Australian National University, Australia

John Lehman, University of Alaska, USA

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break  
11:00 – 12:30 EBTI / Dictionaries Session

Chairperson: Royol Chitradon, High Performance Computing Center, Thailand

"A Tibetan-Buddhist Dictionary: Electronic Version from Rangjung Yeshe Publications"

Erik Hein Schmidt, Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, Nepal

"The Tibetan Dictionary/Database/Electronic Book/Text Editor of the Grupa Kagyu Heritage Foundation"

Leigh Brasington & Tony Duff, Padma Karpo Translation Committee, Nepal

"Digital Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms"

Charles Muller, Toyo Gakuen, Japan

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  Library Session

Chairperson: Maureen Donovan, Ohio State University, USA

"Technical Advances for the Development of Virtual Libraries"

Howie Lan, UC Berkeley, USA

"A Model for Virtual Archiving"

Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley, USA

"Preparing Librarians for the 21st Century: A Stanford University Libraries / Academic Information Resources Institute"

Assunta Pisani, Stanford University, USA

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  ECAI / China Session 2

Chairperson: Karl Longstreth, University of Michigan, USA

"The Chinese Biographical Database Web Site - A Model for Collaborative Scholarship"

Marilyn Levine, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho USA

"Biographical Database for Chinese Buddhist Nuns"

Dr. Yi Fa, Fo Kuang Shan Foundation/UC Berkeley, Taiwan

"Robert M. Hartwell Chinese Historical Studies, Ltd. Software Project"

Peter Bol, Harvard University, USA

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon Lecture Hall, Academic Activity Center
12:30 – 15:30 Computer Demo 1

"Advanced Application on Internet over Satellite - Case Studies"

Mr. Sampson Doug, BT Global Satellite Service (GSS) Manager

Conference Rm. 6 & 7, Academic Activity Center
  Computer Demo 2

Royol Chitradon, High Performance Computing Center, Thailand

Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
14:00 – 15:30 EBTI Session

Chairperson: John McRae, Indiana University, USA

"Making High Quality Digital Image Data of Tibetan Tripitaka Beijin Edition: Condition of the Highest Resolution Photographs"

Seiki Miyashita, Miyuki Shibata, Akio Minoura and Yutaka Katoka, Otani University, Japan

"CBETA and Taisho Tripitaka Project"

Ven. Huimin, The Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  Metadata Documentation Session

Chairperson: Hsueh-Hua Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

"Development of a Syntax-directed SGML Editor for Processing Korean Ancient Documents"

Young Sik Hong, Keum Suk Lee, Yong Kyu Lee, Dongguk University, Korea

"Metadata and ECAI"

Helen Jarvis, University of New South Wales, Australia

Panel Discussion

Panelists: Young Sik Hong, Keum Suk Lee, Yong Kyu Lee, Dongguk University, Korea

Helen Jarvis, U of New South Wales, Australia

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  ECAI / China Session 3

Chairperson: William Powell, UC Santa Barbara, USA

"The Tianhou CD ROM Developments"

Joseph Bosco & Puay Peng Ho,Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

"Digital Approaches to Newly-excavated Ancient Chinese Texts"

Jeffrey Riegel, University of California, Berkeley, USA

"Spatial Data Management, the China Data Center and the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative"

Karl Longstreth & Shuming Bao, University of Michigan, USA

"The Ricci 21st Century Roundtable: An International Database on the History of Christianity in China"

Monica Chang, Ricci Institute, USA

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break  
16:00 – 17:30 EBTI Session

Chairperson: John Lehman, University of Alaska, USA

"The Searching Functions of Ven. Yin-shung CD"

Ven. Houguan, Master Yin-Shung Foundation, Taiwan

"The Resolutions for Scanning Taisho Canon"

H. J. Lee, Chiau-Tong University, Taiwan

"The Demonstration of Vajracchedika-sutra CD"

Jimmy Chang, Electronic Buddhadharma Society, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  ECAI / China Session 4

Chairperson: Peter Bol, Harvard University, USA

"Introducing China Electronically: Developing Interactive Curricula for Undergraduates"

Charles M. Broaded, University of Pittsburg, USA

"The Grand Canal as a Feature of the Cultural Atlas of China"

Rita Merkle, University of Heidelberg, Germany

"Georeference for Sites of Buddhist Monasteries in the Kushan Empire"

Bruce Williams, UC Berkeley, USA

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
  Linguistics Session

Chairperson: Pang-Hsin Ting, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

"Digital Linguistic Mapping of Mexico"

John Page, Collegio de Mexico, Mexico

"Multi-linguistic Considerations for Chinese Speech Database"

Chiu-Yu Tseng, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
19:00 – 21:30 Banquet Taipei City Club

 

 

January 21, 1999, Thursday

Time

Function

Venue

08:00 – 16:30 Registration 1F Lobby, Academic Activity Center
09:00 – 10:30 Plenary 4: ECAI / Technical Team Session

Chairperson: Susan Whitfield, British Library, UK

"ECAI and TimeMap: A Methodology for Mapping and Animation of Distributed Temporal Datasets"

Ian Johnson, University of Sydney, Australia

"Image Databases and ECAI "

Jan Glowski, Ohio State University, USA

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  CJK Business Meeting (By Invitation Only) Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break  
11:00 – 12:30 EBTI Session

Chairperson: Ven. Heng-Ching, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

"Knots in the Net: Steps to Standardization of Electronic Buddhist Texts"

Christian Wittern, Chung Hwa Institute, Taiwan

"Buddhist Studies Information Network Project"

Aming Tu, The Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
  Intellectual Property Rights Session

Chairperson: Paul Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Commentator: Paul C. B. Liu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

"Intellectual Property Protection and Online Privacy in the Cyber Age"

Ching-Yi Liu, Tamkang University, Taiwan

"An Unfinished Job : The Protection of Well-Known Marks in Taiwan"

Kung-Chung Liu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

(Presenting Topic: To Be Determined)

David Cheng, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  ECAI / Caucasus, Russian, & Silk Road Session

Chairperson: Lawrence Crissman, Griffith University, Australia

"The Caucasus on the ECAI"

Medea Abashidze, Georgian Academy of Science, Georgian Republic

" The Electronic Mapping of Kalmykian Jungaria "

Alexander Stolyarov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

"Real and Ideal Geography in Ancient Palestine "

Cynthia Edenberg, Open University, Israel

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
  CJK Business Meeting (By Invitation Only) Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon Lecture Hall, Academic Activity Center
14:00 – 15:30 Resource Development Session

Chairperson: Thomas Ducan, UC Berkeley, USA

"Conversion of Solar and Lunar Calendars"

Shih Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Knowledge Discovery with Medical Data Basis"

Yuhshow Tsai, Taiwan

"From Conventional Journals to Free Internet Access, to Use Entomology as an Example"

Yien-Shing Chow, National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
  ECAI / Korea Session

Chairperson: Sung-taek Cho, State University of New York-Stony Brook, USA

"GIS and Korean Monasteries"

Hae-un Rii & Hyo Hyun Sung, Dongguk University / Ewha Univeristy,Korea

"The Korean Cultural Database of Korea University"

Hung-gyu Kim, Korea University, Korea

Panel Discussion

Panelists: Hae-un Rii & Hyo Hyun Sung, Dongguk University / Ewha Univeristy,Korea

Hung-gyu Kim, Korea University, Korea

Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
  Scientific Collaboration Session 2

Chairperson: Ruey-Beei Wu, National Center for High Performance Computing, Taiwan

"Large Scale International Scientific Collaborations in High Energy Physics and Technologies"

G. P. Yeh, Fermi. Lab / Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Development of Integrated Tele-Immersive Environment for Scientific Computation"

Fang-Pang Lin, San-Liang Chu, & Whey-Fone Tsai, National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taiwan

Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
  SEER Session

Chairperson: Ching-Chun Hsieh, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

"Prospects for the Confucian Etext Project"

Steve Angle, Wesleyan University, USA

"Creating the Set of Multi-functional Electronic Catalogues for Mongolian and Tibetan Texts Kept in Russian Depositaries"

Alexander Stolyarov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

"centrAsia Forum. Providing Information on Central Asia on the Net"

Thierry Dodin, University of Bonn, Germany

Conference Rm. 201, Institute of Earth Sciences
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break  
16:00 – 17:30 Closing Ceremony Conference Rm. 1, Academic Activity Center
19:30 SEER Business Meeting Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center

 

January 22, 1999, Friday

Time

Function

Venue

09:00 – 12:00 CJK Business Meeting (By Invitation Only) Conference Rm. 2, Academic Activity Center
09:00 – 12:00 Collaborate Project Groups Conference Rm. 3, Academic Activity Center
13:30 – 20:30 Visiting Tour