Michael A. Covington, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist Adjunct Professor of Computer Science Member of the Linguistics and Engineering Faculties Associate Director Artificial Intelligence Center The University of Georgia Room 111, Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7415 U.S.A. (University business only) (all other messages)

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Contents: Academic information Writing papers and theses Writing with LaTeX Linguistics and natural language processing Prolog and symbolic programming Other technical information Worksheet for planning your U.Ga. class schedule (with the periods and days of the week in the right order) If you're a new AI student, please browse through all of this. It's designed to be useful. Academic information My schedule My teaching in future semesters "What Should Grades Mean?" (my grading policy) To students wanting to work with me Assistantships that I supervise Taking independent studies with me English courses and free help with writing Traveling at UGa's expense? Visiting Cambridge University? Writing papers and theses - General information How to write a term paper or thesis (my own preferences and advice) General requirements for final project papers Sample final project paper: LaTeX PostScript PDF Bibliography and citation format guide from UGa Libraries Proofreaders' marks (how I mark typing errors) Floating figures and tables in Microsoft Word Pictures in Your Thesis: Computer graphics literacy for graduate students My popular presentation, How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily In what sense is "bad grammar" bad? Writing papers with LaTeX What is LaTeX? (PDF document) Introduction to LaTeX (how to use it!) How to run LaTeX on our computers LaTeX user's group MikTeX:LaTeX for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP (Free software, but it's a big download. A CD containing this material can be borrowed from the AI Center. Please be sure to get the updated config.ps file from www.ai.uga.edu/ftplib, or your printouts will not fit on American 11-inch paper.) LaTeX style sheets for University of Georgia theses (with instructions) FAQ about typing your U.Ga. thesis with LaTeX (PDF) (NEW) Wrong paper size with LaTeX (why LaTeX tries to generate output for 11.7-inch A4 paper, and how to fix this) Running LaTeX without the command prompt: If you installed LaTeX (MikTeX) from the AI Center's lend-out disc, including "PFE and Local Software," then you will be able to run LaTeX by just right-clicking on .tex and .dvi files and choosing the appropriate option. You will also be able to do "File, New, LaTeX Document" in any folder. To enable this, click here, open the ZIP file, right-click on "LatexWithoutCommandPrompt.inf" within it, and choose "Install." (If you don't have WinZip, you may have to copy LatexWithoutCommandPrompt.inf to your desktop, then right-click on it and choose "Install.") Crimson Editor users should click here instead. You can edit the .inf file for custom paths, other editors, and the like. PLTeX, a program for presenting Prolog programs elegantly in LaTeX LaTeX math symbol chart (Colorado) Online LaTeX guides and help (Cambridge University) Free package for using Adobe fonts with LaTeX, using LY1 encoding for maximum access to special characters The Covington LaTeX macros for linguists and documentation LaTeX for Linguists (University of Essex) Linguistics and natural language processing Documentation for SPARSE parsing environment (somewhat obsolescent) (Instead, try SPARSE-II online here.) ProNTo -- Prolog Natural Language Tools (primarily student projects from CSCI/LING 8570) Python resources for linguists who are new to programming Getting started in Python with IDLE Association for Computational Linguistics Computation and Language E-Print Archive (research papers) Computational Linguistics Universe Language (Linguistic Society of America) Quantitative Linguistics (NEW) Other Logics (an introduction to nonclassical reasoning) Latin pronunciation demystified (PDF) Prolog and symbolic programming The ISO Prolog Standard Prolog coding guidelines Examples of CGI World Wide Web applications in Prolog: SPARSE-II natural language parser Binocular Wizard (product selection expert system) Lisp notes and handouts (very introductory) Other technical information Program to insert the University's new required disclaimer into existing HTML files: Executable (for Windows); Delphi source (ZIPped). [NEW] Example of an image processing program written in C# which does convolutions and other operations as simply as possible. Windows for UNIX Users What the Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio are All About Some Visual Studio and C# "Gotchas" How to Ensure Only One Instance of your C# Program is Running Some Notes on C# Programming Low-level screen and keyboard control for console applications in C#; no longer needed under .NET 2.0, but it was fun to write Solving sound card microphone problems (how to interface a standard microphone to a computer sound card that expects an amplified one) My personal reference card for the Casio FX-115 MS Plus calculator: LaTeX PostScript PDF The microelectronics lab at the AI Center Microchip PIC Microcontrollers Dontronics - Don McKenzie's PIC resources Some microcontroller-related files hosted at UGa PIC Assembly Language for the Complete Beginner (tutorial) [NEW] An Atmel AVR notebook (for beginners; includes examples of assembly language, C, and BASIC programming) My 1994 notes on the Philips P87C750, my first microcontroller (an 8051 derivative) CreateShortcut utility - for placing shortcuts on the Start Menu or Desktop, or anywhere else, from the command line or from within a .BAT file. With source code (C++). Should run in Windows 95 and up; tested only in Windows XP. Color Vision and the VGA - Text (PDF) Program A magazine article published in PC Techniques in 1990, still of some interest. Adding Graphics to Console Applications (An easy way to do scientific plotting, etc., in Windows; this is an old article and the technique is not guaranteed to work under current versions, but it has attracted widespread interest and I post it here for its historical value. Please do not ask me for help with it, but if you have helpful information that I can include with it, let me know.) Interfacing through the PC joystick port (Another obsolete project that I keep getting inquiries about. The circuits are still relevant, but the software is for DOS and would need complete reworking for Windows XP.) "Remember that your major professor is a busy person. If he isn't, get a different major professor." - Anonymous

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