Distribution Lists and Usenet Newsgroups of Interest to Classification Research

F. Murtagh (fmurtagh@eso.org), May 1994

Usenet newsgroups: there are well over 1000 newgroups. If your computer site gets a regular feed of newsgroups, then a command such as 'rn', 'xrn', and any of a large number of other 'read news' commands will be available to you. To know more about local procedures, talk to a system manager who will be able to advise. Often the signal-to-noise of messages exchanged in newsgroups leaves much to be desired. However a really nice byproduct of many newsgroups (not all), is that a group of individuals mainain a regularly-updated FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file. Such a file often points to sources of software, 'who's who', succint definitions of terminology, sources of further information, and so on. In many cases, FAQs are posted to the newsgroup around once per month.

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Lists & Newsgroups:
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CLASS-L                        List directed towards classification.  
                               In May 1994, about 600 subscriptions.  
                               Set up by Jim Rohlf and Bill Day a 
                               number of years ago.  Volume of traffic 
                               is small.  To subscribe, see under 
                               General Notes above.
IMAGRS-L                       Remote sensing topics.  To subscribe 
                               see http://adis.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/lwgate/IMAGRS-L/
IR-L                           Information retrieval topcis.  
                               To subscribe 
                               see http://sigir.org/sigirlist/"
comp.ai.fuzzy                  Fairly low volume.
comp.ai.neural-nets            A few dozen messages per day.  This 
                               includes the approximately weekly, 
                               moderated Neuron Digest.  
comp.graphics.visualization    Low volume.
comp.infosystems.gis           A high-volume newsgroup.
comp.theory.self-org-sys       Very low volume.
sci.image.processing           A dozen or two messages per day.
sci.stat subhierarchy          Includes: sci.stat.consult, 
                               sci.stat.edu and sci.stat.math.  A 
                               few dozen messages per day.