From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Nov 15 10:21:21 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAFFLLSO007714 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:21:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lAFFLGW7097745 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:21:16 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 4172 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2007 15:21:11 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 15 Nov 2007 15:21:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 2866 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2007 15:21:09 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 15 Nov 2007 15:21:09 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4616128 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:21:09 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 8966 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2007 15:21:07 -0000 Received: from mailscan7.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.158) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 15 Nov 2007 15:21:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 27145 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2007 15:21:04 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp5.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 15 Nov 2007 15:21:04 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAFFL49Q007674; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:21:04 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lAFFL4js007673; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:21:04 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711151521.lAFFL4js007673@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:21:04 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: UB CogSci 11/28 A.E. Goldberg "Learning the General from the Specific" Comments: To: cogsci-all-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1029; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4801/Thu Nov 15 09:05:40 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: RO Content-Length: 2958 ======================================================================== IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adele E. Goldberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program in Linguistics, Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/~adele/ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Learning the General from the Specific" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT The constructionist approach to grammar allows both broad generalizations and more limited patterns to be analyzed and accounted for fully. In particular, constructionist approaches are generally usage-based: Facts about the actual use of linguistic expressions such as frequencies and individual patterns that are fully compositional are recorded alongside more traditional linguistic generalizations (Langacker 1988). Instances are represented at some level of abstraction due to selective encoding, and generalizations over instances are made as well. In an impressive interdisciplinary convergence, a similar position has been developed within the field of categorization. Early accounts of categories adopted general abstract summary representations; a subsequent wave of "exemplar based" models of categorization held sway in the field for a period following. Most recently, categorization researchers have argued for an approach that combines exemplar-based knowledge with generalizations over that knowledge. Insights gained from research in general categorization can shed light on how learners go from the specific to the more general. My presentation will focus on several such factors that promote and constrain generalizations: (a) skewed input, (b) degree of coverage, and (c) statistical preemption. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Nov 22 11:09:14 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAMG9DRx003283 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:09:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from front3.acsu.buffalo.edu (coldfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.89]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lAMG99Wd043926 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:09:09 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 23195 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2007 16:09:04 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Nov 2007 16:09:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 16923 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2007 16:09:01 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Nov 2007 16:09:01 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4837701 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:09:01 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 14806 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2007 16:09:01 -0000 Received: from mailscan1.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.133) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Nov 2007 16:09:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 25044 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2007 16:08:56 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp4.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 22 Nov 2007 16:08:56 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAMG8uRM003270; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:08:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lAMG8ufb003269; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:08:56 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711221608.lAMG8ufb003269@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:08:56 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CogSci 11/28: Adele Goldberg, "Learning General from Specific" Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4883/Thu Nov 22 04:20:36 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 3347 ======================================================================== NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adele E. Goldberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program in Linguistics, Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/~adele/ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Learning the General from the Specific" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT The constructionist approach to grammar allows both broad generalizations and more limited patterns to be analyzed and accounted for fully. In particular, constructionist approaches are generally usage-based: Facts about the actual use of linguistic expressions such as frequencies and individual patterns that are fully compositional are recorded alongside more traditional linguistic generalizations (Langacker 1988). Instances are represented at some level of abstraction due to selective encoding, and generalizations over instances are made as well. In an impressive interdisciplinary convergence, a similar position has been developed within the field of categorization. Early accounts of categories adopted general abstract summary representations; a subsequent wave of "exemplar based" models of categorization held sway in the field for a period following. Most recently, categorization researchers have argued for an approach that combines exemplar-based knowledge with generalizations over that knowledge. Insights gained from research in general categorization can shed light on how learners go from the specific to the more general. My presentation will focus on several such factors that promote and constrain generalizations: (a) skewed input, (b) degree of coverage, and (c) statistical preemption. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== If you'd like to go to lunch with Adele or to an early dinner, or would like to set up a meeting with her, please contact her host, Prof. J.-P. Koenig at jpkoenig@buffalo.edu She will be arriving on campus around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/28. ======================================================================== For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Nov 26 09:41:03 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAQEf3qH003812 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:41:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from front1.acsu.buffalo.edu (warmfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.88]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lAQEewUs096856 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:40:59 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 27699 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 14:40:53 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 14:40:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 3433 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 14:40:08 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 14:40:08 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4894603 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:40:08 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 821 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 14:40:04 -0000 Received: from mailscan1.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.133) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 14:40:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 269 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 14:39:58 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 14:39:58 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAQEduSA003724; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:39:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lAQEdunI003723; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:39:56 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711261439.lAQEdunI003723@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:39:56 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CogSci 11/28 A.Goldberg Learning the General from the Specific Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1029; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4917/Mon Nov 26 03:10:23 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 3273 ======================================================================== THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adele E. Goldberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program in Linguistics, Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/~adele/ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Learning the General from the Specific" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT The constructionist approach to grammar allows both broad generalizations and more limited patterns to be analyzed and accounted for fully. In particular, constructionist approaches are generally usage-based: Facts about the actual use of linguistic expressions such as frequencies and individual patterns that are fully compositional are recorded alongside more traditional linguistic generalizations (Langacker 1988). Instances are represented at some level of abstraction due to selective encoding, and generalizations over instances are made as well. In an impressive interdisciplinary convergence, a similar position has been developed within the field of categorization. Early accounts of categories adopted general abstract summary representations; a subsequent wave of "exemplar based" models of categorization held sway in the field for a period following. Most recently, categorization researchers have argued for an approach that combines exemplar-based knowledge with generalizations over that knowledge. Insights gained from research in general categorization can shed light on how learners go from the specific to the more general. My presentation will focus on several such factors that promote and constrain generalizations: (a) skewed input, (b) degree of coverage, and (c) statistical preemption. ======================================================================== If you'd like to go to lunch with Adele or to an early dinner, or would like to set up a meeting with her, please contact her host, Prof. J.-P. Koenig at jpkoenig@buffalo.edu She will be arriving on campus around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/28. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ======================================================================== For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Nov 28 08:04:29 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lASD4TeM025264 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:04:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lASD4OIS074243 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:04:24 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 1938 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2007 13:04:19 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 28 Nov 2007 13:04:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 27492 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2007 13:04:14 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 28 Nov 2007 13:04:14 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 5476617 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:04:14 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 4049 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2007 12:54:57 -0000 Received: from mailscan3.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.135) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 28 Nov 2007 12:54:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 11403 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2007 12:54:57 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 28 Nov 2007 12:54:57 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lASCsujm024836; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:54:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id lASCsud5024835; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:54:56 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200711281254.lASCsud5024835@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:54:56 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CogSci TODAY A.Goldberg: "Learning the General from the Specific" Comments: To: cogsci-local-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1029; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4917/Mon Nov 26 03:10:23 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 3286 ========================================================================== TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY ========================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adele E. Goldberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program in Linguistics, Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/~adele/ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Learning the General from the Specific" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT The constructionist approach to grammar allows both broad generalizations and more limited patterns to be analyzed and accounted for fully. In particular, constructionist approaches are generally usage-based: Facts about the actual use of linguistic expressions such as frequencies and individual patterns that are fully compositional are recorded alongside more traditional linguistic generalizations (Langacker 1988). Instances are represented at some level of abstraction due to selective encoding, and generalizations over instances are made as well. In an impressive interdisciplinary convergence, a similar position has been developed within the field of categorization. Early accounts of categories adopted general abstract summary representations; a subsequent wave of "exemplar based" models of categorization held sway in the field for a period following. Most recently, categorization researchers have argued for an approach that combines exemplar-based knowledge with generalizations over that knowledge. Insights gained from research in general categorization can shed light on how learners go from the specific to the more general. My presentation will focus on several such factors that promote and constrain generalizations: (a) skewed input, (b) degree of coverage, and (c) statistical preemption. ======================================================================== If you'd like to go to lunch with Adele or to an early dinner, or would like to set up a meeting with her, please contact her host, Prof. J.-P. Koenig at jpkoenig@buffalo.edu She will be arriving on campus around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/28. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 28 November 2007; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ======================================================================== For further information, please visit: http://www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/ or contact: William J. Rapaport Colloquium Chair, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliated Faculty, Philosophy & Linguistics 201 Bell Hall | (716) 645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: (716) 645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport Buffalo Restaurant Guide: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Good Things about Buffalo: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html