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Don Hillman

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NAME: Don Hillman
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ADDRESS: Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering/Packard Lab #19, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015
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OTHER INFORMATION: Developed a special mechanized retrieval system at Lehigh; Creator of the Leadermart System, the most powerful text retrieval system of its time (late 60s, early 70s); Worked on early computer-based bibliographic record systems (LEADER, LEADERMART) at Lehigh University with NSF support; Also did early studies on logic and linguistics; Innovative online system LEADER--ahead of his time in the theoretical development--see Bellardo and Bourne draft (Bellardo); In last few years has not been doing much IR work but is still active in such areas as databases, expert systems, hypermedia, etc.
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PAPERS AT:LOCATION #1
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INCLUDES: He has some of his papers on early IR work but not much; No decision has been made on the deposit of his papers but will seriously consider Lehigh for deposit.
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SOURCE: Phone conversation with Don Hillman, 6/96.