October 1999, Vol. 16, No. 9 Table of Contents Cover Story — And they're off... Neomorphic wins "race" at bioinformatics conference News Briefs Recent business news from the intelligent computing industry Virtual Reality Calling Dr. VR innovations in medicine and health education Natural Language Processing Automated coding application for diagnostic radiology Knowledge Management Call for participation document management product study Picture this Chevron installs visual decision-making system Market study forsees growth for knowledge management Data Mining Data mining program offered at Ohio community college SPSS to track fraud for the Department of Defense     Calendar Upcoming conferences focusing on intelligent computing and applications Bioinformatics Consortium chooses Orchid for assessment of genetic markers Gene Logic identifies 4,300 genes with potential commercial utility Pattern Recognition Study shows virtual advertising's effectiveness Biometrics Store uses biometrics to secure, monitor tobacco products Viisage awarded biometric contract by U.S. Government Product Profiles Web Site © Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 299, Atlanta, GA 30339 USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com Web: www.lionheartpub.com Web Design by Premier Web Designs E-mail: lionwebmaster@preweb.com