GIFIC is a new data visualization add-in for Excel, for knowledge-based display of complex datasets. The GIFIC Corporation is looking for developers, and will supply a free GIFIC display development package. Offer good through 12/31/97. . [Michael Lesser , comp.graphics.visualization, 25Oct97.]

The Chinese Information Processing Open Laboratory (CIPOL; Beijing) of CCID, Ministry of Electronics Industry (MEI), is interested in technical cooperation with foreign corporations via the Internet. CIPOL has developed commercially usable Chinese language software products, including Huanyu Tong Chinese-English machine translation, bidirectional dictionaries, text correction, and Chinese full-text information retrieval. Intelligent text classification is in development, and other projects can be considered. CIPOL is also interested in providing human translators for technical manuals, and also data entry in Chinese or English. [Y.Q. , comp.ai, 26Oct97.] (Their collaborations have included a Sino-Japan joint project and ties with the Apple-ISS Research Center in Singapore and IBM China Research Center in Beijing.)

The Informix for Innovation Software Grant Program has provided $10M in database products to over 100 schools and non-profit organizations in the past 10 months. Recipients get a five-year product license, software, documentation, and a year of updates, support, and training. Apply to Holly Lugassy , 650-926-6055, 650-926-6940 Fax. [dbworld, 28Oct97.]

-- Ken