We describe a method for the fully automatic learning of hierarchical finite state translation models. The input to the method is transcribed speech utterances and their correspon...
Extractive summarization techniques cannot generate document summaries shorter than a single sentence, something that is often required. An ideal summarization system would unders...
Michele Banko, Vibhu O. Mittal, Michael J. Witbroc...
In this paper, we report our experiments on the HARD (High Accuracy Retrieval from Documents) Track in TREC 2003. We focus on active feedback, i.e., how to intelligently propose q...
We present a noun chunker for German which is based on a head-lexicalised probabilistic contextfl'ee grammar. A manually developed grammar was semi-automatically extended wit...
The ACORN architecture is a multi-agent based system deployed across networks which provides a means for augmenting community-based systems of communication between people. In the...