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Powerset shows semantic search solution

Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for business

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for businessInventor of the WWW?Tim "...inventor of the World Wide Web..."Not really, in simple terms all Tim did was come up with the DNS system, the rest already existed and there were already other schemes in place which may well have been better...

Tags: Engineering, JUST LIKE, Tim Berners-Lee, Semantic Web, Ontological, G Wells, Tim, inventor, natural language processing, algorithm

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Developing a Business-Driven Strategy for Natural Language Processing Technologies

Through On Demand Innovation Services - a partnership between IBM Research and Global Business Services - IBM was able to give the insurance and banking executives an integrated view of the technology itself and potential business applications. As a leader in the fields of speech and language processing, IBM Research...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Natural Language, IBM Corp.

Case studies 2008-01-01

A Cloze Test Authoring System and Its Automation

This paper presents a pilot system and discusses its possible extensions. The paper presents a web-based test authoring system for English grammar and vocabulary. It assists language teachers to make questions on arbitrary input texts, such as online news. The system employs the techniques of NLP Natural Language Processing and...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Grammar, Authoring System, Automation

White papers 2007-09-27

CA Message Manager: Natural Language Processing Vs. Keyword Searching

CA Message Manager provides the most accurate, complete, and consistent method available to identify and flag message content that could raise legal and compliance issues, through the use of Natural Language Processing NLP. This capability is very different from traditional keyword searches, where scanning only detects specific words or word...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Message Manager

White papers 2005-12-01

Annotation-Based Finite State Processing in a Large-Scale NLP Architecture

There are well-articulated arguments promoting the deployment of finite-state FS processing techniques for natural language processing NLP application development. This paper adopts a point of view of designing industrial strength NLP frameworks, where emerging notions include a pipelined architecture, open-ended intercomponent communication, and the adoption of linguistic annotations as fundamental...

Tags: Natural Language Processing

White papers 2004-10-25

A Non-Programming Introduction to Computer Science Via NLP, IR, and AI

Algorithmic concepts and programming techniques from computer science are very useful to researchers in natural language processing. This paper describes a new Cornell University course serving as a non-programming introduction to computer science, with natural language processing and information retrieval forming a crucial part of the syllabus.

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Computer Science, Cornell University, Computer, Productivity

White papers

Entire Firm Uses Assentor for SEC/NASD Compliance and to Respond to Litigation

One of the largest leading providers of private banking services and one of the largest asset managers globally became an early adopter of Assentor in 1998 because it was the only solution to provide a sophisticated and robust compliance tool to meet their needs. Assentor addresses the firm's challenge of...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Compliance, SEC, NASD, Litigation, iLumin, Assentor, Asset Management, Banking, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Services

Case studies

Frameworks, Implementation and Open Problems for the Collaborative Building of a Multilingual Lexical Database

Many NLP systems are based on lexical data. The development costs of such data are a major drawback in such NLP systems. In order to cut these costs, the authors adopt a strategy inspired from "open-source" projects to allow volunteers to collaborate in the creation of a multilingual lexical database....

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Database

White papers

Additional Resources

Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop

Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics

In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac

I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-24

HR World SMB Payroll Solutions Comparison Guide

Why spend hours calculating deductions, writing checks and filing tax forms when you can afford a hosted solution to take care of the hassle for you? Small businesses can now take advantage of technology to take the headaches out of payroll processing thanks to reasonable, easy-to-use solutions. ...

Tags: Human Resources, Solution, Tippit Inc., Payroll, Small And Medium Business, HR World, Taxes, Free Trade, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Smb/Sme, Financial Planning, Finance

White papers 2008-07-24

Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog

Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...

Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Enterprise communities: build or join?

Enterprise communities: build or join?Online communities that connect clients?Jennifer:Have you ever heard of an online community that connects clients for their mutual benefit? I realize their may be concerns about sharing information with competitors, but I also find that there are opportunities to connect several of my clients for mutual...

Tags: Benefits, Jennifer

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Super-duper green computers

If you think about sheer performance-per-watt potential, it's pretty hard to beat a supercomputer. So any company with gargantuan transaction processing needs might want to scout the latest Green500 list for insight. This list was brought to my attention by SGI, which has 11 entries in...

Tags: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Computer, Altix ICE, UNIX, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Do college degrees get you anywhere?

Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Apple: Perception is Reality

Apple: Perception is RealityRE: Apple: Perception is RealityAbsolutely, Apple's response will do nothing to allay investors fears and in many cases will accelerate the rumour mill.Apple need to come out a flatly confirm or deny Steve's current health and produce, at the very least, a barebones succession plan to restore...

Tags: Warren Buffet, Apple Inc., Perception IS reality

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

How to lose customers by not even trying

How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Mika's Touch Type Trainer (zip)

Mika's Touch Type Trainer is the most popular Touch Type Tutor in Japan. First it was developed in 1991, and publicized as free software. Since then many schools had adopted this Mika's Touch Type Trainer to teach computer literacy. Originally this Mika' Touch Type Trainer was made in Japanese Language....

Tags: School, Japan, Jiro Imamura, Mika, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-23