CSDL - International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2007) - Table of Contents

2012 IEEE Sixth International Conference on Semantic Computing (2007)

Irvine, California

Sept. 17, 2007 to Sept. 19, 2007

ISBN: 0-7695-2997-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Message from General Chairs (PDF)

pp. xiv

Greetings from the Technical Program Committee Chairs (PDF)

pp. xv-xvi

Organization (PDF)

pp. xvii-xix

Steering Committee (PDF)

pp. xx

Technical Program Committee (PDF)

pp. xxi

TUNLP (1): Text Understanding and Natural Language Processing

Robust Classification of Dialog Acts from the Transcription of Utterances (Abstract)

Mohammed Yeasin , The University of Memphis, USA

Mohammad S. Sorower , The University of Memphis, USA

pp. 3-10

Timelines from Text: Identification of Syntactic Temporal Relations (Abstract)

Sara Klingenstein , University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Steven Bethard , University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

James H. Martin , University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

pp. 11-18

Lexical and Discourse Analysis of Online Chat Dialog (Abstract)

Eric N. Forsythand , Naval Postgraduate School

Craig H. Martell , Naval Postgraduate School

pp. 19-26

Automatic Generation of Multi-Modal Dialogue from Text Based on Discourse Structure Analysis (Abstract)

Paul Piwek , The Open University, UK

Mitsuru Ishizuka , University of Tokyo, Japan

Helmut Prendinger , National Institute of Informatics, Japan

pp. 27-36

SSE (1): Services and Software Engineering

A Software Birthmark Based on Dynamic Opcode n-gram (Abstract)

Fenlin Liu , Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Bin Lu , Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Xin Ge , Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Bin Liu , Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Xiangyang Luo , Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

pp. 37-44

A Framework to build an object oriented mathematical tool with computer algebra system (CAS) capability (Abstract)

Fsehazion Kiros , Aalborg University, Denmark

Balatharan Selvarajah , Aalborg University, Denmark

Ole Thomsen Buus , Aalborg University, Denmark

Zaki Ahmad , University of Hertfordshire, UK

Dil Muhammad Akbar Hussain , Aalborg University, Denmark

Nicholas Wichmann , Aalborg University, Denmark

pp. 45-52

Specifying and Verifying Cases Retrieval System Combining Event B and Spin (Abstract)

Zheng Qin , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; Tsinghua University, China

Hongjiang Gao , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; Ludong University, China

Liping Shao , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Xingchen Heng , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

pp. 53-60

Procuring Requirements for ERP Software Based on Semantic Similarity (Abstract)

Juntao Gao , Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Wei Jiang , Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Li Zhang , Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

pp. 61-70

SS (1): Content-Based Retrieval and Semantic Annotation of Multimedia Contents

Segmenting Photo Streams in Events Based on Optical Metadata (Abstract)

Bo Gong , University of California, Irvine, USA

Ramesh Jain , University of California, Irvine, USA

pp. 71-78

A Hybrid Approach to Improving Semantic Extraction of News Video (Abstract)

J. Yang , Carnegie Mellon University, USA

M.-Y. Chen , Carnegie Mellon University, USA

M. Christel , Carnegie Mellon University, USA

W.-H. Lin , Carnegie Mellon University, USA

A.G. Hauptmann , Carnegie Mellon University, USA

pp. 79-86

CDIP: Collection-Driven, yet Individuality-Preserving Automated Blog Tagging (Abstract)

Junichi Tatemura , NEC Labs, USA

K. Selcuk Candan , Arizona State University, USA

Jong Wook Kim , Arizona State University, USA

pp. 87-94

Eventory -- An Event Based Media Repository (Abstract)

Xiang-jun Wang , Arizona State University, USA

Swathi Mamadgi , Arizona State University, USA

Hari Sundaram , Arizona State University, USA

Aisling Kelliher , Arizona State University, USA

Atit Thekdi , Arizona State University, USA

pp. 95-104

KEDM (1): Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining

Knowledge Integration in OpenWorlds: Utilizing the Mathematics of Hierarchical Structure (Abstract)

Damian DG Gessler , National Center for Genome Resources, USA

Karin M. Verspoor , Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Cliff A. Joslyn , Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

pp. 105-112

An Interactive Diagnosis and Repair of OWL Ontology (Abstract)

Pradeep Kumar Ray , University of New South Wales, Australia

Nandan Parameswaran , University of New South Wales, Australia

Lu Lu , University of New South Wales, Australia

pp. 113-120

Sub-Symbolic Semantic Layer in Cyc for Intuitive Chat-Bots (Abstract)

G. Vassallo , University of Palermo, Italy

S. Gaglio , University of Palermo, Italy

G. Pilato , ICAR-Italian National Research Council, Italy

A. Augello , University of Palermo, Italy

pp. 121-128

A Method for the Construction of a Probabilistic Hierarchical Structure Based on a Statistical Analysis of a Large-scale Corpus (Abstract)

Masanori Nakagawa , Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Asuka Terai , Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Bin Liu , Nissay Information, Japan

pp. 129-136

Reasoning within the Extended Fuzzy Description Logics with Restricted Terminological Boxes (Abstract)

Dazhou Kang , Southeast University, China

Yanhui Li , Southeast University, China

Baowen Xu , Southeast University, China

pp. 137-146

MAVS (1): Multimedia, Audio, and Visual Semantics

A Novel Probabilistic Approach to Modeling the Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance Content of the Video based on "Working Memory" (Abstract)

Peter Y.K. Cheung , Member, IEEE; Imperial College London, UK

Sutjipto Arifin , Member, IEEE; Imperial College London, UK

pp. 147-154

LDA-Based Retrieval Framework for Semantic News Video Retrieval (Abstract)

Sheng Tang , Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Yongdong Zhang , Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jintao Li , Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Juan Cao , Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

pp. 155-160

Semantic Analysis for Topical Segmentation of Videos (Abstract)

Ying Li , IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Youngja Park , IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

pp. 161-168

Automated summarization of narrative video on a semantic level (Abstract)

Mauro Barbieri , Philips Research Europe, The Netherlands

Tsvetomira Tsoneva , Philips Research Europe, The Netherlands

Hans Weda , Philips Research Europe, The Netherlands

pp. 169-176

Who needs video summarization anyway? (Abstract)

Simone Santini , Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

pp. 177-184

SW (1): Semantic Web

Ontology Evaluation and Ranking using OntoQA (Abstract)

Samir Tartir , University of Georgia, USA

I. Budak Arpinar , University of Georgia, USA

pp. 185-192

A Trust Based Methodology for Web Service Selection (Abstract)

John Domingue , Open University, UK

Alessio Gugliotta , Open University, UK

Stefania Galizia , Open University, UK

pp. 193-200

Convergence of Web 2.0 and Semantic Web: A Semantic Tagging and Searching System for Creating and Searching Blogs (Abstract)

Taehyung (George) Wang , California State University Northridge, USA

Gina Hope , California State University Northridge, USA

Shan Barkataki , California State University Northridge, USA

pp. 201-208

Semantic Web Infrastructure (Abstract)

Jiri Dokulil , Charles University, Czech Republic

Jaroslav Tykal , Charles University, Czech Republic

Jakub Yaghob , Charles University, Czech Republic

Filip Zavoral , Charles University, Czech Republic

pp. 209-215

Elements of a National SemanticWeb Infrastructure--Case Study Finland on the Semantic Web (Abstract)

Katri Seppala , University of Helsinki, Finland

Eetu Makela , University of Helsinki, Finland

Teppo Kansala , University of Helsinki, Finland

Kim Viljanen , University of Helsinki, Finland

Osma Suominen , University of Helsinki, Finland

Eero Hyvonen , University of Helsinki, Finland

Reetta Sinkkila , University of Helsinki, Finland

Tomi Kauppinen , University of Helsinki, Finland

Onni Valkeapaa , University of Helsinki, Finland

Jussi Kurki , University of Helsinki, Finland

Robin Lindroos , University of Helsinki, Finland

Olli Alm , University of Helsinki, Finland

Matias Frosterus , University of Helsinki, Finland

Tuukka Ruotsalo , University of Helsinki, Finland

Riikka Henriksson , University of Helsinki, Finland

Jouni Tuominen , University of Helsinki, Finland

pp. 216-223

Semantic Locations in Online Communities (Abstract)

Stefan Foll , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Jens Pontow , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Martin Gruhn , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

David Linner , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Ilja Radusch , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

pp. 224-234

TUNLP (2): Text Understanding and Natural Language Processing

Toward Spotting the Pedophile Telling victim from predator in text chats (Abstract)

Nick Pendar , Iowa State University, USA

pp. 235-241

Random-Walk Term Weighting for Improved Text Classification (Abstract)

Carmen Banea , University of North Texas, USA

Rada Mihalcea , University of North Texas, USA

Samer Hassan , University of North Texas, USA

pp. 242-249

Yiming Zhou , Beihang University, China

Xiaoying Liu , Beihang University, China

Ruoshi Zheng , CIeNET Technologies Co., Ltd., China

pp. 250-256

Integrating Semantic Knowledge into Text Similarity and Information Retrieval (Abstract)

Christof Muller , Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

Max Muhlhauser , Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

Iryna Gurevych , Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

pp. 257-264

Cross-Genre Feature Comparisons for Spoken Sentence Segmentation (Abstract)

Elizabeth Shriberg , International Computer Science Institute, USA; SRI International, USA

Dilek Hakkani-Tur , International Computer Science Institute, USA

James Fung , International Computer Science Institute, USA

Benoit Favre , International Computer Science Institute, USA

Sebastien Cuendet , International Computer Science Institute, USA

pp. 265-274

SSE (2): Modeling, Services and Software Engineering

Context-Aware Architecture for Intelligent Application Services in Ubiquitous Computing (Abstract)

Hyun-Jo Lee , Chonbuk National University, South Korea

Jae-Woo Chang , Chonbuk National University, South Korea

pp. 275-281

Thematic Role Based Generation of UML Models from Real World Requirements (Abstract)

Tom Gelhausen , University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Walter F. Tichy , University of Karlsruhe, Germany

pp. 282-289

Challenges and Directions for Semantic Communication (Abstract)

Volkan Rodoplu , Member, IEEE; University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Snehal S. Vadvalkar , Student Member, IEEE; University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

pp. 290-294

Towards Light-weight Semantic Descriptions for Decentralized Service-oriented Systems (Abstract)

David Linner , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Ilja Radusch , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Carsten Jacob , Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Germany

Heiko Pfeffer , Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Stephan Steglich , Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Germany

pp. 295-303

Restraining False Feedbacks in Peer-to-Peer Reputation Systems (Abstract)

Zhimin Gu , Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Zhijie Ban , Beijing Institute of Technology, China; Inner Mongolia University

Yu Jin , Beijing Institute of Technology, China

pp. 304-312

SS (2): Closing the Semantic Gap: Concept-Based Multimedia Mining and Retrieval

Mapping Query to Semantic Concepts: Leveraging Semantic Indices for Automatic and Interactive Video Retrieval (Abstract)

Xirong Li , Tsinghua University, China

Xiaobing Liu , Tsinghua University, China

Jianmin Li , Tsinghua University, China

Dong Wang , Tsinghua University, China

Zhikun Wang , Tsinghua University, China

Bo Zhang , Tsinghua University, China

pp. 313-320

Multi-Concept Multi-Modality Active Learning for Interactive Video Annotation (Abstract)

Yan Song , University of Science and Technology of China

Jinhui Tang , University of Science and Technology of China

Xian-Sheng Hua , Microsoft Research Asia, China

Meng Wang , University of Science and Technology of China

Li-Rong Dai , University of Science and Technology of China

pp. 321-328

Searching Visual Semantic Spaces with Concept Filters (Abstract)

David Gibbon , AT&T Labs Research, USA

Zhu Liu , AT&T Labs Research, USA

Eric Zavesky , AT&T Labs Research, USA

Behzad Shahraray , AT&T Labs Research, USA

pp. 329-336

Collective Media Annotation using Undirected Random Field Models (Abstract)

Matthew Cooper , FX Palo Alto Laboratory, USA

pp. 337-343

Exploring Concept Selection Strategies for Interactive Video Search (Abstract)

Michael G. Christel , Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Alexander G. Hauptmann , Carnegie Mellon University, USA

pp. 344-354

TUNLP (3): Text Understanding and Natural Language Processing

A Graph Modeling of Semantic Similarity between Words (Abstract)

SeungJin Lim , Utah State University, USA

Marco A. Alvarez , Utah State University, USA

pp. 355-362

Unsupervised Graph-basedWord Sense Disambiguation Using Measures of Word Semantic Similarity (Abstract)

Rada Mihalcea , University of North Texas, USA

Ravi Sinha , University of North Texas, USA

pp. 363-369

Clustering Using Feature Domain Similarity to Discover Word Senses for Adjectives (Abstract)

Kyoko Kanzaki , National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Steven L. Lytinen , DePaul University, USA

Noriko Tomuro , DePaul University, USA

Hitoshi Isahara , National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

pp. 370-377

Towards Large-scale High-Performance English Verb Sense Disambiguation by Using Linguistically Motivated Features (Abstract)

Jinying Chen , BBN Technologies

Martha Palmer , University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Dmitriy Dligach , University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

pp. 378-388

MAVS (2): Multimedia, Audio, and Visual Semantics

An Efficient Multimodal Language Processor for Parallel Input Strings in Multimodal Input Fusion (Abstract)

Yong Sun , National ICT Australia; The University of Sydney, Australia

Fang Chen , National ICT Australia; The University of Sydney, Australia

Yu Shi , National ICT Australia

Vera Chung , The University of Sydney, Australia

pp. 389-396

Smoothing Algorithm for N-Gram Model Using Agglutinative Characteristic of Korean (Abstract)

Jae-Hyun Park , Korea University, Korea

Young-In Song , Korea University, Korea

Hae-Chang Rim , Korea University, Korea

pp. 397-404

Adding Semantics to Formal Data Specifications to Automatically Generate Corresponding Voice Data-Input Applications (Abstract)

Richard Frost , University of Windsor, Canada

Fadi Hanna , University of Windsor, Canada

pp. 405-412

Multimedia Reasoning with Natural Language Support (Abstract)

Stamatia Dasiopoulou , Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece

Michael G. Strintzis , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Carsten Saathoff , University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Johannes Heinecke , France Telecom R&D, France

pp. 413-420

Harnessing Language in Mobile Environments (Abstract)

Federico Mora , MIT, USA

Gary Borchardt , MIT, USA

Sue Felshin , MIT, USA

Boriz Katz , MIT, USA

pp. 421-428

Large-Margin Discriminative Training of Hidden Markov Models for Speech Recognition (Abstract)

Li Deng , Microsoft Research, USA

Dong Yu , Microsoft Research, USA

pp. 429-438

SS (3): Recognizing Entities and Concepts in Web Pages and the World of Semantics beyond the Semantic Web

Answering English Questions using Foreign-Language, Semi-Structured Sources (Abstract)

Yuan Shen , MIT, USA

Sue Felshin , MIT, USA

Gabriel Zaccak , MIT, USA

Gary Borchardt , MIT, USA

Boris Katz , MIT, USA

pp. 439-445

Unrestricted Coreference: Identifying Entities and Events in OntoNotes (Abstract)

Ralph Weischedel , BBN Technologies, USA

Lance Ramshaw , BBN Technologies, USA

Sameer S. Pradhan , BBN Technologies, USA

Linnea Micciulla , BBN Technologies, USA

Jessica MacBride , BBN Technologies, USA

pp. 446-453

N-gram Statistics in English and Chinese: Similarities and Differences (Abstract)

Ariel Apostoli , Google, Inc., USA

Pei Cao , Google, Inc., USA

Stewart Yang , Google, Inc., USA

Hongjun Zhu , Google, Inc., USA

pp. 454-460

Semantic Interpretation of the Web without the Semantic Web: Toward Business-Aware Web Processors (Abstract)

Daniel R. Farina , Accenture Technology Labs, USA

Peter Z. Yeh , Accenture Technology Labs, USA

Alex Kass , Accenture Technology Labs, USA

pp. 461-468

SA-REST and (S)mashups : Adding Semantics to RESTful Services (Abstract)

Amit P. Sheth , Wright State University, USA

Jon Lathem , University of Georgia, USA

Karthik Gomadam , Wright State University, USA

pp. 469-476

The ProgrammableWeb: Agile, Social, and Grassroot Computing (Abstract)

Ajith Ranabahu , Wright State University, USA

E. Michael Maximilien , IBM Almaden Research Center, USA

pp. 477-481

Khmer POS Tagger: A Transformation-based Approach with Hybrid Unknown Word Handling (Abstract)

Chenda Nou , Waseda University, Japan

Wataru Kameyama , Waseda University, Japan

pp. 482-492

TUNLP (4): Text Understanding and Natural Language Processing

If We Want Your Opinion (Abstract)

Jeffrey Sorensen , IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Daniel M. Bikel , IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

pp. 493-500

Reliability of human annotation of semantic roles in noisy text (Abstract)

Derrick Higgins , Educational Testing Service, USA

pp. 501-508

Determining Modality and Factuality for Text Entailment (Abstract)

Roser Saurf , Brandeis University

James Pustejovsky , Brandeis University

pp. 509-516

OntoNotes: A Unified Relational Semantic Representation (Abstract)

Sameer S. Pradhan , BBN Technologies, USA

Lance Ramshaw , BBN Technologies, USA

Mitch Marcus , University of Pennsylvania, USA

Martha Palmer , University of Colorado, USA

Eduard Hovy , ISI/USC, USA

Ralph Weischedel , BBN Technologies, USA

pp. 517-526

KEDM (2): Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining

ASIC: Supervised Multi-class Classification using Adaptive Selection of Information Components (Abstract)

Thiago Quirino , University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Mei-Ling Shyu , University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Zongxing Xie , University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Shu-Ching Chen , Florida International University, USA

pp. 527-534

Semantic clustering of information systems? users with stochastic techniques (Abstract)

Klimis Ntalianis , National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Stefanos Kollias , National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Raftopoulos , National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Nikolaos Papadakis , National Technical University of Athens, Greece

pp. 535-542

Management of Meta Knowledge for RDF Repositories (Abstract)

Steffen Staab , University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Bernhard Schueler , University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Sergej Sizov , University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

pp. 543-550

The "Spree" Expert Finding System (Abstract)

Christian Bauckhage , Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany

Florian Metze , Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany

Tansu Alpcan , Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany

pp. 551-558

Intelligent Parsing of Scanned Volumes for Web Based Archives (Abstract)

C. Lee Giles , The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Xiaonan Lu , The Pennsylvania State University, USA

James Z. Wang , The Pennsylvania State University, USA

pp. 559-568

WS (1): Multimedia Semantics

FSM-based model for spatio-temporal event recognition for HCS (Abstract)

Jia Liu , Purdue University, USA

J. Paul Robinson , Purdue University, USA

Dominik Lenz , Purdue University, USA

Wamiq Manzoor Ahmed , Purdue University, USA

Arif Ghafoor , Purdue University, USA

pp. 569-574

Semantic Event Extraction Using Neural Network Ensembles (Abstract)

Chengcui Zhang , University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Min Chen , University of Montana, USA

Shu-Ching Chen , Florida International University, USA

pp. 575-580

An Effective and Robust Method for Automatic Bacterial Colony Enumeration (Abstract)

Wei-Bang Chen , University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Chengcui Zhang , University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

pp. 581-588

TUNLP (5): Text Understanding and Natural Language Processing

Nested Named Entity Recognition in Historical Archive Text (Abstract)

Kate Byrne , University of Edinburgh, UK

pp. 589-596

Modeling Discriminative Global Inference (Abstract)

Dan Roth , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Nicholas Rizzolo , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

pp. 597-604

Toward Video Bookmarking Search: Search-Target Inference from TVWatching (Abstract)

Masayuki Okamoto , Toshiba Corporation, Japan

Hideo Umeki , Toshiba Corporation, Japan

pp. 605-614

MAVS (3): Multimedia, Audio, and Visual Semantics

Automatic ROI Selection for JPEG2000 Compression of Remote Sensing Images (Abstract)

Fei Wang , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Shaoyi Du , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Bin Gao , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Jishang Wei , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Nanning Zheng , Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; Fellow, IEEE

pp. 615-621

Perceptual Shape-Based Natural Image Representation and Retrieval (Abstract)

Scott A. Sherrill-Mix , Dalhousie University, Canada

Xiaofen Zheng , Dalhousie University, Canada

Qigang Gao , Dalhousie University, Canada

pp. 622-629

Content-based Image Authentication: Current Status, Issues, and Challenges (Abstract)

Chao-Hsien Chu , Pennsylvania State University, USA

Shuihua Han , Xiamen University, China; Pennsylvania State University, USA

Shuangyuan Yang , Xiamen University, China

pp. 630-636

Robust Invariant Descriptor for Symbol-Based Image Recognition and Retrieval (Abstract)

William Bishop , University of Waterloo, Canada

Alexander Wong , University of Waterloo, Canada

pp. 637-644

WS (2): Multimedia Knowledge Management and Processing

Knowledge Management in Virtual Communities of Practice: Experiments with a Helper Tool (Abstract)

Junio Cesar de Lima , Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil

Cedric Luiz de Carvalho , Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil

pp. 645-650

Notes for a Collaboration: On the Design of a Wiki-type Educational Video Lecture Annotation System (Abstract)

Paola Salomoni , University of Bologna, Italy

Stefano Ferretti , University of Bologna, Italy

Silvia Mirri , University of Bologna, Italy

Marco Roccetti , University of Bologna, Italy

pp. 651-656

The Study of the Classification of Chinese Folk Songs by Regional Style (Abstract)

JiePing Xu , RenMin University of China

Lei Wei , RenMin University of China

Yun Tian , RenMin University of China

Yi Liu , RenMin University of China

pp. 657-662

Multicast based Middleware for Parallel Stream Processing (Abstract)

Aizaz Hakro , San Francisco State University, USA

Marguerite C. Murphy , San Francisco State University, USA

pp. 663-670

TUNLP (6): Text Understanding and Natural Language Processing

Corpus-based Pattern Induction for a Knowledge-based Question Answering Approach (Abstract)

Michael Erdmann , ontoprise GmbH, Germany

Philipp Cimiano , University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Gunter Ladwig , University of Karlsruhe, Germany

pp. 671-678

Comparing the Contribution of Syntactic and Semantic Features in Closed versus Open Domain Question Answering (Abstract)

Thiruvengadam Radhakrishnan , Concordia University, Canada

Leila Kosseim , Concordia University, Canada

Abolfazl Keighobadi Lamjiri , Concordia University, Canada

pp. 679-685

Semantic Processing of Natural Language Queries in the OntoNL Framework (Abstract)

Stavros Christodoulakis , Technical University of Crete, Greece

Anastasia Karanastasi , Technical University of Crete, Greece

pp. 686-693

Learning by Reading by Learning to Read (Abstract)

Sergei Nirenburg , University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Tim Oates , University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Jesse English , University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

pp. 694-701

CLDA: Feature Selection for Text Categorization Based on Constrained LDA (Abstract)

Zhang Weifeng , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Cui Zifeng , Southeast University, China

Xu Junling , Southeast University, China

Jiang Dawei , Southeast University, China

Xu Baowen , Southeast University, China

pp. 702-712

MAVS (4): Multimedia, Audio, and Visual Semantics

Semantic annotation and retrieval of video events using multimedia ontologies (Abstract)

Marco Bertini , Universita di Firenze, Italy

Alberto Del Bimbo , Universita di Firenze, Italy

Giuseppe Serra , Universita di Firenze, Italy

Andrew D. Bagdanov , Universita di Firenze, Italy

Carlo Torniai , Universita di Firenze, Italy

pp. 713-720

Semantic Information Extraction of Video Based on Ontology and Inference (Abstract)

Jie Ma , Fudan University, China

Xiangyang Xue , Fudan University, China

Hong Lu , Member, IEEE; Fudan University, China

Jing Zhang , East China University of Science & Technology, China

pp. 721-726

Video Object Segmentation by 2-D Mesh-Based Motion Analysis According to Motion Connectivity (Abstract)

Yujian Wang , MMPD, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd., China; Southeast University, China

Zhenyang Wu , Southeast University, China

pp. 727-734

Ontology-Based Trajectory Analysis for Semantic Event Detection (Abstract)

Stamatia Dasiopoulou , Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

Alexia Briassouli , Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

Ioannis Kompatsiaris , Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

pp. 735-742

Current Multimedia Data Formats and Semantic Computing: A Practical Example and the Challenges for the Future (Abstract)

Gerald Friedland , International Computer Science Institute, USA

pp. 743-750

SW (2): Semantic Web

A Semantic Matching Algorithm for Discovery in UDDI (Abstract)

Diego Lopez de Ipina , Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Unai Aguilera , Tecnologico-Fundacion Deusto, Spain

David Bujan , Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Joseba Abaitua , Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Josuka Diaz , Universidad de Deusto, Spain

pp. 751-758

S-MOJOHON: Towards a semantic architecture for message exchanging (Abstract)

Maria da Graca Pimentel , Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Renato de Freitas Bulcao Neto , Innolution Sistemas de Informatica, Brazil

Cesar Augusto Teixeira , Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil

Matheus Qualio Barbosa , Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Daniel Correa Lobato , Faculdades COC/UniCOC, Brazil

pp. 759-766

Improving Legal Ontologies through Semantic Representation of Adjectives (Abstract)

Rove Chishman , Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

Anderson Bertoldi , Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

pp. 767-774

Grouping and Aggregate queries Over Semantic Web Databases (Abstract)

Sharad Mehrotra , University of California, Irvine, USA

Dawit Seid , University of California, Irvine, USA

pp. 775-782

Evolutionary Conceptual Clustering of Semantically Annotated Resources (Abstract)

Floriana Esposito , Universita degli studi di Bari, Italy

Claudia d'Amato , Universita degli studi di Bari, Italy

Nicola Fanizzi , Universita degli studi di Bari, Italy

pp. 783-790

Remote Experiments as SemanticWeb Services (Abstract)

Cassio V.S. Prazeres , University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cesar A.C. Teixeira , Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil

Maria da Graca C. Pimentel , University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

pp. 791-798

Author Index

Author Index (PDF)

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