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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

Sentence Similarity based on Dynamic Time Warping (Abstract)

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
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