In the ever increasing world of distributed systems, different middleware implementations can be compared qualitatively or quantitatively. Existing evaluation techniques are often...
We present a technique for augmenting annotated training data with hierarchical word clusters that are automatically derived from a large unannotated corpus. Cluster membership is...
Developing and evolving complex Web-based systems with strict requirement for shorter time-to-market needs good and systematic engineering approaches and especially an elegant way...
We propose a new approach to value-directed belief state approximationfor POMDPs. The valuedirected model allows one to choose approximation methods for belief state monitoringtha...
Society needs humor, not just for entertainment. In the Web age, presentations become more and more flexible and personalized and they will require hu mor contributions for elec...