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Learning Nonadjacent Dependencies with a Recurrent Neural Network
Authors: Igor Farkaš
Venue: Advances in Neuro-Information Processing: 15th International Conference, ICONIP 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, November 25-28, 2008, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (2009)

Human learners are known to exploit statistical dependencies of language elements such as syllables or words during acquisition and processing. Recent research suggests that underlying computations relate not only to adjacent but also to nonadjacent elements such as subject/verb agreement or tense marking in English. The latter type of computations is more difficult and appears to work under certain conditions, as formulated by the variability hypothesis. We model this finding using a simple recurrent network and show that higher variability of the intervening syllables facilitates the generalization in the continuous stream of 3-syllable words. We also test the network performance in case of more realistic, two intervening syllables and show that only a more complex training algorithm can lead to satisfactory learning of nonadjacent dependencies.
Automatic article restoration
Authors: John Lee
Venue: Proceedings of the Student Research Workshop at HLT-NAACL 2004 on XX (2004)

One common mistake made by non-native speakers of English is to drop the articles a, an, or the. We apply the log-linear model to automatically restore missing articles based on features of the noun phrase. We first show that the model yields competitive results in article generation. Further, we describe methods to adjust the model with respect to the initial quality of the sentence. Our best results are 20.5% article error rate (insertions, deletions and substitutions) for sentences where 30% of the articles have been dropped, and 38.5% for those where 70% of the articles have been dropped.
Culture&#x2013;personality based affective model
Authors: Asad Nazir, Sibylle Enz, Mei Yii Lim, Ruth Aylett, Alison Cawsey
Venue: AI Society (2009)

Bringing culture and personality in a combination with emotions requires bringing three different theories together. In this paper, we discuss an approach for combining Hofstede&#x2019;s cultural dimensions, BIG five personality parameters and PSI theory of emotions to come up with an emergent affective character model.
Networks and Systems
Authors: D. Roy Choudhury
Venue:  (2009)

KEY FEATURES:-Lucid presentation of the theoretical aspects of different types of circuits and their applications in circuit analysis. -PSPICE program for some solved problems has been made for doing practicals on computer. -A large number of objective type questions and solutions to selected problems are given in the Appendix. ABOUT THE BOOK: This book allows students to learn fundamental concepts in linear circuit analysis using a well-developed methodology that has been carefully refined through classroom use. Applying his many years of teaching experience, the author focuses the reader's attention on basic circuit concepts and modern analysis methods. The text includes detailed coverage of basics of different terminologies used in electric circuits, mesh and node equations, network analysis and network theorems, signals and its properties, graph theory and its application in circuit analysis, analogous systems, Fourier and Laplace transforms and their applications in circuit theory. Wide coverage of evolution integral, two-port networks, passive and active filters, state variable formulation of network problems and network synthesis have been made. Transient response and frequency domain analysis of network systems has also been discussed. The hall-mark feature of this text is that it helps the reader to gain a sound understanding on the basics of circuit theory. ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S): D Roy Choudhury is Professor and Head, Computer Engineering Department, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi. He teaches courses in linear integrated circuits, computers, networks, and control systems both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His special interests include control engineering, artificial neural networks, and Petrinets. He received his M.Tech. degree in Radiophysics and Electronics from the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, in 1966 and Ph.D. from the same university in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, he was associated with the Institute de Reglage Automatique, EPEL, Switzerland. He has been with the Delhi College of Engineering since 1974 where he also served in the faculty of Electrical Engineering. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Assessing the Cumulative Effects of Planting Management on Forest Landscape Dynamics in Northeastern China
Authors: Longru Jin, Hongshi He
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Environmental Science and Information Application Technology - Volume 02 (2009)

A spatially explicit landscape model, LANDIS, was applied to study the long-term cumulative effects of the current planting activities on species abundance and age structure in Youhao Forestry Bureau of Small Khingan Mountains in northeast China. Two simulation scenarios were constructed: the current planting management scenario and the natural regeneration scenario that assumed no planting activities after timber harvesting. The results showed that compared with the natural regeneration scenario, planting management increased distinctly representative coniferous species abundance and conversely decreased representative broadleaved species abundance; planting management altered substantially the representative species age structure across the study landscape.
s-AMM: A Service-oriented Asynchronous Messaging Middleware
Authors: Jianqiang Hu, Zhiyong Zeng, Geke Zhao, Chenfeng Long, FengE Luo
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 Second International Symposium on Electronic Commerce and Security - Volume 02 (2009)

Service-oriented architecture can offer open standards to integrate inter-enterprise applications, but it cannot fully support complex Internet applications characterized by asynchronous transmission and high reliability. Although traditional message-oriented middleware (MOM), being loosely coupled and asynchronous reliable, is suitable for enterprise integration. Yet it is too unscalable and inflexible to expand into large-scale network environment. In this paper, it firstly presents the communication model of a new service-oriented asynchronous messaging middleware called s-AMM. Then, it designs an architecture of s-AMM which fully introduces the advantages of SOA and MOM, and analyzes some key technologies including message processing algorithm, service re-composition and security service etc. At last, s-AMM is proved to be feasible and effective by a mobile e-commence case and it has broad application prospects in large-scale network environment.
Using Graphical Models for an Intelligent Mixed-Initiative Dialog Management System
Authors: Stefan Schwärzler, Günther Ruske, Frank Wallhoff, Gerhard Rigoll
Venue: Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Interface 2009 on Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Interaction. Part II: Held as part of HCI International 2009 (2009)

The main goal of dialog management is to provide all information needed to perform e. g. a SQL-query, a navigation task, etc. Two principal approaches for dialog management systems exist: system directed ones and mixed-initiative ones. In this paper, we combine both approaches mentioned above in a novel way, and address the problem of natural intuitive dialog management. The objective of our approach is to provide a natural dialog flow. The whole dialog is therefore represented in a finite state machine: the information gathered during the dialog is represented in the states of the finite state machine; the transitions within the state machine denote the dialog steps into which the dialog is separated. The information is obtained from each natural spoken sentence by hierarchical decoding into tags, e. g. the name-tag and the address-tag. These information tags are gathered during the dialog; either by human initiative or by distinct questioning by the dialog manager. The models use information from the semantic information tags, the dialog history, and the training corpus. From all these integrated parts we achieve the best path to the end of the dialog by Viterbi decoding through the transition network after each information step. From the Air Travel Information System (ATIS) database, we extract all 21650 naturally spoken questions and the SQL-queries as answers for the trainings phase. The experiments have been realized on 200 automatically generated dialog sentences. The system obtains the semantic information in all test-sentences and leads the dialogs successfully to the end. In 66.5% of the sample dialogs we achieve the minimum of the required dialog steps. Hence, 33.5% of the dialogs have over-length.
Utilizing Open Source Tools for Online Teaching and Learning: Applying Linux Technologies
Authors: Lee Chao
Venue:  (2009)

It is necessary for online teaching designers and developers to understand the roles played by open source products in developing and supporting an online learning system. Utilizing Open Source Tools for Online Teaching and Learning: Applying Linux Technologies covers strategies on using and evaluating open source products for online teaching and learning systems. By going through each phase of the development process, this book provides comprehensive coverage on the application of open source products to meet the goals and objectives of instructional technology. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Influence of Corporation Governance Structure on Diversified Operating
Authors: Xiang Xiao, Fangfang Si
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 WASE International Conference on Information Engineering - Volume 02 (2009)

This paper uses samples of non-financial listedcompanies in Shenzhen and Shanghai from 2004 to 2006to make empirical verification of the relationship betweencorporation managing structure and selection ofdiversified operating strategy. This research indicatedthat there were dual agency conflicts between personalutility-maximizing and entrenchment effect of majoritystockholders which significantly influences improvementin diversified operation. Check-and-balance of ownership,effective mechanism of board of directors will reduceagency cost so as to bring down possibility of diversifying
Reconfigurable middleware for high availability sensor systems
Authors: David Ingram
Venue: Proceedings of the Third ACM International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems (2009)

In this paper we consider the problem of sharing data collected by sensors worldwide amongst different applications. We focus on the increasingly large collection of powerful sensor nodes which have full-time connections to the Internet, and describe a distributed architecture capable of flexibly sharing these data streams. The solution must operate reliably and continuously despite live configuration changes and failures. We draw on event-based systems and present the component middleware we have implemented for processing and distributing sensor data. A key aspect is its support for third-party remapping between components in order to adapt to topology changes. We also show that it is able to rapidly reconfigure itself when failures occur.
Analysis on the Peasants' Desire for Participation in the Social Insurance in Rural Areas: Based on Sample Survey in Wuhan
Authors: Chenjie Fan, Yufeng Wu, Jinling Sun
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Environmental Science and Information Application Technology - Volume 01 (2009)

Based on a survey of peasants who lived in rural community in Wuhan City Hubei Province in China, this paper examines the peasants’ desire for social insurance in rural areas using the multinomial logistic model. The study finds that the peasants’ desire for social insurance in rural areas is remarkably affected by individual and family characteristics, such as age, number of children, and year of the family net income. Based on these findings, this paper proposed some measures for the issue of rural old-age pension, such as increasing government input, constructing multi-support endowment insurance in rural areas.
Particulate Organic Carbon and Mineral-Associate Organic Carbon in Soils of Different Ecologic Zones of a Coastal Wetland
Authors: Guixiang Quan, Jinlong Yan
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Environmental Science and Information Application Technology - Volume 03 (2009)

Concentration and distribution of particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral organic carbon (MOC) in soils of different ecological zones of Yancheng coastal wetland were investigated, and the effects of vegetation on soils environment, such as the accumulations and characteristics of soil organic carbon, were also discussed. Results indicated that total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) in Phragmiues auszradis marshes were higher than those in other ecological zones, and decrease from Phragmiues auszradis marshes to Spartina alterniflora marshes, Artemisia schrenkiana marshes and sandy marshes. This trend of distribution and accumulation reflected the changes of soil texture with sandy-fine sandy-silty from sea to continent; Particulate organic carbon was 4.17g Kg-1 in Phragmiues auszradis marshes and 2.14g Kg-1 in Spartina alterniflora marshes, which were far higher than 1.92g Kg-1 in Artemisia schrenkiana marshes and 0.31g Kg-1 in sandy marshes. The introduce of Spartina alterniflora in coastal wetland changed the distribution of TOC in physical fractions, which benefited to increase the concentrations of soil free POCf and occluded POCo and the ratio of soil organic carbon compositions.
Presence, Routines, and Technology Discrepancy --- Information Exchange between Parents and Preschool Teachers
Authors: Stina Nylander
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part I (2009)

We have interviewed four parents and a teacher at a Swedish preschool to investigate the practices for spreading information in preschool. Our findings suggest that frequent presence in the premises of the preschool is important to get information, and that parents rely heavily on routines to make it work. When either of these points fail, breakdowns occur. Discrepancies in parents' and teachers' IT use also complicates the information exchange.
List of Criteria for a Secure Computer Architecture
Authors: Igor Podebrad, Klaus Hildebrandt, Bernd Klauer
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 Third International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies (2009)

The security of a digital system depends directly onthe security of the hardware platform the system is based on.The analysis of currently available computer architectures hasshown that such systems offer a lot of security gaps. This is dueto the fact that in the past hardware has only been optimizedfor speed - never for security. In this paper we propose a set ofhardware features to support system security.
Evaluation of a telemedicine system for the transmission of morpho/immunological data aiming at the inclusion of patients in a therapeutic trial
Authors: Jean-François Lesesve, Richard Garand
Venue: International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications (2009)

Due to their high levels of achievement and efficiency, image digitalization and teletransmission tools are more and more frequently used. Applied to cellular haematology, these tools often contribute to diagnosis confrontation, sometimes within the framework of therapeutic trials. We present one of the first approaches of the use of telehaematology for the inclusion of patients in the GOELAMS chronic lymphocytic leukaemia 98 trial. The advantages were (1) the creation of a unique, protected, stable data bank that could be remotely consulted, (2) the use of digitized pictures which made expertise on identical documents possible, (3) the facility of computer exchanges between experts, in terms of reception as well as replying time delays. We were able to set out new standards of image sampling for CLL, solve the semantic divergences, and point out interobserver variability as regards morphology. The limiting factors were the important need for expert investment, but they more importantly concerned the first line morphologists who should benefit from adequate tools, in terms of computer equipment as well as members of staff, so as to apprehend this second reading system as a quality control procedure.
Automated extensible XML tree diagrams
Authors: John Lumley
Venue: Proceedings of the 9th ACM symposium on Document engineering (2009)

XML is a tree-oriented meta-language and understanding XML structures can often involve the construction of visual trees. These trees may use a variety of graphics for chosen elements and often condense or elide sections of the tree to aid focus, as well as adding extra explanatory graphical material such as callouts and cross-tree links. We outline an automated approach for building such trees with great flexibility, based on the use of XSLT, SVG and a functional layout package. This paper concentrates on techniques to declare and implement such flexible decoration, rather than the layout of the tree itself.
A Real-Time Hand Interaction System for Image Sensor Based Interface
Authors: Sein Lee, Jonghoon Seo, Soon-Bum Lim, Yoon-Chul Choy, Tackdon Han
Venue: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Part II: Novel Interaction Methods and Techniques (2009)

Diverse sensors are available in ubiquitous computing of which resources is inherent in environment. Among them, image sensor acquires necessary data using camera without any extra devices, which is a different aspect from other sensors. It can provide additional services and/or applications by using a location of code and ID in real time image. Focusing on this, Intuitive interface operating method in ubiquitous computing environment that has plenty of image codes is suggested. GUI using image sensor was designed, which works real-time interactive operation between user and the GUI without any additional button or device. This interface method recognizes user's hand images in real-time by learning them at a starting point. The method sets interaction point, and operates the GUI through hand gestures defined previously. We expect this study can be adopted to augmented reality area and real time interface using user's hand.
Human Factors in Lighting
Authors: Martin Braun, Oliver Stefani, Achim Pross, Matthias Bues, Dieter Spath
Venue: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers: Held as Part of HCI International 2009 (2009)

This paper addresses current research activities on the interaction between light and humans, including visual perception as well as cognitive, biological, and emotional factors. We focus on issues which can be deployed at office workplaces and describe how we adopt these findings at the "nLightened Workplace" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering. The nLightenend Workplace integrates illumination and information displays in offices. We present our latest developments such as "Heliosity". We will give an outlook on our future research work on human factors in lighting.
Cusum techniques for timeslot sequences with applications to network surveillance
Authors: Daniel R. Jeske, Veronica Montes De Oca, Wolfgang Bischoff, Mazda Marvasti
Venue: Computational Statistics Data Analysis (2009)

We develop two cusum change-point detection algorithms for data network monitoring applications where numerous and various performance and reliability metrics are available to aid with the early identification of realized or impending failures. We confront three significant challenges with our cusum algorithms: (1) the need for nonparametric techniques so that a wide variety of metrics can be included in the monitoring process, (2) the need to handle time varying distributions for the metrics that reflect natural cycles in work load and traffic patterns, and (3) the need to be computationally efficient with the massive amounts of data that are available for processing. The only critical assumption we make when developing the algorithms is that suitably transformed observations within a defined timeslot structure are independent and identically distributed under normal operating conditions. To facilitate practical implementations of the algorithms, we present asymptotically valid thresholds. Our research was motivated by a real-world application and we use that context to guide the design of a simulation study that examines the sensitivity of the cusum algorithms.
Solving the Countdown Problem Using Automatic Composition of Semantic Web Services
Authors: Andrei-Horia Mogos, Adina Magda Florea
Venue: Proceedings of the 2008 10th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing (2008)

The automatic composition of semantic web services is one of the challenging areas of the semantic web services research. Mathematical semantic web services are very useful in practice, however only a small number of related research results are reported. In this paper, we will show a dynamic, automated composition method for mathematical semantic web services, using intelligent agents. The paper is focused on solving a kind of mathematical puzzle, called "the Countdown problem". In addition, we will show a static, manual composition method for web services.
Technical communique: Sampled-data gain scheduling of continuous LTV plants
Authors: Adrian McKernan, Antonio Sala, Carlos Ariño, George W. Irwin
Venue: Automatica (Journal of IFAC) (2009)

This paper discusses the design of gain-scheduled sampled-data controllers for continuous-time polytopic linear parameter-varying systems. The scheduling variables are assumed to be available only at the sampling instants, and a bound on the time-variation of the scheduling parameters is also assumed to be known. The resultant gain-scheduled controllers improve the maximum achievable delay bound over previous constant-gain ones in the literature.
A Gait Generation for an Unlocked Joint Failure of the Quadruped Robot with Balance Weight
Authors: C. H. Cho, B. C. Min, D. H. Kim
Venue: Proceedings of the FIRA RoboWorld Congress 2009 on Advances in Robotics (2009)

Assurance of a stability margin for a stabilized gait is the most important issue for the quadruped robot. Although various studies for dynamic stability of the quadruped robot have been studied, problems in which one of the legs has an unlocked joint failure haven't been relatively studied so far. In this paper, assurance of stability margin for the unlocked joint failure of the quadruped robot is suggested by using gait stabilization and a control method of the moment of inertia. Then, efficiency of BW (balance weight) will be experimentally verified by comparing the two types of robot; one is equipped with the BW, the other is not equipped with BW.