Abstract This talk describes a discriminative language modeling technique for large vocabulary speech recognition. We contrast two parameter estimation methods: the perceptron algorithm, and a method based on conditional random fields (CRFs). The models are[…]
View Seminar Video Abstract Via two studies of cognitively impaired individuals I consider reciprocal interactions between levels of representation in written language processing The first study involves a severely dysgraphic stroke patient, and provides evidence[…]
View Seminar Video Abstract The idea that the observed semantic structure of human language is a result of an adaptive competition between accuracy of expression and efficient communication is not new. It has been suggested[…]
Abstract Over the years, predicate decompositions — representations of verb meaning that take the form of combinations of primitive predicates, such as the infamous CAUSE TO DIE for “kill” — have come in for substantial[…]
View Seminar Video Abstract Say you want to perform some complex speech processing task. How should you develop the algorithm that you eventually use? Traditionally, you combine inspiration, carefully examination of previous work, and arduous[…]
View Seminar Video Abstract Large scale language resources are unanimously recognised as the necessary infrastructure underlying language technology. Discussing a few major European initiatives for building harmonised lexicons, we will highlight how computational lexicons and[…]
