[Corpora-List] TextGraphs-6 - Call for Papers - ACL-HLT 2011 Workshop

[Thomas L. Packer]

I also wonder why there seems to be a persistent disconnect among
researchers, whether it be between late vs. early research or even between
two contemporary disciplines or fields.  More connections should be made
(although, the more research is being done, the harder it is to keep it
connected).

However, in this case, a new term makes sense because it refers to something
different.  I don't think "graph based methods in NLP" is identical to
"semantic networks".  Most likely the TextGraphs people would view a
semantic network as a special case of graph based methods.  Other cases are
possible, such as the interesting idea of applying spectral graph theory to
documents or other linguistic constructions where each instance is
positioned in a metric space and the nearest neighbors are represented as a
graph.  (For example, Google' PageRank.)  In other words, there are more
ways to apply graphs to NLP than by using semantic networks.

... but it makes me wonder:  has anyone found use in computing the
eigenvalues of a semantic network?  :-)

Thomas L. Packer
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Workshop

On 2/6/2011 3:10 PM, TextGraphs-6 wrote:
> TextGraphs-6: Graph-based Methods for Natural Language Processing

The term 'semantic network' was coined at the Cambridge Language
Research Unit (CLRU) a half century ago for "Graph-based Methods
for Natural Language Processing".  See, for example,

    http://www.jfsowa.com/pubs/semnet.htm

Why would anybody coin a new term?

There is a tradition in AI and NLP to change terminology every
10 or 20 years so that all the old R & D can be ignored.  That
practice establishes a new COTD (Change of Terminology Date),
which makes it easier to publish and patent "new" ideas.

John Sowa


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