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

[Rada Mihalcea]

Oh, already answered :)

Indeed, there is work on eigenvalues on semantic networks -- see all the
research on PageRank on WordNet or other networks.

But I agree there is often a disconnect between the fields (which
sometimes just makes things so much more interesting -- e.g., isn't it
exciting to discover that an algorithm created for managing traffic on
road networks can be so nicely applied to texts?)

Rada

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Thomas L. Packer wrote:

>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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>John F. Sowa
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>Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] TextGraphs-6 - Call for Papers - ACL-HLT 2011
>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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