{"title":"Resources for Mongolian language","authors":"Purev Jaimai, Odbayar Chimeddorj","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667856","url":null,"abstract":"Mongolian language is spoken by about 8 million speakers. This paper summarizes the current status of its resources in Mongolia.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122172771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Language independent word segmentation for statistical machine translation","authors":"Michael Paul, A. Finch, E. Sumita","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667788","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an unsupervised word segmentation algorithm that identifies word boundaries in continuous text in order to optimize the translation quality of statistical machine translation (SMT) approaches. The proposed method is language-independent and uses a parallel corpus to align source language characters to the corresponding word units separated by whitespace in the target language. Successive characters aligned to the same target words are merged to a larger source language unit and a Maximum Entropy (ME) algorithm is applied to learn the word segmentation that optimizes the translation quality of an SMT system trained on the re-segmented bitext. Experimental results translating five Asian languages into English revealed that the proposed method outperforms a baseline system that translates unigram segmented source language sentences.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123190493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rintaro Miyazaki, Ryoji Momose, Hideyuki Shibuki, Tatsunori Mori
{"title":"Using web page layout for extraction of sender names","authors":"Rintaro Miyazaki, Ryoji Momose, Hideyuki Shibuki, Tatsunori Mori","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667818","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, the credibility of information available on the Web has been regarded as an important issue. Sender name is one of the important indicators of the credibility of the information. In this paper, we propose a new method for extracting sender name. The proposed method use the named entity recognition method, and reducing the DOM node using Web page Layout for preprocessing. Experimental result shows that our proposed method can effectively extract sender names when the preprocessing is successful.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121420186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Oi, K. Yamamoto, T. Mishina, T. Senoh, T. Kurita
{"title":"Electronic holography generated from integral photography","authors":"R. Oi, K. Yamamoto, T. Mishina, T. Senoh, T. Kurita","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667794","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we describe an electronic holography for non-coherent lighting environment. We used and integral photography (IP) to obtain 3D information of the scene. This method demands neither laser beams nor a darkroom at the recording. Therefore living or moving objects may be captured onto a hologram. The converter hardware calculates fringe patterns according to the IP at 30 frames per second by using our former proposed conversion algorithm. In our experiment, 3840x2160 pixels of color holograms are generated in real-time.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126100995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Toshiyuki Kimura, M. Naoe, Y. Yamakata, M. Katsumoto
{"title":"Subjective effect of synthesis conditions in 3D sound field reproduction system using a few transducers and wave field synthesis","authors":"Toshiyuki Kimura, M. Naoe, Y. Yamakata, M. Katsumoto","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667825","url":null,"abstract":"In a conventional 3D sound field reproduction system using wave field synthesis, numerous loudspeakers are placed around the listener. However, since such a system is very expensive and loudspeakers are in the listener's field of vision, it is very difficult to construct an audio-visual virtual reality system. We have proposed a 3D sound field reproduction system using wave field synthesis and eight transducers, which are placed at the vertex of a cube. In this study, the effect of synthesis conditions on the localized perception was evaluated when the synthesis conditions, the directivity of microphones, and the size of cubic arrays, were varied. As a result, the performance of the localized perception was good when shotgun microphones were used and the size of arrays was that of a cube, measuring 0.4 m on each side.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"22 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114124899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Ikeda, Hideho Numata, Masakatsu Kaneko, Kazuhiko Machida
{"title":"Proposal for a multilanguage text input support system that is easy for beginner language learners","authors":"K. Ikeda, Hideho Numata, Masakatsu Kaneko, Kazuhiko Machida","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667802","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an input support system which supports multiple languages and which will make it possible for users-- even users who are in the midst of learning a foreign language that they wish to use and are not familiar with it yet--to easily access the information resources in their desired language. As a text input method that is not restricted by the OS or target language, we propose a system which performs input operations using a web browser. In text string input, by using characters within the ASCII domain, all of the text strings can be assigned to keys on the keyboard. For each language (script), a conversion dictionary is available which shows how the key input string and output string correspond. By devising a conversion dictionary, this system can support all languages (scripts). We perform text conversion in incremental search as a method to speed up input for users who are beginner language learners. Detailed Information Display is a function which displays information related to the vocabulary items that are among the conversion candidates. Using the proposed method, we succeeded in creating an environment in which Japanese students of foreign languages and foreigners living in Japan can input text regardless of their computer's environment.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116611971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling the spatial behavior of virtual agents in groups for non-verbal communication in virtual worlds","authors":"Hamid Laga, Toshitaka Amaoka","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667811","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we propose a mathematical model for the concept of Personal Space (PS) and apply it to simulate the non-verbal communication between agents in virtual worlds. Persons within a group tend to maintain the distances between each other within a certain range that maximizes their degree of comfort. These distances reflect the type of their relationship, and changes in these distances reflect the evolution over time of their relationship. Human-like autonomous virtual agents should be also equipped with such capability to simulate natural interactions in virtual worlds. First we model the space around an agent as a probability distribution function which reflects at each point in the space the importance of that point to the agent. The agent updates dynamically this function according to (1) his relation and distance to other agents in the virtual space, (2) his face orientation, and (3) the evolution of the relationship over time as a stranger agent may become a friend. We demonstrate the concept on a multi-agent platform and show that space-aware agents exhibit better natural behavior.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115082585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People, clouds, and interaction for information access","authors":"T. Sakai","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667817","url":null,"abstract":"Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) currently has nineteen research groups that cover various areas in computer science. The Web InTelligence (WIT) Group, led by Chin-Yew Lin, is a recent spin-off from the Natural Language Computing Group, and tackles problems in sentiment analysis, expert and social search, social question answering and summarisation, user intent/activity recognition and prediction, assisting inarticulate users, and information access evaluation. In this talk, I will try to illustrate current strategies and future visions of the WIT group by discussing human-human interaction, computer-computer interaction, human-computer interaction and \"evaluation evolution,\" each in turn.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"211 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115190522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Son, S. Yeom, V. P. Guschin, Y. Vashpanov, Dong-Su Lee, Shin-Hwan Kim
{"title":"Stereo camera model of feed horns in focal plane array","authors":"J. Son, S. Yeom, V. P. Guschin, Y. Vashpanov, Dong-Su Lee, Shin-Hwan Kim","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667829","url":null,"abstract":"The equivalent camera model of two feed horns in millimeter wave imaging system is a radial type stereo camera with diverging axes. The stereo image characteristics of the camera are analyzed. This camera model allows minimizing the distance between cameras.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122769759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unit selection using k-nearest neighbor search for concatenative speech synthesis","authors":"Hideyuki Mizuno, Satoshi Takahashi","doi":"10.1145/1667780.1667858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667780.1667858","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a new approach to rapidly identifying adequate synthesis units in extremely large speech corpora. Our aim is to develop a concatenative speech synthesis system with high performance (both speech quality and throughput) for various practical applications. Utilizing very large speech corpora allows more natural sounding synthesized speech to be created; the downside is an increase in the time taken to locate the synthesis units needed. The key to overcoming this problem is introducing state-of-the art database retrieval technologies. The first selection step, based on simple hash search, tabulates all synthesis unit candidates. The second step selects N best candidates using nearest neighbor search, a typical database retrieval technique. Finally, the best sequence of synthesis units is determined by Viterbi search. A runtime measurement test and subjective experiment are carried out. Their results confirm that the proposed approach reduces the runtime by about 40% compared to using only hash search with no degradation in the quality of synthesized speech for a 15 hour corpus.","PeriodicalId":103128,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128273328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}