PPT-COMS6998 Topics in Human Language Technology (HLT)

  Kenneth Church KennethWardChurchgmailcom httpwwwcolumbiaedukc3109 Sept 9 2017 1 Topics in HLT Too many papers are boring Survey papers and most conference papers tend . jhuedu Human Language Technology Center of Excellence Johns Hopkins University paulmcnameejhuapledu Abstract In the menagerie of tasks for information extraction entity linking is a new beast that has drawn a lot of attention from NLP practi tioners Melissa Carvell. Intern for Dr. Arnold . Zwicky. and Dr. Elizabeth . Traugott. 9/28/2012. Internship Goals. Personal. Learn what goes into constructing a curriculum. Use my experiences as a student to make the course interesting to other students . Reflexivity:. It is one of the distinguishing features of human. language. It simply means that we can use language to . carefully think and talk about language itself. Other . creatures can not reflect on the way they create their . There are a lot of stories about creatures that can talk. We usually assume that they are fantasy (vision) or fiction (invented story) or that they involve birds or animals simply imitating something they have heard humans say. Gattaca. (1997). By: . Hyeok. Chun. YoungGyoo. Hwang. Hooly. . Sim. Jordan Woods. Technology:. Genetic Manipulation. Question 1 – Function & Design. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. Parents have the ability to choose the best genetic combination (e.g. gender) and eliminate certain genes they do not desire. Jun Hong Kim. A few facts. Oldest evidence for written language: about 6000 years ago, among relics of Sumerian civilization.. Speech allows us to communicate information at an exceeding rapid rate.. We simply don’t know how language originated. . We do know that the ability to produce sound and simple vocal patterning (a hum versus a grunt, for example) appears to be in an ancient part of the brain that we share with all vertebrates, including fish, frogs, birds and. And What It Means for Social Good Projects. Kentaro . Toyama . School of Information . University of Michigan. Insitu. | Fast Forward. December 10, 2015. “The richest 500 million [people] have way more money than the next six billion combined. You solve that by getting everyone online.”. Jordan Zlatev. Lecture 5. Body and brain for language. 1. Projects. Spell out your main question(s). Make sure that it is relevant to language origins!. Define your main terms: “language”, “gesture”, “cognition”, “adaptation”, “culture” – at least provisionally. What is technology?. Technology. is the process by which humans modify nature to meet their needs.. . Technology. can be viewed as an activity that forms or changes culture. . Technology . is the application of math, science, and the arts for the benefit of life. . Unique system of communication. Informative . signals: signals which you have not intentionally sent .  body language. Communicative . signals: signals you use intentionally to communicate something. Lecture 5. Body and brain for language. 1. Projects. Spell out your main question(s). Make sure that it is relevant to language origins!. Define your main terms: “language”, “gesture”, “cognition”, “adaptation”, “culture” – at least provisionally. on how language might have evolved gradually Pinker 2003 continues to argue that humans were equipped by the coevolutionary process with specialized innate mechanisms to manage language acquisition Communicating in new ways. Sharing ideas. Employing multimedia. Improving human sensory perception. People interact with each other in myriad ways.. Interaction can take many other forms, including eye contact, tonal quality, and even scent..