Contextual Information in Semantic
Space Models
(CoSMo 2007):
Beyond Words and
Documents
In conjunction with
Context 07: Sixth International and
Interdisciplinary Conference
on Modeling and Using Context
Roskilde University, Denmark
August 21, 2007
Workshop website (this
page): http://clic.cimec.unitn.it/marco/beyond_words
Co-chairs: Marco Baroni, Alessandro Lenci and Magnus Sahlgren
Information available on this site:
Topics
Some variation of the so-called distributional hypothesis -
i.e. that words with similar distributional properties have similar
semantic properties - lies at the heart of a number of computational
approaches that share the assumption that it is possible to build
semantic space models through the statistical analysis of the contexts
in which words occur.
However, the very notion of context on which semantic spaces rely
on gives rise to various crucial issues both at the theoretical and at
the computational level, which in turn determine a large space of
parametric variations. The aim of this workshop is to foster a fully
cross-disciplinary debate around the major open questions pertaining
to the definition and usage of context in context-based semantic
modeling.
The following topics are of particular interest:
- using new linguistic and extra-linguistic contexts in semantic
space modeling;
- integration of different context sources (linguistic,
extra-linguistic, etc.) to bootstrap semantic spaces;
- plausible contexts for cognitively and neurally realistic
semantic space models;
- effect of context choice on the performance of semantic space
models in applicative settings;
- critical analysis of the limits of current context-based models
of meaning and future perspectives.
Workshop Schedule, Proceedings and Presentation Slides
Papers are available for download (in pdf format) by clicking on
their title
The proceedings as a
single file.
Program Committee
Marco Baroni (University of Trento, co-chair)
Gemma Boleda (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
Paul Buitelaar (DFKI)
John Bullinaria (University of Birmingham)
Curt Burgess (University of California, Riverside)
Stefan Evert (University of Osnabrück)
Pentti Kanerva (CSLI, Stanford)
Jussi Karlgren (Swedish Institute of Computer Science)
Mirella Lapata (University of Edinburgh)
Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa, co-chair)
Simonetta Montemagni (ILC-CNR)
Vito Pirrelli (ILC-CNR)
Massimo Poesio (University of Trento)
Reinhard Rapp (University of Mainz)
Magnus Sahlgren (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, co-chair)
Fabrizio Sebastiani (ISTI-CNR)
Peter Turney (National Research Council of Canada)
Gabriella Vigliocco (University College, London)
Further Information
General information on Context 07 on the main conference website
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