I propose that the notion of cognitive state be broadened from the current predicate-symbolic, Language-of-Thought framework to a multi-modal one, where perception and kinesthetic...
Information extraction (IE) — the problem of extracting structured information from unstructured text — has become an increasingly important topic in recent years. A SIGMOD 20...
Laura Chiticariu, Yunyao Li, Sriram Raghavan, Fred...
This paper proposes a component-based architecture and development methodology for context-aware systems. A context is formally defined from relational point of view. The architec...
NPCEditor is a system for building and deploying virtual characters capable of engaging a user in spoken dialog on a limited domain. The dialogue may take any form as long as the ...
In this paper, we present a policy-based architecture to be used in identifying the location of users within a pervasive system environment. Mobile users can define their own poli...