Program of IEEE NLP-KE’07
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Registration
8:30-18:00
15:00-17:00
Special Session: Natural Language Processing: Emotion, Sensitivity and Sensibility
Chairman: Dr. Tetsuya Tanioka RN
 Ai Kawamura (Tetsuya Tanioka) et al.: “Outcome Management and Morphologic Variance
Analysis Using Psychoms™ for Patient Care in Psychiatric Hospitals”
 Kyoko Osaka et al.: “Electroencephalograph Estimation Method of Measuring ‘Empathic
Understanding’ ”
 Alan Barnard et al.: “The Nursing Profession: Implications for AI and Natural Language
Processing”
 Marilyn E. Parker et al.: “Assuring Nursing’s Voice in the Electronic Health Record”
International Academy on Artificial Intelligence(IAAI) formation meeting
Banquet
18:00-20:00
Friday, August 31, 2007
Opening Session
8:30-8:40
8:40-9:30
Keynote Speech: Conceptual difference between WordNet and HowNet
Zhendong Dong
9:30-10:20
Keynote Speech: Towards Shallow Semantics: The OntoNotes Project
Eduard Hovy
Break
10:20-10:40
10:40-12:20
Session 1
Spoken Language Processing -1
 Peng Li et al., Combining Machine Learning and Computational Auditory Scene
Analysis to Separate Monaural Speech of Two-Talker
 Satoru Tsuge et al., Analysis of Variation on Intra-Speakers Speech Recognition
Performances
 Yong Guan, et al., Applying Restrained Likelihood and Floating TMR to
Multi-Speaker Identification for Co-channel Speech Based on MAXVQ
 Xinnian Mao et al., A Comparative Study of Diverse Knowledge Sources and
Smoothing Techniques via Maximum Entropy for Polyphone Disambiguation in
Mandarin TTS Systems
 Shijin Wang et al., Histogram Based Double Gaussian Feature Normalization For
Robust Language Recognition
12:30-14:00
Session 2
Information Extraction
 Baohua Gu,Veronica Dahl, Fred Popowich: Recognizing Biomedical Named Entities
In the Absence of Human Annotated Corpus
 Brett Powley and Robert Dale: High accuracy citation extraction and named entity
recognition
 Yonggui Yang, Lei Li: Research on Sports Game News Information Extraction
 Wenjie Li ea al.: Integrating Linguistic Patterns and Term-Entity Associations in
Chinese Person Description Extraction
 Yuhang YANG,Qin LU, Luning JI, Tiejun ZHAO: Chinese Terminology Extraction
Using Bilingual Web Resources
 Fang-Yie Leu,and Chih-Chieh Ko: An Automated Term Definition Extraction using
the Web Corpus in Chinese Language
Session 3
Knowledge Representation & Discovery
 Li Ruifan: Applying Ontology-based Semantic Measurement for Knowledge
Acquisition in Traveling Information System
 Qinlong Zhang,Qin Lu, Zhifang Sui: Measuring Termhood in Automatic
Terminology Extraction
 Yun Li et al.: An method of semantic dictionary construction
 Jian Li,Xiaojing Xu: Knowledge Reduction Based on Rough Entropy in Inconsistent
Systems
 FANG TIAN et al.: Ontology based Domain Knowledge Construction
 Yun Yang,Changle Zhou, Xiaoxi Huang: A Logical Description of Metaphor
Analysis
Session 4
Machine Translation
 Manabu Sasayama et al., Automatic Super-Function Extraction for Translation of
Spoken Dialogue
 Wei Wei et al., Hierarchical chunking-phrase based translation
 Jinhua Du et al., A Cascaded Framework for Statistical Machine Translation System
Combination
 Yin Dapeng et al., Chinese complex long sentences processing method for
Chinese-Japanese machine translation
 Junko Minato et al., Corpus Based Analysis of Japanese-English Emotional
Expressions
Lunch
14:30-15:20
Keynote Speech: Linking Text with Knowledge - Experience in Bio-NLP
Jun'ichi Tsujii
15:20-16:10
Keynote Speech: The Generation of Referring Expressions: Where We've Been, How We Got Here,
and Where We're Going
Robert Dale
16:10-16:30
Break
Session 1
Spoken Language Processing -2
 Ning Cheng et al., An Effective Approach for Speech Enhancement by Multi-band
MMSE Spectral Subtraction
 Changping Peng et al., Pitch Prediction from MFCC Vectors Using Support Vector
Regression
 Tomohiro Ohno et al., Simultaneous Summarization of Japanese Spoken
Monologue for Real-time Captioning
 Yong Guan, et al., Harmonics Template and Application in Computational Auditory
Scene Analysis for Co-channel Speech
 Mitsuhiro Ozawa et al., Automatic Utterance Segmentaton Tool for Speech Corpus
 Hua Zhang et al., RESEARCH ON ADAPTIVE STEP DECODING IN SEGMENT
BASED LVCSR
Session 2
Natural Language Processing Task -1
 Andrew Finch, Phrase-based Part-of-Speech Tagging
 Juan Wen et al., Chinese Verb Sense Disambiguation Using ADABOOSTING
 Ruifeng Xu et al., Classification-based Chinese Collocation Extraction
 XiaoRui Wang,Peng Ding, JiaEn Liang, Bo Xu, A New Entropy-based Vocabulary
Optimization Approach for Chinese Language Modeling
 Yu Peng, Laurentiu Vasiliu, Ning Ke, Liu Da-You, A Markov Logic Network
Learning Algorithm Form Relational Missing Data
 Jianyi Liu,Jinghua Wang, Keyword Extraction Using Language Network
Session 3
Information Retrieval
 Liping You,Tao Liu, Kaiying Liu: CHINESE FRAMENET DATA IN SEMANTIC
WEB LANGUAGE
 Elsayed Atlam: Building New Field Association Word Candidates Automatically
Using Search Engine
 Yichuan Wang,Yanhui Guo,Lei Li: A Rough Concept Recognition Approach for
Information Retrieval Based on Latent Semantic Analysis
 David Bracewell: READING: A Self Sufficient Internet News System with
Applications in Information and Knowledge Mining
 Seiji Tsuchiya,Fuji Ren, Shingo Kuroiwa, Hirokazu Watabe, Tsukasa Kawaoka: A
Semantic Information Retrieval Technique and an Evaluation for a Narrow Display
Based on an Association Mechanism
 Dan Zhou,Lei Li: Multi-Document Summarization as Applied in Information
Retrieval
Session 4
Poster Session -1
16:30-18:10
18:30-20:00
dinner
Saturday, September 1, 2007
8:30-9:20
Keynote Speech: Methods and Applications for Relation Detection
Hans Uszkoreit
9:20-10:10
Keynote Speech: Resource-based Natural Language Processing
Hitoshi Isahara
Break
10:10-10:30
10:30-12:10
Session 1
Sentiment Analysis
 Li Shoushan, Zong Chengqing, Wang Xia: Sentiment Classification through
Combining Classifiers with Multiple Feature Sets
 Yun Wu et al.: Comprehensive Information based Semantic Orientation
Identification
 Mizuho Shinomiya,Fuji Ren,Shingo Kuroiwa,Seiji Tsuchiya: Extracting the Opinions
of News Articles based on Emotionally Laden Words
 Jun Li and Maosong Sun: Experimental Study on Sentiment Classification of
Chinese Review using Machine Learning Techniques
 Shenzheng Zuo et al.: Orientation Identification for Chinese Short Text
 Zhi Teng,Fuji Ren and Shingo Kuroiwa: Emotion Recognition from Text based on
the Rough Set Theory and the Support Vector Machines
Session 2
Natural Language Processing Task -2
 Jinglei Zhao et al.: Semantic Interpretation of Compound Nominalization Using
Automatic Extracted Paraphrase Patterns
 Yongsheng Guo,Yongmei Tan: Applying Support Vector Machines to Chinese
Shallow Parsing
 Ying Qin et al.: Identification of Noun Phrase with Various Granularities
 Song Liu et al.: Questions Analysis of Confucius Analects Knowledge System
 Jie Cai et al.: Semantic Role Labeling for multi-VP clauses in Chinese
 Hui Liu,Jinlei Zhao, Ruzhan Lu: Model Checking a Rule-based Parser
Session 3
Natural Language Learning and Generation (NLL-G)
 Limin Yao,Mu Li, Changning Huang: Improving Chinese Chunking with Statistical
and Morphological Knowledge
 Wanyin Li,Qin Lu, James Liu: Chinese Typed Collocation Extraction using
Corpus-based Syntactic Collocation Patterns
 Du Tiansang,Xu Xinying,Chen Liang,Chang Baobao: Clustering of Chinese
Sentences Using the SMM Model
 Weiping Ye,Wenli Zhou,Qin Lu,Xiaomei You,Jing Zheng,Tingshing Chiu: A
Computer Assisted Language Learning System based on Error Trends Grouping
 Lei Li, GONG Yuan, Feng Lu, ZHOU Yanquan, ZHONG Yixin: Negative Sentence
and “F-V-M” Analysis
 Seong-Bae Park: Reconstruction of People Information based on an Event Ontology
Session 4
Poster Session -2
12:10-14:00
Lunch
14:30-15:20
Keynote Speech: Towards a new generation of Language Resources: Global Trends and
International Convergences
Calzolari, Nicoletta
15:20-16:10
Keynote Speech: IT Ontology and Semantic Technology
Key-Sun Choi
16:10-16:30
Break
Session 1
Summarization & Anaphora Resolution
 WEI Furu, Wenjie Li, Lu Qin, HE Yanxiang: Measuring Relevance with Named
Entity Based Patterns in Topic-Focused Document Summarization
 Mingli Wu, Wenjie Li, Qin Lu, Kam-Fai Wong: Exploiting Surface, Content and
Relevance Features for Learning-Based Extractive Summarization
 Sujian Li,Wei Wang: Automatic Topic-oriented Multi-document Summarization
with Query-dependent and Query-independent Rankers
 Sachin Agarwal,Manaj Srivastava, Pallavi Agarwal, Ratna Sanyal: Anaphora
Resolution in Hindi Documents
 Jing Guan,Yanquan Zhou: A sort Approach for Anaphora Resolution of Chinese
Personal Pronoun Based on Machine Learning Method
Session 2
Classification
 Ye Yang,Songliu,Song Liu1,Shigo Kuroiwa1,Fuji Ren: Question Answering System
of Confucian Analects
 Zhang Suxiang,Wang Xiaojie, Zhang Suxian: Automatic Recognition of Chinese
Organization Name Based on Conditional Random Fields
 Eiko Yamamoto,Hitoshi Isahara: Effect of Word Sets with Non-Taxonomical
Relation for Retrieval Support
 Peng Huang et al.: Question Classification via Multiclass Kernel-based vector
machines
 Hui YANG,ZHANG Yue-jie,ZHANG Tao: SVM-based Hybrid Pattern for New
Word Discovery
 Taichi Yamada et al.: Classification of Facemarks Using N-gram
Session 3
Applications
 Samuel Sangkon Lee, Masami Shishibori, and Kazuaki Ando: Experiments of E-Mail
Filtering Method Based on Sender, Sentence Type, Existence of Time Expression,
and Subject of Mail Contents
 Koichi Shibasaki,Shunji Mituyoshi: Feeling Voice Management System and Feeling
Voice Database for Voice Feeling Measurement
 Ruifeng Xu, Qin Lu,K.X. Li,Wenjie Li: Web Mining for Improving Risk Assessment
in Port State Control Inspection
 Shunji Mtsuyoshi et al.: Emotion Voice Analysis System Connected to the Human
Brain
 Zhou Yanquan, Zhang Chuanfu, Li Lei, He Huacan: Finding User Profile in the
Personalization of Mobile Service
Session 4
Poster Session -3
16:30-18:10
18:10-18:20
Close Ceremony