This paper presents the results of a set of methods to cluster WordNet word senses. The methods rely on different information sources: confusion matrixes from Senseval-2 Word Sense Disambiguation systems, translation similarities, hand-tagged examples of the target word senses and examples obtained automatically from the web for the target word senses. The clustering results have been evaluated...

WordNet, a widely used sense inventory for Word Sense Disambiguation(WSD), is often too fine-grained for many Natural Language applications because of its narrow sense distinctions. We present a semi-supervised approach to learn similarity between WordNet synsets using a graph based recursive similarity definition. We seed our framework with sense similarities of all the word-sense pairs, learn...

One key dimension of the virtualization of the workplace is the formation of new types of partnerships where organizations let internal functions be handled by an external partner, the so-called outsourcing of services. The formation of an outsourcing partnership imposes the risk of knowledge-drainage on the client organization as specific internal competence decreases when the service provider...

When we are constantly and simultaneously bombarded with various types of sensory inputs, how do we make decisions or motor outputs to deal with the world in a meaningful manner? This is a central issue in multisensory integration. One example of such type of processing is eating, as placing food in one's mouth provides taste, olfactory and somatosensory (texture, temperature) information (Verh...

A ctin depolymerization is a death trigger for poppy pollen, according to Thomas et al. (page 221), that prevents self-fertilization. Some plants prefer not to be fertilized by pollen grains that are genetically similar to themselves. These plants express self-incompatibility (S) proteins. A match between the pistil’s S-proteins and the pollen’s S-allele triggers a rapid calcium infl ux, actin ...