The Linguist’s Assistant (LA) is a practical computational paradigm for describing languages. In this paper we describe how to use LA with naturally occurring texts that exemplify interesting target-language linguistic phenomena. We will describe how such texts can be semantically analyzed using a convenient semi-automatic document authoring interface, in effect adding them to LA’s standard sem...

Evaluation campaigns for question answering systems aim at evaluating their fi nal results, i.e. the number of right answers. Then, in order to improve these systems, researchers try to evaluate each component, to improve them as well as to improve the global strategy. In order to help for these precise evaluations, we have conceived and developed a glass-box evaluation framework that works fro...

The traditional view on participation in participatory design of workplace technologies assumes a high degree of commitment by participants. In non-work settings, however, such a degree of commitment cannot necessarily be assumed. Similarly, the social organization differs from work to non-work. In work settings the role of peers is well defined, whereas in non-work settings participating peers...

In this paper, I first introduce some principles of comparative cultural studies, followed by a brief description of methodology, systemic and empirical approach, and contextual framework. This introduction of theory and method will be followed by a brief discussion of the notion of Central European culture – real or imagined – defined as an ›in-between peripheral‹ and ›(post)colonial space‹. N...

This paper examines the effect of the order of a system redesign process on the quality of the information. A process that focuses on understanding the business model and the data prior to making technical decisions can produce information of higher quality, while continual use of patches and technology solutions can reduce the system’s data quality. The study of a global financial institution ...

Velocity continuation can be applied to migration velocity analysis. It enhances residual NMO correction by properly taking into account both vertical and lateral movements of reflectors caused by the change in migration velocity. I exemplify this fact with simple data tests.

It is widely recognized that learners are empowered by interacting with peers on relevant, contentrelated matters, and are encouraged to feel involved in their own educational process. In order to really support learning, however, interactions need to be structured and organized by means of some suitable pedagogical approach. In this chapter, the author argues that narratives (in the form of bo...

Spectrographic data are presented to exemplify effects of segmental reduction on utterance length, measured in terms of number of phonetic syllables per utterance. The speculation is put forward that segmental reorganization in ‘fast speech’ is partly constrained to preserve speaking rate, specified as number of phonetic syllables per unit time.

We discuss how traditional methods for understanding design requirements are leveraged to produce innovative and fundamentally new perspectives when using analogy. We call these analogous practice approaches, and illustrate two cases that both use analogy to achieve exploratory design with ethnography, by gathering data from a different setting than we intend to design for. We discuss how the u...

This paper introduces an architecture for generic constraint implementations based on variable views and range iterators. Views allow, for example, to scale, translate, and negate variables. The paper shows how to make constraint implementations generic and how to reuse a single generic implementation with different views for different constraints. Applications of views exemplify their usefulne...