This demonstration presents a novel interactive graphical interface to document content focusing on the time dimension. The objective of Time-Surfer is to let users search and explore information related to a specific period, event, or event participant within a document. The system is based on the automatic detection not only of time expressions, but also of events and temporal relations. Thro...

To minimize the time to market and cost of new sub 0.25um process technologies and products, PDF Solutions, Inc., has developed a new comprehensive approach based on the use of predictive simulation tools combined with highly efficient experimental design techniques and special test structures. This paper focuses on our approach for concurrent development of new technologies and optimization of...

SURFER is an empirical discovery system that given a set of input data and a modelling vocabulary returns the model that best describes that data. The best model is considered to be the one that minimizes the description length of that model plus the data encoded using that model. The search for models is controlled by the a priori estimate of model likelihoods as encoded in the modelling vocab...

The social and economic benefits of the coastal zone make it one of the most treasured environments on our planet. Yet it is vulnerable to increasing anthropogenic pressure and climate change. Coastal management aims to mitigate these pressures while augmenting the socio-economic benefits the coastal region has to offer. However, coastal management is challenged by inadequate sampling of key en...

We revisit Kemeny’s constant in the context of Web navigation, also known as “surfing”. We derive bounds on the constant and give it a novel interpretation in terms of the number of links a random surfer will follow to reach his final destination.