With treebanks becoming available for more and more languages, their usage for the development of natural language parser has become a topical issue in NLP. This paper tries to give a new spin to this this stream of research, proposing a new direction in corpus-based parsing. Contrary to competitive approaches, this approach does not involve a chart parser which reassembles phrases extracted fo...

AutoTutor and the Generalized Intelligent Framework for Tutoring (GIFT) are two separate projects that have independently recognized the need for greater interoperability and modularity between intelligent tutoring systems. To this end, both projects are moving toward service-oriented delivery of tutoring. A project is currently underway to integrate AutoTutor and GIFT. This paper describes the...

Paying attention to the spatial placement of the elements (man-made or natural) based on the landscape pattern and ecological processes in urban design would have a considerable impact on both human and the nature. In a way that the discords in the placement of patchs in respect to each other, or in respect to visual corridors and urban matrixes lead to the unwanted results in the cities. The e...

This work explores the possibility of taking the structural characteristics of approaches to interaction design as a basis for the organization of interaction design patterns. The Universal Model of the User Interface (Baxley, 2003) is seen as well suited to this; however, in order to cover the full range of interaction design patterns the model had to be extended slightly. Four existing collec...

Within a software architecture design (SAD) project, designers deal with software design artifacts (SDAs) such as scenarios, patterns, and tactics. Each SDA has its unique issues and related architectural knowledge (AK) that may threaten the success of a project. This paper introduces the Software Architecture Mapping (SAM) framework to manage AK and associated issues by using finer-grained SDA...

Alexander recorded his observations in a format called "design patterns" which summarize the context of a problem and its solution. For example, one design pattern, "Opening to the Street," is illustrated with a photograph and begins with the essence of the pattern: "The site of action is an incentive for action. When people can see into spaces from the street their world is enlarged and made r...

This paper describes work-in-progress in the area of educational design patterns. More specifically, the paper highlights a relatively neglected area in educational design for technology-supported learning – the various ways in which students can be grouped together to work collaboratively on study activities. Thus, it looks at the ‘people’ component of the ‘task, tools and people’ design model...

Object-oriented patterns represent abstractions of good solutions to recurring problems in object-oriented software design. This abstractness means that a given pattern can be used in many diierent applications, which makes it a valuable tool for constructing reusable software and for helping object modellers achieve more eeective results. However, patterns are invariably described informally i...