Publications from the Semantic Software Lab
"OpenTrace: an Open Source Workbench for Automatic Software Traceability Link Recovery",
19th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2012), Kingston, Ontario, Canada : IEEE Computer Society, pp. 507–508, October 15-18, 2012.
Abstract
Download: WCRE2012-OpenTrace.pdf (227.65 KB)
"Personalized Semantic Assistance for the Curation of Biochemical Literature",
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2012), Philadelphia, PA, USA : IEEE, 10/2012.
Abstract
Download: Bakalov_BIBM2012.pdf (348.96 KB)
"Empowering web portal users with personalized text mining services",
NETTAB 2012, vol. 18 (Supplement B), Como, Italy : EMBnet.journal, pp. 81--83, 11/2012.
Abstract
Download: 558-3133-2-PB.pdf (426.25 KB); Bakalov_NETTAB2012poster.pdf (927.73 KB)
"An Approach to Controlling User Models and Personalization Effects in Recommender Systems",
International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '13), Santa Monica, CA, USA : ACM, pp. 49–56, 03/2013.
Abstract
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"Natural Language Processing for Semantic Assistance in Web Portals",
IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2012), Palermo, Italy : IEEE, 09/2012 .
Abstract
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"Mutation Miner",
13th Annual International conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2005), Detroit, Michigan, USA, June 25–29, 2005.
Abstract
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"Enriching Protein Structure Visualizations with Mutation Annotations Obtained by Text Mining Protein Engineering Literature",
The 3rd Canadian Working Conference on Computational Biology (CCCB'04), Markham, Ontario, Canada, October 4, 2004.
Abstract
Download: baker_witte_cccb04.pdf (272.1 KB)
"The FungalWeb Ontology: Application Scenarios",
Eighth Annual Bio-Ontologies Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, pp. 1–2, June 24, 2005.
Abstract
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"Mutation Miner",
5th International Conference of the Canadian Proteomics Initiative (CPI 2005), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 13–14, 2005.
Abstract
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"Mutation mining–A prospector's tale",
Information Systems Frontiers (ISF), vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 47–57, February, 2006.
Abstract
"Empowering the Enzyme Biotechnologist with Ontologies",
10th International Congress on Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry (ICBPPI 2007), Monona Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, June 10–14, 2007.
Abstract
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"Mutation Miner – Textual Annotation of Protein Structures",
5th CERMM Annual Symposium, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada : Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling, pp. 29, February 11–13, 2005.
Abstract
Download: cermm-abstracts-2005.pdf (564.91 KB)
"ERSS at TAC 2008",
Proceedings of the First Text Analysis Conference (TAC 2008), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA : National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), November 17--19, 2008.
Abstract
Download: CLaC.proceedings.pdf (304.9 KB)
"Using Knowledge-poor Coreference Resolution for Text Summarization",
Workshop on Text Summarization, Edmonton, Canada : NIST, May 31–June 1, 2003.
Abstract
Download: concordia.final_.pdf (118.77 KB)
"Attributions",
Exploring Attitude and Affect in Text: Theories and Applications, Stanford, California, USA : AAAI Press, pp. 16–19, March 22–25, 2004.
Abstract
Download: SS04-07-004.pdf (46.85 KB)
"Multi-ERSS and ERSS 2004",
Proceedings of Document Understanding Workshop (DUC 2004), Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, Boston, USA : NIST, May 6–7, 2004.
Abstract
Download: concordia.witte_.pdf (79.8 KB)
"Enhancing the OpenOffice.org Word Processor with Natural Language Processing Capabilities",
Natural Language Processing resources, algorithms and tools for authoring aids, Marrakech, Morocco, June 1, 2008.
Abstract
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"Assessing the quality factors found in in-line documentation written in natural language: The JavadocMiner",
Data & Knowledge Engineering, vol. 87, pp. 19–40, 03/2013.
Abstract
Download: dke-javadocminer.pdf (985.31 KB)
"Assessing The Quality Factors Found in In-Line Documentation Written in Natural Language: The JavadocMiner",
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Master of Applied Science (Software Engineering), Montréal, Quebec : Concordia University, 04/2011.
Abstract
Download: JavadocMiner.pdf (2.46 MB)
"Automatic Quality Assessment of Source Code Comments: The JavadocMiner",
15th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems (NLDB 2010), vol. 6177/2010, Cardiff, UK : Springer, pp. 68--79, June 23--25, 2010.
Abstract
Download: nldb2010-javadocminer.pdf (351.25 KB)
"Generating an NLP Corpus from Java Source Code: The SSL Javadoc Doclet",
New Challenges for NLP Frameworks, Valletta, Malta : ELRA, pp. 41–45, May 22, 2010.
Abstract
Download: nlpf2010-ssldoclet.pdf (436.13 KB)
"Fuzzy Extensions for Reverse Engineering Repository Models",
Proceedings of the 10th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2003), Victoria, BC, Canada : IEEE, pp. 113–122, November 13–16, 2003.
Abstract
Download: Koelsch_Witte-WCRE2003.pdf (318.89 KB)
"Leverage of OWL-DL axioms in a Contact Centre for Technical Product Support",
OWL: Experiences and Directions (OWLED 2010), San Francisco, California, USA, June 21–22, 2010.
Abstract
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"Creating a Fuzzy Believer to Model Human Newspaper Readers",
Proceedings of the 20th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Canadian A.I. 2007), vol. 4509, Montréal, Québec, Canada : Springer, pp. 489–501, May 28–30, 2007.
Abstract
Download: fuzzy_believer_CAI2007.pdf (181.98 KB)
"Modeling human newspaper readers: The Fuzzy Believer approach",
Natural Language Engineering, vol. 20, no. 02, pp. 261–288, April 2014.
Abstract
Download: nle_fuzzy_believer.pdf (313.8 KB)
"Fuzzy Set Theory-Based Belief Processing for Natural Language Texts",
Proceedings of the Twenty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : AAAI Press, pp. 1878–1879, July 22–26, 2007.
Abstract
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"Believe It or Not: Solving the TAC 2009 Textual Entailment Tasks through an Artificial Believer System",
Proceedings of the Second Text Analysis Conference (TAC 2009), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA : National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), November 16–17, 2009.
Abstract
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"Processing of Beliefs extracted from Reported Speech in Newspaper Articles",
International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP 2007), Borovets, Bulgaria, September 27–29, 2007.
Abstract
Download: 178_krestel.pdf (222.05 KB)
"Minding the Source: Automatic Tagging of Reported Speech in Newspaper Articles",
Proceedings of the Sixth International Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2008), Marrakech, Morocco : European Language Resources Association (ELRA), May 28–30, 2008.
Abstract
Download: 718_paper.pdf (275.68 KB)
"Predicate-Argument EXtractor (PAX)",
New Challenges for NLP Frameworks, Valletta, Malta : ELRA, pp. 51--54, May 22, 2010.
Abstract
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"A Belief Revision Approach to Textual Entailment Recognition",
Proceedings of the First Text Analysis Conference (TAC 2008), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA : National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), November 17--19, 2008.
Download: IPD.proceedings.pdf (298.31 KB)
Automatic Analysis and Reasoning on Reported Speech in Newspaper Articles,
, Karlsruhe, Germany : Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Fakultät für Informatik, Institut für Programmstrukturen und Datenorganisation (IPD), 2007.
Download: believer.pdf (1.27 MB)
The Fuzzy Believer System: Computing Beliefs by analyzing Newspaper Articles,
Vdm Verlag, 2007.
"Algorithms and semantic infrastructure for mutation impact extraction and grounding",
BMC Genomics, vol. 11, no. Suppl 4, pp. S24, 12/2010.
Abstract
Download: 1471-2164-11-S4-S24.pdf (1.19 MB)
"Agents and Databases: Friends or Foes?",
Ninth International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium (IDEAS 2005), Montréal, Québec, Canada, pp. 137–147, July 25–27, 2005.
Abstract
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"Semantic Search for Biological Datasets: A Usability Study on Modes of Querying and Explaining Search Results",
BTW 2023 Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2023.
Abstract
"Towards Semantic Recommendation of Biodiversity Datasets based on Linked Open Data",
The 26th GI-Workshop on Foundations of Databases (Grundlagen von Datenbanken), vol. 1313, Bozen, Italy : CEUR-WS.org, pp. 65–70, 10/2014.
Abstract
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"ScholarLensViz: A Visualization Framework for Transparency in Semantic User Profiles",
Proceedings of the ISWC 2020 Demos and Industry Tracks: From Novel Ideas to Industrial Practice co-located with 19th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2020), Globally online, November 1-6, 2020 (UTC), vol. 2721, [Online] : CEUR-WS.org, pp. 20–25, 11/2020.
Abstract
Download: paper485.pdf (1.03 MB)
"Semantic Content Processing in Web Portals",
4th Canadian Semantic Web Symposium (CSWS 2013), vol. 1054, Montréal, QC, Canada : CEUR-WS.org, pp. 50–51, 07/2013.
Abstract
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"An Ontological Software Comprehension Process Model",
3rd International Workshop on Metamodels, Schemas, Grammars, and Ontologies for Reverse Engineering (ATEM 2006), Genoa, Italy, October 1st, 2006.
Abstract
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"A Context-Driven Software Comprehension Process Model",
Second International IEEE Workshop on Software Evolvability (SE 2006), Philadelphia, PA, USA : IEEE, pp. 50–57, September 24, 2006.
Abstract
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"Semantic text mining support for lignocellulose research",
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, vol. 12, no. Suppl 1, pp. S5, 04/2012.
Abstract
Download: BMCMIDM2012-1472-6947-12-S1-S5.pdf (1.38 MB)
"Towards Evaluating the Impact of Semantic Support for Curating the Fungus Scientific Literature",
The 3rd Canadian Semantic Web Symposium (CSWS2011) , vol. 774 , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , 08/2011.
Abstract
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"mycoMINE : un système de fouille de texte sémantique dédié à la recherche de biocarburants de seconde génération",
80ème Congrès de l'ACFAS, Montréal, QC, Canada, 05/2012.
Abstract
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"Semantic Text Mining for Lignocellulose Research",
The ACM Fifth International Workshop on Data and Text Mining in Biomedical Informatics in conjunction with CIKM, Glasgow, UK : ACM New York, NY, USA ©2011, 10/2011.
Abstract
Download: dtmbio2011_talk.pdf (1.22 MB); dtmbio2011_authorsversion.pdf (667.39 KB)
Mutation Impact Analysis System: Automated Extraction of Protein Mutation Impacts from the Biomedical Literature,
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, pp. 1-224, 2012.
Abstract
"Automated Extraction of Protein Mutation Impacts from the Biomedical Literature",
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, M. Comp. Sc., Montreal : Concordia University, 09/2011.
Abstract
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"OrganismTagger: Detection, normalization, and grounding of organism entities in biomedical documents",
Bioinformatics, vol. 27, no. 19 Oxford University Press, pp. 2721--2729, August 9, 2011.
Abstract
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"Automated extraction and semantic analysis of mutation impacts from the biomedical literature",
BMC Genomics, vol. 13, no. Suppl 4, pp. S10, 06/2012.
Abstract
Download: 1471-2164-13-S4-S10.pdf (1.96 MB)
"Ontology-Based Extraction and Summarization of Protein Mutation Impact Information",
Proceedings of the 2010 Workshop on Biomedical Natural Language Processing (BioNLP 2010), Uppsala, Sweden : Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), pp. 128--129, July 15, 2010.
Abstract
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