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/ Sophie. 2013/2/5 Jodi Schneider <[email protected]> > > See more info below about BabelNet -- which maps from Wikipedia to WordNet > (an English lexicon) to make a multilingual ontology. > > -Jodi > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [SIGLEX] Release of BabelNet 1.1 > > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:16:14 -0500 > > From: Roberto Navigli <[email protected]> > > > > > > ====================================== > > RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT > > RELEASE OF BabelNet 1.1 > > http://babelnet.org > > ====================================== > > > > As an output of the "MultiJEDI" Starting Grant, funded by the > > European Research Council and headed by Prof. Roberto Navigli, > > the Linguistic Computing Laboratory of the Sapienza University > > of Rome is proud to announce the release of BabelNet 1.1. > > > > BabelNet is an "encyclopedic dictionary" and a multilingual > > ontology created by mapping the largest multilingual Web > > encyclopedia - i.e., Wikipedia - to the most popular computational > > lexicon of English - i.e., WordNet. > > The integration is performed via an automatic linking algorithm > > and by filling in lexical gaps with the aid of Machine Translation. > > The result is an "encyclopedic dictionary" that provides babel synsets, > > i.e., concepts and named entities lexicalized in many languages > > and connected with large amounts of semantic relations. > > > > Version 1.1 comes with the following features: > > > > * a fully renovated, appealing Web interface at http://babelnet.org > > * 5.5 million Babel synsets! > > * increased coverage of nominal and named entities > > * improved Wikipedia-WordNet mapping and sense translations > > * coverage of 6 European languages (coming soon: 40+ languages!) > > * millions of pictures and Wikipedia categories associated with babel > synsets > > * linked to DBpedia > > > > > > === COMING SOON === > > > > * BabelNet as Linked Open Data > > * coverage of 40+ languages (expected this spring) > > > > > > === WE ARE HIRING! === > > > > The Linguistic Computing Laboratory is hiring! A Ph.D. position is open > in the field of multilingual lexical semantics for highly qualified > candidates with an excellent Master's degree in computer science, > computational linguistics or related areas. The successful candidate will > join a young, dynamic research team (made up of 2 faculty members, 2 > post-docs and 6 Ph.D. students) with solid experience and proven excellence > in NLP research. If interested, please send inquiries to Prof. Roberto > Navigli ([email protected]). > > > > Note that the Sapienza deadline for submitting applications is July 20 ( > http://phd.di.uniroma1.it/apply.php), but candidates who apply earlier, > and are successful, could start a research fellowship (about 1500 euros net > per month) immediately and then apply for Ph.D. > > > > ===================================================================== > > SIGLEX Special Interest Group on the Lexicon SIGLEX > > > > Homepage: www.aclweb.org/siglex E-mail: [email protected] > > > > SIGLEX Message Center: www.clres.com/siglex/messctr.php > > > > ===================================================================== > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Deri.ie-research mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.deri.org/mailman/listinfo/deri.ie-research > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > -- > *Med vänliga hälsningar/ Kind regards, > Sophie Österberg > 0733-832670 > [email protected]* > > > *Every single contribution to Wikipedia is a gift of free knowledge to > humanity. > * > >
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