Structure Discovery in Natural Language (Theory and Applications of Natural Language Processing)
Current language technology is dominated by approaches that either enumerate a large set of rules, or are focused on a large amount of manually labelled data. The creation of both is time-consuming and expensive, which is commonly thought to be the reason why automated natural language understanding has still not made its way into “real-life” applications yet.
The Murder in the Tower - The Story of Frances, Countess of Essex
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 17 January 2012
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The dashing Robert Carr is a well-known favorite of King James I. After attracting his attention by falling from a horse in the tiltyard, Robert rises quickly through the ranks. But when the cunning and beautiful Frances Howard comes to court, a very dangerous liaison changes everything. Married against her will while still a child, Frances emerges from that experience a headstrong force of nature—determined to have her own way, no matter what the consequences.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 9 January 2012
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The Lambs of London
From the author of Chatterton and Shakespeare: A Biography comes a gripping novel set in London that re-imagines an infamous 19th-century Shakespeare forgery. Charles and Mary Lamb, who will in time achieve lasting fame as the authors of Tales from Shakespeare for Children, are still living at home, caring for their dotty and maddening parents.
It's a snowy December in Washington, D.C., and Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are there to see the sights. While they're admiring the White House, they meet the presidents' stepdaughter, KC, and her friend, Marshall. Soon, in the confusion of all the people decorating the White House for Christmas, the presidents dog, Natasha, goes missing! The kids set out to find her, but its not going to be easy. The area is still crowded with decorators, its getting dark, and all five of them risk getting caught in a monster snowstorm!
