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Dissimilation is a process by which one segment systematically avoids taking on a feature (or a set of features) of a neighboring segment. In Tashlhiyt Berber, for example, labial prefixes like the reflexive [m-] delabialize when they combine with a root that also contains a primary labial consonant, i.e., [b, f, m], producing the following alternations: [n-fara] ‘disentangle’, [n-kaddab] ‘cons...

A metadata manager's role in collaborative projects: The Rutgers University Libraries experience

Purpose – This article discusses the roles and responsibilities of a metadata manager in collaborative digital projects. Methodology – It describes the general requirements for metadata management, and introduces some scenarios in the practices of digital projects by the Rutgers University Libraries to support the generalized definition. A workflow of metadata management is illustrated. Practic...

Rutgers University - WINLAB

I was hired at WINLAB to work on enhancing the drivers used for research and providing mechanisms to help enrich such research. WINLAB uses GNU/Linux and their main chipset on the 40x40 grid is the Atheros AR5212 802.11a/b/g chipset. The AR5212 chipset is what we call a SoftMAC chipset [1] in the industry, one which requires the MLME [2] state management to be handled in software. The driver us...

Rutgers Interactive Track at TREC 2002

Rutgers' TREC-6 Interactive Track Experience

The goal of the Rutgers TREC-6 Interactive Track study was to compare the performance and usability of a system offering positive relevance feedback with one offering positive and negative relevance feedback. Our hypothesis was that the latter system would better support the aspect identification task than the former. Although aspectual recall was higher for the system supporting both kinds of ...