Suppose you are on a mobile device with no keyboard (e.g., a cell or PDA). How can you enter text quickly? T9? Graffiti? This demo will show how language modeling can be used to speed up data entry, both in the mobile context, as well as the desktop. The Wild Thing encourages users to use wildcards (*). A language model finds the k-best expansions. Users quickly figure out when they can get awa...

You don’t need to be involved in a case of scientific fraud to appreciate the importance of ethics in research. Ethical behavior — such as publishing only what is true, giving credit where it’s due, and sharing materials when needed to permit replication of one’s observations — has always been critical to the scientific enterprise. For science to progress, scientists must be able to trust one a...

We study a model of opinion formation where the opinions in conflict are not equivalent. This is the case when the subject of the decision is to respect a norm or a law. In such scenarios, one of the possible behaviors is to abide by the norm and the other to ignore it. The evolution of the dynamics is implemented through an imitation mechanism, in which agents can change their opinions based o...

INTRODUCTION People often go to museums, libraries and archives to see "the real thing." But "the real thing" can be "seen" in many ways. Appearance can be observed on exhibit or on-line, or measured in a laboratory. However, materials and technology can be revealed only by stylistic, historical and scientific analysis of "the real thing." The findings of these various types of analysis by muse...