We discuss results on the shared task of Romanian-English word alignment. The baseline technique is that of symmetrizing two word alignments automatically generated using IBM Model 4. A simple vocabulary reduction technique results in an improvement in performance. We also report on a new alignment model and a new training algorithm based on alternating maximization of likelihood with minimizat...

In this paper, we describe the IBM Research system for indexing, analysis, and retrieval of video as applied to the TREC-2007 video retrieval benchmark. This year, focus of the system improvement was on cross-domain learning, automation, scalability, and interactive search. Keywords—Multimedia indexing, content-based retrieval, Support Vector Machines, Model Vectors, Model-

Abstract Recently, IBM has made available a quantum computer provided with 16 qubits, denoted as IBM Q16. Previously, only a 5 qubit device, denoted as Q5, was available. Both IBM devices can be used to run quantum programs, by means of a cloud-based platform. In this paper, we illustrate our experience with IBM Q16 in demonstrating entanglement assisted invariance, also known as envariance, an...

The UML 2.0 Testing Profile provides support for UML 2.0 based model-driven testing. This paper introduces a methodology of how to use the profile in order to transform an existing UML system design model for tests. For the formalization of the proposed methodology, the QVT transformation rules defined by CBOP/IBM/DSTC are considered.

A STUDY OF IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD IN A RIBBED DUCT FOR THE INTERNAL COOLING OF TURBINE BLADES Long He Abstract In this dissertation, Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) is evaluated in ribbed duct geometries to show the potential of simulating complex geometry with a simple structured grid. IBM is first investigated in well-accepted benchmark cases: channel flow and pipe flow with circular crossse...

How great an effect does self-generated spatial structure have on logistic population growth? Results are described from an individual-based model (IBM) with spatially localized dispersal and competition, and from a deterministic approximation to the IBM describing the dynamics of the first and second spatial moments. The dynamical system incorporates a novel closure that gives a close approxim...

HIV prevalence is still rapidly increasing among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). The Internet also makes it easier for MSM to have casual partners. This study aims to evaluate the trend of Internet-based sex-seeking behavior of MSM and its impact on HIV prevalence, the distribution of HIV subtype strains, and transmitted drug resistance rates. A serial cross-sectional study was conduct...

We present a linguistically-motivated sub-sentential alignment system that extends the intersected IBM Model 4 word alignments. The alignment system is chunk-driven and requires only shallow linguistic processing tools for the source and the target languages, i.e. part-ofspeech taggers and chunkers. We conceive the sub-sentential aligner as a cascaded model consisting of two phases. In the firs...

Sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) is characterized histologically by the association of concomitant inflammatory and degenerative processes. We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of different markers of the degenerative process in order to refine the histological diagnosis. We performed an immunohistochemical study with antibodies directed against ubiquitin, amyloid-beta precursor...