John R. Brophy , Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech Louis Friedman ,Executive Director Emeritus, The Planetary Society Nathan J. Strange, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech Thomas A. Prince . Director, Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech Damon Landau, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech Thomas Jones . Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Russell Schweickart , B612 Foundation C...

Bilingual word alignment forms the foundation of most approaches to statistical machine translation. Current word alignment methods are predominantly based on generative models. In this paper, we demonstrate a discriminative approach to training simple word alignment models that are comparable in accuracy to the more complex generative models normally used. These models have the the advantages ...

This study presents an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) instructional model in which peer interaction improves motivation, confidence, satisfaction, and actual performance of students. Researchers used peer interaction for repeated assignments via Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) to study how focused peer interaction contributes to changes in the four factors. EFL students in Taiwan int...

The relationship between second-language learning and culture has been studied and debated by educators and students alike. In an EFL context, students’ language learning happens mainly in a language classroom where the learning culture predominates. Learning behaviors are normally shaped by pre-existing attitudes, values and beliefs regarding what constitutes good learning and effective teachi...

Typed feature formalisms TFF play an increasingly impor tant role in CL and NLP Many of these systems are inspired by Pollard and Sag s work on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar HPSG which has shown that a great deal of syntax and semantics can be neatly encoded within TFF However syntax and semantics are not the only ar eas in which TFF can be bene cially employed In this paper I will show ...

After the issuance of Foundation Law, every that existed before Law was required to adjust its Articles Association with provisions Law. If not, there will be legal implications for Foundation, or in other words, is legally weak which also have an impact on assets/wealth Foundation. Moving from results observations, service team found problems asset status/wealth caused by less than optimal man...

Several decades of research in the field of machine learning have resulted in a multitude of different algorithms for solving a broad range of problems. To tackle a new application, a researcher typically tries to map their problem onto one of these existing methods, often influenced by their familiarity with specific algorithms and by the availability of corresponding software implementations....

Server Virtualization continues to be one of the hottest topics of 2006. Join our quest for enlightenment as we explore the performance data of a large enterprise environment. We’ll travel through a major consolidation effort, review some of the basic methodology and difficulties of the migration, then look closely at data captured from VMware ESX, its virtual machines and Windows servers seeki...

Considering the increasing importance of adaptive approaches in CALL systems, this study implemented a machine learning based student modeling middleware with Bayesian networks. The profiling approach of the student modeling system is based on Felder and Silverman’s Learning Styles Model and Felder and Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire. The questionnaire was adapted to Turkish fo...

Analysis and Survey of Issues in Live Virtual Machine Migration Interferences Ms. Tarannum Bloch Ph.D. Research Scholar, Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering, RDI Centre, C. U. Shah University, Wadhwan, Gujarat, India Dr. R Sridaran Dean, Faculty of Computer Applications, Marwadi Education Foundation Group of Institutions, Rajkot, Gujarat, India Dr. Prashanth CSR Head of Department (CSE), ...