Internet therapy is a novel treatment approach that is used to deliver cognitive behaviour therapy. Treatment components are mainly delivered in the form of texts presented via webpages, and support is provided via e-mail. A growing number of controlled trials suggest that Internet therapy works well when (a) a proper diagnosis is made before the treatment starts, (b) a comprehensive treatment ...

1 In this paper we present a multilingual application for speech technology. The SpeeData project aims at building a demonstrator that provides a user-friendly interface for spoken data-entry in two languages: Italian and German. The application domain is the land register of an Italian region in which both languages are o cially spoken. The considered data-entry task is particularly challengin...

We present two algorithms for supporting semi-automatic ontology building, integrated in WPro, a new architecture for ontology learning from Web documents. The first algorithm automatically extracts ontological entities from tables, by using specific heuristics and WordNet-based analysis. The second algorithm harvests semantic relations from unstructured texts using Natural Language Processing ...

While the technologies for generation of electronic signatures are well-established in public-key infrastructures, the validation of electronic signatures still shows some open problems. The verification of the validity of an electronic signature requires high degrees of diligence, time and effort for the local configuration and management of trusted certificates and their revocation status. A ...

Global illumination researchers tend to think in terms of mesh density and sampling frequency, and their software reflects this in its user interface. Advanced rendering systems are rife with long command lines and parameters for tuning the sample densities, thresholds and other algorithm-specific variables, and the novice user is quickly lost in a sea of possibilities. This paper details a suc...

Today’s challenges for language development include language extension and composition, as well as the use of diverse notations. A promising approach is projectional editing, a technique to directly manipulate the abstract syntax tree of a program, without relying on parsers. Its potential lies in the ability to combine diverse notational styles – such as text, symbols, tables, and graphics – a...