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Subject: MASTER'S ESSAY PRESENTATION
Keywords: Mr. Byron Weber Becker, graduate student,
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Date: 28 Jul 89 11:45:29 GMT
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Dept. of Computer Science, will speak on 
``Diambiguation Using the New Oxford English Dictionary.''

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
SEMINAR ACTIVITIES

MASTER'S ESSAY PRESENTATION

                    -Wednesday, August 2, 1989

Mr.  Byron  Weber  Becker,  graduate  student, Dept. of
Computer  Science, will speak on ``Disambiguation Using
the New Oxford English Dictionary.''

TIME:              2:00 p.m.

ROOM:              DC 1304

ABSTRACT

One   of  the  basic  activities  in  communication  is
distinguishing  which  of  several meanings for a given
word  is  the intended meaning.  In a dictionary, these
meanings are listed as different "senses."

If  a  computer could perform this sense disambiguation
auto-  matically, it could prove useful in applications
such  as  automatic  translation and indexing newspaper
articles.

I  have been investigating using the New Oxford English
Dictionary   for   sense  disambiguation.   I  will  be
reviewing  similar work done by M. Lesk and K.S. Jones,
as  well  as  my own approach.  Comparisons between the
approaches as well as ideas for future research will be
presented.