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Using Wikipedia for Automatic Word Sense Disambiguation (open access)

Using Wikipedia for Automatic Word Sense Disambiguation

This paper describes a method for generating sense-tagged data using Wikipedia as a source of sense annotations. Through word sense disambiguation experiments, the authors show that the Wikipedia-based sense annotations are reliable and can be used to construct accurate sense classifiers.
Date: April 2007
Creator: Mihalcea, Rada, 1974-
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classification of Attributes and Behavior in Risk Management Using Bayesian Networks (open access)

Classification of Attributes and Behavior in Risk Management Using Bayesian Networks

This paper discusses issues in security.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Dantu, Ram; Kolan, Prakash; Loper, Kall & Akl, Robert G.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamic Channel Assignment in IEEE 802.11 Networks (open access)

Dynamic Channel Assignment in IEEE 802.11 Networks

This paper discusses dynamic channel assignment in IEEE 802.11 networks.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Arepally, Anurag
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Of Men, Women, and Computers: Data-Driven Gender Modeling for Improved User Interfaces (open access)

Of Men, Women, and Computers: Data-Driven Gender Modeling for Improved User Interfaces

This paper discusses data-driven gender modeling for improved user interfaces.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Liu, Hugo & Mihalcea, Rada, 1974-
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterizing Humour: An Exploration of Features in Humorous Texts (open access)

Characterizing Humour: An Exploration of Features in Humorous Texts

This paper investigates the problem of automatic humor recognition, and provides an in-depth analysis of two of the most frequently observed features of humorous text: human-centeredness and negative polarity. Through experiments performed on two collections of humorous texts, the authors show that these properties of verbal humor are consisted across different data sets.
Date: February 2007
Creator: Mihalcea, Rada, 1974- & Pulman, Stephen
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
AC 2007-1844: An Innovative Mechanical and Energy Engineering Curriculum (open access)

AC 2007-1844: An Innovative Mechanical and Energy Engineering Curriculum

This paper discusses the addition of a new Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at the University of North Texas (UNT). Those involved see the curriculum for this new program as a new model of engineering education that parallels the innovations of UNTs current Learning to Learn (L2L) project-oriented concept course with the addition of innovative approaches for mechanical engineering and emphasis on energy engineering education.
Date: 2007
Creator: Michaelides, Efstathios & Mirshams, Reza
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in a Power-Managed WLAN (open access)

Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in a Power-Managed WLAN

This paper discusses a proposed algorithm.
Date: 2007
Creator: Haidar, Mohamad; Akl, Robert G.; Al-Rizzo, Hussain Mudhaffar Younis, 1957- & Chan, Yupo
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grid-based Coordinated Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks (open access)

Grid-based Coordinated Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper discusses grid-based coordinated routing in wireless sensor networks and compares the energy available in the network over time for different grid sizes. The authors explore the quality of service of wireless sensor networks, how the coordinator nodes are elected, and the size of the grid area that will minimize the total energy consumption and extend the lifetime of the network.
Date: January 2007
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Sawant, Uttara
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling and Analysis Using Computational Tools (open access)

Modeling and Analysis Using Computational Tools

This book chapter presents two special algorithms, Mean Value Analysis and Convolution Algorithm, for the analysis of closed queuing networks, and an introduction to simulation techniques that are widely used in analyzing queuing systems in general.
Date: 2007
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Kavi, Krishna M.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Motivating and Retaining CS2 Students with a Competative Game Programming Project (open access)

Motivating and Retaining CS2 Students with a Competative Game Programming Project

This article discusses motivating and retaining computer science students with a competitive game programming project.
Date: 2007
Creator: Garlick, Ryan & Akl, Robert G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Engineering (open access)

Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Engineering

Article discussing strategies for the retention and recruitment of women and minorities in computer science and engineering.
Date: 2007
Creator: Akl, Robert G.; Keathly, David & Garlick, Ryan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parity Assisted Decision Making for QAM Modulation (open access)

Parity Assisted Decision Making for QAM Modulation

This paper discusses parity assisted decision making for QAM modulation.
Date: September 2006
Creator: Alhabsi, Amer H.; Al-Rizzo, Hussain Mudhaffar Younis, 1957- & Akl, Robert G.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
REBEL: Reconfigurable Block Encryption Logic (open access)

REBEL: Reconfigurable Block Encryption Logic

This paper discusses reconfigurable block encryption logic. Existing block cipher function designs have tended to deploy the secret bits in a specific and limited way. The authors generalize the role of the secret as truth tables of Boolean gates in a carefully designed logic schema.
Date: September 1, 2006
Creator: Gomathisankaran, Mahadevan & Tyagi, Akhilesh
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simulation of Throughput in UMTS Networks with Different Spreading Factors (open access)

Simulation of Throughput in UMTS Networks with Different Spreading Factors

In this paper, the authors design and implement a local session admission control (SAC) algorithm for third-generation wireless networks which allows for the simulation of network throughput for different spreading factors and various mobility scenarios.
Date: September 2006
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Arepally, Anurag
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corpus-based and Knowledge-based Measures of Text Semantic Similarity (open access)

Corpus-based and Knowledge-based Measures of Text Semantic Similarity

This article discusses corpus-based and knowledge-based measures of text semantic similarity.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Mihalcea, Rada, 1974-; Corley, Courtney & Strapparava, Carlo, 1962-
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intra-Class Competitive Assignments in CS2: A One-Year Study (open access)

Intra-Class Competitive Assignments in CS2: A One-Year Study

This paper discusses intra-class competitive assignments in CS2.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Garlick, Ryan & Akl, Robert G.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retention and Recruitment of Women in Computer Engineering

This presentation discusses strategies and goals for recruiting more women to Computer Science and Engineering degree (CSE) programs at the University of North Texas (UNT). It also describes a series of activities aimed at improving retention rates of women students already in our programs. Such recruitment and retention of women is critical to the country's efforts to increase the number of engineering professionals, and is a priority for the CSE Department at UNT.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Garlick, Ryan
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retention and Recruitment of Women in Computer Engineering (open access)

Retention and Recruitment of Women in Computer Engineering

This paper describes the efforts and results of a plan for actively recruiting women students to undergraduate computer engineering programs at the University of North Texas (UNT). It also describes a series of activities aimed at improving retention rates of women students already in our programs. Such recruitment and retention of women is critical to the country's efforts to increase the number of engineering professionals, and is a priority for the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department at UNT.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Garlick, Ryan
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
UMTS Capacity and Throughput Maximization for Different Spreading Factors (open access)

UMTS Capacity and Throughput Maximization for Different Spreading Factors

This article discusses UMTS capacity and throughput maximization for different spreading factors.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Nguyen, Son
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Word Sense and Subjectivity (open access)

Word Sense and Subjectivity

This paper discusses word sense and subjectivity.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Wiebe, Janyce M. & Mihalcea, Rada, 1974-
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Non-Preemptive Scheduling Algorithm for Soft Real-Time Systems (open access)

A Non-Preemptive Scheduling Algorithm for Soft Real-Time Systems

This article discusses a non-preemptive scheduling algorithm for soft real-time systems.
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Li, Wenming; Kavi, Krishna M. & Akl, Robert G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Architecture Support for 3D Obfuscation (open access)

Architecture Support for 3D Obfuscation

Article discussing research on architecture support for 3D obfuscation.
Date: April 3, 2006
Creator: Gomathisankaran, Mahadevan & Tyagi, Akhilesh
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indoor Propagation Modeling at 2.4 GHZ for IEEE 802.11 Networks (open access)

Indoor Propagation Modeling at 2.4 GHZ for IEEE 802.11 Networks

This paper discusses indoor propagation modeling.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Akl, Robert G.; Tummala, Dinesh & Li, Xinrong
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance Enhancement by Eliminating Redundant Function Execution (open access)

Performance Enhancement by Eliminating Redundant Function Execution

This paper discusses performance enhancement by eliminating redundant function execution.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Chen, Peng; Kavi, Krishna M. & Akl, Robert G.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library