Dear all,
As some of you may already know I have been working on a tool to
visualize the etymological tree of words using data extracted from
the English Wiktionary.
This work involved the development of a software to extract
information from Wiktionary textual etymology sections (and other
sections as well) using advanced natural language processing
techniques. The data used by the software is synchronized with the
latest release of the English Wiktionary dump.
A first version of the tool can be tested at
http://tools.wmflabs.org/etytree/etymology/resources/html/index.html
I only had six months to work on this project and I am now asking for
a renewal. The main aspect I want to improve is the visualization,
which currently uses graphs instead of trees (for the nature of the
current data trees could not be used). Also more work is needed to
refine the extraction method as still some relationships are
incorrectly extracted. For more details on the proposed improvements
see the page linked above.
This project is a first step towards the creation of a big database of
etymological relationships that can be used by linguists and etymology
enthusiasts in many ways.
As only projects that have enough support from the community will be
funded, please leave your feedback in the endorsement section (end of
page) of the grant renewal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/A_graphical_and_interactive_etym…
I am looking forward to your feedback on the grant page.
Thanks a lot!
Best,
Ester
Apologies for cross-posting
Call for Papers, Posters & Workshops and Tutorials
SEMANTiCS 2017 - The Linked Data Conference
13th International Conference on Semantic Systems
Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 11 -14, 2017
http://2017.semantics.cc
For details please go to: https://2017.semantics.cc/calls
Important Dates (Research & Innovation Track):
*Abstract Submission Deadline: May 17, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time)
*Paper Submission Deadline: May 24, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time)
*Notification of Acceptance: July 3, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time)
*Camera-Ready Paper: August 14, 2017 (11:59 pm,
Hawaii time)
Important Dates (Posters & Demos Track):
*Submission Deadline: July 10, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time)
*Notification of Acceptance: August 10, 2017 (11:59 pm,
Hawaii time)
*Camera-Ready Paper: August 18, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time)
Important Dates (Workshops & Tutorials):
*Proposals for Workshops with Call for Papers: March 31, 2017 (23:59
Hawaii Time)
*Proposals for Tutorials and Workshops without Call for Papers: June
30, 2017 (23:59 Hawaii Time)
*Notification of Acceptance: April 13, 2017 (23:59 Hawaii Time)
*Workshop Website/Call for Papers Online: April 30, 2017 (23:59 Hawaii Time)
*Camera-Ready Proceedings: September 4, 2017 (23:59 Hawaii Time)
*SEMANTiCS 2017 Workshop & Tutorial Days: September 11 and 14, 2017
Important Dates (Industry & Use Case Presentations):
*Submission Deadline: June 23, 2017
*Notification of Acceptance: July 4, 2017
*Presentation Ready: August 15, 2017
As in the previous years, SEMANTiCS’17 proceedings will be published by
ACM ICPS (pending) and CEUR WS proceedings.
SEMANTiCS 2017 will especially welcome submissions for the following hot
topics:
*Data Science (special track, see below)
*Web Semantics, Linked (Open) Data & schema.org
*Corporate Knowledge Graphs
*Knowledge Integration and Language Technologies
*Data Quality Management
*Economics of Data, Data Services and Data Ecosystems
Following the success of previous years, the ‘horizontals’ (research)
and ‘verticals’ (industries) below are of interest for the conference:
Horizontals:
*Enterprise Linked Data & Data Integration
*Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search
*Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies
*Semantics in Big Data
*Text Analytics
*Data Portals & Knowledge Visualization
*Semantic Information Management
*Document Management & Content Management
*Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management
*Smart Connectivity, Networking & Interlinking
*Smart Data & Semantics in IoT
*Semantics for IT Safety & Security
*Semantic Rules, Policies & Licensing
*Community, Social & Societal Aspects
Data Science Special Track Horizontals:
*Large-Scale Data Processing (stream processing, handling large-scale
graphs)
*Data Analytics (Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Network Analytics)
*Communicating Data (Data Visualization, UX & Interaction Design,
Crowdsourcing)
*Cross-cutting Issues (Ethics, Privacy, Security, Provenance)
Verticals:
*Industry & Engineering
*Life Sciences & Health Care
*Public Administration
*e-Science
*Digital Humanities
*Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM)
*Education & eLearning
*Media & Data Journalism
*Publishing, Marketing & Advertising
*Tourism & Recreation
*Financial & Insurance Industry
*Telecommunication & Mobile Services
*Sustainable Development: Climate, Water, Air, Ecology
*Energy, Smart Homes & Smart Grids
*Food, Agriculture & Farming
*Safety, Security & Privacy
*Transport, Environment & Geospatial