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Language in the Future of Computing

• Anurag Bhatnagar
• Abhishek Bhatnagar
• Michelle Mendoza

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Web Sites Reviewed

1. http://irevolution.net/2011/10/10/recordedfuture/
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14841018
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
4. http://www.cs.cofc.edu/~manaris/publications/advances-in-computers-vol-47.pdf

1. http://www.parc.com/content/attachments/PARC_NaturalLanguage_backgrounder.pdf
2. http://web.media.mit.edu/~lieber/Publications/NLP4NLP.pdf

Thesis Statement

Thesis

The dominant methods of human computer interaction place several constraints in their communication producing undesired effects such as errors, and incorrect output. Natural language processing technology, as it is bettered, can rectify these problems and make computers more attractive to technophobes.

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"Natural language processing will shape the way humans and computers interact in the future."

Keywords

natural language processing, sentiment analysis, talking to robots, voice recognition, grammar, linguistics, sentence parsing, vocabulary, homonyms, multiple languages, machine learning, human-computing interaction, chat-bots, Google search, IBM Watson, Apple Siri, Semantics, text mining

Bibliography

Books

Grand, Steven: The Creation

Pinker, Steven: The Language Instinct

Pinker, Steven: Words, Rules and their Meanings

Web Sites

http://irevolution.net/2011/10/10/recordedfuture/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14841018

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

http://www.cs.cofc.edu/~manaris/publications/advances-in-computers-vol-47.pdf

http://www.parc.com/content/attachments/PARC_NaturalLanguage_backgrounder.pdf

http://web.media.mit.edu/~lieber/Publications/NLP4NLP.pdf

Research Notes

Research Structure

• Section 1: HIDs. Directionality of communication.

• • Common HIDs: (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interface_device)

• • Keyboards

• • Mice, Touchpads

• • Joysticks

• • Cameras

• • Fingerprint Scanners

• • Headsets

- Less Common HIDs:

-- Driving Simulator Devices

-- Wired gloves

-- Dance pads

-- Wii Remote

-- Surface computing devices

- Section 2: Keyboards

-- Types of Keyboards

- Issues with Keyboards

-- Keystroke Logging (wireless)

-- Physical Injury

-- Repetitive Strain Injury

-- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

-- vHealth Risks

-- Language

-- Standards

-- Size Constraints/Limited functions on mobile devices

-- Common Damage

-- Hick's Law

- How can voice replacement software solve these problems

- Section 3: Mice

- Issues with Mice

- Section 4: Competition for NLP

- Touch Interfaces

- Gesture/Motion Sensors

- Section 5: Supplements for NLP

-- Augmented Reality

Projects Proposals

1) Natural Language Processing

• There are several smaller ideas we could work on within this large topic such as:

• Its implementation in chat-bots?
• Sentiment analysis - data mining for financial analysis, for disease or war prevention - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentiment_analysis
• Watson - More complicated topic, not sure what thesis we could have here? Word sense disambiguation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_sense_disambiguation More research needed.
• Part of speech tagging - Used on several websites in searching, tagging, merging threads or discussions : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part-of-speech_tagging

2) Kinect/Move interaction?

• Human computer interaction in video games?
• And other areas? http://www.primesense.com/en/the-living-room-experience
• Head-tracking? Gestures? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5nhQiL4pY More research needed.

3) Usability of Social Media Tools

• How do organizations structure their tools to promote and increase user engagement
• Psychological effects of Social Media and its pull on users