Liviu P. Dinu

Classifier Ensembles for Dialect and Language Variety Identification

2018 · arXiv (Cornell University)

In this paper we present ensemble-based systems for dialect and language variety identification using the datasets made available by the organizers of the VarDial Evaluation Campaign 2018. We present a system developed to discriminate between …

A Computational Approach to Measuring the Semantic Divergence of Cognates

2020 · arXiv (Cornell University)

Meaning is the foundation stone of intercultural communication. Languages are continuously changing, and words shift their meanings for various reasons. Semantic divergence in related languages is a key concern of historical linguistics. In this paper …

Designing NLP Systems That Adapt to Diverse Worldviews

2024 · arXiv (Cornell University)

Natural Language Inference (NLI) is foundational for evaluating language understanding in AI. However, progress has plateaued, with models failing on ambiguous examples and exhibiting poor generalization. We argue that this stems from disregarding the subjective …

Exploring Neural Text Simplification Models

2017

We present the first attempt at using sequence to sequence neural networks to model text simplification (TS). Unlike the previously proposed automated TS systems, our neural text simplification (NTS) systems are able to simultaneously perform …