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Text to 3D Scene Generation with Rich Lexical Grounding
The ability to map descriptions of scenes to 3D geometric representations has
many applications in areas such as art, education, and robotics. However, prior
work on the text to 3D scene generation task has used manually specified object
categories and language that identifies them. We introduce a dataset of 3D
scenes annotated with natural language descriptions and learn from this data
how to ground textual descriptions to physical objects. Our method successfully
grounds a variety of lexical terms to concrete referents, and we show
quantitatively that our method improves 3D scene generation over previous work
using purely rule-based methods. We evaluate the fidelity and plausibility of
3D scenes generated with our grounding approach through human judgments. To
ease evaluation on this task, we also introduce an automated metric that
strongly correlates with human judgments.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables. To appear in ACL-IJCNLP 201
ARMD Workshop on Materials and Methods for Rapid Manufacturing for Commercial and Urban Aviation
This report documents the goals, organization and outcomes of the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorates (ARMD) Materials and Methods for Rapid Manufacturing for Commercial and Urban Aviation Workshop. The workshop began with a series of plenary presentations by leaders in the field of structures and materials, followed by concurrent symposia focused on forecasting the future of various technologies related to rapid manufacturing of metallic materials and polymeric matrix composites, referred to herein as composites. Shortly after the workshop, questionnaires were sent to key workshop participants from the aerospace industry with requests to rank the importance of a series of potential investment areas identified during the workshop. Outcomes from the workshop and subsequent questionnaires are being used as guidance for NASA investments in this important technology area
Fully automated calculation in fermion scattering
The package aITALC has been developed for fully automated calculations of two
fermion production at e+ e- collider and other similar reactions. We emphasize
the connection and interoperability between the different modules required for
the calculation and the external tools Diana, Form and LoopTools. Results for
e+ e- -> f anti-f, e+ e- are presented.Comment: 5 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures. Contribution to the X International
Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research,
ACAT 2005, May 22-27, 2005, Zeuthen (Germany
ICT-based reforms in local government decision-making in the gram panchayats of Kerala
The beneficial impact of computerisation can be felt in all elements that contribute to decision-making in panchayats in the state of Kerala. However, even though computerisation is bringing about immense improvements compared to traditional administrative practices, but scope still remains for further improvement. Instead of the 'as it is' computerisation that is mostly carried out a process based approach is needed
Approaches to Using e- and m-Business Components in Business
This paper discusses using e- and m-business components in supporting and enhancing existing businesses and in creating new business innovations. A framework illustrating two different approaches companies have to adoption of e- and m-business components is proposed. Three cases of how Finnish companies have, in an innovative way, used e- and m-business components to support, to enhance, and to launch businesses are presented. Based on the illustrative framework and the cases, some rules of thumb for using e- and m-business components in business are proposed. The aim of this paper is to offer managers helpful insights for planning e- and m-business component investments.e-Business; m-Business; Business Models; Case Studies
A methodology for producing reliable software, volume 1
An investigation into the areas having an impact on producing reliable software including automated verification tools, software modeling, testing techniques, structured programming, and management techniques is presented. This final report contains the results of this investigation, analysis of each technique, and the definition of a methodology for producing reliable software
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