CNM: An Interpretable Complex-valued Network for Matching

This paper seeks to model human language by the mathematical framework of quantum physics. With the well-designed mathematical formulations in quantum physics, this framework unifies different linguistic units in a single complex-valued vector space, e.g. words as particles in quantum states and sentences as mixed systems. A complex-valued network is built to implement this framework for semantic matching. With well-constrained complex-valued components, the network admits interpretations to explicit physical meanings. The proposed complex-valued network for matching (CNM) achieves comparable performances to strong CNN and RNN baselines on two benchmarking question answering (QA) datasets

Looking at Vector Space and Language Models for IR using Density Matrices

In this work, we conduct a joint analysis of both Vector Space and Language Models for IR using the mathematical framework of Quantum Theory. We shed light on how both models allocate the space of density matrices. A density matrix is shown to be a general representational tool capable of leveraging capabilities of both VSM and LM representations thus paving the way for a new generation of retrieval models. We analyze the possible implications suggested by our findings.Comment: In Proceedings of Quantum Interaction 201

As telenovelas como geradoras de estereótipos de gênero: o caso do México

Las telenovelas han contribuido a la reproducción de los estereotipos de género que se introducen en el imaginario colectivo como una normalidad. Sus historias representan mujeres con roles pasivos, víctimas de discriminación, violencia, sexualidad y cosificación. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar cómo los estereotipos contribuyen al mantenimiento del sistema sexo-género como un constructo cultural inequitativo. El método utilizado para su elaboración fue una investigación documental con datos y testimonios sobre los papeles que juegan los sujetos femeninos en las telenovelas. Uno de los hallazgos a destacar es la persistencia de interpretaciones poco apegadas  la realidad, que no dan cuenta de la transformación de los roles de la vida moderna. ntre las conclusiones más significativas de este artículo hay que señalar el escaso compromiso de las televisoras para contribuir al cambio cultural presentando a mujeres reales como protagonistas de sus historias.Soap Operas have contributed to the reproduction of gender stereotypes that are introduced in the collective imagination as a normality. Their stories represent women with passive roles, victims of discrimination, violence, sexuality, and reification. The objective of this article is to analyze how stereotypes contribute to the maintenance of the sex-gender system as an inequitable cultural construct. The method used for its elaboration was a documentary investigation with data and testimonies about the roles played by female subjects in soap operas. One of the findings to be highlighted is the persistence of interpretations little attached to reality, which do not account for the transformation of the roles of modern life. Among the most significant conclusions of this article is the lack of commitment of television stations to contribute to cultural change by presenting real women as protagonists of their stories.As telenovelas contribuem para a reprodução dos estereótipos de gênero que são introduzidos no imaginário coletivo como uma normalidade. Suas histórias representam mulheres com papéis passivos, vítimas de preconceito, violência, sexualidade e coisificação. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar como os estereótipos promovem a manutenção do sistema sexogênero como um construto cultural desigual. O método utilizado para sua elaboração foi uma pesquisa documental com dados e depoimentos sobre os papéis que os sujeitos femininos desempenham nas telenovelas. Um dos achados que se destaca é a persistência de interpretações pouco atreladas à realidade, que não dão conta da transformação dos papéis na vida moderna. Entre as conclusões mais significativas deste artigo, há o escasso compromisso dos canais de televisão para contribuir para a mudança cultural apresentando mulheres reais como protagonistas de suas histórias.https://revistas.udem.edu.co/index.php/anagramas/article/view/194

Exploiting individual users and user groups interaction features: methodology and infrastructure design

Περιέχει το πλήρες κείμενοThe user may be a source of evidence for supporting infor- mation access through Digital Library (DL) systems. In particular, the features gathered while monitoring the interaction between the user and a DL system can be used as implicit indicators of the user interests. How- ever, each user has his own style of interaction and a feature which is a reliable indicator with regard to one user may be no longer reliable when referred to another user. This suggests the need to develop personalized approaches for each user which are tailored for each search task. Never- theless, the behavior of a group of interrelated users, e.g. performing the same task, may improve the contribution provided by the personal be- havior; for instance, some interaction features, if considered individually, are more reliable with regard to a group of users. This paper introduces a methodology for exploiting both the behavior of individual users and group of users as sources of evidence. The paper also introduces a soft- ware infrastructure implementing the methodology. The methodology is mainly based on a geometric framework while the software infrastructure is based on a partially decentralized Peer-To-Peer (P2P) network, thus permitting the management of di erent sources of evidence