Writing programs using ordinary language
Systems that can convert written specifications into working code in a few narrow cases could be generalized to other tasks.
Mining physicians’ notes for medical insights
A new approach to algorithmically distinguishing words with multiple possible meanings could help find useful data in electronic medical records.
The advantage of ambiguity
Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings.
Health care of the future
The Clinical Decision Making Group looks to advance health care by applying natural-language processing techniques to make better sense of medical records.
Computer automatically deciphers ancient language
A new system that took a couple hours to decipher much of the ancient language Ugaritic could help improve online translation software.