Catherine N. Ball

Also published as: Catherine Ball


2008

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An Infrastructure, Tools and Methodology for Evaluation of Multicultural Name Matching Systems
Keith J. Miller | Mark Arehart | Catherine Ball | John Polk | Alan Rubenstein | Kenneth Samuel | Elizabeth Schroeder | Eva Vecchi | Chris Wolf
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'08)

This paper describes a Name Matching Evaluation Laboratory that is a joint effort across multiple projects. The lab houses our evaluation infrastructure as well as multiple name matching engines and customized analytical tools. Included is an explanation of the methodology used by the lab to carry out evaluations. This methodology is based on standard information retrieval evaluation, which requires a carefully-constructed test data set. The paper describes how we created that test data set, including the “ground truth” used to score the systems’ performance. Descriptions and snapshots of the lab’s various tools are provided, as well as information on how the different tools are used throughout the evaluation process. By using this evaluation process, the lab has been able to identify strengths and weaknesses of different name matching engines. These findings have led the lab to an ongoing investigation into various techniques for combining results from multiple name matching engines to achieve optimal results, as well as into research on the more general problem of identity management and resolution.

1990

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Management and Evaluation of Interactive Dialog in the Air Travel Domain
Lewis M. Norton | Deborah A. Dahl | Donald P. McKay | Lynette Hirschman | Marcia C. Linebarger | David Magerman | Catherine N. Ball
Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania, June 24-27,1990

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Training and Evaluation of a Spoken Language Understanding System
Deborah A. Dahl | Lynette Hirschman | Lewis M. Norton | Marcia C. Linebarger | David Magerman | Nghi Nguyen | Catherine N. Ball
Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania, June 24-27,1990

1989

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Analyzing Explicitly-Structured Discourse in a Limited Domain: Trouble and Failure Reports
Catherine N. Ball
Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 21-23, 1989

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Answers and Questions: Processing Messages and Queries
Catherine N. Ball | Deborah Dahl | Lewis M. Norton | Lynette Hirschman | Carl Weir | Marcia Linebarger
Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, October 15-18, 1989