Semantic computing is a field of computing that combines elements of
semantic analysis,
natural language processing
Natural language processing (NLP) is a subfield of computer science and especially artificial intelligence. It is primarily concerned with providing computers with the ability to process data encoded in natural language and is thus closely related ...
,
data mining
Data mining is the process of extracting and finding patterns in massive data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems. Data mining is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and ...
,
knowledge graph
In knowledge representation and reasoning, a knowledge graph is a knowledge base that uses a Graph (discrete mathematics), graph-structured data model or topology to represent and operate on data. Knowledge graphs are often used to store interl ...
s, and related fields.
Semantic computing addresses three core problems:
# Understanding the (possibly naturally-expressed) intentions (
semantics
Semantics is the study of linguistic Meaning (philosophy), meaning. It examines what meaning is, how words get their meaning, and how the meaning of a complex expression depends on its parts. Part of this process involves the distinction betwee ...
) of users and expressing them in a machine-processable format
# Understanding the meanings (semantics) of computational content (of various sorts, including, but is not limited to, text, video, audio, process, network,
software
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the Execution (computing), execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications.
The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital comput ...
and
hardware) and expressing them in a machine-processable format
# Mapping the semantics of user with that of content for the purpose of content retrieval, management, creation, etc.
The
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines.
The IEEE ...
has held an International Conference on Semantic Computing since 2007. A conference on Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Computing has been held since 2015.
See also
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Computational semantics
Computational semantics is the study of how to automate the process of constructing and reasoning with semantics, meaning representations of natural language expressions. It consequently plays an important role in natural language processing, nat ...
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Semantic audio
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Semantic compression In natural language processing, semantic compression is a process of compacting a lexicon used to build
a textual document (or a set of documents) by reducing language heterogeneity, while maintaining text semantics.
As a result, the same ideas ca ...
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Semantic technology
The ultimate goal of semantic technology is to help machines understand data. To enable the encoding of semantics with the data, well-known technologies are RDF (Resource Description Framework) and OWL (Web Ontology Language). These technologies ...
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Semantic network
A semantic network, or frame network is a knowledge base that represents semantic relations between concepts in a network. This is often used as a form of knowledge representation. It is a directed or undirected graph consisting of vertices, ...
References
External links
IEEE International Conference on Semantic ComputingIEEE International School on Semantic ComputingInternational Journal of Semantic ComputingSemantic Computing Research Group
Semantic Web
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