ARC — Architecture Represented Computationally

This is an NEH-funded project to develop a knowledge representation for translating English-language descriptions of architecture — specifically, Gothic cathedrals — into a form the computer can understand and manipulate.

Dr. Stefaan van Liefferinge, principal investigator

Dr. Don Potter, co-principal investigator

Dr. Michael A. Covington, co-principal investigator

Charles Hollingsworth, Stefaan Van Liefferinge, Rebecca A. Smith, Michael A. Covington, and Walter D. Potter (2011) The ARC Project: Creating logical models of Gothic cathedrals using natural language processing. Proceedings, 5th ACL-HLT Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities (Portland, Oregon), pp. 63-68.

Stefaan Van Liefferinge, Charles Hollingsworth, Rebecca A. Smith, Michael A. Covington, and Walter D. Potter. Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Understanding Gothic Cathedrals. Proceedings, ICAI 2011.

NEW: Charles Hollingsworth, Stefaan Van Liefferinge, Rebecca A. Smith, Michael A. Covington, and Walter D. Potter (2011) Progress report on the ARC Project: Creating logical models of Gothic cathedrals. Working paper, The University of Georgia.

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