PhD Studentship: Advanced Data Storytelling
I’m looking for a PhD student to work on Advanced Data Storytelling!
Regression to Mean
Some explanation and advice about regression to mean, which is a statistical phenomena that can impact NLG evaluations.
You Need to Understand your Corpora! The Weathergov Example
People who use corpora to build NLG systems need to understand what is in the corpora. The widely used Weathergov corpus, for example, probably contains computer-generated texts rather than human-written texts. So learning from it is essentially reverse-engineering a rule-based NLG system.
How to do an NLG Evaluation: Metrics
I am really dubious about evaluations based on BLEU and other metrics. I explain why, and also give advice on best practice for people who are committed to using metrics
How to do an NLG Evaluation: Task-Based (Extrinsic) Performance in Real-World Context
Advice on how to evaluate an NLG system by getting people to use it in the real world, and then measuring how effective the system was.
Academic Teaching vs Commercial Training Courses
I’ve just finished delivering a commercial training course, it was a very different (and in many ways better) experience than the academic teaching I’ve done for decades
Why isnt there More Open-Source NLG Software?
Why isnt there more open-source NLG software, and what can be done to encourage more open-source NLG?
How to do an NLG Evaluation: Human Ratings in Real-World Context
Advice on how to evaluate an NLG system by asking human subjects to rate the system, when they are using it in a real-world context.
Writing NLG Pages for Wikipedia
My experiences in writing NLG pages for Wikipedia; mostly positive, but sometimes frustrating.
How do I Build an NLG System: Testing and Quality Assurance
How do we test an NLG system, and ensure that it is robust, reliable, and meets its quality goals?
