Methods and tools for summarization of entities and facts in knowledge bases [article]

Tomasz Tylenda, Universität Des Saarlandes, Universität Des Saarlandes
2015
Knowledge bases have become key assets for search and analytics over large document corpora. They are used in applications ranging from highly specialized tasks in bioinformatics to general purpose search engines. The large amount of structured knowledge they contain calls for effective summarization and ranking methods. First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my advisor, Prof. Gerhard Weikum, for giving me the opportunity to pursue research under his guidance. This
more » ... hesis would not be possible without his support and scientific advice. I am thankful to all members of the Databases and Information Systems Department for creating a great working environment. They supported me both as scientists and as friends. I am thankful to people with whom I had the pleasure to collaborate, in particular Mauro Sozio, Arturas Mazeika, and Sarath Kumar Kondreddi. I also thank Saskia Metzler for helping me translate the abstract and summary of this thesis into German. Last but not least, I would like to thank my parents, Jacek and Janina Tylenda, who always supported me.
doi:10.22028/d291-26620 fatcat:iph726wnkbczjeizm3k77ayb5i