Automatic Summarization - 2009

Explore the field of automatic summarization in this comprehensive lecture by Ani Nenkova from the Center for Language & Speech Processing at Johns Hopkins University. Delve into the techniques and challenges of creating concise and accurate summaries of text using computational methods. Learn about various approaches to automatic summarization, including extractive and abstractive methods, as well as evaluation metrics used to assess the quality of generated summaries. Gain insights into the applications of automatic summarization in areas such as information retrieval, document understanding, and natural language processing. Discover the latest advancements and research directions in this rapidly evolving field, and understand how automatic summarization is transforming the way we process and consume large volumes of textual information.

Automatic Summarization - Ani Nenkova - 2009