The document discusses research from the University of Sheffield's Natural Language Processing group, which among the largest in the EU. The group developed HiDE, a tool to analyze large volumes of text and infer connections. HiDE has been applied to analyze 26 million research papers on any topic. Moving forward, the group seeks user evaluation of HiDE in operational settings, implementation of personalized filtering, and investment to continue development and find further applications.

1. Marketplace 2016
Judita Preiss and Mark Stevenson
University of Sheffield

2. Sheffield University
Natural Language Processing (NLP) research
group
• among largest in EU
• NLP
• text analytics
• data science

3. Hypothesis generation and
visualization from Big Data
Developed HiDE (Hidden
Discovery Explorer): tool
to analyse large volumes
of text and infer
connections

4. Success to date
• HiDE can be applied to Big Data
• 26 million research papers
• HiDE can analyse text on any topic
• CDE focussed on defence relevant
documents
• CDE improved HiDE’s user interface and
filtering mechanisms

5. What next?
• user evaluation within
operational setting
• implementation of
personalised filtering

6. We’re looking for…
• further applications
• partners for user evaluations
• investment to continue development