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Baldwin Language Technologies

Baldwin Language Technology's DUC Summarization System (.ps) (DUC 2001)
B. Baldwin, A. Ross, Baldwin Language Technologies

BBN Technologies

Very Short Summaries: 4 Methods (slides) (DUC 2001)
S. Sista, R. Schwartz, R. Weischedel, BBN Technologies

Automatic Headline Generation for Newspaper Stories (.ps) (DUC 2002)
D. Zajic, B. Door, University of Maryland
R. Schwartz, BBN

Automatic Headline Generation for Newspaper Stories (.ps) (DUC 2002)
D. Zajic, B. Dorr, University of Maryland
R. Schwartz, BBN

BBN/UMD at DUC-2004: Topiary (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
D. Zajic, B. Dorr, University of Maryland
R. Schwartz, BBN Technologies

A Sentence-Trimming Approach to Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
D. Zajic, B. Dorr, J. Lin, C. Monz, University of Maryland, College Park
R. Schwartz, BBN Technologies

Chinese Academy of Sciences

IS_SUM: A Multi-Document Summarizer Based on Document Index
Graphic and Lexical Chains
(.pdf) (DUC 2005)
Q. Zhou, L. Sun, Chinese Academic of Sciences
J.-Y. Nie, Universite' de Montreal

ISCAS at DUC 2006 (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
Q. Zhou, L. Sun, Y. Lv, Chinese Academy of Science

ICT CAS at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
J. Zhang, H. Xu, X. Wang, H. Shen, Y. Zeng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ICT

A Query-Focused Multi-Document Summarizer Based on Lexical Chains (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
J. Li, L. Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. Kit, J. Webster, City University of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong

A Query-Focused Multi-Document Summarizer Based on Lexical Chains (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
J. Li, L. Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. Kit, J. Webster, City University of Hong Kong

CL Research

Text Summarization Using XML-Tagged Documents (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
K.C. Litkowski, CL Research

Summarization Experiments in DUC 2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
K.C. Litkowski, CL Research

Evolving XML Summarization Strategies in DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
K.C. Litkowski, CL Research

CL Research Summarization in DUC 2006: An EasierTask, An Easier Method? (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
K.C. Litkowski, CL Research

CoGenTex, Inc.

Detecting Discrepancies and Improving Intelligibility: Two PreliminaryEvaluations of RIPTIDES (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
M. White, D. McCullough, CoGenTex, Inc.
C. Cardie, V. Ng. K. Wagstaff, Cornell University

Selecting sentences for multidocument summaries using randomized local search (DUC 2002)
M. White and C. Cardie, CoGenTex, Inc.

Columbia University

Columbia Multi-Document Summarization: Approach and Evaluation (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
K.R. McKeown, R. Barzilay, D. Evans, V. Hatzivassiloglou, M. Yen Kan, B. Schiffman, S. Teufel, Columbia University

Domain-Specific Informative and Indicative Summarization for Information Retrieval (.ps) (DUC 2001)
M-Y Kan, K.R., McKeown, J.L. Klavans, Columbia University

The Columbia Multi-Document Summarizer for DUC 2002 (.ps) (DUC 2002)
K. McKeown, D. Evans, A. Nenkova, R. Barzilay, V. Hatzivassiloglou, B. Schiffman, S. Blair-Goldensohn, J. Klavans, S. Sigelman, Columbia University

Columbia at the Document Understanding Conference 2003 (.ps) (DUC 2003)
A. Nenkova, B. Schiffman, A. Schlaiker, S. Blair-Goldensohn, R. Barzilay, S. Sigelman,
V. Hatzivassiloglou, K. McKeown, Columbia University

Columbia University at DUC 2004 (.ps) (DUC 2004)
S. Blair-Goldenshohn, D. Evans, V. Hatzivassiloglou, K. McKeown, A. Nenkova, R. Passonneau, B. Schiffman, A. Schlaikjer, A. Siddharthan, S. Siegelman, Columbia University

Applying the Pyramid Method in DUC 2005 (.pdf)    Slides (.ppt) (DUC 2005)
R.J. Passonneau, A. Nenkova, K. McKeown, S. Sigelman, Columbia University

Columbia University at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
S. Blair-Goldensohn, Columbia University

Applying the Pyramid Method in the 2006 Document Understanding Conference (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
R. J. Passonneau, K. McKeown, S. Sigelman, A. Goodkind, Columbia University

DUC 2006 Pyramid Evaluation Slides (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
R. J. Passonneau, Columbia University

Integrating Rhetorical-Semantic Relation Models for Query-Focused Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
S. Blair-Goldensohn, K. McKeown, Columbia University

Summarization for Q&A at Columbia University for DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
B. Schiffman, Columbia University

Concordia University

Using Knowledge-poor Coreference Resolution for Text Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
S. Bergler, R. Witte, M. Khalife, Z. Li, F. Fudzicz, Concordia University

Multi-ERSS and ERSS 2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
S. Bergler, R. Witte, Z. Li, M. Khalife, Y. Chen, M. Doandes, A. Andreevskaia, Concordia University

ERSS 2005: Coreference-Based Summarization Reloaded (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
R. Witte, R. Krestel, Universität Karlsruhe
S. Bergler, Concordia University

Generating Update Summaries for DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
R. Witte, R. Krestel, Universitat Karlsruhe
S. Bergler, Concordia University

CRL

Sentence Extraction with Information Extraction Technique (.ps) (DUC 2001)
S. Sekine, New York University
C. Nobata, CRL (Japan)

Results of CRL/NYU System at DUC-2003 and an Experiment on Division of Document Sets (.ps) (DUC 2003)
C. Nobata, Communications Research Laboratory
S. Sekine, New York University

Department of Defense

An Empirical Study of the Relation Between Abstracts, Extracts, and the Discourse Structure of Texts (.ps) (DUC 2001)
L. Carlson, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense
J.M. Conroy, Institute for Defense Analysis
D. Marcu, W. Wong, USC Information Sciences Institute
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland, Computer Science Department
A. Taylor, SRA International, Inc.

Using Document Features and Statistical Modeling to Improve Query-Based Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
J.D. Schlesinger, IDA
D.J. Baker, Department of Defense
R.L. Donaway, Logicon Technology Solutions

Using HMM and Logistic Regression to Generate Extract Summaries for DUC (.ps) (DUC 2001)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense

Understanding Machine Performance in the Context of Human Performance for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps)
(DUC 2002)
J.D. Schlesinger and J.M. Conroy, IDA
M.E. Okurowski and H.T. Wilson, Department of Defense
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
A. Taylor, SRA
J. Hobbs, Kathpal Technologies

Performance of a Three-Stage System for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps) (DUC 2003)
D.M. Dunlavy, D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences
S.A. Goodman, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense

Left-Brain/Right-Brain Multi-Document Summarization (.ps) (DUC 2004)
J. M. Conroy, J. D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences,
J.Goldstein, Department of Defense,
D. P. O'Leary, University of Maryland

CLASSY Query-Based Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA
J. Goldstein Stewart, Department of Defense

Drexel University

A Term Frequency Distribution Approach for the DUC 2007 Update Task (.pdf)
(DUC 2007)
L.H. Reeve, H. Han, Drexel University

Ecole Polytechnique de Montréa

The LIA Summarization System at DUC 2007 (.ps) (DUC 2007)
F. Boudin, F. Béchet, M. El-Béze, B. Favre, L. Gillard, Université d'Avignon
J.-M. Torres-Moreno, Université d'Avignon and Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal

EML Research gGmbH

Cascaded Filtering for Topic-Driven Multi-DocumentSummarization (.pdf)
(DUC 2007)
K. Filippova, M. Mieskes, V. Nastase, S. Paolo Ponzetto, M. Strube, EML Research gGmbH

FreeText Software Technologies, Inc.

Trade-Off Between Factors Influencing Qualityof the Summary (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
M. Soubbotin, S. Soubbotin, FreeText Software Technologies, Inc.

Fudan University

Approaches to Event-Focused Summarization Based on Named Entities and Query Words (.doc) (DUC 2003)
J. Ge, X. Huang, L. Wu, Fudan University

Fudan University at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
L. Zhao, X. Huang, L. Wu, Fudan University

Fudan University at DUC 2006 (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
L. Zhao, L. Wu, X. Huang, Fudan University

GE Corporation R&D Center

Cross-Document Summarization by Concept Classification (.ps) (DUC 2001)
H. Hardy, N. Shimizu, T. Strzalkowski, L. Ting, X. Zhang, University of Albany
G. Bowden Wise, GE Corporation R&D Center

Heriot-Watt University

A New Multi-document Summarization System (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
Y. Guo, G. Stylios, Heriot-Watt University

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University at DUC2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
W. Li, W. Li, B. Li, Q. Chen, M. Wu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Query Focus Guided Sentence Selection Strategy for DUC 2006 (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
W. Li, B. Li, M. Wu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Imperial College

Extract-based Summarization with Simplification (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
P. Lal, S. Rüger, Imperial College

Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA)

An Empirical Study of the Relation Between Abstracts, Extracts, and the Discourse Structure of Texts (.ps) (DUC 2001)
L. Carlson, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense
J.M. Conroy, Institute for Defense Analysis
D. Marcu, W. Wong, USC Information Sciences Institute
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland, Computer Science Department
A. Taylor, SRA International, Inc.

Using Document Features and Statistical Modeling to Improve Query-Based Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
J.D. Schlesinger, Institute for Defense Analysis
D.J. Baker, Department of Defense
R.L. Donaway, Logicon Technology Solutions

Using HMM and Logistic Regression to Generate Extract Summaries for DUC (.ps) (DUC 2001)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, Institute for Defense Analysis
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense

Understanding Machine Performance in the Context of Human Performance for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps) (DUC 2002)
J.D. Schlesinger and J.M. Conroy, IDA
M.E. Okurowski and H.T. Wilson, Department of Defense
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
A. Taylor, SRA
J. Hobbs, Kathpal Technologies

Performance of a Three-Stage System for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps) (DUC 2003)
D.M. Dunlavy, D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences
S.A. Goodman, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense

Left-Brain/Right-Brain Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
J. M. Conroy, J. D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences,
J.Goldstein, Department of Defense,
D. P. O'Leary, University of Maryland

CLASSY Query-Based Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA
J. Goldstein Stewart, Department of Defense

Back to Basics: CLASSY 2006 (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
J. Goldstein, Department of Defense

CLASSY 2007 at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland

IIIT Hyderabad

IIIT Hyderabad at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
P. Pingali, R.K. and V. Varma, IIIT, Hyderabad

Information Sciences Institute

Bayesian Summarization at DUC and a Suggestion for Extrinsic Evaluation (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
H. Daume III, D. Marcu, Information Sciences Institute

International Institute of Information Technology

A Relevance-Based Language Modeling Approach to DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
J. Jagadeesh, P. Pingali, V. Varma, International Institute of Information Technology

Query Independent Sentence Scoring Approach to DUC 2006 (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
J. Jagarlamudi, P. Pingali, V. Varma, International Institute of Information Technology

ITC-irst

Keyphrase Extraction for Summarization Purposes: The LAKE System at DUC-2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
E. D'Avanzo, B. Magnini, A. Vallin, ITC-irst

A Keyphrase-Based Approach to Summarization:The Lake Systemat DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
E. D'Avanzo, ITC-irst and DIT-University of Trento
B. Magnini, ITC-irst

Katholieke Universiteit

The Use of Topic Segmentation for Automatic Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
R. Angheluta, R. De Busser, M-F. Moens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

K.U.Leuven Summarization System - DUC 2003 (.ps) (DUC 2003)
R. Angheluta, M.-F. Moens, R. De Busser, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

K.U. Leuven Summarization System at DUC 2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
R. Angheluta, R. Mitra, X. Jing, M.-F. Moens, Katholieke Universiteit Lueven

Kathpal Technologies

Understanding Machine Performance in the Context of Human Performance for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps)
(DUC 2002)
J.D. Schlesinger and J.M. Conroy, IDA
M.E. Okurowski and H.T. Wilson, Department of Defense
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
A. Taylor, SRA
J. Hobbs, Kathpal Technologies

Korea University

KU Text Summarization System for DUC 2003 (.ps) (DUC 2003)
K.-S. Han, Y.-I. Song, H.-C. Rim, Korea University

Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6

A Contextual Query Expansion Approach by Term Clustering for Robust Text Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
M.R. Amini, N. Usunier, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6

Language Computer Corporation

GISTexter: A System for Summarizing Text Documents (slides) (DUC 2001)
S.M. Harabagiu, D. Moldovan, P. Morarescu, F. Lacatusu, R. Mihalcea, V. Rus, R. Girju,
University of Texas at Dallas, Southern Methodist University, and Language Computer Corporation

Generating Single and Multi-Document Summaries with GISTEXTER (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
S.M. Harabagiu, F. Lacatusu, Languague Computer Corporation

LITE-GISTEXTER: Generating Short Summaries with Minimal Resources (.ps) (DUC 2003)
V. Finley Lacatusu, P. Parker, S.M. Harabagiu, Language Computer Corporation

Lite-GISTexter at DUC2004 (.ps) (DUC 2004)
F. Lacatusu, A. Hickl, S. Harabagiu, L. Nezda, Language Computer Corporation

Lite-GISTexter at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
F. Lacatusu, A. Hickl, P. Aarseth, Language Computer Corporation
L. Taylor, University of California, San Diego

LCC's GISTexter at DUC 2006: Multi-Strategy Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2006)
F. Lacatusu, A. Hickl, K. Roberts, Y. Shi, J. Bensley, B. Rink, P. Wang, L. Taylor, Language Computer Corporation

LCC's GISTexter at DUC 2007: Mach ine Reading for Update Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
A. Hickl, K. Roberts and F. Lacatusui, Language Computer Corporation

LARIS Laboratory

Summarization at LARIS Laboratory (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
J. K. Fatma, J. Maher, B. H. Lamia, B. H. Abdelmajid, LARIS Laboratory

Logicon Technology Solutions

Using Document Features and Statistical Modeling to Improve Query-Based Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
J.D. Schlesinger, IDA
D.J. Baker, Department of Defense
R.L. Donaway, Logicon Technology Solutions

Microsoft Research

An Approach to Summarization Based on Lexical Bonds (DUC 2002)
M. Karamuftuoglu, Mircosoft Research Cambridge

The PYTHY Summarization System: Microsoft Research at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
K. Toutanova, C. Brockett, M. Gamon, J. Jagarlamudi, H. Suzuki, L. Vanderwende, Microsoft Research

Microsoft

Event-Centric Summary Generation (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
L. Vanderwende, M. Banko, A. Menezes, Mircosoft

National Central University

NUS at DUC 2007: Using Evolutionary Models of Text (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
Z. Lin, T.-S. Chua, M.-Y. Kan, W.S. Lee, L. Qiu, S. Ye, National University of Singapore

National Institute of Japanese Literature

ModDBS-XM: A Diversity Based Summarizer for DUC (.ps) (DUC 2001)
T. Nomoto, National Institute of Japanese Literature

National Institute of Information and Communication Technology

CRL/NYU Summarization System at DUC-2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
C. Nobata, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology
S. Sekine, New York University

National Institute of Informatics

Multi-Document Summarization with Subjectivity Analysis at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
Y. Seki, M. Aono, Toyohashi University
K. Eguchi, N. Kando, National Institute of Informatics

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Introduction to DUC-2001:
an Intrinsic Evaluation of Generic News Text Summarization Systems slides (.html) (DUC 2001)
P. Over, NIST

Overview of DUC 2002 (DUC 2002)
P. Over (general; abstracts) slides (.pdf)
H. van Halteren (extracts), University of Nijmegen

Panel 2: Roadmap revisited/Resources/What next (DUC 2002)
D. Harman, NIST

An Introduction to DUC 2003 Intrinsic Evaluation of Generic News Text Summarization Systems slides (.ppt)
slides (.pdf)
slides (.ps)   (DUC 2003)
P. Over, J. Yen, National Institute of Standards and Technology

AN Introduction to DUC 2004: Intrinsic Evaluation of Generic New Text Summarization Systems slides (.pdf) (DUC 2004)

Overview of DUC 2005 (.pdf)    Slides (.ps) (DUC 2005)
H.T. Dang, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

National University of Singapore

NUS at DUC 2005: Understanding Documents via Concept Links(.pdf) (DUC 2005)
S. Ye, L. Qiu, T.-S. Chua, National University of Singapore

NUS at DUC 2007: Using Evolutionary Models of Text (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
Z. Lin, T.-S. Chua, M.-Y. Kan, W.S. Lee, L. Qiu, S. Ye, National University of Singapore

New York University

Sentence Extraction with Information Extraction Technique (.ps) (DUC 2001)
S. Sekine, New York University
C. Nobata, CRL (Japan)

Results of CRL/NYU System at DUC-2003 and an Experiment on Division of Document Sets (.ps) (DUC 2003)
C. Nobata, Communications Research Laboratory
S. Sekine, New York University

CRL/NYU Summarization System at DUC-2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
C. Nobata, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology
S. Sekine, New York University

NTT Communication Science Laboratories

NTT's Text Summarization System for DUC-2002 (.ps) (DUC 2002)
T. Hirao, Y. Sasaki, H. Isozaki, E. Maeda, NTT Communication Science Laboratoires

NTT's Multiple Document Summarization System for DUC 2003 (.ps) (DUC 2003)
T. Hirao, J. Suzuki, H. Isozaki, E. Maeda, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, NTT Corp.

NTT'S Multiple Document Summarization System for DUC2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
T. Hirao, J. Suzuki, H. Isozaki, E. Maeda, NTT Corporation

Oregon Health and Science University

OGI/OHSU Baseline Query-Directed Multi-Document Summarization System for DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
S. Fisher, B. Roark, J. Yang, B. Hersh, Oregon Health and Science University

Feature Expansion for Query-Focused Supervised Sentence Ranking (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
S. Fisher, B. Roark, Oregon Health & Science University

Peking University

Multi-Document Summarization Using Support Vector Regression (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
S. Li, Y. Ouyang, W. Wang, B. Sun, Peking University

Rutgers University

A Clustering Based Approach to Creating Multi-Document Summaries (.pdf) (slides) (DUC 2001)
E. Boros, P.B. Kantor, D.J. Neu, Rutgers University

Simon Fraser University

Description of SQUASH, the SFU Question Answering SummaryHandler for the DUC 2005 Summarization Task (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
G. Melli, Y. Wang, Y. Liu, M.M. Kashani, Z. Shi, B. Gu, A. Sarkar, F. Popowich, Simon Fraser University

Southern Methodist University

GISTexter: A System for Summarizing Text Documents (slides) (DUC 2001)
S. Harabagiu, D. Moldovan, P. Morarescu, F. Lacatusu, R. Mihalcea, V. Rus, R. Girju, University of Texas at Dallas,Southern Methodist University, and Language Computer Corporation

SRA International, Inc.

An Empirical Study of the Relation Between Abstracts, Extracts, and the Discourse Structure of Texts (DUC 2001)
L. Carlson, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense
J.M. Conroy, Institute for Defense Analysis
D. Marcu, W. Wong, USC Information Sciences Institute
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland, Computer Science Department
A. Taylor, SRA International, Inc.

Understanding Machine Performance in the Context of Human Performance for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps) (DUC 2002)
J.D. Schlesinger and J.M. Conroy, IDA
M.E. Okurowski and H.T. Wilson, Department of Defense
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
A. Taylor, SRA
J. Hobbs, Kathpal Technologies

Thomson Legal and Regulatory

TLR at DUC: Tree Similarity (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
F. Schilder, A. McCulloh, A. Zhou, Thomson Legal and Regulatory
B. Thomson McInnes, University of Minnesota

TNO-TPD

Combining a Mixture Language Model and Naive Bayes for Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
W. Kraaij, M. Spitters, M. van der Heijden, TNO-TPD

Headline extraction based on a combination of uni- and multidocument summarization techniques (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
W. Kraaij, M. Spitters, A. Hulth, TNO-TPD

Toshiba Corporate R&D Center

Combining the Ranked Output from Fulltext and Summary Indexes (.gz) (DUC 2001)
T. Sakai, Toshiba Corporate R&D Center

Toyohashi University

Multi-Document Summarization with Subjectivity Analysis at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
Y. Seki, M. Aono, Toyohashi University
K. Eguchi, N. Kando, National Institute of Informatics

University of Albany

Cross-Document Summarization by Concept Classification (.ps) (DUC 2001)
H. Hardy, N. Shimizu, T. Strzalkowski, L. Ting, X. Zhang, University of Albany

The LIA Summarization System at DUC 2007 (.ps) (DUC 2007)
F. Boudin, F. Béchet, M. El-Béze, B. Favre, L. Gillard, Université d'Avignon
J.-M. Torres-Moreno, Université d'Avignon and Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Description of the UAM System for Generating Very Short Summaries at DUC 2003 (.ps) (DUC 2003)
E. Alfonseca, P. Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Description of the UAM System For Generating Very Short Summaries at DUC 2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
E. Alfonseca, A. Moreno-Sandoval, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
J. M. Guirao, Universidad de Granada

Description of the UAM System at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
R. Torralbo, E. Alfonseca, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
J. M. Guirao, Universidad de Granada
A. Moreno-Sandoval, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Universitat de Barcelona

Mixed Approach to Headline Extraction for DUC 2003 (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
M. Fuentes, M. Massot, Universitat de Girona
H. Rodriguez, Universitat de Barcelona
L. Alonso, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

University of Cambridge

Factorial Summary Evaluation (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
K. Sparck Jones, University of Cambridge

University of California, San Diego

Lite-GISTexter at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
F. Lacatusu, A. Hickl, P. Aarseth, Language Computer Corporation
L. Taylor, University of California, San Diego

University College Dublin

News Story Gisting at University College Dublin (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
W. Doran, N. Stokes, E. Newman, J. Dunnion, J. Carthy, F. Toolan, Intelligent
Information Retrieval Group, Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin

IIRG-UCD at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
W. Doran, E. Newman, J. Dunnion, J. Carthy, University College Dublin
N. Stokes, University of Melbourne

University of Edinburgh

The Embra System at DUC 2005:Query-Oriented Multi-DocumentSummarization With a Very Large Latent Semantic Space (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
B. Hachey, G. Murray, D. Reitter, University of Edinburgh

University of Geneve

GOFAISUM: A Sympolic Summarizer for DUC (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
F. Gotti, G. Lapalme, Université de Montréal
L. Nerima, E. Wehrli, Université de Geneve

Universitat de Girona

Mixed Approach to Headline Extraction for DUC 2003 (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
M. Fuentes, M. Massot, Universitat de Girona
H. Rodriguez, Universitat de Barcelona
L. Alonso, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Universidad de Granada

Description of the UAM System For Generating Very Short Summaries at DUC 2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
E. Alfonseca, A. Moreno-Sandoval, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
J. M. Guirao, Universidad de Granada

Description of the UAM System at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
R. Torralbo, E. Alfonseca, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
J. M. Guirao, Universidad de Granada
A. Moreno-Sandoval, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

University of Houston

A Semantic Free-text Summarization System Using Ontology Knowledge (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
R. Verma, University of Houston
P. Chen, University of Houston-Downtown
W. Lu, University of Texas-Austin

University of Houston-Downtown

A Semantic Free-text Summarization System Using Ontology Knowledge (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
R. Verma, University of Houston
P. Chen, University of Houston-Downtown
W. Lu, University of Texas-Austin

Universität Karlsruhe

ERSS 2005: Coreference-Based Summarization Reloaded (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
R. Witte, R. Krestel, Universität Karlsruhe
S. Bergler, Concordia University

Generating Update Summaries for DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
R. Witte, R. Krestel, Universitat Karlsruhe
S. Bergler, Concordia University

University of Lethbridge

Text Summarization Using Lexical Chains (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
M. Brunn, Y. Chali, C.J. Pinchak, University of Lethbridge

The University of Lethbridge Text Summarizer at DUC 2002 (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
M. Brunn, Y. Chali, D. Dufour, University of Lethbridge

The University of Lethbridge Text Summarizer at DUC 2003 (.ps) (DUC 2003)
H. Rodrigueeedhar Kolla, Nanak Singh, Zhenshuan, Zhang, University of Lethbridge

Summarization Techniques at DUC 2004 (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
Y. Chali, M. Kolla, University of Lethbridge

Experiments in DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
M. Kolla, University of Waterloo, Canada
Y. Chali, University of Lethbridge, Canada

University of Lethbridge's Participation in DUC 2007 Main Task (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
Y. Chali, S.R. Joty, University of Lethbridge

University of Maryland

An Empirical Study of the Relation Between Abstracts, Extracts, and the Discourse Structure of Texts (.ps) (DUC 2001)
L. Carlson, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense
J.M. Conroy, Institute for Defense Analysis
D. Marcu, W. Wong, USC Information Sciences Institute
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland, Computer Science Department
A. Taylor, SRA International, Inc.

Using HMM and Logistic Regression to Generate Extract Summaries for DUC (.ps) (DUC 2001)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense

Automatic Headline Generation for Newspaper Stories (.ps) (DUC 2002)
D. Zajic, B. Door, University of Maryland
R. Schwartz, BBN

Automatic Headline Generation for Newspaper Stories (.ps) (DUC 2002)
D. Zajic, B. Dorr, University of Maryland
R. Schwartz, BBN

Understanding Machine Performance in the Context of Human Performance for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps) (DUC 2002)
J.D. Schlesinger and J.M. Conroy, IDA
M.E. Okurowski and H.T. Wilson, Department of Defense
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
A. Taylor, SRA
J. Hobbs, Kathpal Technologies

Performance of a Three-Stage System for Multi-Document Summarization (.ps) (DUC 2003)
D.M. Dunlavy, D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences
S.A. Goodman, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense

Left-Brain/Right-Brain Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
J. M. Conroy, J. D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences,
J.Goldstein, Department of Defense,
D. P. O'Leary, University of Maryland

BBN/UMD at DUC-2004: Topiary (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
J.Goldstein, Department of Defense,
D. P. O'Leary, University of Maryland

CLASSY 2007 at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
J.M. Conroy, J.D. Schlesinger, IDA/Center for Computing Sciences
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

A Sentence-Trimming Approach to Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
D. Zajic, B. Dorr, J. Lin, C. Monz, University of Maryland, College Park
R. Schwartz, BBN Technologies

Multiple Alternative Sentence Compressions for Automatic Text Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
N. Madnani, D. Zajic, B. Dorr, N. Fazil, A.& J. Lin, University of Maryland, College Park

University of Melbourne

IIRG-UCD at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
W. Doran, E. Newman, J. Dunnion, J. Carthy, University College Dublin
N. Stokes, University of Melbourne

NICTA's Update and Question-based Summarisation Systems at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
N. Stokes, J. Rong, B. Laugher, Y. Li, L. Cavedon, The University of Melbourne

University of Michigan

Experiments in Single and Multi-Document Summarization Using MEAD (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
D.R. Radev, S. Blair-Goldensohn, Z. Zhang, University of Michigan

Report from Johns Hopkins Summer Workshop "Automatic Summarization of Multiple (Multilingual) Documents (talk) (DUC 2001)
D.R. Radev, University of Michigan

The Michigan Single and Multi-document Summarizer for DUC 2002 (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
J.C. Otterbacher, A.J. Winkel, D.R. Radev, University of Michigan

Revisions that improve cohesion in multi-document summaries: a preliminary study (DUC 2002)
J.C. Otterbacher, D. R. Radev, A. Luo, University of Michigan

MEAD ReDUCs: Michigan at DUC 2003 (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
D.R. Radev, J. Otterbacher, H. Qi, D. Tam, University of Michigan

Michigan at DUC04--
Using Sentence Prestigue for Document Summarization slides (.ps) (DUC 2004)
The University of Michigan at DUC 2004 (.ps) (DUC 2004)
G. Erkan, D. R. Radev, University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

TLR at DUC: Tree Similarity (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
F. Schilder, A. McCulloh, A. Zhou, Thomson Legal and Regulatory
B. Thomson McInnes, University of Minnesota

Université de Montréal

Summaries with SumUM and its Expansion for Document Understanding Conference (DUC 2002) (.ps) (DUC 2002)
A. Farzindar, G. Lapalme, Université de Montréal
H. Saggion, University of Sheffield

Using Background Information for Multi-document Summarization and Summaries in Response to a Question (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
A. Farzindar, G. Lapalme, Université de Montréal

Lakhas, an Arabic Summarization System (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
F. S. Douzidia, G. Lapalme, Université de Montréal

IS_SUM: A Multi-Document Summarizer Based on Document Index
Graphic and Lexical Chains
(.pdf) (DUC 2005)
Q. Zhou, L. Sun, Chinese Academic of Sciences
J.-Y. Nie, Universite' de Montreal

CATS A Topic-Oriented Multi-Document Summarization System at DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
A. Farzindar, F. Rozon, G. Lapalme, Universite de Montreal

NICTA's Update and Question-based Summarisation Systems at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
N. Stokes, J. Rong, B. Laugher, Y. Li, L. Cavedon, The University of Melbourne

GOFAISUM: A Sympolic Summarizer for DUC (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
F. Gotti, G. Lapalme, Université de Montréal
L. Nerima, E. Wehrli, Université de Geneve

University of Nijmegen

Overview of DUC 2002
(DUC 2002)
P. Over (general; abstracts) slides (.pdf)
H. van Halteren (extracts), University of Nijmegen

Writing Style Recognition and Sentence Extraction (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
H. van Halteren, University of Nijmegen

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

UNC-CH at DUC 2007: Query Expansion, Lexical Simplification and Sentence Selection Strategies for Multi-Document Summarization (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
C. Blake, J. Kampov, A.K. Orphanides, D. West, C. Lown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Ottawa

Text Summarization as Controlled Search (DUC 2001)
T. Copeck, N. Japkowicz, S. Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa

Learning How Best to Summarize (.ps) (DUC 2002)
T. Copeck, S. Szpakowicz, N. Japkowicz, University of Ottawa

Picking Phrases, Picking Sentences (.ps) (DUC 2003)
T. Copeck, S. Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa

Vocabulary Agreement Amoung Model Summaries And Source Documents (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
T. Copeck, S. Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa

Leveraging Pyramids (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
T. Copeck, S. Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa

Catch What You Can (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
T. Copeck, D. Inkpen, A. Kazantseva, A. Kennedy, D. Kipp, S. Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Mixed Approach to Headline Extraction for DUC 2003 (.pdf) (DUC 2003)
M. Fuentes, M. Massot, Universitat de Girona
H. Rodriguez, Universitat de Barcelona
L. Alonso, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

QASUM-TALP at DUC 2005 Automatically Evaluated with a Pyramid Based Metric (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
M. Fuentes, E. Gonzaelz, D. Ferres, H. Rodriguez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

FEMsum at DUC 2007 (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
M. Fuentes, H. Rodriguez, D. Ferres, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya

University of Salerno

LAKE System at DUC 2007
E. D'Avanzo, A. Elia, T. Kuflik, S. Vietri, University of Salerno

University of Sheffield

Summaries with SumUM and its Expansion for Document Understanding Conference (DUC 2002) (.ps) (DUC 2002)
A. Farzindar, G. Lapalme, Université de Montréal
H. Saggion, University of Sheffield

Using a text engineering framework to build an extendable and portable IE-based summarisation system (DUC 2002)
D. Maynard, K. Bontcheva, H. Saggion, H. Cunningham, O. Hamzai, University of Sheffield

Decremental Feature-Based Compaction (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
B. Kolluru, H. Christensen, Y. Gotoh, University of Sheffield

Multi-Document Summarization by Cluster/Profile Relevance and Redundancy Removal (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
H. Saggion, R. Gaizauskas, University of Sheffield

Topic-Based Summarization atDUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
H. Saggion, University of Sheffield

University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI)

An Empirical Study of the Relation Between Abstracts, Extracts, and the Discourse Structure of Texts (.ps) (DUC 2001)
L. Carlson, M.E. Okurowski, Department of Defense
J.M. Conroy, Institute for Defense Analysis
D. Marcu, W. Wong, USC Information Sciences Institute
D.P. O'Leary, University of Maryland, Computer Science Department
A. Taylor, SRA International, Inc.

Discourse-Based Summarization in DUC-2001 (.ps) (DUC 2001)
D. Marcu, USC

NEATS: A Multidocument Summarizer (.pdf) (DUC 2001)
C-Y. Lin, E. Hovy, USC/ISI

The Future: Summarization as QA (slides) (DUC 2001)
E. Hovy, USC/ISI

GLEANS: A Generator of Logical Extracts and Abstracts for Nice Summaries (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
H. Daumé III, A. Echihabi, D. Marcu, D.S. Munteanu, R. Soricut, USC/ISI

Manual and automatic evaluation of summaries (DUC 2002)
C.Y. Lin and E. Hovy, USC/ISI

NEATS in DUC 2002 (.pdf) (DUC 2002)
C-Y. Lin, E. Hovy, USC/ISI

A Tree-Position Kernel for Document Compression (.ps) (DUC 2004)
H. Daume III, D. Marcu, USC, Information Sciences Institute

Evaluating DUC 2005 Using Basic Elements (.pdf)   Slides (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
E. Hovy, C.-Y. Lin, L. Zhou, USC-Information Sciences Institute

A BE-based Multi-Document Summarizer with Query Interpretation (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
L. Zhou, C.-Y. Lin, E. Hovy, USC-Information Sciences Institute

University of Sunderland

Feature Selection for Summarising: The Sunderland DUC 2004 Experience (.pdf) (DUC 2004)
S. Liang, S. Devlin, J. Tait, University of Sunderland

University of Texas-Austin

A Semantic Free-text Summarization System Using Ontology Knowledge (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
R. Verma, University of Houston
P. Chen, University of Houston-Downtown
W. Lu, University of Texas-Austin

University of Texas at Dallas

GISTexter: A System for Summarizing Text Documents (slides) (DUC 2001)
S. Harabagiu, D. Moldovan, P. Morarescu, F. Lacatusu, R. Mihalcea, V. Rus, R. Girju, University of Texas at Dallas, Southern Methodist University, and Language Computer Corporation

University of Waterloo, Canada

Experiments in DUC 2005 (.pdf) (DUC 2005)
M. Kolla, University of Waterloo, Canada
Y. Chali, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Comparison of Models Based on Summaries or Documents Towards Extraction of Update Summaries (.pdf) (DUC 2007)
M. Kolla, O. Vechtomova, C.L.A. Clarke, University of Waterloo

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