Publication & Presentation
Journal
[J1] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim. On the Use of a Schema-based Framework to Improve Relevance and Discourse Coherence in Blog Summarization. "Document Numerique" Revue Journal, 15(2):91-120, 2012, Lavoisier, Paris.
Peer-reviewed Conference Papers
[C12] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2013). Measuring the Effect of Discourse Relations on Blog Summarization. In Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP), pages 1401-1409, Nagoya, Japan, October, 2013.
[C11] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2012). A Dependency Relation-based Method to Identify Attributive Relations and Its Application in Text Summarization. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Exploiting Large Knowledge Repositories and the 1st International Workshop on Automatic Text Summarization for the Future, pages 68-77, Castellon de la Plana, Spain, September 2012.
[C10] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim, and Prasad Perera (2012). Discrepancy Between Automatic and Manual Evaluation of Summaries. In NAACL-HLT 2012. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Evaluation Metrics and System Comparison for Automatic Summarization, pages 44-52, Montreal, Canada, June 2012.
[C9] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2011). Discourse Structures to Reduce Discourse Incoherence in Blog Summarization. In Proceedings of RANLP, pages 479-486, Hissar, Bulgaria, September 2011. (Acceptance rate: 17%)
[C8] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2011). BlogSum: A Blog Summarization Approach based on Discourse Relations. In Proceedings of Symposium: Natural Language Processing, Analysis and Applications Annual Congress of ACFAS, Sherbrooke, Canada, May 2011.
[C7] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2011). Comparing Approaches to Tag discourse Relation. In Proceedings of CICLing 2011, pages 328-339, Tokyo, Japan, February 2011. (Acceptance rate: 28%)
[C6] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2010). A Hybrid Approach to Utilize Rhetorical Relations for Blog Summarization. In Proceedings of TALN 2010, Montreal, Canada, July 2010. (Acceptance rate: 44%)
[C5] S. Mithun (2010). Exploiting Rhetorical Relations in Blog Summarization. In Graduate Students Symposium, Proceedings of the Canadian AI Conference, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 6085, Ottawa, Canada, May 2010.
[C4] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2009). Summarizing Blog Entries versus News Texts. In Proceedings of Events in Emerging Text Types (eETTS). A Workshop of RANLP 2009, pages 35-42, Borovets, Bulgaria, September 2009.
[C3] S. Mithun, L. Kosseim, and H. Volker (2007). Resolving and Number Restriction Quantier to Question OWL Ontologies. In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Question Answering, Xi'an, China, October 2007.
[C2] C. Kemke and S. Mithun (2006). Verbalization Enhanced Tutoring System. In Proceedings of the 19th International FLAIRS Conference, Melbourne Beach, Florida, May 2006.
[C1] C. Kemke and S. Mithun (2004). Development of an Intelligent Tutor for Description Logics. In Proceedings of KI-2004 Workshop on Applications of Description Logics - ADL'04, Ulm, Germany, September 2004.
Thesis
Presentations and News Coverage
Invited Talk
[J1] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim. On the Use of a Schema-based Framework to Improve Relevance and Discourse Coherence in Blog Summarization. "Document Numerique" Revue Journal, 15(2):91-120, 2012, Lavoisier, Paris.
Peer-reviewed Conference Papers
[C12] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2013). Measuring the Effect of Discourse Relations on Blog Summarization. In Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP), pages 1401-1409, Nagoya, Japan, October, 2013.
[C11] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2012). A Dependency Relation-based Method to Identify Attributive Relations and Its Application in Text Summarization. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Exploiting Large Knowledge Repositories and the 1st International Workshop on Automatic Text Summarization for the Future, pages 68-77, Castellon de la Plana, Spain, September 2012.
[C10] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim, and Prasad Perera (2012). Discrepancy Between Automatic and Manual Evaluation of Summaries. In NAACL-HLT 2012. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Evaluation Metrics and System Comparison for Automatic Summarization, pages 44-52, Montreal, Canada, June 2012.
[C9] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2011). Discourse Structures to Reduce Discourse Incoherence in Blog Summarization. In Proceedings of RANLP, pages 479-486, Hissar, Bulgaria, September 2011. (Acceptance rate: 17%)
[C8] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2011). BlogSum: A Blog Summarization Approach based on Discourse Relations. In Proceedings of Symposium: Natural Language Processing, Analysis and Applications Annual Congress of ACFAS, Sherbrooke, Canada, May 2011.
[C7] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2011). Comparing Approaches to Tag discourse Relation. In Proceedings of CICLing 2011, pages 328-339, Tokyo, Japan, February 2011. (Acceptance rate: 28%)
[C6] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2010). A Hybrid Approach to Utilize Rhetorical Relations for Blog Summarization. In Proceedings of TALN 2010, Montreal, Canada, July 2010. (Acceptance rate: 44%)
[C5] S. Mithun (2010). Exploiting Rhetorical Relations in Blog Summarization. In Graduate Students Symposium, Proceedings of the Canadian AI Conference, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 6085, Ottawa, Canada, May 2010.
[C4] S. Mithun and L. Kosseim (2009). Summarizing Blog Entries versus News Texts. In Proceedings of Events in Emerging Text Types (eETTS). A Workshop of RANLP 2009, pages 35-42, Borovets, Bulgaria, September 2009.
[C3] S. Mithun, L. Kosseim, and H. Volker (2007). Resolving and Number Restriction Quantier to Question OWL Ontologies. In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Question Answering, Xi'an, China, October 2007.
[C2] C. Kemke and S. Mithun (2006). Verbalization Enhanced Tutoring System. In Proceedings of the 19th International FLAIRS Conference, Melbourne Beach, Florida, May 2006.
[C1] C. Kemke and S. Mithun (2004). Development of an Intelligent Tutor for Description Logics. In Proceedings of KI-2004 Workshop on Applications of Description Logics - ADL'04, Ulm, Germany, September 2004.
Thesis
- Exploiting Rhetorical Relations in Blog Summarization (2012) Doctoral Thesis. Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. Concordia University. Supervisor: Dr. Leila Kosseim.
- Verbalization in the Context of a Tutoring System for Description Logics (2005) Masters Thesis. Department of Computer Science. University of Manitoba. Supervisor: Dr. Christel Kemke.
- Machine Learning Using Genetic Algorithm (2001) Bachelors thesis. Department of Computer Science. North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Supervisor: Dr. Chowdhury Mozur Rahman.
Presentations and News Coverage
- Attended the 2007 & 2009 CRA-W Grad Cohort for Women Program and presented a Poster on my research
- Presented my research in various international workshops and conferences
- News Release: Mining the blogosphere
Invited Talk
- University of Montreal, July 2012.