Superimposition of Natural Language Conversations Over Software Enabled Services
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Superimposition of Natural Language Conversations over Software Enabled Services Shayan Zamanirad A thesis in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Computer Science and Engineering Faculty of Engineering January 2020 $!/%/%//!.00%+*$!!0 1.*)!)%(5)! ! %2!*)!/ ' .!2%0%+*"+. !#.!!/#%2!%*0$!*%2!./%05(!* . "! $#! 1(05 ! $++( $#! $ ! "# #$! $%!"#"%!#&! $!/%/%0(! !%" # # # #! # " % $ &'# &'# % # # " &$$#'$ "# " # # # % $ # " # " " # " $ "# " ! $ # # $ " % "$ " #! # # #% ! &$$ '# &$$ ! 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Publications can be used in their thesis in lieu of a Chapter if: x The student contributed greater than 50% of the content in the publication and is the “primary author”, ie. the student was responsible primarily for the planning, execution and preparation of the work for publication x The student has approval to include the publication in their thesis in lieu of a Chapter from their supervisor and Postgraduate Coordinator. x The publication is not subject to any obligations or contractual agreements with a third party that would constrain its inclusion in the thesis Please indicate whether this thesis contains published material or not. This thesis contains no publications, either published or submitted for publication ܆ (if this box is checked, you may delete all the material on page 2) Some of the work described in this thesis has been published and it has been documented in the relevant Chapters with acknowledgement (if this box is ܈ checked, you may delete all the material on page 2) This thesis has publications (either published or submitted for publication) ܆ incorporated into it in lieu of a chapter and the details are presented below CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION I declare that: x I have complied with the Thesis Examination Procedure x where I have used a publication in lieu of a Chapter, the listed publication(s) below meet(s) the requirements to be included in the thesis. Name Signature Date (dd/mm/yy) Postgraduate Coordinator’s Declaration (to be filled in where publications are used in lieu of Chapters) I declare that: x the information below is accurate x where listed publication(s) have been used in lieu of Chapter(s), their use complies with the Thesis Examination Procedure x the minimum requirements for the format of the thesis have been met. PGC’s Name PGC’s Signature Date (dd/mm/yy) i For each publication incorporated into the thesis in lieu of a Chapter, provide all of the requested details and signatures required Details of publication #1: Full title: “Dynamic Event Type Recognition and Tagging for Data-driven Insights in Law-Enforcement” Authors: Shayan Zamanirad; Boualem Benatallah; Moshe Chai Barukh; Carlos Rodriguez; Reza Nouri Journal or book name: Springer Computing Journal Volume/page numbers: NA Date accepted/ published: Status Published Accepted and In Ŷ In progress press (submitted) The Candidate’s Contribution to the Work I am the first author of the paper. I am primary contributor to design of the proposed concepts, techniques, implementation and experimentation. I acknowledged my collaborators in Acknowledgment section. Location of the work in the thesis and/or how the work is incorporated in the thesis: Chapter 3: Event Embeddings - Data-driven Insights in Law-Enforcement Primary Supervisor’s Declaration I declare that: • the information above is accurate • this has been discussed with the PGC and it is agreed that this publication can be included in this thesis in lieu of a Chapter • All of the co-authors of the publication have reviewed the above information and have agreed to its veracity by signing a ‘Co-Author Authorisation’ form. Supervisor’s name Supervisor’s signature Date (dd/mm/yy) ii Dedication To my mother, who keep showering me with her love and kindness. Your love and prayers made me keep moving forward. To the rock of my life, my father who kept asking me about the end of my research although I keep giving him wrong answers. I try my best to make you proud. To my only brother, who is my only best friend, my hero. God bless you for all you did for me. Ikaw ang buhay ko, Isa kang diamante sa buhay ko, Aking kaligayahan, Aking lakas, Ikaw ang lahat sa aken... Mahal kita mahal na mahal kita magpakailanman... Aking Dianne. Acknowledgements I would like to thank all the people who supported me during this major step in my life. My family, friends and colleagues that helped me in achieving this thesis: • I would like to thank my sponsor, Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre, for giving me the opportunity to be involved in this endeavour. • I would like to thank my supervisor, Scientia Professor Boualem Benatallah. You have been such an inspiration and guidance during these years. Without you, I would have never been able to do this work. Your energy and knowledge has always amazed me. Thank you for honing my skills to become a better researcher, to be tough in failures, and be impactful and ethical in all my work. I really appreciated and enjoyed the opportunity to work with you everyday during these years. • Thanks to Professor Fabio Casati for his helpful guidance and comments on my work. I really appreciated the opportunity to work with you. It was always useful to have your expert eye on my work. • I am thankful to everyone in the Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) group at UNSW, es- pecially Dr Carlos Rodriguez, Dr Moshe Chai Barukh. Thanks to Dr Seyed Mehdi Reza Beheshti for your invaluable help. Special thanks to my former colleague Reza Nouri for all the fun and tough moments we had together during the projects. I gained an enormous amount of knowledge from you. • Special thanks to MohammadAli for all his helpful insights and suggestions. I will never forget our tea times in the kitchen where most of our ideas emerged and came to life. • My brother, Mojtaba, thanks for the good laughs and fun times. I am glad that I had you in my Ph.D. journey. • My older sister, Maisie, thank you for everything. Your comments and advice were always helpful in achieving this milestone. • Special thanks to John and Olga, my brother and sister