Jingbo Zhu Ph.D, Professor (PhD Advisor), Director Natural Language Processing Lab #132 Institute of Computer Software and Theory College of Information Science and Engineering Northeastern University ShenYang, P.R.China, 110004 Email: zhujingbo(at)mail.neu.edu.cn Tel & Fax: 0086-24-83672481

Research

Research Interests:

• Text Analysis : Involves text topic structure analysis, information retrieval, text classification, text extraction and text summarization, opinion analysis and mining, patent mining.
• Chinese Parsing : Involves word segmentation, POS tagging, NER, BaseNP identification, Chinese syntactic parsing.
• Machine Translation : Involves multilingual machine translation, EBMT, Pattern-based machine translation, Statistical Machine Translation.
• Machine Learning and Ontology Learning : Particularly interested in Active Learning, ranking technique, applied semantics ontology learning etc.

Personal

Publications

Book:

• Jingbo Zhu, M. Y. Ma, J. K. Guo and Zhenxing Wang. 2008. Content classification and recommendation techniques for viewing electronic programming guide on a portable device. As Chapter 9 of a book: Personalization Techniques and Recommender Systems, Edited by G. Uchyigit and M. Y. Ma. Series in Machine Perception Artificial Intelligence - Vol. 70, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. Pp 223-248
  

• Yao Tianshun, Zhu Jingbo , Zhang Li, Yang Ying, Natural Language Processing , Second Edition, Tsinghua press, Nov. 2002
  

International Journal Papers:

• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang, Benjamin K. Tsou, Matthew Ma. Active Learning with Sampling by Uncertaintyand Density for Data Annotations, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing (TASL), 2009 (to appear)
  



• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang, Eduard Hovy, Matthew Ma. Confidence-based Stopping Criteria for Active Learning for Data Annotation, ACM Transactions on Speech and Language Processing (TSLP), 2009 (to appear)
  


• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang, Benjamin Tsou. Learning Representative Examples for Data Annotation. International Journal of Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (IJCPOL), 2009, (to appear)
  


• Zhenxing Wang, Chuangning Huang, Jingbo Zhu, A Study on In-Vocabulary Word Segmentation. International Journal of Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (IJCPOL), 21(2):123-134, 2008
  


• Feiliang Ren, Jingbo Zhu, An Effective Approach for Coreference Resolution, International Journal of Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (IJCPOL), 21(2):135-149, 2008
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Matthew Y. Ma, Jinhong K. Guo, Zhenxing Wang . Content Classification and Recommendation Techniques for viewing Electrinic Programming Guide on Portable Device. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial IntelligenceVol.21,No.2 (March 2007) pp.375-395
  


• Na Ye, Jingbo Zhu , Huizhen Wang, Matthew Y. Ma, Bin Zhang, An Improved Model of Dotplotting for Text Segmentation, Journal of Chinese Language and Computing. pp.27-39, 2007
  


• Wenliang Chen , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao. Improving Domain Dictionary-based Text Categorization using Self-Partition Model , International Journal of Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (IJCPOL), 2005
  


• Le Zhang, Jingbo Zhu and Tianshun Yao . An Evaluation of Statistical Spam Filtering Techinques . ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing (TALIP) Vol. 3, No.4, p243-269, Dec. 2004.
  

International Conference Papers:

• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang, Benjamin Tsou and Muhua Zhu. 2009. Multi-aspect opinion polling from textual reviews, In Proceedings of CIKM'09, short paper, Hongkong (to appear)
  

• Jingbo Zhu, Muhua Zhu, Huizhen Wang and Benjamin Tsou. 2009. Aspect-based Sentence Segmentation for Sentiment Summarization. 1st International CIKM Workshop on Topic-Sentiment Analysis for Mass Opinion Measurement, Hongkong (to appear)
  

• Muhua Zhu, Jingbo Zhu. 2009. Label Correspondence Learning for Part-of-Speech Annotation Transformation. In Proceedings of CIKM'09, short paper, Hongkong (to appear)
  

• Tong Xiao, Mu Li, Jingbo Zhu, Dongdong Zhang and Ming Zhou. 2009. Better Synchronous Binarization for Machine Translation. In Proceedings of EMNLP09, Singapore
  

• Chunliang Zhang, Jingbo Zhu. 2009. Multi-Class Bootstrapping Learning Aspect-Related Terms for Aspect Identification. In proceedings of IEEE NLP-KE’09. (to appear)
  

• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang, Benjamin K Tsou. 2009. A Density-based Re-ranking Technique for Active Learning for Data Annotations, In Proceedings of ICCPOL09, pp1-10, Hongkong
  

• Huizhen Wang, Jingbo Zhu, Keh-Yih Su. 2008. Divergence-based feature selection for naive bayes text classification. Proceeding of international conference on natural language processing and knowledge engineering (IEEE NLPKE 2008). pp209-215.
  

• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang and Eduard Hovy, 2008. Multi-Criteria-based Strategy to Stop Active Learning for Data Annotation. In Proc. of Coling08, pp1129-1136
  

• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang and Benjamin Tsou, 2008. Active Learning with Sampling by Uncertainty and Density for Word Sense Disambiguation and Text Classification. In Proc. of Coling08, pp1137-1144
  

• Jingbo Zhu , Huizhen Wang, Eduard Hovy. Learning a Stopping Criterion for Active Learning for Word Sense Disambiguation and Text Classification . The Third International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP-08). Hyderabad , India . 2008.
  


• Feiliang Ren, Jingbo Zhu , An Effective Hybrid Machine Learning Approach for Coreference Resolution. Sighan4 workshop of IJCNLP2008. India . 2008.1.pp24-30
  
• Zhenxing Wang, Changning Huang, Jingbo Zhu . The Character-based CRF Segmenter of MSRA & NEU for the 4th Bakeoff . Sighan4 workshop of IJCNLP2008. India . 2008.1. pp98-101
  


• Zhenxing Wang, Changning Huang, Jingbo Zhu . Which Performs Better on In-Vocabulary Word Segmentation Based on Word or Character? . Sighan4 workshop of IJCNLP2008. India . 2008.1. pp61-68
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Eduard Hovy, Active Learning for Word Sense Disambiguation with Methods for Addressing the Class Imbalance Problem, in Proc. of EMNLP-CoNLL 2007.06. pp783-790
  
• Ma, Matthew Y., Jingbo Zhu , Guo, Jinhong K. A Recommender Framework for Electronic Programming Guide on a Mobile Device. IEEE 2007 International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. Pp332-335. 2007.7
  


• Zhenxing Wang, Jingbo Zhu . Improving K-NN Text Categorization by Bootstrap Technique. International Conference on Chinese Computing 2007 (ICCC2007). Oct.12-15, Wuhan , China. p493-499.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Huizhen Wang and Xijuan Zhang, Discrimination-based Feature Selection for Multinomial Naive Bayes Text Classification , 21st International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (ICCPOL2006), LNAI/CS, December 17-19, 2006, Singapore.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Na Ye, Xinzhi Chang, Wenliang Chen , Benjamin K Tsou , Using Multiple Discriminant Analysis Approach for Linear Text Segmentation, In Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP05), LNCS, Oct. 2005.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen . Improving Text Categorization Using Domain Knowledge , A. Montoyo et al. (Eds.): International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems( NLDB 2005), LNCS, Springer- Verlag , pp.103–113, 2005.
  


• Yongmei Tan , Tianshun Yao , Qing Chen and Jingbo Zhu . Applying Conditional Random Fields to Chinese Shallow Parsing. The Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics (CICLing-2005 ) . LNCS, Vol.3406, Springer, pp.167-176, Mexico City , Mexico , Feb. 2005
  
• Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen , Some Studies on Chinese Domain Knowledge and Its Application to Text Classification , SIGHAN4, 2005
  


• Na Ye , Jingbo Zhu , Haitao Luo ,Huizhen Wang , Bin Zhang . Improvement of the Dotplotting Method for Linear Text Segmentation . IEEE International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering. 2005.10
  


• Muhua Zhu , Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen . Effect analysis of dimension reduction on support vector machines . IEEE International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering. 2005.10
  


• Huizhen Wang, Jingbo Zhu , Duo Ji, Na Ye, Bin Zhang. Time Adaptive Boosting Model for Topic Tracking . IEEE International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering. 2005.10
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen , and Tianshun Yao . Using Seed Words to Learn to Categorize Chinese Text . Advances in Natural Language Processing: 4th International Conference ( EsTAL 2004), LNCS, Vol. 3230, Springer- Verlag , pp.464-473, 2004
  


• Jingbo Zhu ,Benjamin K Tsou ,Xuejun Wu , Tianshun Yao . Using Co-Training for Chinese Organization NE Identification ,NER workshop of the 1st International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP-04),March 22-24, 2004
  


• Wenliang Chen , Jingbo Zhu , Honglin Wu , Tianshun Yao . Automatic Learning Features Using Bootstrapping for Text Categorization . Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics ( CICLing 2004), LNCS, Seoul , South Korea.
  


• Na Ye, Xuejun Wu , Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen , Tianshun Yao . Web Information Extraction Based on Similar Patterns . The Fifth International Conference on Web-Age Information Management( WAIM 2004), LNCS, Dalian , China.
  


• Wenliang Chen , Xingzhi Chang, Huizhen Wang , Jingbo Zhu , and Tianshun Yao . Automatic Word Clustering for Text Categorization Using Global Information . First Asia Information Retrieval Symposium (AIRS 2004), LNCS, Beijing , pp.1-6, 2004.10.
  


• Yongmei Tan , Tianshun Yao, Qing Chen , Jingbo Zhu . Chinese Chunk Identification Using SVMs plus Sigmoid . The First International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP-04), LNCS, March 22-24, 2004 Sanya City , Hainan Island , China.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , A Knowledge-based Approach to Text Classification , SigHan workshop, Coling2002, 2002.10, Taiwan.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , FIFA: a simple and effective approach to text topic automatic identification , In: Proceedings of International Conference On Multilingual Information Processing, Shenyang , China, Feb. 2002, p207~215.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Introduction of NEU Chinese Analysis System , EALPIII2000, p343-347, Liaoning , 2000.8.
  


• Yuejie Zhang , Jingbo Zhu , Yue Zhang , Tianshun Yao , Similar example acquisition in example-based English-Chinese machine translation , ICMT&CLIP, Beijing, June 1999.
  


• Qingxia Zhang , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , A Method for Quick Text Classification , ICCPOL, HongKong , 1996.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , baoku Wang , Zhemao Hou , SOC: a natural language parsing algorithm based on optimizing graph operation , International conference on Chinese Computer, Singapore , 1994
  

Chinese Journal Papers:

• Jingbo Zhu, Huizhen Wang and Xijuan Zhang.Confusion Class Discrimination Techniques for Text Classification , Journal of Software, 19(3):630-639, 200


• Jingbo Zhu , Na Ye, Haitao Luo. Text segmentation model based on multiple discriminant analysis . Journal of Software. Vol.18, No.3. pp. 85-94.2007.
  


• Xijuan Zhang, Huizhen Wang, Jingbo Zhu , Feature Selection based on Minimal Redundancy Principle for Text Classification . Journal of Chinese Information Processing, Vol.21. No.5. pp56-60.2007.
  


• Hailei Zhang, Feiei Cao, Wenliang Chen, Feiliang Ren, Huizhen Wang, Jingbo Zhu , Chinese Entity Mention detection based on multi-level Feature Combination, Journal of Chinese Information Processing, Vol.21. No.5. pp.126-130 2007.
  


• Huizhen Wang, Jingbo Zhu , Duo Ji, Na Ye, Bin Zhang, Adaptive Chinese Topic Tracking Based on Feedback Learning. Journal of Chinese Information Processing.Vol.20, No.3. p92-98. 2006.
  


• Wenliang Chen , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Domain dictionary based text feature generation . Journal of Computer Research and development. 2005.
  


• Wenliang Chen , Muhua Zhu , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Bootstrapping-based text classification .Journal of Chinese Information Processing. Vol.19, No.2 2005.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen , Domain knowledge based text classification. Journal of Northeastern University (Natural Science) 2005.
  


• Heng Li , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , SVM-based Chinese Chunk Recognition. Journal of Chinese Information Processing. Vol.18 No 2, p1-7, 2004.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen , FIFA-based topic similarity computation model , Journal of Northeastern University (natural Science), Vol.24, No.11, 2003
  


• Yuejie Zhang, Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , DOP-based English-Chinese Machine Translation , Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 16(2), p129-135, 2003.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , FIFA-based text classification , Journal of Chinese Information Processing, Vol16, No.3, 2002.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Li Heng, Tianshun Yao. LM-based word sense automatic disambiguation . Journal of Software. Vol.12 No.9 2001.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Word sense automatic disambiguation model , Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science), Vol.21 No.5, 2000.
  


• Yuejie Zhang, Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , DOP-based Chinese syntax parsing , Journal of Chinese Information Processing, 2000.
  


• Jingbo Zhu ,Yuejie Zhang, Tianshun Yao , A method to acquire noun phrase structure. Journal of Computer Research and Development, Vol.36 No.5 . p601-607. 1999.05.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Yuejie Zhang, Tianshun Yao , An NA-based approach to build training corpus , Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science), Vol.20. No.4.1999.
  


• Yuejie Zhang, Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Similarity-based Similar example computation in machine translation system , Journal of Northeastern University (Natural Science), Vol.20 No.5, 1999.
  


• Yuejie Zhang , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , A new technique to DOP-based language processing , Journal of Computer Science, Vol.26 No.2, 1999.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Chinese information automatic extraction , Journal of Northeastern University (Natural Science), Vol.19, No1, 1998.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Yuejie Zhang , Tianshun Yao , DOP-based syntax parsing , Journal of Chinese Information Processing, Vol.12 No.1 1998.
  


• Guangjun Qiu, Jingbo Zhu , et. al. Semantic relationship type analysis for Chinese information processing, Journal of Northeastern University (Natural Science), Vol19, No1, 1998.
  


• Tianshun Yao , Jingbo Zhu , About some problems in NLP field , Invited paper for Journal of Computer World, 1998.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , baoku Wang , Tianshun Yao , NPRDL: A rule description language for Chinese language parsing , Journal of Northeastern University (Natural Science), Vol.18 No.3, 1997.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , baoku Wang , Tianshun Yao , A SOC-based Chinese Language parsing model , Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science), Vol.16 No.5, 1995.
  


• Jingbo Zhu , baoku Wang , Zhemao Hou , SOC: a natural language parsing algorithm based on optimizing graph operation , International conference on Chinese Computer, Singapore , 1994
  

Chinese Conference Papers:

• Xijuan Zhang, Jingbo Zhu , Smoothing Technique to Posterior Probability Sharpness Problem in Active Learning. The 3rd National conference on Information Retrieval and Content Security. p821-827. 2007.11
  


• Na Ye, Yan Zheng, Jingbo Zhu , Bin Zhang. Text Segmentation Based on Two-dimension Dynamic Programming. The 3rd National conference on Information Retrieval and Content Security. p209-215. 2007.11
  


• Yonggang Xue, Jingbo Zhu , Gang Wei, KPCA-based text classification , 2th national conference on information retrieval and content security, 2005.10
  


• Huizhen Wang , Jingbo Zhu , Duo Ji, Na Ye, Bin Zhang, Chinese topic tracking based on feedback adaptive learning , 2th national conference on information retrieval and content security, 2005.10
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Wenliang Chen , Tianshun Yao , Network information content analysis using semantic knowledge , National natural science funding research project on network and information security, 2003
  


• Jingbo Zhu , Content analysis and information filtering using semantic knowledge , CCICS, Wuhan , China, 2003
  


• Wenliang Chen , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Yuxin Zhang , Bootstrapping-based domain lexical words automatic acquisition , JSCL-2005, 2003
  


• Xuejun Wu , Jingbo Zhu , Huizhen Wang , Na Ye, Yuxin Zhang , Using Co-training to Chinese organization recognition , JSCL-2005, 2003
  


• Xuejun Wu , Jingbo Zhu , Combining statistical and rule-based methods to Chinese person name recognition , The first student workshop on computational linguistics, 2002
  


• Wenliang Chen , Jingbo Zhu , Using machine learning technique to rule automatic learning , The first student workshop on computational linguistics, 2002
  


• Wenliang Chen , Jingbo Zhu , Tianshun Yao , Enterprise network monitor CNM , 20 th anniversary conference of academy of Chinese information processing, 2001
  
• Jingbo Zhu , baoku Wang , Tianshun Yao , Disambiguation techniques in machine translation system , JSCL-1995, 1995
  


• Jingbo Zhu , baoku Wang , Tianshun Yao , UCAS: a modern Chinese parsing system , JSCL-1995, 1995
  

Projects

• SMS analysis and filtering techniques, supported by NEUSoft, 2009, PI: Prof. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Study on key technologies of Chinese text opinion analysis and mining, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2009-2011, PI: Prof. Zhu Jingbo
  


• An applied semantics approach to topic identification and relevancy computation, Supported by MSRA, 2008-2009, PI: Prof. Zhu Jingbo
  


• GIS Searchengine. Supported by NEUSoft, 2008-2009, PI: Zhu Jingbo
  


• Study on content-based Web text topic analysis, National 863 high-tech project, 2006-2008, PI: Prof. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Semantics-based text topic analysis, National 863 High-Tech Program of China, 2006-2008, PI: Prof. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET) of Year 2005, 3 year:2006-2008, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Studies on key technologies of Topic Detection and Tracking, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) , 3 years:2005.1-2007.12, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Studies on Key Technologies for Information Extraction system, France Telecom R&D Beijing Co. Ltd. , 1 year:2005.9-2006.8, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo


• Olympic News Oriented Chinese-Japanese Machine Translation System, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, Japan , 2 years:2004.6-2006.6, Project Leaders: Prof. Yao Tianshun and Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Using Domain Knowledge to Topic Identification and Text Topic Structure Analysis, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Microsoft Asia Research , 3 years:2003.1-2005.12, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  


• ontent-based network information filtering techniques, the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education , 2 years: 2004.1-2005.12, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo


• SGI-based Programming Guide Content Collection and Recommendation System for Viewing on a Portable Device , Panasonic Co. Ltd, Japan, 1 year: 2003.6-2004.6, Project Leaders: Prof. Yao Tianshun and Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  
• Illegal Information Identification and Information Security , (cooperating with Institute of Computing Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences), National 863 High-Tech Program of China , 6 months: 2002.9-2003.2, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Post-Processing System and Method for Correcting Machine Recognized Text , Panasonic Co. Ltd, Japan, 1 year: 2001.1-2001.12, Project Leaders: Prof. Yao Tianshun and Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Topic Identification and Information Filtering, National 863 High- Tech Program of China , 8 months: 2000.7-2001.3, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  


• Chinese Resume Parser , Shanghai 51job.com Co. Ltd , 6 months: 2000.6 -2000.11, Project Leader: Dr. Zhu Jingbo
  

Teaching Courses

" Introduction of Compiler Theory " for undergraduate students(grade three) of computer science department every year .

" Introduction of Natural Language Processing " for graduate students of computer science department every year .

Society Work and Awards

• The 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 23), Program Committee Member, Hongkong, 2009
• 2009 IEEE International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering (IEEE NLP-KE’09), Program Committee Member, Dalian, China, 2009
• Active learning for NLP workshop of NAACL HLT 2009, Program Committee Member,Colorado, 2009
• 22nd International Conference on the Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (ICCPOL’09), Program Committee Member, Hongkong
• 2009International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP-08), Program Committee Member , India, 2008
• SIGHAN6 workshop, Program Committee Member , India, 2008
• SIGHAN5 workshop of ACL/Coling 2006, Program Committee Member , Sydney, Australia , 2006
  
• 2th National Conference on Information Retrieval and Content Security, Program Committee Member , Beijing , 2005
  
• 2nd StudentWorkshop on Computational Linguistics(SWCL04), Program Committee Member , Beijing , 2004
  
• NER workshop of the 1st International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP-04), Program Committee Member , Sanya, 2004
  
• 1th National Conference on Information Retrieval and Content Security, Program Committee Member , Shanghai , 2004
  
• Invited Talk in the 4th China-Japan natural language processing joint research conference, HongKong City University, 2004
  
• Invited Talk in the 5th Japan-China natural language processing joint research conference, Japan, 2005
  
• 20th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages(ICCPOL03), General Secretary of Organization Committee , Shenyang , 2003