In the last four years we have developed an ICT platform for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) aimed to provide smart services mainly focused on creating a natural communication channel between families and educators. This paper briefly presents some strategies used to enrich the semantic data managed by this platform with information freely available on different Internet sources.
Service discovery is the first crucial step to compose ser- vices for building a business process. Much effort, mainly classified into syntactic and semantic approaches, has been given to make the current Web service discovery more pre- cise and efficient. Semantic approach for Web services utilizes predefined concepts and relationships among their concepts to promise intelligent discovery. However, we be- lieve that current semantic approaches are not mature yet and they also should be on a syntactic foundation as well. Nevertheless, syntactic-based discovery still has limitation on their efficiency, e.g. a registry approach has limitation on their query capability and query scope. In addition, reg- istry enhancements and other syntactic studies based on IR techniques also have problems to measure similarity among structured service descriptions. In this paper, we propose a method to maximize the efficiency of syntactic-based ser- vice discovery . Our approach is for developing an efficient information retrieval technique for Web services on an off- the-shelf DBMS. It also has a feature to rank service simi- larity with their distinctive properties, which have not been carefully considered so far.
The emergence of tools based on Large Language Models (LLMs), such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing Chat, and Google's Bard, has garnered immense public attention. These incredibly useful, natural-sounding tools mark significant advances in natural language generation, yet they exhibit a propensity to generate false, erroneous, or misleading content -- commonly referred to as "hallucinations." Moreover, LLMs can be exploited for malicious applications, such as generating false but credible-sounding content and profiles at scale. This poses a significant challenge to society in terms of the potential deception of users and the increasing dissemination of inaccurate information. In light of these risks, we explore the kinds of technological innovations, regulatory reforms, and AI literacy initiatives needed from fact-checkers, news organizations, and the broader research and policy communities. By identifying the risks, the imminent threats, and some viable solutions, we seek to shed light on navigating various aspects of veracity in the era of generative AI.
Service discovery is the first crucial step to compose ser- vices for building a business process. Much effort, mainly classified into syntactic and semantic approaches, has been given to make the current Web service discovery more pre- cise and efficient. Semantic approach for Web services utilizes predefined concepts and relationships among their concepts to promise intelligent discovery. However, we be- lieve that current semantic approaches are not mature yet and they also should be on a syntactic foundation as well. Nevertheless, syntactic-based discovery still has limitation on their efficiency, e.g. a registry approach has limitation on their query capability and query scope. In addition, reg- istry enhancements and other syntactic studies based on IR techniques also have problems to measure similarity among structured service descriptions. In this paper, we propose a method to maximize the efficiency of syntactic-based ser- vice discovery . Our approach is for developing an efficient information retrieval technique for Web services on an off- the-shelf DBMS. It also has a feature to rank service simi- larity with their distinctive properties, which have not been carefully considered so far.
Modern societies have recently changed their point of view about childhood education. Nowadays, kindergarten teachers are not only responsible for children's upbringing but they complement the educational role of families at home. In this new educational scenario, families and teachers present novel demands as real-time information about centers and its services, tools to track children progress or recommend new activities, new ways of communication, etc. Integration of ICT tools can offer a solution to those demands. Some electronic devices and software applications are being applied to this educational domain. However, they are used in isolation, lacking integration mechanisms that would improve their efficiency. This paper proposes a holistic framework that provides a set of ICT-based services designed taking into consideration the distinctive features of early care settings. We present the main design guidelines of a standard-based Reference Architecture that fosters interoperability and convergence between diverse technologies and heterogeneous systems. The deployment of such a system, based upon Standards and Specifications for Learning Technologies, facilitates the development and integration of ICT tools. It supports early childhood education processes, encourages parents involvement and fosters the cooperation between families and practitioners.