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Assessing the degree of semantic relatedness between words is an important task with a variety of semantic applications, such as ontology learning for the Semantic Web, semantic search or query expansion. To accomplish this in an automated…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Thomas Niebler , Martin Becker , Christian Pölitz , Andreas Hotho

To reduce network traffic and support environments with limited resources, a method for transmitting images with minimal transmission data is required. Several machine learning-based image compression methods, which compress the data size…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Eri Hosonuma , Taku Yamazaki , Takumi Miyoshi , Akihito Taya , Yuuki Nishiyama , Kaoru Sezaki

In 1940s, Claude Shannon developed the information theory focusing on quantifying the maximum data rate that can be supported by a communication channel. Guided by this, the main theme of wireless system design up until 5G was the data rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Qiao Lan , Dingzhu Wen , Zezhong Zhang , Qunsong Zeng , Xu Chen , Petar Popovski , Kaibin Huang

Semantic communication is widely touted as a key technology for propelling the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. However, providing effective semantic representation is quite challenging in practice. To address this issue, this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Jinke Ren , Zezhong Zhang , Jie Xu , Guanying Chen , Yaping Sun , Ping Zhang , Shuguang Cui

Recent contributions of semantic information theory reveal the set-element relationship between semantic and syntactic information, represented as synonymous relationships. In this paper, we propose a synonymous variational inference (SVI)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Zijian Liang , Kai Niu , Changshuo Wang , Jin Xu , Ping Zhang

Artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new era for communication. As a result, the establishment of a semantic communication framework is putting on the agenda. Based on a realistic semantic communication model, this paper develops a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Yi-Qun Zhao , Zhi-Ming Ma , Geoffrey Ye Li , Shuai Yuan , Tong Ye , Chuan Zhou

Semantic communications have shown great potential to boost the end-to-end transmission performance. To further improve the system efficiency, in this paper, we propose a class of novel semantic coded transmission (SCT) schemes over…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Shengshi Yao , Sixian Wang , Jincheng Dai , Kai Niu , Ping Zhang

This paper addresses the challenge of achieving security in semantic communication (SemCom) over a wiretap channel, where a legitimate receiver coexists with an eavesdropper experiencing a poorer channel condition. Despite previous efforts…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Weixuan Chen , Shuo Shao , Qianqian Yang , Zhaoyang Zhang , Ping Zhang

This report investigates enhancing semantic caching effectiveness by employing specialized, fine-tuned embedding models. Semantic caching relies on embedding similarity rather than exact key matching, presenting unique challenges in…

The increasing popularity of applications like the Metaverse has led to the exploration of new, more effective ways of communication. Semantic communication, which focuses on the meaning behind transmitted information, represents a…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Wenhan Yu , Jun Zhao

By transmitting task-related information only, semantic communications yield significant performance gains over conventional communications. However, the lack of mature semantic theory about semantic information quantification and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Lei Yan , Zhijin Qin , Chunfeng Li , Rui Zhang , Yongzhao Li , Xiaoming Tao

Semantic communications, aiming at ensuring the successful delivery of the meaning of information, are expected to be one of the potential techniques for the next generation communications. However, the knowledge forming and synchronizing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Yuan Zheng , Fengyu Wang , Wenjun Xu , Miao Pan , Ping Zhang

Semantic mapping is the incremental process of "mapping" relevant information of the world (i.e., spatial information, temporal events, agents and actions) to a formal description supported by a reasoning engine. Current research focuses on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-06-14 Roberto Capobianco , Jacopo Serafin , Johann Dichtl , Giorgio Grisetti , Luca Iocchi , Daniele Nardi

The emerging field semantic communication is driving the research of end-to-end data transmission. By utilizing the powerful representation ability of deep learning models, learned data transmission schemes have exhibited superior…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Jincheng Dai , Sixian Wang , Ke Yang , Kailin Tan , Xiaoqi Qin , Zhongwei Si , Kai Niu , Ping Zhang

Many applications require data processing to be performed on individual pieces of data which are of finite sizes, e.g., files in cloud storage units and packets in data networks. However, traditional universal compression solutions would…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-05-22 Ahmad Beirami , Mohsen Sardari , Faramarz Fekri

Traditional image compression methods aim to reconstruct images for human perception, prioritizing visual fidelity over task relevance. In contrast, Coding for Machines focuses on preserving information essential for automated…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-16 Stefano Della Fiore , Alessandro Gnutti , Marco Dalai , Pierangelo Migliorati , Riccardo Leonardi

Existing communication systems are mainly built based on Shannon's information theory which deliberately ignores the semantic aspects of communication. The recent iteration of wireless technology, the so-called 5G and beyond, promises to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-24 Guangming Shi , Yong Xiao , Yingyu Li , Xuemei Xie

An important property of programming language semantics is that they should be compositional. However, unstructured low-level code contains goto-like commands making it hard to define a semantics that is compositional. In this paper, we…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2015-03-18 Nils Jähnig , Thomas Göthel , Sabine Glesner

The rapid growth of web content has led to increasingly large webpages, posing significant challenges for Internet affordability, especially in developing countries where data costs remain prohibitively high. We propose semantic caching…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Hafsa Akbar , Danish Athar , Muhammad Ayain Fida Rana , Chaudhary Hammad Javed , Zartash Afzal Uzmi , Ihsan Ayyub Qazi , Zafar Ayyub Qazi

The concept of semantic communication provides a novel approach for applications in scenarios with limited communication resources. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end (E2E) semantic molecular communication system, aiming to enhance the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-16 Yukun Cheng , Wei Chen , Bo Ai