Quickstart and Setup

[DelaramRajaei]

@IsaacJ60
This is an issue page to log your progress. Please let us know if you have any concerns or questions.

[IsaacJ60]

Hi Delaram,

I was just curious if there is a rough timeframe on when I should be done reading through the IR doc. Thanks.

[DelaramRajaei]

@IsaacJ60
Hi Isaac,

Can you complete the reading of the IR document by Monday? Once that is done, we can proceed to read the papers on backtranslation.

[IsaacJ60]

Got it, thanks!

[IsaacJ60]

Finished reading the IR doc. I'm ready for the next steps.

[DelaramRajaei]

@IsaacJ60

Awesome! Do you have any questions about the fundamentals? The document is not fully completed in the metric part. You can find some helpful information in this link.

If you don't have any questions, we can move forward with reading backtranslation papers. We can schedule a brief meeting for me to explain how you can write a paper summary (either online or in person) and discuss how to proceed with your next task.

I found some papers on backtranslation and you can find their links in this doc under BackTranslation header.
There are two surveys about data augmentation in this document. I recommend starting with them. They'll give you a good overview of the topic.

[IsaacJ60]

Not too many questions at the moment, but I'm sure there will be some moments where I'll need to refer back to the document.

Are you available in the mornings anytime before 12? I am tentatively available this week on Thursday and Friday.

[DelaramRajaei]

Sure, I'm available in the morning on any day except for Friday.

[IsaacJ60]

Okay, can we try and meet at 10 AM on Thursday?

Also, quick question: what does adding noise to text look like? Is there a specific example that can give me a better picture?

Thanks

[DelaramRajaei]

Yes, that time works for me.

Noise can be added to a text in various ways, by adding errors, inconsistencies, or irrelevant information. Here are some examples of text noise sources:

• Repetitions
• Spelling and grammatical errors
• Incomplete sentences
• Irrelevant information
• ...

Here is an example for adding noise to a sentence by removing some vowels and doubling some letters:

• Original Sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
• Noisy Sentence: "The quck brwn fox jumps ovver the lazy dog."

I also came across this link that might be helpful.

But pay attention that these sources of noise can impact the readability, clarity, and overall quality of the text, making it essential to perform noise reduction or text cleaning techniques in various natural language processing applications.

[IsaacJ60]

Thanks for the explanation.

Do you think we can meet virtually? I can't access the university WiFi so I think that would work out better.

[DelaramRajaei]

Yes, that is fine by me. I will set up a google meet then.

[IsaacJ60]

Hi Deleram, just wondering if you are joining the meeting soon?

[DelaramRajaei]

@IsaacJ60

Hello Isaac,

For your next task, start by searching for papers on backtranslation and make a list of them in the provided document. When choosing a paper, read the abstract first and look for the answers to these questions:

• What is the issue or problem being addressed in the paper?
• What specific approach or methodology do the authors employ in their research?
• Why did the authors choose this particular approach?

If you want to know more about the paper, check out the introduction for further info. If the paper is good and relates to our work, add the paper's name to the list. Just keep in mind that some papers might be more technical, so you can include them in the list to expand your knowledge and come back to them later.

For finding papers you can search in dblp.org or scholar.google.com .
Ensure that you select papers from reputable sources or conferences.

After that, you can dive into reading and summarizing the papers. To make your summaries comprehensive, consider including the following sections:

• Main problem
• Proposed Method
• Input/Output
• Example
• Rekated works + their gaps

I suggest you begin by reading the two survey papers and their summaries, "A Survey of Data Augmentation Approaches for NLP" and "A Survey of Text Data Augmentation" . After that, you can complete the list of papers.

Make sure to complete the paper list and read at least two papers, summarizing them by Thursday.
If you have any questions, let me know.