Denis Béchet

Since 1st September 2004:
Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes
2, rue de la Houssiniere
BP 92208
44322 Nantes Cedex 3
FRANCE
Tel : +33 (0)2 51 12 57 74
Fax : +33 (0)2 51 12 58 12
E-mail : Denis.Bechet@univ-nantes.fr
Web: http://pagesperso.ls2n.fr/~bechet-d/

Current research interests:

I am a member of TALN (LS2N) at the University of Nantes. My research interests are in computational linguistics especially on grammars of natural languages. In TALN with a collaboration with members of LIS at IRISA (Rennes), we develop two models, an original one Categorial Dependency Grammars (CDG) introduced by Alexander Dikovsky and a simpler model introduced by Jim Lambek Pregroup Grammars. For both models, we have parsers and lexicons for various natural languages. To develop useful lexicon, we study some automatic learning algorithms (both for theoretical and pratical points of view). Currently, we prepare the first release of CDGFr, a large cover CDG parser for the French language together with a dependency tree corpus of French sentences.

List of publications

Dependency Corpus CDGFr

Other information

Member (2008-2011) of CNU - section 27 (computer science)
Former member of LCR (Logique, Calcul et Raisonnement) in the research laboratory LIPN at University Paris 13
Former member of the research laboratory IRISA at Rennes
Former member of Calligramme in the research laboratory LORIA at Nancy
Research interests: Linear logic, interaction nets, proof nets, Lambek calclus, pregroups, categorial dependency grammars, links grammars and their applications in particular to formal or natural languages. PhD: On partial evaluation of interaction nets and functionnal programs.

Last modification: 2015-06-02