Introducing scalable quantum approaches in language representation

Abstract

High-performance computational resources and distributed systems are crucial for the success of real-world language technology applications. The novel paradigm of general-purpose computing on graphics processors (GPGPU) offers a feasible and economical alternative: it has already become a common phenomenon in scientific computation, with many algorithms adapted to the new paradigm. However, applications in language technology do not readily adapt to this approach. Recent advances show the applicability of quantum metaphors in language representation, and many algorithms in quantum mechanics have already been adapted to GPGPU computing. SQUALAR aims to match quantum algorithms with heterogeneous computing to develop new formalisms of information representation for natural language processing in quantum environments. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.