2019 EMNLP EMNLP 2019

Question Answering Using Hierarchical Attention on Top of BERT Features

Abstract

AbstractThe model submitted works as follows. When supplied a question and a passage it makes use of the BERT embedding along with the hierarchical attention model which consists of 2 parts, the co-attention and the self-attention, to locate a continuous span of the passage that is the answer to the question.

🌉 Interdisciplinary Bridge — Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing
📈 Trend Setter — Attention Mechanism
🐣 Hot Topic Early Bird — span extraction
🐝 Cross-Pollinator — Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Data Science & Analytics, Deep Learning, Healthcare & Medicine, Interdisciplinary, Knowledge & Reasoning, Machine Learning, Mathematics & Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, Security & Privacy, Speech & Audio