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| founder = {{ubl|Ehud Reiter|Yaji Sripada|Ian Davy|John Perry|Ross Turner|}}
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| location_city = [[Morristown, NJ]]
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'''Arria NLG''' plc is a New Zealand based company with headquarters in the US. Arria offers [[Artificial Intelligence]] technology in [[data analytics]] and information delivery.<ref name=Cam131115/> It is one of the pioneering companies in the space of automatic text generation,<ref name= FOR/> with special emphasis on Natural Language Generation (NLG). When it floated on London's [[Alternative Investment Market|Alternative Investment Market (AIM)]] in December 2013, it was valued at over £160 million.<ref name=Cam131206/> However, Arria was later delisted from the stock exchanged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1482142153815950100/arria-shares-plunge-as-company-seeks-funds-ahead-of-aim-cancellation-(alliss).aspx|title=Arria Shares Plunge As Company Seeks Funds Ahead Of AIM Cancellation (ALLISS)|website=MorningstarUK|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref> Subsequently Arria has raised over US $100 million from private sources. Arria's technology is based on three decades of scientific research in the field of [[Natural language generation|Natural Language Generation (NLG)]].<ref name=OE />
'''Arria NLG''' plc is a [[New Zealand]]-based company with headquarters in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|title=View All Details|url=https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/5947227|access-date=2023-10-22|website=app.companiesoffice.govt.nz}}</ref> Arria offers [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] technology in [[data analytics]] and information delivery.<ref name="Cam131115"/> It is one of the companies in the space of automatic text generation,<ref name="FOR"/> with a focus on [[Natural language generation|Natural Language Generation]] (NLG). When it floated on London's [[Alternative Investment Market|Alternative Investment Market (AIM)]] in December 2013, it was valued at over £160 million.<ref name="Cam131206"/> However, Arria was later delisted from the stock exchange.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1482142153815950100/arria-shares-plunge-as-company-seeks-funds-ahead-of-aim-cancellation-(alliss).aspx|title=Arria Shares Plunge As Company Seeks Funds Ahead Of AIM Cancellation (ALLISS)|website=MorningstarUK|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref> Subsequently, Arria has raised over US$100 million from private sources. Arria's technology is based on three decades of scientific research in the field of [[Natural language generation|Natural Language Generation (NLG)]].<ref name="OE"/>


== History ==
==History==
The company was founded in 2009 under the name Data2Text Limited by [http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/e.reiter/pages/ Professor Ehud Reiter], Senior Lecturer [https://web.archive.org/web/20141017081308/http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~ssripada/ Dr Yaji Sripada], and post-doctoral researcher Dr Ross Turner from the [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/departments/computing-science/natural-language-generation-187.php NLG research group] at the [[University of Aberdeen]], and meteorologist/entrepreneur Ian Davy.
The company was founded in 2009 under the name Data2Text Ltd. by Arria's Chief Scientist [http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/e.reiter/pages/ Professor Ehud Reiter], Senior Lecturer [https://web.archive.org/web/20141017081308/http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~ssripada/ Dr Yaji Sripada], and post-doctoral researcher Dr Ross Turner from the [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/departments/computing-science/natural-language-generation-187.php NLG research group] at the [[University of Aberdeen]], and meteorologist/entrepreneur Ian Davy.
In May 2012, Data2Text joined forces with a specialist software development and marketing firm, Arria NLG (then a limited company), which took a 20% stake in Data2Text. In late 2013, Arria NLG acquired the remaining 80% of Data2Text, and in December 2013 Arria NLG converted to a public listed company and was floated on the [[Alternative Investment Market|AIM]].<ref name=ASK/><ref name=Cam131206/>.
In May 2012, Data2Text joined forces with a specialist software development and marketing firm, Arria NLG (then a limited company), which took a 20% stake in Data2Text. In late 2013, Arria NLG acquired the remaining 80% of Data2Text, and in December 2013 Arria NLG converted to a public listed company and was floated on the [[Alternative Investment Market|AIM]].<ref name="ASK"/><ref name="Cam131206"/>
In September 2018, Arria shareholders approved a scheme of arrangement that placed a New Zealand holding company (Arria NLG Limited) over the original Arria UK company and its direct subsidiary, now known as Arria Data2Text Limited. In late 2018 Arria located its global headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, and now maintains offices in New Zealand, Scotland, Australia, and British Columbia, Canada.
In September 2018, Arria shareholders approved a scheme of arrangement that placed a New Zealand holding company (Arria NLG Ltd.) over the original Arria UK company and its direct subsidiary, now known as Arria Data2Text Ltd. In late 2018 Arria located its global [https://www.arria.com/contact/ headquarters] in Morristown, New Jersey, and now maintains offices in New Zealand, Scotland, Australia, and British Columbia, Canada.


== Technology/Science ==
==Technology/Science==
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"The fundamental goal of the technology is to take large quantities of data, identify the key information contained in that data, and express that information in natural language text or voice," says Dr Robert Dale, the company's Chief Technology Officer.<ref name=OE/> To reach this goal, the Arria NLG Engine, a cloud-based enterprise software platform, automatically recognises patterns in large volumes of complex data, which are then distilled into a narrative description of the most significant information.<ref name=DEJ/> The NLG Engine consists of two components:
Arria's NLG Engine uses pattern recognition to distill the information from its input data into human-readable text.<ref name="DEJ"/> It consists of two components:
* The analysis and interpretation component takes raw transactional or sensor data and turns it into information using rules based on the knowledge of a domain expert.
* The analysis and interpretation component takes raw transactional or sensor data and turns it into information using rules based on the knowledge of a domain expert.
* The NLG component communicates this information in natural language, based on general linguistic rules augmented with industry-specific terminology and usage.<ref name=OE/>
* The NLG component communicates this information in natural language, based on general linguistic rules, using industry-specific terminology<ref name="OE"/>


Arria NLG's capabilities are rooted in the scientific research conducted since the 1980s by its founder and Chief Scientist, Professor Ehud Reiter, and Chief Technology Officer Dr Robert Dale.<ref name=OE/>
Arria NLG's capabilities are rooted in the scientific research conducted since the 1980s by its founder and Chief Scientist, Professor Ehud Reiter, and former Chief Technology Officer Dr Robert Dale.<ref name="OE"/>


Arria has been awarded over [https://www.arria.com/core-tech/arria-core-patents/ 40 US patents] in the NLG field.
In June 2014, Arria NLG's technology was awarded US patents [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,762,133.PN.&OS=PN/8,762,133&RS=PN/8,762,133 8,762,133] and [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,762,133.PN.&OS=PN/8,762,133&RS=PN/8,762,134 8,762,134].


==Applications==
Among Arria's founders are Professor Ehud Reiter and Dr Yaji Sripada, both currently teaching and researching in the Department of Computing Science at the [[University of Aberdeen]]. Reiter, Arria's Chief Scientist, holds a PhD from [[Harvard]] and founded the [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/departments/computing-science/natural-language-generation-187.php NLG research group] in Aberdeen, one of the world's most renowned research groups on [[Natural language generation]]. Dr Robert Dale joined Arria as Chief Strategy Scientist and CTO after 17 years as professor in the Department of Computing at [[Macquarie University]], where he was director of the now defunct Microsoft Research Institute and later the [http://clt.mq.edu.au/ Centre for Language Technology].<ref name=DEJ/> From 2003 to 2014, Dale was editor in chief of [[Computational Linguistics (journal)|Computational Linguistics]], the leading journal in the field of [[Natural Language Processing]]. In 2000, Reiter and Dale co-authored the seminal textbook ''Building Natural Language Generation Systems''.<ref name=DR2000/>
Data2Text Ltd. focused on the automatic conversion of meteorological data and data from oil and gas platforms into natural language reports.
The group is also developing applications providing automatic analysis and reporting capabilities for fraud detection, risk mitigation and compliance to the banking industry.<ref name="ASK"/><ref name="Cam140812"/>


== Applications ==
==See also==
Data2Text Limited originally focussed on automatically producing meteorological reports based on numerical weather forecast data, but quickly extended its offerings to the conversion of vast amounts of data from oil and gas platforms into natural language reports for engineers and operators, with the [[Met Office|UK's Met Office]]<ref name=MET/> and [[Shell Oil Company|Shell US]] being among its main clients.<ref name=Cam140612/>
More recently, Arria NLG has signed a contract with [http://www.farmlink.com/ FarmLink] to produce narrative reports to optimise agricultural yield potential,<ref name=AA/> as well as a proof-of-concept agreement to provide data intelligence to aircraft engine maintenance staff.<ref name=Cam141014/> The group is also developing applications providing automatic analysis and reporting capabilities for fraud detection, risk mitigation and compliance to the banking industry.<ref name=ASK/><ref name=Cam140812/>

== See also ==
* [[Natural language generation]]
* [[Natural language generation]]
* [[Natural language processing]]
* [[Natural language processing]]
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* [[Data analysis]]
* [[Data analysis]]


== External links ==
==External links==
* [http://www.arria.com/ Official Website].
* [http://www.arria.com/ Official Website].
* [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/departments/computing-science/natural-language-generation-187.php University of Aberdeen Natural Language Generation group].
* [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/departments/computing-science/natural-language-generation-187.php University of Aberdeen Natural Language Generation group].
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* [http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~rdale/ Robert Dale’s research page].
* [http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~rdale/ Robert Dale’s research page].


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="OE">{{cite news|author=Elaine Maslin|date=2 October 2014|title=Narrating Data|work=Offshore Engineer|url=http://www.oedigital.com/oe-media/oe-videos/item/7053-narrating-data|accessdate=2014-11-11}}</ref>

<ref name="DEJ">{{cite news|date=29 October 2014|title=Can text summaries of data help people make better decisions than visualisations|work=Digital Energy Journal|url=http://www.digitalenergyjournal.com/n/Can_text_summaries_of_data_help_people_make_better_decisions_than_visualisations/0035ae1b.aspx|accessdate=2014-11-11}}</ref>
<ref name= OE>{{cite news
<ref name="Cam131115">{{cite news|author=Greig Cameron|date=15 November 2013|title=£20m windfall to boost university spin-out company|work=The Herald Scotland|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/20m-windfall-to-boost-university-spin-out-company.22700438|accessdate=2014-11-11}}</ref>
|author = Elaine Maslin
<ref name="ASK">{{cite news|author=Erika Askeland|date=13 August 2014|title=Arria to cash in on bank project|work=The Press and Journal, reproduced by Oil & Gas Academy of Scotland|url=http://www.ogas.co.uk/site/assets/files/1284/780328.pdf|accessdate=2014-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075632/http://ogas.co.uk/site/assets/files/1284/780328.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|date= 2 October 2014
<ref name="Cam131206">{{cite news|author=Greig Cameron|date=6 December 2013|title=Arria makes AIM debut|work=The Herald Scotland|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/arria-nlg-makes-aim-debut.1386351581|accessdate=2014-11-11}}</ref>
|title= Narrating Data
<ref name="Cam140812">{{cite news|author=Greig Cameron|date=12 August 2014|title=Arria secures its first financial services deal|work=The Herald Scotland|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/arria-secures-its-first-financial-services-deal.25025203|accessdate=2014-11-11}}</ref>
|work= Offshore Engineer
<ref name="FOR">{{cite news|author=Dan Woods|date=28 August 2014|title=Why you should hire a robot to write for you|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2014/08/28/why-you-should-hire-a-robot-to-write-for-you/|accessdate=2014-11-11}}</ref>
|url= http://www.oedigital.com/oe-media/oe-videos/item/7053-narrating-data
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>

<ref name= DEJ>{{cite news
|date= 29 October 2014
|title= Can text summaries of data help people make better decisions than visualisations
|work= Digital Energy Journal
|url= http://www.digitalenergyjournal.com/n/Can_text_summaries_of_data_help_people_make_better_decisions_than_visualisations/0035ae1b.aspx
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>

<ref name= Cam131115>{{cite news
|author = Greig Cameron
|date= 15 November 2013
|title= £20m windfall to boost university spin-out company
|work= The Herald Scotland
|url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/20m-windfall-to-boost-university-spin-out-company.22700438
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>

<ref name= ASK>{{cite news
|author= Erika Askeland
|date= 13 August 2014
|title= Arria to cash in on bank project
|work= The Press and Journal, reproduced by Oil & Gas Academy of Scotland
|url= http://www.ogas.co.uk/site/assets/files/1284/780328.pdf
|accessdate= 2014-11-11
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075632/http://ogas.co.uk/site/assets/files/1284/780328.pdf
|archive-date= 4 March 2016
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>

<ref name= Cam131206>{{cite news
|author = Greig Cameron
|date= 6 December 2013
|title= Arria makes AIM debut
|work= The Herald Scotland
|url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/arria-nlg-makes-aim-debut.1386351581
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>

<ref name= MET>{{cite web
|title= Arria NLG plc and the Met Office
|work= Met Office, UK
|url= http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast-data2text/#?tab=data2Text
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>

<ref name= Cam140612>{{cite news
|author = Greig Cameron
|date= 12 June 2014
|title= Arria is aiming to stay strong with client help
|work= The Herald Scotland
|url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/arria-is-aiming-to-stay-strong-with-client-help.24474680
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>

<ref name= AA>{{cite news
|date= 13 October 2014
|author = Alice Attwood
|title= Arria NLG Signs Framework Development Contract With FarmLink
|work= Alliance News
|url= http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareAllNews.asp?shareprice=NLG&code=rfao4sse&headline=Arria_NLG_Signs_Framework_Development_Contract_With_FarmLink
|accessdate= 2015-01-06}}
</ref>

<ref name= Cam141014>{{cite news
|date= 14 October 2014
|author = Greig Cameron
|title= Arria looking to work with aviation industry
|work= The Herald Scotland
|url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/arria-looking-to-work-with-aviation-industry.25596272
|accessdate= 2015-01-06}}
</ref>

<ref name= Cam140812>{{cite news
|author = Greig Cameron
|date= 12 August 2014
|title= Arria secures its first financial services deal
|work= The Herald Scotland
|url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/arria-secures-its-first-financial-services-deal.25025203
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>

<ref name= DR2000>{{cite book
|first1 = Robert
|last1 = Dale
|first2 = Ehud
|last2= Reiter
|title= 2000
|work= Building Natural Language Generation Systems
|publisher = Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press
|isbn = 052102451X}}
</ref>

<ref name= FOR>{{cite news
|author = Dan Woods
|date= 28 August 2014
|title= Why you should hire a robot to write for you
|work= Forbes
|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2014/08/28/why-you-should-hire-a-robot-to-write-for-you/
|accessdate= 2014-11-11}}
</ref>
}}
}}


Latest revision as of 10:01, 6 May 2024

Arria NLG plc
Company typePublic
AIM: NLG
IndustryTechnology
Software
Founded2009 (2009)
Founder
  • Ehud Reiter
  • Yaji Sripada
  • Ian Davy
  • John Perry
  • Ross Turner
Headquarters
Morristown, NJ
,
USA
ProductsArria NLG Engine: software and applications
Websitearria.com

Arria NLG plc is a New Zealand-based company with headquarters in the US.[1] Arria offers artificial intelligence technology in data analytics and information delivery.[2] It is one of the companies in the space of automatic text generation,[3] with a focus on Natural Language Generation (NLG). When it floated on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in December 2013, it was valued at over £160 million.[4] However, Arria was later delisted from the stock exchange.[5] Subsequently, Arria has raised over US$100 million from private sources. Arria's technology is based on three decades of scientific research in the field of Natural Language Generation (NLG).[6]

History

[edit]

The company was founded in 2009 under the name Data2Text Ltd. by Arria's Chief Scientist Professor Ehud Reiter, Senior Lecturer Dr Yaji Sripada, and post-doctoral researcher Dr Ross Turner from the NLG research group at the University of Aberdeen, and meteorologist/entrepreneur Ian Davy. In May 2012, Data2Text joined forces with a specialist software development and marketing firm, Arria NLG (then a limited company), which took a 20% stake in Data2Text. In late 2013, Arria NLG acquired the remaining 80% of Data2Text, and in December 2013 Arria NLG converted to a public listed company and was floated on the AIM.[7][4] In September 2018, Arria shareholders approved a scheme of arrangement that placed a New Zealand holding company (Arria NLG Ltd.) over the original Arria UK company and its direct subsidiary, now known as Arria Data2Text Ltd. In late 2018 Arria located its global headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, and now maintains offices in New Zealand, Scotland, Australia, and British Columbia, Canada.

Technology/Science

[edit]

Arria's NLG Engine uses pattern recognition to distill the information from its input data into human-readable text.[8] It consists of two components:

  • The analysis and interpretation component takes raw transactional or sensor data and turns it into information using rules based on the knowledge of a domain expert.
  • The NLG component communicates this information in natural language, based on general linguistic rules, using industry-specific terminology[6]

Arria NLG's capabilities are rooted in the scientific research conducted since the 1980s by its founder and Chief Scientist, Professor Ehud Reiter, and former Chief Technology Officer Dr Robert Dale.[6]

Arria has been awarded over 40 US patents in the NLG field.

Applications

[edit]

Data2Text Ltd. focused on the automatic conversion of meteorological data and data from oil and gas platforms into natural language reports. The group is also developing applications providing automatic analysis and reporting capabilities for fraud detection, risk mitigation and compliance to the banking industry.[7][9]

See also

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "View All Details". app.companiesoffice.govt.nz. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ Greig Cameron (15 November 2013). "£20m windfall to boost university spin-out company". The Herald Scotland. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  3. ^ Dan Woods (28 August 2014). "Why you should hire a robot to write for you". Forbes. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b Greig Cameron (6 December 2013). "Arria makes AIM debut". The Herald Scotland. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Arria Shares Plunge As Company Seeks Funds Ahead Of AIM Cancellation (ALLISS)". MorningstarUK. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Elaine Maslin (2 October 2014). "Narrating Data". Offshore Engineer. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b Erika Askeland (13 August 2014). "Arria to cash in on bank project" (PDF). The Press and Journal, reproduced by Oil & Gas Academy of Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Can text summaries of data help people make better decisions than visualisations". Digital Energy Journal. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  9. ^ Greig Cameron (12 August 2014). "Arria secures its first financial services deal". The Herald Scotland. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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