Be-Bee Inc. Licenses Its !metaMarker Technology to Syracuse University.

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001

SU's Center for Natural Language Processing (CNLP) To Use

(!metaMarker) Natural Language Processing Technology as Part of Its

Research Efforts

Be-Bee Inc.'s(TM) (!metaMarker)(TM) technology, developed at the CASE Center, located at Syracuse University, is a cutting edge natural language processing engine that enhances computer understanding of structured and unstructured data.

The Center for Natural Language Processing (CNLP), a part of the School of Information Studies also at Syracuse University, licensed Be-Bee's technology earlier this year and plans to use it as part of their government and corporate funded research in Natural Language Processing (NLP).

(!metaMarker) had its genesis as part of a government-sponsored project designed to establish boundary control of sensitive information within the intelligence community. This conceptual NLP-based product called DataShield was tested and compared during this project with statistical systems for automatically reviewing and controlling the flow of classified information across organizational boundaries.

According to an article published in the May 2001 edition of ONLINE magazine written by Liz Liddy, director of the CNLP, "The test results, run on 112 messages plus attachments, showed that the conceptual approach outperformed the keyword approach in terms of messages correctly blocked and messages correctly released. The keyword commercial system had scores of 70 percent precision and 38 percent recall; while the DataShield system had scores of 96 percent precision and 99 percent recall."

(Recall indicates how well a system does at finding all relevant entities and precision is the proportion of identified entities that are relevant.)

The Center for Natural Language Processing was founded by its director, Elizabeth D. Liddy, to advance the development of human-like language understanding software capabilities for government, commercial and consumer applications. It works collaboratively with a wide range of partners to make the Center's research available to a broad spectrum of users. The Center also provides meaningful research opportunities to the Syracuse University community of scholars, including faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral candidates.

Current and past clients working with the Center include NASA, National Science Foundation, DARPA, Unilever, Raytheon, SAIC, New York State, U.S. Army, CIA, Verid1an (formerly MRJ) and AT&T.

About Be-Bee Inc.

Be-Bee Inc., located in San Diego and at the CASE Center (The New York Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications and Software Engineering) at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y., develops NLP/AI technologies to help the enterprise filter, manage and monitor electronic messaging for customer service applications, corporate communications and intelligence intercepts.

Be-Bee's technologies are unique because applications built with its engine can determine mood and intent as well as concept. Be-Bee's products are developed and ready for deployment. The company has several patents pending. Be-Bee offers its clients cutting edge solutions for electronic message management and monitoring. Product offerings include B-Message(TM), B-Monitor(TM) and B-Intercept(TM).