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Mellon
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Graduate
Research Workshop Program
Stanford
Semantics and Pragmatics Workshop:
THE
CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING
Friday, May 16, 3:30pm in 460-126:
Natural conversation with embodied agents: the role of computational
semantics in dialogue systems
Johan Bos, University of Edinburgh
The next generation of spoken dialogue systems will go beyond the rather
simple but popular slot-filling paradigm used for natural language
understanding in current implementations. I will show that novel
techniques from computational semantics and automated deduction can play a
crucial role to fulfill this task.
I will highlight the role of computational semantics in various aspects of
spoken dialogue interpretation: from constructing semantic representations
for speech applications, via resoving ambiguities, to performing
inference. In particular, I will argue that first-order model construction
lends itself naturally for many interpretation tasks.
The proposed framework is exemplified by two prototype applications, both
developed at the ICCS. The first is in the area of home automation and
constitutes a spoken language interface for controlling domestic
devices. The second is a mobile robot that is able to engage in spoken
dialogue.
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if you have suggestions for presentations or the workshop in general.
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This workshop is sponsored by
the Stanford Humanities Center, and funded by a grant from the Mellon
Foundation.
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