CfP: Natural Language Interfaces: Dialogue and Partner Modelling
Bernhard Schroeder
B.Schroeder at uni-bonn.de
Mon Mar 8 23:00:01 UTC 1999
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NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES
DIALOGUE AND PARTNER MODELING
Workshop at the Fachtagung fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz,
Bonn, Germany
13.9.-14.9.1999
Theme of the Workshop
Natural language interfaces allow users to interact verbally with
dialogue systems. Users can ask a question via keyboard or microphone
and receive an answer in spoken or in written form. Such interfaces have
been around for a while; the challenge right now is to make them as
robust and efficient as possible without limiting syntax and vocabulary
more than necessary.
How can new approaches to dialogue and partner modelling help to reach
this goal? To what extent can results from underspecification theory,
dynamic semantics, rhethorical structure theory or centering theory be
useful? We are especially interested in approaches which have already
been integrated into existing system and whose implementation has been
evaluated.
The workshop is intended as an oppertunity for a lively dialogue between
linguists and computer scientists, between theory and practice. For this
reason,
-- presentations are limited to 15 minutes, followed by 15 minutes
discussion
-- a final discussion of about one and a half hours is planned.
Abstract Submission
Participants who would like to give a talk are asked to submit an
extended abstract of max. 2 pages per e-mail to the organizers
Bernhard Schroeder (b.schroeder at uni-bonn.de) und Maria Wolters
(wolters at ikp.uni-bonn.de) in .ps or .pdf format.
Each received abstract is acknowledged.
The languages of the workshop are English and German. Authors are
notified of acceptance on 31 May. From mid June on, all extended
abstracts will be accessible from this web page. We will also create a
mailing list for participants and other interested researchers. We plan
to publish the proceedings of this workshop as a book.
Schedule
15.5.1999: deadline for receipt of extended abstracts
31.5.1999: notification of acceptance
14.6.1999: deadline for revised extended abstracts
13./14.9.1999: Workshop in Bonn
Committee
Organizing Committee
Bernhard Schroeder, Maria Wolters
Institut fuer Kommunikationsforschung
und Phonetik
Universitaet Bonn
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47
D-53115 Bonn
Tel.: +49 228 735621 (Schroeder);
+49 228 733081 (Wolters)
Fax: +49 228 735639
e-mail: b.schroeder at uni-bonn.de
wolters at ikp.uni-bonn.de
Programme Committee
Elisabeth Andre, Saarbruecken
Harry Bunt, Tilburg
Paul Dekker, Amsterdam
Roland Hausser, Erlangen
Janet Hitzeman, Edinburgh
Winfried Lenders, Bonn
Paul McKevitt, Aalborg
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