Schedule

(last revision: 9 January 2004)

Session 23.10.2003 ``Vorbesprechung'': Formalities and overview

Presenter: IKK+MP

Reading: none

Practical task: none

Slides: none

Session 30.10.2003 Dialogue Modelling Issues

Presenter: IKK

Reading: [Jurafsky and Martin2000][Chapter 19];
In this session also assignment of presentation topics/slots!

Practical task: none

Slides: PDF http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/cl/courses/Dialog-03/Slides/dm-intro.pdf

Session 6.11.2003 Examples of Dialogue Systems

Presenter: IKK+MP

Reading: MiLCA Lecture ``Examples of Dialogue Systems'' http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~stwa/Milca/Sommerschule/Dialog/html/ (login ``guest'', no password)

Practical task:

• Try the talking elevator at CoLi
• Try the Philips train timetable system at Deutsche Bahn: call 0241-604020
• Optionally, you can try the current Deutsche Bahn system, for comparison: call 0800-1-507090
• Optionally, try the system used by Lufthansa for automatic check-in: call 0561-993399
• Optionally, try also QuelleFon: http://www.quelle.de/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/de/-/EUR/Q_ViewStatic-ViewNav;sid=QXAB-A6YV2cB-DE6xKOt7G3hOp8Jh9fcRm4=?CategoryName=qnav1287

Slides: PDF http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/cl/courses/Dialog-03/Slides/dm-demos.pdf

Session 13.11.2004 Dialogue Moves

Presenter: IKK+MP; discussion by all: we will jointly annotate a dialogue from http://www.ai.sri.com/~communic/amex/amex.html

Reading: [Traum1999]

Practical task: Annotate the travel agent dialogue from [Jurafsky and Martin2000][Chapter 19]; New: apply the DAMSL annotation guidelines

Slides: PDF http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/cl/courses/Dialog-03/Slides/dm-acts.pdf

Session 20.11.2003 Modelling Turn-Taking

Presenter: Mohammad

Reading: [Sidner 2#2 2003]

Practical task: no new one; we will still return to the annotation task from the previous session

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Session 27.11.2003 FST-Based Dialogue Management

Presenter: Michael

Reading: [McTear2002,McTear1998]

Practical task:

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Session 4.12.2003 ISU-Based Dialogue Management

Presenter: Andrea

Reading: [Traum and Larsson2003,Larsson and Traum2000]

Practical task:

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Session 11.12.2003 Modelling Grounding

Presenter: Denitza

Reading: [Matheson 2#2 2000]; [Larsson2003]

Practical task:

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Session 18.12.2003 Producing Feedback

Presenter: Magdalena

Reading: [Hockey 2#2 2003]

Practical task:

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Session 25.12.2003 Merry Christmas!

Presenter: -

Reading: -

Practical task: -

Slides: -

Session 1.1.2003 Happy New Year!

Presenter: -

Reading: -

Practical task: -

Slides: -

Session 8.1.2003 Plan-Based Dialogue Management

Presenter: Stephan

Reading: [Blaylock 2#2 2003]

Practical task:

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Session 15.1.2003 Plan-Based Dialogue Management (continuation)

Presenter: Stephan (remaining talk); then discussion of all, see below

Reading: [Blaylock 2#2 2003]

Practical task: Comparison of the collaborative problem-sloving approach used in TRIPS (Rochester group) with the ISU-based approached used in TRINDI/SIRIDUS, e.g., in the GoDIS system. We will discuss how both approaches model example dialogues in [Blaylock et al. 2003] and [Traum and Larsson2003].

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Session 22.1.2004 Modelling Initiative

Presenter: Denitza

Reading: [Chu-Carroll and Brown1997]; [Chu-Carroll2000a]

Practical task:

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Session 29.1.2004 Modelling Problem-Solving

Presenter: Renjini

Reading: [Rich 2#2 2001]; [Lemon 2#2 2002]

Practical task:

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Session 5.2.2004 Tutorial Dialogue

Presenter: Andrea and Renjini

Reading: [Rosé 2#2 2001,Core 2#2 2000b]; [Rickel 2#2 2002]

Practical task:

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Session 12.2.2004 Negotiative Dialogue

Presenter: Stephan

Reading: [Chu-Carroll and Carberry2000]; [Sidner1994]

Practical task:

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Session 19.2.2004 Beyond Language-Only Dialogue

Presenter: Michael

Reading: [Cassell2000]

Practical task:

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