Human-Computer Dialogue Processing
The course will take place February, 21-25, 2005 at the University
of Tartu, Estonia
Information for the participants from abroad
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Lectures and discussions take place in J. Liivi 2 (building of the Faculty
of Mathematics and Computer Science), rooms 403 and 206.
i-MAP
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You can travel from Tallinn to Tartu by bus (schedule)
or by train (schedule)
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Accommodation is booked for participants from abroad in the Hostel
Pepler, February 20 to February 27 (a single room for everyone, with
kitchen facilities, breakfest is NOT included).
Address: Pepleri 14, Tartu (near University) i-MAP
Phone for accommodation: +372 740 9955
Phone of the Hall manager: +372 742 7608, +372 515 0129 (mobile)
Lecturer
Professor Yorick Wilks,
Natural
Language Processing Research Group in the Department
of Computer Science at the University
of Sheffield
Purpose
The course surveys a little of the history of the technology of human-computer
conversation, sets out the main current theoretical approaches in brief,
and discusses the on-going opposition between theoretical and empirical
approaches.
Contents
The following topics will be treated in the course:
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History of modelling dialogue
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The current state of the art
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Future prospects
The course discusses the quite lengthy history of machine dialogue systems,
at least in English, going back to the Sixties. It discusses the role of
the Loebner competition (based on the Turing Test) in moving systems
from more academic to more practical systems; what are the evaluation
criteria for such systems. In recent developments it discusses dialogue
management systems, and how machine learning has been applied to
develop and optimise such systems as well as the current situation where
speech and language researchers cooperate to develop systems but also compete
to control their central paradigms.
Prerequisites
The course has no special requisites over and above what is required for
admission to GSLT.
ECTS credits
1,5
Schedule
| Monday |
February 21 |
14.15-15.45 lecture |
16 discussion |
Room 403 |
| Tuesday |
February 22 |
14.15-15.45 lecture |
16 discussion |
Room 206 |
| Wednesday |
February 23 |
14.15-15.45 lecture |
16 discussion |
Room 206 |
| Thuersday |
February 24 |
no class (National day) |
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| Friday |
February 25 |
14.15-15.45 lecture |
16 discussion |
Room 206 |
Contact
Mare Koit, mare.koit@ut.ee
Haldur Õim, haldur.oim@ut.ee
Created November, 30, 2004
Last modified February, 4, 2005
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