LING 575 - Spoken Dialog Systems
Spring 2013
Specialized Topics

• A core reading for each topic is identified on the associated topic page. Everyone is expected to have read that paper prior to class. At least 2-3 other major papers are identified, and other supporting papers may also be posted. Presenters should read those papers, and are also encouraged to find other related materials. The ACL anthology is an excellent resource, as is the SIGDial web site.

To-Dos

• Participants
• Read at minimum the primary reading in advance of class. Reading the secondary articles is, of course, encouraged.
• Post at least one question related to the reading to the corresponding GoPost thread before noon on the day of the presentation.
• Presenters
  • Presenters should plan to present for 20-25 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion.
  • Presentation material (slides) may be in PowerPoint, PDF, Google Docs, etc. It would be appreciated if the slides were provided prior to the start of class.
  • Online presenters should make sure to have a microphone available. It is recommended that online presenters enter the meeting room a few minutes before class to allow for checking of audio levels.

List of possible specialized topics:

Presenter	Topic
Erik	Miscommunication and Repairs
	Recognizing user affect in human-computer dialog
Leanne	Persona and Personification in dialog
Norah	Dialog with Different User Populations
Shannon	Turn-taking and Backchannels
	Incremental Processing of Dialog
Shiri	Multi-modal dialog
	Dialog act taxonomies
	Dialog act recognition
Lisa	Dialog genres: information-seeking, tutoring, conversational
Michael	Modelling affect in dialog
	Grounding
Nigel	Mixed Initiative
Stefan	Multi-party dialog
Ahmed	Sentiment and subjectivity in dialog
Ron	Reference and anaphora in dialog
Adam	Information structure and prosody in dialog
Scott	Recognition and understanding of prosody
Marie-Renee	Dialog in other NLP applications: search, translation , question-answering