In this report, we present the DREAM 2 Socialbot design and share scientific and technology
contributions made towards developing a fluent and meaningful socialbot for Alexa Prize 4 …

This demo paper presents Emora STDM (State Transition Dialogue Manager), a dialogue
system development framework that provides novel workflows for rapid prototyping of chat …

Object permanence is the ability to form and recall mental representations of objects even
when they are not in view. Despite being a crucial developmental step for children, object …

In working towards accomplishing a human-level acquisition and understanding of
language, a robot must meet two requirements: the ability to learn words from interactions …

Incremental dialogue processing has been an important topic in spoken dialogue systems
research, but the broader research community that makes use of language interaction (eg …

An incremental system takes advantage of upcoming data as early as possible. In other
words, an incremental system processes received data incrementally. Incremental systems …

Firstly, deep learning has been successful in many fields in recent years. As a core
application in natural language processing, dialogue system has gradually developed from …

As the complexity of intelligent environments grows, there is a need for more sophisticated
and flexible interfaces. Conversational systems constitute a very interesting alternative to …

Competent negotiation with simulated patients can save expenses in medical education and
improve outcomes for all parties involved. The use of simulated agents is beneficial for a …

In working towards accomplishing a human-level acquisition and understanding of
language, a robot must meet two requirements: the ability to learn words from interactions …