ChatGPT and similar large language model (LLM) based conversational agents have
brought shock waves to the research world. Although astonished by their human-like …

Conversational information seeking (CIS) is concerned with a sequence of interactions
between one or more users and an information system. Interactions in CIS are primarily …

Conversational agents, or commonly known as dialogue systems, have gained escalating
popularity in recent years. Their widespread applications support conversational interactions …

Conversational search allows a user to interact with a search system in multiple turns. A
query is strongly dependent on the conversation context. An effective way to improve …

Conversational systems are envisioned to provide social support or functional service to
human users via natural language interactions. Conventional conversation researches …

Advancements in conversational systems have revolutionized information access,
surpassing the limitations of single queries. However, developing dialogue systems requires …

Abstract Information source accuracy and trustworthiness are vital in undergraduates'
education in terms of how they seek teacher feedback and educational content. Nowadays …

Conversational systems are designed to offer human users social support or functional
services through natural language interactions. Typical conversation researches mainly …

Given a conversation context, conversational question ranking (CQR) aims to select a
proper question from a candidate pool to clarify users' ambiguous information needs. Most …

In this paper, we address the problem of answering complex questions formulated by users
in natural language. Since traditional information retrieval systems are not suitable for …