CMSC 35900-1: Topics in Artificial Intelligence

    Introduction to Discourse and Dialogue

 
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Date Reading Assignment Notes
September 25
Overview of Issues in Discourse and Dialogue		 Grosz et al, 1997   Introduction
II. STRUCTURE OF DISCOURSE
September 27,29
Reference Resolution		 Jurafsky & Martin (2000), Chapter 18   Reference
October 2
Reference (Cont'd)
  • Cardie and Ng, 2002 Cardie and Wagstaff, 1999
  • Baldwin (2000)
    		•  Assignment #1
    DUE Oct. 11     		 
    October 4,6,9
    Theories of Discourse Structure
  • Grosz & Sidner (1986)
  • Rhetorical Structure Theory: Intro
  • Taboada, M. and W.C. Mann (2006), p. 1-19
  • Multi-document structure
  • DRT
    		•   Structure I
    October 11,13,16
    Discourse Segmentation
  • Grosz, Hirshberg, and Nakatani (1995) (speech)
  • Shriberg et al(2001)(speech)
  • Hearst(1994)(text)
  • Marcu(1999)(text, RST),
  • OPTIONAL:Beeferman et al (1999)(text)
    		•   Structure I
    October 18,20
    Given & New
  • Prevost (1996)
  • McKeown (1983)
  • (Optional) Prince (1992)
    		•   Given and New
    III. STRUCTURE OF DIALOGUE
    [11] October 23
    Dialogue Structure    		 Jurafsky & Martin, Chapter 19   Dialogue
    [11] October 25,27,30
    Dialogue Acts & Structure
  • Maptask and Coding
  • Shriberg et al (2000)
  • Serafin and Di Eugenio (2004)
  • Ostendorf at al (2004)
    		•   DA tagging
    November 1,3,6
    Dialogue Management    		 McTear 2001, Sections 3 and 5
    Finite-State HMM Models Reasoning-based Models
    Frame-based system, Philips Train system
    Aust et al., Speech Communication 17,
    pp. 249-262, 1995., U of C library e-journal     		  Agent-Based Dialogue Management
    [12] November 8,10
    Adaptation & Turn-taking 
  • Riccardi, Tur, et al. 2004
  • Goodwin (1981), pp. 55-93
  • Shriberg et al. (2001)
    		• [prop] Adaptation and Learning
    IV. STYLE AND GENRE
    [16] November 22
    Politeness and Genre
  • Brown & Levinson (1978), pp. 448-508
  • Walker et al. (1996)
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    [17] November 24
    Thanksgiving Holiday    		      
    [15] November 27
    Grounding and Discourse Markers
  • Schiffrin (1987), Ch. 3;
  • Heeman, Byron, and Allen, 1997
  • Samuel, Carberry, and Vijay-Shanker (1998)
  • Hirschberg & Litman (1990)
    		•    
    [17] November 29
    Initiative & Evaluation
  • Walker et al (1990)
  • Oviatt(1995);Computer Speech & Language 9 (1):19-35
  • Walker et al. (1997)
  • Dahlbäck et al. (1993)[free at U of C]
    		• [update]  
    December 10
    Final Paper Due!    		   [paper]