The complexity theory companion

Novel speech systems such as the conversational agents being developed by the Companions Project (www.companions-project.org) can be simulated using the Wizard of Oz methodology. In this approach technologies that are not yet ready for testing by people ...

This paper presents part of the data collection efforts undergone within the project COMPANIONS whose aim is to develop a set of dialogue systems that will be able to act as an artificial "companions" for human users. One of these systems, being ...

To establish an automatic conversation system between human and computer is regarded as one of the most hardcore problems in computer science. It requires interdisciplinary techniques in information retrieval, natural language processing, and data ...