Theory and Practice in Discourse and Dialogue for Interactive Systems
 
leftside_space.gif (66 bytes)
[ Summary ] [ Requirements ] [ Schedule ] [ Assignments ] [ Bibliography ] [ Resources ]
[ Schedule ] - Signup
Class Presenters  Handouts
I. SYLLABUS
[1] September 7
Role of Discourse and Dialogue in Interactive Technology
II. STRUCTURE OF DISCOURSE
[2] September 14
General Structure of Discourse
[3] September 21
Reference
 - Allen (1995), Ch. 14 (local discourse context and  reference)  Peter
[4] September 28
What's New in What's Being Said
  - Hiyakumoto (1997) Jane
  - McKeown (1983) Selena
[#2] Peter
[5] October 5
Paralinguistic Phenomena in Discourse (Gesture & Intonation)
  - Prevost (1996)  Yukiko
  - Cassell, et al (2000) Cati
October 12
 
 OFF FOR HELL WEEK
III. STRUCTURE OF DIALOGUE
[6] October 19
Intention & Purpose
 - Grosz & Sidner (1990) Paulina
 - Rich & Sidner (1998)  Peter
-[ Lesh, et al (1998)] 
-[Grosz & Sidner (1986)] 
[7] October 26
Initializing and Breaking out of Conversation
- Cassell & Vilhjálmsson (1999) Selena [#3] Linda
IV. STYLE AND GENRE
[8] November 2
Turn-taking 
 - Torres, et al (1997)  Jane
 - Nagao & Takeuchi (1994) Ashish
 - [Pelachaud et al. (1994)] 
[9] November 9
Footing and Discourse Markers
- Moser & Moore (1995) Paulina
- Heeman et al. (1998) Yukiko
[proposal]
[10] November 16
Conversation as Social Action
 - Pautler & Qulici (1998) Paulina
- Walker et al. (1996)  Linda
- Bickmore & Cassell (2000) Ashish
[#4] TBD (footing)
V. EVALUATION
[11][12] November 30
Conversational Storytelling
Evaluating Language-Oriented Interactive Technologies
- Don (1990) Cati
 - Cassell & Ryokai (1999) Elisabeth
 - [Cassell, et al (2000)] 
- Oviatt (1995) Elisabeth
[13] December 7
Final Project Presentations
 
   
Note: Anybody who is a glutton for punishment and wishes to sign up for additional papers, may do so by e-mailing Tim & Justine with his/her choice!