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NL Seminar-Dungeons and Discourse: Using Computational Storytelling to Look at Natural Language Use
Thu, May 05, 2022 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Lara Martin, University of Pennsylvania
Talk Title: Dungeons and Discourse: Using Computational Storytelling to Look at Natural Language Use
Series: NL Seminar
Abstract: Although we are currently riding a technological wave of personal assistants, many of these agents still struggle to communicate appropriately. In particular, these systems lack coherence, the ability to adapt to novel situations, creativity, emotional understanding, and collaboration. My work focuses on creating open world storytelling systems and developing agents that leverage speech understanding to communicate with humans more effectively. In this talk, I look at how tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons can be used as motivation for how to improve conversational systems and understand how people communicate.
Biography: Dr. Lara J. Martin is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania working with Dr. Chris Callison Burch. In 2020, she earned her PhD in Human Centered Computing from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she worked with Dr. Mark Riedl. She also has a Masters of Language Technologies from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Computer Science and Linguistics from Rutgers University New Brunswick. Dr. Martins work resides in the field of Human Centered Artificial Intelligence with a focus on natural language applications. They have worked in the areas of automated story generation, speech processing, and affective computing, publishing in top tier conferences such as AAAI and IJCAI. They have also been featured in Wired and BBC Science Focus magazine.
Host: Jon May and Meryem M'hamdi
More Info: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldKVQj863oLocation: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Virtual Only
WebCast Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldKVQj863o
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Pete Zamar
Event Link: https://nlg.isi.edu/nl-seminar/
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Remarkable Trajectory/Pioneer Series Joint Seminar: Dr. John Brooks Slaughter
Thu, May 05, 2022 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, University Professor, USC
Talk Title: From Kansas to USC: A Surprising Adventure
Series: Electrical Engineering Pioneer Series
Abstract: Growing up during an era in which opportunities were scarce for African Americans, John Brooks Slaughter had a series of unexpected professional experiences, as well as good fortune, that led him to the directorship of the National Science Foundation, the leadership of two educational institutions and culminated in his position as a professor of education and engineering at USC. In this presentation he will talk about that journey, some of the things he learned and the people who helped him on the way.
Lecture 4:00pm Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Building (EEB 132)
Reception 5:00pm Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Building Courtyard
Host: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Ming Hsieh Institute
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98612826676?pwd=Wm1tY2FQZUR1MUFVaWxpN3h1M3hQZz09More Information: 20220505 Pioneer Slaughter QR Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98612826676?pwd=Wm1tY2FQZUR1MUFVaWxpN3h1M3hQZz09
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
