[CogSci] 1st CFP: Young Researchers’ Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems (YRRSDS) 2018

[Kalesha Bullard]

*The 14th annual roundtable on spoken dialogue systems (YRRSDS), will be
held at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia (collocated with ACL and SIGdial) on
July 10-11, 2018.We invite researchers at an early stage of their career
(no age limit) to submit a 2-page position paper. This should include their
past, present and future work, a short bio, and topic suggestions for
discussions. Poster presentation by all participants is expected. However,
posters need only present current work and not necessarily be from a
published paper. Submission topics include, but are not limited to:•
 Models of dialogue: statistical, symbolic, and hybrid approaches•
 Evaluation methodology for dialogue systems•  Semantics, pragmatics, and
context in dialogue systems•  Incremental spoken dialogue systems•
 Situated interaction with virtual and robotic agents•  Psycholinguistic
influences on dialogue system design•  Establishing social relationships
and engagement with the user•  Data collection and dataset sharing for
statistical models•  Industry development cycles, requirements, and
applicationsImportant DatesSubmission open: 9 March 2018Submission
deadline: 27 April 2018Author notification: 25 May 2018Registration opens:
1 June 2018YRRSDS 2018: 10-11 July 2018Looking forward to meet you
there!Best wishes,YRRSDS 2018 organizing committee:Lina Brixey
                          USC Institute for Creative TechnologiesKalesha
Bullard                    Georgia Institute of TechnologyAdriana Camacho
               University of Texas at El PasoRamesh Manuvinakurike
University of Southern CaliforniaEran Raveh
Saarland UniversityZahra Razavi                      University of
RochesterMaria Schmidt                      Daimler AG/Ulm
UniversityDamiano Spina                    RMIT University,
MelbourneJohanne Trippas                  RMIT University,
MelbourneTiancheng Zhao                   Carnegie Mellon University*
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