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Handling Emotions in Human-Computer Dialogues by Johannes Pittermann,Angela Pittermann,Wolfgang Minker Pdf
In this book, a novel approach that combines speech-based emotion recognition with adaptive human-computer dialogue modeling is described. With the robust recognition of emotions from speech signals as their goal, the authors analyze the effectiveness of using a plain emotion recognizer, a speech-emotion recognizer combining speech and emotion recognition, and multiple speech-emotion recognizers at the same time. The semi-stochastic dialogue model employed relates user emotion management to the corresponding dialogue interaction history and allows the device to adapt itself to the context, including altering the stylistic realization of its speech. This comprehensive volume begins by introducing spoken language dialogue systems and providing an overview of human emotions, theories, categorization and emotional speech. It moves on to cover the adaptive semi-stochastic dialogue model and the basic concepts of speech-emotion recognition. Finally, the authors show how speech-emotion recognizers can be optimized, and how an adaptive dialogue manager can be implemented. The book, with its novel methods to perform robust speech-based emotion recognition at low complexity, will be of interest to a variety of readers involved in human-computer interaction.
Hugh H. Benson Professor of Philosophy University of Oklahoma
Author : Hugh H. Benson Professor of Philosophy University of Oklahoma Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Page : 314 pages File Size : 43,5 Mb Release : 2000-01-05 Category : Philosophy ISBN : 0199771243
Socratic Wisdom : The Model of Knowledge in Plato's Early Dialogues by Hugh H. Benson Professor of Philosophy University of Oklahoma Pdf
While the early Platonic dialogues have often been explored and appreciated for their ethical content, this is the first book devoted solely to the epistemology of Plato's early dialogues. Author Hugh H. Benson argues that the characteristic features of these dialogues--Socrates' method of questions and answers (elenchos), his fascination with definition, his professions of ignorance, and his thesis that virtue is knowledge--are decidedly epistemological. In this thoughtful study, Benson uncovers the model of knowledge that underlies these distinctively Socratic views. What emerges is unfamiliar, yet closer to a contemporary conception of scientific understanding than ordinary knowledge.
Dialogues Around Models And Uncertainty: An Interdisciplinary Perspective by Pauline Barrieu Pdf
This book helps develop a better understanding of how researchers from different scientific backgrounds view models and uncertainty. It provides key steps in fostering and encouraging interdisciplinary research, which is vital in addressing several big issues that society faces today, such as climate change, longevity, financial and actuarial risk management. To make progress in these areas, researchers must develop an understanding of differing perspectives and methods of those working in other disciplines.This title presents the views and understandings of eminent people in their respective fields through interviews on the topic of modelling and uncertainty. Each expert was asked the same set of questions to help readers understand the similarities and differences existing between various disciplines. It also helps to bridge some of the gaps encountered by those carrying out inter- and multi-disciplinary research and suggests new approaches to modelling and uncertainty quantification.
Building Dialogue POMDPs from Expert Dialogues by Hamidreza Chinaei,Brahim Chaib-draa Pdf
This book discusses the Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP) framework applied in dialogue systems. It presents POMDP as a formal framework to represent uncertainty explicitly while supporting automated policy solving. The authors propose and implement an end-to-end learning approach for dialogue POMDP model components. Starting from scratch, they present the state, the transition model, the observation model and then finally the reward model from unannotated and noisy dialogues. These altogether form a significant set of contributions that can potentially inspire substantial further work. This concise manuscript is written in a simple language, full of illustrative examples, figures, and tables.
Spatial Language and Dialogue by Kenny R. Coventry,Thora Tenbrink,John Bateman Pdf
This book considers how people talk about the location of objects and places. The book reports on the latest developments in the field of spatial language and sets an agenda for future research on spatial conceptualization and communication in cognitive science, computer science, psychology, and linguistics.
Race Dialogues by Donna Rich Kaplowitz,Shayla Reese Griffin,Sheri Seyka Pdf
All too often, race discourse in the United States devolves into shouting matches, silence, or violence, all of which are mirrored in today’s classrooms. This book will help individuals develop the skills needed to facilitate difficult dialogues across race in high school and college classrooms, in teacher professional learning communities, and beyond. The authors codify best practices in race dialogue facilitation by drawing on decades of research and examples from their own practices. They share their mistakes and hard-earned lessons to help readers avoid common pitfalls. Through their concrete lesson plans and hands-on material, both experienced and novice facilitators can immediately use this inclusive and wide-ranging curriculum in a variety of classrooms, work spaces, and organizations with diverse participants. “Race Dialogues: A Facilitator’s Guide to Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom is a scholarly, timely, and urgently needed book. While there is other literature on facilitation of intergroup dialogues, none are so deeply and effectively focused on race—the elephant in the room.” —From the foreword by Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor and Emeritus Research Director, University of Michigan “This brilliant book is a gold mine of wisdom and resources for teachers, facilitators, and student dialogue leaders. It summarizes, explains, and elaborates upon everything I have ever been taught about what makes for great facilitation. With experience and compassion, the authors have written a clear, user-friendly guide to facilitation of race dialogue for both youth and adults. I will recommend this book to every facilitator and teacher I train or hire.” —Ali Michael, director of the Race Institute for K–12 Educators and author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education
Global Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion by Yujin Nagasawa,Mohammad Saleh Zarepour Pdf
Leading scholars representing the world's five great religious traditions--Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--discuss fundamental philosophical questions on revelation and religious experience; analysis of faith; science and religion; the foundation of morality; and life and the afterlife.
Interreligious Dialogue Models by Alwani Ghazali,Muhammad Kamal Pdf
How did the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) converse and engage with other religious believers? Did he start off with prejudice and mistrust? Or was he convivial and open-minded? This book analyses six models of the dealings in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), specifically, but not restricted, to the siblings of Abrahamic religious believers. The six models of dialogue analysed in the book are dialogue with Ashamah, Najashi of Abyssinia, delegation of Najran Christians, different Jews of Yathrib, and emperors of Byzantine and Sassanid. The analysis applies Ibn Khaldun’s (d.1406) historical approach which the author termed as Khaldunian Hermeneutics due to the similarity between his ideas to that of Johann Gustav Droysen (d. 1884), a German philosopher, in historical hermeneutics. As such, the analysis goes beyond the dialogue content, taking into consideration the immediate and larger contextual settings, and changes of the contexts due to the passage of time. It critically considers the suitability of each model due to the difference in times and contexts. The book serves as a reference for Muslim dialogue advocates and practitioners, to provide substantial evidence of the dialogue application by the role model of Muslims – the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) whom they hold very dear to their hearts.
Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues by Kelly E. Maxwell,Biren Ratnesh Nagda,Monita C. Thompson Pdf
Co-published with Intergroup dialogue has emerged as an effective educational and community building method to bring together members of diverse social and cultural groups to engage in learning together so that they may work collectively and individually to promote greater diversity, equality and justice. Intergroup dialogues bring together individuals from different identity groups (such as people of color and white people; women and men; lesbian, gay, and bisexual people and heterosexual people), and uses explicit pedagogy that involves three important features: content learning, structured interaction, and facilitative guidance. The least understood role in the pedagogy is that of facilitation. This volume, the first dedicated entirely to intergroup dialogue facilitation, draws on the experiences of contributors and on emerging research to address the multi-dimensional role of facilitators and co-facilitators, the training and support of facilitators, and ways of improving practice in both educational and community settings. It constitutes a comprehensive guide for practitioners, covering the theoretical, conceptual, and practical knowledge they need. Presenting the work and insights of scholars, practitioners and scholar-practitioners who train facilitators for intergroup dialogues, this book bridges the theoretical and conceptual foundations of intergroup relations and social justice education with training models for intergroup dialogue facilitation. It is intended for staff, faculty, and administrators in higher education, and community agencies, as well as for human resources departments in workplaces. Contributors:Charles Behling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, The Program on Intergroup RelationsBarry Checkoway, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, School of Social WorkMark Chesler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, The Program on Intergroup RelationsKeri De Jong, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, School of EducationRoger Fisher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, The Program on Intergroup RelationsNichola G. FulmerPatricia Gurin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, The Program on Intergroup RelationsTanya Kachwaha, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, School of EducationChristina Kelleher, Institute for Sustained Dialogue, Sustained Dialogue Campus NetworkAriel Kirkland, Occidental College, Student facilitatorJames Knauer, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Democracy LabJoycelyn Landrum-Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Program on Intergroup RelationsShaquanda D. Lindsey, Occidental College, Student facilitatorDavid J. Martineau, Washington University, St. Louis, School of Social WorkKelly E. MaxwellBiren (Ratnesh) A. NagdaTeddy Nemeroff, Institute for Sustained Dialogue, Sustained Dialogue Campus NetworkRomina Pacheco, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, School of EducationPriya Parker, Institute for Sustained Dialogue, Sustained Dialogue Campus NetworkJaclyn Rodríguez, Occidental College, Department of PsychologyAndrea C. Rodríguez-Scheel, Occidental College, Student facilitatorMichael S. Spencer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, School of Social WorkMonita C. ThompsonNorma TimbangThai Hung V. TranCarolyn Vasques-Scalera, Independent Scholar Thomas E. Walker, University of Denver, Center for Multicultural ExcellenceKathleen Wong (Lau), Arizona State University/Western Michigan University, Intergroup Relations Center/Intercultural CommunicationAnna M. Yeakley, Independent Intergroup Dialogue ConsultantXimena Zúñiga, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, School of Education
How do you feel about receiving feedback? How about giving feedback to someone else? Likely just the word “feedback” elicits a memory or emotional response. Feedback is intended to be a powerful tool to inspire personal growth by suggesting improvement in behavior or performance. Yet, it often falls short of its intended purpose, leaving individuals trapped in a cycle of seeking more feedback while triggering stress due to their innate threat response systems. Dynamic Dialogues delves into the principles and modalities of feedback, exposing the conflict between how it works in theory versus the reality of these conversations. This book reveals the flaws inherent in traditional feedback methods and explores the limitations they impose on our ability to evolve. Instead of inspiring self-reflection, conventional feedback often leads to defensiveness and missed opportunities for growth. The author takes you on a journey through the feedback experience, shedding light on the neuroscience behind how our brains respond to feedback and offering innovative strategies to navigate the flaws of feedback. You are invited to adopt a more human-centered approach, embracing the power of empathetic inquiry and perspective exchange to enable you to navigate challenging feedback conversations with confidence and skill. This book equips you with the tools to transform feedback into a stimulus for personal and professional development. Discover how to engage your rational thinking, reduce negative consequences, and cultivate dynamic dialogues that foster growth and understanding. Whether you're a manager seeking to inspire your team, a coach guiding individuals toward their goals, or someone eager to improve their own feedback experience, this book will empower you tap into the full power of feedback.
Dialogues for Discovery: Improving Psychotherapy's Effectiveness teaches psychotherapists of all modalities how to help their clients make more frequent and higher quality discoveries in every therapy session. Detailed therapist-client dialogues in each chapter illustrate the client-centered and collaborative 4-Stage Model of Socratic Dialogue, as well as other guided discovery approaches such as behavioural experiments, imagery exercises, and role plays. Guidelines for expert use of Socratic dialogue are highlighted to help therapists avoid common therapy traps that frequently derail therapy progress, as well as effective strategies for navigating and overcoming them. Chapters are written by international experts on each topic and each includes guiding principles to help therapy stay on track, summarized in “Keep in Mind” boxes. Reader Learning Activities at the end of each chapter suggest a variety of ways to tailor the skills taught to one's own therapy / supervision practice or classroom settings, as well as Reflective Practice Worksheets which further personalize and help consolidate therapist application and development of Dialogue for Discovery skills. Although Socratic questioning is most commonly associated with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), this book offers a vision for how these processes can infuse all types of psychotherapy and lead to discoveries that transform client lives for the better.
Dialogues with Social Robots by Kristiina Jokinen,Graham Wilcock Pdf
This book explores novel aspects of social robotics, spoken dialogue systems, human-robot interaction, spoken language understanding, multimodal communication, and system evaluation. It offers a variety of perspectives on and solutions to the most important questions about advanced techniques for social robots and chat systems. Chapters by leading researchers address key research and development topics in the field of spoken dialogue systems, focusing in particular on three special themes: dialogue state tracking, evaluation of human-robot dialogue in social robotics, and socio-cognitive language processing. The book offers a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in both academia and industry whose work involves advanced interaction technology and who are seeking an up-to-date overview of the key topics. It also provides supplementary educational material for courses on state-of-the-art dialogue system technologies, social robotics, and related research fields.
Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction by Ariel M. Greenberg,William G Kennedy,Nathan D Bos Pdf
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013, held in Washington, DC, USA in April 2013. The total of 57 contributions, which consists of papers and posters, included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. This conference is strongly committed to multidisciplinarity, consistent with recent trends in computational social science and related fields. The topics covered are: behavioral science, health sciences, military science and information science. There are also many papers that provide methodological innovation as well as new domain-specific findings.