We survey the use of weighted finite-state transducers (WFSTs) in speech recognition. We show that WFSTs provide a common and natural representation for HMM models, context-depend...
A spoken language generation system has been developed that learns to describe objects in computer-generated visual scenes. The system is trained by a `show-and-tell' procedu...
This paper presents PARADISE PARAdigm for DIalogue System Evaluation, a general framework for evaluating and comparing the performance of spoken dialogue agents. The framework d...
Marilyn A. Walker, Diane J. Litman, Candace A. Kam...
How much can we infer about the pronunciation of a language – past or present – by observing which words its speakers rhyme? This paper explores the connection between pronunc...
This short tool paper introduces MRMC, a model checker for discrete-time and continuous-time Markov reward models. It supports reward extensions of PCTL and CSL, and allows for th...
Joost-Pieter Katoen, Maneesh Khattri, Ivan S. Zapr...