Nigel Ward - Selected Publications

submitted
  • American and Arab Perceptions of an Arabic Turn-Taking Cue. Nigel G. Ward, Yaffa Al Bayyari. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, submitted. abstract etc.
 
2008
  • Modeling the Effects on Time-into-Utterance on Word Probabilities. Nigel G. Ward, Alejandro Vega. Interspeech 2008, to appear. abstract and download
  • Testing the Value of a Time-based Language Model for Speech Recognition. Nisha Kiran and Nigel G. Ward. Technical Report UTEP-CS-08-29. abstract and download
  • A Framework for Model-based Evaluation of Spoken Dialog Systems. Sebastian Möller, Nigel G. Ward. 9th Sigdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue, 2008. abstract and download
  • Factors Affecting Speaking-Rate Adaptation in Task-Oriented Dialogs. Nigel G. Ward and S. Kumar Mamidipally. Speech Prosody 2008. abstract and download
  • Looking for Telecommunication Channel Preference Differences between Bystanders and Talkers. Nigel G. Ward, Anais G. Rivera and Alejandro Vega. 21st Human Factors in Telecommunication Symposium, 2008. pp 223-230. abstract and downloads
  • Prosodic Features that Lead to Back-Channel Feedback in Northern Mexican Spanish. Anais G. Rivera and Nigel Ward. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual High Desert Linguistics Society Conference, pp 19-26. University of New Mexico, 2008. abstract and downloads
 
2007
  • Learning to Show You're Listening. Nigel G. Ward, Rafael Escalante, Yaffa Al Bayyari, and Thamar Solorio. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 20, pp 385 - 407, 2007. abstract and download
  • A Combined Method for Discovering Short-Term Affect-Based Response Rules for Spoken Tutorial Dialog. Tasha K. Hollingsed and Nigel G. Ward. Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE) 2007. abstract and download
  • The (Un)Predictability of Computer Science Graduate School Admissions. Nigel Ward. Communications of the ACM, 50, pp 104-106, March, 2007. abstract
  • Searching for Explanatory Web Pages using Query Expansion. Manabu Tauchi and Nigel Ward. Computational Intelligence, 23, pp 3-14, 2007. pdf
  • A Prosodic Feature that Invites Back-Channels in Egyptian Arabic. Nigel Ward and Yaffa Al Bayyari. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XX, pp 187-206, Mustafa Mughazy (ed.), John Benjamins. abstract and downloads
  • The Role of Gesture in Inviting Back-Channels in Arabic. Yaffa Al Bayyari and Nigel Ward, 10th Meeting of the International Pragmatics Association, 2007. abstract
 
2006
  • Non-Lexical Conversational Sounds in American English. Nigel Ward. Pragmatics and Cognition, 14:1 (2006), 113-184. abstract and downloads
  • Towards a Model of Computer Science Graduate Admissions Decisions. Nigel Ward. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, 10, pp 372-383. abstract and downloads
  • A Case Study in the Identification of Prosodic Cues to Turn-Taking: Back-Channeling in Arabic. Nigel G. Ward and Yaffa Al Bayyari. Interspeech 2006 (Special Session on the Prosody of Turn-Taking and Dialog Acts). abstract etc.
  • Prosodic Feature Generation for Back-channel Prediction. Thamar Solorio, Olac Fuentes, Nigel Ward, Yaffa Al Bayyari. Interspeech 2006. pdf
  • Evaluating Real-Time Responsiveness in Dialog. Nigel G. Ward. in Dialogue on Dialogues: Workshop on the Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Advanced Speech-based Interactive Systems, at Interspeech 2006. pdf.
  • Detecting Filled Pauses in Tutorial Dialogs. Gaurav Garg and Nigel G. Ward Technical Report UTEP-CS-06-32. pdf.
  • Automatic Labeling of Back Channels. Udit Sajjanhar and Nigel G. Ward. Technical Report UTEP-CS-06-26. pdf.
  • The UTEP Corpus of Iraqi Arabic. Nigel G. Ward, David G. Novick, Salamah I. Salamah. Technical Report UTEP-CS-06-02. pdf.
 
2005
  • Root Causes of Lost Time and User Stress in a Simple Dialog System. Nigel Ward, Anais Rivera, Karen Ward, and David Novick. Interspeech 2005. abstract etc.
  • Some Usability Issues and Research Priorities in Spoken Dialog Applications. Nigel Ward, Anais Rivera, Karen Ward, and David Novick. Technical Report UTEP-CS-05-23. pdf
  • Training Wheels for the Command Line, David Herrera and Nigel Ward, 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. abstract, full paper pdf
 
2004
  • Automatic User-Adaptive Speaking Rate Selection. Nigel Ward and Satoshi Nakagawa. International Journal of Speech Technology, 7, pp 259-268. pdf
  • Pragmatic Functions of Prosodic Features in Non-Lexical Utterances. Nigel Ward. Speech Prosody 2004, pp 325-328. pdf
 
2003
  • A Tool For Taking Class Notes. Nigel Ward and Hajime Tatsukawa. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 59, pp 959-981, 2003. abstract etc.
  • A Study in Responsiveness in Spoken Dialog, Nigel Ward and Wataru Tsukahara. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 59 (6), pp 959-981, 2003. abstract, preprint pdf
  • Nasalization in Japanese Back-Channels bears Meaning, Nigel Ward and Masafumi Okamoto. International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, pp 635-638, 2003. abstract, full paper pdf
  • On the Expressive Competencies Needed for Responsive Systems, Nigel Ward. CHI 2003 Workshop on Subtle Expressivity of Characters and Robots, 2003. abstract, full paper pdf
 
2002
  • Machine Translation in the Mobile and Wearable Age. Nigel Ward. Machine Translation Roadmap Workshop at TMI-2002. pdf
  • Can Confidence Scores Help Users Post-Editing Speech Recognizer Output? Taku Endo, Nigel Ward, and Minoru Terada. International Conference on Spoken Language Processing 2002. pdf
  • Automatic User-Adaptive Speaking Rate Selection for Information Delivery. Nigel Ward and Satoshi Nakagawa. International Conference on Spoken Language Processing 2002. draft pdf
  • Shrdlu. Nigel Ward. in Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Nature Publishing Group, 2002. proof pdf
 
2001
  • Searching for Explanatory Web Pages using Query Expansion. Manabu Tauchi and Nigel Ward. PacLing 2001 (best paper award). pdf
  • A Wearable Cross-language Communication Aid. Jani Patokallio and Nigel Ward. International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 2001. abstract, early draft pdf
  • Responding to Subtle, Fleeting Changes in the User's Internal State. Wataru Tsukahara and Nigel Ward. CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems. ACM 2001. abstract, draft pdf
  • Design for a System able to use Time-Critical Spoken Advice. Shunsuke Soeda and Nigel Ward. Fifteenth National Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 2001. abstract, paper pdf
 
2000
  • Prosodic Features which Cue Back-channel Responses in English and Japanese. Nigel Ward and Wataru Tsukahara. Journal of Pragmatics, 23, pp 1177--1207, 2000. abstract, early draft pdf
  • Machine Translation. Nigel Ward and Daniel Jurafsky. Chapter 21 of Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, and Speech Recognition by Daniel Jurafsky and James H. Martin, Prentice-Hall, 2000. draft (ps)
  • The Challenge of Non-lexical Speech Sounds. Nigel Ward. International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 2000. abstract, pdf
  • Evaluating Responsiveness in Spoken Dialog Systems. Wataru Tsukahara and Nigel Ward. International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, 2000. abstract
  • Issues in the Transcription of English Conversational Grunts. Nigel Ward. 1st SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue. ACL. 2000. abstract, pdf
 
1999
  • A Responsive Dialog System. Nigel Ward and Wataru Tsukahara. Machine Conversations, edited by Yorick Wilks. pp 169-174. Kluwer, 1999. abstract, draft
  • Requirements for a Socially Aware Free-standing Agent. Nigel Ward and Takeshi Kuroda. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Humanoid Robotics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1999. pdf
  • Low-Pitch Regions as Dialog Signals? Evidence from Dialog-Act and Lexical Correlates in Natural Conversation. Nigel Ward. European Speech Communication Association (ESCA) Tutorial and Research Workshop on Dialogue and Prosody. IPO, 1999. abstract and download
 
1998
  • Artificial Intelligence and Other Approaches to Speech Understanding: A case study in methodology. Nigel Ward. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 10, 487-493, 1998. abstract and download
  • Pacing Spoken Directions to Suit the Listener. Tatsuya Iwase and Nigel Ward. 5th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP-98). pp 1203-1206. abstract, pdf
  • The Relationship between Sound and Meaning in Japanese Back-channel Grunts. Nigel Ward. 4th Meeting of the (Japanese) Association for Natural Language Processing. 1998. pdf
 
1997
  • Responsiveness in Dialog and Priorities for Language Research. Nigel Ward. Systems and Cybernetics, Special Issue on Embodied Artificial Intelligence, 28, pp521--533, 1997. abstract, full gzipped postscript
  • Inferring Processing Times from a Corpus of Conversations. Nigel Ward. First Conference on Computational Psycholinguistics, poster presentation, 1997. handout pdf
 
1996
  • Using Prosodic Clues to Decide When to Produce Back-channel Utterances. Nigel Ward. 4th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP-96). abstract
  • Second Thoughts on an Artificial Intelligence Approach to Speech Understanding. Nigel Ward. in 14th Spoken Language and Discourse Workshop Notes, Japan Society for Artificial Intelligence, pp17-24, 1996. (SIG-SLUD-9601). abstract, paper pdf
 
1994
 
1992
  • A Parallel Approach to Syntax for Generation. Nigel Ward. Artificial Intelligence 57, pages 183-225, 1992. abstract
  • Some Neglected Aspects of the Generation Task. Nigel Ward. Computational Intelligence 8(1), pages 161-171, 1992. abstract
  • An Alternative to Deep Case for Representing Relational Information. Nigel Ward. Proceedings 14th COLING, 1992, pp 1137-1141. abstract, pdf
 
1990
  • A Connectionist Treatment of Grammar for Generation: Relying on Emergents Nigel Ward. Fifth International Workshop on Natural Language Generation. pdf
Nontechnical editorials and postings on Artificial Intelligence research style and on Computer Science education are collected on my Commentary Page.

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