CHI 2000 Workshop on Natural Language Interfaces

CHI 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands, April 3, 2000

David G. Novick, University of Texas at El Paso
Candace Kamm, AT&T Labs Research
Nils Dahlbäck, Linköping University and Swedish Institute of Computer Science

In this workshop, our goal is to create community for researchers and practitioners by exchanging views on two main topics:

1. The most important barriers to the development of NL interfaces
2. The most significant contributions that the NL community can bring to the development of interfaces

Associated workshop objectives include:

• Building communication between people who primarily self-identify as belonging to the CHI or NL communities
• Identifying opportunities for NL practitioners to improve their practice and for NL researchers to develop new techniques
• Stimulating research towards improved NL interaction techniques

Researchers and practitioners who have a demonstrated interest in natural language in human-computer interaction are invited to participate in the workshop. To apply, please e-mail a position paper of about 2500 words, written in HTML, to novick@cs.utep.edu, by January 28, 2000. Applicants will be notified by February 4, 2000.

The position paper should address one or both of the two main topics through one or more of the following approaches:

• Case studies of text-based and spoken-language interfaces using NL techniques
• New methods and techniques for using NL in HCI
• Critical reviews of research and practice on the role of NL in HCI

The workshop will be organized around a series of three discussions on cross-cutting issues that appeared in the position papers. We will have a pre-workshop e-mail discussion with the participants to validate the selection of the issues. Taking advantage of the shared knowledge developed during the topic-based discussions, the workshop will turn to a general discussion of our two main workshop issues and will conclude with developing future plans for the NL-CHI community.

Details

• Workshop Background
• Workshop Goals
• Workshop Organizers
• Workshop Activities
• Position Papers
• Discussion Topics (to appear about March 4, 2000)

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DGN, December 3, 1999