Adaptive and Proactive Human-Computer Interfaces

The focus of the envisoned work is on the development of Spoken Language Dialogue System components with regard to the adaptiveness and proactiveness of the human-computer-interface. Within the project we particularly want to extend the dialogue system's capabilities in multiuser environments. The Spoken Language Dialogue System will be modelled as an independent conversational partner. Passively observing the dialogue between the human users and capturing the relevant conversational context, the system should take the initiative and get meaningfully involved in the communication process when it is required by the conversational situation.