2 papers
cs.CL2024
A new approach for fine-tuning sentence transformers for intent classification and out-of-scope detection tasks
Tianyi Zhang, Atta Norouzian, Aanchan Mohan +1
In virtual assistant (VA) systems it is important to reject or redirect user queries that fall outside the scope of the system. One of the most accurate approaches for out-of-scope…
cs.HC2019
Exploring attention mechanism for acoustic-based classification of speech utterances into system-directed and non-system-directed
Atta Norouzian, Bogdan Mazoure, Dermot Connolly +1
Voice controlled virtual assistants (VAs) are now available in smartphones, cars, and standalone devices in homes. In most cases, the user needs to first "wake-up" the VA by saying…