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PropaInsight: Toward Deeper Understanding of Propaganda in Terms of Techniques, Appeals, and Intent
Jiateng Liu, Lin Ai, Zizhou Liu +6
Propaganda plays a critical role in shaping public opinion and fueling disinformation. While existing research primarily focuses on identifying propaganda techniques, it lacks the…
Enhancing Pre-Trained Generative Language Models with Question Attended Span Extraction on Machine Reading Comprehension
Lin Ai, Zheng Hui, Zizhou Liu +1
Machine Reading Comprehension (MRC) poses a significant challenge in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). While mainstream MRC methods predominantly leverage extractive…
Defending Against Social Engineering Attacks in the Age of LLMs
Lin Ai, Tharindu Kumarage, Amrita Bhattacharjee +12
The proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) poses challenges in detecting and mitigating digital deception, as these models can emulate human conversational patterns and faci…
EDEN: Empathetic Dialogues for English learning
Li Siyan, Teresa Shao, Zhou Yu +1
Dialogue systems have been used as conversation partners in English learning, but few have studied whether these systems improve learning outcomes. Student passion and perseverance…
Exploring Robustness in Doctor-Patient Conversation Summarization: An Analysis of Out-of-Domain SOAP Notes
Yu-Wen Chen, Julia Hirschberg
Summarizing medical conversations poses unique challenges due to the specialized domain and the difficulty of collecting in-domain training data. In this study, we investigate the…
MultiPA: A Multi-task Speech Pronunciation Assessment Model for Open Response Scenarios
Yu-Wen Chen, Zhou Yu, Julia Hirschberg
Pronunciation assessment models designed for open response scenarios enable users to practice language skills in a manner similar to real-life communication. However, previous open…