2 papers
cs.CL2026
ConvApparel: A Benchmark Dataset and Validation Framework for User Simulators in Conversational Recommenders
Ofer Meshi, Krisztian Balog, Sally Goldman +5
The promise of LLM-based user simulators to improve conversational AI is hindered by a critical "realism gap," leading to systems that are optimized for simulated interactions, but…
cs.CV2025
LSF-Animation: Label-Free Speech-Driven Facial Animation via Implicit Feature Representation
Xin Lu, Chuanqing Zhuang, Chenxi Jin +4
Speech-driven 3D facial animation has attracted increasing interest since its potential to generate expressive and temporally synchronized digital humans. While recent works have b…