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most citedConversational AI: The Science Behind the Alexa Prize

200 citations · 290 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.CL2026

When Linguistic and Internal Confidence Diverge in Large Language Models

Hefan Zhang, Bingquan Zhang, Ming Cheng +3

Users often ask large language models (LLMs) to report how confident they are, but it is unclear whether such linguistic confidence tracks the model's internal confidence. We study…

cs.CL2025

A Generalizable Rhetorical Strategy Annotation Model Using LLM-based Debate Simulation and Labelling

Shiyu Ji, Farnoosh Hashemi, Joice Chen +9

Rhetorical strategies are central to persuasive communication, from political discourse and marketing to legal argumentation. However, analysis of rhetorical strategies has been li…

cs.HC2023★ 5 cited

DiffuseStyleGesture: Stylized Audio-Driven Co-Speech Gesture Generation with Diffusion Models

Sicheng Yang, Zhiyong Wu, Minglei Li +5

The art of communication beyond speech there are gestures. The automatic co-speech gesture generation draws much attention in computer animation. It is a challenging task due to th…

cs.CL2018★ 61 cited

Advancing the State of the Art in Open Domain Dialog Systems through the Alexa Prize

Chandra Khatri, Behnam Hedayatnia, Anu Venkatesh +19

Building open domain conversational systems that allow users to have engaging conversations on topics of their choice is a challenging task. Alexa Prize was launched in 2016 to tac…

cs.AI2018★ 200 cited

Conversational AI: The Science Behind the Alexa Prize

Ashwin Ram, Rohit Prasad, Chandra Khatri +15

Conversational agents are exploding in popularity. However, much work remains in the area of social conversation as well as free-form conversation over a broad range of domains and…

cs.CL2018★ 24 cited

On Evaluating and Comparing Open Domain Dialog Systems

Anu Venkatesh, Chandra Khatri, Ashwin Ram +10

Conversational agents are exploding in popularity. However, much work remains in the area of non goal-oriented conversations, despite significant growth in research interest over r…