Open Challenge
Open challenges in various scientific fields highlight persistent limitations in existing methodologies and datasets, driving research towards more robust and efficient solutions. Current efforts focus on improving model performance through techniques like Bayesian optimization, ensemble methods, and advanced neural network architectures (e.g., LSTMs, large language models), often coupled with data augmentation and improved data collection strategies. Addressing these challenges is crucial for advancing fields ranging from healthcare and cybersecurity to robotics and natural language processing, ultimately leading to more reliable and impactful applications. The open challenge approach itself, using public benchmarks and datasets, fosters collaboration and accelerates progress.
Papers
The HCI Aspects of Public Deployment of Research Chatbots: A User Study, Design Recommendations, and Open Challenges
Morteza Behrooz, William Ngan, Joshua Lane, Giuliano Morse, Benjamin Babcock, Kurt Shuster, Mojtaba Komeili, Moya Chen, Melanie Kambadur, Y-Lan Boureau, Jason Weston
Can current NLI systems handle German word order? Investigating language model performance on a new German challenge set of minimal pairs
Ines Reinig, Katja Markert