Task Oriented
Task-oriented dialogue systems aim to build efficient and natural-language interfaces for completing specific user tasks, focusing on achieving goals rather than open-ended conversation. Current research emphasizes improving these systems through advanced neural architectures like deep learning models (including transformers and graph neural networks) and reinforcement learning, often incorporating large language models for enhanced natural language understanding and generation. This field is significant because it underpins the development of practical applications like virtual assistants and intelligent chatbots, driving improvements in human-computer interaction and impacting various sectors.
Papers
Knowledge-Aware Audio-Grounded Generative Slot Filling for Limited Annotated Data
Guangzhi Sun, Chao Zhang, Ivan Vulić, Paweł Budzianowski, Philip C. Woodland
Unified Conversational Models with System-Initiated Transitions between Chit-Chat and Task-Oriented Dialogues
Ye Liu, Stefan Ultes, Wolfgang Minker, Wolfgang Maier