This is the final workshop programme. See below for the detailed schedule of the two presentation sessions, the position papers in PDF-format, and information on the workshop location.
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome |
| 09:10 – 10:10 | Introduction to NLG for HRI (Mary Ellen Foster) |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Presentation Session I |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:10 | Presentation Session II |
| 14:10 – 15:00 | Break-out groups |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 16:10 | Break-out groups (cont’) |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Results of break-out groups |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Discussion, future actions, farewell |
Presentation Session I
- 11:00 – 11:20: Bram Willemsen, Jan de Wit, Emiel Krahmer, Mirjam de Haas and Paul Vogt: Context-sensitive Natural Language Generation for robot-assisted second language tutoring
- 11:20 - 11:30: Jekaterina Belakova and Dimitra Gkatzia: Learning from Limited Datasets: Implications for Natural Language Generation and Human-Robot Interaction
11:30 – 11:40: Frank Feulner, Robert Weißgraeber, Alexander Deutsch and Stefan Lasse: A NLG based error reporting system for production line machines- 11:40 – 11:50: Yinhe Zheng, Guanyi Chen and Minlie Huang: Building a large-scale Persona dialog dataset
- 11:50 – 12:10: Hannes Ritschel and Elisabeth André: Shaping a social robot’s humor with Natural Language Generation and socially-aware reinforcement learning
- 12:10 – 12:30: Mihai Pomarlan, Robert Porzel, John Bateman and Rainer Malaka: From sensors to sense: Integrated heterogeneous ontologies for Natural Language Generation
Presentation Session II
- 13:30 – 13:50: Aaron G. Cass, Kristina Striegnitz and Nick Webb: A farewell to arms: Non-verbal communication for non-humanoid robots
- 13:50 – 14:10: Sina Zarrieß and David Schlangen: Being data-driven is not enough: Revisiting interactive instruction giving as a challenge for NLG
Workshop Location
The NLG for HRI workshop was held at Tilburg University’s Cube building in room 214 (2nd floor). Registration was in the nearby Warande building, which was also the place where coffee and lunch were served. Here is a map of the campus showing the location of these two buildings.
