Preprint: “Common Conversational Community Prototype: Scholarly Conversational Assistant”

Below, find a link to recently posted preprint from an international group of researchers made available on arXiv.

Title

Common Conversational Community Prototype: Scholarly Conversational Assistant

Authors

Krisztian Balog
University of Stavange

Lucie Flekova
Technische Universität Darmstadt

Matthias Hagen
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenber

Rosie Jones
Spotify

Martin Potthast
Leipzig University

Filip Radlinski
Google

Mark Sanderson
RMIT University

Svitlana Vakulenko
University of Amsterdam

Hamed Zamani
Microsoft

Source

via arXiv

Abstract

This paper discusses the potential for creating academic resources (tools, data, and evaluation approaches) to support research in conversational search, by focusing on realistic information needs and conversational interactions. Specifically, we propose to develop and operate a prototype conversational search system for scholarly activities. This Scholarly Conversational Assistant would serve as a useful tool, a means to create datasets, and a platform for running evaluation challenges by groups across the community. This article results from discussions of a working group at Dagstuhl Seminar 19461 on Conversational Search.

Direct to Full Text Article (Preprint)
6 pages; PDF.

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