Research on Understanding and Generating Dialogue by Integrated Processing of Speech, Language and Concept

A: Studies on Speech Recognition and Synthesis in Spoken Dialogue

Information Theoretic Modeling and Development of a Speech Dialog System

Fumitada Itakura (Nagoya University)

Acoustic Analysis with Robustness under Noisy Environment

Hideki Kasuya (Utsunomiya University)

Speech Synthesis Method for Dialogue and Psychological Assessment of Synthetic Speech

Shigeyoshi Kitazawa (Shizuoka University)

The Acoustic Analysis of the Dialog Speech

Seiichi Nakagawa (Toyohashi University of Technology)

Recognition of Dialog Speech

Keikichi Hirose (University of Tokyo)

A Method on Speech Synthesis for Spoken Dialogue Systems and Psychological Assessment of the Synthetic Speech

Shozo Makino (Tohoku University)

Recognition of Dialogue Speech

Seiji Niimi (University of Tokyo)

Variability of Dialogue Speech and Physiological Generation Mechanisms

Kikuko Nishina (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Linguistic Analysis of paraphrases in Seminar Dialogues

Yasuo Ariki (Ryukoku University)

Dialogue Speech Analysis by Simultaneous Spotting of Phonemes, Words and Phrases

Kuniko Kakita (Toyama Prefectural University)

Inter-Speaker Interaction in Speech Rhythm

B: Studies on Language Analysis and Generation in Spoken Dialogue

Integrated Processing of Linguistic and Speech Inf\ormation

Hiroaki Tsurumaru (Nagasaki University) Thesaurus Construction and Analysis Method for Dialogue Understanding

Takao Gunji (Osaka University)

Linguistic Studies of Dialogue

Jun-ichi Abe (Hokkaido University)

A Study of Dialogue from a Standpoint of Cognitive Science

Yuji Matsumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

Thesaurus Construction and Analysis Method for Dialogue Understanding

Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

Generating Dialogue

Naoyoshi Tamura (Yokohama National University)

Incremental and Coherence Preserving Rhetorical Structure Analysis on Dialogue Processing

Manabu Okumura (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

A Language Analysis Method for Spoken Dialogue Understanding

Shun Ishizaki (Keio University)

Computational Method for Dialogue Understanding and its Model using Cognitive Semantics

Hiroaki Saito (Keio University)

Towards Spontaneous Dialogue Speech Understanding

Naoko Maruyama (Tokyo Woman's Christian University)

Study on So-called "Particle Ellipsis"

C: Studies on Understanding and Presentation of Conceptual Information in Spoken Dialogue

Model of Dialog -- Some Roles of General Dialog Manager --

Tadahiro Kitahashi (Osaka University)

The Semantic Cohesion between Utterances Focusing on the Presuppositions

Masao Yokota (Fukuoka Institute of Technology)

Common Sense Knowledge Base and Outer World Interface

Hidetosi Sirai (Chukyo University)

Dialogue Understanding based on Situation Semantics

Toyoaki Nishida (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

Commonsense Server and Dialogue Management

Kuniaki Uehara (Kobe University)

Concept Understanding and Instantiation based on Planning

Tsutomu Endo (Oita University)

Problem Solving of Elementary Mathematics Based on Co-reference between Drill Text and Dialogue with Teacher

Satoshi Sato (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Knowledge Acquisition from Dialogue

D: Studies on Modeling of Spoken Dialogue

Cognitive Model for Spoken Dialogue

Shuji Doshita (Kyoto University)

A Computational Model of Man-Machine Dialogue

Hiroya Fujisaki (Science University of Tokyo)

Toward Constructing a Linguistic Model for the Process of Spoken Dialogue

Shuichi Itahashi (University of Tsukuba)

Creation and Application of Dialogue Corpora

Yuichiro Anzai (Keio University)

Cognitive Model of Speech Dialogue

Yukinori Takubo (Kyushu University)

Linguistic Modeling of Dialogue Management

Tetsunori Kobayashi (Waseda University)

Modeling of Man-Machine Conversation

Syun Tutiya (Chiba University)

Problems in Creating Tagged Orthographical Transcriptions of Spoken Dialogs in Japanese

Akira Ichikawa (Chiba University)

Basic Research for Modeling of Spoken Dialogue Understanding Using Prosody

Hiroshi Nakagawa (Yokohama National University)

Discourse Understanding System For Japanese Based On The Relational Semantics Of Auxiliary Verbs and Particles

Satoshi Kinsui (Kobe University)

The Comprehensive Study of Japanese Response Markers on the basis of a Knowledge Model

Masatake Dantsuji (Kansai University)

A Research Study of the Development of a Computer Aided/Assisted Instruction (CAI) System for the Japanese Language Education Based on the Spoken Dialog Mode

Steering Committee

Yasuhisa Niimi (Kyoto Institute of Technology)

Seiichi Nakagawa (Toyohashi University of Technology)

Hozumi Tanaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University)

Toyoaki Nishida (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

Katsuhiko Shirai (Waseda University)

Hiroya Fujisaki (Science University of Tokyo)

Yuichiro Anzai (Keio University)

Akira Kurematsu (University of Electro-Communications)

Hajime Enomoto (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

Setsuo Ohsuga (University of Tokyo)

Toshiyuki Sakai (Ryukoku University)

Makoto Nagao (Kyoto University)

Shoichi Noguchi (Nippon University)

Akio Fukumura (Chukyo University)

Hitoshi Iida (ATR)

Michio Okada (NTT)

Kazuyo Tanaka (ETL)

Tatsuya Kawahara (Kyoto University)