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The future of conversational agents will provide users with personalized information responses. However, a significant challenge in developing models is the lack of large-scale dialogue datasets that span multiple sessions and reflect…

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We introduce a novel large language model (LLM)-driven agent framework, which iteratively refines queries and filters contextual evidence by leveraging dynamically evolving knowledge. A defining feature of the system is its decoupling of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Seyoung Song

The latest advancements in AI and deep learning have led to a breakthrough in large language model (LLM)-based agents such as GPT-4. However, many commercial conversational agent development tools are pipeline-based and have limitations in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-09-08 Mina Foosherian , Hendrik Purwins , Purna Rathnayake , Touhidul Alam , Rui Teimao , Klaus-Dieter Thoben

It may be difficult for some individuals to open up and share their thoughts and feelings in front of a mental health expert. For those who are more at ease with a virtual agent, conversational agents can serve as an intermediate step in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Harsh Sakhrani , Saloni Parekh , Shubham Mahajan

The emergence of conversational assistants has fundamentally reshaped user interactions with digital platforms. This paper introduces Flippi-a cutting-edge, end-to-end conversational assistant powered by large language models (LLMs) and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Anand A. Rajasekar , Praveen Tangarajan , Anjali Nainani , Amogh Batwal , Vinay Rao Dandin , Anusua Trivedi , Ozan Ersoy

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation behind a Large Language Model (LLM) agent that chats with an industrial production-grade ERP system. The agent is capable of interpreting natural language queries and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Jorge Ruiz Gómez , Lidia Andrés Susinos , Jorge Alamo Olivé , Sonia Rey Osorno , Manuel Luis Gonzalez Hernández

Most current speech technology systems are designed to operate well even in the presence of multiple active speakers. However, most solutions assume that the number of co-current speakers is known. Unfortunately, this information might not…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-02 Midia Yousefi , John H. L. Hansen

Language agents have demonstrated remarkable potential in web search and information retrieval. However, these search agents assume user queries are complete and unambiguous, an assumption that diverges from reality where users begin with…

In this paper, we study the technical problem of developing conversational agents that can quickly adapt to unseen tasks, learn task-specific communication tactics, and help listeners finish complex, temporally extended tasks. We find that…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Xiaoran Wu , Yipeng Kang

Many AI systems focus solely on providing solutions or explaining outcomes. However, complex tasks like research and strategic thinking often benefit from a more comprehensive approach to augmenting the thinking process rather than…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Soya Park , Hari Subramonyam , Chinmay Kulkarni

Conversational Health Agents (CHAs) are interactive systems that provide healthcare services, such as assistance and diagnosis. Current CHAs, especially those utilizing Large Language Models (LLMs), primarily focus on conversation aspects.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Mahyar Abbasian , Iman Azimi , Amir M. Rahmani , Ramesh Jain

Large language models (LLMs) struggle in real-world clinical consultations. Single-turn consultation systems require patients to describe all symptoms at once, which often leads to unclear complaints and vague diagnoses. Traditional…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Yichun Feng , Jiawei Wang , Lu Zhou , Yikai Zheng , Zhen Lei , Yixue Li

In this paper, we present a novel approach to knowledge extraction and retrieval using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques for material science. Our goal is to automatically mine structured knowledge from millions of research…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-02-14 Xianjun Yang , Stephen Wilson , Linda Petzold

Large language models (LLMs) excel across many natural language processing tasks but face challenges in domain-specific, analytical tasks such as conducting research surveys. This study introduces ResearchArena, a benchmark designed to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Hao Kang , Chenyan Xiong

The greatest challenges in building sophisticated open-domain conversational agents arise directly from the potential for ongoing mixed-initiative multi-turn dialogues, which do not follow a particular plan or pursue a particular fixed…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-08-14 Kevin K. Bowden , Shereen Oraby , Jiaqi Wu , Amita Misra , Marilyn Walker

Conversational assistants process personal data and must comply with data protection regulations that require providers to be transparent with users about how their data is handled. Transparency, in a legal sense, demands preciseness,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Anna Leschanowsky , Farnaz Salamatjoo , Zahra Kolagar , Birgit Popp

This paper introduces DeepPsy-Agent, an innovative psychological support system that combines the three-stage helping theory in psychology with deep learning techniques. The system consists of two core components: (1) a multi-stage…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Kai Chen , Zebing Sun

There are two main barriers to using large language models (LLMs) in clinical reasoning. Firstly, while LLMs exhibit significant promise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks, their performance in complex reasoning and planning falls…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Shengxin Hong , Liang Xiao , Xin Zhang , Jianxia Chen

Large Language Models (LLMs) generalize well across language tasks, but suffer from hallucinations and uninterpretability, making it difficult to assess their accuracy without ground-truth. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models have…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Jakub Lála , Odhran O'Donoghue , Aleksandar Shtedritski , Sam Cox , Samuel G. Rodriques , Andrew D. White

Intelligent assistants like Cortana, Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are trained to parse information when the conversation is synchronous and short; however, for email-based conversational agents, the communication is asynchronous, and…

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