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This paper presents the development of a specialized chatbot for materials science, leveraging the Llama-2 language model, and continuing pre-training on the expansive research articles in the materials science domain from the S2ORC…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-01-03 Xianjun Yang , Stephen D. Wilson , Linda Petzold

Clinical calculators are widely used, and large language models (LLMs) make it possible to engage them using natural language. We demonstrate a purpose-built chatbot that leverages software implementations of verifiable clinical calculators…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-03-25 Niranjan Kumar , Farid Seifi , Marisa Conte , Allen Flynn

A conversational agent (chatbot) is a piece of software that is able to communicate with humans using natural language. Modeling conversation is an important task in natural language processing and artificial intelligence. While chatbots…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-08-26 Richard Csaky

Many people browse online communities to learn from others' experiences and opinions, e.g., for constructing travel plans. Conversational search powered by large language models (LLMs) could ease this information-seeking task, but it…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Shiwei Wu , Xinyue Chen , Yuheng Liu , Xingbo Wang , Qingyu Guo , Longfei Chen , Chuhan Shi , Zhenhui Peng

In the era of digital transformation, customer service is of paramount importance to the success of organizations, and to meet the growing demand for immediate responses and personalized assistance 24 hours a day, chatbots have become a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Valderrama Jonatan , Aguilar-Alonso Igor

Generative AI (GenAI) tools are transforming information seeking, but their fluent, authoritative responses risk overreliance and discourage independent verification and reasoning. Rather than replacing the cognitive work of users, GenAI…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Markus Bink , Marten Risius , Udo Kruschwitz , David Elsweiler

Tabular data is the most common format to publish and exchange structured data online. A clear example is the growing number of open data portals published by public administrations. However, exploitation of these data sources is currently…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Marcos Gomez-Vazquez , Jordi Cabot , Robert Clarisó

Automated agents, powered by Large language models (LLMs), are emerging as the go-to tool for querying information. However, evaluation benchmarks for LLM agents rarely feature natural questions that are both information-seeking and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Tomer Wolfson , Harsh Trivedi , Mor Geva , Yoav Goldberg , Dan Roth , Tushar Khot , Ashish Sabharwal , Reut Tsarfaty

Conversational agents built on large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly prevalent, yet most systems are designed for one-on-one, turn-based exchanges rather than natural, asynchronous group chats. As AI assistants become…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Mateusz Jacniacki , Martí Carmona Serrat

How decisions are being made is of utmost importance within organizations. The explicit representation of business logic facilitates identifying and adopting the criteria needed to make a particular decision and drives initiatives to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Bedilia Estrada-Torres , Adela del-Río-Ortega , Manuel Resinas

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

Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 have recently demonstrated impressive capabilities in natural language understanding and generation. However, there is a concern that they can be misused for malicious purposes, such as fraud or…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Hong Wang , Xuan Luo , Weizhi Wang , Xifeng Yan

Automated interviewers and chatbots are common in research, recruitment, customer service, and education. Many existing systems use fixed question lists, strict rules, and limited personalization, leading to repeated conversations that…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Aisvarya Adeseye , Jouni Isoaho , Seppo Virtanen , Mohammad Tahir

Chatbot has become an important solution to rapidly increasing customer care demands on social media in recent years. However, current work on chatbot for customer care ignores a key to impact user experience - tones. In this work, we…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-03-16 Tianran Hu , Anbang Xu , Zhe Liu , Quanzeng You , Yufan Guo , Vibha Sinha , Jiebo Luo , Rama Akkiraju

We introduce BotSIM, a modular, open-source Bot SIMulation environment with dialog generation, user simulation and conversation analytics capabilities. BotSIM aims to serve as a one-stop solution for large-scale data-efficient end-to-end…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-12-01 Guangsen Wang , Shafiq Joty , Junnan Li , Steven Hoi

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly enhanced conversational agents, making them applicable to various fields (e.g., education, entertainment). Despite their progress, the evaluation of the agents often…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Jiho Kim , Woosog Chay , Hyeonji Hwang , Daeun Kyung , Hyunseung Chung , Eunbyeol Cho , Yeonsu Kwon , Yohan Jo , Edward Choi

Efficient patient-doctor interaction is among the key factors for a successful disease diagnosis. During the conversation, the doctor could query complementary diagnostic information, such as the patient's symptoms, previous surgery, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Xueshen Li , Xinlong Hou , Nirupama Ravi , Ziyi Huang , Yu Gan

Today is the era of intelligence in machines. With the advances in Artificial Intelligence, machines have started to impersonate different human traits, a chatbot is the next big thing in the domain of conversational services. A chatbot is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Khouloud Hwerbi

Remembering important information from the past and continuing to talk about it in the present are crucial in long-term conversations. However, previous literature does not deal with cases where the memorized information is outdated, which…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Sanghwan Bae , Donghyun Kwak , Soyoung Kang , Min Young Lee , Sungdong Kim , Yuin Jeong , Hyeri Kim , Sang-Woo Lee , Woomyoung Park , Nako Sung

Existing dialogue models may encounter scenarios which are not well-represented in the training data, and as a result generate responses that are unnatural, inappropriate, or unhelpful. We propose the "Ask an Expert" framework in which the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Qiang Zhang , Jason Naradowsky , Yusuke Miyao