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This paper presents an intelligent work automation approach in the context of contemporary digital transformation by integrating generative AI and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) technologies with an Automation Agent to realize…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Cheonsu Jeong , Seongmin Sim , Hyoyoung Cho , Sungsu Kim , Byounggwan Shin

We will demonstrate a conversational products recommendation agent. This system shows how we combine research in personalized recommendation systems with research in dialogue systems to build a virtual sales agent. Based on new deep…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2016-10-06 Yueming Sun , Yi Zhang , Yunfei Chen , Roger Jin

Today's conversational agents are restricted to simple standalone commands. In this paper, we present Iris, an agent that draws on human conversational strategies to combine commands, allowing it to perform more complex tasks that it has…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-07-18 Ethan Fast , Binbin Chen , Julia Mendelsohn , Jonathan Bassen , Michael Bernstein

Recent advances in natural language processing and deep learning have accelerated the development of digital assistants. In conversational commerce, these assistants help customers find suitable products in online shops through natural…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Kevin Schott , Andrea Papenmeier , Daniel Hienert , Dagmar Kern

This paper presents ERPA, an innovative Robotic Process Automation (RPA) model designed to enhance ID data extraction and optimize Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tasks within immigration workflows. Traditional RPA solutions often face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Osama Abdellaif , Abdelrahman Nader , Ali Hamdi

Despite advances in language and speech technologies, no open-source system enables full speech-to-speech, multi-turn dialogue with integrated tool use and agentic reasoning. We introduce AURA (Agent for Understanding, Reasoning, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Leander Melroy Maben , Gayathri Ganesh Lakshmy , Srijith Radhakrishnan , Siddhant Arora , Shinji Watanabe

Intelligent personal assistants (IPA) enable voice applications that facilitate people's daily tasks. However, due to the complexity and ambiguity of voice requests, some requests may not be handled properly by the standard natural language…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Wei Xiao , Qian Hu , Thahir Mohamed , Zheng Gao , Xibin Gao , Radhika Arava , Mohamed AbdelHady

This paper presents Compliance Brain Assistant (CBA), a conversational, agentic AI assistant designed to boost the efficiency of daily compliance tasks for personnel in enterprise environments. To strike a good balance between response…

Despite the growth of e-commerce, brick-and-mortar stores are still the preferred destinations for many people. In this paper, we present ISA, a mobile-based intelligent shopping assistant that is designed to improve shopping experience in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-09-24 Tuan Manh Lai , Trung Bui , Nedim Lipka

In this paper, a workflow for designing a bot using Robotic Process Automation (RPA), associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is used for information extraction, classification, etc., is proposed. The bot is equipped with many…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-13 Arpit Khare , Sudhakar Singh , Richa Mishra , Shiv Prakash , Pratibha Dixit

Conversational information access is an emerging research area. Currently, human evaluation is used for end-to-end system evaluation, which is both very time and resource intensive at scale, and thus becomes a bottleneck of progress. As an…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Shuo Zhang , Krisztian Balog

This paper builds upon recent work in the declarative design of dialogue agents and proposes an exciting new tool -- D3BA -- Declarative Design for Digital Business Automation, built to optimize business processes using the power of AI…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Tathagata Chakraborti , Yasaman Khazaeni

The technocrat epoch is overflowing with new technologies and such cutting-edge facilities accompany the risks and pitfalls. Robotic process automation is another innovation that empowers the computerization of high-volume, manual,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Nishith Gajjar , Keyur Rathod , Khushali Jani

Computer-Using Agents (CUA) enable users to automate increasingly-complex tasks using graphical interfaces such as browsers. As many potential tasks require personal data, we propose Computer-Using Personal Agents (CUPAs) that have access…

People with visual impairment (PVI) must interact with a world they cannot see. Remote sighted assistance has emerged as a conversational/social support system. We interviewed participants who either provide or receive assistance via a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Sooyeon Lee , Madison Reddie , Krish Gurdasani , Xiying Wang , Jordan Beck , Mary Beth Rosson , John M. Carroll

Remote sighted assistance (RSA) has emerged as a conversational assistive technology, where remote sighted workers, i.e., agents, provide real-time assistance to users with vision impairments via video-chat-like communication. Researchers…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Jingyi Xie , Rui Yu , Sooyeon Lee , Yao Lyu , Syed Masum Billah , John M. Carroll

Building Agent Assistants that can help improve customer service support requires inputs from industry users and their customers, as well as knowledge about state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology. We combine expertise…

Spoken dialogue systems allow humans to interact with machines using natural speech. As such, they have many benefits. By using speech as the primary communication medium, a computer interface can facilitate swift, human-like acquisition of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2016-09-12 Milica Gasic , Nikola Mrksic , Lina M. Rojas-Barahona , Pei-Hao Su , Stefan Ultes , David Vandyke , Tsung-Hsien Wen , Steve Young

Information access systems, such as search engines, recommender systems, and conversational assistants, have become integral to our daily lives as they help us satisfy our information needs. However, evaluating the effectiveness of these…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Krisztian Balog , ChengXiang Zhai

The design and development of effective drug formulations is a critical process in pharmaceutical research, particularly for small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients. This paper introduces a novel agentic preformulation pathway…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-03-24 Julius Lange , Leonid Komissarov , Nicole Wyttenbach , Andrea Anelli