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Empathetic dialogue is an indispensable part of building harmonious social relationships and contributes to the development of a helpful AI. Previous approaches are mainly based on fine small-scale language models. With the advent of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Yushan Qian , Wei-Nan Zhang , Ting Liu

This research explores the application of large language models (LLMs) to generate synthetic datasets for Product Desirability Toolkit (PDT) testing, a key component in evaluating user sentiment and product experience. Utilizing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-11 John D. Hastings , Sherri Weitl-Harms , Joseph Doty , Zachary J. Myers , Warren Thompson

Asynchronous, text-based discourse-such as students' posts in discussion forums-is widely used to support collaborative learning. However, the distributed and evolving nature of such discourse often makes it difficult to see how ideas…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Bo Shui , Xinran Zhu

Synthetic participants represent a methodologically concerning concept that threatens the integrity of UX research. Findings from previous experiments specify how AI outputs are misaligned with the behaviors and thoughts of real humans in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Eduard Kuric , Peter Demcak , Matus Krajcovic

Flowchart-grounded troubleshooting dialogue (FTD) systems, which follow the instructions of a flowchart to diagnose users' problems in specific domains (e.g., vehicle, laptop), have been gaining research interest in recent years. However,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Haolan Zhan , Sameen Maruf , Lizhen Qu , Yufei Wang , Ingrid Zukerman , Gholamreza Haffari

Large language models can perform various reasoning tasks by using chain-of-thought prompting, which guides them to find answers through step-by-step demonstrations. However, the quality of the prompts depends on the demonstrations given to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-02-02 Zhihong Shao , Yeyun Gong , Yelong Shen , Minlie Huang , Nan Duan , Weizhu Chen

The collection and curation of high-quality training data is crucial for developing text classification models with superior performance, but it is often associated with significant costs and time investment. Researchers have recently…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Zhuoyan Li , Hangxiao Zhu , Zhuoran Lu , Ming Yin

Large language model (LLM) driven synthetic data generation has emerged as a powerful method for improving model reasoning capabilities. However, most methods either distill large state-of-the-art models into small students or use natural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Alex Havrilla , Edward Hughes , Mikayel Samvelyan , Jacob Abernethy

Smartphone usage data can provide valuable insights for understanding interaction with technology and human behavior. However, collecting large-scale, in-the-wild smartphone usage logs is challenging due to high costs, privacy concerns,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Gustavo Kruger , Nikhil Sachdeva , Michael Sobolev

Generating clinical synthetic text represents an effective solution for common clinical NLP issues like sparsity and privacy. This paper aims to conduct a systematic review on generating synthetic medical free-text by formulating…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Basel Alshaikhdeeb , Ahmed Abdelmonem Hemedan , Soumyabrata Ghosh , Irina Balaur , Venkata Satagopam

In this study, we explore the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) for generating synthetic users and simulating user conversations with a task-oriented dialogue system and present detailed results and their analysis. We propose a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Adnan Ahmad , Stefan Hillmann , Sebastian Möller

The increasing capability of large language models (LLMs) to generate synthetic content has heightened concerns about their misuse, driving the development of Machine-Generated Text (MGT) detection models. However, these detectors face…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Haoyi Li , Angela Yifei Yuan , Soyeon Caren Han , Christopher Leckie

This position paper proposes a conceptual framework for the design of Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems that follow efficient and effective production strategies in order to achieve complex communicative goals. In this general…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Mario Giulianelli

Dialogue systems controlled by predefined or rule-based scenarios derived from counseling techniques, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), play an important role in mental health apps. Despite the need for responsible responses, it…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Kenta Izumi , Hiroki Tanaka , Kazuhiro Shidara , Hiroyoshi Adachi , Daisuke Kanayama , Takashi Kudo , Satoshi Nakamura

Generative AI increasingly supports educational design tasks, e.g., through Large Language Models (LLMs), demonstrating the capability to design assessment questions that are aligned with pedagogical frameworks (e.g., Bloom's taxonomy).…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Chris Davis Jaldi , Anmol Saini , Shan Zhang , Noah Schroeder , Cogan Shimizu , Eleni Ilkou

Mathematical reasoning remains challenging for LLMs due to complex logic and the need for precise computation. Existing methods enhance LLM reasoning by synthesizing datasets through problem rephrasing, but face issues with generation…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Lei Xu , Sirui Chen , Yuxuan Huang , Chaochao Lu

For researchers leveraging Large-Language Models (LLMs) in the generation of training datasets, especially for conversational recommender systems - the absence of robust evaluation frameworks has been a long-standing problem. The efficiency…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Harsh Lara , Manoj Tiwari

Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation (DP-SDG) is a key enabler of private and secure tabular-data sharing, producing artificial data that carries through the underlying statistical properties of the input data. This typically…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Samuel Maddock , Shripad Gade , Graham Cormode , Will Bullock

Natural language generation (NLG) is a critical component in conversational systems, owing to its role of formulating a correct and natural text response. Traditionally, NLG components have been deployed using template-based solutions.…

Large language models (LLMs) have increased the demand for personalized and stylish content generation. However, closed-source models like GPT-4 present limitations in optimization opportunities, while the substantial training costs and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Chenning Xu , Fangxun Shu , Dian Jin , Jinghao Wei , Hao Jiang