artificial intelligence

SemDial 2011 (Los Angelogue)
The 15th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue
Los Angeles, September 21-23, 2011
http://projects.ict.usc.edu/nld/semdial2011

Much of the success of natural language interaction is caused by the participants’ mutual understanding of the circumstances surrounding the communication. These circumstances range from reminiscing about a shared experience, such as a birthday party, to coordinating fire-fighting efforts amongst a team using joint beliefs about mutual capabilities. This mutual understanding of perceived context is termed “common ground,” and is made up of all of the background and shared information that will lead to the eventual success of the communication.