Talking to influence

Talking to the Future

D id you participate in your school science fair when you were a kid? Perhaps you’ve helped your own child put together a cardboard display that explains his or her hypothesis, research, and results. Most people have fond memories of the science fair. For many, it was their first step to becoming a scientist, engineer, or mathematician. One of my early science fair exhibits explored the effect ...

Atoms Talking to SQUIDs

J. E. Hoffman, J. A. Grover, Z. Kim, A. K. Wood, J. R. Anderson, A. J. Dragt, M. Hafezi, C. J. Lobb, L. A. Orozco, S. L. Rolston, J. M. Taylor, C. P. Vlahacos, F. C. Wellstood Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics and National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States. and Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standard...

Talking to Machines (statist

Statistical methods have long been the dominant approach in speech recognition and probabilistic modelling in ASR is now a mature technology. The use of statistical methods in other areas of spoken dialogue is however more recent and rather less mature. This paper reviews spoken dialogue systems from a statistical modelling perspective. The complete system is first presented as a partially obse...

Talking to the family.

My white coat waits in the corner like a father. I will wear it to meet the sister in her white shoes and organza dress in the live of winter, the milkless husband holding the baby. I will tell them. They will put it together and take it apart. Their voices will buzz. The cut ends of their nerves will curl. I will take off the coat, drive home, and replace the light bulb in the hall.

Talking to Computers