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Research interests
Natural language processing: Dialogue, spoken language systems.
Human-computer interaction: Multimodal interfaces (speech+sketch/gesture/handwriting/vision, etc), digital pen/paper technology, augmented reality, virtual reality, human-centered design.
Artificial intelligence: Multi-agent systems, personal assistants (software and robotic), intelligent agents, theories of communicative action, intention and commitment, collaboration and teamwork.
Applications to: Virtual assistants, automotive human-machine interaction, human-robot interaction/teaming, mobile computing, gaming, healthcare informatics, field data collection, simulation, architecture/design, crisis management, planning, logistics.
I am currently engaged in building a new Laboratory for Dialogue Research, which will address a major problem for current technology. I have the goal of being the major dialogue research program worldwide, and will staff it with up to 20 researchers. The approach to be taken will be based on the plan-based approach to dialogue, which I began (with Allen and Perrault) at the University of Toronto in 1974-1978.Our research will be directed at building collaborative dialogue systems that are responsive to their interlocutors’ plans and goals. This research will be based on my formal theories of individual/joint intention, speech acts, planning/plan recognition, and knowledge of actions. Given the burgeoning interest in dialogue understanding among academic and corporate organizations, this deep approach to dialogue is both timely and impactful.
At Voicebox, I staffed and led the AI R&D efforts, with a team of 10 researchers (8 PhDs). The group was engaged in building conversational agents for mobile and automotive applications, incorporating speech recognition, natural language processing, planning and plan recognition. Specifically, we developed high performance cooperative conversational systems in multiple languages for inquiring about points of interest, and other topics. I both led the technical direction for the next generation of VBT products, as well as represented VBT’s AI technology to the external world, interfacing with industry executives, the press, the research community, and corporate leadership. I also was engaged in transfer of the next generation technology into existing products.
Education/Academic qualification
B.A., Mathematics, Cornell University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1974
M.S., Computer Science, University of Toronto
Award Date: 1 Jan 1974
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Toronto
Award Date: 1 Jan 1974
Research area keywords
- Natural Language Processing
- Multiagent Systems
- multimodal interfaces
- Dialogue
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Projects
- 1 Active
AIDE: Ambulance Vic - BCV Innovation Fund - Artificial Intelligence in carDiac arrEst (AIDE)
Smith, K. L., Nicholson, A., Cohen, P., Turhan, B., Buntine, W., Wybrow, M., Vered, M. & Goodwin, S.
Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria)
20/03/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Research Output
Foundations of collaborative task-oriented dialogue: what's in a slot?
Phil, C., Sep 2019, SIGDIAL 2018 - 19th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue: Proceedings of the Conference - 12-14 July 2018 Melbourne, Australia. Litman, D. & Yu, K. (eds.). Stroudsburg PA USA: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 198–209 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces, Volume 2: Signal Processing, Architectures, and Detection of Emotion and Cognition
Oviatt, S. (ed.), Schuller, B. (ed.), Phil, C. (ed.), sonntag, D. (ed.), Potamianos, G. (ed.) & Kruger, A. (ed.), 2019, NY NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 531 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book
Active learning for deep semantic parsing
Duong, L., Afshar, H., Estival, D., Pink, G., Cohen, P. & Johnson, M., 2018, ACL 2018 - The 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics - Proceedings of the Conference, Vol. 2 (Short Papers) July 15 : July 15 - 20, 2018 Melbourne, Australia. Gurevych, I. & Miyao, Y. (eds.). Stroudsburg PA USA: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), Vol. 2. p. 43-48 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Introduction: scope, trends, and paradigm shift in the field of computer interfaces
Oviatt, S., Schuller, B., Cohen, P., Sonntag, D., Potamianos, G. & Kruger, A., 2017, The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensor Interfaces, Volume 1: Foundations, User Modeling, and Common Modality Combinations. Oviatt, S., Schuller, B., Cohen, P. R., Sonntag, D., Potamianos, G. & Kruger, A. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Multilingual semantic parsing and code-switching
Duong, L., Afshar, H., Estival, D., Pink, G., Cohen, P. R. & Johnson, M., Aug 2017, CoNLL 2017 - The 21st Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning - Proceedings of the Conference: August 3 - August 4, 2017 Vancouver, Canada. Levy, R. & Specia, L. (eds.). Stroudsburg PA USA: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 379-389 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Prizes
Fellow of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Cohen, Philip (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Election to learned society