LING 575 G/H/I: Conversational Agents (SPR 2025, 3 cr)
Instructor: Leanne Rolston, Ph.D. (she/her)
E-mail: rolston@uw.edu
Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/95681532499
Class Website: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1801681
Class Time: Monday, 3:30-5:50 ART004
Office Hours: Monday, 1:00-3:00 GUG, place TBD, or by appointment
Course Description
This course is an introduction to conversational AI systems for task-oriented, informational, and social conversations with machines, both via text and voice, with a focus on how text and voice differ as conversation mediums.
This class will involve lectures, reading-group style readings, labs and/or journals, and a final project/presentation.
NOTE: Course recordings will be linked to the syllabus by Noon on Tuesday.
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| 1: March 31 |
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Homework:
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| 2: April 7 |
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(From 1:15 onward, we were building a bot together, will explain later, but feel free to stop there) |
| 3: April 14 |
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Homework: Video: |
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| 4: April 21 |
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Readings: Corpora PARADISE Homework: Bot idea Project idea |
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| 5: April 28 |
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Video: The Great Chatbot Debate: Do LLMs Really Understand? | |
| 6: May 5 |
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| 7: May 12 |
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| 8: May 19 |
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| May 26 | MEMORIAL DAY | ||
| 9: June 2 |
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