Understanding content and conversational context in human-robot dialogue.

This research opportunity explores the development and application of computer-readable markups of natural language, two-way dialogue between a human and a robot, where the markup makes explicit the patterns of language needed for system understanding and serves as training data for automatic processing of language, including a deep understanding of the semantic content of language, as well as an awareness of the conversational context. The position is part of the Army Research Laboratory Research Associateship Program (ARL-RAP), designed to increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army. The Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD) conducts research in disciplines relevant to achieving the digital battlefield, focusing on sensing, distribution, analysis, and display of information in the modern battle space. Scientists and Engineers at the CCDC Army Research Laboratory help shape and execute the Army's program for meeting the challenge of developing technologies that will support Army forces in meeting future operational needs by pursuing scientific research and technological developments in diverse fields.