Computer Science 692F - S-Conversational AI

Conversational AI is a graduate level seminar intended to cover recent research progress on chat bots, task-oriented dialogue systems, conversational search and recommender systems, conversational question answering, multi-modal conversational systems, and related topics. Students are expected to read, present, and discuss research papers related to conversational AI systems. They will also get familiar with state-of-the-art tools and techniques for developing conversational systems.

Open to Masters and PhD Computer Science students only. SECTION 01=2 CREDITS; SECTION 02=3 CREDITS (REQUIRES INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION). STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH STATISTICAL, MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING MODELS APPLIED TO NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, AND/OR COMPUTER VISION. EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING PREREQUISITE COURSES WILL PROVIDE THIS BACKGROUND: COMPSCI 682, COMPSCI 646, COMPSCI 685, OR COMPSCI 670. STUDENTS CAN WORK ON AN OPTIONAL PROJECT FOR 3 CREDITS WITH INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION. REGISTER FOR SECTION 01 AND CONTACT INSTRUCTOR ABOUT THE OPTION PROJECT AND SWITCHING INTO SECTION 02. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.