``May I speak freely?''

Between templates and free choice in Natural Language Generation:
What is the right NLG technology for my application?


KI'99 A workshop to be held at the German Annual Conference on AI, KI-99, in Bonn, Germany, September 13-15, 1999

GI A Workshop of the Special Interest Group 1.3.1 on Natural Language Systems of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.

Schedule of the Workshop

We were glad to have Paul Heisterkamp from DaimlerChrysler as an invited speaker.

The workshop took place at the University of Bonn, Institut für Informatik, Römerstr. 164, Room A121.

Tuesday, 14 Sep 1999, 15:30 - 19:00
15:30 - 15:45 Stephan Busemann and Tilman Becker, DFKI Saarbrücken:
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
15:45 - 16:15 Kees van Deemter, ITRI, Brighton, Emiel Kramer, Mariët Theune, IPO, Eindhoven:
Plan-based vs. template-based NLG: a false opposition?
16:15 - 16:45 Ehud Reiter, University of Aberdeen:
Shallow vs. Deep Techniques for Handling Linguistic Constraints and Optimisations
16:45 - 17:15 John Bateman, University of Bremen, Renate Henschel, HCRC, University of Edinburgh:
From full generation to `near-templates' without loosing generality
17:15 - 17:45 Jo Calder, University of Edinburgh, Roger Evans, University of Brighton, Chris Mellish, Mike Reape, University of Edinburgh:
"Free choice" and templates: how to get both at the same time
17:45 - ~19:00 Discussion and System Demonstration
Wednesday, 15 Sep 1999, 10:50 - 12:50
10:50 - 11:50 INVITED TALK
Paul Heisterkamp, DaimlerChrysler AG, Ulm:
Time to get real: Current and future requirements for generation in speech and natural language from an industrial perspective
11:50 - 12:20 Boyd Buchin, Ulf Schmerl, Universität der Bundeswehr München:
TextPro - A Method of Generating Texts from a Formal Language into Natural Languages
12:20 - 12:50 Hercules Dalianis, KTH and Stockholm University:
The VOLVEX Handbook - A general validation tool by natural language generation for the STEP/EXPRESS standard
Lunch Break
Wednesday, 15 Sep 1999, 13:30 - 16:30
13:30 - 14:00 Annette Fritsch, Eric Cousin, Phillipe Tanguy, ENST Bretagne:
A Multilingual Text Generator for Real-Time WEB-Communication
14:00 - 14:30 Sabine Geldof, Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
Templates for Wearables in Context
14:30 - 15:00 Amanda Stent, University of Rochester:
Content planning and generation in continuous-speech spoken dialog systems
15:00 - 15:30 Lena Santamarta, Linköping University:
Output Generation in a Spoken Dialogue System
15:30 - 16:30 Conclusions - an open discussion with all participants


Organization

Dr. Tilman Becker and Dr. Stephan Busemann
DFKI GmbH
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3
66123 Saarbrücken
(+49) 681-302-5271 and -5286 (phone)
(+49) 681-302-5341 and -5338 (fax)


becker@dfki.de and busemann@dfki.de


Last update: Septembver 16, 1999
Stephan Busemann