Call for Papers

YRRSDS 2024 is an open forum for spoken dialog researchers to discuss their work and research interests. This is the 20th edition of the annual roundtable that provides a networking platform for young researchers in the field. It serves as a playground for stimulating new ideas, sharing tools, and discuss current issues in Spoken Dialog Systems research.

Please note that by "young researchers" the workshop's organizers mean to target students and researchers in the field who are at a relatively early stage of their careers, and in no way mean to imply that participants must meet certain age restrictions.

This year's edition is collocated with SIGDIAL 2024.

The workshop this year will be in person.

Important Dates

Submission open: May 25th, 2024

Submission deadline: July 25th, 2024

Acceptance notification: April 17th, 2024

Registration open: TBA

YRRSDS 2024 event: September 16-17th, 2024 

Submission

Please note that every participant is required to submit a position paper.

Please use the LaTeX template for the paper, which can be downloaded from here.

You can also use the Word template if needed, which can be downloaded from here.

Position papers can be submitted via YRRSDS 2024 on the dedicated SoftConf page.

We invite researchers at an early stage of their career (no age limit) to submit a 2-page position paper (excluding references). This should include their past, present and future work, a short bio, and topic suggestions for discussions.

We invite broad participation. Example submission topics include, but are not limited to:

• Models of dialogue: statistical, symbolic, and hybrid approaches,

• Evaluation methodology for dialogue systems,

• Semantics, pragmatics, and context in dialogue systems,

• Incremental spoken dialogue systems,

• Situated interaction with virtual and robotic agents,

• Psycholinguistic influences on dialogue system design,

• Establishing social relationships and engagement with the user,

• Data collection and dataset sharing for statistical models,

• Industry development cycles, requirements, and applications.

Reviewing

The position papers will be reviewed by a member of the Organizing Committee and, if needed, by an additional external researcher.

The review process will check if the applicant's research interests are suitable for them to take part in YRRSDS.

Additionally, we will select the topics of interest pointed out by the applicants and prepare the program according to that.

We will provide feedback on the position paper and might contribute with ideas to the applicant's research.