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Centers for Cognitive Science Research
Endangered and Underdescribed Languages
Language Acquisition
Spatial Cognition
Computational Modeling of Cognition
Theory of Mind
Evolution of Cognition
Applied Cognitive Science
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Sandra Carberry
Dr. Carberry's research interests fall broadly into the areas of artificial
intelligence, natural language processing, and user modeling. More
specifically, her research focuses on discourse and dialogue understanding,
response generation, plan recognition, interactive dialogue systems,
summarization, and digital libraries. Further information can be found
at Interests
She have recently been investigating broader categories of
communication than just utterances, with an emphasis on information
graphics (non-pictorial graphics such as bar charts and line graphs).
Most information graphics that appear in newspapers, magazines, and
formal reports have a message that the graphic designer intends to
convey. Current projects include:
- Recognizing the message conveyed by an information graphic. This
project adopts Stanford psychologist Herb Clark's view that language
is not just words but is instead any signal that is intended to convey
a message. In this work, she extends plan recognition, user modeling,
and language understanding to information graphics (non-pictorial
graphics such as bar charts and line graphs).
- Summarization, indexing, and retrieval of information graphics in
a digital library Digital Libraries
- Assistive technology in the form of an interactive natural language
system that will provide access to the content of information graphics
for individuals with sight impairments.
Intelligent Interfaces
- An intractive graphic design assistant that will help graphic designers
construct graphics that convey their intended messages.
Other Reasearch Groups:
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Current and past faculty collaborators within Cognitive Science at the
University of Delaware include:
Current faculty collaborators outside the University of Delaware include:
- Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University; Pennsylvania)
- Ingrid Zukerman (Monash University; Melbourne, Australia)
Contact Info:
Phone:(302) 831-2711
Email: carberry AT cis DOT udel DOT edu
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