Former researcher in the Social Cognitive Systems Group at CITEC, Bielefeld University
Involved in BMBF-funded project KOMPASS
Involved in DFG-funded project ‘Rhythm and Timing in Dialogue’
Involved in CITEC-internal project ‘Dialogue Coordination for Sociable Agents’
Currently working on TRR 318 Project A02: Monitoring the Understanding of Explanations
Currently working on CRC 1646 Project B02: Computational Linguistic Creativity in Reference Games Between Interactive Dialogue Agents
Currently working on CRC 1646 Project INF: User-Oriented Research Infrastructure for Linguistic Data Collection and (Re-)Use
Participated in ‘it's OWL Hybrid Living: Human-Robot Collaboration in the Kitchen of the Future’
Background
Tenure-track Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) of Digital Linguistics at the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Bielefeld University
Head of the Digital Linguistics Lab
Research focuses on computational modeling of representations, processes, and behaviors underlying human dialogue interaction
Interested in how autonomous conversational agents (human or artificial) achieve mutual understanding, including understanding confirmation, repair of misunderstandings, behavioral coordination, and collaborative goal achievement
Emphasizes models that are both cognitively/linguistically plausible and computationally practical