—There are many standards which are relevant for building safety or mission critical software systems. An effective standard is one that should help developers, assessors, and us...
In this paper, we argue for the need to distinguish between task initiative and dialogue initiative, and present an evidential model for tracking shifts in both types of initiativ...
Forms-based query interfaces are widely used to access databases today. The design of a forms-based interface is often a key step in the deployment of a database. Each form in suc...
We introduce a protocol, that we call Human Key Agreement, that allows pairs of humans to establish a key in a (seemingly hopeless) case where no public-key infrastructure is avail...
This paper presents an animation system that generates an animation from natural language texts such as movie scripts or stories. It also proposes a framework for a motion database...