Tom Stafford

DeliData: A dataset for deliberation in multi-party problem solving

2021

Dialogue systems research is traditionally focused on dialogues between two interlocutors, largely ignoring group conversations. Moreover, most previous research is focused either on task-oriented dialogue (e.g. restaurant bookings) or user engagement (chatbots), while research on …

What makes you change your mind? An empirical investigation in online group decision-making conversations

2022

People leverage group discussions to collaborate in order to solve complex tasks, e.g. in project meetings or hiring panels. By doing so, they engage in a variety of conversational strategies where they try to convince …