This module was moved from the Master programs to the Bachelor programs. However, within the master program applied computer science, it is possible to bring up to 12 ECTS from the Bachelor into the Master as prerequisite for other modules in accordance with StuFPO Master AI §40 (2). This mechanism makes it possible to take DS-IDS-B in the Master's program in accordance with the regulations

Introduction to Dialogue Systems (DS-IDS-B)

This module deals with dialogue as linguistic behaviour and its modelling in technical systems. It introduces the field of speech dialogue technology and includes the entire processing chain of a dialogue system: acoustic signal processing, speech recognition, natural language understanding, dialogue management, speech generation and speech synthesis. Industrial companies working in the field of speech dialogue systems will give guest lectures on individual dates.

After successful participation, each participant should have gained the following knowledge:

General theoretical understanding of speech dialogue technology,
Understanding of dialogue modelling and the usual modularisation of this task
Overview over the state-of-the-art of the speech technology application dialogue system
Knowledge about the basics of the individual topics of a modular dialogue system

The lecture covers the following topics:

Introduction to dialogue systems
Acoustic Preprocessing
Automatic Speech Recognition
Natural Language Understanding
Dialogue Management
Natural Language Generation
Speech Synthesis
Statistical Spoken Dialogue Systems

Organisation

The lecture is accompanied by practicals and runs each winter term.

Participants generally need to be enrolled in one of the Master programms Applied Computer Science or Computing in the Humanities. Students enrolled in Information Systems should check with the Servicedesk WI if they are able to participate.

The course language is German.