LUNA: spoken Language UNderstanding in multilinguAl communication systems

LUNA DIT-PRJ-06-071

Status NOT active project
DISI role Partner
Project type Research Project
Dimension International
Acquisition date 2006-09-01
Start date 2006-09-01
End date 2009-09-03

Project details

Project astract The main goal of the LUNA project is the creation of a robust natural SLU toolkit for multilingual dialogue services, able to carry on human-computer communication with a good degree of user satisfaction.<br/><br/>It is evident from the evolution of research in the field that more realistic (and complex) structural models are needed even if they will be used in a framework of statistical decision theory. Effective structural models are language dependent and the European researchers, especially those who are recognized world leaders in the field, are in a better position to develop and test these models, especially for the European languages.<br/><br/>LUNA will attempt to improve interpretation accuracy by exploiting the potential of integrating ASR and SLU technologies.<br/><br/>From a technological point of view, LUNA'?s objectives include the investigation of new methods, algorithms and tools for the fast development of robust SLU components for multilingual telecom services. To this aim, LUNA will address a set of challenging scientific problems, by focusing on five scientific objectives:<br/>- Language Modelling for Speech Understanding;<br/>- Semantic Modelling for Speech Understanding;<br/>- Automatic Learning (including Active and On-Line Learning);<br/>- Robustness issues for SLU;<br/>- Multilingual portability of SLU components.<br/>
Keywords Speech Understanding, Speech Recognition, Automatic Learning, Semantic Modelling
Fundings 3901080 €
Partners
  • DIT - UniTN
  • Loquendo S.P.A.
  • Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen
  • Universite d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse
  • France telecom S.A.
  • Consorzio per il Sistema Informative (CSI-Piemonte)
  • Polsko-Japonska Wyzsza Szkola Technik Komputerowych
  • Instytut Podstaw Informatyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk

DISI Sub-project details

Keywords Speech Recognition, Spoken Dialogue, Speech Services
Fundings 699000 €
Manager Giuseppe Riccardi