In this paper the authors describe Pundit, a course recommendation and search tool at Teachers College, Columbia University. The alpha prototype employs a novel combination of data...
Abstract. In all user-centred agent-based applications, for instance in the context of ambient computing, the user agent is often faced to a difficult trade-off between the protect...
This paper presents a plan-based architecture for response generation in collaborative consultation dialogues, with emphasis on cases in which the system (consultant) and user (ex...
Abstract. Economic modeling provides a formal mechanism to understand user incentives and behavior in online systems. In this paper we describe the process of building a parameteri...
F. Maxwell Harper, Sherry Xin Li, Yan Chen, Joseph...
Abstract. We use a hierarchical Bayesian approach to model user preferences in different contexts or settings. Unlike many previous recommenders, our approach is content-based. We...