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Elizabeth A. Olson

4 accepted papers

2025

Assessing effective de-escalation of crisis conversations using transformer-based models and trend statistics

EMNLP 2025

One of the core goals of crisis counseling services is to support emotional de-escalation of the individual in crisis, by reducing intense negative emotional affect and emotional dysregulation. The science of crisis intervention has been impeded, however, by a lack of quantitative approaches that al

2024

Crisis counselor language and perceived genuine concern in crisis conversations

EMNLP 2024finding

Although clients’ perceptions of therapist empathy are known to correlate with therapy effectiveness, the specific ways that the therapist’s language use contributes to perceived empathy remain less understood. Natural Language Processing techniques, such as transformer models, permit the quantitati…

2023

Counter-Hypothetical Particle Filters for Single Object Pose Tracking

ICRA 2023poster

Particle filtering is a common technique for six degree of freedom (6D) pose estimation due to its ability to tractably represent belief over object pose. However, the particle filter is prone to particle deprivation due to the high-dimensional nature of 6D pose. When particle deprivation occurs, it…

Cited by 1SourceScholar
2019

UWStereoNet: Unsupervised Learning for Depth Estimation and Color Correction of Underwater Stereo Imagery

ICRA 2019poster

Stereo cameras are widely used for sensing and navigation of underwater robotic systems. They can provide high resolution color views of a scene; the constrained camera geometry enables metrically accurate depth estimation; they are also relatively cost-effective. Traditional stereo vision algorithm…

Cited by 53SourceScholar