6 accepted papers
Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have enabled deep research systems that synthesize comprehensive, report-style answers to open-ended queries by combining retrieval, reasoning, and generation. Yet, most frameworks rely on rigid workflows with one-shot scoping and long autonomous runs,…
In this paper, we introduce the Akan Cinematic Emotions (AkaCE) dataset, the first multimodal emotion dialogue dataset for an African language, addressing the significant lack of resources for low-resource languages in emotion recognition research. AkaCE, developed for the Akan language, contains 38…
The rapid expansion of online content has intensified the issue of information redundancy, underscoring the need for solutions that can identify genuinely new information. Despite this challenge, the research community has seen a decline in focus on novelty detection, particularly with the rise of l…
Propaganda plays a critical role in shaping public opinion and fueling disinformation. While existing research primarily focuses on identifying propaganda techniques, it lacks the ability to capture the broader motives and the impacts of such content. To address these challenges, we introduce PropaI…
We present SMARTMiner, a framework for extracting and evaluating specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound (SMART) goals from unstructured health coaching (HC) notes. Developed in response to challenges observed during a clinical trial, the SMARTMiner achieves two tasks: (i) extracting
Open Information Extraction (OpenIE) represents a crucial NLP task aimed at deriving structured information from unstructured text, unrestricted by relation type or domain. This survey paper provides an overview of OpenIE technologies spanning from 2007 to 2024, emphasizing a chronological perspecti…