Introducing ADELE: a personalized intelligent companion

Abstract

This paper introduces ADELE, a Personalized Intelligent Compan- ion designed to engage with users through spoken dialog to help them explore topics of interest. The system will maintain a user model of information consumption habits and preferences in order to (1) personalize the user’s experience for ongoing interactions, and (2) build the user-machine relationship to model that of a friendly companion. The paper details the overall research goal, existing progress, the current focus, and the long term plan for the project.