SRI's AQUAINT Project Home Page
Overview
Questions are usually part of a larger information-seeking activity,
and we will not have adequate question-answering systems until the
information seeking activity itself is modeled. Analysts typically
have a large issue they want to elucidate, and the questions asked
are in the service of that need; from the answers taken together,
the analyst develops a position on the issue of interest. The
position bears only an inferential relation with the answers to
the questions. For the question-answering system to
participate fully in the information-seeking activity, it must be
able to aid and track this inference process. As part of
ARDA's AQUAINT program, SRI International and USC
Information Sciences Institute are collaboratively pursing
research aimed at developing the technology and the corresponding
information-seeking system that will enable computers to be
full partners in an information-seeking dialog.
Presentations
AI Center Project Page for AQUAINT
AI Center
SRI International