TY - GEN
T1 - Preface to Computational Humor 2012
AU - Nijholt, Anton
PY - 2012/6/8
Y1 - 2012/6/8
N2 - Like its predecessors in 1996 (University of Twente, the Netherlands) and 2002 (ITC-irst, Trento, Italy), this Third International Workshop on Computational Humor (IWCH 2012) focusses on the possibility to find algorithms that allow understanding and generation of humor. There is the general aim of modeling humor, and if we can do that, it will provide us with lots of information about our cognitive abilities in general, such as reasoning, remembering, understanding situations, and understanding conversational partners. But it also provides us with information about being creative, making associations, storytelling and language use. Many more subtleties in face-to-face and multiparty interaction can be added, such as using humor to persuade and dominate, to soften or avoid a face threatening act, to ease a tense situation or to establish a friendly or romantic relationship. One issue to consider is: when is a humorous act appropriate?
AB - Like its predecessors in 1996 (University of Twente, the Netherlands) and 2002 (ITC-irst, Trento, Italy), this Third International Workshop on Computational Humor (IWCH 2012) focusses on the possibility to find algorithms that allow understanding and generation of humor. There is the general aim of modeling humor, and if we can do that, it will provide us with lots of information about our cognitive abilities in general, such as reasoning, remembering, understanding situations, and understanding conversational partners. But it also provides us with information about being creative, making associations, storytelling and language use. Many more subtleties in face-to-face and multiparty interaction can be added, such as using humor to persuade and dominate, to soften or avoid a face threatening act, to ease a tense situation or to establish a friendly or romantic relationship. One issue to consider is: when is a humorous act appropriate?
KW - METIS-287872
KW - EWI-21850
KW - HMI-IA: Intelligent Agents
KW - IR-80534
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - CTIT Workshop Proceedings
SP - iii-v
BT - Computational Humor 2012
A2 - Nijholt, A.
PB - Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT)
CY - Enschede
T2 - 3rd International Workshop on Computational Humor 2012
Y2 - 8 June 2012 through 8 June 2012
ER -