ISCA: A Framework for Interview-Style Conversational Agents
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| author | Welch, Charles Lahnala, Allison Varadarajan, Vasudha Flek, Lucie Mihalcea, Rada Boyd, J. Lomax Sedoc, João |
| author_facet | Welch, Charles Lahnala, Allison Varadarajan, Vasudha Flek, Lucie Mihalcea, Rada Boyd, J. Lomax Sedoc, João |
| contents | We present a low-compute non-generative system for implementing interview-style conversational agents which can be used to facilitate qualitative data collection through controlled interactions and quantitative analysis. Use cases include applications to tracking attitude formation or behavior change, where control or standardization over the conversational flow is desired. We show how our system can be easily adjusted through an online administrative panel to create new interviews, making the tool accessible without coding. Two case studies are presented as example applications, one regarding the Expressive Interviewing system for COVID-19 and the other a semi-structured interview to survey public opinion on emerging neurotechnology. Our code is open-source, allowing others to build off of our work and develop extensions for additional functionality. |
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| spellingShingle | ISCA: A Framework for Interview-Style Conversational Agents Welch, Charles Lahnala, Allison Varadarajan, Vasudha Flek, Lucie Mihalcea, Rada Boyd, J. Lomax Sedoc, João Computation and Language We present a low-compute non-generative system for implementing interview-style conversational agents which can be used to facilitate qualitative data collection through controlled interactions and quantitative analysis. Use cases include applications to tracking attitude formation or behavior change, where control or standardization over the conversational flow is desired. We show how our system can be easily adjusted through an online administrative panel to create new interviews, making the tool accessible without coding. Two case studies are presented as example applications, one regarding the Expressive Interviewing system for COVID-19 and the other a semi-structured interview to survey public opinion on emerging neurotechnology. Our code is open-source, allowing others to build off of our work and develop extensions for additional functionality. |
| title | ISCA: A Framework for Interview-Style Conversational Agents |
| topic | Computation and Language |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14344 |