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Help us evaluate NLG systems by going on a virtual treasure hunt.<BR>
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GIVE-2.5: NLG Challenge on Generating Instructions in Virtual Environments<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.give-challenge.org">http://www.give-challenge.org</A><BR>
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Part of Generation Challenges 2011<BR>
Endorsed by SIGGEN and SIGSEM<BR>
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Dear colleagues,<BR>
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for the third time now, the GIVE Challenge has invited research teams<BR>
to develop systems that generate natural-language instructions to<BR>
assist users in solving a puzzle in a virtual 3D environment. This<BR>
year teams of undergraduate students, graduate students, and<BR>
researchers from six universities in five countries have built eight<BR>
systems, and you can now play with these systems over the Internet.<BR>
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If you go to<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.give-challenge.org">http://www.give-challenge.org</A><BR>
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one of the systems will be assigned to you. Follow the instructions it<BR>
produces for you, and see whether you can find the trophy. It<BR>
shouldn't take more than 10 minutes and you are contributing valuable<BR>
evaluation data. Play as many games as you like: there are 3 new game<BR>
worlds to explore.<BR>
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If you could help us spread this invitation by passing it on to your<BR>
colleagues (not necessarily NLP experts), friends, and students, we<BR>
would be most grateful.<BR>
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You can find more information about the GIVE Challenge at<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.give-challenge.org/research">http://www.give-challenge.org/research</A>.<BR>
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Enjoy,<BR>
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the GIVE-2.5 organizing committee<BR>
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Alexandre Denis, Loria, Nancy<BR>
Andrew Gargett, U.A.E. University<BR>
Konstantina Garoufi, Potsdam University<BR>
Alexander Koller, Potsdam University<BR>
Kristina Striegnitz, Union College<BR>
Mariet Theune, University of Twente<BR>
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the GIVE steering committee<BR>
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Donna Byron, Northeastern University<BR>
Justine Cassell, Northwestern University<BR>
Robert Dale, Macquarie University<BR>
Alexander Koller, Saarland University<BR>
Johanna Moore, University of Edinburgh<BR>
Jon Oberlander, University of Edinburgh<BR>
Kristina Striegnitz, Union College<BR>
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