Computational Models of Narrative: Review of a Workshop

Authors

  • Mark A. Finlayson Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Whitman Richards Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Patrick Henry Winston Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v31i2.2295

Abstract

On October 8-10, 2009 an interdisciplinary group met at the Wylie Center in Beverley, Massachusetts to evaluate the state of the art in the computational modeling of narrative. Three important findings emerged: (1) current work in computational modeling is described by three different levels of representation; (2) there is a paucity of studies at the highest, most abstract level aimed at inferring the meaning or message of the narrative; and (3) there is a need to establish a standard data bank of annotated narratives, analogous to the Penn Treebank.

Author Biographies

Mark A. Finlayson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PhD Student

Whitman Richards, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor of Cognitive SciencesDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Patrick Henry Winston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

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Published

2010-06-28

How to Cite

Finlayson, M. A., Richards, W., & Winston, P. H. (2010). Computational Models of Narrative: Review of a Workshop. AI Magazine, 31(2), 97. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v31i2.2295

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Workshop Reports