Ron Artstein

Affiliation

USC Institute for Creative Technologies

Biography

Ron Artstein, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. Dr. Artstein is an expert on the collection, annotation and management of linguistic data for spoken-language dialogue systems, and on the evaluation of implemented dialogue systems. Dr. Artstein has led the data acquisition efforts for large-scale, public-facing spoken dialogue systems such as the Interactive Museum Guides at the Museum of Science in Boston and the New Dimensions in Testimony system for simulated conversation with a Holocaust survivor, as well as efforts to evaluate these systems in use. Dr. Artstein has worked extensively in the military domain, including projects such as automating call-for-fire dialogues for artillery forward observer training, Pashto-speaking virtual characters to provide cultural interaction experience for small (squad-level) infantry units, and navigating a robot in an urban environment using spoken communication. Dr. Artstein holds a PhD in Linguistics from Rutgers University, and held positions at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Essex before joining USC in 2007.