Learning in wubble world

Wesley Kerr; Shane Hoversten; Daniel Hewlett; Paul Cohen; Yu Han Chang

doi:10.1109/DEVLRN.2007.4354034

Learning in wubble world

Wesley Kerr, Shane Hoversten, Daniel Hewlett, Paul Cohen, Yu Han Chang

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Abstract

Why do children master language so quickly and thoroughly, whereas gigabytes of text and enormously sophisticated learning algorithms produce at best shallow semantics in machines? Because children have help from competent speakers who relate language to what's happening in the child's environment. To facilitate the task of machine word learning, we developed a simulated environment, called "Wubble World," and populated it with entities called wubbles. Children interact with the wubbles using natural language, and act as teachers when the wubble needs help. This paper presents our word learning algorithms and provides some empirical results.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL
Pages	330-335
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2007.4354034
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL - London, United Kingdom Duration: Jul 11 2007 → Jul 13 2007

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Name	2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL

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Other	2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	7/11/07 → 7/13/07

Keywords

Development
Language
Online learning
Semantics
Virtual environment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computational Theory and Mathematics
Computer Science Applications

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Kerr, W, Hoversten, S, Hewlett, D, Cohen, P & Chang, YH 2007, Learning in wubble world. in 2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL., 4354034, 2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL, pp. 330-335, 2007 IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL, London, United Kingdom, 7/11/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2007.4354034

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