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Reposted by Vardhan Dongre @ NeurIPS 2025

ConvAI @ UIUC @convai-uiuc.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

MIRAGE: A Benchmark for Multimodal Information-Seeking and Reasoning in Agricultural Expert-Guided Conversations by @vardhandongre.bsky.social Chi Gui, Hooshang Nayyeri, Shubham Garg, @gokhantur.bsky.social, @dilekh.bsky.social, Vikram Adve Read more here: mirage-benchmark.github.io

mirage-benchmark.github.io

MIRAGE: A Benchmark for Multimodal Information‑Seeking and Reasoning in Agricultural Expert‑Guided Conversations

MIRAGE is a benchmark for multimodal expert‑level reasoning and decision‑making in agricultural consultative interactions.

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Vardhan Dongre @ NeurIPS 2025 @vardhandongre.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

New Blog Alert: The Future of Human-Robot Conversation! We explore the evolution of embodied conversational agents beyond simple command followers. How will robots develop theory of mind, natural turn-taking, and truly understand human intentions? 🤖💬 #EmbodiedAI #HRI (1/2)

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Vardhan Dongre @ NeurIPS 2025 @vardhandongre.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Introducing positive friction in goal-oriented dialogues boosts task success and efficiency! 🎯By strategically slowing down to ask, reveal, or pause, agents improve their understanding of user goals—leading to more efficient, aligned interactions. Read more below:

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Vardhan Dongre @ NeurIPS 2025 @vardhandongre.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Attending NeurIPS 2024? Learn about simulating users for embodied agents! Catch our work, "Simulating User Agents for Embodied Conversational AI," at the Open World Agents Workshop on Dec 15. Poster: tinyurl.com/yc42h4ud Audio: tinyurl.com/mr2hd35a @dilekh.bsky.social @gokhantur.bsky.social

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Neurips24 Simulating Users.pptx

1 Acknowledgements Approach Results Motivation Introduction Simulating User Agents for Embodied Conversational AI Daniel Philipov, Vardhan Dongre, Gokhan Tur, Dilek Hakkani-Tür University of Illinois,...

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Reposted by Vardhan Dongre @ NeurIPS 2025

arxiv cs.CL @arxiv-cs-cl.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Vardhan Dongre, Xiaocheng Yang, Emre Can Acikgoz, Suvodip Dey, Gokhan Tur, Dilek Hakkani-T\"ur ReSpAct: Harmonizing Reasoning, Speaking, and Acting Towards Building Large Language Model-Based Conversational AI Agents arxiv.org/abs/2411.00927

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