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48
Citations
18916
World Ranking
6013
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2704

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - IJCAI Award for Research Excellence for her pioneering research in Natural Language Processing and in theories and applications of Multiagent Collaboration.
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2008 - ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award For fundamental contributions to research in natural language processing and in multi-agent systems, for her leadership in the field of artificial intelligence, and for her role in the establishment and leadership of interdisciplinary institutions.
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For pioneering research in natural language communication between humans and computers and its application to human-computer interaction.
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2003 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the study of human discourse.
  • 1999 - AAAI Distinguished Service Award For her contributions to the field of artificial intelligence through sustained service in a multitude of academic, professional society, and government leadership roles, at the local, national and international levels, through which she has had a major effect on the field and on those working in it.
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Barbara J. Grosz is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and computer science, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and its applications in healthcare and communication. The main fields of study include Medicine and Computer Science, while the subfields emphasize Artificial Intelligence, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Safety Research, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work addresses diverse topics such as Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Law, AI, and Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Academic Integrity and Plagiarism, Ethics in Clinical Research, and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Barbara J. Grosz has contributed to numerous papers, with recent publications including:

  • Protecting scientific integrity in an age of generative AI, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Parent Perspectives in Shared Decision-Making for Children With Medical Complexity, 2020, Academic Pediatrics
  • Societal implications of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, 2024, The Lancet
  • Information Shaping for Enhanced Goal Recognition of Partially-Informed Agents, 2020, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Family-Centered Technology in Complex Care: Feasibility Study, 2022, Journal of Medical Internet Research

Frequent collaborators include Mary L. Gray, Wolfgang Blau, Vinton G. Cerf, Juan Enriquez, and Joseph S. Francisco. This network of coauthors reflects recurring interdisciplinary interactions across the fields related to Grosz's research interests.

Notable venues where Barbara J. Grosz has published regularly include:

  • The Lancet
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Academic Pediatrics
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Daedalus

The scientist has received multiple recognitions over the years, such as the IJCAI Award for Research Excellence in 2015 for pioneering research in Natural Language Processing and Multiagent Collaboration. They are a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2014), a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2008) for work in natural language communication between humans and computers, and a recipient of the ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award (2008) recognizing contributions to AI research and interdisciplinary leadership.

Additional distinctions include Fellowships with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004), ACM (2003) for contributions to human discourse studies, and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (1990). Early awards include the AAAI Distinguished Service Award in 1999 and Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990).

Best Publications

  • Attention, intentions, and the structure of discourse

    Barbara J. Grosz;Candace L. Sidner

  • Centering: a framework for modeling the local coherence of discourse

    Barbara J. Grosz;Scott Weinstein;Aravind K. Joshi

  • Collaborative plans for complex group action

    Barbara J. Grosz;Sarit Kraus

  • Pronouns, Names, and the Centering of Attention in Discourse

    Peter C. Gordon;Barbara J. Grosz;Laura A. Gilliom

  • Plans for Discourse

    Barbara J Grosz;Candace L Sidner

  • PROVIDING A UNIFIED ACCOUNT OF DEFINITE NOUN PHRASES IN DISCOURSE

    Barbara J. Grosz;Aravind K. Joshi;Scott Weinstein

  • The representation and use of focus in dialogue understanding.

    Barbara Jean Grosz

  • TEAM: an experiment in the design of transportable natural-language interfaces

    Barbara J. Grosz;Douglas E. Appelt;Paul A. Martin;Fernando C. N. Pereira

  • Some Intonational Characteristics of Discourse Structure

    Barbara J. Grosz;Julia Hirschberg

  • TEAM: A TRANSPORTABLE NATURAL-LANGUAGE INTERFACE SYSTEM

    Barbara J. Grosz

  • The representation and use of focus in a system for understanding dialogs

    Barbara J. Grosz

  • Readings in natural language processing

    Barbara J. Grosz;Karen Sparck-Jones;Bonnie Lynn Webber

  • The Evolution of Sharedplans

    Barbara J. Grosz;Sarit Kraus

  • DIALOGIC: a core natural-language processing system

    Barbara Grosz;Norman Haas;Gary Hendrix;Jerry Hobbs

  • Focusing and Description in Natural Language Dialogues

    Barbara J. Grosz

  • Embedded EthiCS: integrating ethics across CS education

    Barbara J. Grosz;David Gray Grant;Kate Vredenburgh;Jeff Behrends

  • A combinatorial auction for collaborative planning

    L. Hunsberger;B.J. Grosz

  • Research on natural-language processing: SRI International

    Barbara Grosz

  • Collaborative plans for group activities

    Barbara Grosz;Sarit Kraus

  • Collaborative Systems (AAAI-94 Presidential Address)

    Barbara J. Grosz

  • Natural Language Processing

    Fernando C. N. Pereira;Barbara J. Grosz

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarit Kraus
Sarit Kraus Bar-Ilan University
Stuart M. Shieber
Stuart M. Shieber Harvard University
Krzysztof Z. Gajos
Krzysztof Z. Gajos Harvard University
Candace L. Sidner
Candace L. Sidner Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Ece Kamar
Ece Kamar Microsoft (United States)
Avi Pfeffer
Avi Pfeffer Charles River Laboratories (Netherlands)
Julia Hirschberg
Julia Hirschberg Columbia University
Aravind K. Joshi
Aravind K. Joshi University of Pennsylvania
Milind Tambe
Milind Tambe Harvard University
Peter Stone
Peter Stone The University of Texas at Austin

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