Dilek Hakkani-Tür

Dr. Dilek Hakkani-Tür is a Professor at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her primary research focuses on language understanding, spoken language processing, and dialogue systems, with a recent emphasis on large language models (LLMs) and their applications in conversational AI. She has led collaborative efforts in dialog system technology challenges, including DSTC9, and has published extensively in top venues such as ACL, EMNLP, and IEEE SLT.

• Education: Implied via affiliation and research focus (PhD in Computer Science or related field)

Her work bridges theoretical advancements and practical implementations in areas like dialogue state tracking, user preference alignment, and code debugging via LLMs. Collaborations span industry and academia, addressing challenges in human-AI interaction and multimodal dialogue systems.

Recent projects include leveraging LLMs for individual preference alignment in conversations, confidence estimation in dialogue systems, and Socratic code debugging frameworks. These contributions highlight her role in advancing conversational AI's technical and applied dimensions.