Abstract. The paper proposes a dialectic approach to exploit discrepancies of viewpoints for learning. The approach is illustrated with an elaborated example. A computational frame...
We have developed and evaluated an affect-sensitive version of AutoTutor, a dialogue based ITS that simulates human tutors. While the original AutoTutor is sensitive to learners’...
Sidney K. D'Mello, Blair Lehman, Jeremiah Sullins,...
We consider continuous-time consensus seeking systems whose time-dependent interactions are cut-balanced, in the following sense: if a group of agents influences the remaining on...
Abstract. This paper presents a computational model of visual attention incorporating a cognitive imperfection known as inattentional blindness. We begin by presenting four factors...
This paper promotes social role awareness as a desirable capability of animated agents, that are by now strong affective reasoners, but otherwise often lack the social competence ...