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ICMI
2004
Springer
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14 years 25 days ago
Towards integrated microplanning of language and iconic gesture for multimodal output
When talking about spatial domains, humans frequently accompany their explanations with iconic gestures to depict what they are referring to. For example, when giving directions, ...
Stefan Kopp, Paul Tepper, Justine Cassell
ICMI
2007
Springer
262views Biometrics» more  ICMI 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Automated generation of non-verbal behavior for virtual embodied characters
In this paper we introduce a system that automatically adds different types of non-verbal behavior to a given dialogue script between two virtual embodied agents. It allows us to ...
Werner Breitfuss, Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishiz...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Authorable virtual peers for children with autism
For my dissertation, I am designing, implementing and evaluating the use of a new kind of "authorable" virtual peer that allows children with autism to learn about recip...
Andrea Tartaro
ICWSM
2009
13 years 5 months ago
From Generating to Mining: Automatically Scripting Conversations Using Existing Online Sources
Hearing people argue opposing sides of an issue can be a useful way to understand the topic; however, these debates or conversations often don't exist. Unfortunately, generat...
Nathan D. Nichols, Lisa M. Gandy, Kristian J. Hamm...
PERSUASIVE
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Persuading users through counseling dialogue with a conversational agent
We present an empirical study of the effect of a computer agent designed to engage a user in a persuasive counseling dialogue on attitudes towards regular exercise. We used two ma...
Daniel Schulman, Timothy W. Bickmore