Statistical user simulation is an efficient and effective way to train and evaluate the performance of a (spoken) dialog system. In this paper, we design and evaluate a modular da...
We developed a locative fiction application called nan0sphere and deployed it on the UCLA campus. This application presents an interactive narrative to users working in a group as ...
Kevin Eustice, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Alison Wal...
In this paper we discuss how metaphors for supporting user interaction with multimedia databases can be automatically generated. The work presented is a further step in the develo...
Maria Francesca Costabile, Donato Malerba, Matthia...
Currently there is a diversity of tools for agent-based simulation, which can be applied to the understanding of social phenomena. Describing this kind of phenomena with a visual l...
Domestic ubicomp applications often assume individual users will program and configure their technology in isolation, decoupled from complex domestic environments in which they ar...
Jennifer A. Rode, Eleanor F. Toye, Alan F. Blackwe...