This paper describes the architecture of the fourth version of the Evolutionary Virtual Agent (EVA). This new light-weight java-based implementation is based on a dynamical rule-b...
This paper presents a novel application of a semantic annotation system, named Cerno, to analyze research publications in electronic format. Specifically, we address the problem of...
In this paper, we explore the conventions that people use in managing multiple dialogue threads. In particular, we focus on where in a thread people interrupt when switching to an...
Peter A. Heeman, Fan Yang, Andrew L. Kun, Alexande...
A number of prioritized variants of Reiter’s default logic have been described in the literature. In this paper, we introduce two natural principles for preference handling and s...
This paper explores the use of fast, simple computer vision techniques to add compelling visual capabilities to social user interfaces. Social interfaces involve the user in natur...