As information becomes available in increasing amounts to a wide spectrum of users, the need for a shift towards a more user-centered information access paradigm arises. We develo...
Computer-generated facial avatars have been increasingly used in a variety of virtual reality applications. Emulating the real-world face sculpting process, we present an interact...
In this paper we investigate the role of user emotions in human-machine goal-oriented conversations. There has been a growing interest in predicting emotions from acted and non-act...
This paper describes progress toward a prototype implementation of a tool which aims to improve literacy in deaf high school and college students who are native (or near native) s...
Lisa N. Michaud, Kathleen F. McCoy, Christopher A....
The paper outlines results of feasibility experiments with new functions for a local version of the digital city, performed under a collective name 'Engineering City Oulu'...