Conference programme
Programme (preliminary version)
The detailed programme follows below. More information on the keynote talks can be found here.
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THURSDAY 29th August
8:30 - 9:15 | REGISTRATION |
9:15 - 9:30 | Welcome |
9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote 1, Invited speaker: Jacqueline Nadel |
10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee/Tea |
10:50 - 12:45 | Talks 1 – Cognitive Models: 5 talks |
12:45 - 14:00 | LUNCH |
14:00 - 15:30 | Talks 2 – Applications 1-Health: 4 talks |
15:30 - 15:50 | Coffee/Tea |
15:50 - 17:15 | Talks 3 – Applications 2: 5 talks |
17:15 - 19:30 | POSTERS |
18:30 | RECEPTION |
FRIDAY 30th August
9:00 - 10:00 | Keynote 2, Invited speaker: Charles Sutton |
10:00 - 10:40 | Talks 4 – Dialogue, Language, Speech 1: 2 talks |
10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee/Tea |
11:00 - 12:45 | Talks 5 – Dialogue, Language, Speech 2: 5 talks |
12:45 - 14:00 | LUNCH |
14:00 - 15:00 | Keynote 3, Invited speaker: Steve Holmes |
15:00 - 15:50 | Talks 6 – Non-verbal behaviour 1: 2 talks |
15:50 - 16:10 | Coffee/Tea |
16:10 - 17:10 | Talks 7 – Non-verbal behaviour 2: 4 talks |
17:10 - 17:45 | DEMO adverts: 1 slide |
17:45 - 18:45 | GALA |
20:00 | Conference banquet (The Caves) |
SATURDAY 31st August
9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote 4, Invited speaker: Alessandro Vinciarelli |
10:30 - 11:30 | Coffee/Tea + Demos |
11:30 - 13:05 | Talks 8 – Social, cultural models and agents: 5 talks |
13:05 - 14:15 | LUNCH |
14:15 - 15:35 | Talks 9 – Tools and techniques: 4 talks |
15:35 | Farewell |
Detailed Programme (preliminary version)
NB: Please note that the presentation will be:
- Talk - L (Long paper): 25 minutes (20 min talk + 5 min questions)
- Talk - S (Short paper): 15 minutes (10 min talk + 5 min questions)
- Poster
- Poster size: A0 landscape.
- Poster panels will be available from 9:00 until 19:30 on Thursday 29th.
- To mount your poster on a panel, please use the mounting tabs that can be collected at the registration desk.
THURSDAY 29th August
Talks 1 – Cognitive Models
Using A Parameterized Memory Model to Modulate NPC AI - L
Weizi Li, John Balint, Jan AllbeckDyBaNeM: Bayesian Episodic Memory Framework for Intelligent Virtual Agents - L
Rudolf Kadlec, Cyril BromSelf-Organizing Cognitive Models for Virtual Agents - L
Yilin Kang, Ah-Hwee TanAre you thinking what I'm thinking? An Evaluation of a Simplified Theory of Mind - L
Ning Wang, Stacy Marsella, David PynadathCensys: A Model for Distributed Embodied Cognition - S
Tiago Ribeiro, Marco Vala, Ana Paiva
Talks 2 – Applications 1-Health
Automated Promotion of Technology Acceptance by Clinicians Using Relational Agents – L
Timothy Bickmore, Laura Vardoulakis, Michael Paasche-Orlow, Brian JackVirtual agents as daily assistants for elderly or mentally handicapped persons - Studies on acceptance and interaction feasibility - L
Ramin Yaghoubzadeh, Marcel Kramer, Karola Pitsch, Stefan KoppModelling Brief Alcohol Intervention Dialogue with MDPs for Delivery by ECAs - L
Ugan Yasavur, Christine Lisetti, Naphtali RisheGendering the Machine: Preferred Virtual Assistant Gender and Realism in Self-service – S
Jeunese Payne, Andrea Szymkowiak, Paul Robertson, Graham Johnson
Talks 3 – Applications 2
Cicero - Towards a Multimodal Virtual Audience Platform for Public Speaking Training – L
Ligia Batrinca, Giota Stratou, Stefan Scherer, Ari Shapiro, Louis-Philippe MorencyA Question-answering Agent using Speech Driven Non-Linear Machinima – S
Anuj Tewari, Timothy Brown, John CannyA Virtual Agent as Vocabulary Trainer: Iconic Gestures Help to Improve Learners’ Memory Performance - S
Kirsten Bergmann, Manuela MacedoniaUsing Linguistic Alignment to enhance Learning Experience with Pedagogical Agents: the Special Case of Dialect – S
Vivien Kühne, Astrid Marieke Rosenthal-von der Pütten, Nicole KrämerA Virtual Patient to Assess Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Nurses’ Pain Assessment and Intervention Practices – S
Sangyoon Lee, Cynthia LaFond, Andrew Johnson, Catherine Vincent, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot
FRIDAY 30th August
Talks 4 – Dialogue, Language, Speech 1
Controlling the Listener Response Rate of Virtual Agents - L
Iwan de Kok, Dirk HeylenThe Influence of Prosody on the Requirements for Gesture-Text Alignment – S
Yingying Wang, Michael Neff
Talks 5 – Dialogue, Language, Speech 2
Prediction of Visual Backchannels in the Absence of Visual Context Using Mutual Influence – L
Derya Ozkan, Louis-Philippe MorencyModelling the semantic coordination of speech and gesture under cognitive and linguistic constraints – L
Kirsten Bergmann, Sebastian Kahl, Stefan KoppModelling Multimodal Behaviours From Speech Prosody – L
Yu Ding, Catherine Pelachaud, Thierry ArtieresAn Examination of Whether People Prefer Agents Whose Gestures Mimic Their Own – S
Pengcheng Luo, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Michael NeffImpact of Varying Vocabularies on Controlling Motion of a Virtual Actor – S
Klaus Förger, Timo Honkela, Tapio Takala
Talks 6 – Non-verbal behaviour 1
Conversational Gaze Aversion for Virtual Agents – L
Sean Andrist, Bilge Mutlu, Michael GleicherFrom a User-Created Corpus of Virtual Agent's Non-Verbal Behaviour to a Computational Model of Interpersonal Attitudes – L
Brian Ravenet, Magalie Ochs, Catherine Pelachaud
Talks 7 – Non-verbal behaviour 2
Explaining the Variability of Human Nonverbal Behaviours in Face-to-Face Interaction – S
Lixing Huang, Jonathan GratchHead motion analysis and synthesis over different tasks – S
Atef Ben Youssef, Hiroshi Shimodaira, David BraudeUsing Virtual Agents to Guide Attention in Multi-task Scenarios – S
Philipp Kulms, Stefan KoppGesture with meaning – S
Margaux Lhommet, Stacy Marsella
SATURDAY 31st August
Talks 8 – Social, cultural models and agents
Conceptualizing Social Power for Agents - L
Gonçalo Pereira, Rui Prada, Pedro A. SantosSocial Importance Dynamics: A Model for Culturally-Adaptive Agents – L
Samuel Mascarenhas, Ana Paiva, Rui Prada, Gert Jan HofstedeLooking Real and Making Mistakes – S
Yuqiong Wang, Peter Khooshabeh, Jonathan GratchWhat’s going on? Multi-Sense Attention for Virtual Agents – S
John Balint, Jan AllbeckA Qualitative Evaluation of Social Support by an Empathic Agent – S
Janneke van der Zwaan, Virginia Dignum, Catholijn Jonker
Talks 9 – Tools and techniques
All Together Now, Introducing the Virtual Human Toolkit – L
Arno Hartholt, David Traum, Stacy Marsella, Ari Shapiro, Giota Stratou, Anton Leuski, Louis-Philippe Morency, Jonathan GratchReal-Time Behavioral Animation of Humanoid Non-Player Characters with a Computational Ecosystem – L
Rui Antunes, Frederic LeymarieJudging Personality Using an Open-Ended Question – S
Kris Liu, Jackson Tolins, Jean Fox Tree, Marilyn Walker, Michael NeffAn affective virtual agent providing embodied feedback in the paired associate task: system design and evaluation – S
Christian Becker-Asano, Philip Stahl, Marco Ragni, Matthieu Courgeon, Jean-Claude MARTIN, Bernhard Nebel
POSTERS
Expressive Animation: Towards a Procedural Solution
Ewan McGregor, Robin SloanInteractive Machine Learning for Virtual Agents
Marco Gillies, Andrea KleinsmithAn Eye Movement Model for the Purpose of Emotional Expression
Chen Jiang, Jun Yu, Zengfu WangEffects of Users’ Social Skill on Evaluations of a Virtual Agent That Exhibits Self-adaptors
Tomoko KodaActivity Planning for Long-Term Relationships
William Coon, Charles Rich, Candace SidnerRealistic facial animation driven by a single-camera video
Changwei Luo, Jun Yu, Zengfu WangThe INGREDIBLE Database: A First Step toward Dynamic Coupling in Human-Virtual Agent Body Interaction
Igor Stankovic, Pierre De Loor, Virginie Demulier, Alexis Nédélec, Elisabetta BevacquaOpenBMLParser: an Open Source BML Parser/Analyzer
Herwin van WelbergenA companion robot that can tell stories
Carole Adam, Lawrence CavedonTowards mapping and segmentation of very large scale spaces with intelligent virtual agents
Katrina Samperi, Nick Hawes, Russell BealeA Character Agent System for Promoting Service-Minded Communication
Kaoru Sumi, Ryuji EbataA Speech-enabled Intelligent Agent for Pedestrian Navigation and Tourist Information
Srinivasan Janarthanam, Oliver Lemon, Phil Bartie, Tiphaine Dalmas, Xingkun Liu, William Mackaness, Bonnie WebberWhat did Spot Hide?: A Question-Answering Game for Preschool Children
Anuj Tewari, Peiyi Ko, John CannyA Software Framework for Social Cue-based Interaction with a Virtual Recruiter
Ionut Damian, Tobias Baur, Patrick Gebhard, Kaska Porayska-Pomsta, Elisabeth AndreSize Certainly Matters - at Least if You Are a Gesticulating Digital Character: The Impact of Gesture Amplitude on Addressees’ Information Uptake
Mette Clausen-Bruun, Tobias Ek, Magnus HaakeA Procedural Approach to Simulate Virtual Agents Behaviors in Indoor Environments
Laura Flach, Vinicius Cassol, Fernando Marson, Soraia MusseAnimating Mixed Emotions: Can Basic Emotion Blends be Recognized from a Virtual Face?
Meeri Mäkäräinen, Jari Kätsyri, Tapio TakalaA Thousand Words Paint a Picture - Examining Interviewer Effects with Virtual Agents
Jennifer Klatt, Astrid Marieke Rosenthal-von der Pütten, Laura Hoffmann, Nicole KrämerDeep Conversations on a Flat Screen? A Comparison of Virtual Agents in Videos and Immersive Virtual Environments
Jennifer Klatt, Nicole KrämeryaPOSH Action Selection
Jakub Gemrot, Jan Havlíček, Michal Bída, Rudolf Kadlec, Cyril BromSocial Identity Bias in Agents’ Rational Decision
Joana Dimas, Phil Lopes, Guida Preto, Pedro A. Santos, Rui PradaTell me a story: A comparative study of child interaction with virtual characters and adults
Ovidiu SERBAN, Alexandre PAUCHET, Anne Bersoult, Emilie ChanoniA Dynamic Persuasive Dialogue Model for Encouraging Social Interaction for Older Adults
Judith Masthoff, Nir Oren, Matt Dennis, John Paul Vargheese, Somayajulu SripadaThe University of Edinburgh Head-motion and Audio Storytelling (UoE-HAS) Dataset
David Braude, Hiroshi Shimodaira, Atef Ben YoussefIncremental, Adaptive and Interruptive Speech Realization for Fluent Conversation with ECAs
David Schlangen, Herwin van Welbergen, Timo Baumann, Stefan KoppThe Effect of Multiple Modalities on the Perception of a Listening Agent
Ronald Poppe, Mark ter Maat, Dirk HeylenWho is the Werewolf?
Mei Yii Lim, Ruth Aylett, Joao Dias, Birgit Endrass, Eva Krumhuber, Gert Jan Hofstede, Lynne HallEvaluating the Impact of ECAs on User Navigation Performance and Perception
Ioannis Doumanis, Adalet Serengul SmithModelling Social Power Intelligent Agents
Gonçalo Pereira, Rui Prada, Pedro A. SantosEvaluating the accessibility of ECA-based information presentation systems
Ioannis Doumanis, Adalet Serengul SmithFinding the Timings for a Guide Agent to Intervene User-user Conversation to Provide Information Actively
Shochi Otogi, Hung-Hsuan Huang, Ryo Hotta, Kyoji KawagoeGestural adaptation in matched and mismatched extravert-introvert pairs and implications for IVAs
Jackson Tolins, Kris Liu, Yingying Wang, Jean Fox Tree, Marilyn Walker, Michael NeffWeb-enabled 3D talking avatars based on WebGL and HTML5
Jonas Beskow, Kalin Stefanov“Deus-Ex” - Interactive Machinima Movies for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Pablo Paredes, Anuj Tewari, John Canny
Demos
High-fidelity automated speech animation
Michael BergerSocial attitude influence on the nonverbal behavior of an agent
Brian RavenetCereProc's Emotional Text-to-Speech
Chris PidcockUser Experiences in Virtual Agents
Kate HoCerebella: Generating virtual human performances from speech and text
Margot Lhommet, Teresa Dey, Stacy MarsellaInteractive Machine Learning for Virtual Agents
Marco GilliesMIXER (Moderating Interactions for Cross-Cultural Empathic Relationships)
Mei Yii LimTRAVELLER: An Agent Based Application for Intercultural Training.
Samuel Mascarenhas, Christopher RitterLooking real and making mistakes
Yuqiong Wang, Peter Khooshabeh, Jonathan GratchModeling Multimodal Behaviors From Speech Prosody
Yu DingThe Furhat Social Companion Talking Head
Samer Al Moubayed, Jonas Beskow and Gabriel Skantze