Ana Paiva

TL;DR: It is proposed how a combination of artificial intelligence advances and a better conceptual definition of the role of social sciences in HRI research may prove to be beneficial, to strengthen the impact and effectiveness of social scientists working in Hri, and thereby better prepare the field for future challenges.

TL;DR: MIXER as discussed by the authors, a technology enhance educational application focused at supporting children in learning about cultural conflict, achieved through the use of a game with an effective embodied AI agent, is being developed reusing existing technology applied to a different context and purpose with the aim of creating an educational and enjoyable experience for 9-11 year olds.

TL;DR: In this paper, a synthetic character was animated with the gestures, emotions and facial expressions used by a real actor in a children's story, and the pitch, duration and energy of the recorded speech were copied to the synthetic speech generated with a FESTIVAL-based LPC-diphone synthesizer.

TL;DR: The concept of a Director is extended and does not only have the role of supervising the acting in a play where every actor knows his/her role in a well-known plot, but to supervise the role being played by a set of autonomous virtual characters and to provide support to the users that engage in the story by controlling and commanding virtual actors.

TL;DR: An overall description of a model of social behaviour that allows a flexible parametrisation of cultural expectations that is associated to how people perceive and treat others from a socio-relational perspective is provided.