Modeling Communication with Robots and Virtual Humans

Edited by I. Wachsmuth and G. Knoblich

Berlin: Springer Verlag 2008, 335 pages, ISBN 978-3-540-79036-5

Emanating from the ZiF: Workshop of April 5 - 8, 2006.

Contents

• M. Rehm, E. Andre: From Annotated Multimodal Corpora to Simulated Human-Like Behaviors
• S. Kopp, J. Allwood, K. Grammer, E. Ahlsen, T. Stocksmeier: Modeling Embodied Feedback with Virtual Humans
• T. Sowa: The Recognition and Comprehension of Hand Gestures - A Review and Research Agenda
• M. Stone, I. Oh: Modeling Facial Expression of Uncertainty in Conversational Animation
• M. Schilling, H. Cruse: The Evolution of Cognition - From First Order to Second Order Embodiment
• Y. Matsusaka: History and Current Researches on Building a Human Interface for Humanoid Robots

• M. Loetzsch, R. van Trijp, L. Steels: Typological and Computational Investigations of Spatial Perspective
• K. R. Thorisson: Modeling Multimodal Communication as a Complex System
• B. Becker: Con-tact - On theProblem of the Absence of Eye Contact and Physical Contact in Virtual Interaction
• J. Gratch: True Emotion vs. Social Intentions in Nonverbal Communication: Towards a Synthesis for Embodied Conversational Agents
• I. Poggi, R. Niewiadomski, C. Pelachaud: Facial Deception in Humans and ECAs
• N. C. Krämer: Theory of Mind as a Theoretical Prerequisite to Model Communication with Virtual Humans
• D. Heylen: Listening Heads
• Y. Sandamirskaya, G. Schöner: Dynamic Field Theory and Embodied Communication
• I. Wachsmuth: 'I, Max' - Communicating with an Artificial Agent
• D. Traum: Talking to Virtual Humans: Dialogue Models and Methodologies for Embodied Conversational Agents
• H. Jaeger, D. Eck: Can't Get You Out of My Head: A Connectionist Model of Cyclic Rehearsal