Doctoral Consortium
DC Chairs: Tim Bickmore, Northeastern University, USA; Beatrice Biancardi, CESI LINEACT, France
| Start | Activity |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Welcome & Introductions by all |
| 09:30 | Keynote: David Traum, USC Institute for Creative Technologies, USA |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Student presentations (10+5 Q&A) x 6 11:00-11:15: Ana Antunes (Instituto Superior Técnico, INESC-ID), Exploring the Synergy of Machine Learning and Symbolic Reasoning in Memory-Driven Long-Term Interactions 11:15-11:30: Muhammad Hassan Ali Bajwa (Macquarie University): Personality-driven ethically-aware agents in serious games for cyber security ethical training 11:30-11:45: Monika Byrne (University of Auckland): Empathic communication training in healthcare using Virtual Patients 11:45-12:00: Lucie Galland (ISIR, Sorbonne University) : Towards an adaptive dialogue model for cognitive behavioral therapy 12:00-12:15: Elisabeth Ganal (Human-Computer Interaction, University of Würzburg): Estimating Human Interruptibility in Social Contexts 12:15-12:30: Evdoxia Eirini Lithoxoidou (University of Sheffield): Exploring the synergy of Emotion and Intelligence in Virtual Agents |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Student presentations (10+5 Q&A) x 2 14:00-14:15: Alice Delbosc (Davi, The Humanizers): Conflict management training in the workplace through simulation with socio-affective embodied conversational agent 14:15-14:30: Ian Steenstra (Northeastern University): Intelligent Virtual Agents for Reducing PTSD Symptoms & Enhancing Romantic Relationships in Veterans |
| 14:30 | Meet with mentors Ana Antunes – Stefan Olafsson, Reykjavik University Hassan Bajwa – Benjamin Lok, University of Florida (remotely) Monika Byrne – Tim Bickmore, Northeastern University Lucie Galland – David Traum, USC ICT Elisabeth Ganal – Beatrice Biancardi, CESI LINEACT Alice Delbosc – Reyhan Aydogan, Özyeğin University Ian Steenstra – Stacy Marsella, Northeastern University (remotely) Evdoxia Eirini Lithoxoidou – Pierre Raimbaud, ENISE, Ecole Centrale de Lyon |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | Flash talks (2 minutes each to advertise poster) |
| 16:30 | Poster session |
| 17:00 | Open discussion |
| 17:15 | End |