Doctoral Consortium
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The DC will not take place in the conference hotel, but at The University of Glasgow, Main Campus.
Location: James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Room 430

Chairs: Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson, Hannes@ru.is (Reykjavik University), Laura B. Hensel, Laura.Hensel@glasgow.ac.uk (University of Glasgow)
Start | Activity |
09:00 | Breakfast |
09:30 | Welcome & Introductions |
10:00 | Keynote: Carol O’Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin |
10:30 | Coffee Break |
11:00 | Student Presentations (10+10 Q&A) x 4 11:00-11:20: Taiyu Zhang (KU Leuven): Multimodal Interactive Agents for 3D Virtual Reality Environments 11:20-11:40: Téo Guichoux (ISIR, Sorbonne University): Multimodal Behavior Generation for Virtual Agents Animation 11:40-12:00: Julia Melgare (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul): Simulating Gaze during Locomotion in Natural Environments 12:00-12:20: Emma Mainza Chilufya (Linköping University): Human-Centered Design of Virtual Agents in Social Situations |
12:30 | Lunch |
13:30 | Student Presentations (10+10 Q&A) x 2 13:30-13:50: Matan Rubin (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Perceiving Empathy in Human Interactions and Machine-Human Interactions 13:50-14:10: Alireza Mahmoudi Kamelabad (KTH Royal Institute of Technology): Innovative Language Learning Using AI and Robot Environment 14:10-14:30: Asif Ahmmed (New Jersey Institute of Technology): Spatially Aware Embodied Intelligent Virtual Agents in Augmented Reality |
14:30 | Panel Discussion Panel members: Professor Carol O’Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin Dr. Mary Ellen Foster, University of Glasgow Dr. Agnes Axelsson, Delft University of Technology |
15:20 | Overview and Next Steps Information about the mentor sessions, upcoming poster session and proceedings |
15:30 | Coffee Break and Meet with Mentors |
17:00 | End |