Companion-technology is an emerging field of cross-disciplinary research. It aims at
develo** technical systems that appear as “Companions” to their users. They serve as co …

In various social, work-related, or educational contexts, an increasing demand for intelligent
assistance systems can be observed. In this paper, we present a domain-independent …

Human-computer trust has shown to be a critical factor in influencing the complexity and
frequency of interaction in technical systems. Particularly incomprehensible situations in …

Recent trends in human–computer interaction (HCI) show a development towards cognitive
technical systems (CTS) to provide natural and efficient operating principles. To do so, a …

The properties of multimodality, individuality, adaptability, availability, cooperativeness and
trustworthiness are at the focus of the investigation of Companion Systems. In this article, we …

This article joins the fields of emotion recognition and human computer interaction. While
much work has been done on recognizing emotions, they are hardly used to improve a …

Technical systems evolve from simple dedicated task solvers to cooperative and competent
assistants, hel** the user with increasingly complex and demanding tasks. For this, they …

Accessibility of Web-pages and of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in general is a major
concern for their creation and, in particular, their automated generation. While automated …

This article presents a context adaptive approach for multimodal interaction for the use in
cognitive technical systems, so called companion systems. A system architecture is …

Ubiquitous computing is characterized by the integration of computing aspects into the
physical environment. Physical objects gain digital sensing, processing, and communication …