Beyond text and speech in conversational agents: Map** the design space of avatars

M Rashik, M Jasim, K Kucher, A Sarvghad… - Proceedings of the 2024 …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Conversational agents have gained widespread popularity due to their ability to simulate
and sustain contextual conversations. Prior works predominantly focused on computational …

How do users perceive deepfake personas? Investigating the deepfake user perception and its implications for human-computer interaction

I Kaate, J Salminen, SG Jung, H Almerekhi… - Proceedings of the 15th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Although deepfakes have a negative connotation in human-computer interaction (HCI) due
to their risks, they also involve many opportunities, such as communicating user needs in the …

Towards an Inclusive Framework for Remote Musical Education and Practices

C Rottondi, M Sacchetto, L Severi, A Bianco - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides an overview on inclusiveness in remote music education and
networked music performances, highlighting issues and difficulties encountered by users …

LoopBoxes--Evaluation of a Collaborative Accessible Digital Musical Instrument

A Förster, A Uhde, M Komesker, C Komesker… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
LoopBoxes is an accessible digital musical instrument designed to create an intuitive access
to loop based music making for children with special educational needs (SEN). This paper …

Guidelines to develop trustworthy conversational agents for children

M Escobar-Planas, E Gómez… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Conversational agents (CAs) embodied in speakers or chatbots are becoming very popular
in some countries, and despite their adult-centred design, they have become part of …

[HTML][HTML] “There Is something Rotten in Denmark”: Investigating the Deepfake persona perceptions and their Implications for human-centered AI

I Kaate, J Salminen, JM Santos, SG Jung… - Computers in Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although they often have a negative connotation due to their social risks, deepfakes have
the potential to improve HCI, human-centered AI, and user experience (UX). To investigate …

The perfect musical instrument does not exist: Experience reports for the development of accessible nimes

C Steinmeier, D Becking, M Kanders - Proceedings of the 15th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we describe the accessibility challenges that people with disabilities face when
making music in groups. Therefore we present a collection of experience reports from …

[HTML][HTML] Towards Children-Centred Trustworthy Conversational Agents

M Escobar-Planas, V Charisi, I Hupont… - Chatbots-The AI …, 2023 - intechopen.com
Conversational agents (CAs) have been increasingly used in various domains, including
education, health and entertainment. One of the growing areas of research is the use of CAs …

Trustworthy conversational agents for children

M Escobar Planas - 2025 - riunet.upv.es
[ES] Esta tesis explora el desarrollo de agentes conversacionales (ACs) confiables que
puedan interactuar con niños, en alineamiento con la iniciativa de la Comisión Europea …