When used as an interface in the context of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), a social robot
should not just provide a task-oriented support. It should also try to establish a social …

In this paper, we propose a peer-to-peer based mobile environment consisting of stations
providing semantic services and users with mobile devices which manage their owner's …

Embodied agents are often designed with the ability to simulate human emotion. This paper
investigates the psychological impact of simulated emotional expressions on computer …

It was analyzed whether an embodied conversational agent (ECA) has specific advantages
when employed with privacy invading technologies such as a biometric security system. The …

In everyday life, one increasingly encounters virtual characters. Virtual (online) worlds, on
the one hand, are populated by avatars, that is, mediated human interlocutors represented …

Life-like characters are one of the most exciting technologies for humancomputer interface
applications. They convincingly take the roles of virtual presenters, synthetic actors and …

In the context of Ambient Assisted Living, assistance and care are delegated to the
intelligence embedded in the environment that, in our opinion, should provide not only a …

Recently, many national and international initiatives show an increasing interest in
promoting distance education interventions by Universities. These directives aim at …

Ambient Intelligence solutions may provide a great opportunity for elder people to live longer
at home. When assistance and care are delegated to the intelligence embedded in the …

In this paper, we present the first results of a research aiming at develo** an intelligent
agent able to interact with users in public spaces through a touch screen or a personal …