The ubiquity of social media platforms that increasingly foreground visuals over text has led
to a rise in organization-generated visual content. This study addresses an underexamined …

People can understand how human interaction unfolds and can pinpoint social attitudes
such as showing interest or social engagement with a conversational partner. However …

The objective of this work is to perform a Systematic Map** Study (SMS) on works that
deal with the combined use of Multi-agent Systems (MAS) and Virtual Reality (VR). 83 …

In the recent years, engagement modeling has gained increasing attention due the
important role it plays in human-agent interaction. The agent should be able to detect, in real …

Multimodal communication is essential in human interactions, as it allows for a more
comprehensive and nuanced exchange of information and emotions. The use of multiple …

Politeness behaviors could affect individuals' decisions heavily in their daily lives and may
therefore also play an important role in human-agent interactions. This study considers the …

While most research has focused on one-on-one interactions, Socially Interactive Agents
(SIAs) for multiparty interaction have received increasingly more atten tion in the past years …

A social interaction implies a social exchange between two or more persons, where they
adapt and adjust their behaviors in response to their interaction partners. With the growing …

When modeling life-like Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs), conveying politeness
through verbal and nonverbal behaviors with persuasive intents is a significant challenge …

Politeness and embodiment are pivotal elements in human-agent interactions. While many
previous works advocate the positive role of embodiment in enhancing these interactions, it …