AI-based digital assistants: Opportunities, threats, and research perspectives

A Maedche, C Legner, A Benlian, B Berger… - Business & Information …, 2019 - Springer
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming omnipresent; it permeates our work and private lives in
many areas. A key area of application is AI-based digital assistants, which are now …

[HTML][HTML] Design features of embodied conversational agents in ehealth: a literature review

S Ter Stal, LL Kramer, M Tabak, H op den Akker… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are gaining interest to elicit user engagement and
stimulate actual use of eHealth applications. In this literature review, we identify the …

Reducing task load with an embodied intelligent virtual assistant for improved performance in collaborative decision making

K Kim, CM de Melo, N Norouzi… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collaboration in a group has the potential to achieve more effective solutions for challenging
problems, but collaboration per se is not an easy task, rather a stressful burden if the …

[HTML][HTML] Embodied conversational agents for chronic diseases: sco** review

Z Jiang, X Huang, Z Wang, Y Liu, L Huang… - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are computer-generated animated
humanlike characters that interact with users through verbal and nonverbal behavioral cues …

[HTML][HTML] Embodied conversational agents providing Motivational Interviewing to improve health-related behaviors: Sco** review

J Mercado, IE Espinosa-Curiel… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are advanced human-like interfaces
that engage users in natural face-to-face conversations and interactions. These traits …

Perceived usefulness, satisfaction, ease of use and potential of a virtual companion to support the care provision for older adults

AL Jegundo, C Dantas, J Quintas, J Dutra, AL Almeida… - Technologies, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article reports a study aiming to determine the perceptions of older adults needing
formal care about the usefulness, satisfaction, and ease of use of CaMeLi, a virtual …

Enhancing sentient embodied conversational agents with machine learning

D Tellols, M Lopez-Sanchez, I Rodríguez… - Pattern Recognition …, 2020 - Elsevier
Within the area of intelligent User Interfaces, we propose what we call Sentient Embodied
Conversational Agents (SECAs): virtual characters able to engage users in complex …

The TTS-driven affective embodied conversational agent EVA, based on a novel conversational-behavior generation algorithm

M Rojc, I Mlakar, Z Kačič - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2017 - Elsevier
As a result of the convergence of different services delivered over the internet protocol,
internet protocol television (IPTV) may be regarded as the one of the most widespread user …

Optimizing appreciation and persuasion of embodied conversational agents for health behavior change: A design experiment and focus group study

LL Kramer, L van Velsen, BC Mulder… - Health Informatics …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) can increase user engagement and involvement
and can strengthen the effect of an intervention on health outcomes that is provided via an …

[PDF][PDF] Algorithmic Transparency of Conversational Agents.

S Hepenstal, N Kodagoda, L Zhang, P Paudyal… - IUI Workshops, 2019 - ceur-ws.org
ABSTRACT A lack of algorithmic transparency is a major barrier to the adoption of artificial
intelligence technologies within contexts which require high risk and high consequence …