In recent years, conversational agents (CAs) have become ubiquitous and are a presence in
our daily routines. It seems that the technology has finally ripened to advance the use of CAs …

In recent years, research has emerged to quantitatively and qualitatively understand
occupants' interactions with buildings. However, there has been surprisingly little research …

With the continuously growing usage of collaborative robots in industry, the need for
achieving a seamless human–robot interaction has also increased, considering that it is a …

Ambient intelligence is an emerging discipline that brings intelligence to our everyday
environments and makes those environments sensitive to us. Ambient intelligence (AmI) …

We explain basic features of an emerging area called Intelligent Environments. We give a
short overview on how it has developed, what is the current state of the art and what are the …

Over the years, the various mediums available for storytelling have progressively expanded,
from spoken to written word, then to film, and now to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented …

Advances in the miniaturization of electronics is allowing computing devices with various
capabilities and interfaces to become part of our daily life. Sensors, actuators, and …

Language and action have been found to share a common neural basis and in particular a
common 'syntax', an analogous hierarchical and compositional organization. While …

Unaware behaviors of occupants can affect energy consumption even more than incorrect
installations and building envelope inefficiencies, with significant overconsumptions widely …

Over last two decades, Speaker Recognition has primarily been focused on source, system,
and prosodic features of the speech. The breath, however, has either been treated as a …