The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents provides a comprehensive overview of the
research fields of Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social …

This meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively review empirical studies on the effect of
chatbots on learning and quantitatively synthesize their findings to produce an overall effect …

In the realm of smart services, smart personal assistants (SPAs) have become a popular
medium for value co-creation between service providers and users. The market success of …

We present a computational framework for automatically quantifying verbal and nonverbal
behaviors in the context of job interviews. The proposed framework is trained by analyzing …

Objectives To assess advanced communication skills among second-year medical students
exposed either to a computer simulation (MPathic-VR) featuring virtual humans, or to a …

Good public speaking skills convey strong and effective communication, which is critical in
many professions and used in everyday life. The ability to speak publicly requires a lot of …

The TARDIS project aims to build a scenario-based serious-game simulation platform for
NEETs and job-inclusion associations that supports social training and coaching in the …

Persuasive technologies aim to influence user's behaviors. In order to be effective, many of
the persuasive technologies developed so far relies on user's motivation and ability, which is …

One of the biggest difficulties faced by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder during their
learning process and general life, is communication and social interaction. In recent years …

Social skills training, performed by human trainers, is a well-established method for
obtaining appropriate skills in social interaction. Previous work automated the process of …