Intelligent Virtual Agents: 4th International Workshop, IVA 2003, Kloster Irsee, Germany, September 15-17, 2003, Proceedings,9783540200031

Intelligent Virtual Agents: 4th International Workshop, IVA 2003, Kloster Irsee, Germany, September 15-17, 2003, Proceedings

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ISBN13: 9783540200031
ISBN10: 3540200037
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Pub. Date: 2003-09-01
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2003, held in Kloster Irsee, Germany in September 2003.The 63 revised papers and abstracts presented together with a keynote paper were carefully reviewed for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on interface agents and conversational agents; emotion and believability; expressive animation; embodiment and situatedness; motion planning; models, architectures, and tools; mobile and portable IVAs; narration and storytelling; evaluation and design methodologies; and education and training.

Table of Contents

Keynote Speech
Interactive Pedagogical Drama: Carmen's Bright IDEAS Assessed
1(4)
S.C. Marsella
Interface Agents and Conversational Agents
Happy Chatbot, Happy User
5(8)
G. Tatai
A. Csordas
A. Kiss
A. Szalo
L. Laufer
Interactive Agents Learning Their Environment
13(5)
M. Hildebrand
A. Eliens
Z. Huang
C. Visser
Socialite in derSpittelberg: Incorporating Animated Conversation into a Web-Based Community-Building Tool
18(5)
B. Krenn
B. Neumayr
FlurMax: An Interactive Virtual Agent for Entertaining Visitors in a Hallway
23(4)
B. Jung
S. Kopp
When H.C. Andersen Is Not Talking Back
27(4)
N.O. Bernsen
Emotion and Believability
Emotion in Intelligent Virtual Agents: The Flow Model of Emotion
31(8)
L. Morgado
G. Gaspar
The Social Credit Assignment Problem
39(9)
W. Mao
J. Gratch
Adding the Emotional Dimension to Scripting Character Dialogues
48(9)
P. Gebhard
M. Kipp
M. Klesen
T. Rist
Synthetic Emotension
57(5)
C. Martinho
M. Gomes
A. Paiva
FantasyA -- The Duel of Emotions
62(5)
R. Prada
M. Vala
A. Paiva
K. Hook
A. Bullock
Double Bind Situations in Man-Machine Interaction under Contexts of Mental Therapy
67(5)
T. Nomura
Expressive Animation
Happy Characters Don't Feel Well in Sad Bodies!
72(8)
M. Vala
A. Paiva
M.R. Gomes
Reusable Gestures for Interactive Web Agents
80(8)
Z. Ruttkay
Z. Huang
A. Eliens
A Model of Interpersonal Attitude and Posture Generation
88(5)
M. Gillies
D. Ballin
Modelling Gaze Behaviour for Conversational Agents
93(8)
C. Pelachaud
M. Bilvi
A Layered Dynamic Emotion Representation for the Creation of Complex Facial Expressions
101(5)
E. Tanguy
P. Willis
J. Bryson
Eye-Contact Based Communication Protocol in Human-Agent Interaction
106(5)
H. Nonaka
M. Kurihara
Embodiment and Situatedness
Embodied in a Look: Bridging the Gap between Humans and Avatars
111(8)
N. Courty
G. Breton
D. Pele
Modelling Accessibility of Embodied Agents for Multi-modal Dialogue in Complex Virtual Worlds
119(8)
D. Sampath
J. Rickel
Bridging the Gap between Language and Action
127(9)
T. Takenobu
K. Tomofumi
S. Suguru
O. Manabu
VideoDIMs as a Framework for Digital Immortality Applications
136(5)
D. DeGroot
Motion Planning
Motion Path Synthesis for Intelligent Avatar
141(9)
F. Liu
R. Liang
``Is It Within My Reach?'' -- An Agents Perspective
150(9)
Z. Huang
A. Eliens
C. Visser
Simulating Virtual Humans Across Diverse Situations
159(5)
B. Mac Namee
S. Dobbyn
P. Cunningham
C. O'Sullivan
A Model for Generating and Animating Groups of Virtual Agents
164(6)
M. Becker Villamil
S. Raupp Musse
L.P. Luna de Oliveira
Scripting Choreographies
170(5)
S.M. Grunvogel
S. Schwichtenberg
Behavioural Animation of Autonomous Virtual Agents Helped by Reinforcement Learning
175(6)
T. Conde
W. Tambellini
D. Thalmann
Modells, Architectures, and Tools
Designing Commercial Applications with Life-like Characters
181(1)
A. Reinecke
Comparing Different Control Architectures for Autobiographic Agents in Static Virtual Environments
182(10)
W.C. Ho
K. Dautenhahn
C.L. Nehaniv
KGBot: A BDI Agent Deploying within a Complex 3D Virtual Environment
192(5)
I.-C. Kim
Using the BDI Architecture to Produce Autonomous Characters in Virtual Worlds
197(5)
J.A. Torres
L.P. Nedel
R.H. Bordini
Programmable Agent Perception in Intelligent Virtual Environments
202(5)
S. Vosinakis
T. Panayiotopoulos
Mediating Action and Music with Augmented Grammars
207(5)
P. Casella
A. Paiva
Charisma Cam: A Prototype of an Intelligent Digital Sensory Organ for Virtual Humans
212(5)
M. Bechinie
K. Grammer
Mobile and Portable IVAs
Life-like Characters for the Personal Exploration of Active Cultural Heritage
217(1)
A. Kruger
Agent Chameleons: Virtual Agents Real Intelligence
218(8)
G.M.P. O'Hare
B.R. Duffy
B. Schon
A.N. Martin
J.F. Bradley
A Scripting Language for Multimodal Presentation on Mobile Phones
226(5)
S. Saeyor
S. Mukherjee
K. Uchiyama
M. Ishizuka
Narration and Storytelling
Interacting with Virtual Agents in Mixed Reality Interactive Storytelling
231(5)
M. Cavazza
O. Martin
F. Charles
S.J. Mead
X. Marichal
An Autonomous Real-Time Camera Agent for Interactive Narratives and Games
236(8)
A. Hornung
G. Lakemeyer
G. Trogemann
Solving the Narrative Paradox in VEs -- Lessons from RPGs
244(5)
S. Louchart
R. Aylett
That's My Point! Telling Stories from a Virtual Guide Perspective
249(5)
J. Ibanez
R. Aylett
R. Ruiz-Rodarte
Virtual Actors in Interactivated Storytelling
254(5)
I.A. Iurgel
Symbolic Acting in a Virtual Narrative Environment
259(5)
L. Schafer
B. Bokan
A. Oldroyd
Enhancing Believability Using Affective Cinematograhy
264(5)
J. Laaksolathi
N. Bergmark
E. Hedlund
Agents with No Aims: Motivation-Driven Continous Planning
269(5)
N. Avradinis
R. Aylett
Evaluation and Design Methodologies
Analysis of Virtual Agent Communities by Means of AI Techniques and Visualization
274(9)
D. Kadlecek
D. Rehor
P. Nahodil
P. Slavik
Persona Effect Revisited
283(9)
H. Prendinger
S. Mayer
J. Mori
M. Ishizuka
Effects of Embodied Interface Agents and Their Gestural Activity
292(9)
N.C. Kramer
B. Tietz
G. Bente
Embodiment and Interaction Guidelines for Designing Credible, Trustworthy Embodied Conversational Agents
301(9)
A.J. Cowell
K.M. Stanney
Animated Characters in Bullying Intervention
310(5)
S. Woods
L. Hall
D. Sobral
K. Dautenhahn
D. Wolke
Embodied Conversational Agents: Effects on Memory Performance and Anthropomorphisation
315(5)
R.-J. Beun
E. de Vos
C. Witteman
Agents across Cultures
320(5)
S. Payr
R. Trappl
Education and Training
Steve Meets Jack: The Integration of an Intelligent Tutor and a Virtual Environment with Planning Capabilities
325(8)
G. Mendez
J. Rickel
A. de Antonio
Machiavellian Characters and the Edutainment Paradox
333(8)
D. Sobral
I. Machado
A. Paiva
Socially Intelligent Tutor Agents
341(7)
D. Heylen
A. Nijholt
R. op den Akker
M. Vissers
Multimodal Training Between Agents
348(6)
M. Rehm
Posters
Intelligent Camera Direction in Virtual Storytelling
354(1)
B. Bokan
L. Schafer
Exploring an Agent-Driven 3D Learning Environment for Computer Graphics Education
355(1)
W. Hu
J. Zhu
Z.G. Pan
An Efficient Synthetic Vision System for 3D Multi-character Systems
356(2)
M. Lozano
R. Lucia
F. Barber
F. Grimaldo
A. Lucas
A. Fornes
Avatar Arena: Virtual Group-Dynamics in Multi-character Negotiation Scenarios
358(1)
M. Schmitt
T. Rist
Emotional Behaviour Animation of Virtual Humans in Intelligent Virtual Environments
359(1)
Z. Liu
Z.G. Pan
Empathic Virtual Agents
360(1)
C. Zoll
S. Enz
H. Schaub
Improving Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Using Emotions in a Multi-agent System
361(2)
R. Daneshvar
C. Lucas
Author Index 363

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