Intelligent Virtual Agents: 16th International Conference, IVA 2016, Los Angeles, CA, USA, September 20–23, 2016, Proceedings PDF
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David Traum · William Swartout Peter Khooshabeh · Stefan Kopp Stefan Scherer · Anton Leuski (Eds.) 1 Intelligent 1 0 0 1 I Virtual Agents A N L 16th International Conference, IVA 2016 Los Angeles, CA, USA, September 20–23, 2016 Proceedings 123 fi Lecture Notes in Arti cial Intelligence 10011 Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNAI Series Editors Randy Goebel University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Yuzuru Tanaka Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Wolfgang Wahlster DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany LNAI Founding Series Editor Joerg Siekmann DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/1244 David Traum William Swartout (cid:129) Peter Khooshabeh Stefan Kopp (cid:129) Stefan Scherer Anton Leuski (Eds.) (cid:129) Intelligent Virtual Agents 16th International Conference, IVA 2016 – Los Angeles, CA, USA, September 20 23, 2016 Proceedings 123 Editors DavidTraum StefanKopp University of SouthernCalifornia UniversitätBielefeld LosAngeles, CA Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen USA Germany William Swartout StefanScherer University of SouthernCalifornia University of SouthernCalifornia LosAngeles, CA LosAngeles, CA USA USA PeterKhooshabeh AntonLeuski US ArmyResearch Laboratory University of SouthernCalifornia LosAngeles, CA LosAngeles, CA USA USA ISSN 0302-9743 ISSN 1611-3349 (electronic) Lecture Notesin Artificial Intelligence ISBN 978-3-319-47664-3 ISBN978-3-319-47665-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47665-0 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016954199 LNCSSublibrary:SL7–ArtificialIntelligence ©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG2016 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthe material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynow knownorhereafterdeveloped. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthispublication doesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevant protectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthisbookare believedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofpublication.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorsortheeditors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissionsthatmayhavebeenmade. Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface This volume presents the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Intel- ligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2016). The annual IVA conference represents the main interdisciplinaryscientificforumforpresentingresearchonmodeling,developing,and evaluatingintelligentvirtualagents(IVAs)withafocusoncommunicativeabilitiesand socialbehavior.IVAsareintelligentdigitalinteractivecharactersthatcancommunicate with humans and other agents using natural human modalities such as facial expres- sions, speech, gestures, and movement. They are capable of real-time perception, cognition, emotion, and action that allow them to participate in dynamic social envi- ronments. In addition to exploring theoretical issues, the conference showcases working applications. Constructing and studying IVAs requires knowledge, theories, methods,and tools from a wide range offields such as computer science, psychology, cognitive science, communication, linguistics, interactive media, human–computer interaction, and artificial intelligence. The IVA conference was started in 1998 as a Workshop on Intelligent Virtual Environments at the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Brighton, UK, andwasfollowedbyasimilaronein1999inSalford,Manchester,UK.Subsequently, dedicatedstand-aloneIVAconferencestookplaceinMadridin2001,Irsee,Germany, in 2003, and Kos, Greece, in 2005. In 2006 IVA became a full-fledged annual inter- national event, first held in Marina del Rey, California, followed by Paris in 2007, Tokyo in 2008, Amsterdam in 2009, Philadelphia in 2010, Reykjavik in 2011, Santa Cruz, California in 2012, Edinburgh in 2013, Boston in 2014, and Delft in 2015. IVA 2016 was held in Los Angeles, California, at the University of Southern Cali- fornia Institute for Creative Technologies. Befitting IVA’s Los Angeles location, this year’sspecialtopicwas“EntertainingVirtualAgents.”IVA2016soughttoemphasize the synergy between intelligent virtual agents and entertainment. The increasing capa- bilities of intelligent virtual agents are gaining attention from the entertainment com- munity, from non-player characters (NPCs) in video games to developing agents that immortalize famous people. The focus on entertainment cuts across a number of researchareasinintelligentvirtualagents,spanningseriousgamestoagentswhomirror emotionalexpressions.Virtualagentsareincreasinglydeployedasinteractivenarrative story-tellersandcompanions,aswellasentertainingandengagingpedagogicalagents. The interdisciplinary character of IVA 2016 and its special topic are underlined by the conference’s two renowned keynote speakers: – Jim Blascovich, Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara – Mark Walsh, Writer/Director/Animator/CEO, Motional Entertainment IVA 2016 received81 submissions. Out ofthe44 long paper submissions, only 12 were accepted for the long papers track. Furthermore, there were 18 short papers selected for the single-track paper session, while 33 poster papers and four interactive demos were on display. VI Preface Thisyear’sIVAalsoincludedthreeworkshops andtwohalf-day tutorialsthattook place before the main conference. The workshops were: – “Workshop on Chatbots and Conversational Agents (WOCHAT),” organized by Rafael E. Banchs, Ryuichiro Higashinaka, Wolfgang Minker, Joseph Mariani, and David Traum – “CanYouFeelMeNow?CreatingPhysiologicallyAwareVirtualAgents(PAVA),” organized by Glenn Fox – “Graphical and Robotic Embodied Agents for Therapeutic Systems GREATS16,” organized by Ruth Aylett and Pierre Philp The tutorials were: – “How to Build an Interactive Virtual Character,” organized by Zerrin Yumak – “TheSigmaCognitiveArchitectureandSystem,”organizedbyPaulS.Rosenbloom and Volkan Ustun IVA 2016 was locally organized by the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California. We would like to express thanks to the rest of the conference Organizing Committee, listed herein. We would also like to thank the scientific committees that helped shape this excellent conference program, the Senior Program Committee for takingon great responsibility and theProgram Committee for their time, effort, and constructive feedback to the authors. Additionally, we want to thank our keynote speakers for sharing their outstanding work and insights with the community. Further, we would like to thank our sponsors, including Alelo, Springer, and the organizers of IVA 2015 and the IVA Steering Committee. September 2016 Peter Khooshabeh Stefan Kopp Stefan Scherer David Traum William Swartout Organization Organizing Committee Conference Chair David Traum University of Southern California, USA William Swartout University of Southern California, USA Program Chair Peter Khooshabeh US Army Research Laboratory, USA Stefan Kopp CITEC, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany Stefan Scherer University of Southern California, USA Sponsorship Chair Ning Wang University of Southern California, USA Workshops and Tutorial Chair David Pynadath University of Southern California, USA Doctoral Consortium Chair Volkan Ustun University of Southern California, USA Posters and Demo Chair Arno Hartholt University of Southern California, USA Gala Chair Ari Shapiro University of Southern California, USA Publications Chair Anton Leuski University of Southern California, USA VIII Organization Publicity Chair Gale Lucas University of Southern California, USA Treasurer Rob Fuchs University of Southern California, USA Art and Design Grace Benn University of Southern California, USA Local Chairs Sharon Mozgai University of Southern California, USA Alesia Gainer University of Southern California, USA Senior Program Committee Rick Dale University of California, Merced, USA Jens Edlund KTH Speech, Music and Hearing, Sweden Timothy Bickmore Northeastern University, USA Sidney D’Mello University of Notre Dame, France Catherine Pelachaud CNRS-LTCI - Telecom-ParisTech, France Dominic Massaro UC Santa Cruz, USA Candy Sidner Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Khiet Truong University of Twente, The Netherlands Gary McKeown Queen’s University Belfast, UK Joakim Gustafson KTH, Sweden Joost Broekens TU Delft, The Netherlands Ruth Aylett Heriot-Watt University, UK Elisabeth Andre Universität Augsburg, Germany James Lester North Carolina State University, USA Stacy Marsella Northeastern University, USA Program Committee Kangsoo Kim University of Central Florida, USA Jim Blascovich UC Santa Barbara, USA Mathieu Chollet University of Southern California, USA Michael Neff UC Davis, USA Etienne de Sevin SANPSY, University of Bordeaux, France RadoslawNiewiadomski University of Genoa, Italy Angelo Cafaro CNRS-LTCI Telecom ParisTech, France Magalie Ochs Aix Marseille University, LSIS, France Elisabetta Bevacqua National Engineering School of Brest, France Organization IX Reid Swanson University of Southern California, USA Kirsten Bergmann Bielefeld University, Germany Andrew Olney University of Memphis, USA Laurel Riek University of Notre Dame, USA Kalin Stefanov KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Catharine Oertel KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden Nikita Mattar Bielefeld University, Germany Birgit Lugrin University of Würzburg, Germany Jana Götze KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Alexandra Paxton UC Berkeley, USA Slim Ouni University of Lorraine, France Benjamin Lok University of Florida, USA Antony Passaro U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA David DeVault University of Southern California, USA Nicolas Sabouret LIMSI-CNRS, France Astrid Rosenthal-von University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany der Pütten Hannes Vilhjalmsson Reykjavik University, Iceland Florian Pecune LTCI, CNRS, Telecom ParisTech, Universit Paris-Saclay, France Ha Trinh Northeastern University, USA João Dias Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Annika Silvervarg Linköping University, Sweden Lazlo Ring Northeastern University, USA Mei Si Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Hendrik Buschmeier Bielefeld University, Germany Leo Wanner Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain Lewis Johnson Alelo Inc., USA Marilyn Walker UC Santa Cruz, USA Elnaz Nouri University of Southern California, USA Luisa Coheur Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Brigitte Krenn Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria Iwan de Kok Bielefeld University, Germany Aline Normoyle Moon Collider, Ltd., UK Patrick Gebhard German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany Tibor Bosse Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Justus Robertson North Carolina State University, USA Emer Gilmartin Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Volkan Ustun University of Southern California, USA Helen Hastie Heriot-Watt University, UK
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