Intelligent Virtual Agents and Culture

Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are interactive digital characters that exhibit human-like qualities and can communicate with humans and each other using natural human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and gesture. They are capable of real-time perception, cognition, emotion and action that allow them to participate in dynamic social environments.

Culture as a social phenomenon is researched with IVAs for about two decades. In our earlier research, we have focussed on modelling cultural background for IVAs based on national cultures or cultural dimensions. With IVAs that behave in a culture-specific manner (e.g. differences in verbal behaviour, communication management, gesture use, or body posture) differences between prototypical cultural behavioural features can be pointed out, cultural awareness can be raised, or specific user preferences can be met to increase the acceptance of IVAs.

In our recent research, we investigate IVAs in mixed-cultural settings, particularly when native speakers and non-native speakers meet. A crucial question is how an IVA can be recognized as foreign/outgroup. For example, non-native speech needs to be adequately generated to investigate behavioural phenomena occurring in such mixed-cultural settings.

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Adapted Foreigner-directed Communication towards Virtual Agents

Involved researchers

Prof. Dr. Birgit Lugrin

David Obremski (M.Sc.)

Related publications

2022[ to top ]

Exploratory Study on the Perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents With Non-Native Accents Using Synthetic and Natural Speech in German. Obremski, David; Hering, Helena Babette; Friedrich, Paula; Lugrin, Birgit. In INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION. ACM, 2022.
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@inproceedings{Obremski_2022, author = {Obremski, David and Hering, Helena Babette and Friedrich, Paula and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION}, keywords = {accent}, month = 11, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Exploratory Study on the Perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents With Non-Native Accents Using Synthetic and Natural Speech in German}, year = 2022 }

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The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents: 20 years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics Volume 2: Interactivity, Platforms, Application. Lugrin, Birgit; Pelachaud, Catherine; Traum, David. ACM, 2022.
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%0 Book %1 2022 %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Pelachaud, Catherine %A Traum, David %D 2022 %I ACM %R 10.1145/3563659 %T The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents: 20 years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics Volume 2: Interactivity, Platforms, Application %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3563659
Challenge Discussion on Socially Interactive Agents: Considerations on Social Interaction, Computational Architectures, Evaluation, and Ethics. Lugrin, Birgit; Pelachaud, Catherine; André, Elisabeth; Aylett, Ruth; Bickmore, Timothy; Breazeal, Cynthia; Broekens, Joost; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Gratch, Jonathan; Kopp, Stefan; Nadel, Jacqueline; Paiva, Ana; Wykowska, Agnieszka. In The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents: 20 years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics Volume 2: Interactivity, Platforms, Application, pp. 561–626. ACM, 2022.
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Preface. Lugrin, Birgit. In The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents: 20 years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics Volume 2: Interactivity, Platforms, Application, p. xxv-xl. ACM, 2022.
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The impact of mixed-cultural speech on the stereotypical perception of a virtual robot. Obremski, David; Friedrich, Paula; Haak, Nora; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9. Frontiers Media SA, 2022.
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2021[ to top ]

Non-native speaker perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents in two languages: the impact of amount and type of grammatical mistakes. Obremski, David; Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces. 2021.
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Having a mixed-cultural membership becomes increasingly common in our modern society. It is thus beneficial in several ways to create Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) that reflect a mixed-cultural background as well, e.g., for educational settings. For research with such IVAs, it is essential that they are classified as non-native by members of a target culture. In this paper, we focus on variations of IVAs' speech to create the impression of non-native speakers that are identified as such by speakers of two different mother tongues. In particular, we investigate grammatical mistakes and identify thresholds beyond which the agents is clearly categorised as a non-native speaker. Therefore, we conducted two experiments: one for native speakers of German, and one for native speakers of English. Results of the German study indicate that beyond 10{\%} of word order mistakes and 25{\%} of infinitive mistakes German-speaking IVAs are perceived as non-native speakers. Results of the English study indicate that beyond 50{\%} of omission mistakes and 50{\%} of infinitive mistakes English-speaking IVAs are perceived as non-native speakers. We believe these thresholds constitute helpful guidelines for computational approaches of non-native speaker generation, simplifying research with IVAs in mixed-cultural settings.

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2020[ to top ]

What if it speaks like it was from the village? Effects of a Robot speaking in Regional Language Variations on Users’ Evaluations. Lugrin, B.; Ströle, E.; Obremski, D.; Schwab, F.; Lange, B. In 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020), pp. 1315–1320. 2020.
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The present contribution investigates the effects of spoken language varieties, in particular non-standard / regional language compared to standard language (in our study: High German), in social robotics. Based on (media) psychological and sociolinguistic research, we assumed that a robot speaking in regional language (i.e., dialect and regional accent) would be considered less competent compared to the same robot speaking in standard language (H1). Contrarily, we assumed that regional language might enhance perceived social skills and likability of a robot, at least so when taking into account whether and how much the human observers making the evaluations talk in regional language themselves. More precisely, it was assumed that the more the study participants spoke in regional language, the better their ratings of the dialect-speaking robot on social skills and likeability would be (H2). We also investigated whether the robot’s gender (male vs. female voice) would have an effect on the ratings (RQ). H1 received full, H2 limited empirical support by the data, while the robot’s gender (RQ) turned out to be a mostly negligible factor. Based on our results, practical implications for robots speaking in regional language varieties are suggested.

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%0 Conference Paper %1 9223432 %A Lugrin, B. %A Ströle, E. %A Obremski, D. %A Schwab, F. %A Lange, B. %B 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020) %D 2020 %P 1315-1320 %R 10.1109/RO-MAN47096.2020.9223432 %T What if it speaks like it was from the village? Effects of a Robot speaking in Regional Language Variations on Users’ Evaluations %U https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9223432/ %X The present contribution investigates the effects of spoken language varieties, in particular non-standard / regional language compared to standard language (in our study: High German), in social robotics. Based on (media) psychological and sociolinguistic research, we assumed that a robot speaking in regional language (i.e., dialect and regional accent) would be considered less competent compared to the same robot speaking in standard language (H1). Contrarily, we assumed that regional language might enhance perceived social skills and likability of a robot, at least so when taking into account whether and how much the human observers making the evaluations talk in regional language themselves. More precisely, it was assumed that the more the study participants spoke in regional language, the better their ratings of the dialect-speaking robot on social skills and likeability would be (H2). We also investigated whether the robot’s gender (male vs. female voice) would have an effect on the ratings (RQ). H1 received full, H2 limited empirical support by the data, while the robot’s gender (RQ) turned out to be a mostly negligible factor. Based on our results, practical implications for robots speaking in regional language varieties are suggested.

2019[ to top ]

Non-Native Speaker Generation and Perception for Mixed-Cultural Settings. Obremski, David; Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents 2019. ACM, 2019.
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This paper presents an experiment evaluating the effects of virtual agents' language proficiency on whether they are perceived as a native speakers or not. Our first results indicate that beyond 10% word order mistakes and 25% infinitive mistakes, virtual agents are perceived as non-native speakers, even though their appearance and non-verbal behaviour were not altered. We believe these thresholds constitute interesting guidelines possibly simplifying the design of non-native speaker simulations.

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2018[ to top ]

A Pilot Study on Adaptive Gesture Use in Interaction with Non-native Listeners. Bergmann, Kirsten; Rull, Maria del Mar Cordero; Lugrin, Birgit. In 4th International Workshop on Multimodal Analyses Enabling Artificial Agents in Human-Machine Interaction, pp. 26–32. ACM, 2018.
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Given that human speakers adapt their communicative behavior towards non-native listeners -- a phenomenon known as foreigner talk or teacher talk -- the communicative behavior of an interactive, intelligent virtual agent (IIVA) should also to be adaptive towards the needs of non-native listeners. To investigate the question whether it makes sense to distinguish diferent degrees of language proficiency in non-native addressees when designing communicative behavior skills for IIVAs in mixed-cultural settings, we present first results from a pilot study that is meant to prepare a comprehensive corpus collection. Native speakers of German were asked to explain given German terms to non-native speakers of either low or intermediate language proficiency in German. Results showed significant differences in gesture frequency and also in the types and size of gestures being used, depending on the language proficiency of the non-native listener.

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%0 Conference Paper %1 bergmann2018pilot %A Bergmann, Kirsten %A Rull, Maria del Mar Cordero %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 4th International Workshop on Multimodal Analyses Enabling Artificial Agents in Human-Machine Interaction %D 2018 %I ACM %P 26-32 %T A Pilot Study on Adaptive Gesture Use in Interaction with Non-native Listeners %X Given that human speakers adapt their communicative behavior towards non-native listeners -- a phenomenon known as foreigner talk or teacher talk -- the communicative behavior of an interactive, intelligent virtual agent (IIVA) should also to be adaptive towards the needs of non-native listeners. To investigate the question whether it makes sense to distinguish diferent degrees of language proficiency in non-native addressees when designing communicative behavior skills for IIVAs in mixed-cultural settings, we present first results from a pilot study that is meant to prepare a comprehensive corpus collection. Native speakers of German were asked to explain given German terms to non-native speakers of either low or intermediate language proficiency in German. Results showed significant differences in gesture frequency and also in the types and size of gestures being used, depending on the language proficiency of the non-native listener.
Adapted Foreigner-directed Communication towards Virtual Agents. Lugrin, Birgit; Eckstein, Benjamin; Bergmann, Kirsten; Heindl, Corinna. In 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2018), pp. 59–64. ACM, 2018.
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People tend to adapt to their conversation partners. In mixed-cultural settings, with a native and a non-native speaker, adaptation can manifest itself in the usage of simplified language or increased usage of non-verbal scaffolding to foster understanding. In this contribution, we address the question whether the phenomenon of AFC (adapted, foreigner-directed communication) is also shown towards a virtual agent. We therefore implemented a demonstrator with a local and a foreign agent that interact with human users in a direction giving scenario. A user study revealed that participants behaved differently towards the two agents and adapted both, their verbal and their non-verbal behaviour. We are thus confident, that our demonstrator is well suited to systematically study AFC.

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2017[ to top ]

Combining a Data-driven and a Theory-based Approach to Generate Culture-dependent Behaviours for Virtual Characters. Lugrin, Birgit; Frommel, Julian; André, Elisabeth. In Advances in Culturally-Aware Intelligent Systems and in Cross-Cultural Psychological Studies, C. Faucher (ed.). Springer, 2017.
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@incollection{Lugrin2017, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Frommel, Julian and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {Advances in Culturally-Aware Intelligent Systems and in Cross-Cultural Psychological Studies}, editor = {Faucher, Colette}, keywords = {mi}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Combining a Data-driven and a Theory-based Approach to Generate Culture-dependent Behaviours for Virtual Characters}, year = 2017 }

%0 Book Section %1 Lugrin2017 %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Frommel, Julian %A André, Elisabeth %B Advances in Culturally-Aware Intelligent Systems and in Cross-Cultural Psychological Studies %D 2017 %E Faucher, Colette %I Springer %T Combining a Data-driven and a Theory-based Approach to Generate Culture-dependent Behaviours for Virtual Characters

2015[ to top ]

Modeling and Evaluating a Bayesian Network of Culture-dependent Behaviors. Lugrin, Birgit; Frommel, Julian; André, Elisabeth. In International Conference on Culture and Computing. IEEE, 2015.
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@inproceedings{Lugrin2015, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Frommel, Julian and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {International Conference on Culture and Computing}, keywords = {mi}, note = {(winner of the best paper award)}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Modeling and Evaluating a Bayesian Network of Culture-dependent Behaviors}, year = 2015 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 Lugrin2015 %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Frommel, Julian %A André, Elisabeth %B International Conference on Culture and Computing %D 2015 %I IEEE %T Modeling and Evaluating a Bayesian Network of Culture-dependent Behaviors
Learning to Overcome Cultural Conflict through Engaging with Intelligent Agents in Synthetic Cultures. Hall, L.; Tazzyman, S.; Hume, C.; Endrass, B.; Lim, M.; Hofstede, G.; Paiva, A.; André, E.; Kappas, A.; Aylett, R. In International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 25(2), pp. 291–317. 2015.
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@article{journals/AIE/HalTHELHPAKA15, author = {Hall, L. and Tazzyman, S. and Hume, C. and Endrass, B. and Lim, M. and Hofstede, G. and Paiva, A. and André, E. and Kappas, A. and Aylett, R.}, journal = {International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education}, keywords = {mi}, number = 2, pages = {291-317}, title = {Learning to Overcome Cultural Conflict through Engaging with Intelligent Agents in Synthetic Cultures}, volume = 25, year = 2015 }

%0 Journal Article %1 journals/AIE/HalTHELHPAKA15 %A Hall, L. %A Tazzyman, S. %A Hume, C. %A Endrass, B. %A Lim, M. %A Hofstede, G. %A Paiva, A. %A André, E. %A Kappas, A. %A Aylett, R. %D 2015 %J International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education %N 2 %P 291-317 %R 10.1007/s40593-014-0031-y %T Learning to Overcome Cultural Conflict through Engaging with Intelligent Agents in Synthetic Cultures %V 25

2014[ to top ]

Effects of Language Variety on Personality Perception in Embodied Conversational Agents. Krenn, Brigitte; Endrass, Birgit; Kistler, Felix; André, Elisabeth. In 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques, Vol. 8511 of LNCS, M. Kurosu (ed.), pp. 429–439. Springer, 2014.
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@inproceedings{conf/hci/KrennEKA14, author = {Krenn, Brigitte and Endrass, Birgit and Kistler, Felix and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques}, crossref = {conf/hci/2014-2}, editor = {Kurosu, Masaaki}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {429-439}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Effects of Language Variety on Personality Perception in Embodied Conversational Agents}, volume = 8511, year = 2014 }

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Werewolves, Cheats, and Cultural Sensitivity. Aylett, Ruth; Hall, Lynne E.; Tazzyman, Sarah; Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth; Ritter, Christopher; Nazir, Asad; Paiva, Ana; Hofstede, Gert Jan; Kappas, Arvid. In International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), A. L. C. Bazzan, M. N. Huhns, A. Lomuscio, P. Scerri (eds.), pp. 1085–1092. IFAAMAS, 2014.
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@inproceedings{conf/atal/AylettHTEARNPHK14, author = {Aylett, Ruth and Hall, Lynne E. and Tazzyman, Sarah and Endrass, Birgit and André, Elisabeth and Ritter, Christopher and Nazir, Asad and Paiva, Ana and Hofstede, Gert Jan and Kappas, Arvid}, booktitle = {International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014)}, crossref = {conf/atal/2014}, editor = {Bazzan, Ana L. C. and Huhns, Michael N. and Lomuscio, Alessio and Scerri, Paul}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {1085-1092}, publisher = {IFAAMAS}, title = {Werewolves, Cheats, and Cultural Sensitivity}, year = 2014 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/atal/AylettHTEARNPHK14 %A Aylett, Ruth %A Hall, Lynne E. %A Tazzyman, Sarah %A Endrass, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %A Ritter, Christopher %A Nazir, Asad %A Paiva, Ana %A Hofstede, Gert Jan %A Kappas, Arvid %B International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014) %D 2014 %E Bazzan, Ana L. C. %E Huhns, Michael N. %E Lomuscio, Alessio %E Scerri, Paul %I IFAAMAS %P 1085-1092 %T Werewolves, Cheats, and Cultural Sensitivity %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/atal/aamas2014.html#AylettHTEARNPHK14 %@ 978-1-4503-2738-1
{MIXER: why the difference?}. Nazir, Asad; Aylett, Ruth S.; Lim, Mei Yii; Endrass, Birgit; Hall, Lynne E.; Ritter, Christopher. In International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), A. L. C. Bazzan, M. N. Huhns, A. Lomuscio, P. Scerri (eds.), pp. 1687–1688. IFAAMAS, 2014.
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@inproceedings{conf/atal/NazirALEHR14, author = {Nazir, Asad and Aylett, Ruth S. and Lim, Mei Yii and Endrass, Birgit and Hall, Lynne E. and Ritter, Christopher}, booktitle = {International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014)}, crossref = {conf/atal/2014}, editor = {Bazzan, Ana L. C. and Huhns, Michael N. and Lomuscio, Alessio and Scerri, Paul}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {1687-1688}, publisher = {IFAAMAS}, title = {{MIXER: why the difference?}}, year = 2014 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/atal/NazirALEHR14 %A Nazir, Asad %A Aylett, Ruth S. %A Lim, Mei Yii %A Endrass, Birgit %A Hall, Lynne E. %A Ritter, Christopher %B International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014) %D 2014 %E Bazzan, Ana L. C. %E Huhns, Michael N. %E Lomuscio, Alessio %E Scerri, Paul %I IFAAMAS %P 1687-1688 %T {MIXER: why the difference?} %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/atal/aamas2014.html#NazirALEHR14 %@ 978-1-4503-2738-1
A Pictorial Interaction Language for Children to Communicate with Cultural Virtual Characters. Endrass, Birgit; Hall, Lynne E.; Hume, Colette; Tazzyman, Sarah; André, Elisabeth. In 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques, Vol. 8511 of LNCS, M. Kurosu (ed.), pp. 532–543. Springer, 2014.
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@inproceedings{conf/hci/EndrassHHTA14, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Hall, Lynne E. and Hume, Colette and Tazzyman, Sarah and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques}, crossref = {conf/hci/2014-2}, editor = {Kurosu, Masaaki}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {532-543}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {A Pictorial Interaction Language for Children to Communicate with Cultural Virtual Characters}, volume = 8511, year = 2014 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/hci/EndrassHHTA14 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Hall, Lynne E. %A Hume, Colette %A Tazzyman, Sarah %A André, Elisabeth %B 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques %D 2014 %E Kurosu, Masaaki %I Springer %P 532-543 %R 10.1007/978-3-319-07230-2_51 %T A Pictorial Interaction Language for Children to Communicate with Cultural Virtual Characters %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/hci/hci2014-2.html#EndrassHHTA14 %V 8511 %@ 978-3-319-07229-6
{W}hat {I} {S}ee is {N}ot {W}hat {Y}ou {G}et: {W}hy {C}ulture-{S}pecific {B}ehaviours for {V}irtual {C}haracters {S}hould {B}e {U}ser-{T}ested {A}cross {C}ultures. Degens, Nick; Endrass, Birgit; Hofstede, Gert Jan; Beulens, Adrie; André, Elisabeth. In {AI} and {S}ociety. 2014.
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@article{Degens2014, author = {Degens, Nick and Endrass, Birgit and Hofstede, Gert Jan and Beulens, Adrie and André, Elisabeth}, journal = {{AI} and {S}ociety}, keywords = {mi}, title = {{W}hat {I} {S}ee is {N}ot {W}hat {Y}ou {G}et: {W}hy {C}ulture-{S}pecific {B}ehaviours for {V}irtual {C}haracters {S}hould {B}e {U}ser-{T}ested {A}cross {C}ultures}, year = 2014 }

%0 Journal Article %1 Degens2014 %A Degens, Nick %A Endrass, Birgit %A Hofstede, Gert Jan %A Beulens, Adrie %A André, Elisabeth %D 2014 %J {AI} and {S}ociety %R 10.1007/s00146-014-0567-2 %T {W}hat {I} {S}ee is {N}ot {W}hat {Y}ou {G}et: {W}hy {C}ulture-{S}pecific {B}ehaviours for {V}irtual {C}haracters {S}hould {B}e {U}ser-{T}ested {A}cross {C}ultures
A hybrid Approach to model a Bayesian Network of Culture-specific Behavior. Endrass, Birgit; Frommel, Julian; André, Elisabeth. In International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), A. L. C. Bazzan, M. N. Huhns, A. Lomuscio, P. Scerri (eds.), pp. 1395–1396. IFAAMAS, 2014.
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@inproceedings{conf/atal/EndrassFA14, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Frommel, Julian and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014)}, crossref = {conf/atal/2014}, editor = {Bazzan, Ana L. C. and Huhns, Michael N. and Lomuscio, Alessio and Scerri, Paul}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {1395-1396}, publisher = {IFAAMAS}, title = {A hybrid Approach to model a Bayesian Network of Culture-specific Behavior}, year = 2014 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/atal/EndrassFA14 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Frommel, Julian %A André, Elisabeth %B International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014) %D 2014 %E Bazzan, Ana L. C. %E Huhns, Michael N. %E Lomuscio, Alessio %E Scerri, Paul %I IFAAMAS %P 1395-1396 %T A hybrid Approach to model a Bayesian Network of Culture-specific Behavior %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/atal/aamas2014.html#EndrassFA14 %@ 978-1-4503-2738-1
{Integration of Cultural Factors into the Behavioural Models of Virtual Characters}. B. Endrass, E. André. In Natural Language Generation in Interactive Systems, A. Stent, S. Bangalore (eds.), pp. 227–251. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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@incollection{books/cambridge/Endrass14, author = {B. Endrass, E. André}, booktitle = {Natural Language Generation in Interactive Systems}, editor = {Stent, A. and Bangalore, S.}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {227-251}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, title = {{Integration of Cultural Factors into the Behavioural Models of Virtual Characters}}, year = 2014 }

%0 Book Section %1 books/cambridge/Endrass14 %A B. Endrass, E. André %B Natural Language Generation in Interactive Systems %D 2014 %E Stent, A. %E Bangalore, S. %I Cambridge University Press %P 227-251 %T {Integration of Cultural Factors into the Behavioural Models of Virtual Characters} %U http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Language-Generation-Interactive-Systems/dp/1107010020%3FSubscriptionId%3D0JYN1NVW651KCA56C102%26tag%3Dtechkie-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1107010020 %@ 1107010020
Engaging with Virtual Characters using a Pictorial Interaction Language. Endrass, Birgit; Hall, Lynne E.; Hume, Colette; Tazzyman, Sarah; André, Elisabeth; Aylett, Ruth. In Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2014), M. Jones, P. A. Palanque, A. Schmidt, T. Grossman (eds.), pp. 531–534. ACM, 2014.
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@inproceedings{conf/chi/EndrassHHTAA14, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Hall, Lynne E. and Hume, Colette and Tazzyman, Sarah and André, Elisabeth and Aylett, Ruth}, booktitle = {Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2014)}, crossref = {conf/chi/2014a}, editor = {Jones, Matt and Palanque, Philippe A. and Schmidt, Albrecht and Grossman, Tovi}, keywords = {mi}, pages = {531-534}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Engaging with Virtual Characters using a Pictorial Interaction Language}, year = 2014 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/chi/EndrassHHTAA14 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Hall, Lynne E. %A Hume, Colette %A Tazzyman, Sarah %A André, Elisabeth %A Aylett, Ruth %B Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2014) %D 2014 %E Jones, Matt %E Palanque, Philippe A. %E Schmidt, Albrecht %E Grossman, Tovi %I ACM %P 531-534 %R 10.1145/2559206.2574804 %T Engaging with Virtual Characters using a Pictorial Interaction Language %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/chi/chi2014a.html#EndrassHHTAA14 %@ 978-1-4503-2474-8

2013[ to top ]

Investigating the Influence of Culture on Proxemic Behaviors for Humanoid Robots. Eresha, Ghadeer; Häring, Markus; Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth; Obaid, Mohammad. In International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013), pp. 430–435. IEEE, 2013.
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@inproceedings{conf/ro-man/EreshaHEAO13, author = {Eresha, Ghadeer and Häring, Markus and Endrass, Birgit and André, Elisabeth and Obaid, Mohammad}, booktitle = {International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013)}, crossref = {conf/ro-man/2013}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {430-435}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Investigating the Influence of Culture on Proxemic Behaviors for Humanoid Robots}, year = 2013 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/ro-man/EreshaHEAO13 %A Eresha, Ghadeer %A Häring, Markus %A Endrass, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %A Obaid, Mohammad %B International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013) %D 2013 %I IEEE %P 430-435 %T Investigating the Influence of Culture on Proxemic Behaviors for Humanoid Robots %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ro-man/ro-man2013.html#EreshaHEAO13 %@ 978-1-4799-0507-2
Investigating Culture-related Aspects of Behavior for Virtual Characters. Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth; Rehm, Matthias; Nakano, Yukiko. In Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 27(2), pp. 277–304. 2013.
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@article{journals/aamas/EndrassARN13, author = {Endrass, Birgit and André, Elisabeth and Rehm, Matthias and Nakano, Yukiko}, journal = {Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems}, keywords = {endrass}, number = 2, pages = {277-304}, title = {Investigating Culture-related Aspects of Behavior for Virtual Characters}, volume = 27, year = 2013 }

%0 Journal Article %1 journals/aamas/EndrassARN13 %A Endrass, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %A Rehm, Matthias %A Nakano, Yukiko %D 2013 %J Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems %N 2 %P 277-304 %R 10.1007/S10458-012-9218-5 %T Investigating Culture-related Aspects of Behavior for Virtual Characters %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/aamas/aamas27.html#EndrassARN13 %V 27
Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters (Extended Abstract). Endrass, Birgit. In International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013), F. Rossi (ed.). IJCAI/AAAI, 2013.
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@inproceedings{conf/ijcai/Endrass13, author = {Endrass, Birgit}, booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013)}, crossref = {conf/ijcai/2013}, editor = {Rossi, Francesca}, keywords = {endrass}, publisher = {IJCAI/AAAI}, title = {Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters (Extended Abstract)}, year = 2013 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/ijcai/Endrass13 %A Endrass, Birgit %B International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013) %D 2013 %E Rossi, Francesca %I IJCAI/AAAI %T Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters (Extended Abstract) %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ijcai/ijcai2013.html#Endrass13 %@ 978-1-57735-633-2

2012[ to top ]

Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters - Investigating Behavioral Aspects across Cultures.. Technical Report (PhD dissertation), . Endrass, Birgit. PhD dissertation, pp. I–IV, 1. Universität Augsburg, 2012.
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@phdthesis{books/daglib/0031249, author = {Endrass, Birgit}, keywords = {endrass}, month = {Dissertation}, pages = {I-IV, 1-234}, school = {Universität Augsburg}, title = {Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters - Investigating Behavioral Aspects across Cultures.}, year = 2012 }

%0 Thesis %1 books/daglib/0031249 %A Endrass, Birgit %D 2012 %P I-IV, 1-234 %T Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters - Investigating Behavioral Aspects across Cultures.
ECUTE: Difference is good!. Nazir, A; Ritter, C; Aylett, R; Krumhuber, E; Swiderska, A; Degens, N; Endrass, B. In International Conference on E-Learning, (IADIS), pp. 425–429. 2012.
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@inproceedings{conf/iadis/NazirRAKSDE12, author = {Nazir, A and Ritter, C and Aylett, R and Krumhuber, E and Swiderska, A and Degens, N and Endrass, B}, booktitle = {International Conference on E-Learning, (IADIS)}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {425-429}, title = {ECUTE: Difference is good!}, year = 2012 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/iadis/NazirRAKSDE12 %A Nazir, A %A Ritter, C %A Aylett, R %A Krumhuber, E %A Swiderska, A %A Degens, N %A Endrass, B %B International Conference on E-Learning, (IADIS) %D 2012 %P 425-429 %T ECUTE: Difference is good!
Natural Interaction with Culturally Adaptive Virtual Characters. Kistler, Felix; Endrass, Birgit; Damian, Ionut; Dang, Chi Tai; André, Elisabeth. In Multimodal User Interfaces, 6(1-2), pp. 39–47. 2012.
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@article{journals/MUI/KistlerEDDA12, author = {Kistler, Felix and Endrass, Birgit and Damian, Ionut and Dang, Chi Tai and André, Elisabeth}, journal = {Multimodal User Interfaces}, keywords = {endrass}, number = {1-2}, pages = {39-47}, title = {Natural Interaction with Culturally Adaptive Virtual Characters}, volume = 6, year = 2012 }

%0 Journal Article %1 journals/MUI/KistlerEDDA12 %A Kistler, Felix %A Endrass, Birgit %A Damian, Ionut %A Dang, Chi Tai %A André, Elisabeth %D 2012 %J Multimodal User Interfaces %N 1-2 %P 39-47 %R 10.1007/s12193-011-0087-z %T Natural Interaction with Culturally Adaptive Virtual Characters %V 6
{Cultural Behaviors of Virtual Agents in an Augmented Reality Environment}. Obaid, Mohammad; Damian, Ionut; Kistler, Felix; Endrass, Birgit; Wagner, Johannes; André, Elisabeth. In 12th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2012), Vol. 7502 of LNCS, Y. I. Nakano, M. Neff, A. Paiva, M. A. Walker (eds.), pp. 412–418. Springer, 2012.
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@inproceedings{conf/iva/ObaidDKEWA12, author = {Obaid, Mohammad and Damian, Ionut and Kistler, Felix and Endrass, Birgit and Wagner, Johannes and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {12th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2012)}, crossref = {conf/iva/2012}, editor = {Nakano, Yukiko I. and Neff, Michael and Paiva, Ana and Walker, Marilyn A.}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {412-418}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {{Cultural Behaviors of Virtual Agents in an Augmented Reality Environment}}, volume = 7502, year = 2012 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/iva/ObaidDKEWA12 %A Obaid, Mohammad %A Damian, Ionut %A Kistler, Felix %A Endrass, Birgit %A Wagner, Johannes %A André, Elisabeth %B 12th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2012) %D 2012 %E Nakano, Yukiko I. %E Neff, Michael %E Paiva, Ana %E Walker, Marilyn A. %I Springer %P 412-418 %R 10.1007/978-3-642-33197-8_42 %T {Cultural Behaviors of Virtual Agents in an Augmented Reality Environment} %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iva/iva2012.html#ObaidDKEWA12 %V 7502 %@ 978-3-642-33196-1

2011[ to top ]

{Culture-related Differences in Aspects of Behavior for Virtual Characters across Germany and Japan}. Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth; Rehm, Matthias; Lipi, Afia Akhter; Nakano, Yukiko I. In 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011), L. Sonenberg, P. Stone, K. Tumer, P. Yolum (eds.), pp. 441–448. IFAAMAS, 2011.
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@inproceedings{conf/atal/EndrassARLN11, author = {Endrass, Birgit and André, Elisabeth and Rehm, Matthias and Lipi, Afia Akhter and Nakano, Yukiko I.}, booktitle = {10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011)}, crossref = {conf/atal/2011}, editor = {Sonenberg, Liz and Stone, Peter and Tumer, Kagan and Yolum, Pinar}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {441-448}, publisher = {IFAAMAS}, title = {{Culture-related Differences in Aspects of Behavior for Virtual Characters across Germany and Japan}}, year = 2011 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/atal/EndrassARLN11 %A Endrass, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %A Rehm, Matthias %A Lipi, Afia Akhter %A Nakano, Yukiko I. %B 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011) %D 2011 %E Sonenberg, Liz %E Stone, Peter %E Tumer, Kagan %E Yolum, Pinar %I IFAAMAS %P 441-448 %T {Culture-related Differences in Aspects of Behavior for Virtual Characters across Germany and Japan} %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/atal/aamas2011.html#EndrassARLN11 %@ 978-0-9826571-5-7
Culture-Related Topic Selection in Small Talk Conversations across Germany and Japan. Endrass, Birgit; Nakano, Yukiko I.; Lipi, Afia Akhter; Rehm, Matthias; André, Elisabeth. In 11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2011), Vol. 6895 of LNCS, H. H. Vilhjálmsson, S. Kopp, S. Marsella, K. R. Thórisson (eds.), pp. 1–13. Springer, 2011.
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@inproceedings{conf/iva/EndrassNLRA11, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Nakano, Yukiko I. and Lipi, Afia Akhter and Rehm, Matthias and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2011)}, crossref = {conf/iva/2011}, editor = {Vilhjálmsson, Hannes Högni and Kopp, Stefan and Marsella, Stacy and Thórisson, Kristinn R.}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {1-13}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Culture-Related Topic Selection in Small Talk Conversations across Germany and Japan}, volume = 6895, year = 2011 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/iva/EndrassNLRA11 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Nakano, Yukiko I. %A Lipi, Afia Akhter %A Rehm, Matthias %A André, Elisabeth %B 11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2011) %D 2011 %E Vilhjálmsson, Hannes Högni %E Kopp, Stefan %E Marsella, Stacy %E Thórisson, Kristinn R. %I Springer %P 1-13 %T Culture-Related Topic Selection in Small Talk Conversations across Germany and Japan %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iva/iva2011.html#EndrassNLRA11 %V 6895 %@ 978-3-642-23973-1
Planning Small Talk Behavior with Cultural Influences for Multiagent Systems. Endrass, Birgit; Rehm, Matthias; André, Elisabeth. In Computer Speech \& Language, 25(2), pp. 158–174. 2011.
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@article{journals/csl/EndrassRA11, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Rehm, Matthias and André, Elisabeth}, journal = {Computer Speech \& Language}, keywords = {endrass}, number = 2, pages = {158-174}, title = {Planning Small Talk Behavior with Cultural Influences for Multiagent Systems}, volume = 25, year = 2011 }

%0 Journal Article %1 journals/csl/EndrassRA11 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Rehm, Matthias %A André, Elisabeth %D 2011 %J Computer Speech \& Language %N 2 %P 158-174 %T Planning Small Talk Behavior with Cultural Influences for Multiagent Systems %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/csl/csl25.html#EndrassRA11 %V 25
Integration and Evaluation of Prototypical Culture-related Differences. Endrass, Birgit; Degens, Nick; Hofstede, Gert Jan; André, Elisabeth; Hodgson, John; Mascarenhas, Samuel; Mehlmann, Gregor; Paiva, Ana; Ritter, Christopher; Swiderska, Aleksandra. In Workshop on Culturally Motivated Virtual Characters (CMVC 2011), in conjunction with IVA 2011. 2011.
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@inproceedings{Endrass2011c, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Degens, Nick and Hofstede, Gert Jan and André, Elisabeth and Hodgson, John and Mascarenhas, Samuel and Mehlmann, Gregor and Paiva, Ana and Ritter, Christopher and Swiderska, Aleksandra}, booktitle = {Workshop on Culturally Motivated Virtual Characters (CMVC 2011), in conjunction with IVA 2011}, keywords = {endrass}, title = {Integration and Evaluation of Prototypical Culture-related Differences}, year = 2011 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 Endrass2011c %A Endrass, Birgit %A Degens, Nick %A Hofstede, Gert Jan %A André, Elisabeth %A Hodgson, John %A Mascarenhas, Samuel %A Mehlmann, Gregor %A Paiva, Ana %A Ritter, Christopher %A Swiderska, Aleksandra %B Workshop on Culturally Motivated Virtual Characters (CMVC 2011), in conjunction with IVA 2011 %D 2011 %T Integration and Evaluation of Prototypical Culture-related Differences

2010[ to top ]

Towards Culturally-Aware Virtual Agent Systems. Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth; Rehm, Matthias. In Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models: Perspectives and Models, E. G. Blanchard, D. Allard (eds.), pp. 412–430. IGI Global, 2010.
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@incollection{b4endrass2010towards, author = {Endrass, Birgit and André, Elisabeth and Rehm, Matthias}, booktitle = {Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models}, chapter = {{Towards Culturally-Aware Virtual Agent Systems}}, editor = {Blanchard, E. G. and Allard, D.}, journal = {Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models: Perspectives and Models}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {412-430}, publisher = {IGI Global}, title = {Towards Culturally-Aware Virtual Agent Systems}, year = 2010 }

%0 Book Section %1 b4endrass2010towards %A Endrass, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %A Rehm, Matthias %B Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models %D 2010 %E Blanchard, E. G. %E Allard, D. %I IGI Global %J Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models: Perspectives and Models %P 412-430 %T Towards Culturally-Aware Virtual Agent Systems %& {Towards Culturally-Aware Virtual Agent Systems}
A data-driven approach to model culture-specific communication management styles for virtual agents. Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth; Huang, Lixing; Gratch, Jonathan. In 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010), Vol. 1, W. van der Hoek, G. A. Kaminka, Y. Lespérance, M. Luck, S. Sen (eds.), pp. 99–108. IFAAMAS, 2010.
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@inproceedings{conf/atal/EndrassAHG10, author = {Endrass, Birgit and André, Elisabeth and Huang, Lixing and Gratch, Jonathan}, booktitle = {9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010)}, crossref = {conf/atal/2010}, editor = {van der Hoek, Wiebe and Kaminka, Gal A. and Lespérance, Yves and Luck, Michael and Sen, Sandip}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {99-108}, publisher = {IFAAMAS}, title = {A data-driven approach to model culture-specific communication management styles for virtual agents}, volume = 1, year = 2010 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/atal/EndrassAHG10 %A Endrass, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %A Huang, Lixing %A Gratch, Jonathan %B 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010) %D 2010 %E van der Hoek, Wiebe %E Kaminka, Gal A. %E Lespérance, Yves %E Luck, Michael %E Sen, Sandip %I IFAAMAS %P 99-108 %T A data-driven approach to model culture-specific communication management styles for virtual agents %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/atal/aamas2010.html#EndrassAHG10 %V 1 %@ 978-0-9826571-1-9
Generating Culture-Specific Gestures for Virtual Agent Dialogs. Endrass, Birgit; Damian, Ionut; Huber, Peter; Rehm, Matthias; André, Elisabeth. In 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2010), Vol. 6356 of LNCS, J. M. Allbeck, N. I. Badler, T. W. Bickmore, C. Pelachaud, A. Safonova (eds.), pp. 329–335. Springer, 2010.
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@inproceedings{conf/iva/EndrassDHRA10, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Damian, Ionut and Huber, Peter and Rehm, Matthias and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2010)}, crossref = {conf/iva/2010}, editor = {Allbeck, Jan M. and Badler, Norman I. and Bickmore, Timothy W. and Pelachaud, Catherine and Safonova, Alla}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {329-335}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Generating Culture-Specific Gestures for Virtual Agent Dialogs}, volume = 6356, year = 2010 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/iva/EndrassDHRA10 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Damian, Ionut %A Huber, Peter %A Rehm, Matthias %A André, Elisabeth %B 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2010) %D 2010 %E Allbeck, Jan M. %E Badler, Norman I. %E Bickmore, Timothy W. %E Pelachaud, Catherine %E Safonova, Alla %I Springer %P 329-335 %T Generating Culture-Specific Gestures for Virtual Agent Dialogs %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iva/iva2010.html#EndrassDHRA10 %V 6356 %@ 978-3-642-15891-9

2009[ to top ]

{Creating Standardized Video Recordings of Multimodal Interactions across Cultures}. Rehm, Matthias; André, Elisabeth; Bee, Nikolaus; Endrass, Birgit; Wissner, Michael; Nakano, Yukiko I.; Lipi, Afia Akhter; Nishida, Toyoaki; Huang, Hung-Hsuan. In Multimodal Corpora, Vol. 5509, M. Kipp, J.-C. Martin, P. Paggio, D. Heylen (eds.), pp. 138–159. Springer, 2009.
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@incollection{series/lncs/RehmABEWNLNH09, author = {Rehm, Matthias and André, Elisabeth and Bee, Nikolaus and Endrass, Birgit and Wissner, Michael and Nakano, Yukiko I. and Lipi, Afia Akhter and Nishida, Toyoaki and Huang, Hung-Hsuan}, booktitle = {Multimodal Corpora}, crossref = {series/lncs/5509}, editor = {Kipp, Michael and Martin, Jean-Claude and Paggio, Patrizia and Heylen, Dirk}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {138-159}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {{Creating Standardized Video Recordings of Multimodal Interactions across Cultures}}, volume = 5509, year = 2009 }

%0 Book Section %1 series/lncs/RehmABEWNLNH09 %A Rehm, Matthias %A André, Elisabeth %A Bee, Nikolaus %A Endrass, Birgit %A Wissner, Michael %A Nakano, Yukiko I. %A Lipi, Afia Akhter %A Nishida, Toyoaki %A Huang, Hung-Hsuan %B Multimodal Corpora %D 2009 %E Kipp, Michael %E Martin, Jean-Claude %E Paggio, Patrizia %E Heylen, Dirk %I Springer %P 138-159 %T {Creating Standardized Video Recordings of Multimodal Interactions across Cultures} %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/series/lncs/lncs5509.html#RehmABEWNLNH09 %V 5509 %@ 978-3-642-04792-3
From observation to simulation: generating culture-specific behavior for interactive systems. Rehm, Matthias; Nakano, Yukiko I.; André, Elisabeth; Nishida, Toyoaki; Bee, Nikolaus; Endrass, Birgit; Wissner, Michael; Lipi, Afia Akhter; Huang, Hung-Hsuan. In {AI \& Society}, 24(3), pp. 267–280. 2009.
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@article{journals/ais/RehmNANBEWLH09, author = {Rehm, Matthias and Nakano, Yukiko I. and André, Elisabeth and Nishida, Toyoaki and Bee, Nikolaus and Endrass, Birgit and Wissner, Michael and Lipi, Afia Akhter and Huang, Hung-Hsuan}, journal = {{AI \& Society}}, keywords = {endrass}, number = 3, pages = {267-280}, title = {From observation to simulation: generating culture-specific behavior for interactive systems}, volume = 24, year = 2009 }

%0 Journal Article %1 journals/ais/RehmNANBEWLH09 %A Rehm, Matthias %A Nakano, Yukiko I. %A André, Elisabeth %A Nishida, Toyoaki %A Bee, Nikolaus %A Endrass, Birgit %A Wissner, Michael %A Lipi, Afia Akhter %A Huang, Hung-Hsuan %D 2009 %J {AI \& Society} %N 3 %P 267-280 %T From observation to simulation: generating culture-specific behavior for interactive systems %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/ais/ais24.html#RehmNANBEWLH09 %V 24
{Culture-specific Communication Management for Virtual Agents}. Endrass, Birgit; Rehm, Matthias; André, Elisabeth. In 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009), Vol. 1 of AAMAS \u002709, C. Sierra, C. Castelfranchi, K. S. Decker, J. S. Sichman (eds.), pp. 281–287. IFAAMAS, 2009.
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@inproceedings{conf/atal/EndrassRA09, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Rehm, Matthias and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009)}, crossref = {conf/atal/2009-1}, editor = {Sierra, Carles and Castelfranchi, Cristiano and Decker, Keith S. and Sichman, Jaime Simão}, keywords = {endrass}, pages = {281-287}, publisher = {IFAAMAS}, series = {AAMAS \u002709}, title = {{Culture-specific Communication Management for Virtual Agents}}, volume = 1, year = 2009 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/atal/EndrassRA09 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Rehm, Matthias %A André, Elisabeth %B 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009) %D 2009 %E Sierra, Carles %E Castelfranchi, Cristiano %E Decker, Keith S. %E Sichman, Jaime Simão %I IFAAMAS %P 281-287 %T {Culture-specific Communication Management for Virtual Agents} %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/atal/aamas2009-1.html#EndrassRA09 %V 1 %@ 978-0-9817381-6-1

2008[ to top ]

Talk is silver, silence is golden: A cross-cultural study on the use of pauses in speech. Endrass, Birgit; Rehm, Matthias; André, Elisabeth; Nakano, Yukiko. In 4th International Workshop on Human-Computer Conversation. 2008.
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@inproceedings{BirgitEndrassMatthiasRehm2008, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Rehm, Matthias and André, Elisabeth and Nakano, Yukiko}, booktitle = {4th International Workshop on Human-Computer Conversation}, keywords = {endrass}, title = {Talk is silver, silence is golden: A cross-cultural study on the use of pauses in speech}, year = 2008 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 BirgitEndrassMatthiasRehm2008 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Rehm, Matthias %A André, Elisabeth %A Nakano, Yukiko %B 4th International Workshop on Human-Computer Conversation %D 2008 %T Talk is silver, silence is golden: A cross-cultural study on the use of pauses in speech

2007[ to top ]

{The CUBE-G approach - Coaching culture-specific nonverbal behavior by virtual agents}. Rehm, Matthias; André, Elisabeth; Nakano, Yukiko; Nishida, Toyoaki; Bee, Nikolaus; Endrass, Birgit; Huan, Hung-Hsuan; Wissner, Michael. In Organizing and Learning through Gaming and Simulation (ISAGA 2007), I. Mayer, H. Mastik (eds.). 2007.
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@inproceedings{Rehm2007a, author = {Rehm, Matthias and André, Elisabeth and Nakano, Yukiko and Nishida, Toyoaki and Bee, Nikolaus and Endrass, Birgit and Huan, Hung-Hsuan and Wissner, Michael}, booktitle = {Organizing and Learning through Gaming and Simulation (ISAGA 2007)}, editor = {Mayer, Igor and Mastik, Hanneke}, keywords = {endrass}, title = {{The CUBE-G approach - Coaching culture-specific nonverbal behavior by virtual agents}}, year = 2007 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 Rehm2007a %A Rehm, Matthias %A André, Elisabeth %A Nakano, Yukiko %A Nishida, Toyoaki %A Bee, Nikolaus %A Endrass, Birgit %A Huan, Hung-Hsuan %A Wissner, Michael %B Organizing and Learning through Gaming and Simulation (ISAGA 2007) %D 2007 %E Mayer, Igor %E Mastik, Hanneke %T {The CUBE-G approach - Coaching culture-specific nonverbal behavior by virtual agents}

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