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• Iteratively designing a robotic concierge with different stakeholders - A multi-methods field study Donnermann, Melissa; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lein, Martina; Lugrin, Birgit in AIRSI2023 The Metaverse Conference (2023).
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  @inproceedings{etienne2023emovox, author = {Donnermann, Melissa and Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Lein, Martina and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {AIRSI2023 The Metaverse Conference}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, title = {Iteratively designing a robotic concierge with different stakeholders - A multi-methods field study}, year = 2023 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 etienne2023emovox %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Lein, Martina %A Lugrin, Birgit %B AIRSI2023 The Metaverse Conference %D 2023 %T Iteratively designing a robotic concierge with different stakeholders - A multi-methods field study
• Culture in Social Robots for Education Bruno, Barbara; Amirova, Aida; Sandygulova, Anara; Lugrin, Birgit; Johal, Wafa in Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies (2023). 127–145.
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  @incollection{bruno2023culture, author = {Bruno, Barbara and Amirova, Aida and Sandygulova, Anara and Lugrin, Birgit and Johal, Wafa}, booktitle = {Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {127–145}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Culture in Social Robots for Education}, year = 2023 }

  %0 Book Section %1 bruno2023culture %A Bruno, Barbara %A Amirova, Aida %A Sandygulova, Anara %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Johal, Wafa %B Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies %D 2023 %I Springer %P 127--145 %T Culture in Social Robots for Education
• Using a Social Robot as a Hotel Assessment Tool Lein, Martina; Donnermann, Melissa; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lugrin, Birgit in Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), HRI ’23 Companion (2023).
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  @inproceedings{lein2023, author = {Lein, Martina and Donnermann, Melissa and Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, series = {HRI '23 Companion}, title = {Using a Social Robot as a Hotel Assessment Tool}, year = 2023 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 lein2023 %A Lein, Martina %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) %D 2023 %R 10.1145/3568294.3580054 %T Using a Social Robot as a Hotel Assessment Tool
• The NarRobot Plugin - Connecting the Social Robot Reeti to the Unity Game Engine Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Siol, Lenny; Ganal, Elisabeth; Maier, Sophia; Lugrin, Birgit in Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI ’23 Companion (2023).
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  @inproceedings{steinhaeusser2023narrobot, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Siol, Lenny and Ganal, Elisabeth and Maier, Sophia and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, series = {HRI '23 Companion}, title = {The NarRobot Plugin - Connecting the Social Robot Reeti to the Unity Game Engine}, year = 2023 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 steinhaeusser2023narrobot %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Siol, Lenny %A Ganal, Elisabeth %A Maier, Sophia %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction %D 2023 %R 10.1145/3568294.3580044 %T The NarRobot Plugin - Connecting the Social Robot Reeti to the Unity Game Engine

• Mixed-Cultural Speech for Intelligent Virtual Agents - the Impact of Different Non-Native Accents Using Natural or Synthetic Speech in the English Language Obremski, David; Hering, Helena Babette; Friedrich, Paula; Lugrin, Birgit in HAI ’22: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (2022). 67–75.
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  @inproceedings{Obremski_HAI_Paper_2022, author = {Obremski, David and Hering, Helena Babette and Friedrich, Paula and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {HAI '22: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction}, keywords = {sia}, month = {dec}, pages = {67-75}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Mixed-Cultural Speech for Intelligent Virtual Agents - the Impact of Different Non-Native Accents Using Natural or Synthetic Speech in the English Language}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Obremski_HAI_Paper_2022 %A Obremski, David %A Hering, Helena Babette %A Friedrich, Paula %A Lugrin, Birgit %B HAI '22: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction %D 2022 %I ACM %P 67-75 %R 10.1145/3527188.3561921 %T Mixed-Cultural Speech for Intelligent Virtual Agents - the Impact of Different Non-Native Accents Using Natural or Synthetic Speech in the English Language %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3527188.3561921
• 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 (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 = {sia}, month = {nov}, 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 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Obremski_2022 %A Obremski, David %A Hering, Helena Babette %A Friedrich, Paula %A Lugrin, Birgit %B INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION %D 2022 %I ACM %R 10.1145/3536221.3556608 %T Exploratory Study on the Perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents With Non-Native Accents Using Synthetic and Natural Speech in German %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3536221.3556608
• Iteratively Digitizing an Analogue Syllable-Based Reading Intervention Riedmann, Anna; Schaper, Philipp; Donnermann, Melissa; Lein, Martina; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Karageorgos, Panagiotis; Müller, Bettina; Richter, Tobias; Lugrin, Birgit in Interacting with Computers (2022).
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  @article{2022, author = {Riedmann, Anna and Schaper, Philipp and Donnermann, Melissa and Lein, Martina and Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Karageorgos, Panagiotis and Müller, Bettina and Richter, Tobias and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Interacting with Computers}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, title = {Iteratively Digitizing an Analogue Syllable-Based Reading Intervention}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 2022 %A Riedmann, Anna %A Schaper, Philipp %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Lein, Martina %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Karageorgos, Panagiotis %A Müller, Bettina %A Richter, Tobias %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2022 %I Oxford University Press %J Interacting with Computers %R 10.1093/iwc/iwac005 %T Iteratively Digitizing an Analogue Syllable-Based Reading Intervention
• Joyful Adventures and Frightening Places - Designing Emotion-Inducing Virtual Environments Steinhaeusser, Sophia C; Oberdörfer, Sebastian; von Mammen, Sebastian; Latoschik, Marc Erich; Lugrin, Birgit in Frontiers in Virtual Reality (2022).
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  @article{steinhaeusser2022joyful, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C and Oberdörfer, Sebastian and von Mammen, Sebastian and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Frontiers in Virtual Reality}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, title = {Joyful Adventures and Frightening Places - Designing Emotion-Inducing Virtual Environments}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 steinhaeusser2022joyful %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C %A Oberdörfer, Sebastian %A von Mammen, Sebastian %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2022 %J Frontiers in Virtual Reality %R 10.3389/frvir.2022.919163 %T Joyful Adventures and Frightening Places - Designing Emotion-Inducing Virtual Environments %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2022.919163
• A Theory Based Adaptive Pedagogical Agent in a Reading App for Primary Students - A User Study Riedmann, Anna; Schaper, Philipp; Jakob, Benedikt; Lugrin, Birgit in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, S. Crossley, E. Popescu (eds.) (2022). (Vol. 13284)
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  @inproceedings{riedmann2022theory, author = {Riedmann, Anna and Schaper, Philipp and Jakob, Benedikt and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, editor = {Crossley, S. and Popescu, E.}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {A Theory Based Adaptive Pedagogical Agent in a Reading App for Primary Students - A User Study}, volume = 13284, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 riedmann2022theory %A Riedmann, Anna %A Schaper, Philipp %A Jakob, Benedikt %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science %D 2022 %E Crossley, S. %E Popescu, E. %I Springer %R 10.1007/978-3-031-09680-8_26 %T A Theory Based Adaptive Pedagogical Agent in a Reading App for Primary Students - A User Study %V 13284
• Addressing Motivation in an E-Learning Scenario by applying Narration and Choice Schaper, Philipp; Riedmann, Anna; Semineth, Miriam; Lugrin, Birgit in Proceedings of the 35th British Human-Computer Interaction Conference (BCS HCI 22) (2022).
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  @inproceedings{schaper2022addressing, author = {Schaper, Philipp and Riedmann, Anna and Semineth, Miriam and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 35th British Human-Computer Interaction Conference (BCS HCI 22)}, keywords = {sia}, title = {Addressing Motivation in an E-Learning Scenario by applying Narration and Choice}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 schaper2022addressing %A Schaper, Philipp %A Riedmann, Anna %A Semineth, Miriam %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Proceedings of the 35th British Human-Computer Interaction Conference (BCS HCI 22) %D 2022 %T Addressing Motivation in an E-Learning Scenario by applying Narration and Choice
• 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 (2022). 561–626.
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  @inbook{10.1145/3563659.3563677, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Pelachaud, Catherine and André, Elisabeth and Aylett, Ruth and Bickmore, Timothy and Breazeal, Cynthia and Broekens, Joost and Dautenhahn, Kerstin and Gratch, Jonathan and Kopp, Stefan and Nadel, Jacqueline and Paiva, Ana and Wykowska, Agnieszka}, journal = {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}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {561–626}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Challenge Discussion on Socially Interactive Agents: Considerations on Social Interaction, Computational Architectures, Evaluation, and Ethics}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Book Section %1 10.1145/3563659.3563677 %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Pelachaud, Catherine %A André, Elisabeth %A Aylett, Ruth %A Bickmore, Timothy %A Breazeal, Cynthia %A Broekens, Joost %A Dautenhahn, Kerstin %A Gratch, Jonathan %A Kopp, Stefan %A Nadel, Jacqueline %A Paiva, Ana %A Wykowska, Agnieszka %D 2022 %I ACM %J 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 561–626 %R 10.1145/3563659.3563677 %T Challenge Discussion on Socially Interactive Agents: Considerations on Social Interaction, Computational Architectures, Evaluation, and Ethics %U https://doi.org/10.1145/3563659.3563677
• Digitale Leseförderung: Effekte eines silbenbasierten digitalen Lesetrainings in Klasse 2 Heß, J.; Karageorgos, P.; Richter, T.; Müller, B.; Riedmann, A.; Schaper, P.; Lugrin, B. in Vortrag auf dem 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) (2022).
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  @conference{hess2022digitale, author = {Heß, J. and Karageorgos, P. and Richter, T. and Müller, B. and Riedmann, A. and Schaper, P. and Lugrin, B.}, booktitle = {Vortrag auf dem 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)}, keywords = {sia}, title = {Digitale Leseförderung: Effekte eines silbenbasierten digitalen Lesetrainings in Klasse 2}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Generic %1 hess2022digitale %A Heß, J. %A Karageorgos, P. %A Richter, T. %A Müller, B. %A Riedmann, A. %A Schaper, P. %A Lugrin, B. %B Vortrag auf dem 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) %D 2022 %T Digitale Leseförderung: Effekte eines silbenbasierten digitalen Lesetrainings in Klasse 2
• Second Language Learning through Storytelling with a Social Robot-An Online Case Study Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Riedmann, Anna; Schaper, Philipp; Guthmann, Emily; Pfister, Julia; Schmitt, Katharina; Wild, Theresa; Lugrin, Birgit in 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (2022). 67–74.
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  @inproceedings{steinhaeusser2022second, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Riedmann, Anna and Schaper, Philipp and Guthmann, Emily and Pfister, Julia and Schmitt, Katharina and Wild, Theresa and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)}, keywords = {storytelling}, organization = {IEEE}, pages = {67-74}, title = {Second Language Learning through Storytelling with a Social Robot-An Online Case Study}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 steinhaeusser2022second %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Riedmann, Anna %A Schaper, Philipp %A Guthmann, Emily %A Pfister, Julia %A Schmitt, Katharina %A Wild, Theresa %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) %D 2022 %P 67-74 %T Second Language Learning through Storytelling with a Social Robot-An Online Case Study
• 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 (2022). 9
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  @article{Obremski_2022, author = {Obremski, David and Friedrich, Paula and Haak, Nora and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Frontiers in Robotics and AI}, keywords = {sia}, month = {nov}, publisher = {Frontiers Media SA}, title = {The impact of mixed-cultural speech on the stereotypical perception of a virtual robot}, volume = 9, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Obremski_2022 %A Obremski, David %A Friedrich, Paula %A Haak, Nora %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2022 %I Frontiers Media SA %J Frontiers in Robotics and AI %R 10.3389/frobt.2022.983955 %T The impact of mixed-cultural speech on the stereotypical perception of a virtual robot %U https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffrobt.2022.983955 %V 9
• Addressing Waste Separation With a Persuasive Augmented Reality App Schaper, Philipp; Riedmann, Anna; Oberdörfer, Sebastian; Lugrin, Birgit in Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI ’22) (2022).
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  @inproceedings{schaper2022addressing, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Schaper, Philipp and Riedmann, Anna and Oberdörfer, Sebastian and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI '22)}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, title = {Addressing Waste Separation With a Persuasive Augmented Reality App}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 schaper2022addressing %A Schaper, Philipp %A Riedmann, Anna %A Oberdörfer, Sebastian %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI '22) %C New York, NY, USA %D 2022 %I Association for Computing Machinery %R 10.1145/3546740 %T Addressing Waste Separation With a Persuasive Augmented Reality App
• Effects of Colored LEDs in Robotic Storytelling on Storytelling Experience and Robot Perception Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lugrin, Birgit in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2022) (2022).
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  @inproceedings{steinhaeusser2022effects, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2022)}, keywords = {storyteller}, publisher = {IEEE Press}, title = {Effects of Colored LEDs in Robotic Storytelling on Storytelling Experience and Robot Perception}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 steinhaeusser2022effects %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2022) %D 2022 %I IEEE Press %T Effects of Colored LEDs in Robotic Storytelling on Storytelling Experience and Robot Perception
• 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 (2022). xxv-xl.
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  @inbook{noauthororeditor, author = {Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {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}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {xxv-xl}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Preface}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Book Section %1 noauthororeditor %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2022 %I ACM %J 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 %R 10.1145/3563659.3563661 %T Preface %U https://doi.org/10.1145/3563659.3563661
• Mixed-Cultural Speech for Mixed-Cultural Users - Natural vs. Synthetic Speech for Virtual Agents Obremski, David; Lugrin, Birgit in HAI ’22: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (2022). 290–292.
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  @inproceedings{Obremski_HAI_Poster_2022, author = {Obremski, David and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {HAI '22: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction}, keywords = {sia}, month = {dec}, pages = {290-292}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Mixed-Cultural Speech for Mixed-Cultural Users - Natural vs. Synthetic Speech for Virtual Agents}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Obremski_HAI_Poster_2022 %A Obremski, David %A Lugrin, Birgit %B HAI '22: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction %D 2022 %I ACM %P 290-292 %R 10.1145/3527188.3563910 %T Mixed-Cultural Speech for Mixed-Cultural Users - Natural vs. Synthetic Speech for Virtual Agents %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3527188.3563910
• Repeated experience or a virtual nose to reduce simulator sickness? Investigating prediction of the sensorial conflict theory and the rest-frame hypothesis in two virtual games Wienrich, Carolin; Obremski, David; Israel, Johann Habakuk in Entertainment Computing (2022). 43 100514.
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  @article{Wienrich_2022, author = {Wienrich, Carolin and Obremski, David and Israel, Johann Habakuk}, journal = {Entertainment Computing}, keywords = {sia}, month = {aug}, pages = 100514, publisher = {Elsevier {BV}}, title = {Repeated experience or a virtual nose to reduce simulator sickness? Investigating prediction of the sensorial conflict theory and the rest-frame hypothesis in two virtual games}, volume = 43, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Wienrich_2022 %A Wienrich, Carolin %A Obremski, David %A Israel, Johann Habakuk %D 2022 %I Elsevier BV %J Entertainment Computing %P 100514 %R 10.1016/j.entcom.2022.100514 %T Repeated experience or a virtual nose to reduce simulator sickness? Investigating prediction of the sensorial conflict theory and the rest-frame hypothesis in two virtual games %U https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.entcom.2022.100514 %V 43
• The Influence of Visible Cables and Story Content on Perceived Autonomy in Social Human-Robot Interaction Roesler, Eileen; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lugrin, Birgit; Onnasch, Linda in Robotics (2022). 12(1) 3.
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  @article{Roesler_2022, author = {Roesler, Eileen and Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Lugrin, Birgit and Onnasch, Linda}, journal = {Robotics}, keywords = {storytelling}, month = {dec}, number = 1, pages = 3, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {The Influence of Visible Cables and Story Content on Perceived Autonomy in Social Human-Robot Interaction}, volume = 12, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Roesler_2022 %A Roesler, Eileen %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Onnasch, Linda %D 2022 %I MDPI %J Robotics %N 1 %P 3 %R 10.3390/robotics12010003 %T The Influence of Visible Cables and Story Content on Perceived Autonomy in Social Human-Robot Interaction %V 12
• A multi-method approach to compare presence, fear induction and desensitization in survival horror games within the reality-virtuality-continuum Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Eckstein, Benjamin; Lugrin, Birgit in Entertainment Computing (2022). 100539.
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  @article{Steinhaeusser_2022, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Eckstein, Benjamin and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Entertainment Computing}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, pages = 100539, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {A multi-method approach to compare presence, fear induction and desensitization in survival horror games within the reality-virtuality-continuum}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Steinhaeusser_2022 %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Eckstein, Benjamin %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2022 %I Elsevier %J Entertainment Computing %P 100539 %R 10.1016/j.entcom.2022.100539 %T A multi-method approach to compare presence, fear induction and desensitization in survival horror games within the reality-virtuality-continuum
• 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 (2022). ACM.
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  @book{2022, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Pelachaud, Catherine and Traum, David}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {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}, year = 2022 }

  %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
• Designing Social Robots’ Speech in the Hotel Context-A Series of Online Studies Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lein, Martina; Donnermann, Melissa; Lugrin, Birgit in 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (2022). 163–170.
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  @inproceedings{steinhaeusser2022designing, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Lein, Martina and Donnermann, Melissa and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)}, keywords = {storyteller}, organization = {IEEE}, pages = {163-170}, title = {Designing Social Robots' Speech in the Hotel Context-A Series of Online Studies}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 steinhaeusser2022designing %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Lein, Martina %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) %D 2022 %P 163-170 %T Designing Social Robots' Speech in the Hotel Context-A Series of Online Studies
• Investigating Adaptive Robot Tutoring in a Long-Term Interaction in Higher Education Donnermann, Melissa; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit in 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022) (2022). 171–178.
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  @inproceedings{donnermann2022investigating, author = {Donnermann, Melissa and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022)}, keywords = {sia}, organization = {IEEE}, pages = {171-178}, title = {Investigating Adaptive Robot Tutoring in a Long-Term Interaction in Higher Education}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 donnermann2022investigating %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022) %D 2022 %P 171-178 %T Investigating Adaptive Robot Tutoring in a Long-Term Interaction in Higher Education
• Social Robots in Applied Settings: A Long-Term Study on Adaptive Robotic Tutors in Higher Education Donnermann, Melissa; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit in Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2022). 9
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  @article{Donnermann_2022, author = {Donnermann, Melissa and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Frontiers in Robotics and AI}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Frontiers Media SA}, title = {Social Robots in Applied Settings: A Long-Term Study on Adaptive Robotic Tutors in Higher Education}, volume = 9, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Donnermann_2022 %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2022 %I Frontiers Media SA %J Frontiers in Robotics and AI %R 10.3389/frobt.2022.831633 %T Social Robots in Applied Settings: A Long-Term Study on Adaptive Robotic Tutors in Higher Education %U https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffrobt.2022.831633 %V 9
• Don’t Touch This! - Investigating the Potential of Visualizing Touched Surfaces on the Consideration of Behavior Change Ganal, E.; Heimbrock, M.; Schaper, P.; Lugrin, B. in Persuasive Technology 2022, N. Baghaei, J. Vassileva, R. Ali, K. Oyibo (eds.) (2022).
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  @inproceedings{ganal2022touch, author = {Ganal, E. and Heimbrock, M. and Schaper, P. and Lugrin, B.}, booktitle = {Persuasive Technology 2022}, editor = {Baghaei, N. and Vassileva, J. and Ali, R. and Oyibo, K.}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, title = {Don’t Touch This! - Investigating the Potential of Visualizing Touched Surfaces on the Consideration of Behavior Change}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 ganal2022touch %A Ganal, E. %A Heimbrock, M. %A Schaper, P. %A Lugrin, B. %B Persuasive Technology 2022 %D 2022 %E Baghaei, N. %E Vassileva, J. %E Ali, R. %E Oyibo, K. %I Springer International Publishing %T Don’t Touch This! - Investigating the Potential of Visualizing Touched Surfaces on the Consideration of Behavior Change
• Integration of a social robot and gamification in adult learning and effects on motivation, engagement and performance Riedmann, Anna; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit in AI & Society (2022).
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  @article{Riedmann_2022, author = {Riedmann, Anna and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {AI & Society}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Integration of a social robot and gamification in adult learning and effects on motivation, engagement and performance}, year = 2022 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Riedmann_2022 %A Riedmann, Anna %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2022 %I Springer %J AI & Society %R 10.1007/s00146-022-01514-y %T Integration of a social robot and gamification in adult learning and effects on motivation, engagement and performance

• Towards a digital syllable-based reading intervention: An interview study with second-graders Schaper, Philipp; Donnermann, Melissa; Doser, Nicole; Lein, Martina; Riedmann, Anna; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Karageorgos, Panagiotis; Müller, Bettina; Richter, Tobias; Lugrin, Birgit in British HCI Conference 2021 (BCS-HCI 2021) (2021).
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  @inproceedings{schaper2021towards, author = {Schaper, Philipp and Donnermann, Melissa and Doser, Nicole and Lein, Martina and Riedmann, Anna and Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Karageorgos, Panagiotis and Müller, Bettina and Richter, Tobias and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {British HCI Conference 2021 (BCS-HCI 2021)}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, title = {Towards a digital syllable-based reading intervention: An interview study with second-graders}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 schaper2021towards %A Schaper, Philipp %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Doser, Nicole %A Lein, Martina %A Riedmann, Anna %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Karageorgos, Panagiotis %A Müller, Bettina %A Richter, Tobias %A Lugrin, Birgit %B British HCI Conference 2021 (BCS-HCI 2021) %D 2021 %T Towards a digital syllable-based reading intervention: An interview study with second-graders
• Culture for Socially Interactive Agents Lugrin, Birgit; Rehm, Matthias in The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition, B. Lugrin, C. Pelachaud, D. Traum (eds.) (2021). 463–494.
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  @incollection{Lugrin_2021, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Rehm, Matthias}, booktitle = {The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition}, editor = {Lugrin, Birgit and Pelachaud, Catherine and Traum, David}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {463-494}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Culture for Socially Interactive Agents}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Book Section %1 Lugrin_2021 %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Rehm, Matthias %B The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition %D 2021 %E Lugrin, Birgit %E Pelachaud, Catherine %E Traum, David %I ACM %P 463-494 %R 10.1145/3477322.3477336 %T Culture for Socially Interactive Agents %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3477322.3477336
• Put that Away and Talk to Me - the Effects of Smartphone induced Ostracism while Interacting with an Intelligent Virtual Agent Obremski, David; Schäfer, Alicia L.; Lange, Benjamin P.; Lugrin, Birgit; Ganal, Elisabeth; Witt, Laura; Nuñez, Tania R.; Schwarz, Sascha; Schwab, Frank in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction 2021 (2021).
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  @inproceedings{Obremski_2021, author = {Obremski, David and Schäfer, Alicia L. and Lange, Benjamin P. and Lugrin, Birgit and Ganal, Elisabeth and Witt, Laura and Nuñez, Tania R. and Schwarz, Sascha and Schwab, Frank}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction 2021}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Put that Away and Talk to Me - the Effects of Smartphone induced Ostracism while Interacting with an Intelligent Virtual Agent}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Obremski_2021 %A Obremski, David %A Schäfer, Alicia L. %A Lange, Benjamin P. %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Ganal, Elisabeth %A Witt, Laura %A Nuñez, Tania R. %A Schwarz, Sascha %A Schwab, Frank %B Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction 2021 %D 2021 %I ACM %R 10.1145/3472307.3484669 %T Put that Away and Talk to Me - the Effects of Smartphone induced Ostracism while Interacting with an Intelligent Virtual Agent
• Digitale Leseförderung: Konzeption und Evaluation der "Mobilen Leseförderung" Heß, J.; Karageorgos, P.; Richter, T.; Müller, B.; Riedmann, A.; Schaper, P.; Lugrin, B. in Round Table-Session präsentiert auf der Online-Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) (2021).
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  @conference{hess2021digitale, author = {Heß, J. and Karageorgos, P. and Richter, T. and Müller, B. and Riedmann, A. and Schaper, P. and Lugrin, B.}, booktitle = {Round Table-Session präsentiert auf der Online-Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)}, keywords = {sia}, title = {Digitale Leseförderung: Konzeption und Evaluation der "Mobilen Leseförderung"}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Generic %1 hess2021digitale %A Heß, J. %A Karageorgos, P. %A Richter, T. %A Müller, B. %A Riedmann, A. %A Schaper, P. %A Lugrin, B. %B Round Table-Session präsentiert auf der Online-Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) %D 2021 %T Digitale Leseförderung: Konzeption und Evaluation der "Mobilen Leseförderung"
• The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition Lugrin, Birgit; Pelachaud, Catherine; Traum, David (2021). ACM.
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  @book{2021, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Pelachaud, Catherine and Traum, David}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Book %1 2021 %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Pelachaud, Catherine %A Traum, David %D 2021 %I ACM %R 10.1145/3477322 %T The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3477322
• Introduction to Socially Interactive Agents Lugrin, Birgit in The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition, B. Lugrin, C. Pelachaud, D. Traum (eds.) (2021). 1–20.
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  @incollection{Lugrin_2021, author = {Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition}, editor = {Lugrin, Birgit and Pelachaud, Catherine and Traum, David}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {1-20}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Introduction to Socially Interactive Agents}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Book Section %1 Lugrin_2021 %A Lugrin, Birgit %B The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents – 20 Years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics, Volume 1: Methods, Behavior, Cognition %D 2021 %E Lugrin, Birgit %E Pelachaud, Catherine %E Traum, David %I ACM %P 1-20 %R 10.1145/3477322.3477324 %T Introduction to Socially Interactive Agents %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3477322.3477324
• Internalisation of Situational Motivation in an E-Learning Scenario Using Gamification Schaper, Philipp; Riedmann, Anna; Lugrin, Birgit in International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2021) (2021). 314–319.
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  @inproceedings{schaper2021internalisation, author = {Schaper, Philipp and Riedmann, Anna and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2021)}, keywords = {sia}, organization = {Springer}, pages = {314-319}, title = {Internalisation of Situational Motivation in an E-Learning Scenario Using Gamification}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 schaper2021internalisation %A Schaper, Philipp %A Riedmann, Anna %A Lugrin, Birgit %B International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2021) %D 2021 %P 314-319 %T Internalisation of Situational Motivation in an E-Learning Scenario Using Gamification
• Anthropomorphize me! - Effects of Robot Gender on Listeners’ Perception of the Social Robot NAO in a Storytelling Use Case Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Schaper, Philipp; Akuffo, Ohenewa Bediako; Friedrich, Paula; Ön, Jülide; Lugrin, Birgit in Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021), C. Bethel, A. Paiva, E. Broadbent, D. Feil-Seifer, D. Szafir (eds.) (2021).
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  @inproceedings{Steinhaeusser_2021, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Schaper, Philipp and Akuffo, Ohenewa Bediako and Friedrich, Paula and Ön, Jülide and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021)}, editor = {Bethel, Cindy and Paiva, Ana and Broadbent, Elizabeth and Feil-Seifer, David and Szafir, Daniel}, keywords = {storyteller}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Anthropomorphize me! - Effects of Robot Gender on Listeners' Perception of the Social Robot NAO in a Storytelling Use Case}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Steinhaeusser_2021 %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Schaper, Philipp %A Akuffo, Ohenewa Bediako %A Friedrich, Paula %A Ön, Jülide %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021) %D 2021 %E Bethel, Cindy %E Paiva, Ana %E Broadbent, Elizabeth %E Feil-Seifer, David %E Szafir, Daniel %I ACM %R 10.1145/3434074.3447228 %T Anthropomorphize me! - Effects of Robot Gender on Listeners' Perception of the Social Robot NAO in a Storytelling Use Case %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3434074.3447228
• Towards Adaptive Robotic Tutors in Universities: A Field Study Donnermann, Melissa; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit in International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2021) (2021).
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  @inproceedings{donnermann2021towards, author = {Donnermann, Melissa and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2021)}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Towards Adaptive Robotic Tutors in Universities: A Field Study}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 donnermann2021towards %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %B International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2021) %D 2021 %I Springer %T Towards Adaptive Robotic Tutors in Universities: A Field Study
• Social robots and gamification for technology supported learning: An empirical study on engagement and motivation Donnermann, Melissa; Lein, Martina; Messingschlager, Tanja; Riedmann, Anna; Schaper, Philipp; Steinhaeusser, Sophia; Lugrin, Birgit in Computers in Human Behavior (2021). 121 106792.
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  @article{Donnermann_2021, author = {Donnermann, Melissa and Lein, Martina and Messingschlager, Tanja and Riedmann, Anna and Schaper, Philipp and Steinhaeusser, Sophia and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Computers in Human Behavior}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, month = {aug}, pages = 106792, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {Social robots and gamification for technology supported learning: An empirical study on engagement and motivation}, volume = 121, year = 2021 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Donnermann_2021 %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Lein, Martina %A Messingschlager, Tanja %A Riedmann, Anna %A Schaper, Philipp %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2021 %I Elsevier %J Computers in Human Behavior %P 106792 %R 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106792 %T Social robots and gamification for technology supported learning: An empirical study on engagement and motivation %V 121
• 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.

  @article{Obremski2021, abstract = {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.}, author = {Obremski, David and Lugrin, Jean-Luc and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces}, keywords = {sia}, title = {Non-native speaker perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents in two languages: the impact of amount and type of grammatical mistakes}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Obremski2021 %A Obremski, David %A Lugrin, Jean-Luc %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2021 %J Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces %R 10.1007/s12193-021-00369-9 %T Non-native speaker perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents in two languages: the impact of amount and type of grammatical mistakes %U https://doi.org/10.1007/s12193-021-00369-9 %X 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.
• Your New Friend NAO vs. Robot No. 783 - Effects of Personal or Impersonal Framing in a Robotic Storytelling Use Case Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Gabel, Juliane J.; Lugrin, Birgit in Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021), C. Bethel, A. Paiva, E. Broadbent, D. Feil-Seifer, D. Szafir (eds.) (2021).
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  @inproceedings{Steinhaeusser_2021, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Gabel, Juliane J. and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021)}, editor = {Bethel, Cindy and Paiva, Ana and Broadbent, Elizabeth and Feil-Seifer, David and Szafir, Daniel}, keywords = {storyteller}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Your New Friend NAO vs. Robot No. 783 - Effects of Personal or Impersonal Framing in a Robotic Storytelling Use Case}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Steinhaeusser_2021 %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Gabel, Juliane J. %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021) %D 2021 %E Bethel, Cindy %E Paiva, Ana %E Broadbent, Elizabeth %E Feil-Seifer, David %E Szafir, Daniel %I ACM %R 10.1145/3434074.3447187 %T Your New Friend NAO vs. Robot No. 783 - Effects of Personal or Impersonal Framing in a Robotic Storytelling Use Case %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3434074.3447187
• The emotional robotic storyteller: On the influence of affect congruency on narrative transportation, robot perception, and persuasion Appel, Markus; Lugrin, Birgit; Kühle, Mayla; Heindl, Corinna in Computers in Human Behavior (2021). 106749.
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  @article{Appel_2021, author = {Appel, Markus and Lugrin, Birgit and Kühle, Mayla and Heindl, Corinna}, journal = {Computers in Human Behavior}, keywords = {storyteller}, pages = 106749, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {The emotional robotic storyteller: On the influence of affect congruency on narrative transportation, robot perception, and persuasion}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Appel_2021 %A Appel, Markus %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Kühle, Mayla %A Heindl, Corinna %D 2021 %I Elsevier %J Computers in Human Behavior %P 106749 %R 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106749 %T The emotional robotic storyteller: On the influence of affect congruency on narrative transportation, robot perception, and persuasion %U https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.chb.2021.106749
• Comparing a Robotic Storyteller versus Audio Book with Integration of Sound Effects and Background Music Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit in Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021), C. Bethel, A. Paiva, E. Broadbent, D. Feil-Seifer, D. Szafir (eds.) (2021).
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  @inproceedings{Steinhaeusser_2021, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021)}, editor = {Bethel, Cindy and Paiva, Ana and Broadbent, Elizabeth and Feil-Seifer, David and Szafir, Daniel}, keywords = {storyteller}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Comparing a Robotic Storyteller versus Audio Book with Integration of Sound Effects and Background Music}, year = 2021 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Steinhaeusser_2021 %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021) %D 2021 %E Bethel, Cindy %E Paiva, Ana %E Broadbent, Elizabeth %E Feil-Seifer, David %E Szafir, Daniel %I ACM %R 10.1145/3434074.3447186 %T Comparing a Robotic Storyteller versus Audio Book with Integration of Sound Effects and Background Music %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3434074.3447186
• User responses to a humanoid robot observed in real life, virtual reality, 3D and 2D Mara, Martina; Stein, Jan-Philipp; Latoschik, Marc Erich; Lugrin, Birgit; Schreiner, Constanze; Hostettler, Rafael; Appel, Markus in Frontiers in Psychology (2021). 12 633178.
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  @article{mara2021user, author = {Mara, Martina and Stein, Jan-Philipp and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Lugrin, Birgit and Schreiner, Constanze and Hostettler, Rafael and Appel, Markus}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychology}, keywords = {sia}, pages = 633178, publisher = {Frontiers Media SA}, title = {User responses to a humanoid robot observed in real life, virtual reality, 3D and 2D}, volume = 12, year = 2021 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 mara2021user %A Mara, Martina %A Stein, Jan-Philipp %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Schreiner, Constanze %A Hostettler, Rafael %A Appel, Markus %D 2021 %I Frontiers Media SA %J Frontiers in Psychology %P 633178 %T User responses to a humanoid robot observed in real life, virtual reality, 3D and 2D %V 12

• Integrating a Social Robot in Higher Education – A Field Study Donnermann, Melissa; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit in 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020) (2020). 573–579.
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  @inproceedings{donnermann2020integrating, author = {Donnermann, Melissa and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {573-579}, title = {Integrating a Social Robot in Higher Education – A Field Study}, year = 2020 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 donnermann2020integrating %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020) %D 2020 %P 573-579 %T Integrating a Social Robot in Higher Education – A Field Study
• Context Matters! Identifying Social Context Factors and Assessing Their Relevance for a Socially Assistive Robot von der Pütten, Astrid Marieke Rosenthal; Lugrin, Birgit; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Klass, Lina in Companion of the 2020 International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (2020). 409–411.
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  @inproceedings{Rosenthal_von_der_P_tten_2020, author = {von der Pütten, Astrid Marieke Rosenthal and Lugrin, Birgit and Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Klass, Lina}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2020 International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, pages = {409-411}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Context Matters! Identifying Social Context Factors and Assessing Their Relevance for a Socially Assistive Robot}, year = 2020 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Rosenthal_von_der_P_tten_2020 %A von der Pütten, Astrid Marieke Rosenthal %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Klass, Lina %B Companion of the 2020 International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction %D 2020 %I ACM %P 409-411 %R 10.1145/3371382.3378370 %T Context Matters! Identifying Social Context Factors and Assessing Their Relevance for a Socially Assistive Robot %U https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3371382.3378370
• 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) (2020). 1315–1320.
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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.

  @inproceedings{9223432, abstract = {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.}, author = {Lugrin, B. and Ströle, E. and Obremski, D. and Schwab, F. and Lange, B.}, booktitle = {29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {1315-1320}, title = {What if it speaks like it was from the village? Effects of a Robot speaking in Regional Language Variations on Users’ Evaluations}, year = 2020 }

  %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.
• (Expressive) Social Robot or Tablet? – On the Benefits of Embodiment and Non-verbal Expressivity of the Interface for a Smart Environment Deublein, Andrea; Lugrin, Birgit in International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2020), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, G.-H. S., J. T., M. C. (eds.) (2020). (Vol. 12064)
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  @inproceedings{deublein2021expressive, author = {Deublein, Andrea and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2020)}, editor = {S., Gram-Hansen and T., Jonasen and C., Midden}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, title = {(Expressive) Social Robot or Tablet? – On the Benefits of Embodiment and Non-verbal Expressivity of the Interface for a Smart Environment}, volume = 12064, year = 2020 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 deublein2021expressive %A Deublein, Andrea %A Lugrin, Birgit %B International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2020) %D 2020 %E S., Gram-Hansen %E T., Jonasen %E C., Midden %I Springer %R 10.1007/978-3-030-45712-9_7 %T (Expressive) Social Robot or Tablet? – On the Benefits of Embodiment and Non-verbal Expressivity of the Interface for a Smart Environment %V 12064
• Horror Laboratory and Forest Cabin - A Horror Game Series for Desktop Computer, Virtual Reality, and Smart Substitutional Reality Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lugrin, Birgit in Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (2020).
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  @inproceedings{Steinhaeusser_2020, author = {Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play}, keywords = {steinhaeusser}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Horror Laboratory and Forest Cabin - A Horror Game Series for Desktop Computer, Virtual Reality, and Smart Substitutional Reality}, year = 2020 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Steinhaeusser_2020 %A Steinhaeusser, Sophia C. %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play %D 2020 %I ACM %R 10.1145/3383668.3419924 %T Horror Laboratory and Forest Cabin - A Horror Game Series for Desktop Computer, Virtual Reality, and Smart Substitutional Reality

• Towards Narrative-Driven Atmosphere for Virtual Classroom Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Latoschik, Marc Erich; Glémarec, Yann; Bosser, Anne-Gween; Chollet, Mathieu; Lugrin, Birgit in Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2019). 1–6.
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  @inproceedings{lugrin2019towards, author = {Lugrin, Jean-Luc and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Glémarec, Yann and Bosser, Anne-Gween and Chollet, Mathieu and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, keywords = {storyteller}, pages = {1-6}, title = {Towards Narrative-Driven Atmosphere for Virtual Classroom}, year = 2019 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 lugrin2019towards %A Lugrin, Jean-Luc %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Glémarec, Yann %A Bosser, Anne-Gween %A Chollet, Mathieu %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems %D 2019 %P 1-6 %T Towards Narrative-Driven Atmosphere for Virtual Classroom %U http://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2019-chi-lbw-narrative-driven-atmosphere-preprint.pdf
• 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 (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.

  @article{obremski2019nonnative, abstract = {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.}, author = {Obremski, David and Lugrin, Jean-Luc and Schaper, Philipp and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents 2019}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Non-Native Speaker Generation and Perception for Mixed-Cultural Settings}, year = 2019 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 obremski2019nonnative %A Obremski, David %A Lugrin, Jean-Luc %A Schaper, Philipp %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2019 %I ACM %J ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1145/3308532.3329427 %T Non-Native Speaker Generation and Perception for Mixed-Cultural Settings %X 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. %@ 978-1-4503-6672-4/19/07
• Identifying Social Context Factors Relevant for a Robotic Elderly Assistant. Lugrin, Birgit; Rosenthal von der Pütten, Astrid M.; Hahn, Svenja in International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, M. A. Salichs, S. S. Ge, E. I. Barakova, J.-J. Cabibihan, A. R. Wagner, Álvaro C. González, H. He (eds.) (2019). (Vol. 11876) 558–567.
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  @inproceedings{conf/socrob/LugrinPH19, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Rosenthal von der Pütten, Astrid M. and Hahn, Svenja}, booktitle = {International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)}, crossref = {conf/socrob/2019}, editor = {Salichs, Miguel A. and Ge, Shuzhi Sam and Barakova, Emilia Ivanova and Cabibihan, John-John and Wagner, Alan R. and González, Álvaro Castro and He, Hongsheng}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {558-567}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, title = {Identifying Social Context Factors Relevant for a Robotic Elderly Assistant.}, volume = 11876, year = 2019 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/socrob/LugrinPH19 %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Rosenthal von der Pütten, Astrid M. %A Hahn, Svenja %B International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) %D 2019 %E Salichs, Miguel A. %E Ge, Shuzhi Sam %E Barakova, Emilia Ivanova %E Cabibihan, John-John %E Wagner, Alan R. %E González, Álvaro Castro %E He, Hongsheng %I Springer %P 558-567 %T Identifying Social Context Factors Relevant for a Robotic Elderly Assistant. %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/socrob/icsr2019.html#LugrinPH19 %V 11876
• Smart substitutional reality: Integrating the smart home into virtual reality Eckstein, Benjamin; Krapp, Eva; Elsässer, Anne; Lugrin, Birgit in Entertainment Computing (2019). 31 100306.
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  Recent advances in VR technology allow users to consume immersive content within their own living room. Substitutional Reality (SR) promises to enhance this experience by integrating the physical environment into the simulation. We propose a novel approach, called Smart Substitutional Reality (SSR), that extends the passive haptics of SR with the interactive functionality of a smart home environment. SSR is meant to serve as a foundation for serious games. In this paper, we describe the concept of SSR alongside the implementation of a prototype in our smart lab. We designed multiple virtual environments with a varying degree of mismatch compared to the real world, and added selected objects to induce additional haptic and thermal stimuli to increase immersion. In two user studies we investigate their impact on spatial presence and intrinsic motivation which are especially important for serious games. Results suggest that spatial presence is maintained with higher mismatch, and increased by inducing additional stimuli. Intrinsic motivation is increased in both cases.

  @article{ECKSTEIN2019100306, abstract = {Recent advances in VR technology allow users to consume immersive content within their own living room. Substitutional Reality (SR) promises to enhance this experience by integrating the physical environment into the simulation. We propose a novel approach, called Smart Substitutional Reality (SSR), that extends the passive haptics of SR with the interactive functionality of a smart home environment. SSR is meant to serve as a foundation for serious games. In this paper, we describe the concept of SSR alongside the implementation of a prototype in our smart lab. We designed multiple virtual environments with a varying degree of mismatch compared to the real world, and added selected objects to induce additional haptic and thermal stimuli to increase immersion. In two user studies we investigate their impact on spatial presence and intrinsic motivation which are especially important for serious games. Results suggest that spatial presence is maintained with higher mismatch, and increased by inducing additional stimuli. Intrinsic motivation is increased in both cases.}, author = {Eckstein, Benjamin and Krapp, Eva and Elsässer, Anne and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Entertainment Computing}, keywords = {sia}, pages = 100306, title = {Smart substitutional reality: Integrating the smart home into virtual reality}, volume = 31, year = 2019 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 ECKSTEIN2019100306 %A Eckstein, Benjamin %A Krapp, Eva %A Elsässer, Anne %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2019 %J Entertainment Computing %P 100306 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2019.100306 %T Smart substitutional reality: Integrating the smart home into virtual reality %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875952119300151 %V 31 %X Recent advances in VR technology allow users to consume immersive content within their own living room. Substitutional Reality (SR) promises to enhance this experience by integrating the physical environment into the simulation. We propose a novel approach, called Smart Substitutional Reality (SSR), that extends the passive haptics of SR with the interactive functionality of a smart home environment. SSR is meant to serve as a foundation for serious games. In this paper, we describe the concept of SSR alongside the implementation of a prototype in our smart lab. We designed multiple virtual environments with a varying degree of mismatch compared to the real world, and added selected objects to induce additional haptic and thermal stimuli to increase immersion. In two user studies we investigate their impact on spatial presence and intrinsic motivation which are especially important for serious games. Results suggest that spatial presence is maintained with higher mismatch, and increased by inducing additional stimuli. Intrinsic motivation is increased in both cases.
• Modeling and Evaluating Emotion, Contextual Head Movement and Voices for a Social Robot Storyteller Striepe, Hendrik; Donnermann, Melissa; Lein, Martina; Lugrin, Birgit in International Journal of Social Robotics (2019).
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  @article{Striepe2019, author = {Striepe, Hendrik and Donnermann, Melissa and Lein, Martina and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {International Journal of Social Robotics}, keywords = {striepe}, title = {Modeling and Evaluating Emotion, Contextual Head Movement and Voices for a Social Robot Storyteller}, year = 2019 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Striepe2019 %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Donnermann, Melissa %A Lein, Martina %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2019 %J International Journal of Social Robotics %R 10.1007/s12369-019-00570-7 %T Modeling and Evaluating Emotion, Contextual Head Movement and Voices for a Social Robot Storyteller
• Reflected Reality: A Mixed Reality Knowledge Representation for Context-aware Systems. Eckstein, Benjamin; Niebling, Florian; Lugrin, Birgit in 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) (2019). 1–4.
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  @inproceedings{conf/vsgames/EcksteinNL19, author = {Eckstein, Benjamin and Niebling, Florian and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games)}, crossref = {conf/vsgames/2019}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {1-4}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Reflected Reality: A Mixed Reality Knowledge Representation for Context-aware Systems.}, year = 2019 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/vsgames/EcksteinNL19 %A Eckstein, Benjamin %A Niebling, Florian %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) %D 2019 %I IEEE %P 1-4 %T Reflected Reality: A Mixed Reality Knowledge Representation for Context-aware Systems. %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/vsgames/vsgames2019.html#EcksteinNL19 %@ 978-1-7281-4540-2

• Towards Serious Games and Applications in Smart Substitutional Reality Eckstein, Benjamin; Krapp, Eva; Lugrin, Birgit in 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games 2018) (2018). 25–32.
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  Substitutional Reality (SR), the integration of the physical environment into Virtual Reality (VR), is a novel approach to facilitate and intensify the use of home-based VR systems. We propose to extend the passive haptics of SR with the interactive functionality of a smart home environment. This concept of smart SR is meant as a foundation for serious games and applications. In this paper, we describe the concept behind smart SR as well as the prototype in our lab environment. We created multiple virtual environments with a varying degree of mismatch regarding the real world. We present a user study where we examined the influence of these environments on the perceived sense of presence and motivation of users. Our findings showed that presence was high in all conditions while motivation increased with the level of mismatch. This provides us with a promising basis for further research.

  @inproceedings{eckstein2018towards, abstract = {Substitutional Reality (SR), the integration of the physical environment into Virtual Reality (VR), is a novel approach to facilitate and intensify the use of home-based VR systems. We propose to extend the passive haptics of SR with the interactive functionality of a smart home environment. This concept of smart SR is meant as a foundation for serious games and applications. In this paper, we describe the concept behind smart SR as well as the prototype in our lab environment. We created multiple virtual environments with a varying degree of mismatch regarding the real world. We present a user study where we examined the influence of these environments on the perceived sense of presence and motivation of users. Our findings showed that presence was high in all conditions while motivation increased with the level of mismatch. This provides us with a promising basis for further research.}, author = {Eckstein, Benjamin and Krapp, Eva and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games 2018)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {25-32}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Towards Serious Games and Applications in Smart Substitutional Reality}, year = 2018 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 eckstein2018towards %A Eckstein, Benjamin %A Krapp, Eva %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games 2018) %D 2018 %I IEEE %P 25-32 %T Towards Serious Games and Applications in Smart Substitutional Reality %U https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327720238_Towards_Serious_Games_and_Applications_in_Smart_Substitutional_Reality %X Substitutional Reality (SR), the integration of the physical environment into Virtual Reality (VR), is a novel approach to facilitate and intensify the use of home-based VR systems. We propose to extend the passive haptics of SR with the interactive functionality of a smart home environment. This concept of smart SR is meant as a foundation for serious games and applications. In this paper, we describe the concept behind smart SR as well as the prototype in our lab environment. We created multiple virtual environments with a varying degree of mismatch regarding the real world. We present a user study where we examined the influence of these environments on the perceived sense of presence and motivation of users. Our findings showed that presence was high in all conditions while motivation increased with the level of mismatch. This provides us with a promising basis for further research.
• 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) (2018). 59–64.
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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.

  @inproceedings{lugrin2018adapted, abstract = {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.}, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Eckstein, Benjamin and Bergmann, Kirsten and Heindl, Corinna}, booktitle = {18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2018)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {59-64}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Adapted Foreigner-directed Communication towards Virtual Agents}, year = 2018 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 lugrin2018adapted %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Eckstein, Benjamin %A Bergmann, Kirsten %A Heindl, Corinna %B 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2018) %D 2018 %I ACM %P 59-64 %T Adapted Foreigner-directed Communication towards Virtual Agents %U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuyGgCD_RbE %X 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.
• Scaffolding of motivation in learning using a social robot Deublein, Andrea; Pfeifer, Anne; Merbach, Katinka; Bruckner, Katharina; Mengelkamp, Christoph; Lugrin, Birgit in Computers & Education (2018). 125 182–190.
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  @article{Deublein2018182, author = {Deublein, Andrea and Pfeifer, Anne and Merbach, Katinka and Bruckner, Katharina and Mengelkamp, Christoph and Lugrin, Birgit}, journal = {Computers & Education}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {182 - 190}, title = {Scaffolding of motivation in learning using a social robot}, volume = 125, year = 2018 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 Deublein2018182 %A Deublein, Andrea %A Pfeifer, Anne %A Merbach, Katinka %A Bruckner, Katharina %A Mengelkamp, Christoph %A Lugrin, Birgit %D 2018 %J Computers & Education %P 182 - 190 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.06.015 %T Scaffolding of motivation in learning using a social robot %U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131518301581 %V 125
• Follow the White Robot - A Role-Playing Game with a Robot Game Master Fischbach, Martin; Brandt, Michael; Zimmerer, Chris; Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Latoschik, Marc Erich; Lugrin, Birgit in 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS 2018), AAMAS u002718 (2018). 1812–1814.
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  We describe a social robot acting as a game master in an interactive tabletop role-playing game. The Robot Game Master (RGM) takes on the role of different characters, which the human players meet during the adventure, as well as of the narrator. The demonstration presents a novel software and hardware platform that allows the robot to (1) proactively lead through the storyline and to (2) react to changes in the ongoing game in real-time, while (3) fostering playersu0027 collaborations.

  @inproceedings{fischbach:2018ab, abstract = {We describe a social robot acting as a game master in an interactive tabletop role-playing game. The Robot Game Master (RGM) takes on the role of different characters, which the human players meet during the adventure, as well as of the narrator. The demonstration presents a novel software and hardware platform that allows the robot to (1) proactively lead through the storyline and to (2) react to changes in the ongoing game in real-time, while (3) fostering players\u0027 collaborations.}, author = {Fischbach, Martin and Brandt, Michael and Zimmerer, Chris and Lugrin, Jean-Luc and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS 2018)}, keywords = {storyteller}, pages = {1812-1814}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {AAMAS \u002718}, title = {Follow the White Robot - A Role-Playing Game with a Robot Game Master}, year = 2018 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 fischbach:2018ab %A Fischbach, Martin %A Brandt, Michael %A Zimmerer, Chris %A Lugrin, Jean-Luc %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS 2018) %D 2018 %I ACM %P 1812-1814 %T Follow the White Robot - A Role-Playing Game with a Robot Game Master %U https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2018-aamas-demo-white-robot-camera-ready-v2-preprint.pdf %X We describe a social robot acting as a game master in an interactive tabletop role-playing game. The Robot Game Master (RGM) takes on the role of different characters, which the human players meet during the adventure, as well as of the narrator. The demonstration presents a novel software and hardware platform that allows the robot to (1) proactively lead through the storyline and to (2) react to changes in the ongoing game in real-time, while (3) fostering playersu0027 collaborations.
• Female Robots as Role-models? The Influence of Robot Gender and Learning Materials on Learning Success Pfeifer, Anne; Lugrin, Birgit in International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2018) (2018). 276–280.
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  @inproceedings{Pfeifer2018, author = {Pfeifer, Anne and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2018)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {276-280}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Female Robots as Role-models? The Influence of Robot Gender and Learning Materials on Learning Success}, year = 2018 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Pfeifer2018 %A Pfeifer, Anne %A Lugrin, Birgit %B International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2018) %D 2018 %I Springer %P 276-280 %T Female Robots as Role-models? The Influence of Robot Gender and Learning Materials on Learning Success
• Sozial interagierende Roboter in der Pflege Janowski, Kathrin; Ritschel, Hannes; Lugrin, Birgit; André, Elisabeth in Pflegeroboter, O. Bendel (ed.) (2018). 63–87.
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  In naher Zukunft werden Roboter immer häufiger in den Lebensbereichen von Alltagsnutzerinnen und -nutzern anzutreffen sein. Sehr deutlich wird dies am Beispiel von Haushalts- und Pflegerobotern, denen im Hinblick auf eine alternde Gesellschaft verstärkt die Rolle des Mitbewohners und Weggefährten zukommen wird. Damit einher geht der Wunsch, die Mensch-Roboter-Kommunikation menschzentrierter zu gestalten. Es geht nicht mehr lediglich um die effiziente Durchführung von Aufgaben, sondern auch darum, für den Menschen ein angenehmes Interaktionserlebnis zu schaffen und ein Vertrauensverhältnis zu dem Roboter herzustellen. Der nachfolgende Artikel diskutiert den aktuellen Stand in Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich sozial interagierender Roboter, die über multimodale soziale Hinweisreize mit pflegebedürftigen Menschen kommunizieren.

  @inbook{Janowski2018, abstract = {In naher Zukunft werden Roboter immer h{\"a}ufiger in den Lebensbereichen von Alltagsnutzerinnen und -nutzern anzutreffen sein. Sehr deutlich wird dies am Beispiel von Haushalts- und Pflegerobotern, denen im Hinblick auf eine alternde Gesellschaft verst{\"a}rkt die Rolle des Mitbewohners und Weggef{\"a}hrten zukommen wird. Damit einher geht der Wunsch, die Mensch-Roboter-Kommunikation menschzentrierter zu gestalten. Es geht nicht mehr lediglich um die effiziente Durchf{\"u}hrung von Aufgaben, sondern auch darum, f{\"u}r den Menschen ein angenehmes Interaktionserlebnis zu schaffen und ein Vertrauensverh{\"a}ltnis zu dem Roboter herzustellen. Der nachfolgende Artikel diskutiert den aktuellen Stand in Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich sozial interagierender Roboter, die {\"u}ber multimodale soziale Hinweisreize mit pflegebed{\"u}rftigen Menschen kommunizieren.}, author = {Janowski, Kathrin and Ritschel, Hannes and Lugrin, Birgit and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {Pflegeroboter}, editor = {Bendel, Oliver}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {63-87}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Sozial interagierende Roboter in der Pflege}, year = 2018 }

  %0 Book Section %1 Janowski2018 %A Janowski, Kathrin %A Ritschel, Hannes %A Lugrin, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %B Pflegeroboter %D 2018 %E Bendel, Oliver %I Springer %P 63-87 %R 10.1007/978-3-658-22698-5_4 %T Sozial interagierende Roboter in der Pflege %U https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22698-5_4 %X In naher Zukunft werden Roboter immer häufiger in den Lebensbereichen von Alltagsnutzerinnen und -nutzern anzutreffen sein. Sehr deutlich wird dies am Beispiel von Haushalts- und Pflegerobotern, denen im Hinblick auf eine alternde Gesellschaft verstärkt die Rolle des Mitbewohners und Weggefährten zukommen wird. Damit einher geht der Wunsch, die Mensch-Roboter-Kommunikation menschzentrierter zu gestalten. Es geht nicht mehr lediglich um die effiziente Durchführung von Aufgaben, sondern auch darum, für den Menschen ein angenehmes Interaktionserlebnis zu schaffen und ein Vertrauensverhältnis zu dem Roboter herzustellen. Der nachfolgende Artikel diskutiert den aktuellen Stand in Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich sozial interagierender Roboter, die über multimodale soziale Hinweisreize mit pflegebedürftigen Menschen kommunizieren. %@ 978-3-658-22698-5
• Social Robots as a Means of Integration? An Explorative Acceptance Study considering Gender and Non-verbal Behaviour Lugrin, Birgit; Bergmann, Kirsten; Dippold, Jessica in International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), IROS u002718 (2018). 2026–2032.
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  @inproceedings{lugrin2018social, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Bergmann, Kirsten and Dippold, Jessica}, booktitle = {International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {2026-2032}, publisher = {IEEE}, series = {IROS \u002718}, title = {Social Robots as a Means of Integration? An Explorative Acceptance Study considering Gender and Non-verbal Behaviour}, year = 2018 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 lugrin2018social %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Bergmann, Kirsten %A Dippold, Jessica %B International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) %D 2018 %I IEEE %P 2026-2032 %T Social Robots as a Means of Integration? An Explorative Acceptance Study considering Gender and Non-verbal Behaviour
• Do I act familiar? Investigating the Similarity-Attraction Principle on Culture-specific Communicative behaviour for Social Robots Lugrin, Birgit; Bartl, Andrea; Striepe, Hendrik; Lax, Jennifer; Toriizuka, Takashi in International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), IROS u002718 (2018). 2033–2039.
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  Culture, amongst other individual and social factors, plays a crucial role in human-human interactions. If robots should become a part of our society, they should be able to act in culture-specific manners as well. In this paper, we showcase the implementation of a cultural dichotomy, namely individualism vs. collectivism, in a social robotsu0027 conversation. Presenting these conversations to human observers from Germany and Japan, we investigate whether the implemented differences are recognized as such, and whether stereotypical culture-specific behaviours that correspond to the observersu0027 cultural background is preferred. Results suggest that the manipulations in behaviour had the intended effect, but are not reflected in personal preferences.

  @inproceedings{lugrin2018familiar, abstract = {Culture, amongst other individual and social factors, plays a crucial role in human-human interactions. If robots should become a part of our society, they should be able to act in culture-specific manners as well. In this paper, we showcase the implementation of a cultural dichotomy, namely individualism vs. collectivism, in a social robots\u0027 conversation. Presenting these conversations to human observers from Germany and Japan, we investigate whether the implemented differences are recognized as such, and whether stereotypical culture-specific behaviours that correspond to the observers\u0027 cultural background is preferred. Results suggest that the manipulations in behaviour had the intended effect, but are not reflected in personal preferences.}, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Bartl, Andrea and Striepe, Hendrik and Lax, Jennifer and Toriizuka, Takashi}, booktitle = {International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)}, keywords = {striepe}, pages = {2033-2039}, publisher = {IEEE}, series = {IROS \u002718}, title = {Do I act familiar? Investigating the Similarity-Attraction Principle on Culture-specific Communicative behaviour for Social Robots}, year = 2018 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 lugrin2018familiar %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Bartl, Andrea %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Lax, Jennifer %A Toriizuka, Takashi %B International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) %D 2018 %I IEEE %P 2033-2039 %T Do I act familiar? Investigating the Similarity-Attraction Principle on Culture-specific Communicative behaviour for Social Robots %X Culture, amongst other individual and social factors, plays a crucial role in human-human interactions. If robots should become a part of our society, they should be able to act in culture-specific manners as well. In this paper, we showcase the implementation of a cultural dichotomy, namely individualism vs. collectivism, in a social robotsu0027 conversation. Presenting these conversations to human observers from Germany and Japan, we investigate whether the implemented differences are recognized as such, and whether stereotypical culture-specific behaviours that correspond to the observersu0027 cultural background is preferred. Results suggest that the manipulations in behaviour had the intended effect, but are not reflected in personal preferences.
• 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 (2018). 26–32.
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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.

  @inproceedings{bergmann2018pilot, abstract = {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.}, author = {Bergmann, Kirsten and Rull, Maria del Mar Cordero and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {4th International Workshop on Multimodal Analyses Enabling Artificial Agents in Human-Machine Interaction}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {26-32}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {A Pilot Study on Adaptive Gesture Use in Interaction with Non-native Listeners}, year = 2018 }

  %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.

• Touch or Talk?: Comparing Social Robots and Tablet PCs for an Elderly Assistant Recommender System. Hammer, Stephan; Kirchner, Kim; André, Elisabeth; Lugrin, Birgit in Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017), B. Mutlu, M. Tscheligi, A. Weiss, J. E. Young (eds.) (2017). 129–130.
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  @inproceedings{conf/hri/HammerKAL17, author = {Hammer, Stephan and Kirchner, Kim and André, Elisabeth and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017)}, crossref = {conf/hri/2017c}, editor = {Mutlu, Bilge and Tscheligi, Manfred and Weiss, Astrid and Young, James E.}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {129-130}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Touch or Talk?: Comparing Social Robots and Tablet PCs for an Elderly Assistant Recommender System.}, year = 2017 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/hri/HammerKAL17 %A Hammer, Stephan %A Kirchner, Kim %A André, Elisabeth %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017) %D 2017 %E Mutlu, Bilge %E Tscheligi, Manfred %E Weiss, Astrid %E Young, James E. %I ACM %P 129-130 %T Touch or Talk?: Comparing Social Robots and Tablet PCs for an Elderly Assistant Recommender System. %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/hri/hri2017c.html#HammerKAL17 %@ 978-1-4503-4885-0
• 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.) (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 = {sia}, 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
• There Once Was a Robot Storyteller: Measuring the Effects of Emotion and Non-verbal Behaviour Striepe, Hendrik; Lugrin, Birgit in 9th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017), LNCS (2017).
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  Social Robots bear great potential to tell stories to human listeners. Through their embodiment and ability to display non-verbal and emotional behaviour, additional modalities can be used to transport the user into the story compared to traditional media such as books or audio books. Based on theoretical knowledge about the design of social robot storytellers and the analysis of human storytellers, we designed the behaviour of an emotional social robot storyteller and compared it to a neutral version of the robotic storyteller and the voice of a human story- teller represented by an audio book. Results suggest that the emotional robot is able to transport the participants equally well as the traditional audio book, while the neutral robot performed worse. We therefore claim, that emotional behaviour in the domain of robotic storytelling should be carefully designed to support the story rather then preventing a good transportation.

  @inproceedings{striepe2017there, abstract = {Social Robots bear great potential to tell stories to human listeners. Through their embodiment and ability to display non-verbal and emotional behaviour, additional modalities can be used to transport the user into the story compared to traditional media such as books or audio books. Based on theoretical knowledge about the design of social robot storytellers and the analysis of human storytellers, we designed the behaviour of an emotional social robot storyteller and compared it to a neutral version of the robotic storyteller and the voice of a human story- teller represented by an audio book. Results suggest that the emotional robot is able to transport the participants equally well as the traditional audio book, while the neutral robot performed worse. We therefore claim, that emotional behaviour in the domain of robotic storytelling should be carefully designed to support the story rather then preventing a good transportation.}, author = {Striepe, Hendrik and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {9th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017)}, keywords = {striepe}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {There Once Was a Robot Storyteller: Measuring the Effects of Emotion and Non-verbal Behaviour}, year = 2017 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 striepe2017there %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 9th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017) %D 2017 %I Springer %R https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_13 %T There Once Was a Robot Storyteller: Measuring the Effects of Emotion and Non-verbal Behaviour %U https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_13 %X Social Robots bear great potential to tell stories to human listeners. Through their embodiment and ability to display non-verbal and emotional behaviour, additional modalities can be used to transport the user into the story compared to traditional media such as books or audio books. Based on theoretical knowledge about the design of social robot storytellers and the analysis of human storytellers, we designed the behaviour of an emotional social robot storyteller and compared it to a neutral version of the robotic storyteller and the voice of a human story- teller represented by an audio book. Results suggest that the emotional robot is able to transport the participants equally well as the traditional audio book, while the neutral robot performed worse. We therefore claim, that emotional behaviour in the domain of robotic storytelling should be carefully designed to support the story rather then preventing a good transportation. %@ 978-3-319-70021-2
• In the Face of Emotion: A Behavioral Study on Emotions Towards a Robot Using the Facial Action Coding System. Menne, Isabelle M.; Lugrin, Birgit in Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017), B. Mutlu, M. Tscheligi, A. Weiss, J. E. Young (eds.) (2017). 205–206.
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  @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/hri/MenneL17, author = {Menne, Isabelle M. and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {Companion of the 2017 {ACM/IEEE} International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017)}, crossref = {DBLP:conf/hri/2017c}, editor = {Mutlu, Bilge and Tscheligi, Manfred and Weiss, Astrid and Young, James E.}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {205-206}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {In the Face of Emotion: A Behavioral Study on Emotions Towards a Robot Using the Facial Action Coding System.}, year = 2017 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 DBLP:conf/hri/MenneL17 %A Menne, Isabelle M. %A Lugrin, Birgit %B Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017) %D 2017 %E Mutlu, Bilge %E Tscheligi, Manfred %E Weiss, Astrid %E Young, James E. %I ACM %P 205-206 %R 10.1145/3029798.3038375 %T In the Face of Emotion: A Behavioral Study on Emotions Towards a Robot Using the Facial Action Coding System. %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3029798.3038375

• A Low-cost, Variable, Interactive Surface for Mixed-Reality Tabletop Games Fischbach, Martin; Striepe, Hendrik; Latoschik, Marc Erich; Lugrin, Birgit in 22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016), VRST u002716 (2016). 297–298.
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  This paper introduces an interactive surface concept for Mixed Reality (MR) tabletop games that combines a variable (LCD and/or projection) screen configuration with the detection of finger touches, in-air gestures, and tangibles. It is low-cost and minimally requires an ordinary table, a TV screen, and a Kinect v2 sensor. Existing applications can easily be connected by being compliant to standards. The concept is intended to foster further research on collaborative tabletop situations, not limited to games, but also in- cluding learning, meetings, and social interaction.

  @inproceedings{fischbach2016lowcost, abstract = {This paper introduces an interactive surface concept for Mixed Reality (MR) tabletop games that combines a variable (LCD and/or projection) screen configuration with the detection of finger touches, in-air gestures, and tangibles. It is low-cost and minimally requires an ordinary table, a TV screen, and a Kinect v2 sensor. Existing applications can easily be connected by being compliant to standards. The concept is intended to foster further research on collaborative tabletop situations, not limited to games, but also in- cluding learning, meetings, and social interaction.}, author = {Fischbach, Martin and Striepe, Hendrik and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {297-298}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {VRST \u002716}, title = {A Low-cost, Variable, Interactive Surface for Mixed-Reality Tabletop Games}, year = 2016 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 fischbach2016lowcost %A Fischbach, Martin %A Striepe, Hendrik %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016) %D 2016 %I ACM %P 297-298 %T A Low-cost, Variable, Interactive Surface for Mixed-Reality Tabletop Games %U http://dl.acm.org/authorize?N21397 %X This paper introduces an interactive surface concept for Mixed Reality (MR) tabletop games that combines a variable (LCD and/or projection) screen configuration with the detection of finger touches, in-air gestures, and tangibles. It is low-cost and minimally requires an ordinary table, a TV screen, and a Kinect v2 sensor. Existing applications can easily be connected by being compliant to standards. The concept is intended to foster further research on collaborative tabletop situations, not limited to games, but also in- cluding learning, meetings, and social interaction.
• The Influence of a Social Robot’s Persona on How it is Perceived and Accepted by Elderly Users Bartl, Andrea; Bosch, Stefanie; Brandt, Michael; Dittrich, Monique; Lugrin, Birgit in 8th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2016), LNCS, A. Agah, J.-J. Cabibihan, A. M. Howard, M. A. Salichs, H. He (eds.) (2016). (Vol. 9979) 681–691.
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  The demographic change causes an imbalance between the number of elderly in need of support and the number of caring staff. Therefore, it is important to help older adults keep their independence. Forgetting is a common obstacle people have to face when they become older which can be moderated by social robots by reminding on tasks. Since most elderly people are not used to robots a challenge in HRI is to identify aspects of a robot’s design to promote its acceptance. We present two different personas (companion vs. assistant) for a robotic platform by manipulating verbal and nonverbal behavior. A study was conducted in assisted living accommodations with the robot reminding on appointments to review if the persona influences the robot’s acceptance. Results indicate that the companion version of the robot was better accepted and perceived more likeable and intelligent compared to the assistant version.

  @inproceedings{conf/socrob/BartlBBDL16, abstract = {The demographic change causes an imbalance between the number of elderly in need of support and the number of caring staff. Therefore, it is important to help older adults keep their independence. Forgetting is a common obstacle people have to face when they become older which can be moderated by social robots by reminding on tasks. Since most elderly people are not used to robots a challenge in HRI is to identify aspects of a robot’s design to promote its acceptance. We present two different personas (companion vs. assistant) for a robotic platform by manipulating verbal and nonverbal behavior. A study was conducted in assisted living accommodations with the robot reminding on appointments to review if the persona influences the robot’s acceptance. Results indicate that the companion version of the robot was better accepted and perceived more likeable and intelligent compared to the assistant version.}, author = {Bartl, Andrea and Bosch, Stefanie and Brandt, Michael and Dittrich, Monique and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {8th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2016)}, crossref = {conf/socrob/2016}, editor = {Agah, Arvin and Cabibihan, John-John and Howard, Ayanna M. and Salichs, Miguel A. and He, Hongsheng}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {681-691}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {The Influence of a Social Robot's Persona on How it is Perceived and Accepted by Elderly Users}, volume = 9979, year = 2016 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/socrob/BartlBBDL16 %A Bartl, Andrea %A Bosch, Stefanie %A Brandt, Michael %A Dittrich, Monique %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 8th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2016) %D 2016 %E Agah, Arvin %E Cabibihan, John-John %E Howard, Ayanna M. %E Salichs, Miguel A. %E He, Hongsheng %I Springer %P 681-691 %T The Influence of a Social Robot's Persona on How it is Perceived and Accepted by Elderly Users %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/socrob/icsr2016.html#BartlBBDL16 %V 9979 %X The demographic change causes an imbalance between the number of elderly in need of support and the number of caring staff. Therefore, it is important to help older adults keep their independence. Forgetting is a common obstacle people have to face when they become older which can be moderated by social robots by reminding on tasks. Since most elderly people are not used to robots a challenge in HRI is to identify aspects of a robot’s design to promote its acceptance. We present two different personas (companion vs. assistant) for a robotic platform by manipulating verbal and nonverbal behavior. A study was conducted in assisted living accommodations with the robot reminding on appointments to review if the persona influences the robot’s acceptance. Results indicate that the companion version of the robot was better accepted and perceived more likeable and intelligent compared to the assistant version. %@ 978-3-319-47436-6
• Investigating Politeness Strategies and Their Persuasiveness for a Robotic Elderly Assistant Hammer, Stephan; Lugrin, Birgit; Bogomolov, Sergey; Janowski, Kathrin; André, Elisabeth in 11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2016), LNCS, A. Meschtscherjakov, B. E. R. de Ruyter, V. Fuchsberger, M. Murer, M. Tscheligi (eds.) (2016). (Vol. 9638) 315–326.
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  @inproceedings{conf/persuasive/HammerLBJA16, author = {Hammer, Stephan and Lugrin, Birgit and Bogomolov, Sergey and Janowski, Kathrin and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2016)}, crossref = {conf/persuasive/2016}, editor = {Meschtscherjakov, Alexander and de Ruyter, Boris E. R. and Fuchsberger, Verena and Murer, Martin and Tscheligi, Manfred}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {315-326}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Investigating Politeness Strategies and Their Persuasiveness for a Robotic Elderly Assistant}, volume = 9638, year = 2016 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/persuasive/HammerLBJA16 %A Hammer, Stephan %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Bogomolov, Sergey %A Janowski, Kathrin %A André, Elisabeth %B 11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2016) %D 2016 %E Meschtscherjakov, Alexander %E de Ruyter, Boris E. R. %E Fuchsberger, Verena %E Murer, Martin %E Tscheligi, Manfred %I Springer %P 315-326 %T Investigating Politeness Strategies and Their Persuasiveness for a Robotic Elderly Assistant %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/persuasive/persuasive2016.html#HammerLBJA16 %V 9638 %@ 978-3-319-31509-6
• PEARS - Physics Extension And Representation through Semantics Eckstein, B.; Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Wiebusch, D.; Latoschik, M.E. in IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games (2016). 8(2) 178–189.
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  Todayu0027s physics engines mainly simulate classical mechanics and rigid body dynamics, with some late advances also capable of simulating massive particle systems and some approximations of fluid dynamics. An accurate numerical simulation of complex non-mechanical processes in real-time is beyond the state-of-the-art in the respective fields. This article illustrates an alternative approach to a purely numerical solution. It uses a semantic representation of physical properties and processes as well as a reasoning engine to model cause and effect between objects, based on their material properties. Classical collision detection is combined with semantic rules to model various physical processes, e.g., in the areas of thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and fluid dynamics as well as chemical processes. Each process is broken down into fine-grained sub-processes capable of approximating continuous transitions with discretized state changes. Our system applies these high-level state descriptions to low-level value changes, which are directly mapped to a graphical representation of the scene. We demonstrate our frameworku0027s ability to support multiple complex, causally connected physical and chemical processes by simulating a Goldberg machine. Our performance benchmarks validate its scalability and potential application for entertainment or edutainment purposes.

  @article{7347376, abstract = {Today\u0027s physics engines mainly simulate classical mechanics and rigid body dynamics, with some late advances also capable of simulating massive particle systems and some approximations of fluid dynamics. An accurate numerical simulation of complex non-mechanical processes in real-time is beyond the state-of-the-art in the respective fields. This article illustrates an alternative approach to a purely numerical solution. It uses a semantic representation of physical properties and processes as well as a reasoning engine to model cause and effect between objects, based on their material properties. Classical collision detection is combined with semantic rules to model various physical processes, e.g., in the areas of thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and fluid dynamics as well as chemical processes. Each process is broken down into fine-grained sub-processes capable of approximating continuous transitions with discretized state changes. Our system applies these high-level state descriptions to low-level value changes, which are directly mapped to a graphical representation of the scene. We demonstrate our framework\u0027s ability to support multiple complex, causally connected physical and chemical processes by simulating a Goldberg machine. Our performance benchmarks validate its scalability and potential application for entertainment or edutainment purposes.}, author = {Eckstein, B. and Lugrin, Jean-Luc and Wiebusch, D. and Latoschik, M.E.}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games}, keywords = {sia}, month = {June}, number = 2, pages = {178-189}, title = {PEARS - Physics Extension And Representation through Semantics}, volume = 8, year = 2016 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 7347376 %A Eckstein, B. %A Lugrin, Jean-Luc %A Wiebusch, D. %A Latoschik, M.E. %D 2016 %J IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games %N 2 %P 178-189 %R 10.1109/TCIAIG.2015.2505404 %T PEARS - Physics Extension And Representation through Semantics %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7347376 %V 8 %X Todayu0027s physics engines mainly simulate classical mechanics and rigid body dynamics, with some late advances also capable of simulating massive particle systems and some approximations of fluid dynamics. An accurate numerical simulation of complex non-mechanical processes in real-time is beyond the state-of-the-art in the respective fields. This article illustrates an alternative approach to a purely numerical solution. It uses a semantic representation of physical properties and processes as well as a reasoning engine to model cause and effect between objects, based on their material properties. Classical collision detection is combined with semantic rules to model various physical processes, e.g., in the areas of thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and fluid dynamics as well as chemical processes. Each process is broken down into fine-grained sub-processes capable of approximating continuous transitions with discretized state changes. Our system applies these high-level state descriptions to low-level value changes, which are directly mapped to a graphical representation of the scene. We demonstrate our frameworku0027s ability to support multiple complex, causally connected physical and chemical processes by simulating a Goldberg machine. Our performance benchmarks validate its scalability and potential application for entertainment or edutainment purposes.
• Augmented Reasoning in the Mirror World Eckstein, Benjamin; Lugrin, Birgit in 22nd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016) (2016). 313–314.
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  In order to enable a social agent to behave in a believable and realistic way, it needs a wide range of information in the form of both low-level value-based data as well as high-level semantic knowledge. In this work we propose a system that puts a virtual reality layer between the real world and an agentu0027s knowledge representation. This mirror world allows the agent to use its abstract representation of the environment and inferred events as an additional source of knowledge when reasoning about the real world. Additionally, users and developers can use the mirror world, with its visualized data and highlighting of the agentu0027s reasoning, for further understanding of the agentu0027s behavior, debugging and testing, or the simulation of additional sensor input.

  @inproceedings{Eckstein:2016:ARM:2993369.2996316, abstract = {In order to enable a social agent to behave in a believable and realistic way, it needs a wide range of information in the form of both low-level value-based data as well as high-level semantic knowledge. In this work we propose a system that puts a virtual reality layer between the real world and an agent\u0027s knowledge representation. This mirror world allows the agent to use its abstract representation of the environment and inferred events as an additional source of knowledge when reasoning about the real world. Additionally, users and developers can use the mirror world, with its visualized data and highlighting of the agent\u0027s reasoning, for further understanding of the agent\u0027s behavior, debugging and testing, or the simulation of additional sensor input.}, author = {Eckstein, Benjamin and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {22nd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016)}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {313-314}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Augmented Reasoning in the Mirror World}, year = 2016 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Eckstein:2016:ARM:2993369.2996316 %A Eckstein, Benjamin %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 22nd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016) %D 2016 %I ACM %P 313-314 %R 10.1145/2993369.2996316 %T Augmented Reasoning in the Mirror World %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2993369.2996316 %X In order to enable a social agent to behave in a believable and realistic way, it needs a wide range of information in the form of both low-level value-based data as well as high-level semantic knowledge. In this work we propose a system that puts a virtual reality layer between the real world and an agentu0027s knowledge representation. This mirror world allows the agent to use its abstract representation of the environment and inferred events as an additional source of knowledge when reasoning about the real world. Additionally, users and developers can use the mirror world, with its visualized data and highlighting of the agentu0027s reasoning, for further understanding of the agentu0027s behavior, debugging and testing, or the simulation of additional sensor input. %@ 978-1-4503-4491-3
• Dynamic Context Integration through Modularized Ontologies and Semantic Blueprints Eckstein, Benjamin; Lugrin, Birgit in 5th International Workshop on Human-Agent Interaction Design and Models (HAIDM 2016), in conjunction with IJCAI 2016 (2016).
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  Some recent approaches in context-aware systems deploy on-tologies to benefit from their expressive power and extensive availability within the World Wide Web. However, wide-ranging ontologies tend to grow into large and complicated constructs, thereby making them difficult to maintain or reason on. In this work, we present a lightweight system design that combines the advantages of minimal, distributed or modularized ontologies with the computational power of a state-of-the-art real-time interactive system. Therefore, we introduce a simple data-structure called blueprints, that describes various reasoning operations to allow the dynamic integration of domain-specific knowledge for time-critical tasks, e.g. in multi-agent systems. Following this concept, we formulate four major use cases which are described through exemplary problems and proposed solutions. The presented design aims at porta-bility and adaptability, while maintaining real-time capability.

  @inproceedings{eckstein2016dynamic, abstract = {Some recent approaches in context-aware systems deploy on-tologies to benefit from their expressive power and extensive availability within the World Wide Web. However, wide-ranging ontologies tend to grow into large and complicated constructs, thereby making them difficult to maintain or reason on. In this work, we present a lightweight system design that combines the advantages of minimal, distributed or modularized ontologies with the computational power of a state-of-the-art real-time interactive system. Therefore, we introduce a simple data-structure called blueprints, that describes various reasoning operations to allow the dynamic integration of domain-specific knowledge for time-critical tasks, e.g. in multi-agent systems. Following this concept, we formulate four major use cases which are described through exemplary problems and proposed solutions. The presented design aims at porta-bility and adaptability, while maintaining real-time capability.}, author = {Eckstein, Benjamin and Lugrin, Birgit}, booktitle = {5th International Workshop on Human-Agent Interaction Design and Models (HAIDM 2016), in conjunction with IJCAI 2016}, keywords = {sia}, title = {Dynamic Context Integration through Modularized Ontologies and Semantic Blueprints}, year = 2016 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 eckstein2016dynamic %A Eckstein, Benjamin %A Lugrin, Birgit %B 5th International Workshop on Human-Agent Interaction Design and Models (HAIDM 2016), in conjunction with IJCAI 2016 %D 2016 %T Dynamic Context Integration through Modularized Ontologies and Semantic Blueprints %X Some recent approaches in context-aware systems deploy on-tologies to benefit from their expressive power and extensive availability within the World Wide Web. However, wide-ranging ontologies tend to grow into large and complicated constructs, thereby making them difficult to maintain or reason on. In this work, we present a lightweight system design that combines the advantages of minimal, distributed or modularized ontologies with the computational power of a state-of-the-art real-time interactive system. Therefore, we introduce a simple data-structure called blueprints, that describes various reasoning operations to allow the dynamic integration of domain-specific knowledge for time-critical tasks, e.g. in multi-agent systems. Following this concept, we formulate four major use cases which are described through exemplary problems and proposed solutions. The presented design aims at porta-bility and adaptability, while maintaining real-time capability.

• Visualization Support for Comparing Energy Consumption Data Masoodian, Masood; Lugrin, Birgit; Buehling, René; André, Elisabeth in 19th International Conference on Information Visualisation (2015). 28–34.
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  @inproceedings{Masoodian2015, author = {Masoodian, Masood and Lugrin, Birgit and Buehling, René and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {19th International Conference on Information Visualisation}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {28-34}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Visualization Support for Comparing Energy Consumption Data}, year = 2015 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Masoodian2015 %A Masoodian, Masood %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Buehling, René %A André, Elisabeth %B 19th International Conference on Information Visualisation %D 2015 %I IEEE %P 28-34 %T Visualization Support for Comparing Energy Consumption Data
• Modeling and Evaluating a Bayesian Network of Culture-dependent Behaviors Lugrin, Birgit; Frommel, Julian; André, Elisabeth in International Conference on Culture and Computing (2015).
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  @inproceedings{Lugrin2015, author = {Lugrin, Birgit and Frommel, Julian and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {International Conference on Culture and Computing}, keywords = {sia}, 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
• Games are Better than Books: In-Situ Comparison of an Interactive Job Interview Game with Conventional Training Damian, Ionut; Baur, Tobias; Lugrin, Birgit; Gebhard, Patrick; Mehlmann, Gregor; André, Elisabeth in 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2015), LNCS, C. Conati, N. Heffernan, A. Mitrovic, F. M. Verdejo (eds.) (2015).
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  @inproceedings{Damian2015, author = {Damian, Ionut and Baur, Tobias and Lugrin, Birgit and Gebhard, Patrick and Mehlmann, Gregor and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2015)}, editor = {Conati, Cristina and Heffernan, Neil and Mitrovic, Antonija and Verdejo, Felisa M.}, keywords = {sia}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Games are Better than Books: In-Situ Comparison of an Interactive Job Interview Game with Conventional Training}, year = 2015 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 Damian2015 %A Damian, Ionut %A Baur, Tobias %A Lugrin, Birgit %A Gebhard, Patrick %A Mehlmann, Gregor %A André, Elisabeth %B 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2015) %D 2015 %E Conati, Cristina %E Heffernan, Neil %E Mitrovic, Antonija %E Verdejo, Felisa M. %I Springer %T Games are Better than Books: In-Situ Comparison of an Interactive Job Interview Game with Conventional Training

• 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, LNCS, M. Kurosu (ed.) (2014). (Vol. 8511) 429–439.
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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 = {sia}, pages = {429-439}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Effects of Language Variety on Personality Perception in Embodied Conversational Agents}, volume = 8511, year = 2014 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/hci/KrennEKA14 %A Krenn, Brigitte %A Endrass, Birgit %A Kistler, Felix %A André, Elisabeth %B 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques %D 2014 %E Kurosu, Masaaki %I Springer %P 429-439 %R 10.1007/978-3-319-07230-2_41 %T Effects of Language Variety on Personality Perception in Embodied Conversational Agents %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/hci/hci2014-2.html#KrennEKA14 %V 8511 %@ 978-3-319-07229-6
• 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.) (2014). 1687–1688.
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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 = {sia}, 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
• Designing User-Character Dialog in Interactive Narratives: An Exploratory Experiment Endrass, Birgit; Klimmt, Christoph; Mehlmann, Gregor; André, Elisabeth; Roth, Christian in IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games (2014). 6(2) 166–173.
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  @article{journals/tciaig/EndrassKMAR14, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Klimmt, Christoph and Mehlmann, Gregor and André, Elisabeth and Roth, Christian}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games}, keywords = {storyteller}, number = 2, pages = {166-173}, title = {Designing User-Character Dialog in Interactive Narratives: An Exploratory Experiment}, volume = 6, year = 2014 }

  %0 Journal Article %1 journals/tciaig/EndrassKMAR14 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Klimmt, Christoph %A Mehlmann, Gregor %A André, Elisabeth %A Roth, Christian %D 2014 %J IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games %N 2 %P 166-173 %R 10.1109/TCIAIG.2013.2290509 %T Designing User-Character Dialog in Interactive Narratives: An Exploratory Experiment %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/tciaig/tciaig6.html#EndrassKMAR14 %V 6
• 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.) (2014). 1395–1396.
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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 = {sia}, 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
• Full Body Interaction with Virtual Characters in an Interactive Storytelling Scenario Kistler, Felix; Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth in 14th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2014), LNCS, T. W. Bickmore, S. Marsella, C. L. Sidner (eds.) (2014). (Vol. 8637) 236–239.
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  @inproceedings{conf/iva/KistlerEA14, author = {Kistler, Felix and Endrass, Birgit and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {14th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2014)}, crossref = {conf/iva/2014}, editor = {Bickmore, Timothy W. and Marsella, Stacy and Sidner, Candace L.}, keywords = {storyteller}, pages = {236-239}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Full Body Interaction with Virtual Characters in an Interactive Storytelling Scenario}, volume = 8637, year = 2014 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/iva/KistlerEA14 %A Kistler, Felix %A Endrass, Birgit %A André, Elisabeth %B 14th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2014) %D 2014 %E Bickmore, Timothy W. %E Marsella, Stacy %E Sidner, Candace L. %I Springer %P 236-239 %R 10.1007/978-3-319-09767-1_30 %T Full Body Interaction with Virtual Characters in an Interactive Storytelling Scenario %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iva/iva2014.html#KistlerEA14 %V 8637 %@ 978-3-319-09766-4
• 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.) (2014). 1085–1092.
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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 = {sia}, 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
• 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.) (2014). 531–534.
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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 = {sia}, 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
• 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.) (2014). 227–251.
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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 = {sia}, 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
• Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters - Investigating Behavioral Aspects across Cultures Endrass, Birgit (2014). I–XIV, 1. Springer.
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  @book{books/sp/Endrass14, author = {Endrass, Birgit}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {I-XIV, 1-237}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters - Investigating Behavioral Aspects across Cultures}, year = 2014 }

  %0 Book %1 books/sp/Endrass14 %A Endrass, Birgit %D 2014 %I Springer %P I-XIV, 1-237 %T Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters - Investigating Behavioral Aspects across Cultures %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04910-2 %@ 978-3-658-04909-6
• Simulating Deceptive Cues of Joy in Humanoid Robots Endrass, Birgit; Häring, Markus; Akila, Gasser; André, Elisabeth in 14th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2014), LNCS, T. W. Bickmore, S. Marsella, C. L. Sidner (eds.) (2014). (Vol. 8637) 174–177.
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  @inproceedings{conf/iva/EndrassHAA14, author = {Endrass, Birgit and Häring, Markus and Akila, Gasser and André, Elisabeth}, booktitle = {14th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2014)}, crossref = {conf/iva/2014}, editor = {Bickmore, Timothy W. and Marsella, Stacy and Sidner, Candace L.}, keywords = {sia}, pages = {174-177}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Simulating Deceptive Cues of Joy in Humanoid Robots}, volume = 8637, year = 2014 }

  %0 Conference Paper %1 conf/iva/EndrassHAA14 %A Endrass, Birgit %A Häring, Markus %A Akila, Gasser %A André, Elisabeth %B 14th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2014) %D 2014 %E Bickmore, Timothy W. %E Marsella, Stacy %E Sidner, Candace L. %I Springer %P 174-177 %R 10.1007/978-3-319-09767-1_20 %T Simulating Deceptive Cues of Joy in Humanoid Robots %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/iva/iva2014.html#EndrassHAA14 %V 8637 %@ 978-3-319-09766-4
• 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, LNCS, M. Kurosu (ed.) (2014). (Vol. 8511) 532–543.
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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 = {storyteller}, 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
• What I See is Not What You Get: Why Culture-Specific Behaviours for Virtual Characters Should Be User-Tested Across Cultures Degens, Nick; Endrass, Birgit; Hofstede, Gert Jan; Beulens, Adrie; André, Elisabeth in AI and Society (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 = {sia}, title = {What I See is Not What You Get: Why Culture-Specific Behaviours for Virtual Characters Should Be User-Tested Across Cultures}, 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 Society %R 10.1007/s00146-014-0567-2 %T What I See is Not What You Get: Why Culture-Specific Behaviours for Virtual Characters Should Be User-Tested Across Cultures