Deutsch Intern
Chair of Computer Science V

Publications

2024[ to top ]
  • Investigating the Mere Exposure Effect in Relation to Perceived Eeriness and Humaneness of a Social Robot. Fiolka, Anastasia Klara; Donnermann, Melissa; Lugrin, Birgit. In Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024.
  • Enhancing Trust towards the Police with Virtual Agents - Enhancing Trust towards the Police through Interaction with Virtual Agents - Investigating the Ingroup Effect with Mixed-Cultural Individuals. Lugrin, Birgit; Ganal, Elisabeth; Baumann, Maximilian; Fiolka, Anastasia; Haase, Tobias. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, of IVA ’24. ACM, 2024.
  • Reiteratively Designing a Robotic Concierge with Different Stakeholders – a Multi-Methods Field Study. Lein, Martina; Donnermann, Melissa; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lugrin, Birgit. In 20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO 2024). IEEE, 2024.
  • Combining Emotional Gestures, Sound Effects, and Background Music for Robotic Storytelling - Effects on Storytelling Experience, Emotion Induction, and Robot Perception. Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Piller, Ramona; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 687–696. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024.
  • The Applicability of Using Virtual Social Contexts as Stimuli and Training Material for Social Context Research. Ganal, Elisabeth; Fiolka, Anastasia; Christen, Anika; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, of IVA ’24. ACM, 2024.
  • Meet or Call my Robotic Tutor? - The Effect of a Physically vs. Virtually Present Social Robot on Learning Outcomes, Engagement and Perception. Donnermann, Melissa; Heinzmann, Pauline; Lugrin, Birgit. In Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024.
  • Integrating Sound Effects and Background Music in Robotic Storytelling - A Series of Online Studies Across Different Story Genres. Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lugrin, Birgit. In Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, p. 100085. 2024.
  • Uli-RL: A Real-World Deep Reinforcement Learning Pedagogical Agent for Children. Riedmann, Anna; Götz, Julia; D’Eramo, Carlo; Lugrin, Birgit. In 47th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vol. to appear. of KI 2024. 2024.
  • Improving word reading skills of low-skilled readers: An intervention combining a syllable-based approach with digital game-based features. Heß, Janina; Karageorgos, Panagiotis; Müller, Bettina; Riedmann, Anna; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit; Richter, Tobias. In Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 2024.
  • Investigating Social Robots in Medical Offices - A Field Study. Donnermann, Melissa; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lein, Martina; Binder, Uli; Lugrin, Birgit. In 20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO 2024). IEEE, 2024.
  • Towards the development of an automated robotic storyteller: comparing approaches for emotional story annotation for non-verbal expression via body language. Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Zehe, Albin; Schnetter, Peggy; Hotho, Andreas; Lugrin, Birgit. In Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, pp. 1–23. 2024.
  • Iteratively Designing a Mobile App for Measuring In-Group Out-Group Bias with Preschool Children. Elsässer, Anne; Riedmann, Anna; Schneider, Patrick; Felfe, Christina; Lugrin, Birgit. In ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC ’24), pp. 119–132. 2024.
  • Excuse Me, May I Disturb You? The Influence of Politeness of a Social Robot on the Perception of Interruptions. Ganal, Elisabeth; Habenicht, Michelle; Lugrin, Birgit. In 33th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. IEEE, 2024.
  • Introducing a Model for (Long-term) Personalization of the Behavior of a Social Robot Tutor based on Self-determination Theory and Empirical Findings. Melissa, Donnermann; Birgit, Lugrin. In 2024 33th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2024). IEEE, 2024.
  • The Way You See Me - Comparing Results from Online Video-Taped and In-Person Robotic Storytelling Research. Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Heckel, Martin; Lugrin, Birgit. In Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2024), pp. 1018–1022. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024.
2023[ to top ]
  • Evaluation of a Social Robot at the Reception Desk for Exam Registration During Covid-19. Steinhaeusser, Sophia; Donnermann, Melissa; Lein, Martina; Lugrin, Birgit. In 2023 32th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023). IEEE, 2023.
  • 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, of HRI ’23 Companion. 2023.
  • Behavioural Adaptation Towards Foreign Virtual Agents in VR - the Impact of Non-Native Speech. Obremski, David; Brucker, Eva; Friedrich, Paula; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, of IVA ’23. ACM, Würzburg, Germany, 2023.
  • Towards an Adaptive Pedagogical Agent in a Reading Intervention Using Reinforcement Learning. Riedmann, Anna; Lugrin, Birgit. In ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA ’23). ACM, 2023.
  • Pepper on the Job: Applying Social Robots in Employee Training. Donnermann, Melissa; Rossin, Franziska; Lugrin, Birgit. In 2023 32th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023). IEEE, 2023.
  • Reducing Racial Bias by Interacting with Virtual Agents: An Intervention in Virtual Reality. Obremski, David; Akuffo, Ohenewa Bediako; Lücke, Leonie; Semineth, Miriam; Tomiczek, Sarah; Weichert, Hanna-Finja; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, of AAMAS ’23, pp. 747–755. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, London, United Kingdom, 2023.
  • 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, pp. 127–145. Springer, 2023.
  • Generating Social Contexts with Virtual Agents to Foster Interruptibility Research for Socially Interactive Agents. Ganal, Elisabeth; Lugrin, Birgit. In ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA ’23). ACM, 2023.
  • Effects of Number of Voices and Voice Type on Storytelling Experience and Robot Perception. Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lugrin, Birgit. In Sound and Robotics, R. Savery (ed.), pp. 9–32. CRC Press, 2023.
  • Digitale silbenbasierte Leseintervention in Klasse 2: Worterkennungsleistung moderiert den Einfluss auf Lese- und Rechtschreibfähigkeiten. Heß, Janina; Karageorgos, Panagiotis; Müller, Bettina; Riedmann, Anna; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit; Richter, Tobias. In Vortrag bei der 19. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, of PAEPS. 2023.
  • Who Would You Rather Ask for Help? A Comparison Between Two Chatbot Personalities in Information Management. Ganal, Elisabeth; Wiederer, Fiona; Bachmann, Isabell; Lugrin, Birgit. In Human-Computer Interaction, of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, M. Kurosu, A. Hashizume (eds.), pp. 334–353. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 2023.
  • Effects of Social Ingroup Cues on Empathy Towards an Intelligent Virtual Agent With a Mixed-Cultural Background. Obremski, David; Friedrich, Paula; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the Conference for Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction 2023. Cambridge (Massachusetts), United States of America, 2023.
  • 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 2023). 2023.
  • Iteratively designing a robotic concierge with different stakeholders - A multi-methods field study. Donnermann, Melissa; Steinhaeusser, Sophia C.; Lein, Martina; Lugrin, Birgit. In AIRSI 2023 - The Metaverse Conference. 2023.
  • MobiLe: Konzeption einer digitalen, silbenbasierten Leseförderung für die Grundschule. Heß, Janina; Riedmann, Anna; Karageorgos, Panagiotis; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit; Richter, Tobias; Müller, Bettina. In Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht., 71(1), pp. 41–51. 2023.
  • A System for Building Wizard-of-Oz-based Interactive Scenarios with Mixed-Cultural Intelligent Virtual Agents. Obremski, David; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, of IVA ’23. ACM, Würzburg, Germany, 2023.
  • PePUT: A Unity Toolkit for the Social Robot Pepper. Ganal, Elisabeth; Siol, Lenny; Lugrin, Birgit. In 2023 32th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE, 2023.
2022[ to top ]
  • 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, 9. Frontiers Media SA, 2022.
  • 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 Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION (ICMI ’22), November 7--11, 2022, pp. 15–24. Bengaluru, India, 2022.
  • Preface. Lugrin, Birgit. In The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents: 20 years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics Volume 2: Interactivity, Platforms, Application, p. xxv-xl. ACM, 2022.
  • 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.
  • 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, Vol. 13284, S. Crossley, E. Popescu (eds.). Springer, 2022.
  • Challenge Discussion on Socially Interactive Agents: Considerations on Social Interaction, Computational Architectures, Evaluation, and Ethics. Lugrin, Birgit; Pelachaud, Catherine; André, Elisabeth; Aylett, Ruth; Bickmore, Timothy; Breazeal, Cynthia; Broekens, Joost; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Gratch, Jonathan; Kopp, Stefan; Nadel, Jacqueline; Paiva, Ana; Wykowska, Agnieszka. In The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents: 20 years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics Volume 2: Interactivity, Platforms, Application, pp. 561–626. ACM, 2022.
  • 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), pp. 163–170. IEEE, 2022.
  • 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; Friedrich, Paula; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 67–75. Christchurch, New Zealand, 2022.
  • 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.
  • 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. Oxford University Press, 2022.
  • 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, p. 100539. Elsevier, 2022.
  • The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents: 20 years of Research on Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics Volume 2: Interactivity, Platforms, Application. Lugrin, Birgit; Pelachaud, Catherine; Traum, David. ACM, 2022.
  • 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, pp. 290–292. ACM, 2022.
  • Mixed-Cultural Speech for Mixed-Cultural Users - Natural vs. Synthetic Speech for Virtual Agents. Obremski, David; Lugrin, Birgit. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 290–292. Christchurch, New Zealand, 2022.
  • 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, 43, p. 100514. Elsevier BV, 2022.
  • 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, 12(1), p. 3. MDPI, 2022.
  • 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, pp. 67–75. ACM, 2022.
  • 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.
  • Exploratory Study on the Perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents With Non-Native Accents Using Synthetic and Natural Speech in German. Obremski, David; Hering, Helena Babette; Friedrich, Paula; Lugrin, Birgit. In INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION. ACM, 2022.
  • The impact of mixed-cultural speech on the stereotypical perception of a virtual robot. Obremski, David; Friedrich, Paula; Haak, Nora; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9. Frontiers Media SA, 2022.
  • 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), pp. 67–74. IEEE, 2022.
  • 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). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2022.
  • 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). IEEE Press, 2022.
  • 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.). Springer International Publishing, 2022.
  • 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), pp. 171–178. IEEE, 2022.
  • 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. Springer, 2022.
2021[ to top ]
  • Non-native speaker perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents in two languages: the impact of amount and type of grammatical mistakes. Obremski, David; Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces. 2021.
  • 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. ACM, 2021.
  • 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.). ACM, 2021.
  • 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.), pp. 1–20. ACM, 2021.
  • 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.
  • Towards Adaptive Robotic Tutors in Universities: A Field Study. Donnermann, Melissa; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2021). Springer, 2021.
  • 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.
  • 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. ACM, 2021.
  • 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.). ACM, 2021.
  • 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.), pp. 463–494. ACM, 2021.
  • 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, 12, p. 633178. Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
  • 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), pp. 314–319. Springer, 2021.
  • 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, p. 106749. Elsevier, 2021.
  • 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, 121, p. 106792. Elsevier, 2021.
  • 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.). ACM, 2021.
2020[ to top ]
  • 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), pp. 573–579. 2020.
  • 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. ACM, 2020.
  • What if it speaks like it was from the village? Effects of a Robot speaking in Regional Language Variations on Users’ Evaluations. Lugrin, B.; Ströle, E.; Obremski, D.; Schwab, F.; Lange, B. In 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020), pp. 1315–1320. 2020.
  • 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, pp. 409–411. ACM, 2020.
  • (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), Vol. 12064 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, G.-H. S., J. T., M. C. (eds.). Springer, 2020.
2019[ to top ]
  • Smart substitutional reality: Integrating the smart home into virtual reality. Eckstein, Benjamin; Krapp, Eva; Elsässer, Anne; Lugrin, Birgit. In Entertainment Computing, 31, p. 100306. 2019.
  • 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), Vol. 11876 of 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.), pp. 558–567. Springer, 2019.
  • 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.
  • 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), pp. 1–4. IEEE, 2019.
  • Non-Native Speaker Generation and Perception for Mixed-Cultural Settings. Obremski, David; Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Schaper, Philipp; Lugrin, Birgit. In ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents 2019. ACM, 2019.
  • 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, pp. 1–6. 2019.
2018[ to top ]
  • Scaffolding of motivation in learning using a social robot. Deublein, Andrea; Pfeifer, Anne; Merbach, Katinka; Bruckner, Katharina; Mengelkamp, Christoph; Lugrin, Birgit. In Computers & Education, 125, pp. 182–190. 2018.
  • Sozial interagierende Roboter in der Pflege. Janowski, Kathrin; Ritschel, Hannes; Lugrin, Birgit; André, Elisabeth. In Pflegeroboter, O. Bendel (ed.), pp. 63–87. Springer, 2018.
  • A Pilot Study on Adaptive Gesture Use in Interaction with Non-native Listeners. Bergmann, Kirsten; Rull, Maria del Mar Cordero; Lugrin, Birgit. In 4th International Workshop on Multimodal Analyses Enabling Artificial Agents in Human-Machine Interaction, pp. 26–32. ACM, 2018.
  • 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), of IROS u002718, pp. 2033–2039. IEEE, 2018.
  • Adapted Foreigner-directed Communication towards Virtual Agents. Lugrin, Birgit; Eckstein, Benjamin; Bergmann, Kirsten; Heindl, Corinna. In 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2018), pp. 59–64. ACM, 2018.
  • 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), of IROS u002718, pp. 2026–2032. IEEE, 2018.
  • 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), pp. 276–280. Springer, 2018.
  • 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), of AAMAS u002718, pp. 1812–1814. ACM, Stockholm, Sweden, 2018.
  • 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), pp. 25–32. IEEE, 2018.
2017[ to top ]
  • 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.), pp. 205–206. ACM, 2017.
  • 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), of LNCS. Springer, 2017.
  • 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.), pp. 129–130. ACM, 2017.
  • Combining a Data-driven and a Theory-based Approach to Generate Culture-dependent Behaviours for Virtual Characters. Lugrin, Birgit; Frommel, Julian; André, Elisabeth. In Advances in Culturally-Aware Intelligent Systems and in Cross-Cultural Psychological Studies, C. Faucher (ed.). Springer, 2017.
2016[ to top ]
  • 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, 8(2), pp. 178–189. 2016.
  • Augmented Reasoning in the Mirror World. Eckstein, Benjamin; Lugrin, Birgit. In 22nd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2016), pp. 313–314. ACM, Munich, Germany, 2016.
  • 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), Vol. 9638 of LNCS, A. Meschtscherjakov, B. E. R. de Ruyter, V. Fuchsberger, M. Murer, M. Tscheligi (eds.), pp. 315–326. Springer, 2016.
  • 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), Vol. 9979 of LNCS, A. Agah, J.-J. Cabibihan, A. M. Howard, M. A. Salichs, H. He (eds.), pp. 681–691. Springer, 2016.
  • 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), of VRST u002716, pp. 297–298. ACM, 2016.
  • 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.
2015[ to top ]
  • Visualization Support for Comparing Energy Consumption Data. Masoodian, Masood; Lugrin, Birgit; Buehling, René; André, Elisabeth. In 19th International Conference on Information Visualisation, pp. 28–34. IEEE, 2015.
  • Modeling and Evaluating a Bayesian Network of Culture-dependent Behaviors. Lugrin, Birgit; Frommel, Julian; André, Elisabeth. In International Conference on Culture and Computing. IEEE, 2015.
  • 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), of LNCS, C. Conati, N. Heffernan, A. Mitrovic, F. M. Verdejo (eds.). Springer, 2015.
2014[ to top ]
  • A Pictorial Interaction Language for Children to Communicate with Cultural Virtual Characters. Endrass, Birgit; Hall, Lynne E.; Hume, Colette; Tazzyman, Sarah; André, Elisabeth. In 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques, Vol. 8511 of LNCS, M. Kurosu (ed.), pp. 532–543. Springer, 2014.
  • 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, 6(2), pp. 166–173. 2014.
  • Effects of Language Variety on Personality Perception in Embodied Conversational Agents. Krenn, Brigitte; Endrass, Birgit; Kistler, Felix; André, Elisabeth. In 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques, Vol. 8511 of LNCS, M. Kurosu (ed.), pp. 429–439. Springer, 2014.
  • Integration of Cultural Factors into the Behavioural Models of Virtual Characters. B. Endrass, E. André. In Natural Language Generation in Interactive Systems, A. Stent, S. Bangalore (eds.), pp. 227–251. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters - Investigating Behavioral Aspects across Cultures. Endrass, Birgit. pp. I–XIV, 1. Springer, 2014.
  • 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), Vol. 8637 of LNCS, T. W. Bickmore, S. Marsella, C. L. Sidner (eds.), pp. 236–239. Springer, 2014.
  • Werewolves, Cheats, and Cultural Sensitivity. Aylett, Ruth; Hall, Lynne E.; Tazzyman, Sarah; Endrass, Birgit; André, Elisabeth; Ritter, Christopher; Nazir, Asad; Paiva, Ana; Hofstede, Gert Jan; Kappas, Arvid. In International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), A. L. C. Bazzan, M. N. Huhns, A. Lomuscio, P. Scerri (eds.), pp. 1085–1092. IFAAMAS, 2014.
  • MIXER: why the difference?. Nazir, Asad; Aylett, Ruth S.; Lim, Mei Yii; Endrass, Birgit; Hall, Lynne E.; Ritter, Christopher. In International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), A. L. C. Bazzan, M. N. Huhns, A. Lomuscio, P. Scerri (eds.), pp. 1687–1688. IFAAMAS, 2014.
  • A hybrid Approach to model a Bayesian Network of Culture-specific Behavior. Endrass, Birgit; Frommel, Julian; André, Elisabeth. In International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), A. L. C. Bazzan, M. N. Huhns, A. Lomuscio, P. Scerri (eds.), pp. 1395–1396. IFAAMAS, 2014.
  • Engaging with Virtual Characters using a Pictorial Interaction Language. Endrass, Birgit; Hall, Lynne E.; Hume, Colette; Tazzyman, Sarah; André, Elisabeth; Aylett, Ruth. In Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2014), M. Jones, P. A. Palanque, A. Schmidt, T. Grossman (eds.), pp. 531–534. ACM, 2014.
  • 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), Vol. 8637 of LNCS, T. W. Bickmore, S. Marsella, C. L. Sidner (eds.), pp. 174–177. Springer, 2014.