This article reviews the state of the art in social eye gaze for human-robot interaction (HRI). It
establishes three categories of gaze research in HRI, defined by differences in goals and …

A person's emotions and state of mind are apparent in their face and eyes. As a Latin
proverb states:'The face is the portrait of the mind; the eyes, its informers'. This presents a …

Background Recognizing learners' engagement during learning processes is important for
providing personalized pedagogical support and preventing dropouts. As learning …

We present computational models that allow spoken dialog systems to handle
multiparticipant engagement in open, dynamic environments, where multiple people may …

There is a fundamental problem with the Turing Test (Turing, 1950). It is designed to help
decide whether a machine has genuine intelligence comparable to that of a human, and …

In this paper we present our work toward the creation of a multimodal expressive Embodied
Conversational Agent (ECA). Our agent, called Greta, exhibits nonverbal behaviors …

Virtual characters are an important part of many 3D graphical simulations. In entertainment
or training applications, virtual characters might be one of the main mechanisms for creating …

Current methodologies in corpus linguistics have revolutionized the way we look at
language. They allow us to make objective observations about written and spoken …

A person's emotions and state of mind are apparent in their face and eyes. As a Latin
proverb states:" The face is the portrait of the mind; the eyes, its informers.". This presents a …

Engagement is the process by which participants establish, maintain, and end their
perceived connection. Automatic engagement inference is one of the tasks required to …