TOPICS :
- Architectures
- Authorable Virtual Peers
- Autism
- Computational Models of Behavior
- Computer Games
- Conversation
- Culture
- Dialect
- Direction-Giving
- Education
- Embodied Conversational Agents
- Evaluation
- Gender
- Gesture
- Implementation
- Leadership
- Literacy
- Machine Learning
- MOOCs
- Multimodal
- Narrative
- Natural Language Generation (NLG)
- Online Communities
- Peer-Tutoring
- Peers
- Rapport
- Social Skills
- Storytelling and Storylistening
- Survey Interviewing
- Trust
- Verbal and Nonverbal
- Virtual Peers
When to generate hedges in peer-tutoring interactions
Abulimiti, A., Clavel, C. & Cassell, J. (2023). When to generate hedges in peer-tutoring interactions. In Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL), pages 572–583, Prague, Czechia. Association for Computational Linguistics.
How About Kind of Generating Hedges using End-to-End Neural Models?
Abulimiti, A., Clavel, C. & Cassell, J. (2023). How About Kind of Generating Hedges using End-to-End Neural Models?. In Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers), pages 877–892, Toronto, Canada. Association for Computational Linguistics.
Socially interactive agents as peers
Cassell, J. (2022). Socially interactive agents as peers. In B. Lugrin, C. Pelachaud & D. Traum (Eds.), Handbook on socially interactive agents: 20 years of research on embodied conversational agents, intelligent virtual agents, and social robotics (vol. 2). ACM.
Artificial intelligence for a social world
Cassell, J. (2019). Artificial intelligence for a social world. Issues in Science and Technology, 35(4), 29-36.
Faster responses are better responses: Introducing incrementality into sociable virtual personal assistants
Tsai, V., Baumann, T., Pecune, F., & Cassell, J. (2019). Faster responses are better responses: Introducing incrementality into sociable virtual personal assistants. In 9th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue System Technology (pp. 111-118). Springer, Singapore.
Towards automatic generation of peer-targeted science talk in curiosity-evoking virtual agent
Paranjape, B., Ge, Y., Bai, Z., Hammer, J., & Cassell, J. (2018, November). Towards automatic generation of peer-targeted science talk in curiosity-evoking virtual agent. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents(pp. 71-78).
Accessing Peer Social Interaction: Using Authorable Virtual Peer Technology as a Component of a Group Social Skills Intervention Program.
Tartaro, A., Cassell, J., Ratz, C., Lira, J., Nanclares-Nogues, V. (2015) “Accessing Peer Social Interaction: Using Authorable Virtual Peer Technology as a Component of a Group Social Skills Intervention Program.” ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 6, 1, Article 2, 29 pages.
Modeling ethnicity into technology: Using virtual agents to understand sociolinguistic variation
Finkelstein, S., Yarzebinski, E., Vaughn, C., Cassell, J. (2013) “Modeling ethnicity into technology: Using virtual agents to understand sociolinguistic variation”. in Proceedings of NWAV 42,, Oct 17- 20, 2013, Pittsburgh, PA.
Alex: A Virtual Peer that Identifies Student Dialect
Finkelstein, S., Ogan, A., Vaughn, C., & Cassell, J. (2013) “Alex: A Virtual Peer that Identifies Student Dialect”. in Proceedings of Workshop on Culturally-Aware Technology Enhanced Learning, Paphos, Cyprus.
Investigating the Influence of Virtual Peers as Dialect Models on Students’ Prosodic Inventory
Finkelstein, S., Scherer, S., Ogan, A., Morency, L.P., Cassell, J. (2012) “Investigating the Influence of Virtual Peers as Dialect Models on Students’ Prosodic Inventory”. in Proceedings of WOCCI (Workshop on Child-Computer Interfaces) at INTERSPEECH 2013, September 14-15, 2012, Portland, OR.
Oh Dear Stacy! Social Interaction, Elaboration, and Learning with Teachable Agents
Ogan, A., Finkelstein, S., Mayfield, E., Matsuda, N., Cassell, J. (2012) “Oh Dear Stacy! Social Interaction, Elaboration, and Learning with Teachable Agents” in Proceedings of CHI 2012, May 5-10, 2010, Austin, TX. [PDF]
Rudeness and rapport: Insults and learning gains in peer tutoring
Finkelstein, S., Ogan, A., Walker, E., Muller, R., Cassell, J. (2012) “Rudeness and rapport: Insults and learning gains in peer tutoring” in Proceedings of ntelligent Tutoring Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Brick by Brick: Iterating Interventions to Bridge the Achievement Gap with Virtual Peers
Rader, E., Echelbarger, M. Cassell, J. (2011) “Brick by Brick: Iterating Interventions to Bridge the Achievement Gap with Virtual Peers” in Proceedings of the CHI’11 Conference, May 9-12, Vancouver, BC
Culture as Social Practice: Being Enculturated in Human-Computer Interaction
Cassell, J. (2009) “Culture as Social Practice: Being Enculturated in Human-Computer Interaction” in C. Stephanidis (Ed.) Proceedings of HCII, (published as Universal Access in HCI, Part III. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag), pp. 303-313.
Modeling Culturally Authentic Style Shifting with Virtual Peers
Cassell, J., Geraghty, K., Gonzalez, B., Borland, J. (2009) “Modeling Culturally Authentic Style Shifting with Virtual Peers” in Proceedings of ICMI-MLMI. Nov. 2-6, Cambridge, MA [PDF]
Playing with Virtual Peers: Bootstrapping Contingent Discourse in Children with Autism
Tartaro, A. & Cassell, J. (2008). “Playing with Virtual Peers: Bootstrapping Contingent Discourse in Children with Autism” Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), June 24-28, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Ethnic Identity and Engagement in Embodied Conversational Agents
Iacobelli, F. & Cassell, J. (2007). “Ethnic Identity and Engagement in Embodied Conversational Agents” Proceedings of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA), Sept. 17-19, Paris, France.
Authorable Virtual Peers for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Tartaro, A., & Cassell, J. (2006). “Authorable Virtual Peers for Autism Spectrum Disorders.” Proceedings of the Workshop on Language-Enabled Educational Technology at the 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI06), August 28-31, Riva del Garda, Italy.
Using Virtual Peer Technology as an Intervention for Children with Autism
Tartaro, A., & Cassell, J. (2006). “Using Virtual Peer Technology as an Intervention for Children with Autism”. Universal Usability: Designing Computer Interfaces for Diverse User Populations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp. 231-262
Towards a Model of Technology and Literacy Development: Story Listening Systems
Cassell, J (2004) “Towards a Model of Technology and Literacy Development: Story Listening Systems”Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 25 (1): 75-105.
Sam Goes to School: Story Listening Systems in the Classroom
Kehoe, C., Cassell, J., Goldman, S., Dai, J., Gouldstone, I., MacLeod, S., O’Day, T., Pandolfo, A., Ryokai, K., Wang, A. (2004) “Sam Goes to School: Story Listening Systems in the Classroom”International Conference for the Learning Sciences.
Virtual Peers as Partners in Storytelling and Literacy Learning
Ryokai, K., Vaucelle, C., Cassell, J. (2003) “Virtual Peers as Partners in Storytelling and Literacy Learning”Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 19(2): 195-208