Thursday
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Darren Gergle
Carolyn P. Rosé
Robert E. Kraut
We present a computational description of collaborative reference that can be applied to the development of conversational agents, applications that dynamically track collaboration, and dialogue managers for natural language interfaces.
Nils Dahlback
Qianying Wang
Clifford Nass
Jenny Alwin
Experimental study of users' voice interface accent preferences, showing that even when participants have an alternative to focus on, i.e. the speakers' presumptive competence, they nonetheless opt for similarity-attraction.
Brooke Foucault
Helena Mentis
Phoebe Sengers
Devon Welles
This paper demonstrates that deviance can be used as a resource to achieve positive social outcomes by discussing the outcomes of a study where co-workers interacted with a gossiping agent.
Catherine Zanbaka
Amy Ulinski
Paula Goolkasian
Larry Hodges
Presents results of an experimental study illustrating virtual humans can affect task performance through social influence. Highlights the importance of understanding human-virtual human social interactions when designing virtual human interfaces.