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People inherently use experiences of their past while imagining their future, a capability that plays a crucial role in mental health. Resonance is an AI-powered journaling tool designed to augment this ability by offering AI-generated,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Wazeer Zulfikar , Treyden Chiaravalloti , Jocelyn Shen , Rosalind Picard , Pattie Maes

Our paper focuses on the research of the possibility for speech recognition intelligent agents to assist the elderly and disabled people's lives, to improve their life quality by utilizing cutting-edge technologies. After researching the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Junchi Chu , Xueyun Tang

Mental health challenges are rising globally, while traditional support services face limited availability and high costs. Large language models offer potential for conversational support, but often lack personalization, empathy, and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Truong Le Minh Toan , Dieu Bang Mach , Tan Duy Le , Nguyen Tan Viet Tuyen

This work investigates whether knowledge-driven large language model (LLM)-based storytelling can support purposeful narrative interaction with a digital companion for older adults. To address known limitations of LLMs, including…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Jayalakshmi Baskar , Vera C. Kaelin , Kaan Kilic , Helena Lindgren

With children talking to smart-speakers, smart-phones and even smart-microwaves daily, it is increasingly important to educate students on how these agents work-from underlying mechanisms to societal implications. Researchers are developing…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Jessica Van Brummelen , Tommy Heng , Viktoriya Tabunshchyk

Highly autonomous generative agents powered by large language models promise to simulate intricate social behaviors in virtual societies. However, achieving real-time interactions with humans at a low computational cost remains challenging.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Zhao Kaiya , Michelangelo Naim , Jovana Kondic , Manuel Cortes , Jiaxin Ge , Shuying Luo , Guangyu Robert Yang , Andrew Ahn

Conversational agents have been gaining increasing popularity in recent years. Influenced by the widespread adoption of task-oriented agents such as Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, these agents are being deployed into various applications to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Christopher Clarke , Karthik Krishnamurthy , Walter Talamonti , Yiping Kang , Lingjia Tang , Jason Mars

As LLM-based agents are increasingly used in long-term interactions, cumulative memory is critical for enabling personalization and maintaining stylistic consistency. However, most existing systems adopt an ``all-or-nothing'' approach to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Muzhao Tian , Zisu Huang , Xiaohua Wang , Jingwen Xu , Zhengkang Guo , Qi Qian , Yuanzhe Shen , Kaitao Song , Jiakang Yuan , Changze Lv , Xiaoqing Zheng

Intelligent personal assistant systems that are able to have multi-turn conversations with human users are becoming increasingly popular. Most previous research has been focused on using either retrieval-based or generation-based methods to…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Liu Yang , Junjie Hu , Minghui Qiu , Chen Qu , Jianfeng Gao , W. Bruce Croft , Xiaodong Liu , Yelong Shen , Jingjing Liu

This paper introduces a novel approach to tackle the challenges of preserving and transferring tacit knowledge--deep, experience-based insights that are hard to articulate but vital for decision-making, innovation, and problem-solving.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Martin Benderoth , Patrick Gebhard , Christian Keller , C. Benjamin Nakhosteen , Stefan Schaffer , Tanja Schneeberger

We are living longer in times of the biggest technological revolution humanity had ever seen before. Trying to understand how these two facts interact with each other, or more specifically, trying to maximise the benefits that new…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-09-15 L. Morillo-Mendez

We present our approach to using AI-generated content (AIGC) and multiple media to develop an immersive, game-based, interactive story experience. The narrative of the story, "Memory Remedy", unfolds through flashbacks, allowing the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Lei Han , Yu Zhou , Qiongyan Chen , David Yip

Demographic growth and rise in the average age of the population is increasing the demand for the elderly assistance. Health care oriented ambient intelligence technologies are fundamental to support elderly peoples' autonomy. In this…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-01 Mariya Kilina , Tommaso Elia , Syed Yusha Kareem , Alessandro Carfi , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni

Mental health assessment is crucial for early intervention and effective treatment, yet traditional clinician-based approaches are limited by the shortage of qualified professionals. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have sparked…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Jinpeng Hu , Ao Wang , Qianqian Xie , Hui Ma , Zhuo Li , Dan Guo

Large Language Models (LLMs) have become a popular interface for human-AI interaction, supporting information seeking and task assistance through natural, multi-turn dialogue. To respond to users within multi-turn dialogues, the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Fengran Mo , Yifan Gao , Sha Li , Hansi Zeng , Xin Liu , Zhaoxuan Tan , Xian Li , Jianshu Chen , Dakuo Wang , Meng Jiang

To build a conversational agent that interacts fluently with humans, previous studies blend knowledge or personal profile into the pre-trained language model. However, the model that considers knowledge and persona at the same time is still…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-01-09 Jungwoo Lim , Myunghoon Kang , Yuna Hur , Seungwon Jung , Jinsung Kim , Yoonna Jang , Dongyub Lee , Hyesung Ji , Donghoon Shin , Seungryong Kim , Heuiseok Lim

Conversational AI agents are proliferating, embodying a range of devices such as smart speakers, smart displays, robots, cars, and more. We can envision a future where a personal conversational agent could migrate across different form…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Ravi Tejwani , Felipe Moreno , Sooyeon Jeong , Hae Won Park , Cynthia Breazeal

Dementia is an overall decline in memory and cognitive skills severe enough to reduce an elders ability to perform everyday activities. There is an increasing need for accessible technologies for cognitive training to slow down the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Kwong Chiu Fung , Wai Ho Mow

Inspired by the cognitive science theory of the explicit human memory systems, we have modeled an agent with short-term, episodic, and semantic memory systems, each of which is modeled with a knowledge graph. To evaluate this system and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Taewoon Kim , Michael Cochez , Vincent François-Lavet , Mark Neerincx , Piek Vossen

The prevalence of mental disorders has become a significant issue, leading to the increased focus on Emotional Support Conversation as an effective supplement for mental health support. Existing methods have achieved compelling results,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-12 Mengzhao Jia , Qianglong Chen , Liqiang Jing , Dawei Fu , Renyu Li