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The dialogue experience with conversational agents can be greatly enhanced with multimodal and immersive interactions in virtual reality. In this work, we present an open-source architecture with the goal of simplifying the development of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Michele Yin , Gabriel Roccabruna , Abhinav Azad , Giuseppe Riccardi

Conversational AI systems are becoming famous in day to day lives. In this paper, we are trying to address the following key question: To identify whether design, as well as development efforts for search oriented conversational AI are…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-09-15 Mahipal Jadeja , Neelanshi Varia

Despite growing recognition that responsible AI requires domain knowledge, current work on conversational AI primarily draws on clinical expertise that prioritises diagnosis and intervention. However, much of everyday emotional support…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Joel Wester , Samuel Rhys Cox , Henning Pohl , Niels van Berkel

Chatbots systems, despite their popularity in today's HCI and CSCW research, fall short for one of the two reasons: 1) many of the systems use a rule-based dialog flow, thus they can only respond to a limited number of pre-defined inputs…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-02-05 Liuping Wang , Dakuo Wang , Feng Tian , Zhenhui Peng , Xiangmin Fan , Zhan Zhang , Shuai Ma , Mo Yu , Xiaojuan Ma , Hongan Wang

Chatbots are often designed to mimic social roles attributed to humans. However, little is known about the impact on user's perceptions of using language that fails to conform to the associated social role. Our research draws on…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Ana Paula Chaves , Jesse Egbert , Toby Hocking , Eck Doerry , Marco Aurelio Gerosa

Artificial Intelligence is becoming part of any technology we use nowadays. If the AI informs people's decisions, the explanation about AI's outcomes, results, and behavior becomes a necessary capability. However, the discussion of XAI…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Juliana Jansen Ferreira , Mateus Monteiro

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the major technological advancements of this century, bearing incredible potential for users through AI-powered applications and tools in numerous domains. Being often black-box (i.e., its…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Eleonora Cappuccio , Andrea Esposito , Francesco Greco , Giuseppe Desolda , Rosa Lanzilotti , Salvatore Rinzivillo

Vast improvements in natural language understanding and speech recognition have paved the way for conversational interaction with computers. While conversational agents have often been used for short goal-oriented dialog, we know little…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Jessica Van Brummelen , Kevin Weng , Phoebe Lin , Catherine Yeo

Advances in artificial intelligence have renewed interest in conversational agents. Additionally to software developers, today all kinds of employees show interest in new technologies and their possible applications for customers. German…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-12-23 Falko Koetter , Matthias Blohm , Jens Drawehn , Monika Kochanowski , Joscha Goetzer , Daniel Graziotin , Stefan Wagner

This workshop proposal focuses on best practices in UI/UX design for AI applications aimed at children, emphasising safety, engagement, and ethics. It aims to address the challenge of measuring the safety, trustworthiness, and reliability…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Grazia Ragone , Paolo Buono , Rosa Lanzilotti

This research report proposes a structured solution to address the need for awareness of cultural and language in user design. It will include evaluated research on established methods that already exist. Discussed ideas about how to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-05-26 Jason Ross , Jing Gao

Conversational agents (CAs) are increasingly embedded in daily life, yet their ability to navigate user emotions efficiently is still evolving. This study investigates how users with varying traits -- gender, personality, and cultural…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Yuchong Zhang , Yong Ma , Di Fu , Stephanie Zubicueta Portales , Morten Fjeld , Danica Kragic

Conversational AI chatbots are transforming industries by streamlining customer service, automating transactions, and enhancing user engagement. However, evaluating these systems remains a challenge, particularly in financial services,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Shailja Gupta , Rajesh Ranjan , Surya Narayan Singh

As digital tools increasingly mediate mental health care, self-clone chatbots can offer a uniquely novel approach to intra-personal exploration and self-derived support. Trained to replicate users' conversational patterns, self-clones allow…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Mehrnoosh Sadat Shirvani , Jackie Crowley , Cher Peng , Jackie Liu , Thomas Chao , Suky Martinez , Laura Brandt , Ig-Jae Kim , Dongwook Yoon

Context: Online collaborative creation of models is becoming commonplace. Collaborative modeling using chatbots and natural language may lower the barriers to modeling for users from different domains. Objective: We compare the perceived…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Ranci Ren , John W. Castro , Santiago R. Acuña , Oscar Dieste , Silvia T. Acuña

Despite its technological breakthroughs, eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) research has limited success in producing the {\em effective explanations} needed by users. In order to improve XAI systems' usability, practical…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Thu Nguyen , Alessandro Canossa , Jichen Zhu

This paper outlines the challenges and opportunities of research on conversational agents with children and young people across four countries, exploring the ways AI technologies can support children's well-being across social and cultural…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Natalia Kucirkova , Alexis Hiniker , Megumi Ishikawa , Sho Tsuji , Aayushi Dangol , Robert Wolfe

User Experience (UX) in virtual worlds is a fast-developing discipline that requires creative design concepts to overcome the divide between physical and virtual interaction. This research investigates primary principles and techniques to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Harish Vijayakumar

This study investigates the development and assessment of an artificial human designed as a conversational AI chatbot, focusing on its role as a clinical psychologist. The project involved creating a specialized chatbot using the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Birger Moell

AI is promising in assisting UX evaluators with analyzing usability tests, but its judgments are typically presented as non-interactive visualizations. Evaluators may have questions about test recordings, but have no way of asking them.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Emily Kuang , Ehsan Jahangirzadeh Soure , Mingming Fan , Jian Zhao , Kristen Shinohara