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In online learning environments, students often lack personalized peer interactions, which are crucial for cognitive development and learning engagement. Although previous studies have employed large language models (LLMs) to simulate…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Xian Gao , Zongyun Zhang , Ting Liu , Yuzhuo Fu

Large language models are being rapidly deployed across many fields such as healthcare, finance, transportation, and energy, where time-series data are fundamental components. The current works are still limited in their ability to perform…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Paul Quinlan , Qingguo Li , Xiaodan Zhu

Large Language Models (LLM) like ChatGPT have significantly advanced in recent years and are now being used by the general public. As more people interact with these systems, improving our understanding of these black box models is crucial,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Nutchanon Yongsatianchot , Parisa Ghanad Torshizi , Stacy Marsella

Inspired by studies on the overwhelming presence of experience-sharing in human-human conversations, Emora, the social chatbot developed by Emory University, aims to bring such experience-focused interaction to the current field of…

Human speech goes beyond the mere transfer of information; it is a profound exchange of emotions and a connection between individuals. While Text-to-Speech (TTS) models have made huge progress, they still face challenges in controlling the…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Guanrou Yang , Chen Yang , Qian Chen , Ziyang Ma , Wenxi Chen , Wen Wang , Tianrui Wang , Yifan Yang , Zhikang Niu , Wenrui Liu , Fan Yu , Zhihao Du , Zhifu Gao , ShiLiang Zhang , Xie Chen

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising potential in providing empathetic support during interactions. However, their responses often become verbose or overly formulaic, failing to adequately address the diverse emotional…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Jing Ye , Lu Xiang , Yaping Zhang , Chengqing Zong

We propose AToM-Bot, a novel task generation and execution framework for proactive robot-human interaction, which leverages the human mental and physical state inference capabilities of the Vision Language Model (VLM) prompted by the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Wei Ding , Fanhong Li , Ziteng Ji , Zhengrong Xue , Jia Liu

To increase social bonding with interlocutors, humans naturally acquire the ability to respond appropriately in a given situation by considering which conversational skill is most suitable for the response - a process we call skill-of-mind.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Young-Jun Lee , Dokyong Lee , Junyoung Youn , Kyeongjin Oh , Ho-Jin Choi

Wearable devices increasingly support stress detection, while LLMs enable conversational mental health support. However, designing systems that meaningfully connect wearable-triggered stress events with generative dialogue remains…

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More than a decade has passed since the development of FearNot!, an application designed to help children deal with bullying through role-playing with virtual characters. It was also the application that led to the creation of FAtiMA, an…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-03-05 Samuel Mascarenhas , Manuel Guimarães , Pedro A. Santos , João Dias , Rui Prada , Ana Paiva

As Large-Scale Language Models (LLMs) continue to evolve, they demonstrate significant enhancements in performance and an expansion of functionalities, impacting various domains, including education. In this study, we conducted interviews…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-07-18 He Zhang , Jingyi Xie , Chuhao Wu , Jie Cai , ChanMin Kim , John M. Carroll

The development of Large Language Models (LLMs) provides human-centered Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) with a glimmer of hope. Empathy serves as a key emotional attribute of humanity, playing an irreplaceable role in human-centered…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-26 Linzhuang Sun , Yao Dong , Nan Xu , Jingxuan Wei , Bihui Yu , Yin Luo

Large language models (LLMs) provide a new way to build chatbots by accepting natural language prompts. Yet, it is unclear how to design prompts to power chatbots to carry on naturalistic conversations while pursuing a given goal, such as…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Jing Wei , Sungdong Kim , Hyunhoon Jung , Young-Ho Kim

Recent developments in Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated their remarkable capabilities across a range of tasks. Questions, however, persist about the nature of LLMs and their potential to integrate common-sense human knowledge…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-13 Huatao Xu , Liying Han , Qirui Yang , Mo Li , Mani Srivastava

Large Language Models (LLMs), which simulate human users, are frequently employed to evaluate chatbots in applications such as tutoring and customer service. Effective evaluation necessitates a high degree of human-like diversity within…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Xiaoyu Lin , Xinkai Yu , Ankit Aich , Salvatore Giorgi , Lyle Ungar

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for emotional support and mental health-related interactions outside clinical settings, yet little is known about how people evaluate and relate to these systems in everyday use. We analyze…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Elham Aghakhani , Rezvaneh Rezapour

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and GPT-4 have recently demonstrated their remarkable abilities of communicating with human users. In this technical report, we take an initiative to investigate their capacities of playing text…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Chen Feng Tsai , Xiaochen Zhou , Sierra S. Liu , Jing Li , Mo Yu , Hongyuan Mei

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) in transforming technical customer service (TCS) through the automation of cognitive tasks. Design/Methodology/Approach: Using a prototyping…

General Economics · Economics 2024-06-04 Jochen Wulf , Juerg Meierhofer

Game environments provide rich, controllable settings that stimulate many aspects of real-world complexity. As such, game agents offer a valuable testbed for exploring capabilities relevant to Artificial General Intelligence. Recently, the…

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