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The increasing demand for mental health services has highlighted the need for innovative solutions, particularly in the realm of psychological conversational AI, where the availability of sensitive data is scarce. In this work, we explored…

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High-frequency physiological waveform modality offers deep, real-time insights into patient status. Recently, physiological foundation models based on Photoplethysmography (PPG), such as PPG-GPT, have been shown to predict critical events,…

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Emotion education is critical for children aged 3 to 6. However, existing technologies largely focus on children's direct interaction with AI, overlooking the central role of parents in guiding early emotional development at home. To…

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This study introduces 'Psycho Analyst', a custom GPT model based on OpenAI's GPT-4, optimized for pre-screening mental health disorders. Enhanced with DSM-5, PHQ-8, detailed data descriptions, and extensive training data, the model adeptly…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Jinwen Tang , Yi Shang

LiDAR point cloud compression is vital for autonomous systems to handle massive data from high-resolution sensors. While learned entropy modeling built upon octree structures yields high compression gains, it faces two critical bottlenecks:…

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Emotional Support Conversation (ESC) aims to alleviate individual emotional distress by generating empathetic responses. However, existing methods face challenges in effectively supporting deep contextual understanding. To address this…

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This paper introduces the Pandemic PACT Advanced Categorisation Engine (PPACE) along with its associated dataset. PPACE is a fine-tuned model developed to automatically classify research abstracts from funded biomedical projects according…

Psychotherapy or counseling is typically conducted through spoken conversation between a therapist and a client. Analyzing the speech characteristics of psychotherapeutic interactions can help understand the factors associated with…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-05 Dehua Tao , Harold Chui , Sarah Luk , Tan Lee

Generating emotionally appropriate responses in conversations with large language models presents a significant challenge due to the complexities of human emotions and cognitive processes, which remain largely underexplored in their…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-21 June M. Liu , He Cao , Renliang Sun , Rui Wang , Yu Li , Jiaxing Zhang

With the increased awareness of situations of mental crisis and their societal impact, online services providing emergency support are becoming commonplace in many countries. Computational models, trained on discussions between help-seekers…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Amir Bialer , Daniel Izmaylov , Avi Segal , Oren Tsur , Yossi Levi-Belz , Kobi Gal

Mental health challenges are increasing worldwide, straining emotional support services and leading to counselor overload. This can result in delayed responses during critical situations, such as suicidal ideation, where timely intervention…

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Patient safety training is essential for preparing healthcare professionals to identify, investigate, and prevent adverse events. However, conventional simulation-based approaches often require substantial faculty time, physical resources,…

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Effective communication in serious illness and palliative care is essential but often under-taught due to limited access to training resources like standardized patients. We present PAL (Palliative Assisted Learning-bot), a conversational…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Neil K. R. Sehgal , Hita Kambhamettu , Allen Chang , Andrew Zhu , Lyle Ungar , Sharath Chandra Guntuku

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In the event of a disaster, saving human lives is of utmost importance. For developing proper evacuation procedures and guidance systems, behavioural data on how people respond during panic and stress is crucial. In the absence of real…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-10-03 Rohit K. Dubey , Samuel S. Sohn , Christoph Hoelscher , Mubbasir Kapadia

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated notable advancements in psychological counseling. However, existing models generally do not explicitly model seekers' emotion shifts across counseling sessions, a core focus in classical…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Zhentao Xia , Yongqi Fan , Yuxiang Chu , Yichao Yin , Liangliang Chen , Tong Ruan , Weiyan Zhang

PAX (Physics Analysis Expert) is a novel, C++ based toolkit designed to assist teams in particle physics data analysis issues. The core of PAX are event interpretation containers, holding relevant information about and possible…

In human conversation, empathic dialogue requires nuanced temporal cues indicating whether the conversational partner is paying attention. This type of "active listening" is overlooked in the design of Conversational Agents (CAs), which use…

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To help merchants/customers to provide/access a variety of services through miniapps, online service platforms have occupied a critical position in the effective content delivery, in which how to recommend items in the new domain launched…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Chunjing Gan , Bo Huang , Binbin Hu , Jian Ma , Ziqi Liu , Zhiqiang Zhang , Jun Zhou , Guannan Zhang , Wenliang Zhong

The delayed access to specialized psychiatric assessments and care for patients at risk of suicidal tendencies in emergency departments creates a notable gap in timely intervention, hindering the provision of adequate mental health support…