This event will consist of a collection of four talks from experts in domains related to robots, avatars and interaction. It will consider key issues in the construction and control of real and virtual social entities andimplications for social interaction with humans.
Speakers:
- Dr Ginevra Castellano, University of Birmingham
- Dr Fotis Liarokapis, Coventry University
- Dr Mark Huckvale, University College London
- Dr Asimina Vasalou, University of Birmingham
Outline of the event:
14:00 Introduction
14:30 Session 1: Robots and Interaction
- Dr Ginevra Castellano, University of Birmingham
- Dr Fotis Liarokapis, Coventry University
- Dr Mark Huckvale, University College London
- Dr Asimina Vasalou, University of Birmingham
Outline of the event:
14:00 Introduction
14:30 Session 1: Robots and Interaction
"Long-term interaction with robot companions" by Dr Ginevra Castellano, School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering / HCI Centre, University of Birmingham. The talk will consider the implementation of social capabilities for robot companions based on the EU FP7 'LIREC' project including affect recognition and the issue of forming affective between humans and robots.
"Human-machine interfaces" by Dr Fotis Liarokapis, Department of Computing / Interactive Worlds Applied Research Group Coventry University. This talk will focus on human-machine interfaces for control and communication between humans and machines, focussing on the use of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI).
15:45 Session 2: Avatars and Interaction
"Virtual characters and spoken language" by Dr Mark Huckvale, Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London. This talk will present a computational model of spoken language acquisition in a virtual infant as part of the KLAIR project: a state of the art toolkit allowing a virtual infant to see, hear, talk and express emotions.
"Avatars, self presentation and social media" Dr Asimina VasalouSchool of Computer Science / HCI, University of Birmingham. This talk will consider issues related to how people decide to portray and represent themselves through personalised digital personas ('avatars') and implications in social media.
16:45 Wrap-up and Close
Location: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 9th 2011AS324, Armstrong Siddeley Building, Coventry University
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