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 …

Conversational agents are computer programs engaging with human users in a
conversation to assist, educate, or entertain. Being subject to substantial research interest …

Conversational agents are exploding in popularity. However, much work remains in the area
of non goal-oriented conversations, despite significant growth in research interest over …

Conversational agents (CA) applied in a healthcare setting are often designed to mimic
healthcare professionals. Inappropriate design of their implemented conversation flow might …

A growing global population of elderly dictates new technological approaches to societal
needs. Conversational agents (CAs) are a promising technology to support older adults in …

Since the inception of AI research, great strides have been made towards achieving the goal
of extending natural language conversation as a medium of interaction with machines …

Many conversational agents (CAs) are developed to answer users' questions in a
specialized domain. In everyday use of CAs, user experience may extend beyond satisfying …

We present a family of Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) using Talking Head
technology, along with a program of associated research and user trials. Whilst antecedents …

The second edition of the International Workshop on Multimodal Conversational AI puts
forward a diverse set of contributions that aim to brainstorm this new field. Conversational …

Conversational agents are reshaping our communication environment and have the
potential to inform and persuade in new and effective ways. In this paper, we present the …