The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services and their integration in
intelligent environments creates the need for a simple yet effective way of controlling and …

The proliferation of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) devices and services and their integration in
smart environments creates the need for a simple yet effective way of controlling and …

We present an intelligent embodied conversation agent with linguistic, social and emotional
competence. Unlike the vast majority of the state-of-the-art conversation agents, the …

Abstract Artificial Social Companions are a promising solution for the increasing challenges
in elderly care. This chapter describes the CaMeLi autonomous conversational agent …

The burgeoning prominence of conversational agents is evident, given the significant
number of people interacting with them on a daily basis. The utility of these agents isn't …

The development of applications with intelligent virtual agents (IVA) often comes with
integration of multiple complex components. In this article we present the Agents United …

Intelligent environments are ubiquitous computing systems that react to and interact with
their inhabitants. They adapt to their necessities, assisting them in their every day life. We …

We present work in progress on an intelligent embodied conversation agent that is
supposed to act as a social companion with linguistic and emotional competence in the …

The natural language, in its oral or textual form, represents the main medium for
communicating between human beings. Over time, technological advances have provided …

In the last few years, text and voice-based conversational agents have become more and
more popular all over the world as virtual assistants for a variety of tasks. In addition, the …