Recognizing emotions during social interactions has many potential applications with the
popularization of low-cost mobile sensors, but a challenge remains with the lack of …

The next major evolutionary stage for voice assistants will be their capability to initiate
interactions by themselves. However, to design proactive interactions, it is crucial to …

With the popularization of low-cost mobile and wearable sensors, several studies have used
them to track and analyze mental well-being, productivity, and behavioral patterns. However …

Pain research traverses many disciplines and methodologies. Yet, despite our
understanding and field-wide acceptance of the multifactorial essence of pain as a sensory …

Politeness is important in human–human interaction when asking people to engage in
sensitive conversations. If politeness manifests similarly in human–chatbot interaction, it may …

Conversational interfaces increasingly rely on human-like dialogue to offer a natural
experience. However, relying on dialogue involving multiple exchanges for even simple …

Voice assistants (VAs) are increasingly integrated into everyday activities and tasks, raising
novel challenges for users and researchers. One emergent research direction concerns …

Although smart speakers support increasingly complex multi-turn dialogues, they still play a
mostly reactive role, responding to user's questions or requests. With rapid technological …

Voice assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa and Google Home, increasingly find their way into
consumer homes. Their functionality, however, is currently limited to being passive answer …

Affective touch plays an important role in human-robot interaction. However, it is challenging
for robots to perceive various natural human tactile gestures accurately, and feedback …