Conversational agents (CAs) are software-based systems designed to interact with humans
using natural language and have attracted considerable research interest in recent years …

Off-the-shelf conversational agents are permeating people's everyday lives. In these artificial
intelligence devices, trust plays a key role in users' initial adoption and successful utilization …

The current research demonstrates how conversational robo advisors as opposed to static,
non-conversational robo advisors alter perceptions of trust, the evaluation of a financial …

We present a framework for modeling interactional communication in dyadic conversations:
given multimodal inputs of a speaker, we autoregressively output multiple possibilities of …

We present a framework for generating appropriate facial responses from a listener in
dyadic social interactions based on the speaker's words. Given an input transcription of the …

In this paper we present a broad overview of the last 40 years of research on cognitive
architectures. To date, the number of existing architectures has reached several hundred …

Artificial intelligence continues to grow in popularity on mobile platforms, increasing
exposure to chatbot apps. Chatbot technology has evolved over time, yet the purpose and …

Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic
creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us …

This research shows that AI-based conversational interfaces can have a profound impact on
consumer–brand relationships. We develop a conceptual model of verbal embodiment in …

Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors discusses educational systems that assess a student's
knowledge and are adaptive to a student's learning needs. The impact of computers has not …