Collocated interaction has received growing interest in both academic research and the
design of information and communication technological applications. An emergent research …

Amazon Alexa is a voice-controlled application that is rapidly gaining popularity. We
examined user interactions with this technology, and focused on the types of tasks …

We are interested in increasing the ability of groups to collaborate efficiently by leveraging
new advances in AI and Conversational Agent (CA) technology. Given the longstanding …

In this paper we unpack the use of conversational agents, or so-called intelligent personal
assistants (IPAs), in multi-party conversation amongst a group of friends while they are …

The rise of co-working and co-living spaces, as well as related shared spaces such as
makerspaces and hackerspaces-a group we refer to as various types of" co-spaces"-has …

This one-day workshop intends to bring together both academics and industry practitioners
to explore collaborative challenges in speech interaction. Recent improvements in speech …

360° videos are made using omnidirectional cameras that capture a sphere around the
camera. Viewers get an immersive experience by freely changing their field of view around …

Intelligent personal assistants (IPAs), such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Siri,
Microsoft Cortana and others, offer an example of an emerging technology with an uncertain …

Conversations among people involve solving disputes, building common ground, and
reinforce mutual beliefs and assumptions. Conversations often require external information …

The concept of phubbing (generally defined as a practice of ignoring co-present others by
focusing on one's mobile device) is now widely used in studies aiming to understand the …