Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions with onset in the
developmental period characterized by deficits in the cognitive and social areas …

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

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that
affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of …

Recommender systems are software applications that help users to find items of interest in
situations of information overload. Current research often assumes a one-shot interaction …

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 …

Interaction design that entails a qualitative shift from a symbolic, language-oriented stance to
an experiential stance that encompasses the entire design and use cycle. With the rise of …

It is commonly assumed that a person's emotional state can be readily inferred from his or
her facial movements, typically called emotional expressions or facial expressions. This …

For a long time, research on individuals learning in digital environments was primarily based
on cognitive-oriented theories. This paper aims at providing evidence that social processes …

The role of robots in society keeps expanding and diversifying, bringing with it a host of
issues surrounding the relationship between robots and humans. This introduction to human …

Human speech is often accompanied by hand and arm gestures. We present a method for
cross-modal translation from" in-the-wild" monologue speech of a single speaker to their …