When talking about spatial domains, humans frequently accompany their explanations with iconic gestures to depict what they are referring to. For example, when giving directions, ...
In this paper, we introduce the semantic network model (SNM), a generalization of the hidden Markov model (HMM) that uses factorization of state transition probabilities to reduce...
Stjepan Rajko, Gang Qian, Todd Ingalls, Jodi James
This paper describes a study that investigates the use of a multimodal technology in a learning task. In relation to the recent interest in learning as a multimodal experience, th...
Stamatina Anastopoulou, Mike Sharples, Chris Baber
This paper addresses the issue of how linguistic feedback expressions, prosody and head gestures, i.e. head movements and face expressions, relate to one another in a collection o...
We aim at creating Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) able to communicate multimodally with a user or with other ECAs. In this paper we focus on the Gestural Mind Markers, that ...