AffectiveComputingGroup

Affective Computing Group @DFKI #affectivedfki

Researching emotions with AI tools and virtual agents

German #ResearchCenter for #ArtificialIntelligence

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Meet our interdisciplinary team from #computerscience #psychology and #educationaltechology working
@dfki to advance research in #affectivecomputing
@PatrickGebhard @fnunnari TanjaSchneeberger Dimitra Tsovaltzi do a great job bringing #ai + #emotions to empathic virtual agents

[Civic Coding @CivicCoding]

Im letzten #CivicCoding-Forum der aktuellen Reihe stellt unsere Expertin Dr. Dimitra Tsovaltzi #MITHOS vor. Das Projekt ermöglicht den nachhaltigen Erwerb sozialer Kompetenzen für den Unterricht durch realitätsnahe Mixed-Reality (MR) gestützte Trainingsmethoden. 🧵👇

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Give the paper a read and follow the step by step guide for diverse and accessible #VirtualAgents !📚

https://t.co/1jufVIPbgr

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#AffectiveDFKI #ICMI2023 #GENEA #inclusivetechnology #accessibility #dfki #affectivecomputing #nonverbalbehavior @alreinwarth @fnunnari

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Have you ever thought about how to make #SociallyInteractiveAgents behave more diversely? How they should adapt their #bodylanguage to their interaction partner like humans? 🤖

A thread 🧵

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[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

We did as well! In this newly published paper, the authors introduce the #ModelIT method, that allows researchers to anchor nonverbal behavior modeling in psychological theories. They argue for a more tailored and inclusive approach for modeling nonverbal behavior 👥

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[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

As part of the @EASIERproject, this research is meant to be included in spoken to #signlanguage translation systems where the predictions will be used to fine-tune motions of a synthetic #avatar 👤

Congratulations to all co-authors!

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[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Exciting news! The paper "Multimodal Recognition of Valence, Arousal and Dominance via Late-Fusion of Text, Audio and Facial Expressions" was accepted for presentation at the #ESANN2023 conference🎉
https://t.co/JEM8kATpj9

#affectivedfki #signlanguage @fnunnari

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[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

This fascinating paper with two authors from our #affectivecomputing group presents a system to estimate #valence, #arousal and #dominance of a person conveying a message in a sentence while using three #inputmodalities (video of the face, voice, and text)

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[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Here's to cross-disciplinary bonds! 🤝
On 25-26 Sept 2023, we took part in the @EASIERproject Sign Language Autumn School. This 2-day event united different #signlanguage practitioners.
Linguists and engineers came together to share knowledge and perspectives💡
#affectivedfki

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

It's good to stay in touch...

In a cooperation with former group member @B_Hilpert, a fascinating paper on Affective Processing Capabilities Emerging from #LargeLanguageModels received an honorary mention at @acii_conf

Congrats! 👏🏼

#affectivedfki @kimbaraka @askeplaat @suzan

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Can #virtualagents understand and use sign language?

We were able to use #motionenergyanalysis to align videos of #signlanguage with corresponding motion capture data.

Fabrizio Nunnari presented this paper at the #SLTAT2023 workshop at @ieeeICASSP 👏🏼

https://t.co/IMOKShXhAt

[NexusLinguarum @nexuslinguarum]

Today we received the shocking news that our dear colleague Thierry Declerck has passed away. He is not only a referent in our research community and a pillar in Nexus, but the most kind and warmhearted person you can imagine. We miss you. Our condolences to family and friends.

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

We're hiring! 🤖👥

✅ Interested in #affectivecomputing & #softwaredevelopment?
✅ Do you want to participate in cutting edge #research?
✅ Join a diverse team as a #researchassistant?

Check the requirements below to see if you could be a good fit for us at #affectivedfki

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Have you ever wondered how you would look like as a #virtualcharacter? 👥

Today is your day! Participate in our online study and get your very own personalized avatar for only 15 minutes of help 💻

https://t.co/IilSDHGG1H

#affectivedfki #study #affectivecomputing #metaverse

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Is there backlash towards female virtual agents?

We are thrilled to announce Janet Wessler will present her paper on #virtualbacklash tomorrow at #IVA22 👏🏻

Find out all about #nonverbalexpression of dominance at 9:30 am! See you there!

@ACM_IVA #affectivedfki #faro

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

The Affective Computing Group is happy to announce that we will be at #isre22 with three publications! 👏🏻

We anticipate a fantastic conference with lots of amazing scientific dialogue. Hope to meet you there! 👥

#affectivecomputing #affectivedfki #losangeles @isreorg

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

Feel free to check out the full paper to further create a space to wrestle with the society's initiative to promote structural change and meaningful epistemic expansion 👥

#research #affectivedfki

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https://t.co/GWtg2Jd7Yu

[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

The ACG is engaging in scientific community work! We were happy to co-organize very successful sessions at the annual meeting of the international society of the learning sciences (ISLS), June 2022, Hiroshima @isls2022 👏🏻

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#affectivecomputing #isls2022

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[AffectiveComputingGroup @AffectiveG]

The main goal of the symposium was to reflect upon and promote a non-defensive but emotional investment, to keep an eye on rationalisations of discriminating acts, and broaden perspectives and practices in the learning sciences

#emotionalinvestment #learningsciences

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