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

RT @CivicCoding: Im letzten #CivicCoding-Forum der aktuellen Reihe stellt unsere Expertin Dr. Dimitra Tsovaltzi #MITHOS vor. Das Projekt er….

Give the paper a read and follow the step by step guide for diverse and accessible #VirtualAgents !📚. 3/3. #AffectiveDFKI #ICMI2023 #GENEA #inclusivetechnology #accessibility #dfki #affectivecomputing #nonverbalbehavior @alreinwarth @fnunnari.

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 👥. 2/3.

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 🧵. 1/3.

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!. 3/3.

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). 2/3.

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🎉. #affectivedfki #signlanguage @fnunnari . A thread🧵. 1/3.

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

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

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 👏🏼.

RT @nexuslinguarum: Today we received the shocking news that our dear colleague Thierry Declerck has passed away. He is not only a referent….

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

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 💻. #affectivedfki #study #affectivecomputing #metaverse

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.

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.

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. 5/5.

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. 4/5.

An invited symposium on "Regional and epistemic heterogeneity in the learning sciences: Supporting transnational dialogues on equity and justice" was also lead by Dimitra Tsovaltzi. #symposium #transnationaldialogue. 3/5.

The "Interactive Tools & Demos" allowed researchers from all around the world to showcase their cool technologies, lead by our senior researcher Dimitra Tsovaltzi. #interactivetools #newtechnologies. 2/5.