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ACL Workshop on Embodied Language Processing

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Friday, June 29, 2007

14:30–14:35Welcome
14:35–15:00Comparing Rule-Based and Data-Driven Selection of Facial Displays
Mary Ellen Foster
15:00–15:25Aiduti in Japanese Multi-Party Design Conversations
Yasuhiro Katagiri
15:25–15:50Computing Backchannel Distributions in Multi-Party Conversations
Dirk Heylen and Rieks op den Akker
15:50–16:15Break
16:15–16:40Which Way to Turn? Guide Orientation in Virtual Way Finding
Mark Evers, Mariët Theune and Joyce Karreman
16:40–17:05A "Person" in the Interface: Effects on User Perceptions of Multibiometrics
Álvaro Hernández, Beatriz López, David Díaz, Rubén Fernández, Luis Hernández and Javier Caminero
17:05–17:30Coordination in Conversation and Rapport
Justine Cassell, Alastair Gill and Paul Tepper
17:30–18:30Demos & Poster Session
 Design and Evaluation of an American Sign Language Generator
Matt Huenerfauth, Liming Zhou, Erdan Gu and Jan Allbeck
 Dynamic Movement and Positioning of Embodied Agents in Multiparty Conversations
Dušan Jan and David Traum
 Design and Validation of ECA Gestures to Improve Dialogue System Robustness
Beatriz López, Álvaro Hernández, David Díaz, Rubén Fernández, Luis Hernández and Doroteo Torre
 Understanding RUTH: Reproducing Natural Behaviors in Conversational Animation
Matthew Stone and Insuk Oh
 Situated Dialogue Processing for Human-Robot Interaction
Geert-Jan M. Kruijff, Henrik Jacobsson, Maria Staudte and Hendrik Zender
18:30Post-Workshop Dinner & Discussion