From March 23 2014 to March 28, the seminar "Computational Models of Cultural Behavior for Human-Agent Interaction" held in Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz Center for Informatics. During the seminar, an interdisciplinary group of researchers explored and discussed theories and techniques for computational models of culture as part of virtual human simulations. Culturally-sensitive agents do not only improve the acceptance of man-machine interfaces by adapting their verbal and non-verbal behavior to the user's assumed cultural background. They also bear enormous potential for a rapidly growing number of ICT-based language and cultural training scenarios that make use of role-play with virtual characters. The seminar brought together researchers with an interdisciplinary background that profited from each other's perspective and explored challenges for the future.
@Article{andre_et_al:DagRep.4.3.103, author = {Andr\'{e}, Elisabeth and Aylett, Ruth and Hofstede, Gert Jan and Paiva, Ana}, title = {{Computational Models of Cultural Behavior for Human-Agent Interaction (Dagstuhl Seminar 14131)}}, pages = {103--137}, journal = {Dagstuhl Reports}, ISSN = {2192-5283}, year = {2014}, volume = {4}, number = {3}, editor = {Andr\'{e}, Elisabeth and Aylett, Ruth and Hofstede, Gert Jan and Paiva, Ana}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.4.3.103}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-45945}, doi = {10.4230/DagRep.4.3.103}, annote = {Keywords: Cultural models, Cultural grounding, Social simulation, Affective computing, (Multi-)Agent architectures, Virtual agents, Social robots} }
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