Talk by Prof. Catherine Pelachaud, Sorbonne University (Cognitive Behavioral Assistive Technology Team Seminar)

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Date and Time: January 30th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (JST)
Venue: Zoom webinar
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Language: English

Speaker: Prof. Catherine Pelachaud, Sorbonne University

Title: Socially Interactive Agent platform applied to Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Abstract
Our research work focuses on modeling Socially Interactive Agents, i.e. agents capable of interacting socially with human partners, of communicating verbally and non-verbally, of showing emotions. but also of adapting their behaviors to favor the engagement of their partners during the interaction. As partner of an interaction, SIA should be able to adapt its multimodal behaviors and conversational strategies to optimize the engagement of its human interlocutors. We have developed models to equip these agents with these communicative and social abilities. In this talk, I will present the works we have been conducted within the TAPAS project who focuses on proposing a virtual agent platform to train participants in the framework of Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

Bio:
Catherine Pelachaud (CNRS-ISIR) is Director of Research in the laboratory ISIR, Sorbonne University. Her research interest includes socially interactive agent, nonverbal communication (face, gaze, gesture and touch), and adaptive mechanisms in interaction. With her research team, she has been developing an interactive virtual agent platform, Greta, that can display emotional and communicative behaviors. She has participated in the organization of international conferences such as IVA, ACII and AAMAS. She is and was associate editors of several journals among which IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems and International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. She is co-editor of the ACM handbook on socially interactive agents (2021-22).