Anton Nijholt

Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson

Zsófia Ruttkay

Michael Kipp

Welcome to the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, held September 14–16, 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit hum- like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as speech and gesture. They are capable of real-time perception, cognition and action, allowing them to participate in a dynamic physical and social environment. IVA is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main forum for p- senting research on modeling, developing and evaluating IVAs with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior. The development of IVAs requires expertise in multimodal interaction and several AI ?elds such as cognitive m- eling, planning, vision and natural language processing. Computational models are typically based on experimental studies and theories of human–human and human–robot interaction; conversely, IVA technology may provide interesting lessons for these ?elds. The realization of engaging IVAs is a challenging task, so reusable modules and tools are of great value. The ?elds of application range from robot assistants, social simulation and tutoring to games and artistic - ploration.

9th International Conference, IVA 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 14-16, 2009 Proceedings

Intelligent Virtual Agents

Dirk Heylen

Jean-Claude Martin

Patrizia Paggio

Based on the International Workshop on "Multimodal Corpora: From Models of Natural Interaction to Systems and Applications", this expanded collection presents a comprehensive review of the current research in the field.

From Models of Natural Interaction to Systems and Applications

Multimodal Corpora

Michael Kipp

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