Effects of Adaptive Conversational User Interfaces on Enjoyment and Engagement while assessing Wellbeing

A decrease in wellbeing worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic called for ways to assess wellbeing in a scalable and adequate manner. Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs) seem suitable, however, applying them optimally in certain contexts remains a challenge. This study aims to find ways to make CUIs more engaging and have a better experience...

Studying the Anthropomorphic Visual Cues in Conversational Agents

With the increase of anthropomorphic conversational agents, the research on the effects of anthropomorphism in conversational agents is on the rise. However the studies cannot seem to agree on many of the raised questions and the research on the proper design of conversational agents is still lacking. This research paper attempted to contribute...

An Exploratory Study on Conversational Agents Using Dynamic Conversation Styles

This study aims to examine the effect of dynamically aligning the conversation style to the user’s preference in a conversational agent environment. We suggest a technique to identify the user’s preferred conversation style, by scoring statements based on their writing style. We designed a within-subject experiment intended to measure the user...