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Baccinelli, Walter (author), van der Burg, Sven (author), Richardson, Robin (author), Scheltinga, Bouke (author), Albers, N. (author), Smits, Djura (author), Geng, Cunliang (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author), Reenalda, Jasper (author)Smoking tobacco and physical inactivity are key preventable behavioural risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Computerised coaching systems can help individuals to modify risky behaviours, thereby preventing CVD. However, most reported eHealth or computerized coaching systems are hard to reuse in slightly different settings. To provide...conference paper 2022
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Jung, Ji Youn (author), Qiu, S. (author), Bozzon, A. (author), Gadiraju, Ujwal (author)Conversational agents are being widely adopted across several domains to serve a variety of purposes ranging from providing intelligent assistance to companionship. Recent literature has shown that users develop intuitive folk theories and a metaphorical understanding of conversational agents (CAs) due to the lack of a mental model of the...conference paper 2022
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Hadžisejdić, Boris (author)This thesis describes the design and development of a conversational assistant (CA) for standardized issue descriptions in manufacturing. The CA was specifically targeted at the acquisition of data on standardized issue descriptions and at the same time reduce operator friction with the system. CAs can be used to handle and process repetitive...master thesis 2021
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Qiu, S. (author)Crowdsourcing has become a standard approach for the collection of the human input required by scientists and practitioners alike to execute their experiments, or to train, control, and verify the behavior of their intelligent systems. Despite years of successful research and industrial application, how to improve the engagement and satisfaction...doctoral thesis 2021
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Chen, Siyu (author)Suicide prevention is an important global topic, since suicide is being a worldwide serious health issue for decades. In the meantime, people start to pay more attention to mental health issues and Artificial Intelligence is developed and applied in many different fields. Recently, there are many studies been done on using Conversational Agents...master thesis 2021
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Saravanan, Nash (author)In this work, a conversational interaction was designed and implemented to test the effect of references to past events or shared experiences rephrased into motivational phrases within the context of working towards a diet related goal that can assist with type II diabetes over multiple sessions.<br/>Prior works that utilized a memory typically...master thesis 2021
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Jansen, Jesse (author)Conversational agents are being used more often. Many conversational agents have been designed to make them more humanlike to increase the engagement of the user. This research is looking into a couple of aspects of anthropomorphism to determine whether these aspects improve the engagement of the users. These aspects are typos with time delay...bachelor thesis 2021
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Lerer, Bar (author)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...bachelor thesis 2021
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van der Veeken, Just (author)With the growing popularity of conversational interfaces, new use-cases in which conversation may be an effective medium for human-computer interaction are explored. Recent works have shown how conversational interfaces can improve worker engagement in micro-task crowdsourcing and that task performance is comparable to web-based interfaces. This...bachelor thesis 2021
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Kanaris, Orestis (author)The rise in the use of crowd computing platforms led to the birth of Dandelion, a conversational crowd computing platform developed at TU Delft with the main goals being to connect students with researchers and to allow students to report on their well-being by using a friendly interface. Dandelion was tested manually up to the time of drafting...bachelor thesis 2021
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Zlatkutė, Emilija (author)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...bachelor thesis 2021
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Allaart, David (author)Schema therapy is a psychotherapy for treatment of personality disorders and other psychological disorders. An important element of schema therapy is determining a patient's schema modes, a concept central to deciding the treatment approach. The objective of this work was to evaluate whether assessment of these schema modes is possible through a...master thesis 2021
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Kesteloo, Mitchell (author)People with diabetes often show symptoms heavily associated with depression, but these symptoms are often caused by the burden of daily diabetes management. The negative feelings caused by this burden are defined as "diabetes burnout''. Some of these negative feelings are caused by social issues. People with diabetes often resort to online...master thesis 2021
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Albers, N. (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author)A human therapist continuously adapts how they persuade a client to adhere to a behavior change intervention based on theoretical expertise, past experience with the client as well as other clients, and the client's current situation. We aim at incorporating these elements into the persuasive communication of a conversational agent that acts as...abstract 2021
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- Albers, N. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author) poster 2021
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Beinema, Tessa (author), Davison, Daniel (author), Reidsma, Dennis (author), Banos, Oresti (author), Bruijnes, M. (author), Donval, Brice (author), Valero, Álvaro Fides (author), Huizing, Gerwin (author), Konsolakis, Kostas (author)The development of applications with intelligent virtual agents (IVA) often comes with integration of multiple complex components. In this article we present the Agents United Platform: an open source platform that researchers and developers can use as a starting point to setup their own multi-IVA applications. The new platform provides...conference paper 2021
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- Albers, N. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author) conference paper 2021
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Alonso, Jose M. (author), Barro, Senén (author), Bugarín, Alberto (author), van Deemter, Kees (author), Gardent, Claire (author), Gatt, Albert (author), Reiter, Ehud (author), Sierra, Carles (author), Theune, Mariët (author), Tintarev, N. (author), Yano, Hitoshi (author), Budzynska, Katarzyna (author)We have defined an interdisciplinary program for training a new generation of researchers who will be ready to leverage the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based models and techniques even by non-expert users. The final goal is to make AI self-explaining and thus contribute to translating knowledge into products and services for economic...conference paper 2021
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Giunti, Guido (author), Isomursu, M. (author), Gabarron, E. (author), Solad, Y. (author)Advances in voice recognition, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence have led to the increasing availability and use of conversational agents (chatbots) in different settings. Chatbots are systems that mimic human dialogue interaction through text or voice. This paper describes a series of design considerations for...conference paper 2021
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Lucassen, Desiree A. (author), Lasschuijt, Marlou P. (author), Camps, Guido (author), Van Loo, Ellen J. (author), Fischer, Arnout R.H. (author), de Vries, Roelof A.J. (author), Haarman, Juliet A.M. (author), Simons, Monique (author), Bos-de Vos, M. (author)Overweight, obesity and cardiometabolic diseases are major global health concerns. Lifestyle factors, including diet, have been acknowledged to play a key role in the solution of these health risks. However, as shown by numerous studies, and in clinical practice, it is extremely challenging to quantify dietary behaviors as well as influencing...journal article 2021