Empathic Agent Technology (EAT)

L. Johnson; Egon van den Broek; D. Richards; E. Sklar; U. Wilensky

Empathic Agent Technology (EAT)

L. Johnson (Editor), Egon van den Broek, D. Richards (Editor), E. Sklar (Editor), U. Wilensky (Editor)

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Abstract

A new view on empathic agents is introduced, named: Empathic Agent Technology (EAT). It incorporates a speech analysis, which provides an indication for the amount of tension present in people. It is founded on an indirect physiological measure for the amount of experienced stress, defined as the variability of the fundamental frequency of the human voice. A thorough review of literature is provided on which the EAT is founded. In addition, the complete processing line of this measure is introduced. Hence, the first generally applicable, completely automated technique is introduced that enables the development of truly empathic agents.

Original language	Undefined
Pages	59-67
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 26 Jul 2005
Event	4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2005 - Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 25 Jul 2005 → 29 Jul 2005 Conference number: 4 http://www.ifaamas.org/AAMAS/aamas05/main.html

Conference

Conference	4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2005
Abbreviated title	AAMAS
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	25/07/05 → 29/07/05
Internet address	http://www.ifaamas.org/AAMAS/aamas05/main.html

Keywords

Speech
fundamental frequency
Affect
Empathy
Stress
HMI-SLT: Speech and Language Technology
IR-79448
HMI-HF: Human Factors
EWI-21142
Agents
pitch
Emotion
HMI-IA: Intelligent Agents

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2005. 59-67 Paper presented at 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2005, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic › peer-review

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