WebAnima: A web-based embodied conversational assistant to interface users with multi-agent-based CSCW applications

Author

Paraiso, Emerson Cabrera ; Campbell, Yuri ; Tacla, Cesar A.

Author_Institution

Post-Grad. Program on Inf., Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Parana, Curitiba

fYear

2008

Firstpage

337

Lastpage

342

Abstract

WebAnima is an interface agent specially designed to assist team members of a CSCW application during their daily work based on computers. In WebAnima, the intelligent behavior is guaranteed thanks to a conversational interface and ontologies that support semantic interpretation. We believe that embodied conversational assistants will improve the quality of assistance and increase collaboration between project members. In this paper, we present the embodied conversational assistant and its insertion into a multi- agent system designed for research and development projects. We describe the design of the agent, highlighting the role of ontologies for semantic interpretation and the dynamic behavior of the embodied animated agent.

Keywords

groupware; knowledge management; multi-agent systems; ontologies (artificial intelligence); Web-based embodied conversational assistant; WebAnima; interface agent; multi-agent system; semantic interpretation; Application software; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Facial animation; Humans; Informatics; Knowledge management; Multiagent systems; Ontologies; Research and development; Animated Agents; CSCW; Knowledge Management; Ontology; Personal Assistants;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2008. CSCWD 2008. 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1650-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1651-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2008.4537004

Filename

4537004