Center of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology – Bielefeld University – Faculty of Technology

Publications of the Sociable Agents Group

 2012

Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2012. “Gestural Alignment in Natural Dialogue”, in: David Peebles, Naomi Miyake, & Richard P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2012).
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Rieser, H., K. Bergmann, & S. Kopp. 2012. “How do Iconic Gestures Convey Visuo-spatial Information? Bringing together Empirical, Theoretical, and Simulation Studies”, in: E. Efthimiou, & G. Kouroupetroglou (Eds.), Gestures in Embodied Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
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Bergmann, K. 2012. The Production of Co-Speech Iconic Gestures: Empirical Study and Computational Simulation with Virtual Agents. Bielefeld, Germany: University.
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Buschmeier, H., & S. Kopp. 2012. “How Should Attentive Speaker Agents Adapt to Listener Feedback?”, in: Proceedings of The Listening Talker. An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Natural and Synthetic Modification of Speech in Response to Listening Conditions. Edinburgh, UK, 56.
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Malisz, Z., M. Wlodarczak, H. Buschmeier, S. Kopp, & P. Wagner. 2012. “Prosodic characteristics of feedback expressions in distracted and non-distracted listeners”, in: Proceedings of The Listening Talker. An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Natural and Synthetic Modification of Speech in Response to Listening Conditions. Edinburgh, UK, 36 - 39.
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Striegnitz, K., H. Buschmeier, & S. Kopp. 2012. “Referring in installments: A corpus study of spoken object references in an interactive virtual environment”, in: Proceedings of the 7th International Natural Language Generation Conference.
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Barchunova, A., R. Haschke, U. Großekathöfer, S. Wachsmuth, H. Janssen, & H. Ritter. submitted. “Unsupervised Segmentation of Object Manipulation Operations from Multimodal Input”, in: Proc. HRI.
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Großekathöfer, U., A. Sadeghipour, T. Lingner, P. Meinicke, T. Hermann, & S. Kopp. 2012. “Low Latency Recognition and Reproduction of Natural Gesture Trajectories”, in: ICPRAM (Int.Conf. on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods). »»
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Großekathöfer, U., N.-C. Wöhler, T. Hermann, & S. Kopp. 2012. “On-the-fly behavior coordination for interactive virtual agents – A model for learning, recognizing and reproducing hand-arm gestures online”,.
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Pietsch, C., A. Buch, S. Kopp, & J. de Ruiter. 2012. “Measuring Syntactic Priming in Dialogue Corpora”, in: B. Stolterfoht, & S. Featherston (Eds.), Empirical approaches to linguistic theory: Studies of meaning and structure. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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Lücking, A., S. Ptock, & K. Bergmann. 2012. “Assessing Agreement on Segmentations by Means of Staccato, the Segmentation Agreement Calculator according to Thomann”, in: E. Efthimiou, & G. Kouroupetroglou (Eds.), Gestures in Embodied Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
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Sadeghipour, A., & S. Kopp. 2012. “Gesture Processing as Grounded Motor Cognition - Towards a Computational Model”. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 32, 213 - 223.
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Salem, M., S. Kopp, I. Wachsmuth, K. Rohlfing, & F. Joublin. 2012. “Generation and Evaluation of Communicative Robot Gesture”. International Journal of Social Robotics, Special Issue on Expectations, Intentions, and Actions.
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 2011

Eyssel, F.A., K. Bergmann, & S. Kopp. 2011. “Human-like or not Human-like?: A Virtual Agent's Gesturing Behavior Increases Perceived Interaction Quality and Anthropomorphism”, in: Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
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Bergmann, K., S. Kopp, & H. Rieser. 2011. “Grounding the Simulation of Iconic Gestures in Gesture Typology”, in: E. Efthimiou, & G. Kouroupetroglou (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Gesture Workshop: Gestures in Embodied Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 33 - 36.
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Bergmann, K., V. Aksu, & S. Kopp. 2011. “The Relation of Speech and Gestures: Temporal Synchrony Follows Semantic Synchrony”, in: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Gesture and Speech in Interaction (GeSpIn 2011).
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Bergmann, K., H. Rieser, & S. Kopp. 2011. “Regulating Dialogue With Gestures---Towards an Empirically Grounded Simulation with Conversational Agents”, in: J.Y. Chai, J.D. Moore, R.J. Passonneau, & D.R. Traum (Eds.), Proceedings of the SIGdial 2011 Conference. Portland, Oregon: Association for Computational Linguistics, 88 - 97.
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Buschmeier, H., Z. Malisz, M. Wlodarczak, S. Kopp, & P. Wagner. 2011. “'Are you sure you're paying attention?' – 'Uh-huh'. Communicating understanding as a marker of attentiveness”, in: Proceedings of INTERSPEECH 2011. International Speech Communication Association, 2057 - 2060.
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Buschmeier, H., & S. Kopp. 2011. “Towards Conversational Agents That Attend to and Adapt to Communicative User Feedback”, in: H. Vilhjàlmsson, S. Kopp, S. Marsella, & K. Thórisson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. LNCS, 6895. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 169 - 182.
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Buschmeier, H., & S. Kopp. 2011. “Unveiling the Information State with a Bayesian Model of the Listener”, in: SemDial 2011: Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue. 178 - 179.
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Großekathöfer, U., A. Barchunova, R. Haschke, T. Hermann, M. Franzius, & H. Ritter. 2011. “Learning of Object Manipulation Operations from Continuous Multimodal Input”, in: IEEE/RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots 2011.
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Kopp, S., & K. Bergmann. 2011. “Individualized Gesture Production in Embodied Conversational Agents”, in: M. Zacarias, & J.V. de Oliveira (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction: The Agency Perspective. Springer-Verlag.
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H. Vilhjalmsson, S. Kopp, S. Marsella, & K. Thorisson (Eds.). 2011. Intelligent Virtual Agents. LNAI 6895, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
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Lücking, A., S. Ptock, & K. Bergmann. 2011. “Staccato: Segmentation Agreement Calculator according to Thomann”, in: E. Efthimiou, & G. Kouroupetroglou (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Gesture Workshop: Gestures in Embodied Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. 50 - 53.
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Sadeghipour, A., & S. Kopp. 2011. “Embodied Gesture Processing: Motor-based Perception-Action Integration in Social Artificial Agents”. Cognitive Computation, 3(4), 419 - 435.
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Sadeghipour, A., & S. Kopp. 2011. “Embodied Behavior Processing in ECAs by Perception-Action Integration”, ACM.
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Salem, M., S. Kopp, I. Wachsmuth, & F. Joublin. 2011. “A Multimodal Scheduler for Synchronized Humanoid Robot Gesture and Speech”, in: Book of Extended Abstracts of the 9th International Gesture Workshop (GW2011). 64 - 67.
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Salem, M., F.A. Eyssel, K. Rohlfing, S. Kopp, & F. Joublin. 2011. “Effects of Gesture on the Perception of Psychological Anthropomorphism: A Case Study with a Humanoid Robot”, in: Proceedings of the International Conference of Social Robotics (ICSR) 2011. 31 - 41.
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Salem, M. 2011. “Conceptual Motorics - Generation and Analysis of Communicative Robot Gesture”, in: Proceedings of the 2011 Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Pioneers Workshop. 78 - 79.
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Salem, M., K. Rohlfing, S. Kopp, & F. Joublin. 2011. “A Friendly Gesture: Investigating the Effect of Multi-Modal Robot Behavior in Human-Robot Interaction”, in: Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. 247 - 252.
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Yaghoubzadeh, R. 2011. “FamCHAI: An Adaptive Calendar Dialogue System”, in: J. Konstan, R. Conejo, J.L. Marzo, & N. Oliver (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization, LNCS 6787. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 458 - 461.
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Yaghoubzadeh, R., & S. Kopp. 2011. “Creating familiarity through adaptive behavior generation in human-agent interaction”, in: H. Vilhjálmsson, S. Kopp, S. Marsella, & K. Thórisson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, LNCS (LNAI) 6895. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 195 - 201.
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 2010

Bergmann, K., S. Kopp, & F.A. Eyssel. 2010. “Individualized Gesturing Outperforms Average Gesturing – Evaluating Gesture Production in Virtual Humans”, in: J. Allbeck, N. Badler, T. Bickmore, C. Pelachaud, & A. Safonova (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (LNCS 6356). Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 104 - 117.
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Lücking, A., K. Bergmann, F. Hahn, S. Kopp, & H. Rieser. 2010. “The Bielefeld Speech and Gesture Alignment Corpus (SaGA)”, in: M. Kipp, J.-P. Martin, P. Paggio, & D. Heylen (Eds.), LREC 2010 Workshop: Multimodal Corpora–Advances in Capturing, Coding and Analyzing Multimodality. 92 - 98.
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van der Sluis, I. , K. Bergmann, C. van Hooijdonk, & M. Theune. 2010. “Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Multimodal Output Generation”, in: MOG 2010. Twente/Enschede, NL: CTIT.
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Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2010. “Systematicity and Idiosyncrasy in Iconic Gesture Use: Empirical Analysis and Computational Modeling”, in: S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Gesture in Embodied Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 182 - 194.
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Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2010. “Modeling the Production of Coverbal Iconic Gestures by Learning Bayesian Decision Networks”. Applied Artificial Intelligence, 24(6), 530 - 551.
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Schlangen, D., T. Baumann, H. Buschmeier, S. Kopp, G. Skantze, & R. Yaghoubzadeh. 2010. “Middleware for Incremental Processing in Conversational Agents”, in: Proceedings of SIGDIAL 2010: the 11th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group in Discourse and Dialogue. Association for Computational Linguistics, 51 - 54.
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Buschmeier, H., Z. Malisz, P. Wagner, & M. Wlodarczak. 2010. “Engagement related features in German feedback expressions”, in: Proceedings of Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung (P&P2010).
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Buschmeier, H., K. Bergmann, & S. Kopp. 2010. “Adaptive Expressiveness – Virtual Conversational Agents That Can Align to Their Interaction Partner”, in: W. van der Hoek, G.A. Kaminka, M. Luck, & S. Sen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 91 - 98.
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Hellmann, S.M., H. Buschmeier, K. Bergmann, P. Weiß, & S. Kopp. 2010. “Does Alignment Shape the Production of Verbal Referring Expressions?”, in: Proceedings of the 10th Biannual Meeting of the German Society for Cognitive Science. 116 - 117.
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Buschmeier, H., K. Bergmann, & S. Kopp. 2010. “Modelling and Evaluation of Lexical and Syntactic Alignment with a Priming-Based Microplanner”, in: E. Krahmer, & M. Theune (Eds.), Empiricial Methods in Natural Language Generation. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 85 - 104.
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Wöhler, N., U. Großekathöfer, A. Dierker, M. Hanheide, S. Kopp, & T. Hermann. 2010. “A calibration-free head gesture recognition system with online capability”, in: International Conference on Pattern Recognition. IEEE Computer Society, 3814 - 3817.
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Großhauser, T., U. Großekathöfer, & T. Hermann. 2010. “New Sensors and Pattern Recognition Techniques for String Instruments”, in: K. Beilharz, A. Johnston, S. Ferguson, & A.Y.-C. Chen (Eds.), Sydney, Australia. Proceedings of the 2010 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2010): International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 271 - 276.
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Kopp, S. 2010. “Social resonance and embodied coordination in face-to-face conversation with artificial interlocutors”. Speech Communication, 52(6), 587 - 597.
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Cimiano, P., & S. Kopp. 2010. “Accessing the Web of Data through Embodied Virtual Characters”. Semantic Web Journal, 1(1-2), 83 - 88.
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Kroeger, B.J., S. Kopp, & A. Lowit. 2010. “A model for production, perception, and acquisition of actions in face-to-face communication”. Cognitive Processing, 11(3), 187 - 205.
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Krämer, N., L. Hoffmann, & S. Kopp. 2010. “Know Your Users! Empirical Results for Tailoring an Agent´s Nonverbal Behavior to Different User Groups”, in: Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2010). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6356, 6356. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 468 - 474.
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Kopp, S., R. Aylett, J. Gratch, P.L. Olivier, & C. Pelachaud. 2010. “Guest editorial of the special issue on intelligent virtual agents”. AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS, 20(1), 1 - 2.
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S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.). 2010. Gesture in Embodied Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. LNAI 5934, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
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Buch, A., & C. Pietsch. 2010. “Measuring Syntactic Priming in Dialog Corpora”, in: Proceedings of the Conference on Linguistic Evidence. Empirical, theoretical and computational perspectives. Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls-Universität.
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Salem, M., S. Kopp, I. Wachsmuth, & F. Joublin. 2010. “Generating multi-modal robot behavior based on a virtual agent framework”, in: Proceedings of the ICRA 2010 Workshop on Interactive Communication for Autonomous Intelligent Robots (ICAIR). 23 - 25.
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Salem, M., S. Kopp, I. Wachsmuth, & F. Joublin. 2010. “Towards an integrated model of speech and gesture production for multi-modal robot behavior”, in: Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. 649 - 654.
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Salem, M., S. Kopp, I. Wachsmuth, & F. Joublin. 2010. “Generating robot gesture using a virtual agent framework”, in: Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 3592 - 3597.
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 2009

Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2009. “GNetIc - Using Bayesian Decision Networks for Iconic Gesture Generation”, in: Z. Ruttkay, M. Kipp, A. Nijholt, & H. Vilhjálmsson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (LNAI 5773). Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 76 - 89.
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Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2009. “Increasing expressiveness for virtual agents - Autonomous generation of speech and gesture for spatial description tasks”, in: K. Decker, J. Sichman, G. Sierra, & C. Castelfranchi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009). Ann Arbor, MI: IFAAMAS, 361 - 368.
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Buschmeier, H., K. Bergmann, & S. Kopp. 2009. “An Alignment-capable Microplanner for Natural Language Generation”, in: Proceedings of the 12th European Workshop on Natural Language Generation. Association for Computational Linguistics, 82 - 89.
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Steggemann, Y., S. Kopp, & M. Weigelt. 2009. “Wie der virtuelle Agent MAX versteht, was wir können: Die multimodale Vermittlung komplexer Bewegungsaufgaben und deren Überprüfung mit Hilfe der SDA-M Methode”, in: M. Krüger (Ed.), Bildungspotenziale im Sport. Münster, 378.
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von der Pütten, A., C. Reipen, A. Wiedmann, S. Kopp, & N.C. Krämer. 2009. “The Impact of Different Embodied Agent-Feedback on User's Behavior”, in: Z. Ruttkay (Ed.), Intelligent virtual agents: Proceedings 9th International Conference. LNAI, 5773. Berlin: Springer, 549 - 551.
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Hoffmann, L., N.C. Krämer, A. Lam-chi, & S. Kopp. 2009. “Media Equation Revisited: Do Users Show Polite Reactions towards an Embodied Agent?”, in: Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2009). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5773. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 159 - 165.
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Kopp, S. 2009. “Social Adaptation in Conversational Agents”. PerAda Magazine (EU Coordination Action on Pervasive Adaptation).
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Kopp, S., K. Bergmann, H. Buschmeier, & A. Sadeghipour. 2009. “Requirements and Building Blocks for Sociable Embodied Agents”, in: B. Mertsching, M. Hund, & Z. Aziz (Eds.), KI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 508 - 515.
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Sadeghipour, A., & S. Kopp. 2009. “A Probabilistic Model of Motor Resonance for Embodied Gesture Perception”, in: Z. Ruttkay, M. Kipp, A. Nijholt , & H. Vilhjamsson (Eds.), Intelligent Virtual Agents, 5773. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 90 - 103.
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Sadeghipour, A., R. Yaghoubzadeh, A. Rüter, & S. Kopp. 2009. “Social motorics - towards an embodied basis of social human-robot interaction”, in: R. Dillmann, D. Vernon, Y. Nakamura, S. Schaal, H. Ritter, G. Sagerer, & M. Buss (Eds.), Human Centered Robot Systems, 6. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 193 - 203.
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Salem, M., S. Kopp, I. Wachsmuth, & F. Joublin. 2009. “Towards meaningful robot gesture”, in: H. Ritter, G. Sagerer, R. Dillmann, & M. Buss (Eds.), Human Centered Robot Systems. Berlin: Springer, 173 - 182.
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 2008

Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2008. “Multimodal Content Representation for Speech and Gesture Production”, in: M. Theune, I. van der Sluis, Y. Bachvarova, & E. André (Eds.), Symposium at the AISB Annual Convention: Multimodal Output Generation. Aberdeen, UK: SSAISB, 61 - 68.
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Sommer, N., N. Krämer, S. Kopp, & C. Becker. 2008. “Keep smiling: An embodied agents impact on users evaluation and smiling behavior”, in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 43. PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, 221 - 221.
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Kopp, S., J. Allwood, E. Ahlsen, K. Grammer, & T. Stocksmeier. 2008. “Modeling Embodied Feedback in a Virtual Human”, in: I. Wachsmuth, & G. Knoblich (Eds.), Modeling Communication With Robots And Virtual Humans. LNAI 4930. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 18 - 37.
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Weitnauer, E., N. Thomas, F. Rabe, & S. Kopp. 2008. “Intelligent Agents Living in Social Virtual Environments – Bringing Max into Second Life”, in: Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2008). LNAI, 5208. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 552 - 553.
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von der Pütten, A., C. Reipen, A. Wiedmann, S. Kopp, & N. Krämer. 2008. “Comparing emotional vs. envelope feedback for ECAs”, in: Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2008). LNAI, 5208. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 550 - 551.
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Becker, C., S. Kopp, N. Pfeiffer-Leßmann, & I. Wachsmuth. 2008. “Virtual humans growing up: from primary towards secondary emotions”. Künstliche Intelligenz, 2008(1), 23 - 27.
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Heylen, D., S. Kopp, S. Marsella, C. Pelachaud, & H. Vilhjalmsson. 2008. “The Next Step Towards a Functional Markup Language”, in: Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2008). LNAI, 5208. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 270 - 280.
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Sowa, T., S. Kopp, S. Duncan, D. McNeill, & I. Wachsmuth. 2008. “Implementing a non-modular theory of language production in an embodied conversational agent”, in: I. Wachsmuth, M. Lenzen, & G. Knoblich (Eds.), Embodied Communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 425 - 449.
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Kopp, S., K. Bergmann, & I. Wachsmuth. 2008. “Multimodal Communication from Multimodal Thinking - Towards an Integrated Model of Speech and Gesture Production”. Semantic Computing, 2(1), 115 - 136.
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Breuing, A., T. Pfeiffer, & S. Kopp. 2008. “Conversational Interface Agents for the Semantic Web - a Case Study”, in: C. Bizer, & A. Joshi (Eds.), Proceedings of the Poster and Demonstration Session at the 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2008). Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Kopp, S., I. Wachsmuth, J. Bonaiuto, & M. Arbib. 2008. “Imitation in Embodied Communication – From Monkey Mirror Neurons to Artificial Humans”, in: I. Wachsmuth, M. Lenzen, & G. Knoblich (Eds.), Embodied Communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 357 - 390.
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 2007

Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2007. “Co-expressivity of Speech and Gesture: Lessons for Models of Aligned Speech and Gesture Production”, in: P. Olivier, & C. Kray (Eds.), Symposium at the AISB Annual Convention: Language, Speech and Gesture for Expressive Characters. Newcastle, UK: SSAISB, 153 - 158.
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Krämer, N., N. Simons, & S. Kopp. 2007. “The effects of an embodied conversational agent´s nonverbal behavior on user´s evaluation and behavioral mimicry”, in: C. Pelachaud, J.-C. Martin, E. André, G. Chollet, K. Karpouzis, & D. Pelé (Eds.), Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2007). LNAI, 4722. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 238 - 251.
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Kopp, S., P. Tepper, K. Striegnitz, K. Ferriman, & J. Cassell. 2007. “Trading Spaces: How Humans and Humanoids Use Speech And Gesture to Give Directions”, in: T. Nishida (Ed.), Engineering Approaches to Conversational Informatics. John Wiley & Sons, 133 - 160.
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Kopp, S., H. Rieser, I. Wachsmuth, K. Bergmann, & A. Lücking. 2007. “Speech-Gesture Alignment”, in: 3rd Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies.
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Kopp, S., T. Stocksmeier, & D. Gibbon. 2007. “Incremental Multimodal Feedback for Conversational Agents”, in: Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2007). LNAI, 4722. Berlin, Heidelberg,: Springer, 139 - 146.
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Kopp, S., & K. Bergmann. 2007. “Towards an Architecture for Aligned Speech and Gesture Production”, in: C. Pelachaud, E. André, G. Chollet, K. Karpouzis, & D. Pelé (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 389 - 390.
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Becker, C., S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth. 2007. “Why Emotions Should be Integrated into Conversational Agents”, in: T. Nishida (Ed.), Engineering Approaches to Conversational Informatics. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 49 - 68.
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Nguyen, N., I. Wachsmuth, & S. Kopp. 2007. “Touch perception and emotional appraisal for a virtual agent”, in: Proceedings Workshop Emotion and Computing - Current Research and Future Impact. 17 - 22.
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Vilhjalmsson, H., N. Cantelmo, J. Cassell, N.E. Chafai, M. Kipp, & S. Kopp. 2007. “The Behavior Markup Language: Recent Developments and Challenges”, in: Proc. of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2007). LNAI, 4722. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 99 - 111.
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Rohlfing, K., & S. Kopp. 2007. “Meaning in the timing? The emergence of complex pointing patterns”, in: Proc. Symposium on Language & Robots. Aveiro, Portugal, 79 - 82.
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Allwood, J., S. Kopp, K. Grammer, E. Ahlsen, E. Oberzaucher, & M. Koppensteiner. 2007. “The analysis of embodied communicative feedback in multimodal corpora: a prerequisite for behavior simulation”. Language Resources and Evaluation, 41(3-4), 255 - 272.
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Grammer, K., S. Kopp, J. Allwood, T. Stockmeyer, E. Ahlsen, & E. Oberzaucher. 2007. “Human Machine Interfaces and Embodied Communication”, in: G. Empter, & M. Dontschewa (Eds.), Informieren mit Computeranimation - Usability Day V. Pabst Science Publishers, 24 - 37.
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Simons, N., N. Krämer, & S. Kopp. 2007. “The effects of an embodied conversationational agent's subtle nonverbal behavior on user's evaluation and behavioral mimicry”, in: Proc. of the 57th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association.
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Stocksmeier, T., S. Kopp, & D. Gibbon. 2007. “Synthesis of prosodic attitudinal variants in German backchannel 'ja'”, in: Proceedings of Interspeech 2007.
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Burek, G., C. Pietsch, & A. De Roeck. 2007. “SVO triple based Latent Semantic Analysis for recognising textual entailment”, in: Proceedings of the ACL-PASCAL Workshop on Textual Entailment and Paraphrasing (WTEP). Association for Computational Linguistics, 113 - 118.
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Mancini, C., C. Pietsch, & D. Scott. 2007. “Visualising Discourse Structure in Interactive Documents”, in: S. Busemann (Ed.), DFKI Document D-07-01. Saarbrücken: DFKI GmbH, 89 - 92.
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 2006

Bergmann, K., & S. Kopp. 2006. “Verbal or Visual? How Information is Distributed across Speech and Gesture in Spatial Dialog”, in: D. Schlangen, & R. Fernandez (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue. Potsdam, Germany: Universitätsverlag, 90 - 97.
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Kopp, S., & O. Graeser. 2006. “Imitation learning and response facilitation in embodied agents”, in: INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS, PROCEEDINGS, 4133. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 28 - 41.
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Kopp, S. 2006. Surface Realization of Multimodal Behavior from XML Representations in MURML. Reykjavik: Workshop on Multimodal Behavior Generation.
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S. Kopp, C. Becker, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.). 2006. The Virtual Human Max – Modeling Embodied Conversation.. KI 2006 – Demo Presentation, Extended Abstracts.
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Becker, C., N. Leßmann, S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth. 2006. “Connecting Feelings and Thoughts - Modeling the Interaction of Emotion and Cognition in Embodied Agents”, in: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. 32 - 37.
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Thorisson, K.R. , H. Vilhjamsson, C. Pelachaud, S. Kopp, N. Badler, W.L. Johnson, S. Marsella, & B. Krenn. 2006. “Report on Representations for Multimodal Generation Workshop.”. AI Magazine 27(1), 108.
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Kopp, S. 2006. How People Talk to a Virtual Human - Conversations From a Real-World Application. How People Talk to Computers, Robots, and Other Artificial Interaction Partners, SFB/TR 8 Report No. 010-09/2006, Bremen, Germany.
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Kopp, S., B. Krenn, S. Marsella, A. Marshall, C. Pelachaud, H. Pirker, K. Thorisson, & H. Vilhjalmsson. 2006. “Towards a Common Framework for Multimodal Generation in ECAs: The Behavior Markup Language”, in: J. Gratch (Ed.), Proc. Intelligent Virtual Agents 2006. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNAI 4133, 205 - 217.
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Kopp, S., B. Krenn, S. Marsella, A.N. Marshall, C. Pelachaud, H. Pirker, K.R. Thorisson, & H. Vilhjalmsson. 2006. “Towards a common framework for multimodal generation: The behavior markup language”, in: INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS, PROCEEDINGS, 4133. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 205 - 217.
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Leßmann, N., S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth. 2006. “Situated Interaction with a Virtual Human – Perception, Action, and Cognition.”, in: G. Rickheit, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Situated Communication. Mouton de Gruyter, 287 - 323.
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Åhlfeldt, H. , L. Borin, N. Grabar, C. Hallett, D. Hardcastle, D. Kokkinakis, C. Mancini, K. Markó, M. Merkel, C. Pietsch, R. Power, D. Scott, A. Silvervarg, M.T. Gronostaj, S. Williams, & A. Willis. 2006. Literature Review on Patient-Friendly Documentation Systems. Milton Keynes, UK: Centre for Research in Computing, The Open University.
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 2005

Leßmann, N., & S. Kopp. 2005. “Engagement in Collaborative Construction Tasks with Max.”, in: Working Notes AAMAS \'05 Workshop on Creating Bonds with ECAs. 76 - 83.
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Kopp, S., L. Gesellensetter, N.C. Kramer, & I. Wachsmuth. 2005. “A conversational agent as museum guide - Design and evaluation of a real-world application”, in: T. Panayiotopoulos (Ed.), Intelligent Virtual Agents, Proceedings, 3661. Berlin: Springer, 329 - 343.
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Kopp, S. 2005. “The spatial specificity of iconic gestures”, in: K. Opwis, & K. Penner (Eds.), Proceedings of KogWis05 the 7th Conference of theGerman Cognitive Science Society. Basel: Schwabe, 112 - 117.
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 2004

Becker, C., S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth. 2004. “Simulating the emotion dynamics of a multimodal conversational agent”, in: Proc. of the Int. Conference on Affective Dialogue Systems (ADS\'04). LNAI, 3068. Berlin: Springer, 154 - 165.
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Tepper, P., S. Kopp, & J. Cassell. 2004. “Content in Context: Generating Language and Iconic Gestures without a Gestionary”, in: AAMAS \'04 Workshop on Balanced Perception and Action for Embodied Conversational Agents. 79 - 86.
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Kopp, S., T. Sowa, & I. Wachsmuth. 2004. “Imitation games with an artificial agents: From mimicking to understanding shape-related iconic gestures”, in: A. Camurri, & G. Volpe (Eds.), Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction. LNAI 2915. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 436 - 447.
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Kopp, S., P. Tepper, & J. Cassell. 2004. “Towards Integrated Microplanning of Language and Iconic Gesture for Multimodal Output”, in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI\'04). ACM Press, 97 - 104.
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Kopp, S., & I. Wachsmuth. 2004. “Synthesizing multimodal utterances for conversational agents”. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 15(1), 39 - 52.
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 2003

Jung, B., & S. Kopp. 2003. “FlurMax: An interactive virtual agent for entertaining visitors in a hallway”, in: INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS, 2792. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 23 - 26.
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Sowa, T., & S. Kopp. 2003. “A Cognitive Model for the Representation and Processing of Shape-Related Gestures”, in: F. Schmalhofer, R. Young, & G. Katz (Eds.), Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 441.
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Kopp, S., B. Jung, N. Lessmann, & I. Wachsmuth. 2003. “Max - A Multimodal Assistant in Virtual Reality Construction”. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 4(03), 11 - 17.
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Kopp, S. 2003. Synthese und Koordination von Sprache und Gestik fuer Virtuelle Multimodale Agenten. Berlin: Akademische Verlagssgesellschaft.
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 2002

Kopp, S., & I. Wachsmuth. 2002. “Model-based Animation of Coverbal Gesture”, in: Proceedings of Computer Animation 2002. IEEE Press, 252 - 257.
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Kranstedt, A., S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth. 2002. MURML: A Multimodal Utterance Representation Markup Language for Conversational Agents. Technical report SFB 360 Situated Artifical Communicators Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld.
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Kranstedt, A., I. Wachsmuth, & S. Kopp. 2002. “MURML: A Multimodal Utterance Representation Markup Language for Conversational Agents”, in: AAMAS\'02 Workshop Embodied conversational agents- let\'s specify and evaluate them!.
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Wachsmuth, I., & S. Kopp. 2002. “Lifelike Gesture Synthesis and Timing for Conversational Agents”, in: Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction. Int. Gesture Workshop, GW 2001, London. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Springer-Verlag, 120 - 133.
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 2001

Wachsmuth, I., I. Voss, T. Sowa, M.E. Latoschik, S. Kopp, & B. Jung. 2001. “Multimodale Interaktion in der Virtuellen Realität”, in: H. Oberquelle (Ed.), Mensch & Computer 2001. Berichte des German Chapter of the ACM, 55. Stuttgart: Teubner, 265 - 274.
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T. Sowa, M.E. Latoschik, & S. Kopp (Eds.). 2001. A Communicative Mediator in a Virtual Environment: Processing of Multimodal Input and Output. Proc. of the International Workshop on Information Presentation and Natural Multimodal Dialogue Verona, Italy.
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I., V., I., S., T., L., M.E., K., S., J., B. Wachsmuth, M.E. Latoschik, I. Wachsmuth, & S. Kopp (Eds.). 2001. Multimodale Interaktion in der Virtuellen Realität. Proceedings \"Mensch & Computer 2001\" Teubner.
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Sowa, T., M. Latoschik, & S. Kopp. 2001. “A Communicative Mediator in a Virtual Environment: Processing of Multimodal Input and Output”, in: Proc. of the Int. Workshop on Multimodal Presentation and Natural Multimodal Dialogue - IPNMD 2001. Verona, Italy, ITC/irst, 71 - 74.
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T. Scheffler, & C. Pietsch (Eds.). 2001. Proceedings der 29. Studentischen Tagung Sprachwissenschaft. Berlin: Logos Verlag.
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 2000

S. Kopp, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.). 2000. A Knowledge-based Approach for Lifelike Gesture Animation. ECAI 2000 - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence Amsterdam: IOS Press.
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Wachsmuth, I., & S. Kopp. 2000. “A Knowledge-based Approach for Lifelike Gesture: A Refined Approach”, in: ECAI 2000 - Proc. of the 14th Europ. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence. 663 - 667.
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Jung, B., M. Latoschik, T. Sowa, I. Wachsmuth, & S. Kopp. 2000. “Virtuelles Konstruieren mit Gestik und Sprache”, in: KI 2/2000. 5 - 11.
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Kopp, S., & I. Wachsmuth. 2000. “Planning and Motion Control in Lifelike Gesture: A Refined Approach”, in: Proceedings of Computer Animation 2000. IEEE Press, 92 - 97.
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Kopp, S., & I. Wachsmuth. 2000. “Planning and Motion Control in Lifelike Gesture”, in: Proceedings of Computer Animation 2000. IEEE Computer Society Press.
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