Fluidity in Human-Agent Interaction - workshop at HAI 2024

Fluidity

This is the homepage for the workshop Fluidity in Human-Agent Interaction at the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2024) hosted at Swansea University, United Kingdom.

Motivation for the workshop

The property of fluidity in embodied communication is often discussed, but not formally defined. It is a property of human-human face-to-face spoken communication which makes transitions between contributions seamless, and allows appropriate overlaps of speech and non-speech action. It can be present in purely non-verbal contexts too, such as in dance.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in improving the fluidity of human-agent interaction. Both those interested from engineering, social science perspectives, and other disciplines, focussed on defining what makes an interaction fluid and how this property can be implemented in machines for more natural interaction.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts of 500 words (max) are welcome on any concept relating to the property of fluid interaction with artificial agents. Existing work is welcome as a means of presenting the ideas, and select abstracts will be chosen for a joint publication of a journal article on the topic after the workshop. Topics are welcome on, but not limited to, the following:

  • Definitions (formal or otherwise) of more and less fluid interaction with agents.
  • Timing of contributions, both speech and movement, in interaction.
  • Natural overlap of speech contributions.
  • Natural overlap of movement, gestural and other multimodal interaction.
  • Perceptions of smooth, fluid interaction with artificial agents.
  • Predictive processing for embodied agents.

Submission link (500 words, preferably 11pt arial font): EasyChair for FLUIDITY-24

Important dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: 31st October 2024
  • Notification: 6th November 2024
  • Workshop: Sunday 24th November 2024

Organizing committee

  • Julian Hough (Swansea University)
  • Carlos Baptista de Lima (Swansea University)
  • Frank Förster (University of Hertfordshire)
  • Patrick Holthaus (University of Hertfordshire)
  • Yongjun Zheng (University of Hertfordshire)

Registration

The event is in-person only and registration is available through the workshop option for HAI 2024 registration: https://hai-conference.net/hai2024/registration/


Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to julian.hough@swansea.ac.uk