AHCI RESEARCH GROUP

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2025

Li, K.; Mostajeran, F.; Rings, S.; Kruse, L.; Schmidt, S.; Arz, M.; Wolf, E.; Steinicke, F.

I Hear, See, Speak & Do: Bringing Multimodal Information Processing to Intelligent Virtual Agents for Natural Human-AI Communication Proceedings Article

In: Proc. - IEEE Conf. Virtual Real. 3D User Interfaces Abstr. Workshops, VRW, pp. 1648–1649, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025, ISBN: 979-833151484-6 (ISBN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Artificial intelligence tools, Cloud services, Embodied AI, Embodied artificial intelligence, Extended reality, Human computer interaction, Human-AI Interaction, Human-artificial intelligence interaction, Information processing capability, Intelligent virtual agents, Language Model, Multi-modal information, Virtual agent, Work-flows

Song, T.; Pabst, F.; Eck, U.; Navab, N.

Enhancing Patient Acceptance of Robotic Ultrasound through Conversational Virtual Agent and Immersive Visualizations Journal Article

In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 2901–2911, 2025, ISSN: 10772626 (ISSN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: 3D reconstruction, adult, Augmented Reality, Computer graphics, computer interface, echography, female, human, Humans, Imaging, Intelligent robots, Intelligent virtual agents, Language Model, male, Medical robotics, Middle Aged, Mixed reality, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, patient attitude, Patient comfort, procedures, Real-world, Reality visualization, Robotic Ultrasound, Robotics, Three-Dimensional, three-dimensional imaging, Trust and Acceptance, Ultrasonic applications, Ultrasonic equipment, Ultrasonography, Ultrasound probes, User-Computer Interface, Virtual agent, Virtual assistants, Virtual environments, Virtual Reality, Visual languages, Visualization, Young Adult

Zhu, X. T.; Cheerman, H.; Cheng, M.; Kiami, S. R.; Chukoskie, L.; McGivney, E.

Designing VR Simulation System for Clinical Communication Training with LLMs-Based Embodied Conversational Agents Proceedings Article

In: Conf Hum Fact Comput Syst Proc, Association for Computing Machinery, 2025, ISBN: 979-840071395-8 (ISBN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical communications, Clinical Simulation, Communications training, Curricula, Embodied conversational agent, Embodied Conversational Agents, Health professions, Intelligent virtual agents, Language Model, Medical education, Model-based OPC, Patient simulators, Personnel training, Students, Teaching, User centered design, Virtual environments, Virtual Reality, VR simulation, VR simulation systems

Volkova, S.; Nguyen, D.; Penafiel, L.; Kao, H. -T.; Cohen, M.; Engberson, G.; Cassani, L.; Almutairi, M.; Chiang, C.; Banerjee, N.; Belcher, M.; Ford, T. W.; Yankoski, M. G.; Weninger, T.; Gomez-Zara, D.; Rebensky, S.

VirTLab: Augmented Intelligence for Modeling and Evaluating Human-AI Teaming Through Agent Interactions Proceedings Article

In: R.A., Sottilare; J., Schwarz (Ed.): Lect. Notes Comput. Sci., pp. 279–301, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025, ISBN: 03029743 (ISSN); 978-303192969-4 (ISBN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agent based simulation, agent-based simulation, Augmented Reality, Causal analysis, HAT processes and states, Human digital twin, human digital twins, Human-AI team process and state, Human-AI teaming, Intelligent virtual agents, Operational readiness, Personnel training, Team performance, Team process, Virtual teaming, Visual analytics

Gaglio, G. F.; Vinanzi, S.; Cangelosi, A.; Chella, A.

Intention Reading Architecture for Virtual Agents Proceedings Article

In: O., Palinko; L., Bodenhagen; J.-J., Cabibihan; K., Fischer; S., Šabanović; K., Winkle; L., Behera; S.S., Ge; D., Chrysostomou; W., Jiang; H., He (Ed.): Lect. Notes Comput. Sci., pp. 488–497, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025, ISBN: 03029743 (ISSN); 978-981963521-4 (ISBN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Chatbots, Cognitive Architecture, Cognitive Architectures, Computer simulation languages, Intelligent virtual agents, Intention Reading, Intention readings, Language Model, Large language model, Metaverse, Metaverses, Physical robots, Video-games, Virtual agent, Virtual assistants, Virtual contexts, Virtual environments, Virtual machine

Dongye, X.; Weng, D.; Jiang, H.; Tian, Z.; Bao, Y.; Chen, P.

Personalized decision-making for agents in face-to-face interaction in virtual reality Journal Article

In: Multimedia Systems, vol. 31, no. 1, 2025, ISSN: 09424962 (ISSN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Decision making, Decision-making process, Decisions makings, Design frameworks, Face-to-face interaction, Feed-back based, Fine tuning, Human-agent interaction, Human–agent interaction, Integrated circuit design, Intelligent virtual agents, Language Model, Large language model, Multi agent systems, Multimodal Interaction, Virtual environments, Virtual Reality

2024

Harinee, S.; Raja, R. Vimal; Mugila, E.; Govindharaj, I.; Sanjaykumar, V.; Ragavendhiran, T.

Elevating Medical Training: A Synergistic Fusion of AI and VR for Immersive Anatomy Learning and Practical Procedure Mastery Proceedings Article

In: Int. Conf. Syst., Comput., Autom. Netw., ICSCAN, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024, ISBN: 979-833151002-2 (ISBN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: 'current, Anatomy education, Anatomy educations, Computer interaction, Curricula, Embodied virtual assistant, Embodied virtual assistants, Generative AI, Human- Computer Interaction, Immersive, Intelligent virtual agents, Medical computing, Medical education, Medical procedure practice, Medical procedures, Medical training, Personnel training, Students, Teaching, Three dimensional computer graphics, Usability engineering, Virtual assistants, Virtual environments, Virtual Reality, Visualization

Bao, Y.; Gao, N.; Weng, D.; Chen, J.; Tian, Z.

MuseGesture: A Framework for Gesture Synthesis by Virtual Agents in VR Museum Guides Proceedings Article

In: U., Eck; M., Sra; J., Stefanucci; M., Sugimoto; M., Tatzgern; I., Williams (Ed.): Proc. - IEEE Int. Symp. Mixed Augment. Real. Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct, pp. 337–338, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024, ISBN: 979-833150691-9 (ISBN).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Adversarial machine learning, Embeddings, Gesture Generation, Intelligent Agents, Intelligent systems, Intelligent virtual agents, Language generation, Language Model, Large language model, large language models, Museum guide, Reinforcement Learning, Reinforcement learnings, Robust language understanding, Virtual agent, Virtual Agents, Virtual environments, Virtual reality museum guide, VR Museum Guides