Aug.7(Wed) | Aug.8(Thu) | Aug.9(Fri)
9:00-10:20

Oral Session III-1 : Presence for Distance Communication

9:00-9:20
III-1-1 Preliminary Evaluation of a Telepresence Robot Conveying Pre-motions for Avoiding Speech Collisions
Komei Hasegawa (University of Tsukuba)
Yasushi Nakauchi (University of Tsukuba)
9:20-9:40
III-1-2 An Attention-Directed Robot for Social Telepresence
Rui Yan (A*STAR)
Keng Peng Tee (I2R, A*STAR)
Yuanwei Chua (I2R, A*STAR)
Zhiyong Huang (I2R, A*STAR)
Haizhou Li (I2R, A*STAR)
9:40-10:00
III-1-3 Appearance and Physical Presence of Anthropomorphic Media in Parallel with Non-face-to-face Communication
Tomoko Yonezawa (Kansai University)
Noriko Suzuki (Doshisha University)
Kenji Mase (Nagoya University)
Kiyoshi Kogure (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
10:00-10:20
III-1-4 Evoking Affection for a Communication Partner by a Robotic Communication Medium
Junya Nakanishi (Osaka University)
Kaiko Kuwamura (Osaka University)
Takashi Minato (ATR)
Shuichi Nishio (ATR)
Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University)
10:20-10:35

coffee break

10:35-11:55

Oral Session III-2 : Designing Appearances of Agents

10:35-10:55
III-2-1 Agents with faces - What can we learn from LEGO Minfigures?
Christoph Bartneck (University of Canterbury)
Mohammad Obaid (University of Canterbury)
Karolina Zawieska (PIAP)
10:55-11:15
III-2-2 Enhancing Empathy toward an Agent by Immersive Learning
Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba)
Michita Imai (Keio University)
11:15-11:35
III-2-3 Interaction to Unknown Entity in Virtual Embodied Interaction
Takafumi Sakamoto (Shizuoka University)
Yugo Takeuchi (Shizuoka University)
11:35-11:55
III-2-4 How does the continuous use of infant-directed speech to a robot influence the user?
Ryoko Shibata (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Takatsugu Kojima (Shiga University of Medical Science)
Motoyuki Ozeki (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Natsuki Oka (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
11:55-13:25

lunch break

13:25-14:25

Plenary Talk III

Human augmented cognition based on intention recognition
Minho Lee (Kyungpook National University)
14:40-16:00

Oral Session III-3 : Agent's Functionality for Advanced Communication

14:40-15:00
III-3-1 Motivational Expression on Smart Walker for Rehabilitation Exercise
Oh-hun Kwon (KAIST) Jeong-Yean Yang (KAIST) Dong-Soo Kwon (KAIST)
15:00-15:20
III-3-2 Effect of Advances in Wisdom of Robot in Collaborative Learning
Felix Jimenez (Chukyo Univarsity) Masayoshi Kanoh (Chukyo University)
15:20-15:40
III-3-3 Human Agent Interaction for Learning Service-Minded Communication
Kaoru Sumi (Future University Hakodate) Ryuji Ebata (Future University Hakodate)
15:40-16:00
III-3-4 Proposal for an agent model which has imagined human relationship
Toshihiro Osumi (Keio University) Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba) Michita Imai (Keio University)
16:00-16:30

Closing&Award

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