This volume brings together, through a peer-revision process, the advanced research results obtained by the European COST Action 2102: Cross-Modal Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, primarily discussed for the first time at the Second COST 2102 International Training School on “Development of Multimodal Int- faces: Active Listening and Synchrony” held in Dublin, Ireland, March 23–27 2009. The school was sponsored by COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Sci- tific and Technical Research, www.cost.esf.org ) in the domain of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for disseminating the advances of the research activities developed within the COST Action 2102: “Cross-Modal Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication” (cost2102.cs.stir.ac.uk) COST Action 2102 in its third year of life brought together about 60 European and 6 overseas scientific laboratories whose aim is to develop interactive dialogue systems and intelligent virtual avatars graphically embodied in a 2D and/or 3D interactive virtual world, capable of interacting intelligently with the environment, other avatars, and particularly with human users.
Edited by:
Anna Esposito, Nick Campbell, Carl Vogel, Amir Hussain, Anton Nijholt Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Country of Publication: Germany Edition: 2010 ed. Volume: 5967 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 706g ISBN:9783642123962 ISBN 10: 3642123961 Series:Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI Pages: 446 Publication Date:09 April 2010 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active