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Abstract:
(Invited Talks)
Animate characters are a new class of intelligent agents.
Frankly anthropomorphic, they combine functional expertise with
personality, social skills, communication skills, affective
dynamics, and media embodiment. Because they offer an interaction
that is life-like and effective for the broad mainstream
population, we predict that animate characters will be the
next-generation interface to the Web and other electronic
environments. We will discuss some of the technical and design
issues around animate characters, with illustrative applications in
thee areas: learning and creative play, multi-user interaction and
entertainment, and electronic commerce.
Barbara Hayes-Roth is an internationally recognized expert on
intelligent agents and interactive characters. She invented the
"dynamic control architecture" and, with her students in the
Computer Science Department at Stanford University, developed
experimental applications in diverse domains, such as ICU patient
monitoring and office robots. Current research in her "Virtual
Theater" project focuses on interactive characters for applications
supporting learning through play and artistic self-expression. Dr.
Hayes-Roth has published over 100 scientific articles and gives
frequent invited speeches in the U.S. and abroad. She is a Fellow
of the AAAI. In September, 1995, Dr. Hayes-Roth founded Extempo
Systems, Inc., which offers interactive characters to staff the
Web.
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