An overview of our work on evaluating an affective embodied agent within a nutritional scenario (over extended periods of interaction) is provided. Results from an investigation into how subjects respond to the agent’s emotional expressions are also detailed, with a particular focus on how subjects respond to mismatched emotional expressions (e.g. a happy face with a concerned voice).

Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) are poised to constitute a specific category within persuasive systems, in particular through their ability to support affective dialogue. One possible approach consists in using ECA as virtual coaches or personal assistants and to make persuasion part of a dialogue game implementing specific argumentation or negotiation features. In this paper, we explore a...

The construction sector is one of the most energy-intensive in industrialized countries. In order to limit climate change emissions throughout entire life cycle a building, addition reducing energy consumption operational phase, attention should also be paid embodied and CO2 building itself. purpose this work review data on GWP derived from EPDs different types windows, identify LCA phases, imp...

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