Socially intelligent robots that can engage and support children in language learning
Conversational companions that assist people with special needs
Studying the prerequisites and the effects of human-agent cooperation
Understanding cognitive processes of multimodal communication and coordination in dialogue
Welcome to the Social Cognitive Systems Group
We are a research group at the Cluster of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology CITEC (EXC 277) and part of the Faculty of Technology of Bielefeld University.
We study social behavior and social minds in humans and artificial systems: How can cognitive systems understand and predict other agents? How can they communicate efficiently and adapt dynamically during interaction? How do humans perceive and interact with them? We investigate these questions by developing computational accounts of the behavioral and cognitive mechanisms needed to act as a socially intelligent interaction partner. These are embodied in intelligent systems like virtual 3D avatars or social robots, which we apply and test in novel human-machine interaction scenarios within assisted living, industrial, or educational contexts.
We study social behavior and social minds in humans and artificial systems: How can cognitive systems understand and predict other agents? How can they communicate efficiently and adapt dynamically during interaction? How do humans perceive and interact with them? We investigate these questions by developing computational accounts of the behavioral and cognitive mechanisms needed to act as a socially intelligent interaction partner. These are embodied in intelligent systems like virtual 3D avatars or social robots, which we apply and test in novel human-machine interaction scenarios within assisted living, industrial, or educational contexts.