Completed Projects
Adaptive generative models for interaction-aware conversational behavior
A key challenge for interactive artificial agents is to produce communicative multimodal behavior that is …
Generating dialog-based analogical explanations about everyday tasks
This project is part of the SAIL network (Sustainable Life-Cycle of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems) funded by the …
Computational cognitive modeling of the predictive active self in situated action (COMPAS)
Computational cognitive modeling of the predictive active self in situated action (COMPAS) The COMPAS project aims to …
Scalable hybrid Avatar-Agent-Technologies for everyday social interaction in XR (HiAvA)
The HiAvA project develops and applies new technology for multi-user interaction in socially extended reality (Social …
Implications of conversing with intelligent assistants in everyday life (IMPACT)
Autonomous systems using artificial intelligence (AI) to communicate with humans will soon be a part of everyday life. …
Adaptive autonomy of worker assistance systems
This project is part of the Forschungskolleg “Design of flexible working environments – human-centered use of …
Development of iconic gesture-speech integration in preschool children (EcoGest)
Empirical and computational study of iconic gesture-speech integration and its development in preschool children This …
Lively and trustworthy social robots (VIVA)
The VIVA project aims to build a mobile social robot that produces lively and socially-appropriate behavior in …
Mental models in collaborative interactive reinforcement learning (CINEMENTAS)
This project is part of the Research Cluster CINEMENTAS (“Collaborative Intelligence Based on Mental Models of Assistive …
Child-Robot Communication and Collaboration (BabyRobot)
BabyRobot aims to develop robots that can support the development of socio-affective, communication and collaboration …
Gestural meta-communication: modifying functions of hand gesture (MetaGest)
An integral part of natural conversations among humans is that speakers add (indirect) cues to the intended …
Intelligent Coaching Space (ICSPACE)
ICSPACE explores how to use Virtual Reality (VR) to provide intelligent coaching for sports training, motor skill …
Opportunities and challenges of global refugee migration for health care in Germany (FlueGe)
The interdisciplinary graduate school “FlüGe – Opportunities and challenges that global refugee migration presents for …
Second Language Tutoring Using Social Robots (L2TOR)
L2TOR (pronounced ‘el tutor’) aims to design a child-friendly tutor robot that can be used to support teaching preschool …
Social Motorics
SP-05 – Social Motorics This project explores the sensorimotor and cognitive mechanisms underlying the dynamic …
Underlying mechanisms of the sense of agency (SoA)
In this postdoc project by Dr. Zeynep Barlas, we conduct studies to investigate the underlying mechanisms of the sense …
Sozial kooperative virtuelle Assistenten als Tagesbegleiter für Menschen mit Unterstützungsbedarf (KOMPASS)
Eine wachsende Zahl von Menschen benötigt Unterstützung bei alltäglichen Aufgaben wie Haushaltsführung, …
Human-machine interaction for industry 4.0
This sub-project in the technology network “it’s OWL” builds the technological basis of intuitive human-machine …
Virtual dialogue assistants for smart living (KogniHome)
This sub-project of KogniHome looks to integrate a conversational assistant into a smart home environment. In …
Dialogue Coordination for Sociable Agents
Smooth and trouble-free interaction in dialogue is only possible if interlocutors coordinate their actions with each …
LogiPro (transfer project in the BMBF cluster it's OWL)
This transfer project developed a human-guided optimization system for logistics planning, based on analysis of an …
Speech-Gesture Alignment
This project investigated the cognitive mechanisms that underlie the production of multimodal utterances in dialogue. In …
CLARIN-D - Working Group Language and other Modalities (BMBF)
Within the working group 6 “Language and other Modalities” of the BMBF-funded project CLARIN-D “Research Infrastructure …
Imitation and Motor Cognition in Social Embodied Agents (IMoSA)
This project explored how motor cognition mechanisms for mirroring and mental simulation are employed in social …
Robust spoken-dialogue interaction for people with age-related cognitive impairments (VERSTANDEN)
In cooperation with the v. Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel, we investigated whether spoken-dialogue based interaction …
Conceptual Motorics (CoR-Lab; Honda Research Europe)
Enabled the humanoid robot ASIMO to produce synthetic speech along with expressive hand gesture, e.g., to point to …
Adaptive Machine Learning of Interaction Sequences (AMALIS)
This project explored how systems can learn multivariate sequences of interaction data in highly dynamic environments. …
Adaptive Embodied Communication (ADECO)
Instructions about sequences of actions are better memorized when offered with appropriate gestures. In this project, …