Development and Deployment of Intelligent Systems with Emotional Components

In recent years it has become increasingly evident that in order to further improve acceptance as well as efficiency of intelligent systems it is necessary to consider "emotionality" in interaction and processing.

In the present project, at first a comparison of different theories of emotions, their representation in models and their different realizations shall be carried out, on the basis of experiences with a simple emotional personality agent. From this analysis, an emotional-intelligent systems of the greatest possible generality shall be derived. This system is to be tested and improved a in complex synthetic environment. Subsequently, in cooperation with a partner providing an application area, the system will be expanded in depth according to the specific requirements of the domain and its deployment validated.

Project Leader:

Prof.Dr.Robert Trappl

Researchers:

Dipl.-Ing.Dr.Paolo Petta
Dipl.-Inf.Alexander Staller
and students

Project Period:

1999 - 2001

Publications:

• P.Petta, C.Pinto-Ferreia, R.Ventura: Autonomy Control Software: Lessons from the Emotional
      Workshop "Autonomy Control Software", Autonomous Agents 1999, Seattle, WA, May 1999.
• P.Petta, A.Staller, R.Trappl, S.Mantler, Z.Szalavari, M.Gervautz: Towards Engaging Full-Body Interaction
      Beliefs / Emotions in Adaptive Interface Design, HCI International '99, Munich, Germany, August 1999.