.. Stefan Rank's homepage at OFAI. das folgende schirche html raw dings (IE conditional comment) ist notwendig um die nicht vorhande CSS position:fixed implementierung des IE zu 'umgehen' (funktioniert lustigerweise auch wenns im body steht obwohl link in den head gehoeren wuerde) .. raw:: html =============== Stefan Rank =============== .. meta:: :description: Stefan Rank's homepage at OFAI :keywords: emotion, agents, research, personal homepage, artificial intelligence :email: `stefan(DOT)rank(AT)ofai(DOT)at`__ (substitute ;-) :phone: (+43-1) 5336112-26 :fax: (+43-1) 5336112-77 :web: http://www.ofai.at/~stefan.rank/ :addr: .. line-block:: Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI_) Freyung 6/6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria :member of: `Intelligent Software Agents and New Media`_ at OFAI_ :impressum: Stefan Rank, Wien :titleprefix: Dipl.Ing. Dr.techn. (corresponds to MSc & PhD) __ mailto:stefan(DOT)rank(AT)ofai(DOT)at .. _Intelligent Software Agents and New Media: http://www.ofai.at/research/agents/ .. _OFAI: http://www.ofai.at/ .. image:: Me(StefanRank).png :alt: Me, Myself and I :class: organizationlogo :scale: 100 .. image:: ofailogo-lila-smile.png :alt: OFAI Logo :target: http://www.ofai.at/ :class: logo :scale: 100 .. contents:: Stefan Rank :depth: 2 I am ... ========== - member of the `Intelligent Software Agents and New Media`_ group at OFAI_ Projects =========== - CYBEREMOTIONS_, Collective Emotions in Cyberspace - IRIS_, Network of Excellence on Integrating Research in Interactive Storytelling Previous projects I was involved in: - SERA_, Social Engagement with Robots and Agents - HUMAINE_, the Human-Machine Interaction Network on Emotion, was a Network of Excellence (NoE) in the EU's Sixth Framework Programme - COAST_, Competence Network for Advanced Speech Technologies - L2C_, Learning to Collaborate, was a Specific targeted research project (STREP) in the EU's Sixth Framework Programme - SELP and RASCALLI_, Responsive Artificial Situated Cognitive Agents that Live and Learn on the Internet - In the `eBusiness project`_ (Artificial Intelligence Methods for eBusiness) I was investigating the use of AI in eLearning .. _CYBEREMOTIONS: http://www.ofai.at/research/agents/projects/cyberemotions.html .. _IRIS: http://www.ofai.at/research/agents/projects/iris.html .. _SERA: http://www.ofai.at/research/agents/projects/sera.html .. _RASCALLI: http://www.ofai.at/rascalli/ .. _HUMAINE: http://emotion-research.net/ .. _COAST: http://www.coast.at/ .. _L2C: http://www.l2c.info/ .. _eBusiness project: /research/aisoc/ebusiness.html Research Interests ===================== Computational models of emotion, their implementation in software agents, and their application in interactive entertainment and agent-based simulation, as well as the use of the result in (virtual or real) environments for a narrative purpose and the study of the implications of affective processes for controlling intelligent agents in general. Areas: Intelligent Software Agents, Affective Computing, New Media, Game Design, Human-Computer Interaction, AI and Interactive Entertainment, Pedagogical Applications, Multi-Agent Based Simulation, Interactive Narrative. Teaching ========== * Winter terms: **Models of Personality and Emotions** (VU 901.967 & SE 901.968) for the `MEi:CogSci curriculum`_ (Middle European interdisciplinary master programme in Cognitive Science) .. _MEi\:CogSci curriculum: http://www.univie.ac.at/meicogsci/ Publications ============== This is a selection of recent publications, presentation slides, and posters. `Use the search for a full list of publications`_. .. _Use the search for a full list of publications: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/bibcovers.pl?op_author=like&q_author=Rank+S.&sort_by_year=1&year_header=1 - | Rank S., Hoffmann S., Struck H.-G., Spierling U., Mayr S., Petta P. (2012): | *Authoring vs. Configuring: Affective Agents for Interactive Storytelling*. | ``Applied Artificial Intelligence``, to appear. - | Rank S. (2011): | *Behaviour Coordination for Models of Affective Behaviour*. | ``Künstliche Intelligenz`` 25(3):265-268. - | Heylen D., op den Akker R., ter Maat M., Petta P., Rank S., Reidsma D., Zwiers J. (2011): | *On the Nature of Engineering Social Artificial Companions*. | ``Applied Artificial Intelligence`` 25(6):549-574. - | Skowron M., Pirker H., Rank S., Paltoglou G., Ahn J., Gobron S. (2011): | *No peanuts! Affective Cues for the Virtual Bartender*. | In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth International FLAIRS Conference, AAAI Publications, pp.117-122. - | Skowron M., Rank S., Theunis M., Sienkiewicz J. (2011): | *The good, the bad and the neutral: affective profile in dialog system-user communication*. | In: Proceedings of the fourth bi-annual Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Conference (ACII 2011), LNCS, Springer, Heidelberg, pp.337-346. - | Gobron S., Ahn J., Silvestre Q., Thalmann D., Rank S., Skowron M., Paltoglou G., Thelwall M. (2011): | *An Interdisciplinary VR-architecture for 3D chatting with non-verbal communication*. | In Coquillart S., Steed A., Welch G. (eds.): Joint Virtual Reality Conference of EuroVR (EGVE 2011), Eurographics Association, pp.87-94. - | Skowron M., Theunis M., Rank S., Borowiec A. (2011): | *Effect of affective profile on communication patterns and affective expressions in interactions with a dialog system*. | In: Proceedings of the fourth bi-annual Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Conference (ACII 2011), LNCS, Springer, Heidelberg, pp.347-356. - | Szilas N., Boggini T., Axelrad M., Petta P., Rank S. (2011): | *Specification of an Open Architecture for Interactive Storytelling*. | In Si M. et al. (eds.): Interactive Storytelling, Fourth International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2011, November 28 – December 1 2011, Vancouver BC Canada. Proceedings, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, pp.330-333. - | Chmiel A., Skowron M., Rank S. (2011): | *Affect Listeners demonstration*. | At: Mid-term Flagship Conference. Warsaw, Poland, 24-25 Nov. - | Skowron M., Chmiel A., Rank S. (2011): | *CyberEmotions project exhibition and Affect Listeners demonstration*. | At: Innovation Convention 2011. Polish Research Projects - Under the Patronage of the Polish Presidency, Brussels, Belgium, 5-6 Dec. - | Ahn J., Borowiec A., Buckley K., Cai D., Chmiel A., Czaplicka A., Dabrowski G., Garas A., Garcia D., Gobron S., Hillmann R., Holyst J., Kappas A., Küster D., Mitrovich M., Paltoglou G., Pirker H., Rank S., Schweitzer F., Sienkiewicz J., Skowron M., Sobkowicz P., Thalmann D., Thelwall M., Theunis M., Trier M., Tsankova E., Weronsk P. (2011): | *CYBEREMOTIONS – Collective Emotions in Cyberspace*. | In: Proceedings of the 2nd European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition 2011 - FET 11, Procedia Computer Science (7). - | Rank S. (2011): | *Verhaltenssteuerung und Emotion in Games*. | Presentation at: researching games 2011, 24. to 25. September 2011, Kreativfabrik Wiesbaden. | (slides: `Rank2011-researchinggames.pdf `__, `German abstract on the researching games site `__) - | Rank S. (2010): | *Docking Agent-based Simulation of Collective Emotion to Equation-based Models and Interactive Agents*. | In Oeren T., Yilmaz L. (eds.): Proceedings of Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium at the 2009 Spring Simulation Conference, SpringSim 2010, Orlando FL USA, The Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS), pp.82-89. - | Rank S. (2010): | *Designing an Agent-based Simulation of Collective Emotions*. | In Trappl R. (ed.): Cybernetics and Systems 2010 - Proceedings of the Twentieth Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, Vienna, pp.521-526. - | Skowron M., Pirker H., Rank S. (2009): | CYBEREMOTIONS: Interactive computer tools for acquiring data on individual and collective emotions of online communities. | In: *Symposium "CYBEREMOTIONS: Collective emotions in cyberspace pose challenges to emotion research and theory" at ISRE 2009*, Leuven, Belgium, August 6-8. - | Rank S. (2009): | *Behaviour Coordination for Models of Affective Behaviour*. | Dissertation, Vienna University of Technology, carried out at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI). | (http://strank.info/phd/Rank2009-Dissertation-final.pdf) - | Rank S., Petta P. (2007): | *From ActAffAct to BehBehBeh: Increasing Affective Detail in a Story-World*. | In Cavazza M., Donikian S. (eds.), Virtual Storytelling: Fourth International Conference (ICVS 2007), St.Malo, France, EU, December 2007. Proceedings, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp.206-209. - | Rank S. (2007): | *Building a computational model of emotion based on parallel processes and resource management*. | In Cowie R., Rosis F.de (eds.), Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium, The Second International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, September 12-14, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, pp.102-109. | (pre-print technical report: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/tr-online?number+2007-03, | poster: `Rank2007-ACII-DC.poster.pdf `__) - | Rank S., Petta P. (2007): | *Basing artificial emotion on process and resource management*. | In Paiva A. et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, September 12-14, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp.350-361. | (pre-print technical report: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/tr-online?number+2007-02, | slides: `RankPetta2007-ProcessesAndResources (html) `__) - | Hermann C., Melcher H., Rank S., Trappl R. (2007): | *Neuroticism - A Competitive Advantage (Also) for IVAs?*. | In Pelachaud C. et al. (eds.), Intelligent Virtual Agents, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York, pp.64-71. | (`doi:10.1007/978-3-540-74997-4_7 `__, | slides: `HermannETAL2007-IVA.slides.odp `__ `(pdf) `__) - | Rank S., Petta P. (2006): | *Implications of Embodiment for Autonomous Personality Agents*. | presentation at the Young Researcher's session of the 3rd Humaine Summer School, September 22-28, 2006, InfoMus Lab - DIST - University of Genova, Italy. | (slides: `RankPetta2006-Embodiment (html) `__) - | Rank S., Petta P. (2006): | *Comparability is Key to Assess Affective Architectures*. | In Trappl R. (ed.), Cybernetics and Systems 2006, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, Vienna, pp.643-648. | (pre-print technical report: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/tr-online?number+2006-04, | slides: `RankPetta2006-ComparabilityIsKey (html) `__, | related presentation @ Humaine WP10 workshop: `RankPetta2006-wp10ws (html) `__) - | Rank S., Petta P., Trappl R. (2006): | *Features of emotional planning in software agents*. | In Della Riccia G., Dubois D., Kruse R., Lenz H.-J. (eds.): ``Decision Theory and Multi-Agent Planning``, Springer Wien/New York. | (pre-print technical report: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/tr-online?number+2004-23, | slides: `RankETAL2004-FOEPISA-issek04.slides.pdf `__) - | Rank S., Petta P. (2005): | *Appraisal for a Character-based Story-World*. | In Panayiotopoulos T. et al. (eds.), Intelligent Virtual Agents, 5th International Working Conference, IVA 2005, Kos, Greece, September 2005, Proceedings, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp.495-496. | (pre-print technical report: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/tr-online?number+2005-10, | poster: `RankPetta2005-IVA2005.poster.pdf `__) - | Rank S. (2005): | *Toward Reusable Roleplayers Using an Appraisal-based Architecture*. | In Payr S. (ed.): Educational Agents and (e-)Learning, ``Applied Artificial Intelligence`` 19(3-4):313-340. | (`doi:10.1080/08839510590910138 `__) - | Rank S., Anjos P.L., Petta P., Aylett R. (2005): | *What is In an Affective Architecture for Situated Agents?* | In Canamero L. (ed.): Humaine Deliverable D7a: WP7 Workshop Proceedings, King's College London UK EU, July 4-5. | (pre-print technical report: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/tr-online?number+2005-11) - | Rank S., Petta P. (2005): | *Motivating Dramatic Interactions*. | In Agents that Want and Like: Motivational and Emotional Roots of Cognition and Action, Proceedings of the AISB05 Symposium, April 12-15 2005, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, pp.102-107. | (pre-print technical report: http://www.ofai.at/cgi-bin/tr-online?number+2005-02, | slides: `RankPetta2005-MDI-AISB05.slides.pdf `__) - | Rank S. (2004): | *Affective Acting: An Appraisal-based Architecture for Agents as Actors*. | Institut für Medizinische Kybernetik und Artificial Intelligence, Universität Wien, Diplomarbeit. | (`master's thesis as pdf`_; for the thesis, I was awarded an `‘Anerkennungspreis’ of the Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence `__) .. _master's thesis as pdf: StefanRank-AAAThesis.pdf - | Büscher M., Friedlaender V., Hodgson E., Rank S., Shapiro D. (2000): | *Designs on objects: imaginative practice, aesthetic categorisation, and the design of multimedia archiving support*. | ``Digital Creativity`` 11(3):161-172. doi:10.1076/digc.11.3.161.8870 Software ========== As part of my master thesis I wrote ActAffAct_, an implementation of an appraisal-based architecture for software agents that could be part of an emergent narrative. .. _ActAffAct: /research/agents/projects/actaffact.html .. image:: http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10-blue :alt: Valid XHTML 1.0! :target: http://validator.w3.org/check/referer :scale: 100 .. image:: http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-css2-blue :alt: Valid CSS 2! :target: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer/ :scale: 100