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Ruth Aylett is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, where their research primarily intersects computer science, social sciences, and psychology. Their scholarly work focuses on the fields of artificial intelligence, safety research, social psychology, computer vision and pattern recognition, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics explored in their publications include ethics and social impacts of AI, social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), AI in service interactions, artificial intelligence in games, multimodal machine learning applications, digital games and media, and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI).

Aylett has authored and contributed to a number of papers, including the following recent publications:

  • "Experiential AI: Between Arts and Explainable AI" (2024), published in Leonardo
  • "Experiential AI: A transdisciplinary framework for legibility and agency in AI" (2023), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "AI Myths Debunked" (2020), published in The new real magazine.
  • "Technology-Supported Reminiscence Therapy for Those Living with Dementia" (2024), published in the Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series

They have collaborated frequently with researchers including Drew Hemment, Dave Murray-Rust, Vaishak Belle, Matjaž Vidmar, and Frank Broz, reflecting interdisciplinary engagements across their fields of study.

In addition to journal and conference papers, Ruth Aylett has contributed to book publications, notably with The MIT Press, publishing the title "Living with Robots" in 2021.

Their work integrates diverse venues where their research has appeared, including Leonardo, arXiv (Cornell University), The new real magazine, and the Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series, reflecting a breadth of academic outlets spanning both peer-reviewed and more accessible platforms.

Best Publications

  • Applying Artificial Intelligence to Virtual Reality: Intelligent Virtual Environments

    Michael Luck;Ruth Aylett

  • Fearnot!: an experiment in emergent narrative

    R. S. Aylett;S. Louchart;J. Dias;A. Paiva

  • Narrative in Virtual Environments - Towards Emergent Narrative

    Ruth Aylett

  • Caring for Agents and Agents that Care: Building Empathic Relations with Synthetic Agents

    Ana Paiva;Joao Dias;Daniel Sobral;Ruth Aylett

  • LEARNING BY FEELING: EVOKING EMPATHY WITH SYNTHETIC CHARACTERS

    Ana Paiva;João Dias;Daniel Sobral;Ruth Aylett

  • Towards a narrative theory of virtual reality

    Ruth Aylett;Sandy Louchart

  • Narrative theory and emergent interactive narrative

    Sandy Louchart;Ruth Aylett

  • Unscripted narrative for affectively driven characters

    R. Aylett;S. Louchart;J. Dias;A. Paiva

  • An affectively driven planner for synthetic characters

    Ruth Aylett;Joao Dias;Ana Paiva

  • But that was in another country: agents and intercultural empathy

    Ruth Aylett;Natalie Vannini;Elisabeth Andre;Ana Paiva

  • Virtual learning intervention to reduce bullying victimization in primary school : a controlled trial

    Maria Sapouna;Dieter Wolke;Natalie Vannini;Scott Watson

  • Solving the Narrative Paradox in VEs – Lessons from RPGs

    Sandy Louchart;Ruth Aylett

  • “FearNot!”: a computer-based anti-bullying-programme designed to foster peer intervention

    Natalie Vannini;Sibylle Enz;Maria Sapouna;Dieter Wolke

  • Creating adaptive affective autonomous NPCs

    Mei Yii Lim;João Dias;Ruth Aylett;Ana Paiva

  • Towards Empathic Virtual and Robotic Tutors

    Ginevra Castellano;Ana Paiva;Arvid Kappas;Ruth Aylett

  • Achieving empathic engagement through affective interaction with synthetic characters

    Lynne Hall;Sarah Woods;Ruth Aylett;Lynne Newall

  • Intelligent Virtual Environments - A State-of-the-art Report.

    Ruth Aylett;Marc Cavazza

  • Storytelling in virtual environments from a virtual guide perspective

    Jesús Ibáñez;Ruth Aylett;Rocio Ruiz-Rodarte

  • An initial memory model for virtual and robot companions supporting migration and long-term interaction

    Wan Ching Ho;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Mei Yii Lim;Patricia A. Vargas

  • Unscripted narrative for affectively driven characters

    Sandy Louchart;Ruth Aylett;Joao Dias;Ana Paiva

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana Paiva
Ana Paiva Instituto Superior Técnico
Elisabeth André
Elisabeth André University of Augsburg
Kerstin Dautenhahn
Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Waterloo
Wolfgang Schneider
Wolfgang Schneider University of Würzburg
Dieter Wolke
Dieter Wolke University of Warwick
Jonathan Gratch
Jonathan Gratch University of Southern California
Patrick Olivier
Patrick Olivier Monash University
Derek Long
Derek Long King's College London
Michael Luck
Michael Luck University of Sussex
Marc Cavazza
Marc Cavazza University of Stirling

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