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Overview

Stefan Kopp is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a primary focus on artificial intelligence. Their research spans various interdisciplinary subfields, including social psychology, orthodontics, genetics, and surgery.

The main areas of study in Kopp's work include:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Social Psychology
  • Orthodontics
  • Genetics
  • Surgery

Kopp's research topics are diverse and focus on human-centered technology and health-related interactions. Key topics include:

  • Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • Speech and Dialogue Systems
  • AI in Service Interactions
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Natural Language Processing Techniques

Several recent publications showcase Kopp's engagement with social and interactive aspects of artificial intelligence. Notable papers include:

  • "Revisiting Human-Agent Communication: The Importance of Joint Co-construction and Understanding Mental States," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Explanation as a Social Practice: Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Social Design of AI Systems," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (by Katharina J. Rohlfing)
  • "Age-Related Differences in the Evaluation of a Virtual Health Agent's Appearance and Embodiment in a Health-Related Interaction: Experimental Lab Study," 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research (by Carolin Straßmann)
  • ""Alexa, You're Really Stupid": A Longitudinal Field Study on Communication Breakdowns Between Family Members and a Voice Assistant," 2022, Frontiers in Computer Science (by Lina Mavrina)
  • "Self-Explaining Social Robots: An Explainable Behavior Generation Architecture for Human-Robot Interaction," 2022, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (by Sonja Stange)

Kopp frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include:

  • Babak Sayahpour
  • Sara Eslami
  • Nicolas Plein
  • Sarah Bühling
  • Hendric Voß

Their works have been published across various venues, highlighting an interdisciplinary approach. Major publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Manuelle Medizin
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research

Stefan Kopp's research contributions cover topics that bridge artificial intelligence with social and health domains, emphasizing communication, embodiment, and explanation mechanisms in AI systems and human-agent interaction scenarios.

Best Publications

  • Towards a common framework for multimodal generation : The behavior markup language

    Stefan Kopp;Brigitte Krenn;Stacy Marsella;Andrew N. Marshall

  • A conversational agent as museum guide: design and evaluation of a real-world application

    Stefan Kopp;Lars Gesellensetter;Nicole C. Krämer;Ipke Wachsmuth

  • Guest Editorial: Gesture and speech in interaction: An overview

    Petra Wagner;Zofia Malisz;Stefan Kopp

  • To Err is Human(-like): Effects of Robot Gesture on Perceived Anthropomorphism and Likability

    Maha Salem;Friederike Anne Eyssel;Katharina Rohlfing;Stefan Kopp

  • Synthesizing multimodal utterances for conversational agents

    Stefan Kopp;Ipke Wachsmuth

  • The Behavior Markup Language: Recent Developments and Challenges

    Hannes Vilhjálmsson;Nathan Cantelmo;Justine Cassell;Nicolas E. Chafai

  • Generation and Evaluation of Communicative Robot Gesture

    Maha Salem;Stefan Kopp;Ipke Wachsmuth;Katharina J. Rohlfing

  • Simulating the Emotion Dynamics of a Multimodal Conversational Agent

    Christian Werner Becker;Stefan Kopp;Ipke Wachsmuth

  • Max - A multimodal assistant in virtual reality construction

    Stefan Kopp;Bernhard Jung;Nadine Leßmann;Ipke Wachsmuth

  • Guidelines for Designing Social Robots as Second Language Tutors

    Tony Belpaeme;Tony Belpaeme;Paul Vogt;Rianne van den Berghe;Kirsten Bergmann

  • A second chance to make a first impression? how appearance and nonverbal behavior affect perceived warmth and competence of virtual agents over time

    Kirsten Bergmann;Friederike Eyssel;Stefan Kopp

  • Towards integrated microplanning of language and iconic gesture for multimodal output

    Stefan Kopp;Paul Tepper;Justine Cassell

  • Second language tutoring using social robots: a large-scale study

    Paul Vogt;Rianne van den Berghe;Mirjam de Haas;Laura Hoffman

  • Virtual Agents as Daily Assistants for Elderly or Cognitively Impaired People

    Ramin Yaghoubzadeh;Marcel Kramer;Karola Pitsch;Stefan Kopp

  • Trading Spaces: How Humans and Humanoids Use Speech and Gesture to Give Directions

    Stefan Kopp;Paul A. Tepper;Kimberley Ferriman;Kristina Striegnitz

  • Social resonance and embodied coordination in face-to-face conversation with artificial interlocutors

    Stefan Kopp

  • Smile and the world will smile with you-The effects of a virtual agent's smile on users' evaluation and behavior

    Nicole KräMer;Stefan Kopp;Christian Becker-Asano;Nicole Sommer

  • A friendly gesture: Investigating the effect of multimodal robot behavior in human-robot interaction

    Maha Salem;Katharina Rohlfing;Stefan Kopp;Frank Joublin

  • MURML: A Multimodal Utterance Representation Markup Language for Conversational Agents

    Alfred Kranstedt;Stefan Kopp;Ipke Wachsmuth

  • The impact of latency on perceptual judgments and motor performance in closed-loop interaction in virtual reality

    Thomas Waltemate;Irene Senna;Felix Hülsmann;Marieke Rohde

  • Adaptive Robot Language Tutoring Based on Bayesian Knowledge Tracing and Predictive Decision-Making

    Thorsten Schodde;Kirsten Bergmann;Stefan Kopp

  • Virtual Agents as Daily Assistants for Elderly or Cognitively Impaired People - Studies on Acceptance and Interaction Feasibility.

    Ramin Yaghoubzadeh;Marcel Kramer;Karola Pitsch;Stefan Kopp

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole C. Krämer
Nicole C. Krämer University of Duisburg-Essen
Mario Botsch
Mario Botsch TU Dortmund University
Catherine Pelachaud
Catherine Pelachaud Sorbonne University
Emiel Krahmer
Emiel Krahmer Tilburg University
Stacy Marsella
Stacy Marsella Northeastern University
Thomas Schack
Thomas Schack Bielefeld University
Philipp Cimiano
Philipp Cimiano Bielefeld University
Tony Belpaeme
Tony Belpaeme Ghent University
Justine Cassell
Justine Cassell Carnegie Mellon University
Jochen J. Steil
Jochen J. Steil Technische Universität Braunschweig

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