Project description Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics Show the project objective Hide the project objective The aim of the SEMAINE project is to draw together the current research on non-verbal signs and to produce a system that capitalises on them to achieve genuinely sustained, emotionally coloured interactions between a person and a machine. To do that, it develops an idea which was introduced in the FP5 project ERMIS and pursued in HUMAINE. The idea is to build a 'Sensitive Artificial Listener', or SAL for short, which interacts with human beings in a shallow but emotion-rich way, using interactions observed in chat shows and at parties as a model. The verbal capabilities of such a system are very limited and superficial, similar to 'chatbots' from ELIZA on. Like them, it uses rules to respond to what a listener says without understanding the content in any depth. Unlike chatbots, however, a SAL system has sophisticated, robust, real-time multi-modal interaction capabilities – in an ongoing interaction, it detects the emotional colouring communicated by the user, and adapts its responses to that. In SAL, the system's responses are themselves emotionally loaded, and are chosen to propel the user towards an emotional state that the system currently 'wants' the user to be in. Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2007.2.1 - Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH EU contribution € 619 554,00 Address TRIPPSTADTER STRASSE 122 67663 Kaiserslautern Germany See on map Region Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinhessen-Pfalz Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Walter Olthoff (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Germany EU contribution € 385 520,00 Address Arcisstrasse 21 80333 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ulrike Ronchetti (-) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE PARIS 8 VINCENNES SAINT-DENIS Participation ended France EU contribution € 87 375,00 Address RUE DE LA LIBERTE 2 93526 Saint-Denis See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-Saint-Denis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Pascal Binczak (-) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 223 153,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alain MANGEOL (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Netherlands EU contribution € 563 084,00 Address DRIENERLOLAAN 5 7522 NB Enschede See on map Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Lynn E. Packwood (-) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution € 470 923,00 Address SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD SW7 2AZ LONDON See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shaun Power (Mr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST United Kingdom EU contribution € 400 391,00 Address UNIVERSITY ROAD LANYON BUILDING BT7 1NN Belfast See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Michael Daly (Mr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
