Publication and Poster at HCLLM at ACL2024

Our paper “To What Extent Are Large Language Models Capable of Generating Substantial Reflections for Motivational Interviewing Counseling Chatbots? A Human Evaluation” is accepted to be…Continue readingPublication and Poster at HCLLM at ACL2024

Publication at Journal for Medical Internet Research

Our paper “Effectiveness and user experience of a smoking cessation chatbot: A mixed-methods study comparing motivational interviewing and confrontational counseling.” is accepted to be published at…Continue readingPublication at Journal for Medical Internet Research

Publication and Presentation at CUI 2024

Our paper “Designing a Couples-Based Conversational Agent to Promote Safe Sex in New, Young Couples: A User-Centred Design Approach.” is accepted to be published in the…Continue readingPublication and Presentation at CUI 2024

Publication and Presentation at CUI 2024

Our paper “Exploring User Engagement Through an Interaction Lens: What Textual Cues Can Tell Us about Human-Chatbot Interactions” is accepted to be published in the proceedings…Continue readingPublication and Presentation at CUI 2024

Publication and Demo at CUI 2023

Our demo paper “HyLECA: A Framework for Developing Hybrid Long-term Engaging Controlled Conversational Agents” is accepted to be published in the proceedings of the 5th iteration…Continue readingPublication and Demo at CUI 2023

Publication at Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal

Our systematic review and meta-analysis paper “Effectiveness and Acceptability of Conversational Agents for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” is published at Nicotine & Tobacco…Continue readingPublication at Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal

Publication and Presentation at Conversations 2022

In the 6th International Workshop on Chatbot Research, Applications and Design held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we present a paper in collaboration with our former student…Continue readingPublication and Presentation at Conversations 2022

Publication at Sexual Health Journal

Our systematic review paper “Effectiveness and acceptability of conversational agents for sexual health promotion: a systematic review and meta-analysis” is published at Sexual Health journal. Read…Continue readingPublication at Sexual Health Journal

Publication at BMC Public Health Journal

Our paper “Can chatbots help to motivate smoking cessation? A study on the effectiveness of motivational interviewing on engagement and therapeutic alliance” is published at BMC…Continue readingPublication at BMC Public Health Journal

Publication and Poster at ICAART 2022

Our position paper “Hints of Independence in a Pre-scripted World: On Controlled Usage of Open-domain Language Models for Chatbots in Highly Sensitive Domains” is accepted to…Continue readingPublication and Poster at ICAART 2022