Browsing Computer Science by Author "Malhotra, Aarti"
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Design and Study of Emotions in Virtual Humans for Assistive Technologies
Malhotra, Aarti (University of Waterloo, 2016-04-27)This thesis presents the design and study of emotionally aligned prompts given by virtual humans for persons with cognitive disabilities such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Our goal is to understand ... -
Emotions and Context in Decision-making for a Socially Intelligent Agent
Malhotra, Aarti (University of Waterloo, 2024-04-03)Artificial intelligence (AI) research has largely focused on rational thinking, decision making, goal achievement, and reward maximization. Emotions have been considered nonessential, or even detrimental, when designing ...