Character computing: challenges and opportunities

Systems that adapt to the states of users show great potential for creating novel user experiences. However, most approaches in affective computing only rely on the current state of the user. Furthermore, personality computing has recently evolved, it shows a few examples of how personality traits can be inferred from different types of behavioral evidence. We envision introducing novel user experiences by learning more about the user through extracting the building blocks of their character including; morals, mentalities and believes. In this workshop we aim to introduce Character Computing, a novel approach to examine and leverage characters to build ubiquitous and non-obtrusive character-aware adaptive systems. This workshop aims at engaging participants in reflection and practical work exploring the evolving research strand in hand.

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