Check out the highlights from our special issue on Voice Technology and Conversational Agents in Health Care Delivery, with @Shona_DArcy at Frontiers - Public Health frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

We have a little information online on our website: conversationaluserinterfaces.org/2023/ We'll have more information on tracks soon. We're looking to grow the organising committee—please get in touch with us from the website if you're interesting in joining us.

Our ACM TiiS Special Issue is out! There are seven articles presenting innovative contributions in three important areas of conversational agents for healthcare and wellbeing: mental health, older adults’ wellbeing, and social support & coaching dl.acm.org/toc/tiis/2022/… 🧵👇

I've written a small essay on "Grand Challenges" in Pervasive Computing in Pervasive Computing where I ask "From Sensing to Acting - Can Pervasive Computing Change the World?". Have a look and see what you think. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/98189…

We are now hiring! An exciting opportunity to conduct a #PhD in the design and development of novel mental health technologies DTU Health Tech for a real-world impact supported by our partners in healthcare University of Copenhagen Research 📱🩺 dtu.dk/english/about/…

Digital health technology's impact on care is not predetermined but crafted, often in unforeseen ways, by design. In this new IEEE paper, we suggest untangling this complexity by questioning the artefacts we consider designed, designable, and design-worthy ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/98753…

The proceedings for CUI 2022 are now available in the ACM digital library ACM CUI #cui2022 #chi2023 dl.acm.org/doi/proceeding…

Join our team for a free (and thrilling!) webinar on #mentalhealth apps with Frank. Register at: adaa.org/webinar/profes…

🚨 CALL FOR PROVOCATIONS 🚨 Have out-of-the-box or even controversial ideas for conversational user interfaces? Come and provoke at #cui2023, submissions now open (3–3.5k words): conversationaluserinterfaces.org/2023/submit/pr…

Our new JMIR Publications paper on the design and evaluation challenges of healthcare conversational agents is out! The paper is the product of a long and highly collaborative process involving 22 researchers world-wide: jmir.org/2022/11/e38525/ 👇🧵

impressive work! a new AI research tool/collaborator.

In "What Is the Difference? Investigating the Self-Report of Wellbeing via Conversational Agent and Web App", Maharjan et al. investigate the design and use of speech-enabled CAs for mental healthcare. #HCI #mentalhealth #virtualassistant Link: lnkd.in/eV3VTTeF

We provided mental health support to about 4,000 people — using GPT-3. Here’s what happened 👇

What do I want from relationships? 👩‍❤️‍👨👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏾🍻🎾🎼 Friendship, love, shared ups & downs, ideas, advice, help, shared fun activities What do I want from therapy? 🛋 A space to express & explore my problems in depth & detail so I can get back to the above👆 They are not the same thing

Come work with us at DTU Compute/Cognitive Systems. We have 2 open positions for postdocs in Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Computer Science and Eye Tracking for the very interesting "Reading the Reader" project efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

I’m recruiting a PhD candidate in #HCI for #Health! A unique opportunity to carry out a project of your own design, advance a human-centred approach to technology, and realise a real-world impact on health or mental healthcare. See bit.ly/adastraphd or catch me at #CHI2023!

In its 4th year, the reading list for Conversational User Interface studies at #chi2023 - 110 papers showing the increased diversity of topics and application areas in the field! Let me know if I missed any: docs.google.com/document/d/14-…

We’re recruiting a new colleague to join us as Assist Prof of #HCI UCD iSchool. This permanent position provides the opportunity to shape and expand upon both our MSc in HCI Programme and a research agenda spanning healthtech, conv. agents, ethics & more! universityvacancies.com/university-col…

Our research, that explored user engagement with real-time verbal feedback from an exoskeleton-based virtual exercise coach has been published in the SAGE Digital Health journal. Read the article at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… John Paulin Hansen Saeed Abdullah Sanjana Mendu & Milton