Timetable
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Upcoming Events
| Computational Affect + ALMA Explorer (hands-on) | Exploring OCC appraisal theory, the OCEAN personality model, the PAD mood model, and the decay of emotional intensity. In practice, we are modeling characters in ALMA Explorer. | 19.11.2026 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Interactive Systems + VisualSceneMaker web (hands-on) | Getting to know the agentic SIA research framework, Visual SceneMaker. What are scenes, and what is a sceneflow? Overview of plugins (ALMA, LLM, ASR, TTS, Wizard of Oz) | 26.11.2026 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Methods II: Measurement and Running a Study | Questionnaires and scale quality, relational measures (felt security, perceived responsiveness, empathic accuracy), power and sample size, pilot study, preregistration, research ethics (consent, data protection). Also, VisualSceneMaker StudyMaster. | 03.12.2026 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Values and Norms: What an Empathic System Has to Achieve | Understanding fundamental human values, including safety, autonomy, and self-respect, within the framework of goals, social roles, and cultural norms. What exactly are display rules? Explore current technological approaches – for example, values incorporated during design time (CCVSD), as runtime constraints (CARESSES), or as runtime objectives (Artificially Empathic Technology) – and methods to determine whether these values have been duly respected. | 10.12.2026 12:00 - 12:00 |
| KET I: Regulation and the Individual | Predictive processing, Moser & von Zeppelin (structural, situational, and communicative emotions), self versus display regulation, MARSSI. | 17.12.2026 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Methods III: Data Analysis | Descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, effect sizes, reporting, open science (p-hacking, HARKing) | 07.01.2027 10:00 - 12:00 |
| KET II: Relationship and Social Interaction | Person objects and relationships; inner and outer communication paths. Regulation vs. Co-Regulation, especially repair, as shown in the context of Mentalization-Based Therapy. | 14.01.2027 10:00 - 12:00 |