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CRYSTAL – ConveRsational sYSTems for Assisted Living
MENHIR coorganises the CRYSTAL workshop within the PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA)…
Special session on Dynamics of Signal Exchanges and Empathic Systems in WIRN 2023
The special session “Dynamics of Signal Exchanges and Empathic Systems”, coorganized by MENHIR in…
CS-AIW White paper released!!
The Cancer Survivorship – AI for Well-being cluster (#CS_AIW) brings together 11 EU-funded projects…
Congratulations for your PhD Asier!
Another PhD obtained by a young researcher in our MENHIR team!! 🎓🎉 Asier López…
Congratulations for your PhD Matthias!
Another PhD obtained by a young researcher in our MENHIR team!! 🎓🎉 Matthias Kraus…
7th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2022)
MENHIR co-organized Special Session on Social and Biometric data for Applications in human machine…
Special session on Dynamics of Signal Exchanges and Empathic Systems in WIRN 2022
The special session “Dynamics of Signal Exchanges and Empathic Systems”, coorganized by MENHIR in…
Thank you for a successful MENHIR summer school 2022!
Massive thanks to all the participants of the Internacional Doctoral Summer School in Conversational…
CUI 2022
CUI 2022 has been held in Glasgow, UK, from 26–28th July 2022. There has…
TAI-RM 2022
The 1st International Workshop on “Trustworthy AI for the Future of Risk Management” (TAI-RM2022)…
Internacional Doctoral Summer School in Conversational Systems
https://menhir-project.eu/index.php/2022-menhir-doctoral-school/ Registration is now open for the Internacional Doctoral Summer School in Conversational Systems…
Intelligent Voice presents a session on building GPU-powered conversational AI ecosystem in NVIDIA GTC22
Conversational AI applications are comprised of a hierarchy of deep learning natural language processing…
Congratulations for your PhD Terry!
Another PhD obtained by a young researcher in our MENHIR team! ?? Terry Amorese…
A Proposal for Multimodal Emotion Recognition Using Aural Transformers and Action Units on RAVDESS Dataset
Emotion recognition is attracting the attention of the research community due to its multiple…
CUI 2022 ACM in-cooperation conference
MENHIR member María Inés Torres is part of the Steering Committee of the CUI2022…
CUI@CHI: Ethics of Conversational User Interfaces
MENHIR member Matthias Kraus, from Ulm University is co-organizing the Workshop on Ethics of Conversational…
Innovative technology for wellbeing: CS_AIW Cluster Meeting of Minds 4
On February 23-24, the “Cancer Survivorship – AI for Well-being” (CS_AIW) Cluster will hold…
First International Workshop on Trustworthy AI for the Future of Risk Management
MENHIR members Maurice Mulvenna and Jane Zheng from Ulster University are co-organizing the First…
Multimodal Emotion Recognition on RAVDESS Dataset Using Transfer Learning
Emotion Recognition is attracting the attention of the research community due to the multiple…
Natural language processing in international projects
The community DiverTLes: Diversity in Language Technologies in Spainm an initiative within the framework…
Towards versatile conversations with data-driven dialog management and its integration in commercial platforms
Conversational interfaces have recently become a ubiquitous element in both the personal sphere by…
World Mental Health Day 2021 tips
The moto of World Mental Health Day 2021 is: “Mental health care for all:…
Successful Meeting of Minds 3 and 3+ for the CS_AIW cluster
The CS_AIW cluster has organized today two succesful Meeting of Minds events (MoM3 and…
Adaptive dialogue management using intent clustering and fuzzy rules
Griol, D., Callejas, Z., Molina, J.M., Sanchis, A. (2021) Adaptive dialogue management using intent…
The Role of Trust in Proactive Conversational Assistants
Kraus, M., Wagner, N., Callejas, Z., Minker, W. (2021) Discriminative Power of EEG-Based Biomarkers…
Discriminative Power of EEG-Based Biomarkers in Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review
Greco, C., Matarazzo, O., Cordasco, G., Vinciarelli, A., Callejas, Z., Esposito, A. (2021) Discriminative…
A Modular Architecture for Multi-Purpose Conversational System Development
Artola, A., Callejas, Z., Griol, D. (2021). A Modular Architecture for Multi-Purpose Conversational System…
Podcast in VozCast – Women In Voice Spain
MENHIR coordinator Zoraida Callejas participates in the second season of VozCast, the podcast of…
Gavin McConvey at the UKRO MSCA event
Gavin McConvey is sharing today Action Mental Health Experience in the MENHIR project in…
MENHIR in PRESS (NovaCiencia): La UGR participa en un clúster europeo de investigación sobre supervivencia al cáncer, bienestar e inteligencia artificial
https://novaciencia.es/la-ugr-participa-en-un-cluster-europeo-de-investigacion-sobre-supervivencia-al-cancer-bienestar-e-inteligencia-artificial/
MENHIR in PRESS (Canal UGR): La UGR participa en un clúster europeo de investigación sobre supervivencia al cáncer, bienestar e inteligencia artificial
https://canal.ugr.es/noticia/la-ugr-participa-en-un-cluster-europeo-de-investigacion-sobre-supervivencia-al-cancer-bienestar-e-inteligencia-artificial/
MENHIR IN PRESS (AgenParl): La UGR participa en un clúster europeo de investigación sobre supervivencia al cáncer, bienestar e inteligencia artificial
https://agenparl.eu/la-ugr-participa-en-un-cluster-europeo-de-investigacion-sobre-supervivencia-al-cancer-bienestar-e-inteligencia-artificial/
MENHIR IN PRESS (GranadaEsNoticia): La UGR participa en un clúster europeo de investigación sobre supervivencia al cáncer, bienestar e inteligencia artificial
https://www.granadaesnoticia.com/universidad/la-ugr-participa-en-un-cluster-europeo-de-investigacion-sobre-supervivencia-al-cancer–bienestar-e-inteligencia-artificial
MENHIR in press (CanalUGR): La UGR participa en un clúster europeo de investigación sobre supervivencia al cáncer, bienestar e inteligencia artificial
https://canal.ugr.es/noticia/la-ugr-participa-en-un-cluster-europeo-de-investigacion-sobre-supervivencia-al-cancer-bienestar-e-inteligencia-artificial/
David Griol at the Iberoamerican Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit
David Griol has delivered the presentation “Aplicación de los sistemas conversacionales para la gestión…
Zoraida Callejas at the Iberoamerican Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit
Zoraida Callejas has delivered the presentation “Salud mental electrónica e interfaces conversacionales: oportunidades y…
Michael McTear at the Iberoamerican Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit
Michael F. McTear has delivered the presentation “Creating conversational interfaces: challenges and solutions” at…
Empathic Final Event
The Empathic project is presenting its final results and expected impact on 20th May….
Perceptual Borderline for Balancing Multi-Class Spontaneous Emotional Data
L. B. Letaifa and M. I. Torres, “Perceptual Borderline for Balancing Multi-Class Spontaneous Emotional…
Congratulations for your PhD Robin!
We are so proud about the first PhD obtained by a young researcher in…
Intelligent Advanced User Interfaces for Monitoring Mental Health Wellbeing
Esposito A., Callejas Z., Hemmje M.L., Fuchs M., Maldonato M.N., Cordasco G. (2021) Intelligent…
Towards conversational technology to promote, monitor and protect mental health
Zoraida Callejas, David Griol, Kawtar Benghazi, Manuel Noguera, María Inés Torres, Raquel Justo, Anna…
A proposal for emotion recognition using speech features, transfer learning and convolutional neural networks
Roberto Móstoles, David Griol, Zoraida Callejas and Fernando Fernández-Martínez (2021). A proposal for emotion…
HelpUs2HelpU event – MENHIR, FAITH and OncoRelief H2020 projects
#EUfunded #H2020 research projects @H2020_Faith, @MenhirH2020 and @OncoRelief come together in a virtual joint…
Towards the Development of a Trustworthy Chatbot for Mental Health Applications
Matthias Kraus, Philip Seldschopf, Wolfgang Minker. Towards the Development of a Trustworthy Chatbot for…
Conversational user interfaces (CUI 2021)
Following the successful ACM In-Cooperation CUI conferences in 2019 and 2020, CUI 2021 will…
Conversational agents for mental health and wellbeing
Authors: David Griol, Zoraida Callejas It will be a chapter in the book: Lopez-Soto,…
MENHIR participation in the Science Week (Spanish)
Las máquinas tienen su propio lenguaje. Cuando queremos comunicarnos con ellas, tenemos que adaptarnos…
First Workshop on Multimodal e-Coaches
Authors: Leonardo Angelini, Mira El Kamali, Elena Mugellini, Omar Abou Khaled, Yordan Dimitrov, Vera…
Measuring and fostering engagement with mental health e-coaches
Authors: Zoraida Callejas, David Griol, Kawtar Benghazi, Manuel Noguera, Gérard Chollet, María Inés Torres,…
Co-creating Requirements and Assessing End-User Acceptability of a Voice-Based Chatbot to Support Mental Health: A Thematic Analysis of a Living Lab Workshop
Authors: Antonio Benítez-Guijarro, Raymond Bond, Frederick Booth, Zoraida Callejas, Edel Ennis, Anna Esposito, Matthias Kraus, Gavin McConvey, Michael McTear, Maurice Mulvenna, Courtney Potts, Louisa Pragst, Robin Turkington,…
Conversational Systems Research in Spain: A Scientometric Approach
Authors: David Griol, Zoraida Callejas DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8395-7_31 Citation: Griol D., Callejas Z. (2021) Conversational…
A Content and Knowledge Management System Supporting Emotion Detection from Speech
Reference and DOI: Vu B. et al. (2021) A Content and Knowledge Management System…
MENHIR International Doctoral Summer School in Conversational Systems for Mental e-health
Dates: 5-9 October 2020 Web: https://menhir-project.eu/index.php/summer-school-home/ The summer school on Conversational Systems for Mental…
Adaptive dialogue management using intent clustering and fuzzy rules
Authors: David Griol, Zoraida Callejas, José Manuel Molina, Araceli Sanchis DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.12630 Citation: Griol,…
International Doctoral Summer School in Conversational Systems for Mental e-health (CanalUGR)
https://canal.ugr.es/convocatoria/international-doctoral-summer-school-in-conversational-systems-for-mental-e-health/
How Human Likeness, Gender and Ethnicity affect Elders’Acceptance of Assistive Robots
Anna Esposito, Terry Amorese, Marialucia Cuciniello, Maria Teresa Riviello, Gennaro Cordasco. How Human Likeness,…
How Human Likeness, Gender and Ethnicity affect Elders’ Acceptance of Assistive Robots
Anna Esposito, Terry Amorese, Marialucia Cuciniello, Maria Teresa Riviello, Gennaro Cordasco. How Human Likeness,…
Mobile conversational agents for stroke rehabilitation therapy
Authors: David Griol, Zoraida Callejas Citation: D. Griol and Z. Callejas, “Mobile Conversational Agents…
International Doctoral Summer School in Conversational Systems for Mental e-health (ONLINE, 5th-9th October 2020)
https://menhir-project.eu/index.php/summer-school-home/
Ethical issues in assistive ambient living technologies for ageing well
Francesco Panico, Gennaro Cordasco, Carl Vogel, Luigi Trojano, Anna Esposito. Ethical issues in assistive…
Towards Socially and Emotionally Believable ICT Interfaces
Esposito A., Faundez-Zanuy M., Morabito F.C., Pasero E. (2021) Towards Socially and Emotionally Believable…
MENHIR co-organises workshop at ICMI 2020
The 22nd ACM Conference on Multimodal Interaction is scheduled for 25-29 October 2020 in…
Un programa europeo utilizará ‘chatbots’ para ayudar a pacientes con problemas de salud mental (Neurocienciasonline)
https://www.neurocienciasonline.com/noticia/un-programa-europeo-utilizara-chatbots-para-ayudar-a-pacientes-con-problemas-de-salud-mental
MENHIR in RabioLab (in Spanish)
Zoraida Callejas presents MENHIR to the general public in RadioLab, listen to the podcast…
MENHIR in Facebook – Oficina de Proyectos Internacionales (Granada, Spain)
https://www.facebook.com/oficina.proyectos.internacionales/photos/a.822309041141773/2831507373555253/?type=3&av=676842029021809&eav=AfZROFPA1MXTiJp1gEjE4Ht-5Aoxx2mUD-Rr6fQpHEVcxBrYi5jyzq2Bo6DmlSS_jPY&theater
Training on Open Educational Resources
Zoraida Callejas has participated as lecturer in the course “Digital Educational Resources in the…
MENHIR in the newspapers
MENHIR appears in the press!! IDEAL (Spanish regional newspaper): https://www.ideal.es/miugr/participa-proyecto-europeo-20200204103911-nt.html?edtn=granada#vca=fixed-btn&vso=rrss&vmc=tw&vli=miUGR NovaCiencia (science magazine): https://novaciencia.es/estudian-el-uso-de-chatbots-para-reducir-la-ansiedad-y-la-depresion-leve/…
Estudian el uso de ‘chatbots’ para reducir la ansiedad y la depresión leve (Revista Novaciencia)
https://novaciencia.es/estudian-el-uso-de-chatbots-para-reducir-la-ansiedad-y-la-depresion-leve/
MENHIR inspiring scientific and technological vocations
Our colleague David Griol from University of Granada (UGR) has participated today in the…
Un proyecto europeo utilizará ‘chatbots’ para mejorar la salud mental de pacientes con ansiedad y depresión leve (DesQbre Fundación)
https://fundaciondescubre.es/noticias/un-proyecto-europeo-utilizara-chatbots-para-mejorar-la-salud-mental-de-pacientes-con-ansiedad-y-depresion-leve/
MENHIR press release
The press office of the University of Granada (Spain) has generated a press release…
Un proyecto europeo utilizará ‘chatbots’ para mejorar la salud mental de pacientes con ansiedad y depresión leve (GranadaEsNoticia newspaper)
https://www.granadaesnoticia.com/universidad/un-proyecto-europeo-utilizara-chatbots-para-mejorar-la-salud-mental-de-pacientes-con-ansiedad-y-depresion-leve
Un proyecto europeo utilizará ‘chatbots’ para mejorar la salud mental de pacientes con ansiedad y depresión leve (MotrilDigital newspaper)
https://motrildigital.es/135773-2/
Un proyecto europeo utilizará ‘chatbots’ para mejorar la salud mental de pacientes con ansiedad y depresión leve (CanalUGR Press Release)
https://canal.ugr.es/noticia/proyecto-europeo-utilizara-chatbots-mejorar-salud-mental-de-ansiedad-depresion/
Utilizan ‘chatbots’ para ayudar a gestionar la ansiedad y depresión leve (Redacción Médica)
https://www.redaccionmedica.com/secciones/psiquiatria/utilizan-chatbots-para-ayudar-a-gestionar-la-ansiedad-y-depresion-leve-7002
La UGR recurre a la inteligencia artificial para combatir la depresión y la ansiedad (Newspaper GranadaDigital)
https://www.granadadigital.es/universidad-granada-recurre-inteligencia-artificial-combatir-depresion-ansiedad/
La UGR participa en un proyecto europeo que utilizará inteligencia artificial para tratar la ansiedad y depresión leve (Newspaper: Ideal)
https://www.ideal.es/miugr/participa-proyecto-europeo-20200204103911-nt.html?edtn=granada#vca=fixed-btn&vso=rrss&vmc=tw&vli=miUGR
Coordination of Speech Recognition Devices in Intelligent Environments with Multiple Responsive Devices
Authors: Benítez-Guijarro, Callejas, Noguera, Benghazi DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2019031054 Repository link: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/58851 Link to the publication:…
Seniors’ Appreciation of Humanoid Robots
Authors: Anna Esposito, Marialucia Cuciniello, Terry Amorese, Antonietta M. Esposito, Alda Troncone, Mauro N….
Some Note on Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Anna Esposito, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Eros Pasero DOI: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-8950-4_1 Repository link:…
BEhavINg coGnitive Systems: Believable, Autonomous, Adaptive, Context Aware (BEINGS)
MENHIR is involved in the organization of the special session: BEhavINg coGnitive Systems: Believable,…
Thank you!
2019 has been the year when MENHIR has started, and it has brought wonderful…
Data recording season
End of October, November and December will be the months for the initial MENHIR…
MENHIR: Mental health monitoring through interactive conversations
Authors: Zoraida Callejas, Kawtar Benghazi, Manuel Noguera, María Inés Torres, Raquel Justo DOI: 10.26342/2019-63-15…
Architecting dietary intake monitoring as a service combining NLP and IoT
Authors: Antonio Benítez-Guijarro, Zoraida Callejas, Manuel Noguera, Kawtar Benghazi Citation: Benítez-Guijarro, A., Callejas, Z.,…
The Dependability of Voice on Elders’ Acceptance of Humanoid Agents
Authors: Anna Esposito, Terry Amorese, Marialucia Cuciniello, Maria Teresa Riviello, Antonietta M. Esposito, Alda…
Discovering Dialog Rules by Means of an Evolutionary Approach
David Griol, Zoraida Callejas DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-2230 Repository link: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/58919 Link to the publication: https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/Interspeech_2019/abstracts/2230.html
EEGs as potential predictors of virtual agents’ acceptance
Betul Tolgay, Silvia Dell’Orco, Mauro N. Maldonato, Carl Vogel, Luigi Trojano, Anna Esposito (2019)….
MENHIR promoting STEM among high school students
From 5th to 15th November the University of Granada (UGR) will host the Week of Science…
NII Shonan Meeting on Spoken Multimodal Dialogue Systems Technology for Pervasive Computing
Our colleagues Wolfgang Minker (Ulm University) and Zoraida Callejas (University of Granada) together with…
MENHIR at the XXXV Int. Conf. of the Spanish Society for Natural Language
The MENHIR project has been presented by Zoraida Callejas at the Conference of the…
Special session in IWSDS2020
Splendid news! Our proposal for a special session on “Dialogue systems for mental e-health”…
MENHIR at Interspeech 2019
MENHIR has been present at Interspeech 2019 in a special session entitled “Dynamics of…
Intense August in MENHIR 🙂
MENHIR is non-stop and we continue working during August. We have had several secondments…
AMH, UVA and UGR collaboration
During July we have had several secondments from senior and early stage researchers from…
MENHIR Meeting with InvestNI
Zoraida Callejas (UGR), Gavin McConvey (AMH), Claire Griffin (InvestNI), Anna Esposito (UVA), Antonio Benítez…
Facial Emotion Recognition Skills and Measures in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Aliki Economides, Yiannis Laouris, Massimiliano Conson, Anna Esposito. Facial Emotion Recognition Skills and Measures in Children and Adolescents…
Co-creation workshop
Today we have held a co-creation workshop in Action Mental Health Newtonards where we…
General Assembly and Steering Committee Meetings
Yesterday we had the meetings of the General Assembly and Steering Committee in Belfast….