WORKSHOP: The Virtual Instructors Pilot Research Group

该SGER旨在召开研讨会，为教育和培训虚拟代理的发展制定标准。美国国家科学基金会和其他机构支持研究项目，以开发自动学习和培训系统中的虚拟代理技术。以前的研究项目都集中在技术方面的代理，这将使他们有效的导师或培训师-例如，如参与，自然对话，影响（例如情绪的手势和表情）等方面，这SGER是及时的，因为许多代理技术已经成熟，可以部署在更大的系统。为了使这种部署是有效的，计算机标准的代理人必须制定，使他们可以很容易地集成到现有的辅导和培训系统。国际讲习班将开始制定此类标准的进程。来自代理研究社区的成员，学习技术专家，以及学习和培训技术标准组的代表将参加这个研讨会。这个奖项的智力价值是在虚拟代理标准框架的发展。该奖项更广泛的影响是在可能利用的标准，广泛传播虚拟代理技术。讲习班将于2007年在华盛顿特区乔治敦大学校园举行。

This SGER is for the purpose of convening a workshop to set standards for the development of virtual agents for education and training. NSF and other agencies have supported research projects to develop virtual agent technology in automated learning and training systems. Previous research projects have concentrated on the technical aspects of the agents that will make them effective tutors or trainers - e.g. aspects such as engagement, natural dialog, affect (e.g. emotional gestures and expressions), etc. This SGER is timely because many of the agent technologies are ripe for deployment in larger systems. In order for such deployment to be effective, computer standards for the agents must be developed so they can be easily integrated into existing tutoring and training systems. The international workshop will begin the process of developing such standards. Members from the agent research community, learning technologists, and representatives of the standards groups for learning and training technologies will participate in this workshop.The intellectual merit of this award is in the development of a framework for standards for virtual agents. The broader impact of the award is in the possible utilization of the standards for broad dissemination of virtual agent technology.The workshop will be held on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington DC in 2007.