| JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, CONFERENCE PAPERS | |
Ng-Thow-Hing, V., T. List, K. Thórisson, J. Lim, J. Wormer (2007). Design and Evaluation of Communication Middleware in a Humanoid Robot Architecture. IROS 2007 Workshop on Measures and Procedures for the Evaluation of Robot Architectures and Middleware, Oct. 29, 2007, San Diego, CA, 2007. |
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| Thórisson, K. R. (2007). Avatar Intelligence Infusion—Key Noteworthy Issues. Keynote presentation, 10th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence, 3IA 2007, Athens, Greece, May 30-31, 123-134. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (2007). Integrated A.I. Systems. Minds & Machines, 17:11-25, 2007. Invited paper at The Dartmouth Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next 50 Years — Commemorating the 1956 Founding of AI as a Research Discipline, July 13-15, 2006, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A. | |
| Kopp, S.,
B. Krenn, S. Marsella, A. N. Marshall, C. Pelachaud, H. Pirker, K. R. Thórisson,
H. Vilhjálmsson, (2006). Towards a Common Framework for Multimodal
Generation: The Behavior Markup Language. Proceedings of Intelligent
Virtual Agents (IVA '06), August 21-23. Nominated for Best Conference Paper Award. Published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. |
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| Saemundsson, R., K.R. Thórisson, G. R. Jonsdottir, M. Arinbjarnar, H. Finnsson, H. Gudnason, V. Hafsteinsson, G. Hannesson, J. Ísleifsdóttir, Á. Th. Jóhannsson, G. Kristjánsson, S. Sigmundarson (2006). Modular Simulation of Knowledge Development in Industry: A Multi-Level Framework. WEHIA – 1st International Conference on Economic Sciences with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, 15-17 June, University of Bologna, Italy. | |
| Thórisson, K.R., T. List, C. Pennock, J. DiPirro (2005). Whiteboards: Scheduling Blackboards for Semantic Routing of Messages & Streams. In K. R. Thórisson, H. Vilhjalmsson, S. Marsella (eds.), AAAI-05 Workshop on Modular Construction of Human-Like Intelligence, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 10, 8-15. Menlo Park, CA: American Association for Artificial Intelligence. | |
| List, T., J. Bins, R. B. Fisher, D. Tweed, K. R. Thórisson (2005). Two Approaches to a Plug-and-Play Vision Architecture - CAVIAR and Psyclone. In K. R. Thórisson, H. Vilhjalmsson, S. Marsella (eds.), AAAI-05 Workshop on Modular Construction of Human-Like Intelligence, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 10, 16-23. Menlo Park, CA: American Association for Artificial Intelligence. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (2005). On the Nature of Presence. AISB-05 / SSAISB Convention: Social Intelligence and Interaction in Animals, Robots and Agents, Proceedings of the Joint Symposium on Virtual Social Agents, 12-15 April, University of Hertforshire, Hatfield, U.K., 15-21. | |
| Thórisson, K. R., H. Benko, A. Arnold, D. Abramov, S. Maskey, A. Vaseekaran (2004). Constructionist Design Methodology for Interactive Intelligences. A.I. Magazine, 25(4): 77-90. Menlo Park, CA: American Association for Artificial Intelligence. | |
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| Thórisson, K. R., C. Pennock, T. List, J. DiPirro (2004). Artificial Intelligence in Computer Graphics: A Constructionist Approach. Computer Graphics Quarterly, 38(1): 26-30. New York: ACM SIGGRAPH. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (2002). Natural Turn-Taking Needs No Manual: Computational Theory and Model, from Perception to Action. In B. Granström, D. House, I. Karlsson (Eds.), Multimodality in Language and Speech Systems, 173-207. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (2002). Machine Perception of Multimodal Natural Dialogue. In P. McKevitt, S. Ó Nulláin, C. Mulvihill (Eds.), Language, Vision & Music, 97-115. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. | |
| Bryson, J. & Thórisson, K. R. (2000). Dragons, Bats & Evil Knights: A Three-Layer Design Approach to Character-Based Creative Play. Virtual Reality, Special Issue on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 5(2): 57-71. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1999). A Mind Model for Multimodal Communicative Creatures and Humanoids. International Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence, 13(4-5): 449-486. | |
| Cassell, J. & Thórisson, K. R. (1999). The Power of a Nod and a Glance: Envelope vs. Emotional Feedback in Animated Conversational Agents. International Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence, 13(4-5): 519-538. | |
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Thórisson, K. R. (1998). Real-Time Decision Making in Multimodal Face to Face Communication. Second ACM International Conference on Autonomous Agents, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 11-13, 16-23. |
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| Thórisson, K. R. (1997). Layered Modular Action Control for Communicative Humanoids. Computer Animation '97, Geneva, Switzerland, June 5-6, 134-143. | |
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Thórisson, K. R. (1997). Gandalf: An Embodied Humanoid Capable of Real-Time Multimodal Dialogue with People. First ACM International Conference on Autonomous Agents, Mariott Hotel, Marina del Rey, California, February 5-8, 536-7. |
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| Thórisson, K. R. & Cassell, J. (1996). Why Put an Agent in a Body: The Importance of Communicative Feedback in Human-Humanoid Dialogue. Lifelike Computer Characters '96, Snowbird, Utah, October 5-9. | HTML |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1996). Öldrun á upplysingaöld (Aging in the Information Age). In H. Thorgilsson & J. Smári (Eds.), Árin eftir sextugt (The Years After Sixty), 294-312. Reykjavík, Iceland: Forlagid. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1995). Multimodal Interaction with Humanoid Computer Characters. Proceedings of Lifelike Computer Characters '95, Snowbird, Utah, September 26-29, 45. | HTML |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1995). Computational Characteristics of Multimodal Dialogue. AAAI Fall Symposium on Embodied Language and Action, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 10-12, 102-108. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1994). Simulated Perceptual Grouping: An Application to Human-Computer Interaction. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Atlanta, Georgia, August 13-16, 876-81. | ps.Z |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1994). Face-to-Face Communication with Computer Agents. AAAI Spring Symposium on Believable Agents, Stanford University, California, March 19-20, 86-90. | ps.Z |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1994). Estimating Three-Dimensional Space from Multiple Two-Dimensional Views. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 2(1): 44-53. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1993). Dialogue Control in Social Interface Agents. InterCHI Adjunct Proceedings, Amsterdam, Holland, April 24-29, 139-40. New York: ACM Press. | ps.Z |
| Thórisson, K. R. & Donoghue, K. (1993). Synthetic Synesthesia: Mixing Sound with Color. InterCHI Adjunct Proceedings, Amsterdam, Holland, April 24-29, 65-6. New York: ACM Press. | PDF ps.Z-color |
| Koons, D. B., Sparrell, C. J. & Thórisson, K. R. (1993). Integrating Simultaneous Input from Speech, Gaze and Hand Gestures. In M. T. Maybury (Ed.), Intelligent Multimedia Interfaces, Ch. 11, 257-276. Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: AAAI Press / M.I.T. Press. | |
| Koons, D. B. & Thórisson, K. R. (1993). Estimating Direction of Gaze in Multi-Modal Context. Presented at 3Cyberconf - The Third International Conference on Cyberspace, Austin, Texas, May 15-16. | |
| Thórisson, K. R., Koons, D. B. & Bolt, R. A. (1992). Multimodal Natural Dialogue. SIGCHI '92 Proceedings, 139-140. | |
| Thórisson, K. R., Skulason, F., & Haraldsson, E. (1991). The Effects of ESP-Belief and Distorted Feedback on a Computerized Clairvoyance Task. Journal of Parapsychology, 55, March: 45-58. | |
| Smither, J. A., Gilson, R., Thomas, M., & Thórisson, K. R. (1990). Short Term Memory Demands in Processing Synthetic Speech by Old and Young Listeners. The Gerontologist, 30, Special Issue 309A. | |
| BOOKS,
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| Thórisson, K. R. (2002). Who is Afraid of Robots? Published on the web at: www.dasboot.org | HTML |
| Thórisson, K. R., T. S. Gudbergsson, B. Hinriksson (1998). Digitus Sapiens. Reykjavik, Iceland: Fródi Publishing. | |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1994). Vélin sem breytir heiminum (The Machine that Changes the World). Núllid, 2(3). | HTML |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1990). Geimferdastofnunin í sókn eftir lægd undanfarinna áratuga (The Space Administration Catching up after Decades of Dormancy). Vid sem fljúgum, 10(12). | |
| Garber, S.W.; Garber, M.D.; & Friedman-Spizman, R. Good Behavior. N.Y: Villard, 1987, 445 pp. Rád sem duga. Reykjavík, Iceland: Idunn, 1989. (Translation, 1989) | |
| TECHNICAL
PAPERS, WORKSHOP REPORTS |
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Kristinn R. Thórisson, Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson, Catherine Pelachaud, Stefan Kopp, Norman I. Badler, W. Lewis Johnson, Stacy Marsella, Brigitte Krenn (2006). Representations for Multimodal Generation: A Workshop Report. AI Magazine, 27(1):108. |
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| Thórisson, K. R., T. List, J., C. Pennock, DiPirro, F. Magnusson (2005). Scheduling Blackboards for Interactive Robots. Reykjavik University Department of Computer Science Technical Report, RUTR-CS05002. | |
| Thórisson, K. R., T. List, J. DiPirro, C. Pennock (2005). A Framework for AI Integration. Reykjavik University Department of Computer Science Technical Report, RUTR-CS05001. | |
| Thórisson, K. R., T. List, J. DiPirro, C. Pennock (2004). OpenAIR: A Publish-Subscribe Message & Routing Specification, 1.0. | HTML |
| Thórisson, K. R. (2004). ToonFace: Simple & Expressive Real-time Animation Specification, Draft 1.0. | HTML |
| Thórisson, K. R. (1999). Culture Walls: Echoing Sounds of Distant Worlds Across Planet Earth. Interactive Institute White Paper. | |
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Thórisson, K. R. (1997). Connected Worlds: The Future of Digital LEGO Toys. LEGO Digital (SPU-Darwin) white paper. |
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| Thórisson, K. R. (1996). ToonFace: A System for Creating and Animating Cartoon Faces. M.I.T. Media Laboratory, Learning & Common Sense Section Technical Report 1-96. | |
| Thorisson, K. R., and Koons, D. B. (1992). Unconstrained Eye Tracking in Multi-Modal Natural Dialogue. AHIG Research Report 92-4, MIT Media Laboratory. | |
Thórisson, K. R., & Blatt, L. A. (1990). Support on Freestyle 2.0/WP Plus Connection. WANG Human Factors Department internal memorandum. |
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| Molino, J. A., & Thórisson, K. R. (1989). Learning to Operate a Telerobot with End-Effector Position Reference. Letter Report to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , Goddard Robotics Data Systems and Integration Section, Tech-U-Fit Corporation technical report. | |
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Molino, J. A., Elliff, G. A., Thórisson, K. R., & Helbing, K. G. (1989). Summary Report on the Human Factors Evaluation of Differences Between the Simulator and the Unit 1 Control Room at the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant. SCI Services Technical Report. |
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| Molino, J. A., & Thórisson, K. R., (1989). Work Envelope Study, Peg-in Hole Task and Truss Node Task. Letter Report to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , Goddard Robotics Data Systems and Integration Section, Tech-U-Fit Corporation technical report. | |
University of Edinburgh,
Institute for Perception,
Action & Behavior
Edinburgh,
Scotland, February 2006
Understanding Intelligence in Context
HONDA Research
Institute USA
Mountainview, California, USA, January 2006
Architectures for Humanoid Cognitive Robots:
Using Psyclone in Asimo
University of Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland, November 2005
Synthetic Sentience & Consciousness in Meat Computers
& Mechanoids
University of
Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany, January 2005
Multimodal Perception & Action In Synch With Reality
National Association of
Computer Scientists
Reykjavik, Iceland, November 2004
Block Brains, Communication & the Modules of Thought
Klink
& Bank
Reykjavik, Iceland, October 2004
Art & Artificial Intelligence
Reykjavík
University
Reykjavík, Iceland, May 6, 2004
Building Brains for Virtual Bodies
Scuola
Superiore G. Reiss Romoli
L'Aquila, Italy, July/August, 2002
Computing
Our Way to the Ultimate Toy
Agora, International Exhibition
on Creative Solutions for the Information Industry
Reykjavik, Iceland, October, 2000
And Now For
Something Completely Different: Computers With Communicative Intelligence
British Telecom Research, Adastral
Park (now BTExact)
British Telecom, Ipswich, U.K, November, 1999
Multimodal
Interaction with Communicative Creatures & Humanoids
New York University, Department of Computer Science
Courant Institute of Mathematical
Sciences
New York City, April, 1999
IBM Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, New York, October 1998
Increasing
the Bandwidth Between People & Computers
BT Research Labs, British
Telecom
Ipswich, U.K., July, 1998
Towards a
Holistic Model of Human-Humanoid Communication
University
of Aalborg, Center for Human Communication,
Department of Engineering
Aalborg, Denmark, November, 1997
A Communicative
Humanoid Capable of Real-Time Face-to-Face Dialouge
University
of Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany, October, 1997
Gandalf -
The Communicative Humanoid
CWI, Stichting Mathematicl
Institute
Amsterdam, Netherlands, August, 1997
Multimodal
Communication with Autonomous Characters
First
Conference on Virtual Humans
Anaheim, California, June 19-20th, 1996
Multimodal
Interaction with Humanoid Characters
Nyherji , Reykjavík,
1993
Fjölthátta
notendavidmót (Multimodal User Interfaces)
Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Safety Engineers
Cape Canaveral Chapter, Kennedy Space Center, February 7, 1990
Human Factors
& Safety in Space Technology
Art direction and
graphic design, with B. Hinriksson
Digitus
Sapiens. Reykjavik, Iceland: Fródi Publishing, 1998
Mixed media artwork
commisioned by LEGO, with K. Elvarsdóttir
Six LEGO pieces, 1998
Direction, camera,
music & editing
ICONIC: Gesture and Speech at the Human-Machine Interface. SIGCHI
'94 Video Program
Available from SIGGRAPH and SIGCHI
Video Reviews.
Direction, camera,
music & editing
Multimodal Natural Dialogue. SIGCHI
'92 Video Program
Available from SIGGRAPH and SIGGHIC
Video Reviews
Black and white
photography, The Best of Photography
Annual
Untitled, p. 238, 1991
Mixed media artwork,
Reykjavik Art
Museum
Grosses Bisses, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1986
Er ást
í tunglinu? / Skífan, 1988, CD
Artists:
Geiri Sæm & Hunangstunglid
Featuring
songs & lyrics by G. Sæm & K. R. Thórisson.
Fíllinn
/ Skífan, 1987, LP
Artist:
Geiri Sæm
Assistant
engineering by K. R. Thórisson.
Vímulaus
æska / Skífan, 1987, LP
Various
artists
Featuring
synthesizer group Sonus
Futurae.
Music written, arranged, performed, recorded and produced by K. R. Thórisson
& T. Jonsson
Bakkabrædur
/ Fálkinn, 1986, cass., LP
Children's
stories read by S. Sigurjónsson
Music arranged, performed, produced, recorded and written by K.
R. Thórisson & T. Jonsson
Jólastjörnur
/ Skífan, 1984, LP
Various
artists
Featuring
synthesizer group Sonus
Futurae.
Music written, arranged, performed, recorded and produced by K. R. Thórisson
& T. Jonsson
Their sletta skyrinu / Hljódriti, 1982, EP
Artists:
Sonus Futurae
Music:
K. R. Thórisson & T. Jonsson
Lyrics: K. R. Thórisson & J. Gustafsson
Arrangements:
K. R. Thórisson, T. Jonsson
Vocals:
K. R. Thórisson & J. Gustafsson
Electric guitars & guitar synthesizers: K. R. Thórisson
Keyboards: T. Jonsson
Engineer: S. Bjóla
Produced by Sonus Futurae & S. Bjóla.
Mix: J. R. Jónsson & S. Bjóla
Mastering: Bernie Grundman
