ESCAP: towards the design of an AI architecture for a virtual counselor to tackle students' exam stress

Tarashankar Rudra; Manning Li; Manolya Kavakli

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2012.249

ESCAP: towards the design of an AI architecture for a virtual counselor to tackle students' exam stress

Tarashankar Rudra^*, Manning Li, Manolya Kavakli

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School of Computing

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Exam stress is a common predicament faced by students of all age groups and cultures. Unfortunately, it has neither created much consternation in the society nor attracted much interest for serious research, perhaps due to its impulsive causal nature that disappears almost instantly after the exams are over. Stress in optimal level can stimulate students to achieve their personal best in their exams. However, one of the greatest threats to the well-being of students arises due to the fallout of excessive stress; which, if not addressed timely may not only lead to failure in exams, but result in serious debilitating consequences including insomnia, depression and even suicide. Our research aims to design a human computer interaction (HCI) interface using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for modeling a virtual exam-stress counsellor ESCAP, an embodied conversational agent with facial animation, advice and intelligence of a professional psychologist to support undergraduate students in managing their exam stress.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45
Editors	Ralph H. Sprague
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	2981-2990
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9780769545257
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.249
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012 - Maui, HI, United States Duration: 4 Jan 2012 → 7 Jan 2012

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Other	2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Maui, HI
Period	4/01/12 → 7/01/12

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Rudra, T., Li, M., & Kavakli, M. (2011). ESCAP: towards the design of an AI architecture for a virtual counselor to tackle students' exam stress. In R. H. Sprague (Ed.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45 (pp. 2981-2990). Article 6149186 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.249

Rudra, Tarashankar ; Li, Manning ; Kavakli, Manolya. / ESCAP : towards the design of an AI architecture for a virtual counselor to tackle students' exam stress. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45. editor / Ralph H. Sprague. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011. pp. 2981-2990

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Rudra, T, Li, M & Kavakli, M 2011, ESCAP: towards the design of an AI architecture for a virtual counselor to tackle students' exam stress. in RH Sprague (ed.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45., 6149186, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 2981-2990, 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012, Maui, HI, United States, 4/01/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.249

ESCAP: towards the design of an AI architecture for a virtual counselor to tackle students' exam stress. / Rudra, Tarashankar; Li, Manning; Kavakli, Manolya.
Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45. ed. / Ralph H. Sprague. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011. p. 2981-2990 6149186.

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Rudra T, Li M, Kavakli M. ESCAP: towards the design of an AI architecture for a virtual counselor to tackle students' exam stress. In Sprague RH, editor, Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2011. p. 2981-2990. 6149186 doi: 10.1109/HICSS.2012.249

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