D Richards
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 24106 |
|---|---|
| NOME | D Richards |
| PRENOMES | D |
| SOBRENOME | Richards |
| ASSINATURA | RICHARDS D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7363-1511 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1990 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
A staged approach to the development of an embodied conversational agent to support wellbeing after injury
Poor mental health following traumatic injury is associated with disability, delayed return to work and reduced quality of life. Digital mental health and wellbeing programs may provide an opportunity to support mental health post-injury. This paper describes the development of an embodied conversational agent to deliver an interactive emotion regulation psychoeducation program (ERICA), to support mental health following injury. Iterative program…
The impact of competence and warmth on reactions to human and AI interviewers in a hiring context
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used for interactions. While studies show that people prefer human over AI interactions, it is unclear whether this preference holds regardless of the comparative quality of these interactions, where quality is understood in terms of varying levels of warmth and competence. We addressed this using an experimental vignettes study supplemented by open-ended questions. Participants (N = 1067) were subject…
A principlist-based study of the ethical design and acceptability of artificial social agents
Changing users’ health behaviour intentions through an embodied conversational agent delivering explanations based on users’ beliefs and goals
Interventions to improve health and well-being abound. Whether they are designed for prevention, maintenance or improvement, a key challenge is the motivation of the user to change their current behaviours, such as persisting or taking new actions. To encourage someone to change their behaviour requires persuading them to change their goals and/or their beliefs about the behaviour or their ability to perform it. Our embodied conversational agent …
Learning with the heart or with the mind
Virtual reality (VR) technology can increase prosocial behaviour toward a target person or group by enhancing their empathic response for the subject, but such technology has not always improved learning outcomes. This interdisciplinary study compared the potential advantages of delivering the same learning material about daily life in an ancient Greek household via two modes of delivery: VR technology and classroom lecture. The VR group explored…
Medical AI and human dignity
Forms of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are already being deployed into clinical settings and research into its future healthcare uses is accelerating. Despite this trajectory, more research is needed regarding the impacts on patients of increasing AI decision making. In particular, the impersonal nature of AI means that its deployment in highly sensitive contexts-of-use, such as in healthcare, raises issues associated with patients' perceptions of…
Effectiveness of embodied conversational agents for managing academic stress at an Indian University (ARU) during Covid‐19
Stress has become one of the major reasons for many mental health related issues among students of all age groups, which has resulted in devastating personal losses including suicide. Societal and familial pressure to succeed is high, particularly in developing countries where education is highly valued as a key enabler. As part of stress management during the COVID‐19 pandemic, demand for online intelligent virtual advisors has risen and, conseq…
Is Natural Necessary? Human Voice versus Synthetic Voice for Intelligent Virtual Agents
The use of intelligent virtual agents (IVA) to support humans in social contexts will depend on their social acceptability. Acceptance will be related to the human’s perception of the IVAs as well as the IVAs’ ability to respond and adapt their conversation appropriately to the human. Adaptation implies computer-generated speech (synthetic speech), such as text-to-speech (TTS). In this paper, we present the results of a study to investigate the e…
Making it Real
A descriptive analysis of sentencing decisions by the Canadian criminal justice system of people with intellectual disabilities convicted with sexual offences
Sex and genes, part 2
Individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) – and specifically those with genetic disorders – are more prone to medical and psychological challenges that affect their sexual development, experiences, and fertility. In this review paper we first provide an overview of the biopsychosocial (BPS) model and then explain how the model can guide and improve the assessment and treatment of challenging sexual behaviors by persons with IDs. We discuss…
Perceived benefits and barriers of a prototype early alert system to detect engagement and support ‘at-risk’ students
A prioritization-based analysis of local open government data portals
Extended Abstract
Over the last decades, mental disorders continued to substantially contribute to the global burden of disease The point prevalence of depressive disorders in the German population aged 18 to 65 is estimated to be around 3 million people. Moreover, almost 80 percent of the German general population aged over 14 years regularly access the internet and 46 percent of them have an account on at least one Social Networking Site (SNS) These people regul…
ForgetMeNot
A. Jordan, The Europeanization of British Environmental Policy
Journal Article A. Jordan, The Europeanization of British Environmental Policy: A Departmental Perspective, 2002, 236 pp., £45 Get access David Richards David Richards Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 56, Issue 2, 1 April 2003, Page 364, https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/gsg037 Published: 01 April 2003
The Location of Fire Stations in a Rural Environment
In this paper an application of location-allocation modelling to an emergency service is presented. This study differs in two aspects from earlier work because it covers two neglected fields: (1) it is concerned with a rural environment whereas most case studies are about urban areas; (2) it is a comparison of the performance of several models instead of using only one. Efficiency as well as equity are taken into account. The main conclusions are…
A prioritization-based analysis of local open government data portals
ForgetMeNot
The Location of Fire Stations in a Rural Environment
In this paper an application of location-allocation modelling to an emergency service is presented. This study differs in two aspects from earlier work because it covers two neglected fields: (1) it is concerned with a rural environment whereas most case studies are about urban areas; (2) it is a comparison of the performance of several models instead of using only one. Efficiency as well as equity are taken into account. The main conclusions are…
Is Natural Necessary? Human Voice versus Synthetic Voice for Intelligent Virtual Agents
The use of intelligent virtual agents (IVA) to support humans in social contexts will depend on their social acceptability. Acceptance will be related to the human’s perception of the IVAs as well as the IVAs’ ability to respond and adapt their conversation appropriately to the human. Adaptation implies computer-generated speech (synthetic speech), such as text-to-speech (TTS). In this paper, we present the results of a study to investigate the e…
The Location of Fire Stations in a Rural Environment
In this paper an application of location-allocation modelling to an emergency service is presented. This study differs in two aspects from earlier work because it covers two neglected fields: (1) it is concerned with a rural environment whereas most case studies are about urban areas; (2) it is a comparison of the performance of several models instead of using only one. Efficiency as well as equity are taken into account. The main conclusions are…
A. Jordan, The Europeanization of British Environmental Policy
Journal Article A. Jordan, The Europeanization of British Environmental Policy: A Departmental Perspective, 2002, 236 pp., £45 Get access David Richards David Richards Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 56, Issue 2, 1 April 2003, Page 364, https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/gsg037 Published: 01 April 2003
ForgetMeNot
Extended Abstract
Over the last decades, mental disorders continued to substantially contribute to the global burden of disease The point prevalence of depressive disorders in the German population aged 18 to 65 is estimated to be around 3 million people. Moreover, almost 80 percent of the German general population aged over 14 years regularly access the internet and 46 percent of them have an account on at least one Social Networking Site (SNS) These people regul…
A prioritization-based analysis of local open government data portals
Sex and genes, part 2
Individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) – and specifically those with genetic disorders – are more prone to medical and psychological challenges that affect their sexual development, experiences, and fertility. In this review paper we first provide an overview of the biopsychosocial (BPS) model and then explain how the model can guide and improve the assessment and treatment of challenging sexual behaviors by persons with IDs. We discuss…
Perceived benefits and barriers of a prototype early alert system to detect engagement and support ‘at-risk’ students
Making it Real
A descriptive analysis of sentencing decisions by the Canadian criminal justice system of people with intellectual disabilities convicted with sexual offences
Medical AI and human dignity
Forms of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are already being deployed into clinical settings and research into its future healthcare uses is accelerating. Despite this trajectory, more research is needed regarding the impacts on patients of increasing AI decision making. In particular, the impersonal nature of AI means that its deployment in highly sensitive contexts-of-use, such as in healthcare, raises issues associated with patients' perceptions of…
Effectiveness of embodied conversational agents for managing academic stress at an Indian University (ARU) during Covid‐19
Stress has become one of the major reasons for many mental health related issues among students of all age groups, which has resulted in devastating personal losses including suicide. Societal and familial pressure to succeed is high, particularly in developing countries where education is highly valued as a key enabler. As part of stress management during the COVID‐19 pandemic, demand for online intelligent virtual advisors has risen and, conseq…
Is Natural Necessary? Human Voice versus Synthetic Voice for Intelligent Virtual Agents
The use of intelligent virtual agents (IVA) to support humans in social contexts will depend on their social acceptability. Acceptance will be related to the human’s perception of the IVAs as well as the IVAs’ ability to respond and adapt their conversation appropriately to the human. Adaptation implies computer-generated speech (synthetic speech), such as text-to-speech (TTS). In this paper, we present the results of a study to investigate the e…
A principlist-based study of the ethical design and acceptability of artificial social agents
Changing users’ health behaviour intentions through an embodied conversational agent delivering explanations based on users’ beliefs and goals
Interventions to improve health and well-being abound. Whether they are designed for prevention, maintenance or improvement, a key challenge is the motivation of the user to change their current behaviours, such as persisting or taking new actions. To encourage someone to change their behaviour requires persuading them to change their goals and/or their beliefs about the behaviour or their ability to perform it. Our embodied conversational agent …
Learning with the heart or with the mind
Virtual reality (VR) technology can increase prosocial behaviour toward a target person or group by enhancing their empathic response for the subject, but such technology has not always improved learning outcomes. This interdisciplinary study compared the potential advantages of delivering the same learning material about daily life in an ancient Greek household via two modes of delivery: VR technology and classroom lecture. The VR group explored…
A staged approach to the development of an embodied conversational agent to support wellbeing after injury
Poor mental health following traumatic injury is associated with disability, delayed return to work and reduced quality of life. Digital mental health and wellbeing programs may provide an opportunity to support mental health post-injury. This paper describes the development of an embodied conversational agent to deliver an interactive emotion regulation psychoeducation program (ERICA), to support mental health following injury. Iterative program…
The impact of competence and warmth on reactions to human and AI interviewers in a hiring context
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used for interactions. While studies show that people prefer human over AI interactions, it is unclear whether this preference holds regardless of the comparative quality of these interactions, where quality is understood in terms of varying levels of warmth and competence. We addressed this using an experimental vignettes study supplemented by open-ended questions. Participants (N = 1067) were subject…
Computer Science (12 obras) · Psychology (12 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · AI in Service Interactions (4 obras) · Applied Psychology (4 obras) · Digital Mental Health Interventions (4 obras) · Mental Health via Writing (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · World Wide Web (4 obras)