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How to Personalize Conversational Coaches for Stress Management?

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Jean-Claude Martin,

Christine Lescanff,

Marilyn Walker,

Steve WhittakerAuthors Info & Claims

UbiComp '18: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers

Pages 718 - 721

https://doi.org/10.1145/3267305.3267698

Published: 08 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Hundreds of well-being apps aim to manage stress. Despite some successes in developing personalized regimes for stress coaching, current apps are still far from offering a compelling user experience. We discuss the requirements and technical challenges underlying the design of a virtual coach, including the critical need to support both personalization and conversation.

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