@inproceedings{44f16070d53546878b58177ab7188734,
title = "A systematic survey of 15 years of user studies published in the intelligent virtual agents conference",
abstract = "The field of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) has evolved immensely over the past 15 years, introducing new application opportunities in areas such as training, health care, and virtual assistants. In this survey paper, we provide a systematic review of the most influential user studies published in the IVA conference from 2001 to 2015 focusing on IVA development, human perception, and interactions. A total of 247 papers with 276 user studies have been classified and reviewed based on their contributions and impact. We identify the different areas of research and provide a summary of the papers with the highest impact. With the trends of past user studies and the current state of technology, we provide insights into future trends and research challenges.",
keywords = "Applications, Behavior, Identities, Intelligent Virtual Agents, Physical Appearance, Systematic Survey, User Studies",
author = "Nahal Norouzi and Myungho Lee and Kangsoo Kim and Salam Daher and Greg Welch and Jason Hochreiter and Gerd Bruder",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Association for Computing Machinery.; 18th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2018 ; Conference date: 05-11-2018 Through 08-11-2018",
year = "2018",
month = nov,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1145/3267851.3267901",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2018",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "17--22",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2018",
}