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Contact information
dr. Matthijs Pontier
Postdoc CAMeRA@VU
e-mail: matthijspon@gmail.com
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU University Amsterdam), CAMeRA
Buitenveldertselaan 3, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
office: N-022 Metropolitan Building
phone: +31 (0) 20 598 3955
fax: +31 (0) 20 598 2990
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Bio
Matthijs Pontier was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and went to the VU University of Amsterdam. He studied Artificial Intelligence as well as (Cognitive) Psychology, and obtained his Masters degree in the direction of Cognitive Science in 2007. He obtained his Ph.D in 2011, in which he developed Silicon Coppelia, a computational model of emotional intelligence, person perception and affective decision making. Currently, he is employed as a postdoc at CAMeRA at the VU University Amsterdam, within the SELEMCA project. Within this project, he works on emotionally sensitive social robots with a sense of morals
Research interests
Cognitive Modelling:
- Machine Ethics
- Affective Decision Making
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotion Elicitation
Applications of Cognitive Models in:
- Health care
- (Serious) Games
Publications
In the publications listed below, ‘*’ implies equal authorship, and therefore the authors are listed in alphabetical order.
Book Publications
2014
Pontier, M.A., Van Rysewek, S.P. (eds.) Machine Medical Ethics
2011
Pontier, M.A., Virtual Agents for Human Communication - Emotion Regulation and Involvement-Distance Trade-Offs in Embodied Conversational Agents and Robots. PhD Thesis. pdf
Journal Publications
2012
*Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F., Coppélius' Concoction: Similarity and Complementarity Among Three Affect-related Agent Models. Cognitive Systems Research Journal, Vol. 15-16, pp. 33-49. Elsevier Link Preliminary version: pdf
2010
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., and Treur, J., A Computational Model based on Gross’ Emotion Regulation Theory. Cognitive Systems Research Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 211-230. Elsevier Link Preliminary version: pdf
2008
*Hoorn, J.F., and Pontier, M.A., Robot communication - human contact with androids. Information Design Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 236-241. Preliminary version: pdf.
Conference Publications
2013
Pontier, M.A., and Widdershoven, G.A.M., Robots that stimulate our autonomy In: Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations 2013, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, AIAI’13, in press.
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F., How women think robots perceive them – as if robots were men In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART’13, Vol. 2, pp. 496-504. Preliminary version: pdf
2012
Pontier, M.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M., and Hoorn, J.F., Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical Reasoning In: Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA 2012,Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7637, pp. 442-451. Springer link Preliminary version: pdf
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F., Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do In: Miyake, N., Peebles, B., Cooper, R.P. (eds.) Proceedings of of the 34th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'12, pp. 2198-2203. CogSci link Preliminary version: pdf
2011
*Bosse, T., Brenninckmeyer, J., Kallisch, R., Paret, C., and Pontier, M.A., Matching Skin Conductance Data to a Computational Model of Reappraisal In: Proceedings of of the 33th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'11, pp. 1888-1893. CogSci link Preliminary version: pdf
2010
Pontier, M.A., Siddiqui, G.F., and Hoorn, J., Speed Dating with an Affective Virtual Agent - Developing a Testbed for Emotion Models In: J. Allbeck et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA'10, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6356, pp. 91-103. Springer link Preliminary version: pdf
Affective Agent Performing a Speed-date (Downloading and installing Haptek Player is required)
*Bosse, T., Gratch, J., Hoorn, J.F.,Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F., Comparing Three Computational Models of Affect In: Y. Demazeau et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS'10, Advances in Soft Computing, Vol. 70, pp. 175-184. Springer link Preliminary version: pdf
2009
*Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F., An Affective Agent Playing Tic-Tac-Toe as Part of a Healing Environment In: J.J. Yang et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA'09, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5925, Springer Verlag, 2009, pp. 33-47. Springer link Preliminary version: pdf
Affective Agent Playing Tic-Tac-Toe (Downloading and installing Haptek Player is required)
*Pontier, M. A., and Siddiqui, G.F., Silicon Coppélia: Integrating three affect-related models for establishing richer agent interaction In: Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT'09, pp. 194-202. IEEE link Preliminary version: pdf
*Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F., Affective agents perceiving each other’s actions. In: Otamendi, J., Bargiela, A., Montes, J.L., Pedrera, L.M.D. (eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS'2009. European Council for Modelling and Simulation, pp. 194-202. SCS pdf Preliminary version: pdf
Nominated for best paper award.
2008
*Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F., When the user is instrument to robot goals. In: Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT'08, 2008, pp. 296-301. IEEE link Preliminary version: pdf
*Bosse, T., Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A,, and Siddiqui, G.F., Robot’s Experience of Another Robot: Simulation. In: Sloutsky, V., Love, B.C., and McRae, K. (eds.), Proceedings of the 30th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'08, pp. 2498-2503. Preliminary version: pdf
*Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F., A virtual therapist that responds empathically to your answers. In: Prendinger, H., Lester, J., and Ishizuka, M. (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA’08, pp. 417-425. Springer link Preliminary version: pdf
Prototype Virtual Therapist application (Downloading and installing Haptek Player is required)
*Pontier, M.A., Simulating the Effects of Therapies and Traumas on Emotion Regulation. In: Louca, L. S., Chrysanthou, Y., Oplatkova, Z., and Al-Begain, K. (eds.) Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Modeling and Simulation, ECMS'08, pp. 104-110. SCS pdf Preliminary version: pdf
2007
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., Siddiqui, G.F., and Treur, J., Incorporating Emotion Regulation into Virtual Stories. In: Pelachaud, C., Martin, J.C., Andre, E., Chollet, G., Karpouzis, K., and Pele, D. (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA'07. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4722. Springer Verlag, 2007, pp. 339-347. Springer link Preliminary version: pdf
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M., and Treur, J., A Computational Model for Adaptive Emotion Regulation. In: Lin, T.Y., Bradshaw, J.M., Klusch, M., Zhang, C., Broder, A., and Ho, H.(eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT'07. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2007, pp. 289-293. IEEE link Preliminary version: pdf
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M., and Treur, J., A Dynamical System Modelling Approach to Gross’ Model of Emotion Regulation. In: Lewis, R.L., Polk, T.A., Laird, J.E.(eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, ICCM'07. Taylor and Francis, pp. 187-192. ICCM pdf Preliminary version: pdf
Poster Publications
2013
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F., How women think robots perceive them – as if robots were men. The 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART’13, in press. Preliminary version: pdf
2012
Pontier, M.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M., and Hoorn, J.F., Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical Reasoning. ICT OPEN 2012 pdf
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F., Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do. The 34th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'12, 2012. pdf
2010
Pontier, M.A., Otte, M., and Hoorn, J.F., An Affective Virtual Agent for Natural Human-Agent Interaction. SNN Intelligent Machines Symposium 2010 pdf
2008
*Bosse, T., Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A,, and Siddiqui, G.F., Robot’s Experience of Another Robot: Simulation. 30th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'08, 2008, pdf
Extended Abstracts
2013
Pontier, M.A., Hoorn, J.F., Konijn, E.A., and van de Schoot, A.G.J. Dating a Robot is Like Dating a Man - A New Perspective on the Turing Test In: 24 Hours of Communication Science, Etmaal 2013, in press. Preliminary version: pdf
2012
Pontier, M.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M., and Hoorn, J.F., Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical Reasoning ICT OPEN 2012 pdf
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F., Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do Proceedings of the 19th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’12 pdf
2011
Pontier, M.A.Virtual Agents for Human Communication - Emotion Regulation and Involvement-Distance Trade-Offs in Embodied Conversational Agents and Robots BNVKI Newsletter , September 2012, Vol. 28, No. 3, ISSN 1566-8266, PhD Thesis Abstract pdf
2010
Pontier, M.A., Otte, M., and Hoorn, J.F., An Affective Virtual Agent for Natural Human-Agent Interaction. SNN Intelligent Machines Symposium 2010 pdfSNN link
2007
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., Siddiqui, G.F., and Treur, J., Incorporating Emotion Regulation into Virtual Stories. Proceedings of the 19th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’07 pdf
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M., and Treur, J., A Dynamical System Modelling Approach to Gross’ Model of Emotion Regulation. Proceedings of the 19th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’07 pdf
My research in the media
Wonderful world - integration of emotional intelligence in care robots
tvb ZORG Jaargang 43, 1, jan. 2013 In Dutch: Wondere wereld - integratie van emotionele intelligentie in zorgrobots (pdf)
Handicap in the news - Carebots are advancing
Boogh Magazine Jaargang 6, 3, dec. 2012 In Dutch: Handicap in het nieuws - Zorgrobot rukt op (pdf)
Robots can positively complement healthcare
Technisch Weekblad Page 1 Page 2
Villa VPRO, Radio 1, studio-conversation about caredroids
Radio fragment: Alice, the Carebot of the Future
Caredroid in two years available for elderly
Zorgvisie.nl, in Dutch: Caredroid over twee jaar beschikbaar voor ouderen
Interview with Frits Spits about caredroids, Tijdvoortwee, Radio 2
Radio fragment: Carebot
Carebots are advancing
Spits in Dutch: Zorgrobots rukken op Printed in paper edition: Frontpage Article
Carebots are advancing
Ango.nl in Dutch: Zorgrobots rukken op
Carebot is approaching
Skipr.nl, in Dutch: Zorgrobot maakt opwachting
Robots complement healthcare, but need to get more sensitive
Trouw.nl in Dutch: Robots in de zorg goede aanvulling, maar ze moeten gevoeliger worden
Robots sympathize with you
Ad Valvas in Dutch: Robots voelen met je mee
Let robots also make moral decisions
Opiniestukken.com in Dutch: Laat robots ook morele afwegingen maken
Care robots, but no insensitive care
Socialevraagstukken.nl; Sargasso.nl in Dutch: Zorgrobots, maar geen botte zorg
Socially intelligent robots: dream or reality?
Scientias.nl in Dutch: Sociaal intelligente robots: droom of werkelijkheid?
Scientific Memberships
Since 2013 Associate member of NeSCoR (Netherlands School of Communication Research)
Since 2012 International program committee of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Since 2011 International Program Committee of International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE)
Since 2010 International Program Committee of European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS)
PhD Project
Virtual Agents for Human Communication -
Emotion Regulation and Involvement-Distance Trade-Offs in Embodied Conversational Agents and Robots
Thus far, conversational agents and social robots were mainly developed from a technical point of view; e.g., ELIZA (Weizenbaum, 1966). The underlying model was almost lay theory, showing that smiles express happiness and frowns sadness (cf. Breazeal, 2002). Yet, most agents and robots fail conversation-wise because they cannot apply the right emotional response to the right situation. In this interdisciplinary research project, we will apply theories and models from mediated interpersonal communication, human-computer interaction and media psychology to embodied conversational agents. In doing so, the agents will be capable of social interaction and human-like communication. Ideally, theory and simulation should be so good that in a Turing Test (Turing, 1964), people will not be able to tell the difference. If there are significant differences, the experiments will show where the used theories and models have to be improved.
Teaching
2009 Instructor Psychology of Media Use
2009 2nd reader of Master's Thesis of Sven Stam
2009 Instructor Integrative Modelling
2008 Instructor Introduction to Modelling and Simulation
2008 2nd reader of Master's Thesis of Frank de Lange
2007 Instructor Self-Organising Systems / Introduction to Modelling and Simulation
2007 Instructor Functieleer practicum
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