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Character Computing

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The integration of Psychology and Computer Science research is one of the main focus points of research into Character Computing. Each field can help further Character Computing and only together can a usable framework for Character Computing be reached. This is done through combining experimental, computational and data-driven approaches. Research into Character Computing can be clustered into three main research modules. (1) Character sensing and profiling through implicit or explicit means while maintaining privacy and security measures. (2) Developing ubiquitous adaptive systems by leveraging character for specific use cases. (3) investigating artificial characters, how they could be achieved and when they should be implemented. This chapter discusses the challenges, opportunities, and possible applications of each module.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/11/senator-ted-cruz-president-campaign-facebook-user-data.

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    The human character is all stable and temporally varying factors identifying an individual, such as personality, sociocultural embeddings, affective and motivational states, morals, beliefs, skills, habits, hopes, dreams, concerns, appearance, presentation, gestures, likes, and dislikes. (see Chap. 1)

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    Alia El Bolock, Slim Abdennadher & Cornelia Herbert

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El Bolock, A., Abdennadher, S., Herbert, C. (2020). Applications of Character Computing From Psychology to Computer Science. In: El Bolock, A., Abdelrahman, Y., Abdennadher, S. (eds) Character Computing. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15954-2_4

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