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Digital survivor of sexual assault

Authors:

Chirag Merchant,

Julia Campbell,

Matthew Trimmer,

Jeffrey Bevington,

COL Christopher Engen,

David TraumAuthors Info & Claims

IUI '19: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

Pages 417 - 425

https://doi.org/10.1145/3301275.3302303

Published: 17 March 2019 Publication History

Abstract

The Digital Survivor of Sexual Assault (DS2A) is an interface that allows a user to have a conversational experience with a survivor of sexual assault, using Artificial Intelligence technology and recorded videos. The application uses a statistical classifier to retrieve contextually appropriate pre-recorded video utterances by the survivor, together with dialogue management policies which enable users to conduct simulated conversations with the survivor about the sexual assault, its aftermath, and other pertinent topics. The content in the application has been specifically elicited to support the needs for the training of U.S. Army professionals in the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Program, and the application comes with an instructional support package. The system has been tested with approximately 200 users, and is presently being used in the SHARP Academy's capstone course.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3628516.3655813

Index Terms

Digital survivor of sexual assault
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Natural language interfaces
      2. Virtual reality

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IUI '19: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

March 2019

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DOI:10.1145/3301275

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Schiavo GRoumelioti EDeppieri GMarconi A(2024)Gamification Strategies for Child Protection: Best Practices for Applying Digital Gamification in Child Sexual Abuse PreventionProceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3628516.3655813(282-289)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2024
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