Matias Volonte
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Labs And Groups
Research Interests
- Human-computer interaction
- Dialogue systems
- Intelligent virtual agents
- Avatars
- Personal health informatics
- Virtual reality
Education
- PhD in Human-Centered Computing , Clemson University
- MS in Digital Production Arts, Clemson University
- BS in Audiovisual Communication, Universidad Blas Pascal – Argentina
Pronouns
he/him/his
Biography
Matias Volonte is a postdoctoral research associate at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, advised by Tim Bickmore. His research focuses on human-computer interaction, dialogue systems, personal health informatics and virtual reality. Volonte is also affiliated with the Relational Agents Group at Northeastern.
Volonte earned his doctorate in human-centered computing from Clemson University before joining Northeastern in 2021. He was the Publications Chair for IEEE VR 2022 and a committee judge for IEEE VR 3DUI. In 2022, Volonte received the Recognition of Service Award from IEEE VR. Outside of academic research, he is passionate about music and loves playing drums.
Recent Publications
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Effects of Virtual Human in Dyadic and Crowd Settings on Emotion, Visual Attention and Task Performance in Interactive Simulations
Citation: Volonte, M. (2021). Effects of Virtual Human in Dyadic and Crowd Settings on Emotion, Visual Attention and Task Performance in Interactive Simulations (Doctoral dissertation, Clemson University). -
Effects of Language Familiarity in Simulated Natural Dialogue with a Virtual Crowd of Digital Humans on Emotion Contagion in Virtual Reality
Citation: Volonte, M., Wang, C. C., Ebrahimi, E., Hsu, Y. C., Liu, K. Y., Wong, S. K., & Babu, S. V. (2021, March). Effects of language familiarity in simulated natural dialogue with a virtual crowd of digital humans on emotion contagion in virtual reality. In 2021 IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 188-197). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/VR50410.2021.00040 -
Effects of Interacting with a Crowd of Emotional Virtual Humans on Users’ Affective and Non-Verbal Behaviors
Citation: M. Volonte, Y. C. Hsu, K. Y. Liu, J. P. Mazer, S. K. Wong and S. V. Babu, "Effects of Interacting with a Crowd of Emotional Virtual Humans on Users’ Affective and Non-Verbal Behaviors," 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 2020, pp. 293-302, doi: 10.1109/VR46266.2020.00049.