How to Personalize Conversational Coaches for Stress Management?

Jean-Claude Martin (1) , Christine Lescanff , Sophie Rosset (1) , Marilyn Walker , Steve Whittaker

1 LIMSI - Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur

Hundreds of well-being apps aim to manage stress. Despite some successes in developing personalized regimes for stress coaching, current apps are still far from offering a compelling user experience. We discuss the requirements and technical challenges underlying the design of a virtual coach, including the critical need to support both personalization and conversation.

Mots clés: Stress; coach; personalization; conversational agent.

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Informatique et langage [cs.CL]

Jean-Claude Martin, Christine Lescanff, Sophie Rosset, Marilyn Walker, Steve Whittaker. How to Personalize Conversational Coaches for Stress Management?. International Workshop on Computing For Well-Being, Oct 2018, Singapore, Singapore. ⟨hal-02358035⟩