An Embodied Cognitive Assistant for Visualizing and Analyzing Exoplanet Data

Jeffrey O. Kephart, Victor C. Dibia, Jason B. Ellis, Biplav Srivastava, Kartik Talamadupula, Mishal Dholakia

Abstract: In this paper, we describe a cognitive assistant that helps astrophysicists visualize and analyze exoplanet data via natural interactions. When users speak about and point to objects of interest, the assistant finds relevant data or performs requested computations, shows the results on a large display wall, and explains them with synthesized speech.