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Towards Personalized, Interactive, and Responsible Avatar Agents. This project tackles three main challenges in avatar AI agents - interactivity, personalization, and safety - by combining human under

Monash University — Discovery Projects
Amount
Up to $814,604
Closes
Thursday 15 March 2029
Status
unknown
Type
open opportunity
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Description

Towards Personalized, Interactive, and Responsible Avatar Agents. This project tackles three main challenges in avatar AI agents - interactivity, personalization, and safety - by combining human understanding with avatar creation and integrating avatar generation with deepfake detection. The research will advance knowledge in multi-modal human understanding, diffusion-based personalized avatar creation, and explainable deepfake detection. Expected outcomes include cutting-edge tools for avatar generation and deepfake detection, positioning Australia as a global leader in this field. The project will enable various real-world applications such as virtual companions, elderly care, and personalized tutoring, driving significant economic benefits.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4603 - Computer Vision and Multimedia Computation. Lead: Prof Jianfei Cai

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