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Occupant Privacy Perception, Awareness, and Preferences in Smart Office Environments
Beatrice Li, Arash Tavakoli, Arsalan Heydarian
Building management systems tout numerous benefits, such as energy efficiency and occupant comfort but rely on vast amounts of data from various sensors. Advancements in machine le…
The Hitchiker's Guide to Successful Living Lab Operations
Alan Wang, Feng Yi Chang, Siavash Yousefi +3
Living labs have been established across different countries to evaluate how the interaction between humans and buildings can be optimized to improve comfort, health, and energy sa…
Rethinking infrastructure design: Evaluating pedestrians and VRUs' psychophysiological and behavioral responses to different roadway designs
Xiang Guo, Austin Angulo, Arash Tavakoli +3
The integration of human-centric approaches has gained more attention recently due to more automated systems being introduced into our built environments (buildings, roads, vehicle…
How are Drivers' Stress Levels and Emotions Associated with the Driving Context? A Naturalistic Study
Arash Tavakoli, Nathan Lai, Vahid Balali +1
Understanding and mitigating drivers' negative emotions, stress levels, and anxiety is of high importance for decreasing accident rates, and enhancing road safety. While detecting…
The Impact of Surrounding Road Objects and Conditions on Drivers Abrupt Heart Rate Changes
Arash Tavakoli, Arsalan Heydarian
Recent studies have pointed out the importance of mitigating drivers stress and negative emotions. These studies show that certain road objects such as big vehicles might be associ…
Using Statistical Models to Detect Occupancy in Buildings through Monitoring VOC, CO, and other Environmental Factors
Mahsa Pahlavikhah Varnosfaderani, Arsalan Heydarian, Farrokh Jazizadeh
Dynamic models of occupancy patterns have shown to be effective in optimizing building-systems operations. Previous research has relied on CO sensors and vision-based technique…
Driver State Modeling through Latent Variable State Space Framework in the Wild
Arash Tavakoli, Steven Boker, Arsalan Heydarian
Analyzing the impact of the environment on drivers' stress level and workload is of high importance for designing human-centered driver-vehicle interaction systems and to ultimatel…
Roadway Design Matters: Variation in Bicyclists' Psycho-Physiological Responses in Different Urban Roadway Designs
Xiang Guo, Arash Tavakoli, Erin Robartes +3
As a healthier and more sustainable way of mobility, cycling has been advocated by literature and policy. However, current trends in bicyclist crash fatalities suggest deficiencies…