5 papers
When Context Dominates: Multimodal Signatures of Takeover Readiness Under Varying Hazard and Cognitive Load Conditions
Shiva Azimi, Yasaman Hakiminejad, Luis Gomero +4
Semi-automated driving systems promise to reduce crashes by assisting with perception and control, yet they simultaneously introduce additional human factors challenges by requirin…
Steering through Time: Blending Longitudinal Data with Simulation to Rethink Human-Autonomous Vehicle Interaction
Yasaman Hakiminejad, Shiva Azimi, Luis Gomero +4
As semi-automated vehicles (SAVs) become more common, ensuring effective human-vehicle interaction during control handovers remains a critical safety challenge. Existing studies of…
A Multimodal Human-Centered Framework for Assessing Pedestrian Well-Being in the Wild
Yasaman Hakiminejad, Arash Tavakoli
Pedestrian well-being is a critical yet rarely measured component of sustainable urban mobility and livable city design. Existing approaches to evaluating pedestrian environments o…
Learning in complex action spaces without policy gradients
Arash Tavakoli, Sina Ghiassian, Nemanja RakiÄeviÄ
While conventional wisdom holds that policy gradient methods are better suited to complex action spaces than action-value methods, foundational work has shown that the two paradigm…
Shaping Passenger Experience: An Eye-Tracking Study of Public Transportation Built Environment
Yasaman Hakiminejad, Elizabeth Pantesco, Arash Tavakoli
Designing public transportation cabins that effectively engage passengers and encourage more sustainable mobility options requires a deep understanding of how users from different…