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Social Group Human-Robot Interaction: A Scoping Review of Computational Challenges
Massimiliano Nigro, Emmanuel Akinrintoyo, Nicole Salomons +1
Group interactions are a natural part of our daily life, and as robots become more integrated into society, they must be able to socially interact with multiple people at the same…
Multimodal Gender Fairness in Depression Prediction: Insights on Data from the USA & China
Joseph Cameron, Jiaee Cheong, Micol Spitale +1
Social agents and robots are increasingly being used in wellbeing settings. However, a key challenge is that these agents and robots typically rely on machine learning (ML) algorit…
ERR@HRI 2024 Challenge: Multimodal Detection of Errors and Failures in Human-Robot Interactions
Micol Spitale, Maria Teresa Parreira, Maia Stiber +7
Despite the recent advancements in robotics and machine learning (ML), the deployment of autonomous robots in our everyday lives is still an open challenge. This is due to multiple…
Small but Fair! Fairness for Multimodal Human-Human and Robot-Human Mental Wellbeing Coaching
Jiaee Cheong, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
In recent years, the affective computing (AC) and human-robot interaction (HRI) research communities have put fairness at the centre of their research agenda. However, none of the…
Underneath the Numbers: Quantitative and Qualitative Gender Fairness in LLMs for Depression Prediction
Micol Spitale, Jiaee Cheong, Hatice Gunes
Recent studies show bias in many machine learning models for depression detection, but bias in LLMs for this task remains unexplored. This work presents the first attempt to invest…
Appropriateness of LLM-equipped Robotic Well-being Coach Language in the Workplace: A Qualitative Evaluation
Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson, Hatice Gunes
Robotic coaches have been recently investigated to promote mental well-being in various contexts such as workplaces and homes. With the widespread use of Large Language Models (LLM…
REACT 2024: the Second Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation Challenge
Siyang Song, Micol Spitale, Cheng Luo +9
In dyadic interactions, humans communicate their intentions and state of mind using verbal and non-verbal cues, where multiple different facial reactions might be appropriate in re…
"Oh, Sorry, I Think I Interrupted You'': Designing Repair Strategies for Robotic Longitudinal Well-being Coaching
Minja Axelsson, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
Robotic well-being coaches have been shown to successfully promote people's mental well-being. To provide successful coaching, a robotic coach should have the capability to repair…