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9 papers
Unveiling the Impact of Cognitive Distraction on Cyclists Psycho-behavioral Responses in an Immersive Virtual Environment
Xiang Guo, Arash Tavakoli, T. Donna Chen +1
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that the number of bicyclist fatalities has increased by more than 35% since 2010. One of the main reasons associated wi…
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…
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…
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…
Multimodal Driver State Modeling through Unsupervised Learning
Arash Tavakoli, Arsalan Heydarian
Naturalistic driving data (NDD) can help understand drivers' reactions to each driving scenario and provide personalized context to driving behavior. However, NDD requires a high a…
Driver State and Behavior Detection Through Smart Wearables
Arash Tavakoli, Shashwat Kumar, Mehdi Boukhechba +1
Integrating driver, in-cabin, and outside environment's contextual cues into the vehicle's decision making is the centerpiece of semi-automated vehicle safety. Multiple systems hav…