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5 papers

cs.AI2026

A Multi-Scale Temporal Framework with Dynamic Fusion for EEG-Based Emotion Recognition

Stefanos Gkikas, Yang Guo, Guangliang Li +3

Mixed emotions represent a clinically relevant but still underexplored target for automatic emotion recognition. EEG provides millisecond-level access to neural activity, yet most…

eess.SP2026

One-Block Transformer (1BT) for EEG-Based Cognitive Workload Assessment

Stefanos Gkikas, Christian Arzate Cruz, Thomas Kassiotis +3

Accurate and continuous estimation of cognitive workload is fundamental to creating adaptive human-machine systems. However, designing architectures that balance representational c…

cs.CV2026

A Lightweight Transformer for Pain Recognition from Brain Activity

Stefanos Gkikas, Christian Arzate Cruz, Yu Fang +6

Pain is a multifaceted and widespread phenomenon with substantial clinical and societal burden, making reliable automated assessment a critical objective. This paper presents a lig…

cs.RO2026

Efficient Emotion-Aware Iconic Gesture Prediction for Robot Co-Speech

Edwin C. Montiel-Vazquez, Christian Arzate Cruz, Stefanos Gkikas +3

Co-speech gestures increase engagement and improve speech understanding. Most data-driven robot systems generate rhythmic beat-like motion, yet few integrate semantic emphasis. To…

cs.RO2025

When and How to Express Empathy in Human-Robot Interaction Scenarios

Christian Arzate Cruz, Edwin C. Montiel-Vazquez, Chikara Maeda +1

Incorporating empathetic behavior into robots can improve their social effectiveness and interaction quality. In this paper, we present whEE (when and how to express empathy), a fr…