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Publications

2024

Ulas Berk Karli, Juo-Tung Chen, Victor Antony, and Chien-Ming Huang
Alchemist: LLM-Aided End-User Development of Robot Applications
Conference: The Proceedings of 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI'24)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 24.9%

2023

Irene Kim, Ehsan Azimi, Peter Kazanzides, and Chien-Ming Huang
Active Engagement with Virtual Reality Reduces Stress and Increases Positive Emotions
Conference: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 32%

Juo-Tung Chen and Chien-Ming Huang
Forgetful Large Language Models: Lessons Learned from Using LLMs in Robot Programming
Workshop: AAAI Fall Symposium on Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development
[paper]

Shiye Cao, Catalina Gomez, and Chien-Ming Huang
How Time Pressure in Different Phases of Decision-Making Influences Human-AI Collaboration
Journal: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
[paper]

Shiye Cao, Shichang Ke, Yanyan Mo, Anqi Liu, and Chien-Ming Huang
Eyes are the Windows to AI Reliance: Toward Real-Time Human-AI Reliance Assessment
Workshop: CHI'23 Workshop on Trust and Reliance in AI-Human Teams
[paper]

Gopika Ajaykumar, Gregory D. Hager, and Chien-Ming Huang
Curricula for teaching end-users to kinesthetically program collaborative robots
Journal: PLOS ONE
[paper]

Gopika Ajaykumar, Kaitlynn T. Pineda, and Chien-Ming Huang
Older Adults’ Expectations, Experiences, and Preferences in Programming Physical Robot Assistance
Journal: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
[paper]

Maia Stiber, Yuxiang Gao, Russell H. Taylor, and Chien-Ming Huang
Forging Productive Human-Robot Partnerships Through Task Training
Journal: ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
[paper]

Carlos Aguirre*, Shiye Cao*, Amama Mahmood, and Chien-Ming Huang
Crowdsourcing Thumbnail Captions: Data Collection and Validation
Journal: ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
[paper] | *equal contribution

Gopika Ajaykumar and Chien-Ming Huang
Older Adults' Task Preferences for Robot Assistance in the Home
Workshop: AAAI Workshop on User-Centric Artificial Intelligence for Assistance in At-Home Tasks
[paper]

Victor Antony*, Sue Min Cho*, and Chien-Ming Huang
Co-Designing with Older Adults, for Older Adults: Robots to Promote Physical Activity
Conference: The Proceedings of 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI'23)
[paper] | [supplementary materials] | acceptance rate: 25.3% | *equal contribution

Ulas Berk Karli*, Shiye Cao*, and Chien-Ming Huang
"What If It Is Wrong": Effects of Power Dynamics and Trust Repair Strategy on Trust and Compliance in HRI
Conference: The Proceedings of 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI'23)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 25.3% | *equal contribution

Maia Stiber, Russell H. Taylor, and Chien-Ming Huang
On Using Social Signals to Enable Flexible Error-Aware HRI
Conference: The Proceedings of 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI'23)
[paper] | [supplementary materials] | acceptance rate: 25.3%

2022

Catalina Gomez, Mathias Unberath, and Chien-Ming Huang
Mitigating Knowledge Imbalance in AI-Advised Decision-Making Through Collaborative User Involvement
Journal: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
[paper]

Haomin Chen, Catalina Gomez, Chien-Ming Huang, and Mathias Unberath
Explainable Medical Imaging AI Needs Human-Centered Design: Guidelines and Evidence from a Systematic Review
Journal: npj Digital Medicine
[paper]

Amama Mahmood and Chien-Ming Huang
Effects of Rhetorical Strategies and Skin Tones on Agent Persuasiveness in Assisted Decision-Making
Conference: The Proceedings of 2022 ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA'22)
[paper] | [supplementary materials]

Maia Stiber, Russell H. Taylor, and Chien-Ming Huang
Modeling Human Response to Robot Errors for Timely Error Detection
Conference: The Proceedings of 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'22)
[paper] | [video]

Kapil Katyal*, Yuxiang Gao*, Jared Markowitz, Sara Pohland, Corban Rivera, I-Jeng Wang, and Chien-Ming Huang
Learning a Group-Aware Policy for Robot Navigation
Conference: The Proceedings of 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'22)
[paper] | *equal contribution

Shiye Cao and Chien-Ming Huang
Understanding User Reliance on AI in Assisted Decision Making
Journal: The Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW'22)
[paper] | [video]

Lawrence H. Kim, Veronika Domova, Yuqi Yao, Chien-Ming Huang, Sean Follmer, and Pablo Paredes
Robotic Presence: The Effects of Anthropomorphism and Robot State on Task Performance and Emotion
Journal: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
[paper]

Brittany F. Drazich, Qiwei Li, Nancy Perrin, Sarah L. Szanton, Ji Won Lee, Chien-Ming Huang, Michelle C. Carlson, Laura Samuel, Natalie Regier, George Rebok, and Janiece L. Taylor
The Relationship Between Older Adults' Technology Use, In-person Engagement, and Pandemic-related Mental Health
Journal: Aging & Mental Health
[paper]

Amama Mahmood, Jeanie Fung, Isabel Won, and Chien-Ming Huang
Owning Mistakes Sincerely: Strategies for Mitigating AI Errors
Conference: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’22)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 24.7%

Carlos Aguirre, Amama Mahmood, and Chien-Ming Huang
Crowdsourcing Thumbnail Captions Using Time-Constrained Methods
Conference: ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interface (IUI’22)
[paper] | [video] | acceptance rate: 24.5%

2021

Yuxiang Gao and Chien-Ming Huang
Evaluation of Socially-Aware Robot Navigation
Journal: Frontiers in Robotics and AI -- Human-Robot Interaction
[paper] | invited paper: Rising Stars in HRI

Catalina Gomez, Mathias Unberath, and Chien-Ming Huang
Knowledge Imbalance in AI-Assisted Decision-Making: Collaborating with Non-experts
Workshop: 2021 NeurIPS Workshop on Human-Centered AI
[paper]

Amama Mahmood, Gopika Ajaykumar, and Chien-Ming Huang
How Mock Model Training Enhances User Perceptions of AI Systems
Workshop: 2021 NeurIPS Workshop on Human-Centered AI
[paper]

Fanjun Bu and Chien-Ming Huang
Object Permanence Through Audio-Visual Representations
Journal: IEEE Access
[paper] | [video]

Gopika Ajaykumar, Maia Stiber, and Chien-Ming Huang
Designing User-Centric Programming Aids for Kinesthetic Teaching of Collaborative Robots
Journal: Robotics and Autonomous Systems
[paper] | [software] | [video]

Yuxiang Gao, Kapil Katyal, Jared Markowitz, I-Jeng Wang, and Chien-Ming Huang
Don't be Rude! Learning Group-aware Policies for Robot Navigation
Workshop: 2021 RSS Workshop on Social Robot Navigation
[paper]

Gopika Ajaykumar and Chien-Ming Huang
Multimodal Robot Programming by Demonstration: A Preliminary Exploration
Workshop: 2021 RSS Workshop on Accessibility of Robot Programming and the Work of the Future
[paper]

Gopika Ajaykumar, Annie Mao, Jeremy Brown, and Chien-Ming Huang
FACT: A Full-body Ad-hoc Collaboration Testbed for Modeling Complex Teamwork
Workshop: 2021 ICRA Workshop on Social Intelligence in Humans and Robots
[paper]

Gopika Ajaykumar, Maureen Steele, and Chien-Ming Huang
A Survey on End-User Robot Programming
Journal: ACM Transactions on Computing Survey
[paper]

Julia Oppenhein, Jindan Huang, Isabel Won, and Chien-Ming Huang.
Mental Synchronization in Human Task Demonstration: Implications for Robot Teaching and Learning
Conference LBR: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Late-Breaking Report (HRI’21 LBR)
[paper] | *equal contribution

2020

Fanjun Bu and Chien-Ming Huang
Dataset: Audio-Visual Representations of Object Drops
Johns Hopkins University Data Archive, V1
[dataset]

Maia Stiber and Chien-Ming Huang
Not All Errors Are Created Equal: Exploring Human Responses to Robot Errors with Varying Severity
Conference LBR: ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction Late-Breaking Report (ICMI’20 LBR)
[paper] | [talk]

Ji Han*, Gopika Ajaykumar*, Ze Li, and Chien-Ming Huang
Structuring Human-Robot Interactions via Interaction Conventions
Conference: IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN’20)
[paper ] | [talk] | *equal contribution

Ehsan Azimi, Zhiyuan Niu, Maia Stiber, Nicholas Greene, Ruby Liu, Camilo Molina, Judy Huang, Chien-Ming Huang, and Peter Kazanzides
An Interactive Mixed Reality Platform for Bedside Surgical Procedures
Conference: International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI’20)
[paper]

Amama Mahmood
Robot Assisted 3D Block Building to Augment Spatial Visualization Skills in Children – An Exploratory Study
Master of Science in Engineering in Robotics (Robotics MSE) Essay. Johns Hopkins University
[paper]

Chien-Ming Huang
Contextual Programming of Collaborative Robots
Conference: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII’20)
[paper] | invited paper

Kapil Katyal, Gregory Hager, and Chien-Ming Huang
Intent-Aware Pedestrian Prediction for Adaptive Crowd Navigation
Conference: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA’20)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 42%

Gopika Ajaykumar and Chien-Ming Huang
User Needs and Design Opportunities in End-User Robot Programming
Conference LBR: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Late-Breaking Report (HRI’20 LBR)
[paper] | [talk]

Yeping Wang, Gopika Ajaykumar, and Chien-Ming Huang
See What I See: Enabling User-Centric Robotic Assistance Using First-Person Demonstrations
Conference: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’20)
[paper] | [talk] | acceptance rate: 24%

2019

Kapil Katyal, I-Jeng Wang, Gregory Hager, and Chien-Ming Huang
Intent-Aware Human Motion Prediction using Deep Generative Neural Networks
Workshop: Do Good Robotics Symposium
[paper]

Barton Paulhamus, Edward Staley, Corban Rivera, Kapil Katyal, and Chien-Ming Huang
Amplified Control for Robotic Teleoperation
Workshop: Do Good Robotics Symposium
[paper]

Yuxiang Gao and Chien-Ming Huang
Robot Programming by Situated Illustration
Workshop: Do Good Robotics Symposium
[paper]

Amrita Krishnaraj
Designing Social Robots for Early Detection of Mental Heath Conditions
Master of Science in Engineering in Robotics (Robotics MSE) Essay. Johns Hopkins University
[paper]

Aditi Ramachandran, Chien-Ming Huang, and Brian Scassellati
Toward Effective Robot-Child Tutoring: Intrinsic Motivation, Behavioral Intervention, and Learning Outcomes
Journal: ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
[paper]

Yuxiang Gao and Chien-Ming Huang
PATI: A Projection-based Augmented Table-Top Interface for Robot Programming
Conference: ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interface (IUI’19)
[paper] | [project page] | [talk] | acceptance rate: 25%

2018

Brain Scassellati, Laura Boccanfuso*, Chien-Ming Huang*, Marilena Mademtzi*, Meiying Qin*, Nicole Salomons*, Pamela Ventola, and Frederick Shic
Improving Social Skills in Children with ASD Using a Long-Term, In-Home Social Robot
Journal: Science Robotics
[paper] | *equal contribution

Ehsan Azimi, Camilo Molina, Alexander Chang, Judy Huang, Chien-Ming Huang, and Peter Kazanzides
Interactive Training and Operation Ecosystem for Surgical Tasks in Mixed Reality
Workshop: OR 2.0 Context-Aware Surgical Theaters (MICCAI’18)
[paper]

Aditi Ramachandran, Chien-Ming Huang, Edward Gartland, and Brian Scassellati
Thinking Aloud with a Tutoring Robot to Enhance Learning
Conference: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’18)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 23%

2017

Aditi Ramachandran, Chien-Ming Huang, and Brian Scassellati
Give Me a Break! Personalized Timing Strategies to Promote Learning in Robot-Child Tutoring
Conference: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’17)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 24%

2016

Sarah Strohkorb, Chien-Ming Huang, Aditi Ramachandran, and Brian Scassellati
Establishing Sustained, Supportive Human-Robot Relationships: Building Blocks and Open Challenges
AAAI Spring Symposium
[paper]

Chien-Ming Huang and Bilge Mutlu
Anticipatory Robot Control for Efficient Human-Robot Collaboration
Conference: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’16)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 25%

2015

Chien-Ming Huang
Human-Robot Joint Action: Coordinating Attention, Communication, and Actions
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Thesis. Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Chien-Ming Huang, Sean Andrist, Allison Sauppé, and Bilge Mutlu
Using Gaze Patterns to Predict Task Intent in Collaboration
Journal: Frontiers in Psychology -- Cognitive Science
[paper]

Chien-Ming Huang, Maya Cakmak, and Bilge Mutlu
Adaptive Coordination Strategies for Human-Robot Handovers
Conference: Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS’15)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 26%

Allison Sauppé and Chien-Ming Huang
Teaching Human-Robot Interaction Using the CSTA Recommendations
Workshop: HRI Education Workshop: How to design and teach courses in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’15)

Allison Sauppé, Daniel Szafir, Chien-Ming Huang, and Bilge Mutlu
From 9 to 90: Engaging Learners of All Ages
Conference: ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'15)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 36%

2014

Chien-Ming Huang and Bilge Mutlu
Multivariate Evaluation of Interactive Robot Systems
Journal: Autonomous Robots
[paper]

Chien-Ming Huang, Takamasa Iio, Satoru Satake, and Takayuki Kanda
Modeling and Controlling Friendliness for an Interactive Museum Robot
Conference: Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS’14)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 32%

Chien-Ming Huang and Bilge Mutlu
Learning-based Modeling of Multimodal Behaviors for Humanlike Robots
Conference: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’14)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 24%

Chien-Ming Huang and Bilge Mutlu
Modeling Human-Robot Interactions as Systems of Distributed Cognition
AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Human-Robot Interaction (AI-HRI)
[paper]

2013

Chien-Ming Huang and Bilge Mutlu
The Repertoire of Robot Behavior: Enabling Robots to Achieve Interaction Goals through Social Behavior
Journal: Journal of Human-Robot Interaction (ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction)
[paper]

Chien-Ming Huang and Bilge Mutlu
Modeling and Evaluating Narrative Gestures for Humanlike Robots
Conference: Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS’13)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 30%

Bilge Mutlu, Allison Terrell, and Chien-Ming Huang
Coordination Mechanisms in Human-Robot Collaboration
Workshop: HRI Workshop on Collaborative Manipulation (HRI’13)
[paper]

Chien-Ming Huang
Designing Effective Multimodal Behaviors for Robots: A Data-Driven Perspective
ACM on Interaction Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI’13)
[paper]

2012

Chien-Ming Huang and Bilge Mutlu
Robot Behavior Toolkit: Generating Effective Social Behaviors for Robots
Conference: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’12)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 25%

Chien-Ming Huang
Generating Effective Social Behaviors for Robots
HRI Pioneers Workshop
acceptance rate: 28%

Chien-Ming Huang
Designing Effective Behaviors for Educational Embodied Agents
ACM/SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’12)
[paper] | acceptance rate: 23%

Prior to 2012

Chien-Ming Huang and Andrea L. Thomaz
Effects of Responding to, Initiating and Ensuring Joint Attention in Human-Robot Interaction
Conference: IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN’11)
[paper]

Chien-Mign Huang
Joint Attention in Human-Robot Interaction
Master of Science (M.S.) Thesis. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Chien-Ming Huang and Andrea L. Thomaz
Joint Attention in Human-Robot Interaction
AAAI Fall Symposium on Dialog with Robots
[paper]