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Mrs Wafa Benkaouar Johal

Mrs Wafa Benkaouar Johal

Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering

Dr Wafa Johal is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales. Previously, Wafa was a researcher at the CHILI Lab and Mobots Group at EPFL. She holds a PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Grenoble Alps. Her research aims at creating acceptable and useful assistive robot interactions using social signal sensing, affective and cognitive reasoning and natural expressivity. Her latest work has investigated the use of tangible robots in education and rehabiliation.

For more on her research visit http://wafa.johal.org/ and https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/892823-wafa-johal
E-mail
wafa.johal@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2018
    2018, Swarm Intelligence, Dorigo M; Birattari M; Blum C; Christensen AL; Reina A; Trianni V, (eds.), Springer International Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00533-7
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Bruno B; Amirova A; Sandygulova A; Lugrin B; Johal W, 2023, 'Culture in Social Robots for Education', in Springer Series on Cultural Computing, pp. 127 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28138-9_9
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Burget L; Wang C; Asselborn T; Tozadore D; Johal W; Gargot T; Sandygulova A; Kidziński Ł; Cohen D; Dillenbourg P, 2023, 'HANDWRITING ANALYTICS', in Routledge International Handbook of Visualmotor Skills, Handwriting, and Spelling: Theory, Research, and Practice, pp. 412 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003284048-36
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Chalapathi SSG; Chamola V; Johal W; Aryal J; Buyya R, 2022, 'Energy and latency aware mobile task assignment for green cloudlets', Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2022.102531
    Journal articles | 2022
    Gargot T; Archambault D; Chetouani M; Cohen D; Johal W; Anzalone SM, 2022, 'Automatic Assessment of Motor Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review', Cognitive Computation, 14, pp. 624 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12559-021-09940-8
    Journal articles | 2022
    Johal W; Belpaeme T; Chetouani M, 2022, 'Editorial: Robots for learning', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.1050658
    Journal articles | 2022
    Johal W; Gatos D; Yantac AE; Obaid M, 2022, 'Envisioning social drones in education', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.666736
    Journal articles | 2022
    Olsen JK; Guneysu Ozgur A; Sharma K; Johal W, 2022, 'Leveraging eye tracking to understand children's attention during game-based, tangible robotics activities', International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100447
    Journal articles | 2022
    Ozgur AG; Wessel MJ; Olsen JK; Cadic-Melchior AG; Zufferey V; Johal W; Dominijanni G; Turlan JL; Mühl A; Bruno B; Vuadens P; Dillenbourg P; Hummel FC, 2022, 'The effect of gamified robot-enhanced training on motor performance in chronic stroke survivors', Heliyon, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11764
    Journal articles | 2021
    Amirova A; Rakhymbayeva N; Yadollahi E; Sandygulova A; Johal W, 2021, '10 Years of Human-NAO Interaction Research: A Scoping Review', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.744526
    Journal articles | 2021
    Asselborn T; Johal W; Tleubayev B; Zhexenova Z; Dillenbourg P; McBride C; Sandygulova A, 2021, 'The transferability of handwriting skills: from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet', npj Science of Learning, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00084-w
    Journal articles | 2021
    Gargot T; Asselborn T; Zammouri I; Brunelle J; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; Archambault D; Chetouani M; Cohen D; Anzalone SM, 2021, '“It Is Not the Robot Who Learns, It Is Me.” Treating Severe Dysgraphia Using Child–Robot Interaction', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.596055
    Journal articles | 2020
    Gargot T; Archambault D; Chetouani M; Cohen D; Johal W; Anzalone SM, 2020, 'Automatic assessment of motors impairments in autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review', EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 40, pp. S71 - S72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.09.096
    Journal articles | 2020
    Gargot T; Asselborn T; Pellerin H; Zammouri I; Anzalone SM; Casteran L; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; Cohen D; Jolly C, 2020, 'Acquisition of handwriting in children with and without dysgraphia: A computational approach', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0237575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237575
    Journal articles | 2020
    Guneysu Ozgur A; Wessel MJ; Olsen JK; Johal W; Ozgur A; Hummel FC; Dillenbourg P, 2020, 'Gamified Motor Training With Tangible Robots in Older Adults: A Feasibility Study and Comparison With the Young', Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.00059
    Journal articles | 2020
    Guneysu Ozgur A; Özgür A; Asselborn T; Johal W; Yadollahi E; Bruno B; Skweres M; Dillenbourg P, 2020, 'Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Tangible Robot-Assisted Handwriting Activity for Special Education', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7, pp. 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2020.00029
    Journal articles | 2020
    Johal W, 2020, 'Research Trends in Social Robots for Learning', Current Robotics Reports, 1, pp. 75 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43154-020-00008-3
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zhexenova Z; Amirova A; Abdikarimova M; Kudaibergenov K; Baimakhan N; Tleubayev B; Asselborn T; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; CohenMiller A; Sandygulova A, 2020, 'A Comparison of Social Robot to Tablet and Teacher in a New Script Learning Context', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2020.00099
    Journal articles | 2019
    Asselborn T; Gargot T; Kidziński L; Johal W; Cohen D; Jolly C; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Reply: Limitations in the creation of an automatic diagnosis tool for dysgraphia', npj Digital Medicine, 2, pp. 37 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-019-0115-z
    Journal articles | 2019
    Asselborn T; Sharma K; Johal W; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Bridging Multilevel Time Scales in HRI: An Analysis Framework', ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 8, pp. 17 - 17
    Journal articles | 2019
    Zolna K; Asselborn T; Jolly C; Casteran L; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; others , 2019, 'The Dynamics of Handwriting Improves the Automated Diagnosis of Dysgraphia', arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.07576
    Journal articles | 2018
    Asselborn T; Gargot T; Kidziński L; Johal W; Cohen D; Jolly C; Dillenbourg P, 2018, 'Automated human-level diagnosis of dysgraphia using a consumer tablet', npj Digital Medicine, 1, pp. 42 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-018-0049-x
    Journal articles | 2018
    Pellier D; Adam C; Johal W; Fiorino H; Pesty S, 2018, 'Une architecture cognitive et affective orientée interaction', arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.10909
    Journal articles | 2016
    Jacq A; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; Paiva A, 2016, 'Cognitive architecture for mutual modelling', arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.06703
    Journal articles | 2016
    Mondada F; Bonnet E; Davrajh S; Johal W; Stopforth R, 2016, 'R2T2: Robotics to integrate educational efforts in South Africa and Europe', International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 13, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1729881416658165
    Journal articles | 2016
    Mondada F; Bonnet E; Davrajh S; Johal W; Stopforth R, 2016, 'R2T2: Robotics to integrate educational efforts in South Africa and Europe', International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 13, pp. 1729881416658165 - 1729881416658165
    Journal articles | 2016
    Vaufreydaz D; Johal W; Combe C, 2016, 'Starting engagement detection towards a companion robot using multimodal features', Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 75, pp. 4 - 16
    Journal articles | 2014
    Johal W; Pesty S; Calvary G, 2014, 'Des Styles pour une Personnalisation de l’Interaction Homme-Robot',
  • Conference Papers | 2024
    Admoni H; Szafir D; Johal W; Sandygulova A, 2024, 'Designing an Introductory HRI Course', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 1302 - 1304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3638165
    Preprints | 2024
    Admoni H; Szafir D; Johal W; Sandygulova A, 2024, Paper index: Designing an introductory HRI course (workshop at HRI 2024), , http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05588v1
    Preprints | 2024
    Johal W, 2024, Transferability of HRI Research: Potential and Challenges, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05802v1
    Preprints | 2024
    Pan J; Eden J; Oetomo D; Johal W, 2024, Exploring the Effects of Shared Autonomy on Cognitive Load and Trust in Human-Robot Interaction, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02758v1
    Preprints | 2024
    Schömbs S; Goncalves J; Johal W, 2024, Exploring Data Agency and Autonomous Agents as Embodied Data Visualizations, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04598v1
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Yadollahi E; Romeo M; Dogan FI; Johal W; De Graaf M; Levy-Tzedek S; Leite I, 2024, 'Explainability for Human-Robot Collaboration', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 1364 - 1366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3638154
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Gamboa M; Ljungblad S; Johal W; Mubin O; Obaid M, 2023, 'Championing Design Knowledge in Human-Drone Interaction Research', in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 365 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3623809.3623927
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Liu CY; Mohammadi G; Song Y; Johal W, 2023, 'Speech-Gesture GAN: Gesture Generation for Robots and Embodied Agents', Korea, presented at IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Korea, 28 August 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309493
    Preprints | 2023
    Liu CY; Mohammadi G; Song Y; Johal W, 2023, Speech-Gesture GAN: Gesture Generation for Robots and Embodied Agents, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09346v1
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Obaid M; Johal W; Yonezawa T; Ahmad MI; Inamura T, 2023, 'HAI 2023 Chairs' Welcome', in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. iii - iv
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Phaijit O; Sammut C; Johal W, 2023, 'User Interface Interventions for Improving Robot Learning from Demonstration', in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 152 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3623809.3623848
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Tozadore DC; Nasir J; Gillet S; Van Den Berghe R; Guneysu A; Johal W, 2023, 'Robots for Learning 7 (R4L): A Look from Stakeholders' Perspective', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 935 - 937, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3579958
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Bartneck C; Kanda T; Obaid M; Johal W, 2022, 'HAI2022 Chairs' Welcome', pp. III - IV
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Fourie C; Figueroa N; Shah J; Bienkiewicz M; Bardy B; Burdet E; Singamaneni PT; Alami R; Curioni A; Knoblich G; Johal W; Sternad D; Jung M, 2022, 'Joint Action, Adaptation, and Entrainment in Human-Robot Interaction', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 1250 - 1253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI53351.2022.9889564
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Obaid M; Tatar K; Wiberg M; Said A; Rost M; Weilenmann A; Johal W; Eyssel F, 2022, 'Social Drones for Health and Well-being', in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3547709
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Phaijit O; Obaid M; Sammut C; Johal W, 2022, 'A Demonstration of the Taxonomy of Functional Augmented Reality for Human-Robot Interaction', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 981 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI53351.2022.9889390
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Phaijit O; Obaid M; Sammut C; Johal W, 2022, 'A Taxonomy of Functional Augmented Reality for Human-Robot Interaction', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 294 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI53351.2022.9889622
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Phaijit O; Sammut C; Johal W, 2022, 'Let's Compete! The Influence of Human-Agent Competition and Collaboration on Agent Learning and Human Perception', in HAI 2022 - Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 86 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3527188.3561922
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Rakhymbayeva N; Balgabekova Z; Nurmukhamed M; Burunchina K; Johal W; Sandygulova A, 2022, 'To Transfer or Not To Transfer: Engagement Recognition within Robot-assisted Autism Therapy', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 1002 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI53351.2022.9889577
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Ingle D; Marcus N; Johal W, 2021, 'The valley of non-distraction: Effect of robot's human-likeness on perception load', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 99 - 103, presented at Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ELECTR NETWORK, 08 August 2021 - 11 August 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3447137
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Johal W; Bruno B; Olsen JK; Chetouani M; Lemaignan S; Sandygulova A, 2021, 'Robots for learning - Learner-centred design', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 715 - 716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3444873
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Liu Y; Mohammadi G; Song Y; Johal W, 2021, 'Speech-based Gesture Generation for Robots and Embodied Agents: A ScopingReview', Japan, presented at Human-Agent Interaction, Japan, 09 November 2021
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Chibaudel Q; Johal W; Oriola B; J-M Macé M; Dillenbourg P; Tartas V; Jouffrais C, 2020, '"if you've gone straight, now, you must turn left" - Exploring the use of a tangible interface in a collaborative treasure hunt for people with visual impairments', in ASSETS 2020 - 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3373625.3417020
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Ioannou C; Neophytou C; Asselborn T; Johal W; Hadzilacos T, 2020, 'LEARNING (GOOD HANDWRITING IN GREEK) BY TEACHING (A HUMANOID ROBOT)', in Chova LG; Martinez AL; Torres IC (eds.), 14TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (INTED2020), IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT, SPAIN, Valencia, pp. 7287 - 7296, presented at 14th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED), SPAIN, Valencia, 02 March 2020 - 04 March 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2020.1926
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Johal W; Peng Y; Mi H, 2020, 'Swarm Robots in Education: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities', in HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 272 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3418755
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Khodr H; Kianzad S; Johal W; Kothiyal A; Bruno B; Dillenbourg P, 2020, 'AlloHaptic: Robot-Mediated Haptic Collaboration for Learning Linear Functions', in 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2020, pp. 27 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN47096.2020.9223563
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Neto I; Johal W; Couto M; Nicolau H; Paiva A; Guneysu A, 2020, 'Using tabletop robots to promote inclusive classroom experiences', in Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020, pp. 281 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3392063.3394439
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Obaid M; Johal W; Mubin O, 2020, 'Domestic Drones: Context of Use in Research Literature', in HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 196 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3415076
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Sandygulova A; CohenMiller A; Oralbayeva N; Johal W; Asselborn T; Dillenbourg P, 2020, 'Cognitive Learning with a Robot: The Case of Script Acquisition', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 154 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57506-9_12
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Sandygulova A; Johal W; Zhexenova Z; Tleubayev B; Zhanatkyzy A; Turarova A; Telisheva Z; CohenMiller A; Asselborn T; Dillenbourg P, 2020, 'CoWriting Kazakh: Learning a new script with a robot', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 113 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374813
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Tleubayev B; Zhexenova Z; Asselborn T; Johal W; DIllenbourg P; Sandygulova A, 2020, 'Co writing kazakh: Learning a new script with a robot-demonstration', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378211
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Yadollahi E; Couto M; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; Paiva A, 2020, 'Exploring the Role of Perspective Taking in Educational Child-Robot Interaction', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 346 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52240-7_63
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Zhexenova Z; Tleubayev B; Zhanatkyzy A; Turarova A; Telisheva Z; Asselborn T; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; Sandygulova A, 2020, 'CoWriting Kazakh: Learning a New Script with a Robot - Video', in HRI'20: COMPANION OF THE 2020 ACM/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION, ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, ENGLAND, Cambridge, pp. 645 - 645, presented at 15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), ENGLAND, Cambridge, 23 March 2020 - 26 March 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378402
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Hamamsy LE; Johal W; Asselborn T; Nasir J; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Learning By Collaborative Teaching: An Engaging Multi-Party CoWriter Activity', in 2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN46459.2019.8956358
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Johal W; Andersen S; Chevalier M; Ozgur A; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Learning Symmetry with Tangible Robots', in Merdan M; Lepuschitz W; Koppensteiner G; Balogh R; Obdržálek D (eds.), International Conference on Robotics and Education RiE 2017, Springer, Cham, Vienna, pp. 270 - 283, presented at RiE 2019, the 10th International Conference on Robotics in Education, Vienna, 10 April 2019 - 12 April 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_24
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Johal W; Sandygulova A; De Wit J; De Haas M; Scassellati B, 2019, 'Robots for Learning-R4L: Adaptive Learning', in 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), IEEE, pp. 693 - 694, IEEE
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Johal W; Tran A; Khodr H; Ozgur A; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Tip: Tangible e-ink paper manipulatives for classroom orchestration', in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 595 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3369457.3369539
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kim A; Omarova M; Zhaksylyk A; Asselborn T; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; Sandygulova A, 2019, 'CoWriting Kazakh: Transitioning to a New Latin Script using Social Robots', in 2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN46459.2019.8956471
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Nasir J; Norman U; Johal W; Olsen JK; Shahmoradi S; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Robot Analytics: What Do Human-Robot Interaction Traces Tell Us About Learning?', in [Proceedings of the IEEE RoMan 2019-The 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication]
    Patents | 2019
    Ozgur A; Lemaignan S; Johal W; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2019, Magnet-assisted ball drive, Patent No. 10377231
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Ozgur AG; Faucon LP; Maceira-Elvira P; Wessel MJ; Johal W; Özgür A; Cadic-Melchior A; Hummel FC; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Towards an Adaptive Upper Limb Rehabilitation Game with Tangible Robots', in 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), IEEE, pp. 294 - 299, IEEE
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Ozgur AG; Wessel MJ; Asselborn T; Olsen JK; Johal W; Ozgur A; Hummel FC; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Designing Configurable Arm Rehabilitation Games: How Do Different Game Elements Affect User Motion Trajectories?', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 5326 - 5330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857508
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Shahmoradi S; Olsen JK; Haklev S; Johal W; Norman U; Nasir J; Dillenbourg P, 2019, 'Orchestration of Robotic Activities in Classrooms: Challenges and Opportunities', in Scheffel M; Broisin J; Pammer-Schindler V; Ioannou A; Schneider J (eds.), European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Springer, Cham, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 640 - 644, presented at 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2019, Delft, The Netherlands, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29736-7_57
    Patents | 2019
    Zolna K; Asselborn T; Johal W, 2019, Method of handwritten character recognition confirmation, Patent No. WO2019101338A1
    Preprints | 2019
    Zolna K; Asselborn T; Jolly C; Casteran L; Nguyen-Morel M-A; Johal W; Dillenbourg P, 2019, The Dynamics of Handwriting Improves the Automated Diagnosis of Dysgraphia, , http://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07576v1
    Other | 2019
    Özgür A; Lemaignan S; Johal W; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2019, Magnet-assisted ball drive,
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Asselborn T; Guneysu A; Mrini K; Yadollahi E; Ozgur A; Johal W; Dillenbourg P, 2018, 'Bringing letters to life: handwriting with haptic-enabled tangible robots', in Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, ACM, pp. 219 - 230, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Charisi V; Alcorn AM; Kennedy J; Johal W; Baxter P; Kynigos C, 2018, 'The near future of children’s robotics', in Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, ACM, pp. 720 - 727, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Guneysu Ozgur A; Wessel MJ; Johal W; Sharma K; Özgür A; Vuadens P; Mondada F; Hummel FC; Dillenbourg P, 2018, 'Iterative design of an upper limb rehabilitation game with tangible robots', in Proceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, pp. 241 - 250, ACM
    Other | 2018
    Johal W; Castellano G; Tanaka F; Okita S, 2018, Robots for learning, Springer Netherlands,
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Johal W; Kennedy J; Charisi V; Park HW; Castellano G; Dillenbourg P, 2018, 'Robots for Learning-R4L: Inclusive Learning', in Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, pp. 397 - 398, ACM
    Preprints | 2018
    Pellier D; Adam C; Johal W; Fiorino H; Pesty S, 2018, Une architecture cognitive et affective orient{é}e interaction, , http://arxiv.org/abs/1810.10909v1
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Yadollahi E; Johal W; Paiva A; Dillenbourg P, 2018, 'When deictic gestures in a robot can harm child-robot collaboration', in Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, ACM, pp. 195 - 206, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Özgür A; Johal W; Güneysu Özgür A; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2018, 'Declarative Physicomimetics for Tangible Swarm Application Development', in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2018
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Asselborn T; Johal W; Dillenbourg P, 2017, 'Keep on moving! Exploring anthropomorphic effects of motion during idle moments', in 2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), IEEE, pp. 897 - 902, IEEE
    Reports | 2017
    Jacq AD; Johal W; Paiva A; Dillenbourg P, 2017, Expressing Motivations By Facilitating Other’s Inverse Reinforcement Learning, Instituto Superiro Technico
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Johal W; Vogt P; Kennedy J; de Haas M; Paiva A; Castellano G; Okita S; Tanaka F; Belpaeme T; Dillenbourg P, 2017, 'Workshop on Robots for Learning: R4L', in Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, pp. 423 - 424, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Özgür A; Johal W; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2017, 'Haptic-enabled handheld mobile robots: Design and analysis', in Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, pp. 2449 - 2461, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Özgür A; Johal W; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2017, 'Windfield: demonstrating wind meteorology with handheld haptic robots', in Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, pp. 48 - 49, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Özgür A; Johal W; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2017, 'Windfield: learning wind meteorology with handheld haptic robots', in Proceedings of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, pp. 156 - 165, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Özgür A; Lemaignan S; Johal W; Beltran M; Briod M; Pereyre L; Mondada F; Dillenbourg P, 2017, 'Cellulo: Versatile handheld robots for education', in 2017 12th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI, IEEE, pp. 119 - 127, IEEE
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Adam C; Johal W; Pellier D; Fiorino H; Pesty S, 2016, 'Social human-robot interaction: A new cognitive and affective interaction-oriented architecture', in International conference on social robotics, Springer, Cham, pp. 253 - 263, Springer, Cham
    Preprints | 2016
    Jacq A; Johal W; Dillenbourg P; Paiva A, 2016, Cognitive Architecture for Mutual Modelling, , http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.06703v1
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Johal W; Jacq A; Paiva A; Dillenbourg P, 2016, 'Child-robot spatial arrangement in a learning by teaching activity', in 2016 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Ieee, pp. 533 - 538, Ieee
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Özgür A; Johal W; Dillenbourg P, 2016, 'Permanent magnet-assisted omnidirectional ball drive', in 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, pp. 1061 - 1066, IEEE
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Johal W; Calvary G; Pesty S, 2015, 'Non-verbal Signals in HRI: Interference in Human Perception', in International Conference on Social Robotics, Springer, Cham, pp. 275 - 284, Springer, Cham
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Johal W; Pellier D; Adam C; Fiorino H; Pesty S, 2015, 'A cognitive and affective architecture for social human-robot interaction', in Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Extended Abstracts, ACM, pp. 71 - 72, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Johal W, 2015, 'Robots Interacting with Style', in Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Extended Abstracts, ACM, pp. 191 - 192, ACM
    Theses / Dissertations | 2015
    Johal WB, 2015, Companion Robots Behaving with Style: Towards Plasticity in Social Human-Robot Interaction
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Ta V-C; Johal W; Portaz M; Castelli E; Vaufreydaz D, 2015, 'The Grenoble system for the social touch challenge at ICMI 2015', in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM on International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, ACM, pp. 391 - 398, ACM
    Preprints | 2015
    Vaufreydaz D; Johal W; Combe C, 2015, Starting engagement detection towards a companion robot using multimodal features, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2015.01.004
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Johal W; Adam C; Fiorino H; Pesty S; Jost C; Duhaut D, 2014, 'Acceptability of a companion robot for children in daily life situations', in 2014 5th IEEE Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), IEEE, pp. 31 - 36, IEEE
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Johal W; Calvary G; Pesty S, 2014, 'A Robot with Style, because you are Worth it!', in Proceedings of the extended abstracts of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems, ACM, pp. 1201 - 1206, ACM
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Johal W; Pesty S; Calvary G, 2014, 'Expressing Parenting Styles with Companion Robots', in Workshop on Applications for Emotional Robots, Human Robot Interaction (HRI) 2014
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Johal W; Pesty S; Calvary G, 2014, 'Towards companion robots behaving with style', in The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, IEEE, pp. 1063 - 1068, IEEE
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Adam C; Johal W; Ben Farhat I; Jost C; Fiorono H; Pesty S; Duhaut D, 2013, 'Acceptabilité d’un robot compagnon dans des situations de la vie quotidienne.', in Deuxième conférence III - Intercompréhension de l’intraspécifique à l’interspécifique
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Johal W; Dugdale J; Pesty S, 2013, 'Modelling interactions in a mixed agent world.', in European Modeling and Simulation Symposium
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Benkaouar W; Vaufreydaz D, 2012, 'Multi-sensors engagement detection with a robot companion in a home environment'
    Other |
    Guneysu A; Johal W; Ozgur A; Dillenbourg P, Tangible Robots Mediated Collaborative Rehabilitation Design: Can we Find Inspiration from Scripting Collaborative Learning?,
    Other |
    Jacq A; Johal W; Dillenbourg P, Non-recursive Approach for Mutual Understanding,
    Conference Papers |
    Johal W; Robu O; Dame A; Mondada SMF, 'Augmented Robotics for Learners: A Case Study on Optics'
    Other |
    Yadollahi E; Johal W; Dias J; Dillenbourg P; Paiva A, Studying the Effect of Robot Frustration on Children’s Change of Perspective,

2020    UNSW Faculty of Engineering 2020 Award for the category Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
2020    Best Demo Award for our paper CoWritng Kazakh - Learning a New Script with a Robot Demonstration.
2019    Best Reviewer Award for the 27th International Conference on Computers in Education.
2018    Best Paper Award Honorable Mention. When Deictic Gestures in a Robot Can Harm Child-Robot Collaboration.ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2018), Trondheim, Norway.
2017    Best Paper Award: ACM Human-robot Interaction Conference (HRI), Vienna, Austria.
2015    Winner of the Social Touch Challenge at International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI). Nov. 2015.
2015    Best Paper Award Honorable Mention, ACM Human-robot Interaction Conference 2015 (HRI), Portland, USA.
2015    HRI Pioneers : International Conference on Human Robot Interaction 2015 (HRI), Portland, USA

My research enables robots to provide close, continuous and personalized assistance to people adapting to their capabilities. To this end, I have developed methods to allow robots to (1) decipher human non-verbal cues of communication, (2) synthesize socially intuitive behaviors and (3) provide personalized support according to individual needs.

My research has lead to several top-tier conferences (CHI, HRI, IROS) and journal publications (RAM, Frontiers Robotics and AI). Building on my research to create effective robot-assisted support, my research at EPFL on Educational Robotics (NCCR Robotics) focused on the building autonomous robotic systems that provides enhanced and personalized training for learners. I have been managing the research activities concerning Robotics at the CHILI Lab on the CoWriter, the Cellulo and the ANIMATAS research projects. Within these projects, I supervised six PhD students working various topics dealing with the use of robots and technologies in education and ’re-education’ (motor-rehabilitation). 

See http://wafa.johal.org/

Human-Robot Interaction, Interactive Reasoning, Robots for Learning

My Research Supervision

Carson Yu Liu - MPhil - Speech Drivern Gesture Generationfor Social Robots