Hadas Erel*, Marynel Vázquez*, Sarah Sebo*, Nicole Salomons*, Sarah Gillet*, Brian Scassellati* (2024). RoSI: A Model for Predicting Robot Social Influence. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction.
*equal contribution
Sarah Gillet, Marynel Vázquez, Sean Andrist, Iolanda Leite, Sarah Sebo (2024). Interaction-Shaping Robotics: Robots that Influence Interactions between Other Agents. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction.
Nicole Salomons, Sarah Strohkorb Sebo, Meiying Qin, and Brian Scassellati (2021). A Minority of One against a Majority of Robots: Robots Cause Normative and Informational Conformity. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 10(2).
Sarah Sebo, Ling Liang Dong, Nicholas Chang, Michal Lewkowicz, Michael Schutzman, and Brian Scassellati (2020). The Influence of Robot Verbal Support on Human Team Members: Encouraging Outgroup Contributions and Suppressing Ingroup Supportive Behavior. Frontiers in Psychology: Performance Science, 11.
Sarah Sebo, Brett Stoll, Brian Scassellati, Malte F. Jung (2020). Robots in Groups and Teams: A Literature Review. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 4(CSCW2), 1-36.
Margaret Traeger, Sarah Strohkorb Sebo, Malte Jung, Brian Scassellati, Nicholas Christakis (2020). Vulnerable Robots Positively Shape Human Conversational Dynamics in a Human-Robot Team. Proceedings of National Academy of Science (PNAS), 117(12), 6370-6375. Press: Yale News, Scientific American
Stephanie Kim, Jacy Reese Anthis, and Sarah Sebo (2024). A Taxonomy of Robot Autonomy for Human-Robot Interaction. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024). Boulder, USA, March 11-15.
🏆 Nominated for Best Paper | Acceptance rate: 25%
Spencer Ng, Ting-Han Lin, You Li, and Sarah Sebo (2024). Role-Playing with Robot Characters: Increasing User Engagement through Narrative and Gameplay Agency. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2024). Boulder, USA, March 11-15.
Acceptance rate: 25%
Alex Wuqi Zhang, Ting-Han Lin, Xuan Zhao, and Sarah Sebo (2023). Ice-Breaking Technology: Robots and Computers Can Foster Meaningful Connections between Strangers through In-Person Conversations. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023). Hamburg, Germany, April 23-28.
Acceptance rate: 28%
Alex Mazursky, Madeleine DeVoe, and Sarah Sebo (2022). Physical Touch from a Robot Caregiver: Examining Factors that Shape Patient Experience. In Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022). Naples, Italy, August 29 - September 2. (Hybrid)
Acceptance rate: 64%
Ting-Han Lin*, Spencer Ng*, and Sarah Sebo (2022). Benefits of an Interactive Robot Character in Immersive Puzzle Games. In Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022). Naples, Italy, August 29 - September 2. (Hybrid)
*equal contribution | Acceptance rate: 64%
Keziah Naggita, Elsa Athiley, Beza Desta, and Sarah Sebo (2022). Parental Responses to Aggressive Child Behavior towards Robots, Smart Speakers, and Tablets. In Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022). Naples, Italy, August 29 - September 2. (Hybrid)
Acceptance rate: 64%
Bengisu Cagiltay, Joseph Michaelis, Sarah Sebo, and Bilge Mutlu (2022). Exploring Children’s Preferences for Taking Care of a Social Robot. In Proceedings of the 21st ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2022). Braga, Portugal, June 27-30. (Hybrid)
Acceptance rate: 35%
Shannon Yasuda, Devon Doheny, Nicole Salomons, Sarah Strohkorb Sebo, Brian Scassellati (2020). Perceived Agency of a Social Norm Violating Robot. In Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci2020). Toronto, Canada, July 29 - August 1. (Virtual due to COVID-19)
Acceptance rate: 63%
Sarah Strohkorb Sebo, Ling Liang Dong, Nicholas Chang, Brian Scassellati (2020). Strategies for the Inclusion of Human Members within Human-Robot Teams. In Proceedings of the 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2020). Cambridge, UK, March 23-26. (Virtual due to COVID-19)
Additional resources: my virtual video presentation and the paper's supplementary video
Acceptance rate: 24%
Sarah Strohkorb Sebo, Priyanka Krishnamurthi, Brian Scassellati (2019). "I Don't Believe You": Investigating the Effects of Robot Trust Violation and Repair. In Proceedings of the 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2019). Daegu, South Korea, March 11-14.
Acceptance rate: 24%
Aditi Ramachandran*, Sarah Strohkorb Sebo*, Brian Scassellati (2019). Personalized Robot Tutoring using the Assistive Tutor POMDP (AT-POMDP). In Proceedings of The 33rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2019). Honolulu, HI, USA, January 27 - February 1.
*equal contribution | Acceptance rate: 16%
Sarah Strohkorb Sebo, Margaret Traeger, Malte Jung, Brian Scassellati (2018). The Ripple Effects of Vulnerability: The Effects of a Robot’s Vulnerable Behavior on Trust in Human-Robot Teams. In Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2018). Chicago, MI, USA, March 5-8.
Acceptance rate: 23%
Nicole Salomons, Michael Van der Linden, Sarah Strohkorb Sebo, Brian Scassellati (2018). Humans Conform to Robots: Disambiguating Trust, Truth, and Conformity. In Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2018). Chicago, MI, USA, March 5-8.
Acceptance rate: 23%
Sarah Strohkorb, Ethan Fukuto, Natalie Warren, Charles Taylor, Bobby Berry, Brian Scassellati (2016). Improving Human-Human Collaboration Between Children With a Social Robot. In Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2016). New York City, NY, USA, August 26-31.
Acceptance rate: 47%
Sarah Strohkorb, Iolanda Leite, Natalie Warren, Brian Scassellati (2015). Classification of Children’s Social Dominance in Group Interactions with Robots. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM on International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2015). Seattle, WA, USA, November 9-13.
Acceptance rate: 41%
Sarah Strohkorb Sebo (2020). Developing Robot Teammates that Enhance Social Dynamics and Performance in Human-Robot Teams. PhD Thesis. Yale University.