My Participation in the 20th edition of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2025)

My Mission at HRI 2025

• Presenting and promoting my research to the HRI community. Growing my network.
• Gather ideas about my longitudinal study
  • interesting possible research questions
  • ideas about the design of the study
  • potential collaborators
  • potential extra funding sources
• Updating myself with the latest research in the field of Human-Robot Interaction.

Presenting and Promoting my Research

Paper Presentation: “Comparing Monolingual and Bilingual Social Robots as Conversational Practice Companions in Language Learning”

Listen to the podcast of this paper:

HRI Pioneers Workshop: “The Question Is Not Whether; It Is How!”

I will present the story about my PhD projects and why I think the question is not wether and rather it is “how” robots will be part of our future.

Extended Abstract: The Question Is Not Whether; It Is How!

Kamelabad, A. M. (2024). The Question Is Not Whether; It Is How! Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 112–114. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3638377

I was initially accepted for Pioneers at HRI 2024, but USA visa officer decided that I am not a pioneer and they are still processing my visa.

Here is my poster for HRI Pioneer 2025:

HRI Pioneers by Alireza M. Kamelabad