Publications - Bahar Irfan

JOURNALS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

2023

Lifelong Learning and Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction (LEAP-HRI): Adaptivity for All

B. Irfan, A. Ramachandran, M. Staffa, and H. Gunes

Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3568294.3579956

@inproceedings{irfan2023leaphri,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and Ramachandran, Aditi and Staffa, Mariacarla and Gunes, Hatice},
title = {Lifelong Learning and Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction (LEAP-HRI): Adaptivity for All},
year = {2023},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/3568294.3579956},
booktitle = {Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
pages = {929--931},
location = {Stockholm, Sweden},
series = {HRI '23},
}

Human-Robot Conversational Interaction (HRCI)

D. McMillan, R. Jaber, B. R. Cowan, J. E. Fischer, B. Irfan, R. Cumbal, N. Zargham, and M. Lee

Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3568294.3579954

@inproceedings{mcmillan2023hrci,
author = {McMillan, Donald and Jaber, Razan and Cowan, Benjamin R. and Fischer, Joel E. and Irfan, Bahar and Cumbal, Ronald and Zargham, Nima and Lee, Minha},
title = {Human-Robot Conversational Interaction (HRCI)},
year = {2023},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/3568294.3579954},
booktitle = {Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
pages = {923--925},
location = {Stockholm, Sweden},
series = {HRI '23},
}

2022

Personalised Socially Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: Critical Reflections on Long-Term Interactions in the Real World

B. Irfan, N. Céspedes, J. Casas, E. Senft, C. A. Cifuentes, L. F. Gutiérrez, M. Rincon-Roncancio, T. Belpaeme, and M. Múnera

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1007/s11257-022-09323-0

@article{irfan2022personalised,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and C\'{e}spedes, Natalia and Casas, Jonathan and Senft, Emmanuel and Cifuentes, Carlos A. and Guti\'{e}rrez, Luisa F. and Rincon-Roncancio, M\'{o}nica and Belpaeme, Tony and M\'{u}nera, Marcela},
title = {Personalised Socially Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: Critical Reflections on Long-Term Interactions in the Real World},
year = {2022},
publisher = {Springer},
doi = {10.1007/s11257-022-09323-0},
journal = {User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction},
}

2021

Multi-Modal Open World User Identification

B. Irfan, M. G. Ortiz, N. Lyubova, and T. Belpaeme

Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3477963

@article{irfan2021multimodal,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and Ortiz, Michael Garcia and Lyubova, Natalia and Belpaeme, Tony},
title = {Multi-Modal Open World User Identification},
year = {2021},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3477963},
doi = {10.1145/3477963},
journal = {Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction},
}

Coffee With a Hint of Data: Towards Using Data-Driven Approaches in Personalised Long-Term Interactions

B. Irfan, M. Hellou, and T. Belpaeme

Frontiers in Robotics and AI.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.3389/frobt.2021.676814

@article{irfan2021coffee,
author={Irfan, Bahar and Hellou, Mehdi and Belpaeme, Tony},
title={Coffee With a Hint of Data: Towards Using Data-Driven Approaches in Personalised Long-Term Interactions},
journal={Frontiers in Robotics and AI},
volume={8},
pages={300},
year={2021},
doi={10.3389/frobt.2021.676814},
issn={2296-9144},
url={https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2021.676814}
}

A Socially Assistive Robot for Long-Term Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Real World

N. Céspedes, B. Irfan, E. Senft, C. A. Cifuentes, L. F. Gutierrez, M. Rincon-Roncancio, T. Belpaeme, and M. Múnera

Frontiers in Neurorobotics.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.3389/fnbot.2021.633248

@article{cespedes2021socially,
author = {C\'{e}spedes, Natalia and Irfan, Bahar and Senft, Emmanuel and Cifuentes, Carlos A. and Gutierrez, Luisa F. and Rincon-Roncancio, M\'{o}nica and Belpaeme, Tony and M\'{u}nera, Marcela},
journal={Frontiers in Neurorobotics},
title={A Socially Assistive Robot for Long-Term Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Real World},
year={2021},
volume={15},
pages={21},
doi={10.3389/fnbot.2021.633248},
url={https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbot.2021.633248}
}

Lifelong Learning and Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction (LEAP-HRI)

B. Irfan, A. Ramachandran, S. Spaulding, S. Kalkan, G. I. Parisi, and H. Gunes

Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3434074.3444881

@inproceedings{irfan2021leaphri,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and Ramachandran, Aditi and Spaulding, Samuel and Kalkan, Sinan and Parisi, German I. and Gunes, Hatice},
title = {Lifelong Learning and Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction (LEAP-HRI)},
year = {2021},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
doi = {10.1145/3434074.3444881},
booktitle = {Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
pages = {724--727},
series = {HRI '21 Companion}
}

2020

Dynamic Emotional Language Adaptation in Multiparty Interactions with Agents

B. Irfan, A. Narayanan, and J. Kennedy

Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3383652.3423881

@inproceedings{irfan2020iva,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and Narayanan, Anika and Kennedy, James},
title = {Dynamic Emotional Language Adaptation in Multiparty Interactions with Agents},
year = {2020},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
doi = {10.1145/3383652.3423881},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents},
articleno = {27},
numpages = {8},
keywords = {Emotion adaptation, multiparty interaction, dialogue selection},
location = {Virtual Event, Scotland, UK},
series = {IVA '20},
url = {https://la.disneyresearch.com/publication/dynamic-emotional-language-adaptation-in-multiparty-interactions-with-agents/}
}

Using a Personalised Socially Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Long-Term Case Study

B. Irfan, N. Céspedes Gomez, J. Casas, E. Senft, L. F. Gutiérrez, M. Rincon-Roncancio, M. Munera, T. Belpaeme, and C. A. Cifuentes

29th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1109/RO-MAN47096.2020.9223491

@inproceedings{irfan2020roman,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and C\'{e}spedes Gomez, Natalia and Casas, Jonathan and Senft, Emmanuel and Guti\'{e}rrez, Luisa F. and Rincon-Roncancio, Monica and Munera, Marcela and Belpaeme, Tony and Cifuentes, Carlos A.},
booktitle={29th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},
title={Using a Personalised Socially Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Long-Term Case Study},
year={2020},
pages={124--130},
doi={10.1109/RO-MAN47096.2020.9223491},
keywords={personalisation, real-world study, human-robot interaction, socially assistive robotics, cardiac rehabilitation, long-term interaction},
publisher={IEEE}
}

Challenges of a Real-World HRI Study with Non-Native English Speakers: Can Personalisation Save the Day?

B. Irfan, M. Hellou, A. Mazel, and T. Belpaeme

Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3371382.3378278

@inproceedings{irfan2020challenges,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and Hellou, Mehdi and Mazel, Alexandre and Belpaeme, Tony},
title = {Challenges of a Real-World HRI Study with Non-Native English Speakers: Can Personalisation Save the Day?},
year = {2020},
isbn = {9781450370578},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
doi = {10.1145/3371382.3378278},
booktitle = {Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
pages = {272--274},
numpages = {3},
keywords = {real-world study, personalisation, natural language interaction, human-robot interaction},
location = {Cambridge, United Kingdom},
series = {HRI ’20}
}

2019

Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction

B. Irfan, A. Ramachandran, S. Spaulding, D. F. Glas, I. Leite, and K. L. Koay

2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1109/HRI.2019.8673076

@inproceedings{irfan2019plot-hri,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and Ramachandran, Aditi and Spaulding, Samuel and Glas, Dylan F. and Leite, Iolanda and Koay, Kheng Lee},
booktitle={2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)},
title={Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction},
year={2019},
pages={685--686},
doi={10.1109/HRI.2019.8673076},
keywords = {adaptation, personalisation, human-robot interaction, long-term interaction, user recognition, user modeling, long-term memory},
publisher={IEEE}
}

2018

Architecture for a Social Assistive Robot in Cardiac Rehabilitation

J. Casas, N. C. Gomez, E. Senft, B. Irfan, L. Gutiérrez, M. Rincon-Roncancio, M. Munera, T. Belpaeme, and C. A. Cifuentes

2018 IEEE 2nd Colombian Conference on Robotics and Automation (CCRA).

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1109/CCRA.2018.8588133

@inproceedings{casas2018ccra,
author={Casas, Jonathan and Gomez, N. C. and Senft, Emmanuel and Irfan, Bahar and Guti{\'e}rrez, Luisa and Rincon-Roncancio, Monica and Munera, Marcela and Belpaeme, Tony and Cifuentes, Carlos A.},
booktitle={2018 IEEE 2nd Colombian Conference on Robotics and Automation (CCRA)},
title={Architecture for a Social Assistive Robot in Cardiac Rehabilitation},
year={2018},
pages={1--6},
doi={10.1109/CCRA.2018.8588133},
keywords={socially assistive robotics, cardiac rehabilitation, human-robot interaction},
publisher = {IEEE}
}

Social Psychology and Human-Robot Interaction: An Uneasy Marriage

B. Irfan, J. Kennedy, S. Lemaignan, F. Papadopoulos, E. Senft, and T. Belpaeme

Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3173386.3173389

@inproceedings{irfan2018althri,
author = {Irfan, Bahar and Kennedy, James and Lemaignan, S{\'e}verin and Papadopoulos, Fotios and Senft, Emmanuel and Belpaeme, Tony},
title = {Social Psychology and Human-Robot Interaction: An Uneasy Marriage},
booktitle = {Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
year = {2018},
location = {Chicago, IL, USA},
pages = {13--20},
doi = {10.1145/3173386.3173389},
keywords = {social psychology, replication crisis, social robotics, human-robot interaction, research methodology},
publisher = {ACM}
}

Social Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study with Patients with Angioplasty

J. Casas, B. Irfan, E. Senft, L. Gutiérrez, M. Rincon-Roncancio, M. Munera, T. Belpaeme, and C. A. Cifuentes

Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/3173386.3177052
```
@inproceedings{casas2018hriLBR,
author = {Casas, Jonathan and Irfan, Bahar and Senft, Emmanuel and Guti{\'e}rrez, Luisa and Rincon-Roncancio, Monica and Munera, Marcela and Belpaeme, Tony and Cifuentes, Carlos A.},
title = {Social Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study with Patients with Angioplasty},
booktitle = {Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
year = {2018},
location = {Chicago, IL, USA},
pages = {79--80},
doi = {10.1145/3173386.3177052},
publisher = {ACM},
keywords = {human-robot interaction, cardiac rehabilitation, socially assistive robotics},
award = {Second-Prize in HRI'18 Late Breaking Reports}
}
```
Second-Prize in HRI’18 Late Breaking Reports

Multi-modal Open-Set Person Identification in HRI

B. Irfan, N. Lyubova, M. Garcia Ortiz, and T. Belpaeme

2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Social Robots in the Wild workshop.

[PDF] [BibTeX]

@inproceedings{irfan2018sriw,
author={Irfan, Bahar and Lyubova, Natalia and Garcia Ortiz, Michael and Belpaeme, Tony},
booktitle = {2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Social Robots in the Wild workshop},
title={Multi-modal Open-Set Person Identification in HRI},
year = {2018},
location = {Chicago, IL, USA},
url = {http://socialrobotsinthewild.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/HRI-SRW_2018_paper_6.pdf},
keywords={user recognition, Bayesian network, multi-modal data fusion, soft biometrics, personalisation, human-robot interaction, incremental learning},
publisher = {ACM}
}

Towards a SAR System for Personalized Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Patient with PCI

J. Casas, B. Irfan, E. Senft, L. Gutiérrez, M. Rincon-Roncancio, M. Munera, T. Belpaeme, and C. A. Cifuentes

2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Personal Robots for Exercising and Coaching workshop.

[PDF] [BibTeX]

@inproceedings{casas2018prec,
author={Casas, Jonathan and Irfan, Bahar and Senft, Emmanuel and Guti{\'e}rrez, Luisa and Rincon-Roncancio, Monica and Munera, Marcela and Belpaeme, Tony and Cifuentes, Carlos A.},
booktitle = {2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Personal Robots for Exercising and Coaching workshop},
title={Towards a SAR System for Personalized Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Patient with PCI},
year = {2018},
location = {Chicago, IL, USA},
url = {https://aiweb.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/hri2018_workshop_robot_coach/paper/PREC2018_paper_5.pdf},
keywords = {human-robot interaction, cardiac rehabilitation, socially assistive robotics},
publisher = {ACM}
}

2017

Sensor Interface for Cardiac Rehabilitation Monitoring: Pilot Clinical Study

J. S. Lara, J. Casas, M. Munera, E. Senft, B. Irfan, L. F. Gutiérrez, L. Pinzón, T. Belpaeme, M. Rincon, and C. A. Cifuentes

Proceedings of the IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Tecnologías de Apoyo a la Discapacidad (IBERDISCAP 2017).

[PDF] [BibTeX]

@inproceedings{lara2017iberdiscap,
author={Lara, Juan S. and Casas, Jonathan and Munera, Marcela and Senft, Emmanuel and Irfan, Bahar and Guti{\'e}rrez, Luisa F. and Pinz{\'o}n, Lorena and Belpaeme, Tony and Rincon, Monica and Cifuentes, Carlos A.},
booktitle={Proceedings of the IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Tecnologías de Apoyo a la Discapacidad (IBERDISCAP 2017)},
title={Sensor Interface for Cardiac Rehabilitation Monitoring: Pilot Clinical Study},
year={2017},
keywords = {human-robot interaction, cardiac rehabilitation, socially assistive robotics}
}

Human-Robot Sensor Interface for Cardiac Rehabilitation

J. S. Lara, J. Casas, A. Aguirre, M. Munera, M. Rincon-Roncancio, B. Irfan, E. Senft, T. Belpaeme, and C. A. Cifuentes

2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR).

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009382

@inproceedings{lara2017icorr,
author={Lara, Juan S. and Casas, Jonathan and Aguirre, Andres and Munera, Marcela and Rincon-Roncancio, Monica and Irfan, Bahar and Senft, Emmanuel and Belpaeme, Tony and Cifuentes, Carlos A.},
booktitle={2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR)},
title={Human-Robot Sensor Interface for Cardiac Rehabilitation},
year={2017},
pages={1013--1018},
doi={10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009382},
keywords = {human-robot interaction, cardiac rehabilitation, socially assistive robotics},
}

Child Speech Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction: Evaluations and Recommendations

J. Kennedy, S. Lemaignan, C. Montassier, P. Lavalade, B. Irfan, F. Papadopoulos, E. Senft, and T. Belpaeme

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.

[PDF] [BibTeX] doi:10.1145/2909824.3020229

@inproceedings{kennedy2017hri,
author = {Kennedy, James and Lemaignan, S{\'e}verin and Montassier, Caroline and Lavalade, Pauline and Irfan, Bahar and Papadopoulos, Fotios and Senft, Emmanuel and Belpaeme, Tony},
title = {Child Speech Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction: Evaluations and Recommendations},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
year = {2017},
location = {Vienna, Austria},
pages = {82--90},
doi = {10.1145/2909824.3020229},
keywords = {automatic speech recognition, child-robot interaction, verbal interaction, interaction design recommendations, human-robot interaction},
publisher = {ACM}
}

ABSTRACTS, POSTERS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS

2019

Multi-modal Personalisation in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction

B. Irfan

Workshop on Personal Robotics and Secure Human-Robot Collarboration, 9th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EPIROB 2019).

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2017

Recognition Using Multi-Modal Data Fusion

B. Irfan and T. Belpaeme

3rd International Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction.

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Social Learning Through Contingent Interaction

B. Irfan, T. Belpaeme, N. Lyubova, and T. Dahl

UK Robotics Week, Plymouth University.

2016

Manipulation and Placement Planning for Loading a Dishwasher

B. Irfan, T. Belpaeme, N. Lyubova, and T. Dahl

UK Robotics Week, Plymouth University.

2015

Manipulation and Placement Planning for Loading a Dishwasher

B. İrfan and L. H. Akın

Oberseminar, Sabanci University.
Cerberus’15 Team Report

H. L. Akın, O. Aşık, B. Görer, B. İrfan, M. Doyran, B. Erden, and K. Y. Usta

Technical Report, Bogazici University.

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