ABOUT ME
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow working at the Chair of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at University of Augsburg.
I did my PhD at the Computer Human Interaction for Learning and Instruction lab at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. During my PhD, I was also an EU ITN Horizon 2020 Marie Curie fellow at ANIMATAS under which I was a visiting scholar at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France. I received my masters degree, under the Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP), from KAIST, Republic of Korea. Previously, I completed my bachelor’s degree at NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in Pakistan.
My research interests broadly include human-machine interaction, social robotics, multimodal behavioral analysis, and machine learning applied in the fields of education and health care.
“While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary”
LATEST STORIES
- My PhD thesis got nominated by the distinction committee at the Doctoral School of Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems (EDRS) at my alma mater EPFL for the 2023 EDRS PhD Distinction
- Our paper won the RSJ Research Pioneering Award and was also a Best Paper Award Finalist at RO-MAN 2023
- Organized a one day Workshop on Latest Advances in Diversifying Artificial Intelligence at University of Augsburg
- Organized RO-MAN 2023 workshop on Robots for Learning: AI to power robots
- Gave an invited keynote at RO-MAN 2023 workshop on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on COntext-aware embodied Spoken Interactions
- Paper accepted at RO-MAN 2023 on An HMM-based Real-time Intervention Methodology for a Social Robot Supporting Learning
- Co-editor on Frontiers Robotics and AI journal research topic Advances in Robots for Learning
- Pre-selected by EPFL for the Lopez-Loreta Prize
- Paper accepted at EDM 2023 on To speak or not to speak, and what to speak, when doing task actions collaboratively
- Organized HRI 2023 workshop on Robots for Learning: A look from stakeholders’ perspective
- Organized HRI 2023 Student Design Competition
- Completed my doctorate at EPFL on Introducing Productive Engagement for Social Robots Supporting Learning!