By Professor Mari Velonaki

Conference Papers

Trofimova A; Wiley T; Pagnucco M; Velonaki M, 2019, 'Exploring human machine-mediated interaction for applications in social HRI', in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), AUSTRALIA, UX Machines Pty Ltd, pp. 347 - 351, presented at Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction, AUSTRALIA, UX Machines Pty Ltd, 02 December 2019 - 05 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3369457.3369492

Velonaki M, 2019, 'Revisiting Jean Louis Baudry’s concept of the ideological apparatus: Linking virtual reality to the dream analogy', in 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE, pp. 1675 - 1676, presented at 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), IEEE, 23 March 2019 - 27 March 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797798

Benitez Sandoval E; Brown SA; Velonaki M, 2018, 'How the inclusion of design principles contribute to the development of social robots', in Buchanan G; Stevenson D (ed.), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, ACM, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 535 - 538, presented at OzCHI 2018, Melbourne, Australia, 05 December 2018 - 07 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292239

Sandoval EB; Brown S; Velonaki M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2018, 'How the inclusion of design principles contribute to the development of social robots', in McKay D; Waycott J; Morrison A; Choi JHJ; Lugmayr A; Billinghurst M; Kelly R; Buchanan G; Stevenson D (eds.), ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, pp. 535 - 538, presented at Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, 04 December 2018 - 07 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292239

Tillman DT; Forseck J; Velonaki M, 2017, 'An exploratory case study into curatorial intervention within the context of HCI', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 540 - 555, presented at 6th International Conference, DUXU 2017, Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 09 July 2017 - 14 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58640-3_39

Haring KS; Silvera-Tawil D; Watanabe K; Velonaki M, 2016, 'The influence of robot appearance and interactive ability in HRI: A cross-cultural study', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Kansas City, MO, USA, pp. 392 - 401, presented at International Conference on Social Robotics 2016, Kansas City, MO, USA, 01 November 2016 - 03 November 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_38

Haring KS; Watanabe K; Silvera-Tawil D; Velonaki M, 2016, 'Expectations towards two robots with different interactive abilities', in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 433 - 434, presented at 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 07 March 2016 - 10 March 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2016.7451792

Haring KS; Silvera-Tawil D; Takahashi T; Watanabe K; Velonaki M, 2016, 'How people perceive different robot types: A direct comparison of an android, humanoid, and non-biomimetic robot', in 2016 8th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology, KST 2016, Kantary Hill Hotel Chiangmai, Thailand, pp. 265 - 270, presented at 2016 8th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology (KST), Kantary Hill Hotel Chiangmai, Thailand, 03 February 2016 - 06 February 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/KST.2016.7440504

Silvera-Tawil D; Velonaki M; Rye D, 2015, 'Human-robot interaction with humanoid Diamandini using an open experimentation method', in Proceedings IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 425 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333674

Haring KS; Silvera-Tawil D; Takahashi T; Velonaki M; Watanabe K, 2015, 'Perception of a humanoid robot: A cross-cultural comparison', in Proceedings IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 821 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333613

Dunstan BJ; Silvera-Tawil D; Koh JTKV; Velonaki M, 2015, 'Cultural robotics: Robots as participants and creators of culture', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Kobe, Japan, pp. 3 - 13, presented at 2015 International Workshop in Cultural Robotics, Kobe, Japan, 31 August 2015 - 31 August 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42945-8_1

Tillman DJ; Velonaki M, 2015, 'Curating: a disruptive technique for disruptive technologies', in Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art, Vancouver BC Canada, presented at ISEA 2015: disruption, Vancouver BC Canada, 14 August 2015 - 17 November 2015

Haring KS; Watanabe K; Silvera-Tawil D; Velonaki M; Matsumoto Y, 2015, 'Touching an Android robot: Would you do it and how?', in Proceedings 2015 International Conference on Control Automation and Robotics Iccar 2015, pp. 8 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCAR.2015.7165993

Haring KS; Watanabe K; Silvera-Tawil D; Velonaki M; Takahashi T, 2015, 'Changes in perception of a small humanoid robot', in Icara 2015 Proceedings of the 2015 6th International Conference on Automation Robotics and Applications, pp. 83 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICARA.2015.7081129

Tillman DT; Velonaki M; Gemeinboeck P, 2015, 'Authenticating experience: Curating digital interactive art', in Tei 2015 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, pp. 429 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2677199.2691602

Ball A; Rye D; Silvera-Tawil D; Velonaki M, 2015, 'Group Vs. Individual comfort when a robot approaches', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, pp. 41 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25554-5_5

Ball A; Rye D; Silvera-Tawil D; Velonaki M, 2015, 'Understanding group comfort through directional statistics', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, pp. 51 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25554-5_6

Kerstin Sophie Haring ; Silvera Tawil D; Yoshio Matsumoto ; Mari Velonaki ; Katsumi Watanabe , 2014, 'Perception of an Android Robot in Japan and Australia: A Cross-Cultural Comparison', in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2014, Springer International Publishing, Sydney, Australia, pp. 166 - 175, presented at ICSR, Sydney, Australia, 27 October 2014 - 29 October 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11973-1_17

Adrian Ball ; Silvera Tawil D; David Rye ; Mari Velonaki , 2014, 'Group Comfortability When a Robot Approaches', in Beetz M; Johnston B; Williams M (eds.), Social Robotics, Springer International Publishing, Sydney, Australia, pp. 44 - 53, presented at 6th International Conference, ICSR 2014, Sydney, Australia, 27 October 2014 - 29 November 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11973-1_5

Velonaki M ; Silvera D; Rye, D. , 2013, 'Affective Human-Robot Interactions in Social Spaces: Two Case Studies', in Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications for Emotional Robots, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2013., Tokyo Japan, presented at Workshop on Applications for Emotional Robots, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Tokyo Japan, 03 March 2013 - 06 March 2014, http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/~odamm/papers/final_Silvera-Tawil.pdf

Silvera Tawil D; Velonaki M; Rye D, 2012, 'EIT-based Sensitive Skin and Touch Interpretation for Human-Robot Interaction', in Lobo O; Corke P; Rusu RB (eds.), Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Workshops and Tutorials, Vilamoura, Algarve [Portugal], presented at Workshop on Advances in Tactile Sensing and Touch-Based Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Algarve [Portugal], 07 October 2012 - 12 October 2012, https://www.sites.google.com/site/silveratawil/Publications

Ball A; Rye D; Ramos F; Velonaki M, 2012, 'Unsupervised clustering of people from skeleton data', in Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, New York NY, USA, pp. 225 - 226, presented at 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Hilton Back Bay Boston, MA, USA, 05 March 2012 - 08 March 2012, http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2157767&preflayout=tabs

Ball A; Rye D; Velonaki M; Ramos F, 2012, 'Unsupervised clustering of people from ‘skeleton’ data', in Yanco H; Steinfeld A; Evers V; Chadwicke Jenkins O (eds.), Proceedings of the seventh annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 225 - 226, presented at Seventh ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 05 March 2012 - 08 March 2012

Silvera Tawil D; Rye D; Velonaki M, 2011, 'Touch modality interpretation for an EIT-based sensitive skin', in Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, Shanghai, China, pp. 3770 - 3776, presented at 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, 09 May 2011 - 13 May 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979697

Ball AK; Rye D; Ramos F; Velonaki M, 2011, 'A comparison of unsupervised learning algorithms for gesture clustering', in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, New York, pp. 111 - 112, presented at 6th International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Lausanne, Switzerland, 06 March 2011 - 09 March 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1957656.1957686

Silvera Tawil D; Velonaki ; Rye , 2009, 'Artificial skin for human-robot interaction', presented at Workshop on Tactile Sensing in Humanoids, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 07 December 2009 - 10 December 2009

Silvera Tawil D; Rye D; Velonaki M, 2009, 'Improved EIT drive patterns for a robotics sensitive skin', in Scheding S (ed.), presented at Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, 02 December 2009 - 09 December 2009

Silvera Tawil D; Velonaki ; Rye , 2009, 'Engagement, trust and intimacy: interactions between a human and a robot', presented at Super Human: Revolution of the Species, 25 November 2009 - 26 November 2009

Conference Presentations

Thomas P; Velonaki M, 2018, 'Artificial intelligence and robotics create in the dark', presented at Australian Council of Art and Design Schools, Perth, 27 September 2018 - 28 September 2018, https://acuads.com.au/conference/2018-conference/

Theses / Dissertations

Robinson F, 2023, Designing Sound for Social Robots: Advancing Professional Practice through Design Principles

Brazauskayte Y, 2022, Mediated rhythms of bodies in coordination: design of communication technology for connectedness

Dunstan B, 2020, The Plastic Dynamism of the Human Aesthetic: Employing Futurist Methodologies in the Cross-Disciplinary Design of Social Robot Morphologies, UNSW, https://primoa.library.unsw.edu.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_cdi_nla_trove_237584542&context=PC&vid=UNSWS&lang=en_US&search_scope=SearchFirst&adaptor=primo_central_multiple_fe&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,The%20Plastic%20Dynamism%20of%20the%20Human%20Aesthetic:%20Employing%20Futurist%20Methodologies%20in%20the%20Cross-Disciplinary%20Design%20of%20Social%20Robot%20Morphologies&offset=0

Tillman D, 2018, New Media Curation: a novel methodology with preliminary criteria for exhibiting new media and interactive art, UNSW Art & Design

Silvera Tawil D, 2007, Fish-Bird Circle B–Movement D

Velonaki M, 2003, Experimental interfaces : physical placement and participation of the spectator in interactive installation environments, UNSW College of Fine Arts, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/14534

Visual Arts

Velonaki M, 1999, Exhibited: National digital art awards at , publication category: Visual Arts

Creative Works (non-textual)

Velonaki M; Gerakinis M; Damiano L, 2025, ScentDia - A Scent for a Robot, ScentDia - A Scent for a Robot, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan, Italy, 21 February 2025 - 07 March 2025, medium: Autonomous humanoid robot incorporating distributed sound and scent, at: https://www.museoscienza.org/en/offer/scentdia

Velonaki M; Rye D, 2024, Current State of Affairs, FEM-Me: Feminine Mechanics and Other Kinetic Systems, Bankstown Arts Centre, 21 September 2024 - 09 November 2024, medium: Mirror, water and electricity, at: https://www.bankstownartscentre.com.au/fem-me-feminine-mechanics-and-other-kinetic-systems

Velonaki M; Rye D; Robinson F, 2024, Diamandini revisited 2024: In Conversation..., Diamandini Revisited 2024: In Conversation..., National Communication Museum, Hawthorn, Melbourne, 20 September 2024 - 20 November 2024, medium: Robotic installation

Moline K, 2024, The Invisible Threshold: silk robot, National Facility for Human Robot Interaction, Site specific installation at the National Facility for Human Robot Interaction (NFHRI), National Facility for Human Robot Interaction (NFHRI), 31 May 2024 - 31 December 2025, at: https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/csrh/our-projects/reimagining-menopause

Velonaki M, 2018, When will I see you again?, Post Life, Beijing Media Arts Biennale, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, 04 September 2018 - 25 September 2018, medium: Mixed media: bed, bedding, coffee table, dinner tray, iPads, digital photos, magazines, cups and dishes, custom software, electronics. Featuring an interactive device, created for people suffering from Dementia, that reminds the user of when their loved one will return., at: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/f7rHHk4K2Zca_qLyoXQU_g

Velonaki M, 2018, Fish-Bird, ...And the Things We Do, PROTOTIPOAK 2018, Azkuna Zentroa Building, Bilbao, Spain, 31 May 2018 - 16 September 2018, medium: Mixed Media: robotic wheelchairs, code, paper, ink, digital vocabulary, sensor technology, at: https://www.azkunazentroa.eus/az/ingl/activities/fishbird-1/al_evento_fa

Davies AP; Velonaki M; Rye D, 2017, Catch The Tiger, Catch the Tiger, The National Facility for Human-Robot Interaction Research, UNSW, Paddington Campus, 20 September 2017 - 11 October 2017, at: https://www.thebiganxiety.org/events/catch-the-tiger/

Velonaki M; Rye D; Scheding S; Williams S, 2016, Fish-Bird: Circle B - Movement C, The Imitation Game, Manchester Art Gallery, - , medium: interactive installation with two robots and multi-sensor perception system, robotic systems design, software system architecture, tracking system

Velonaki M; Pagnucco M; Raguse B; Ladouceur F, 2015, Blue Iris, CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade, Queen Victoria Gallery and Museum, Launceston, Australia, 06 June 2015 - 16 August 2015, medium: Interactive installation incorporating prototypes of responsive wallpaper using nano-particles, in collaboration with M. Pagnucco: scripting language development, B. Raguse: nano-particle application development & F. Ladouceur: new materials development, at: https://cusp-design.com/venue/queen-victoria-museum-and-art-gallery/

Velonaki M; Pagnucco M; Raguse B; Ladouceur F, 2015, Blue Iris, CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade, Mornington Penninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Australia, 27 February 2015 - 26 April 2015, medium: Interactive installation incorporating prototypes of responsive wallpaper using nano-particles, in collaboration with M. Pagnucco: scripting language development, B. Raguse: nano-particle application development & F. Ladouceur: new materials development, at: https://cusp-design.com/venue/mornington-peninsula-regional-gallery-2/

Velonaki M; Pagnucco M; Raguse B; Ladouceur F, 2014, Blue Iris, CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 01 November 2014 - 14 February 2015, medium: Interactive installation incorporating prototypes of responsive wallpaper using nano-particles, in collaboration with M. Pagnucco: scripting language development, B. Raguse: nano-particle application development & F. Ladouceur: new materials development, at: https://cusp-design.com/venue/state-library-of-queensland/

Velonaki M; Pagnucco M; Raguse B; Ladouceur F, 2014, Blue Iris, CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, 12 September 2014 - 12 October 2014, medium: Interactive installation incorporating prototypes of responsive wallpaper using nano-particles, in collaboration with M. Pagnucco: scripting language development, B. Raguse: nano-particle application development & F. Ladouceur: new materials development, at: https://cusp-design.com/venue/the-glasshouse/

Velonaki M; Pagnucco M; Raguse B; Ladouceur F, 2014, Blue Iris, CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade, Western Plains Cultural Centre, 10 May 2014 - 03 August 2014, medium: Interactive installation incorporating prototypes of responsive wallpaper using nano-particles, in collaboration with M. Pagnucco: scripting language development, B. Raguse: nano-particle application development & F. Ladouceur: new materials development, at: https://cusp-design.com/designers/

Velonaki M; Pagnucco M; Raguse B; Ladouceur F, 2014, Blue Iris, CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia, 09 February 2014 - 26 April 2014, medium: Interactive installation incorporating prototypes of responsive wallpaper using nano-particles, in collaboration with M. Pagnucco: scripting language development, B. Raguse: nano-particle application development & F. Ladouceur: new materials development, at: https://cusp-design.com/venue/jamfactory/

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