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Conference Papers
2023, 'Spatially Distributed Robot Sound: A Case Study', in Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 2707 - 2717, presented at Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596095
,2021, 'Sound in human-robot interaction', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 706 - 708, presented at Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ELECTR NETWORK, 08 August 2021 - 11 August 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3444871
,2021, 'Smooth operator: Tuning robot perception through artificial movement sound', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 53 - 62, presented at Proceedings of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3434073.3444658
,2020, 'Implicit communication through distributed sound design: Exploring a new modality in human-robot interaction', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ENGLAND, Cambridge, pp. 597 - 599, presented at Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ENGLAND, Cambridge, 23 March 2020 - 26 March 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3377431
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
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