Papers
19
Total Citations
324
H-Index
9
About
Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos is a researcher specializing in human-robot interaction (HRI), social robotics, and conversational agents, with a particular focus on how people perceive and respond to artificial agents in naturalistic settings. His work sits at the intersection of embodied cognition, multimodal communication, and dialogue systems, addressing some of the most pressing challenges in deploying robots and virtual assistants in real-world environments. Among his most significant contributions is his investigation into robot conversational failures — exploring how users behaviorally and emotionally respond when robots break down mid-interaction. His papers on this topic, including a systematic cross-corpus analysis (2021), have collectively garnered over 120 citations, establishing him as a key voice in failure-resilient HRI design. His 2019 work on anthropomorphism in virtual assistants (60 citations) demonstrated how even subtle non-verbal social cues can meaningfully shape user engagement and trust. Kontogiorgos has also advanced understanding of robot identity, collaborative load measurement, and engagement-aware listening systems. His "Robo-Identity" workshop series reflects his broader ambition to formalize how robots develop perceivable personalities and emotional expression through speech. With a growing body of work spanning over 280 cumulative citations, his research offers valuable frameworks for designing socially intelligent, adaptive, and failure-tolerant AI systems.
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- 2Embodiment Effects in Interactions with Failing Robots57 citations · 2020
- 3Behavioural Responses to Robot Conversational Failures38 citations · 2020
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- 7Robo-Identity17 citations · 2021
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- 10Towards Adaptive and Least-Collaborative-Effort Social Robots8 citations · 2020