Hifza Javed
George Washington University, Qatar University, Honda (Japan)
Papers
18
Total Citations
224
H-Index
9
About
Hifza Javed is a leading researcher in socially assistive robotics, with a specific focus on developing technological interventions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Her work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, affective computing, and personalized healthcare, aiming to address core challenges in sensory processing, emotion regulation, and social engagement. Javed’s major contributions include designing a robotic framework that facilitates sensory experiences for children with ASD (41 citations) and creating a personalized computational modeling approach to automatically measure social engagement (28 citations). She has pioneered the use of empathetic robotic agents to regulate emotions and improve engagement (25 citations), and explored robot-assisted socio-emotional intervention frameworks that integrate wearable sensors to mitigate meltdowns (19 citations). Her innovative work extends to developing a multi-role dancing robot for in-home autism care (15 citations) and using child-robot interaction data for behavior-based risk detection of ASD (12 citations). Notably, her 2015 study on the link between children with autism and the cartoon character Thomas the Tank Engine offers unique insights into designing social storytelling agents. With over 200 total citations across her ten most-cited papers, Javed’s research is shaping the future of personalized, robot-assisted therapy for neurodiverse children.
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