Jessy Ceha

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Jessy Ceha is a leading researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction and educational technology, whose work explores how social robots can enhance human learning and curiosity. Her primary research areas include curiosity-driven learning, social robotics, and teachable agent systems. Ceha’s major contribution lies in demonstrating how robots can be designed to express curiosity—the intrinsic desire for new information—and how this expression influences human perception and behavior. Her most-cited paper, “Expression of Curiosity in Social Robots” (2019, 50 citations), investigates how a social peer robot’s verbal curiosity cues are perceived, laying groundwork for more engaging educational technologies. She further advanced the field with the “Curiosity Notebook” (2020, 24 citations), a platform where learners teach conversational agents, enabling systematic study of the learning-by-teaching process. Ceha’s work has been recognized internationally, with her 2019 paper on curiosity expression and behavioral effects presented at a global conference. Her research has significant implications for designing adaptive, curiosity-driven educational tools, making her a notable figure in the growing field of socially assistive robotics.