Samira Rasouli
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About
Samira Rasouli is a researcher whose work sits at the compelling intersection of human-computer interaction, social robotics, and mental health technology. Her research primarily focuses on leveraging social robots and intelligent agents to address anxiety disorders — particularly social anxiety and public speaking anxiety — among vulnerable populations including university students, children, and adolescents. Rasouli's most influential contribution, "Potential Applications of Social Robots in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety" (2022), has garnered 133 citations, establishing her as a leading voice in robot-assisted mental health intervention. This foundational work, alongside her proposed framework for treating social anxiety in children and adolescents with social robots (16 citations), has helped shape an emerging field that addresses critical gaps in mental health service accessibility. Beyond theoretical frameworks, Rasouli employs rigorous co-design methodologies and user-centered evaluation, as demonstrated through her multi-phase development of a robotic public speaking coach — work that spans perception studies, co-design workshops, and empirical evaluation. Her systematic review of social robots in health and wellbeing (17 citations) further showcases her commitment to synthesizing evidence across domains. With additional forays into swarm robotics, Rasouli demonstrates a breadth that enriches her applied work in assistive technology and human-robot interaction.
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- 9Evaluating people's perceptions of an agent as a public speaking coach3 citations · 2024
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