Dr Chaona Chen

School of Computer Science

Lecturer in Robotics

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Chaona Chen
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Dr Chaona Chen
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
91Ö±²¥
S1 4DP
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Dr. Chaona Chen is currently a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Robotics at the School of Computer Science, University of 91Ö±²¥. Before joining the University of 91Ö±²¥, she worked as a Research Fellow in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, where she was awarded the prestigious (2021-2024). She also held a postdoctoral position on a European Research Council-funded project (, 2017-2021). She obtained her Ph.D. and B.Sc. degrees from University of Glasgow, UK and Wuhan University, China, respectively.

Research interests

Her research focuses on understanding human social communication and applying this knowledge to the development of human-centred artificial intelligence and social robots. Specifically, Dr. Chen's interests include:

  • Computational Modelling of Social Signals: Investigating how humans communicate with one another by mathematically modelling social signals, such as facial expressions, gaze, and body movements.
  • Impact of Social and Cultural Conventions: Exploring how social and cultural conventions, as well as individual characteristics, influence the adaptation of human communicative behaviours, including cultural adaptation and social learning.
  • Development of Human-Centred AI and Social Robots: Creating human-centred artificial intelligence and social robots to support the learning and training of social communication skills, particularly in contexts related to social anxiety and mental health.
Publications

Journal articles

  • Chen C, Messinger DS, Chen C, Yan H, Duan Y, Ince RAA, Garrod OGB, Schyns PG & Jack RE (2024) . Current Biology, 34(1), 213-223.e5. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Snoek L, Jack RE, Schyns PG, Garrod OGB, Mittenbühler M, Chen C, Oosterwijk S & Scholte HS (2023) . Science Advances, 9(6). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu M, Duan Y, Ince RAA, Chen C, Garrod OGB, Schyns PG & Jack RE (2022) . Current Biology, 32(1), 200-209.e6. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Crivelli C, Garrod OGB, Schyns PG, Fernández-Dols J-M & Jack RE (2018) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(43). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C & Jack RE (2017) . Current Opinion in Psychology, 17, 61-66. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Delis I, Chen C, Jack RE, Garrod OGB, Panzeri S & Schyns PG (2016) . Journal of Vision, 16(8), 14-14. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Garrod O, Schyns P & Jack R (2015) . Journal of Vision, 15(12), 928-928. RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Shangguan Z, Ding M, Yu C, Chen C & Tapus A (2023) . 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Vol. 29 (pp 2591-2597), 28 August 2023 - 31 August 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Garrod OGB, Schyns PG & Jack RE (2023) . 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), Vol. 3 (pp 1-4), 5 January 2023 - 8 January 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Garrod OGB, Schyns PG & Jack RE (2020) . Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (pp 1-3) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Garrod OGB, Ince RAA, Foster ME, Schyns PG & Jack RE (2020) . Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, Vol. 62 (pp 1-3) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu M, Duan Y, Ince RAA, Chen C, Garrod OGB, Schyns PG & Jack RE (2020) . Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (pp 1-3) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Hensel LB, Duan Y, Ince RAA, Garrod OGB, Beskow J, Jack RE & Schyns PG (2019) . 2019 14th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG 2019), 14 May 2019 - 18 May 2019. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Garrod OGB, Zhan J, Beskow J, Schyns PG & Jack RE (2018) . 2018 13th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG 2018), Vol. 109 (pp 448-452), 15 May 2018 - 19 May 2018. RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Yan Y, Zhan J, Garrod OG, Chen C, Ince RAA, Jack RE & Schyns PG (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen C, Messinger D, Chen C, Yan H, Duan Y, Ince R, Garrod O, Schyns P & Jack R (2023) , Research Square Platform LLC. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

 Complex Systems Modelling

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