Wafa Johal

Happy to share that our paper "TED-Culture: Culturally Inclusive Co-Speech Gesture Generation for Embodied Social Agents" is now published in Frontiers Robotics and AI! Congrats to my amazing co-author and former MSc student, Yixin Shen! 🎉🤖💃 frontiersin.org/journals/robot…

Excited for #HRI2025? A peek at the full paper review process: 📝 400 submissions (+13.6% from 2024!) 🔍 1200+ reviews, most papers got 3+ ✍️ 317 rebuttals submitted 💬 211 papers (52.8%) discussed in PC meeting ✅ 100 papers accepted (25%) More info: humanrobotinteraction.org/2025/full-pape…

🚨Some reminders of upcoming deadlines! 🚨 🔴Student Design Challenge due Dec 2nd 🔴Late-Breaking Reports due Dec 6th 🔴Demos and Videos due Dec 9th (If you want to borrow a Pepper Robot for your demo, see an earlier tweet!) For more info, visit: humanrobotinteraction.org/2025/

Can we go beyond conveying facial expressions when interacting with social robots? 🤖🤷‍♀️ Today I presented my work on using a robot‘s face as a novel interface for InfoVis at Cremorne Tech Week 2024 with @wafajohal and Audrey Balaska. 💡📑➡️ More here: lnkd.in/eVa8wvtd

Ear ear! 👂 #Stelarc is about to start his keynote ⁦@ubicomp⁩

Wrapped up an inspiring Day 1 at ⁦@ubicomp⁩! It was fantastic to welcome so many passionate researchers to the HCI labs at ⁦@cis_unimelb this evening⁩, discussing & showcasing our work and sparking meaningful discussions.

Celebrating #HRI2025 and #CHI2025 submissions with a frozen yogurt at Yo-CHI

🚨 Deadline Extension for alt.HRI Submissions We have extended the submission deadline for alt.HRI to October 18, 2024 (23:59 AoE). 📅 Key Dates: Extended Deadline: Oct 18 Acceptance Notification: Nov 19 Find more info here: humanrobotinteraction.org/2025/alt-hri/

Submissions are in, and now it’s time to review! @HRI_Conference folks, there's still time to sign up and contribute as a reviewer for #HRI2025. Help shape the future of our field by providing constructive feedback via PCS: new.precisionconference.com/review_volunte…

As a reminder, abstracts for full papers are due Sept. 24th! If you intend to submit a full paper by the Oct. 1st deadline, you MUST submit an abstract. No new submissions will be accepted after September 24. new.precisionconference.com/submissions/hr…

Sushis 🍣 to celebrate #CHI2025 submissions @cis_unimelb

🛬 We're thrilled to announce that our partner @acm_sigai will be supporting students to attend the conference this year through a special grant we've secured for #HRI25 Melbourne! More details coming soon on our website.

🚨🗣️Apply to the Student Design Challenge! 🤖 More info here: humanrobotinteraction.org/2025/student-d…

First time travelling with my Australian passport. Excited to discover Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾

🚨Reminder 🚨 Abstracts for full papers due next month Sept 24 Full paper submission due Oct 1 Also accepting submissions for Short Contributions, alt.HRI, Late Breaking Reports, Workshops, Demos & Videos, Robot Competition and Student Design Competition humanrobotinteraction.org/2025/

🤖🌏 Join us at #HRI2025 in Melbourne, Mar 3-6! 🐨🦘 Explore "Robots for a Sustainable World." 🚨Full paper abstracts due Sep 24.🚨Full papers due Oct 1. More info on deadlines & other submissions 👉 humanrobotinteraction.org/2025/submissio…

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our official LinkedIn page dedicated to fostering connections and collaboration within the HRI community! 🤖📷Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, enthusiast, this page is for you! linkedin.com/company/human-…

Ever wish you could just fling your #job packet at a #compsci school without having to wait for a position to open in your area? Now you can, at @cis_unimelb. Come join us—-now or whenever you’re ready! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/916689/…

🚨 We're hiring! Join our Human-Computer Interaction team. We have openings for two Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions. For more details or to apply, click the link : jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/916459/… #AcademicJobs #HCI #hiring #CHI2024