Publications

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

What Are We Measuring? Bonding, Trust, and the Evaluation of Human-Robot Relationships
Imran Khan
Preprint (2026)
Deep Learning Approaches for User Engagement Detection in Human-Robot Interaction: A Scoping Review
Bahram Salamat Ravandi , Imran Khan , Pierre Gander , Robert Lowe
International Journal of Human--Computer Interaction (2025)
[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
Imran Khan
Preprint (2025)
[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
Imran Khan
ALIFE 2025: Ciphers of Life: Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2025 (2025)
Exploring task and social engagement in companion social robots: a comparative analysis of feedback types
Bahram Salamat Ravandi , Imran Khan , Alva Markelius , Martin Bergström , Pierre Gander , Engin Erzin , Robert Lowe
Advanced Robotics (2025)
Differential outcomes training of visuospatial memory: a gamified approach using a socially assistive robot
Alva Markelius , Sofia Sjöberg , Martin Bergström , Bahram Salamat Ravandi , Ana B Vivas , Imran Khan , Robert Lowe
International Journal of Social Robotics (2024)
Surprise! Using Physiological Stress for Allostatic Regulation Under the Active Inference Framework
Imran Khan , Robert Lowe
Preprint (2024)
Human-Robot Mutual Learning through Affective-Linguistic Interaction and Differential Outcomes Training
Emilia Heikkinen , Elsa Silvennoinen , Imran Khan , Zakaria Lemhaouri , Laura Cohen , Lola Cañamero , Robert Lowe
Preprint (2024)
DigiDOP: A Framework for Applying Digital Technology to the Differential Outcomes Procedure (DOP) for Cognitive Interventions in Persons with Neurocognitive Disorders
Ana B Vivas , Angeles F Estévez , Imran Khan , María D Roldán-Tapia , Alva Markelius , Sebastian Nielsen , Robert Lowe
Neuroscience \& Biobehavioral Reviews (2024)
Surprise! Using Physiological Stress for Allostatic Regulation Under the Active Inference Framework
Imran Khan , Robert Lowe
2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) (2024)
Human-Robot Mutual Learning Through Affective-Linguistic Interaction and Differential Outcomes Training
Emilia Heikkinen , Elsa Silvennoinen , Imran Khan , Zakaria Lemhaouri , Laura Cohen , Lola Cañamero , Robert Lowe
2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW) (2024)
Operationalising Social Bonding in Human-Robot Dyads Through Physiological and Biobehavioural Proxies of Oxytocin
Imran Khan
2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) (2024)
Operationalising Social Bonding in Human-Robot Dyads Through Physiological and Biobehavioural Proxies of Oxytocin
Imran Khan
Preprint (2023)
The Long-Term Efficacy of “Social Buffering” in Artificial Social Agents: Contextual Affective Perception Matters
Imran Khan , Lola Cañamero
Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2022)
A Participatory Complex Systems Modelling Approach Towards Rewilding in the UK
Imran Khan , Christopher Sandom
ALIFE 2022: The 2022 Conference on Artificial Life (2022)
Adaptation-by-proxy: Contagion effect of social buffering in an artificial society
Imran Khan , Lola Cañamero
ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life (2021)
Modeling Affect-Based Relationships and Social Allostasis as Mechanisms for Adaptation in Social Groups
Imran Khan
University of Hertfordshire (2021)
Modelling the Social Buffering Hypothesis in an Artificial Life Environment
Imran Khan , Matthew Lewis , Lola Cañamero
ALIFE 2020: The 2020 Conference on Artificial Life (2020)
The Effects of Affective Social Bonds on the Interactions and Survival of Simulated Agents
Imran Khan , Matthew Lewis , Lola Cañamero
2019 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW) (2019)
Adaptation and the social salience hypothesis of oxytocin: Early experiments in a simulated agent environment
Imran Khan , Matthew Lewis , Lola Cañamero
Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Social Interactions in Complex Intelligent Systems (SICIS), Liverpool, UK (2018)
Modelling adaptation through social allostasis: Modulating the effects of social touch with oxytocin in embodied agents
Imran Khan , Lola Cañamero
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (2018)
Analysis of the Performance of Eigenfaces Technique in Recognizing Non-Caucasian Faces
Imran Khan , Sud Sudirman
International Journal of Computer Vision and Image Processing (IJCVIP) (2012)