publications

publications by categories in reversed chronological order. if you cannot find the full text online, please email me and I will be happy to provide you with a copy.

2025

  1. engagement_detection.svg
    Deep Learning Approaches for User Engagement Detection in Human-Robot Interaction: A Scoping Review
    Bahram Salamat Ravandi, Imran Khan, Pierre Gander, and Robert Lowe
    International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2025
    DOI
  2. social_allostasis_essay.svg
    [Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
    Imran Khan
    2025
  3. companion_robot.svg
    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, and 1 more author
    Advanced Robotics, 2025
    DOI

2024

  1. active_inference.svg
    Surprise! Using Physiological Stress for Allostatic Regulation Under the Active Inference Framework
    Imran Khan, and Robert Lowe
    2024
    Preprint. Published as conference paper at ACII 2024. Nominated for Best Paper Award
  2. mutual_learning.svg
    Human-Robot Mutual Learning through Affective-Linguistic Interaction and Differential Outcomes Training
    Emilia Heikkinen, Elsa Silvennoinen, Imran Khan, Zakaria Lemhaouri, Laura Cohen, Lola Cañamero, and 1 more author
    2024
    Preprint. Published as conference paper at ACIIW 2024
  3. cognitive_training.svg
    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, and 1 more author
    Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024
    DOI
  4. active_inference.svg
    Surprise! Using Physiological Stress for Allostatic Regulation Under the Active Inference Framework
    Imran Khan, and Robert Lowe
    In 2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), 2024
    Best Paper Nominee DOI
  5. mutual_learning.svg
    Human-Robot Mutual Learning Through Affective-Linguistic Interaction and Differential Outcomes Training
    Emilia Heikkinen, Elsa Silvennoinen, Imran Khan, Zakaria Lemhaouri, Laura Cohen, Lola Cañamero, and 1 more author
    In 2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW), 2024
    DOI
  6. social_bonding_hri.svg
    Operationalising Social Bonding in Human-Robot Dyads Through Physiological and Biobehavioural Proxies of Oxytocin
    Imran Khan
    In 2024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), 2024
    DOI

2023

  1. social_bonding_hri.svg
    Operationalising Social Bonding in Human-Robot Dyads Through Physiological and Biobehavioural Proxies of Oxytocin
    Imran Khan
    2023
    Preprint. Published as conference paper at ACII 2024
  2. cognitive_training.svg
    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, and 1 more author
    International Journal of Social Robotics, 2023
    DOI

2022

  1. social_buffering.svg
    The Long-Term Efficacy of “Social Buffering” in Artificial Social Agents: Contextual Affective Perception Matters
    Imran Khan, and Lola Cañamero
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
    DOI
  2. rewilding.svg
    A Participatory Complex Systems Modelling Approach Towards Rewilding in the UK
    Imran Khan, and Christopher Sandom
    In ALIFE 2022: The 2022 Conference on Artificial Life, 2022
    DOI

2021

  1. social_buffering.svg
    Adaptation-by-proxy: Contagion effect of social buffering in an artificial society
    Imran Khan, and Lola Cañamero
    In ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life, 2021
    DOI
  2. social_buffering.svg
    Modeling Affect-Based Relationships and Social Allostasis as Mechanisms for Adaptation in Social Groups
    Imran Khan
    University of Hertfordshire, 2021

2020

  1. social_buffering.svg
    Modelling the Social Buffering Hypothesis in an Artificial Life Environment
    Imran Khan, Matthew Lewis, and Lola Cañamero
    In ALIFE 2020: The 2020 Conference on Artificial Life, 2020
    DOI

2019

  1. social_buffering.svg
    The Effects of Affective Social Bonds on the Interactions and Survival of Simulated Agents
    Imran Khan, Matthew Lewis, and Lola Cañamero
    In 2019 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW), 2019
    DOI

2018

  1. adaptation_social.svg
    Adaptation and the social salience hypothesis of oxytocin: Early experiments in a simulated agent environment
    Imran Khan, Matthew Lewis, and Lola Cañamero
    In Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Social Interactions in Complex Intelligent Systems (SICIS), Liverpool, UK, 2018
  2. adaptation_social.svg
    Modelling adaptation through social allostasis: Modulating the effects of social touch with oxytocin in embodied agents
    Imran Khan, and Lola Cañamero
    Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2018
    DOI

2012

  1. face_recognition.svg
    Analysis of the Performance of Eigenfaces Technique in Recognizing Non-Caucasian Faces
    Imran Khan, and Sud Sudirman
    International Journal of Computer Vision and Image Processing (IJCVIP), 2012