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
Sheffield
S1 4DP
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Dr. Chaona Chen is currently a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Robotics at the School of Computer Science, ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Sheffield. Before joining the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Sheffield, she worked as a Research Fellow in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý 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 ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Glasgow, UK and Wuhan ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý, 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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