Dr. Justin W. Hart, Ph.D.
Professor at UT Austin specializing in artificial intelligence and human-robot interaction
Research Expertise
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Publications
The Benefits of Interactions with Physically Present Robots over Video-Displayed Agents
International Journal of Social Robotics / Oct 16, 2010
Bainbridge, W. A., Hart, J. W., Kim, E. S., & Scassellati, B. (2010). The Benefits of Interactions with Physically Present Robots over Video-Displayed Agents. International Journal of Social Robotics, 3(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-010-0082-7
The effect of presence on human-robot interaction
RO-MAN 2008 - The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication / Aug 01, 2008
Bainbridge, W. A., Hart, J., Kim, E. S., & Scassellati, B. (2008). The effect of presence on human-robot interaction. RO-MAN 2008 - The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. https://doi.org/10.1109/roman.2008.4600749
No fair!! An interaction with a cheating robot
2010 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) / Mar 01, 2010
Short, E., Hart, J., Vu, M., & Scassellati, B. (2010). No fair!! An interaction with a cheating robot. 2010 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). https://doi.org/10.1109/hri.2010.5453193
Improving Grounded Natural Language Understanding through Human-Robot Dialog
2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) / May 01, 2019
Thomason, J., Padmakumar, A., Sinapov, J., Walker, N., Jiang, Y., Yedidsion, H., Hart, J., Stone, P., & Mooney, R. J. (2019). Improving Grounded Natural Language Understanding through Human-Robot Dialog. 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2019.8794287
QBF Modeling: Exploiting Player Symmetry for Simplicity and Efficiency
Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Jan 01, 2006
Sabharwal, A., Ansotegui, C., Gomes, C. P., Hart, J. W., & Selman, B. (2006). QBF Modeling: Exploiting Player Symmetry for Simplicity and Efficiency. Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing - SAT 2006, 382–395. https://doi.org/10.1007/11814948_35
Jointly Improving Parsing and Perception for Natural Language Commands through Human-Robot Dialog
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research / Feb 26, 2020
Thomason, J., Padmakumar, A., Sinapov, J., Walker, N., Jiang, Y., Yedidsion, H., Hart, J., Stone, P., & Mooney, R. (2020). Jointly Improving Parsing and Perception for Natural Language Commands through Human-Robot Dialog. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 67, 327–374. https://doi.org/10.1613/jair.1.11485
Socially CompliAnt Navigation Dataset (SCAND): A Large-Scale Dataset of Demonstrations for Social Navigation
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters / Oct 01, 2022
Karnan, H., Nair, A., Xiao, X., Warnell, G., Pirk, S., Toshev, A., Hart, J., Biswas, J., & Stone, P. (2022). Socially CompliAnt Navigation Dataset (SCAND): A Large-Scale Dataset of Demonstrations for Social Navigation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(4), 11807–11814. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2022.3184025
Passive Demonstrations of Light-Based Robot Signals for Improved Human Interpretability
2018 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) / Aug 01, 2018
Fernandez, R., John, N., Kirmani, S., Hart, J., Sinapov, J., & Stone, P. (2018). Passive Demonstrations of Light-Based Robot Signals for Improved Human Interpretability. 2018 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). https://doi.org/10.1109/roman.2018.8525728
Open-World Reasoning for Service Robots
Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling / May 25, 2021
Jiang, Y., Walker, N., Hart, J., & Stone, P. (2021). Open-World Reasoning for Service Robots. Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, 29, 725–733. https://doi.org/10.1609/icaps.v29i1.3541
Mirror Perspective-Taking with a Humanoid Robot
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence / Sep 20, 2021
Hart, J., & Scassellati, B. (2021). Mirror Perspective-Taking with a Humanoid Robot. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 26(1), 1990–1996. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v26i1.8389
Epipolar Geometry for Humanoid Robotic Heads
Cognitive Vision / Jan 01, 2008
Hart, J., Scassellati, B., & Zucker, S. W. (2008). Epipolar Geometry for Humanoid Robotic Heads. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 24–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92781-5_3
Effects related to synchrony and repertoire in perceptions of robot dance
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Human-robot interaction / Mar 06, 2011
Avrunin, E., Hart, J., Douglas, A., & Scassellati, B. (2011). Effects related to synchrony and repertoire in perceptions of robot dance. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/1957656.1957678
PRISM: Pose Registration for Integrated Semantic Mapping
2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) / Oct 01, 2018
Hart, J. W., Shah, R., Kirmani, S., Walker, N., Baldauf, K., John, N., & Stone, P. (2018). PRISM: Pose Registration for Integrated Semantic Mapping. 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2018.8593681
Robotic Self-Modeling
The Computer After Me / Sep 07, 2014
Hart, J. W., & Scassellati, B. (2014). Robotic Self-Modeling. The Computer After Me, 207–218. https://doi.org/10.1142/9781783264186_0014
Watch Where You’re Going! Gaze and Head Orientation as Predictors for Social Robot Navigation
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) / May 30, 2021
Holman, B., Anwar, A., Singh, A., Tec, M., Hart, J., & Stone, P. (2021). Watch Where You’re Going! Gaze and Head Orientation as Predictors for Social Robot Navigation. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icra48506.2021.9561286
Optimal Use of Verbal Instructions for Multi-robot Human Navigation Guidance
Social Robotics / Jan 01, 2019
Yedidsion, H., Deans, J., Sheehan, C., Chillara, M., Hart, J., Stone, P., & Mooney, R. J. (2019). Optimal Use of Verbal Instructions for Multi-robot Human Navigation Guidance. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 133–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_13
A robotic model of the Ecological Self
2011 11th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots / Oct 01, 2011
Hart, J. W., & Scassellati, B. (2011). A robotic model of the Ecological Self. 2011 11th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. https://doi.org/10.1109/humanoids.2011.6100897
Deep R-Learning for Continual Area Sweeping
2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) / Oct 24, 2020
Shah, R., Jiang, Y., Hart, J., & Stone, P. (2020). Deep R-Learning for Continual Area Sweeping. 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://doi.org/10.1109/iros45743.2020.9341626
A Study of Reaching Motions for Collaborative Human-Robot Interaction
Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics / Jan 01, 2020
Sheikholeslami, S., Lee, G., Hart, J. W., Srinivasa, S., & Croft, E. A. (2020). A Study of Reaching Motions for Collaborative Human-Robot Interaction. Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 584–594. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33950-0_50
Robotic Models of Self
Metareasoning / Mar 18, 2011
Hart, J., & Scassellati, B. (2011). Robotic Models of Self. Metareasoning, 283–294. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262014809.003.0018
Exploring Applications for Autonomous Nonverbal Human-Robot Interaction
Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction / Mar 08, 2021
Hart, J. W., DePalma, N., Pryor, M. W., Hayes, B., Kruusamäe, K., Mirsky, R., & Xiao, X. (2021). Exploring Applications for Autonomous Nonverbal Human-Robot Interaction. Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3444882
Longitudinal Social Impacts of HRI over Long-Term Deployments
2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) / Mar 07, 2022
Hart, J., Hauser, E., Baker, S., Biswas, J., Jiao, J., & Sentis, L. (2022). Longitudinal Social Impacts of HRI over Long-Term Deployments. 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). https://doi.org/10.1109/hri53351.2022.9889565
Prediction and Production of Human Reaching Trajectories for Human-Robot Interaction
Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction / Mar 01, 2018
Sheikholeslami, S., Hart, J. W., Chan, W. P., Quintero, C. P., & Croft, E. A. (2018). Prediction and Production of Human Reaching Trajectories for Human-Robot Interaction. Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3176924
Human-Interactive Robot Learning (HIRL)
2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) / Mar 07, 2022
Mirsky, R., Baraka, K., Faulkner, T. K., Hart, J., Yedidsion, H., & Xiao, X. (2022). Human-Interactive Robot Learning (HIRL). 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). https://doi.org/10.1109/hri53351.2022.9889551
Developing Robot Assistants with Communicative Cues for Safe, Fluent HRI
Foundations of Trusted Autonomy / Jan 01, 2018
Hart, J. W., Sheikholeslami, S., Gleeson, B., Croft, E., MacLean, K., Ferrie, F. P., Gosselin, C., & Laurandeau, D. (2018). Developing Robot Assistants with Communicative Cues for Safe, Fluent HRI. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 247–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64816-3_14
Incorporating active vision into the body schema
Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human robot interaction / Mar 09, 2009
Hart, J. W., Avrunin, E. R., Golub, D., Scassellati, B., & Zucker, S. W. (2009). Incorporating active vision into the body schema. Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/1514095.1514193
"What’s That Robot Doing Here?": Perceptions Of Incidental Encounters With Autonomous Quadruped Robots
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems / Jul 11, 2023
Hauser, E., Chan, Y.-C., Chonkar, P., Hemkumar, G., Wang, H., Dua, D., Gupta, S., Enriquez, E. M., Kao, T., Hart, J., Mirsky, R., Biswas, J., Jiao, J., & Stone, P. (2023). “What’s That Robot Doing Here?”: Perceptions Of Incidental Encounters With Autonomous Quadruped Robots. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3599707
Trustworthy Memory Practices for Better Living and Working with Robots
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems / Jul 11, 2023
Baker, S., Hauser, E., & Hart, J. (2023). Trustworthy Memory Practices for Better Living and Working with Robots. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3597516
2nd Workshop on Human-Interactive Robot Learning (HIRL)
Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction / Mar 13, 2023
Mirsky, R., Baraka, K., Kessler Faulkner, T., Hart, J., Xiao, X., Yedidsion, H., Idrees, I., & Gordon, E. K. (2023). 2nd Workshop on Human-Interactive Robot Learning (HIRL). Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3579962
Using Human-Inspired Signals to Disambiguate Navigational Intentions
Social Robotics / Jan 01, 2020
Hart, J., Mirsky, R., Xiao, X., Tejeda, S., Mahajan, B., Goo, J., Baldauf, K., Owen, S., & Stone, P. (2020). Using Human-Inspired Signals to Disambiguate Navigational Intentions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 320–331. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62056-1_27
Education
West Virginia University
BS, Computer Science / May, 2001
Ph.D, Computer Science / December, 2014
Cornell University
M.Eng, Computer Science / January, 2006
Experience
The University of Texas at Austin
Assistant Professor of Practice / September, 2017 — Present
University of British Columbia
Postdoctoral Fellow / December, 2014 — December, 2016
The University of Texas at Austin
Postdoctoral Fellow / December, 2016 — September, 2016
University of British Columbia
Visiting Scholar / September, 2013 — December, 2016
Placeholder position until I defended my doctoral thesis
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