Publications

2023-Present

1. J. Huang, I. Sheidlower, R. M. Aronson, E. S. Short. "On the Effect of Robot Errors on Human Teaching Dynamics". International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI), Swansea, UK, November 2024. [PDF]
2. J. Staley, S. Goel, Y. Shukla, E. Short. "Agent-Centric Human Demonstrations Train World Models". Reinforcement Learning Conference (RLC), Amherst, August 2024. [PDF]
3. H. Owens, R. M. Aronson, E. Short. "The Limits of Robot Moderators: Evidence Against Robot Personalization and Participation Equalization in a Building Task". IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Pasadena, August 2024. [PDF]
4. H. Yu, Q. Fang, S. Fang, R. M. Aronson, E. Short. "How Much Progress Did I Make? An Unexplored Human Feedback Signal for Teaching Robots". IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Pasadena, August 2024. [PDF]
5. I. Sheidlower, E. Bethel, D. Lilly, R. M. Aronson, E. Short. "Imagining In-distribution States: How Predictable Robot Behavior Can Enable User Control Over Learned Policies". IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Pasadena, August 2024. [PDF]
6. R. M. Aronson, E. Short. "Intentional User Adaptation to Shared Control Assistance". ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Boulder, March 2024. [PDF]
7. J. Huang, R. M. Aronson, E. Short. "Modeling Variation in Human Feedback with User Inputs: An Exploratory Methodology". ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Boulder, March 2024. [PDF]
8. I. Sheidlower, M. Murdock, E. Bethel, R. M. Aronson, E. Short. "Online Behavior Modification for Expressive User Control of RL-Trained Robots". ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Boulder, March 2024. [PDF]
9. K. H. Allen, A. K. Balaska, R. M. Aronson, C. Rogers, E. Short. "Barriers and Benefits: The Path to Accessible Makerspaces". International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), New York, October 2023. [PDF]
10. H. Yu, R. M. Aronson, K. H. Allen, E. Short. "From "Thumbs Up" to "10 out of 10": Reconsidering Scalar Feedback in Interactive Reinforcement Learning". International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, October 2023. [PDF]

2021-2022

1. I. Sheidlower, A. Moore, E. Short. "Keeping Humans in the Loop: Teaching via Feedback in Continuous Action Space Environments". International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto, October 2022. [PDF]
2. MMA de Graaf, G. Perugia, E. Fosch-Villaronga, A. Lim, F. Broz, E.S. Short. "Inclusive hri: Equity and diversity in design, application, methods, and community". ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Online, March 2022.
3. S.Y. Lo, E. Short, A. Thomaz. "Robust Planning with Emergent Human-Like Behavior for Agents Traveling in Groups". International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Online, July 2021.

2020

1. M. L. Chang, T. K. Faulkner, T. B. Wei, E. S. Short, G. Anandaraman, A. L. Thomaz. "TASC: Teammate Algorithm for Shared Cooperation". IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Online, October 2020.
2. A. D. Allevato, E. S. Short, M. Pryor, A. L. Thomaz. "Iterative residual tuning for system identification and sim-to-real robot learning". Autonomous Robots, Volumn 44, Issue 7, Pages 1167-1182, September 2020.
3. M. L. Chang, Z. Pope, E. S. Short, A. L. Thomaz. "Defining Fairness in Human-Robot Teams". IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Online, 2020.
4. T. Kessler Faulkner, E. Short, A. Thomaz. "Interactive Reinforcement Learning with Inaccurate Feedback". International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Online, May 2020.
5. S.Y. Lo, E. Short, A. Thomaz. "Planning with Partner Uncertainty Modeling for Efficient Information Revealing in Teamwork". ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Online, March 2020.
6. A. Allevato, E. Short, M. Pryor, A. Thomaz. "Learning Labeled Robot Affordance Models by using Simulations and Crowdsourcing". Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), Online, July 2020.

2019

1. C. Bethel, M. Bruijnes, M. Jung, C. Mavrogiannis,S. Parsons, C. Pelachaud, R. Prada,L. Riek, S. Strohkorb Sebo, J. Shah, E. Short, M. Vazquez. "Working Group on Social Cognition for Robots and Virtual Agents". Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 9, Issue 10, Seminar on Social Agents for Teamwork and Group Interactions, October 2019.
2. A. Allevato, E. Short, M. Pryor, and A. L. Thomaz. “TuneNet: One-Shot Residual Tuning for System Identification and Sim-to-Real Robot Task Transfer”. Conference on Robot Learning (CORL), Osaka, Japan, 2019.
3. A. Saran, E. Short, A. L. Thomaz, and S. Niekum. “Understanding Teacher Gaze Patterns for Robot Learning”. Conference on Robot Learning (CORL) , Osaka, Japan, 2019.
4. T. Fitzgerald, E. Short, A. Goel, and A. L. Thomaz. “Human-guided Trajectory Adaptation for Tool Transfer”. International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) , Montreal, Canada, 2019.
5. T. Kessler Faulkner, R. A. Gutierrez, E. Short, G. Hoffman, and A. L. Thomaz. “Active Attention-Modified Policy Shaping”. International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) , Mon- treal, Canada, 2019.
6. E. Short, A. Allevato, and A. L. Thomaz. “SAIL: Simulation-Informed Active In-the-Wild Learning”. ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) , Daegu, South Korea, 2019.

2018

1. T. Kessler Faulkner, E. Short, and A. L. Thomaz. “Policy Shaping with Supervisory Attention Driven Exploration”. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , Madrid, Spain, 2018.
2. A. Saran, S. Majumdar, E. Short, A. L. Thomaz, and S. Niekum. “Human Gaze Following for Human-Robot Interaction”. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , Madrid, Spain, 2018.
3. M. L. Chang, R. A. Gutierrez, P. Khante, E. Short, and A. L. Thomaz. “Effects of Integrated Intent Recognition and Communication on Human-Robot Collaboration”. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , Madrid, Spain, 2018.
4. E. Short, M. L. Chang, and A. L. Thomaz. “Detecting Contingency for HRI in Open-World Environments”. ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) , Chicago, USA, 2018.

2017 and earlier

1. E. Short, E. C. Deng, D. Feil-Seifer and M. J. Matarić. “Understanding Agency in Interactions Between Children With Autism and Socially Assistive Robots”. Journal of Human-Robot Interaction (JHRI), vol. 6, no. 3, p. 21, 2017.
2. E. Short and M. J. Matarić. “Robot Moderation of a Collaborative Game: Towards Socially Assistive Robotics in Group Interactions”. IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) , Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.
3. E. Short, K. Swift-Spong, S. Hyunju, K. M. Wisniewski, Z. Deanah Kim, W. Shinyi, E. Zelinski, and M. J. Matarić. “Understanding Social Interactions with Socially Assistive Robotics in Intergenerational Family Groups”. IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) , Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.
4. K. Swift-Spong, E. Short, E. Wade, and M. J. Matarić. “Effects of Comparative Feedback from a Socially Assistive Robot on Self-Efficacy in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation”. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics , Singapore, 2015.
5. E. Short, K. Swift-Spong, J. Greczek, A. Ramachandran, A. Litoiu, E. C. Grigore, D. Feil-Seifer, S. Shuster, J. J. Lee, S. Huang, S. Levonisova, S. Litz, J. Li, G. Ragusa, D. Spruijt-Metz, M. J. Matarić, and B. Scassellati. “How to Train Your DragonBot: Socially Assistive Robots for Teaching Children about Nutrition through Play”. IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) , Edinburgh, Scotland, 2014.
6. E. Short, J. Hart, M. Vu, and B. Scassellati. “No fair!! An Interaction with a Cheating Robot”. ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) , Osaka, Japan, 2010.
7. J. Kast, J. Neuhaus, F. Nickel, H. Kenngott, M. Engel, E. Short, M. Reiter, H.-P. Meinzer, and L. Maier-Hein. “Der Telemanipulator daVinci als mechanisches Trackingsystem: Bestimmung von Präzision und Genauigkeit”. Bild. für die Medizin: Algorithmen-Systeme-Anwendungen , Heidelberg, Germany, 2009.

2021-2022

1. R. M. Aronson, E. S. Short. "Control-Theoretic Analysis of Shared Control Systems". RO-MAN Workshop on Variable Autonomy for Human-Robot Teaming, Pasadena, 2024. [PDF]
2. I. Sheidlower, R. M. Aronson, E.S. Short. "Towards Interpretable Foundation Models of Robot Behavior: A Task Specific Policy Generation Approach". RLC Workshop on Training Agents with Foundation Models, Amherst, 2024. [PDF]
3. I. Sheidlower, R. M. Aronson, E.S. Short. "Modifying RL Policies with Imagined Actions: How Predictable Policies can Enable Users to Perform Novel Tasks". AAAI Fall Symposium 2023, AI-HRI, Arlington, 2023.
4. I. Sheidlower, E. S. Short, A, Moore. "Environment Guided Interactive Reinforcement Learning: Learning from Binary Feedback in High-Dimensional Robot Task Environments". International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Online, May 2022.
5. H. Yu, E. S. Short. "Active Feedback Learning with Rich Feedback". ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Late-breaking Report (HRI-LBR), Online, 2021.
6. I. S. Sheidlower, E. S. Short. "When Oracles Go Wrong: Using Preferences as a Means to Explore". ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Late-breaking Report (HRI-LBR), Online, 2021.
7. J. Staley, E. S. Short. "Contingency Detection in Multi-Agent Interactions". ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Late-breaking Report (HRI-LBR), Online, 2021.
8. A. Cleaver, D. V. Tang, V. Chen, E. S. Short, J. Sinapov. "Dynamic Path Visualization for Human-Robot Collaboration". ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Late-breaking Report (HRI-LBR), Online, 2021.
9. J. Huang, E. S. Short. "Building a Better Oracle: Using Personas to Create More Human-Like Oracles". HRI Workshop on Research Through Design Approaches in Human-Robot Interaction (RtD-HRI), Online, 2021.

2019-2020

1. S.-Y. Lo, E. S. Short, A. L. Thomaz. "Robust Following with Hidden Information in Travel Partners". Extended Abstract on International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AMMAS), Online, 2020.
2. A. Cleaver, E. Short, J. Sinapov. "RAIN: A Vision Calibration Tool using Augmented Reality". Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI), Online, 2020.

2018 and earlier

Please visit Dr. Short's Google Scholar page for a list of pre-2019 workshop papers.