Dr Melanie Jouaiti

Dr Melanie Jouaiti

School of Computer Science
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Address
School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Melanie Jouaiti is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer science and her research focuses on human-centred technologies for healthcare.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Computer science 2020
  • MSc in Computer science 2017
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering 2015

Biography

Melanie Jouaiti is an assistant professor at the School of Computer science. She was previously a research associate at Imperial College London and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Waterloo. Her research is at the intersection between computer science and healthcare and her interests include pathological speech and robot- assisted therapy. 

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Su, T, Calvo, RA, Jouaiti, M, Daniels, S, Kirby, P, Dijk, D-J, della Monica, C & Vaidyanathan, R 2023, 'Assessing a Sleep Interviewing Chatbot to Improve Subjective and Objective Sleep: Protocol for an Observational Feasibility Study', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 12, e45752. https://doi.org/10.2196/45752

de Lima, MR, Su, T, Jouaiti, M, Wairagkar, M, Malhotra, P, Soreq, E, Barnaghi, P & Vaidyanathan, R 2023, 'Discovering Behavioral Patterns Using Conversational Technology for In-Home Health and Well-Being Monitoring', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 21, 10168160, pp. 18537-18552. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3290833

Mahdi, H, Jouaiti, M, Saleh, S & Dautenhahn, K 2023, 'Towards accessible robot-assisted physical play for children with disabilities: MyJay, from user-centred design to an initial feasibility study', Interaction Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 36-72. <https://www.benjamins.com/catalog/is>

Conference contribution

Fan, K, Jouaiti, M, Noormohammadi-As, A, Nehaniv, CL & Dautenhahn, K 2023, A Social Referencing Disambiguation Framework for Domestic Service Robots. in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, pp. 11979-11985, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 29/05/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161168

Jouaiti, M, Azizi, N & Dautenhahn, K 2023, Computational Methods to Support Prototyping of an Adaptive Robot Joystick Controller for Children with Upper Limb Impairments. in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)., 10160808, IEEE, pp. 12001-12007, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 29/05/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160808

Jouaiti, M & Dautenhahn, K 2023, Dysfluency Classification in Speech Using a Biological Sound Perception Model. in 2022 9th International Conference on Soft Computing & Machine Intelligence (ISCMI). International Conference on Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence (ISCMI), IEEE, pp. 173-177, 2022 9th International Conference on Soft Computing & Machine Intelligence (ISCMI), 26/11/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCMI56532.2022.10068490

Zehnder, E, Jouaiti, M & Charpillet, F 2023, Evaluating Robot Acceptance in Children with ASD and Their Parents. in F Cavallo, J-J Cabibihan, L Fiorini, A Sorrentino, H He, X Liu, Y Matsumoto & SS Ge (eds), Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13818 LNAI, Springer, pp. 45-53, 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, 13/12/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_5

Azizi, N, Fan, K, Jouaiti, M & Dautenhahn, K 2023, Exploring Measures for Engagement in a Collaborative Game Using a Robot Play-Mediator. in 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication (ROMAN), IEEE, pp. 483-490, 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 28/08/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309369

Fan, K, Jouaiti, M, Dautenhahn, K & Nehaniv, CL 2023, Fuzzy Object Ambiguity Determination and Human Attention Assessment for Domestic Service Robots. in 2022 9th International Conference on Soft Computing & Machine Intelligence (ISCMI). International Conference on Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence (ISCMI), IEEE, pp. 140-145, 2022 9th International Conference on Soft Computing & Machine Intelligence (ISCMI), 26/11/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCMI56532.2022.10068479

Jouaiti, M, Kirby, P & Vaidyanathan, R 2023, Matching Acoustic and Perceptual Measures of Phonation Assessment in Disordered Speech - A Case Study. in INTERSPEECH 2023. Interspeech, ISCA, pp. 4508-4512, 24th International Speech Communication Association, Interspeech 2023, Dublin, Ireland, 20/08/23. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2023-1729

Azizi, N, Fan, K, Jouaiti, M & Dautenhahn, K 2023, Play Dynamics in a Collaborative Game with a Robot as a Play-Mediator. in F Cavallo, J-J Cabibihan, L Fiorini, A Sorrentino, H He, X Liu, Y Matsumoto & SS Ge (eds), Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13818 LNAI, Springer, pp. 415-426, 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, 13/12/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_37

Lawrence, S, Azizi, N, Fan, K, Jouaiti, M, Hoey, J, Nehaniv, CL & Dautenhahn, K 2023, The Impact of Social Norm Violations on Participants’ Perception of and Trust in a Robot during a Competitive Game Scenario. in 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication (ROMAN), IEEE, pp. 1287-1294, 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 28/08/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309514

Jouaiti, M, Zehnder, E & Charpillet, F 2023, The Sound of Actuators in Children with ASD, Beneficial or Disruptive? in F Cavallo, J-J Cabibihan, L Fiorini, A Sorrentino, H He, X Liu, Y Matsumoto & SS Ge (eds), Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13818 LNAI, Springer, pp. 36-44, 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, 13/12/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_4

Jouaiti, M, Azizi, N, Lawrence, S & Dautenhahn, K 2023, Towards Developing Adaptive Robot Controllers for Children with Upper Limb Impairments - Initial Data Collection and Analysis. in F Cavallo, J-J Cabibihan, L Fiorini, A Sorrentino, H He, X Liu, Y Matsumoto & SS Ge (eds), Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13818 LNAI, Springer, pp. 64-73, 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, 13/12/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_7

Review article

Jouaiti, M & Dautenhahn, K 2023, 'Robot-assisted therapy for upper limb impairments in cerebral palsy: A scoping review and suggestions for future research', Paladyn Journal of Robotics, Intelligent Agents, and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 14, no. 1, A10. https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2022-0104

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