(2014) AlterEgo

The objective of AlterEgo is the creation of an interactive cognitive architecture, implementable in various artificial agents, allowing a continuous interaction with patients suffering from social disorders. The AlterEgo architecture is rooted in complex systems, machine learning and computer vision. The project will produce a new robotic-based clinical method able to enhance social interaction of patients. This new method will change existing therapies, will be applied to a variety of pathologies and will be individualized to each patient. AlterEgo opens the door to a new generation of social artificial agents in service robotics.

Location: LASA, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland [Apr. 2014 – Oct. 2016]

Supervisors: Prof. Aude Billard

Funding: European project FP7-ICT-600610

My role in this project: Scientific researcher

Publications:

Does this robot have a mind? Schizophrenia patients' mind perception toward humanoid robots

S Raffard, C Bortolon, L Cohen, M Khoramshahi, RN Salesse, A Billard, D Capdevielle

(2018) Schizophrenia Research

Unravelling socio-motor biomarkers in schizophrenia

P Słowiński, F Alderisio, C Zhai, Y Shen, P Tino, C Bortolon, D Capdevielle, L Cohen, M Khoramshahi, A Billard, RN Salesse, M Gueugnon, L Marin, BG Bardy, M Di Bernardo, S Raffard, K Tsaneva-Atanasova

(2017) Nature - npj Schizophrenia

Influence of facial feedback during a cooperative human-robot task in schizophrenia

L Cohen, M Khoramshahi, RN Salesse, C Bortolon, P Słowiński, C Zhai, K Tsaneva-Atanasova, M Di Bernardo, D Capdevielle, L Marin, RC Schmidt, BG Bardy, A Billard, S Raffard

(2017) Nature - Scientific Reports

Effects of Facial Emotions on Social-motor Coordination in Schizophrenia

L Cohen, M Khoramshahi, R Salesse, C Bortolon, P Slowinski, C Zhaie, K Tsaneva-Atanasova, M Di Bernardo, D Capdevielle, L Marin, R C Schmidth, B G Bardy, A Billard, S Raffard

(2017) 7th Joint Action Meeting - JAM VII

Humanoid robots versus humans: How is emotional valence of facial expressions recognized by individuals with schizophrenia? An exploratory study

S Raffard, C Bortolon, M Khoramshahi, R N Salesse, M Burca, L Marin, B G Bardy, A Billard, V Macioce, D Capdevielle

(2016) Schizophrenia research

Role of gaze cues in interpersonal motor coordination: towards higher affiliation in human-robot interaction

M Khoramshahi, A Shukla, S Raffard, BG Bardy, A Billard

(2016) PloS one

From joint-attention to joint-action: Effects of gaze on human following motion

M Khoramshahi, A Shukla, A Billard

(2015) 6th Joint Action Meeting

Cognitive mechanism in synchronized motion: An internal predictive model for manual tracking control

M Khoramshahi, A Shukla, A Billard

(2014) IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

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