I got my PhD degree in Computer Scienc from University of Southern California. I was a member of the Natural Language Dialogue research group at USC Institute for Creative Technologies, working under the supervision of Prof. David Traum. My research focus was multimodal feedback understanding and generation in human-agent interactions, multimodal human-computer interaction, and natural language dialogue systems.
Setareh Nasihati Gilani
nasihati.s@gmail.com
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science • 2023
Master of Science in Computer Science• 2018
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering• 2014
Multimodal Prediction of User’s Performance in High-Stress Dialogue Interaction
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, Kimberly A. Pollard, David Traum
ICMI 2023. [PDF]
Common Strategy Patterns of Persuasion in a Mission Critical and Time Sensitive Task
Claire To, Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David Traum
SemDial 2023. [PDF][POSTER][SLIDES]
Analyzing User’s Mental State and Facial Expressions in Interaction with Different Personalities in a Critical Situation
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David Traum
MMSYM 2023. [PDF][POSTER]
Human swarm interaction using plays, audibles, and a virtual spokesperson
Patricia Chaffey, Ron Artstein, Kallirroi Georgila, Kimberly A. Pollardy, Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David M. Krum, David Nelson, Kevin Huynh, Alesia Gainer, Seyed Hossein Alavi , Rhys Yahata, Anton Leuski, Volodymyr Yanov, David Traum
SPIE 2020. [PDF]
Multimodal Learning for Identifying Opportunities for Empathetic Reponses
Lili Tavabi, Kalin Stefanov, Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David Traum, Mohammad Soleymani.
ICMI 2019. [PDF]
Can a Signing Virtual Human Engage a Baby's Attention?
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David Traum, Rachel Sortino, Grady Gallagher, Kailyn Aaron-Lozano, Cryss Padilla, Ari Shapiro, Jason Lamberton, Laura-Ann Petitto.
IVA 2019. [PDF]
Developing a Virtual Reality Wildfire Simulation to Analyze Human Communication and Interaction with a Robotic Swarm During Emergencies
Patricia Chaffey, Ron Artstein, Kallirroi Georgila, Kimberly A. Pollardy, Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David M. Krum, David Nelson, Kevin Huynh, Alesia Gainer, Seyed Hossein Alavi , Rhys Yahata, David Traum
HLTCEM 2019. [PDF]
Can a Virtual Human Facilitate Language Learning in a Young Baby?
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David Traum, Rachel Sortino, Grady Gallagher, Kailyn Aaron-Lozano, Cryss Padilla, Ari Shapiro, Jason Lamberton, Laura-Ann Petitto.
AAMAS 2018. [PDF] [POSTER]
Hearing Babies Respond to Language's Patterning and Social Contingency with a Signing Avatar: Acquisition Insights
Laura-Ann Petitto, Rachel Sortino, Kailyn Aaron-Lozano, Grady Gallagher, Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David Traum, Arcangelo Merla, Chiara Filippini, Cryss Padilla.
SRCD 2018. [PDF] [POSTER]
Multimodal Dialogue Management for Multiparty Interaction with Infants
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, David Traum, Arcangelo Merla, Eugenia Hee, Zoey Walker, Barbara Manini, Grady Gallagher, Laura-Ann Petitto.
ICMI 2018, **Best Paper Award Winner**. [PDF] [SLIDES]
Teaching Language to Deaf Infants with a Robot and a Virtual Human
Brian Scassellati, Jake Brawer, Katherine Tsui, Setareh Nasihati Gilani, Melissa Malzkuhn, Barbara Manini, Adam Stone, Geo Kartheiser, Arcangelo Merla, Ari Shapiro, David Traum, Laura-Ann Petitto.
CHI 2018. [PDF] [Presentation]
Artificial Intelligence to Predict Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration
Robin Petering, Mee-Young Um, Nazanin Alipourfard, Nazgol Tavabi, Rajni Kumari, Setareh Nasihati Gilani.
Chapter in "Artificial Intelligence and Social Work" Book, edited by Milind Tambe and Eric Rice, Cambridge University Press.
[PDF]
What Kind of Stories Should a Virtual Human Swap? (Extended Abstract)
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, Kraig Sheetz, Gale Lucas, David Traum.
AAMAS 2016 [PDF]
What Kind of Stories Should a Virtual Human Swap?
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, Kraig Sheetz, Gale Lucas, David Traum.
IVA 2016 [PDF] [SLIDES]
Software Engineer Co-op • Jun 2023 - Current
Improving the Intercom Voice-AI performance by training custom speech to text models.
Research Intern • Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
Developing a preference-based conversational recommender system for Google Assistant
Software Engineering Intern • May 2017 - Aug 2017
Returning software engineering intern. Developed an email-routing system to improve customer service’s operation efficiency using text analytics and machine learning.
Software Engineering Intern • May 2016 - Aug 2016
Developed an internally facing metadata resource management chatbot for engineers to expedite information gaining process.
Product Specialist and Mobile Application Developer• Summer 2013
Co-founded a mobile application start-up; a trivia game based on Persian songs. Beep (Rahnema) is one of the major VAS providers and tech companies in Iran.
Platforms: PSI, Android, Azure, AWS, GCP
Dev Environments: Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Android Studio, Pycharm
Machine Learning and Deep Learning: Torch, TensorFlow, Keras, HuggingFace, Scikit-Learn, NLTK, Spacy