Dissertation Defense

I successfully defended my doctoral thesis on “A Bayesian Theory of Mind Approach to Nonverbal Communication for Human-Robot Interactions: A Computational Formulation of Intentional Inference and Belief Manipulation.” A BIG thank you to my thesis committee members, colleagues, family, and friends for teaching me everything I know, celebrating with me in my victories, and supporting me with endless hugs. Here is the PhD thesis document. Abstract: Much of human social communication is channeled through our facial expressions, body language, gaze directions, and many other nonverbal behaviors. A robot’s ability to express and recognize the emotional states of people through these nonverbal…