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Social Robots as Social Proxies for Fostering Connection and Empathy Towards Humanity

Shen, J., Lee, A., Alghowinem, S., Adkins, R., Breazeal, C., & Park, H. W. (2025). Social robots as social proxies for fostering connection and empathy towards humanity. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2025), Melbourne, Australia. ACM.

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Predicting mobility choice and community connectivity in Latin America

Pavón, E.B., Pastor, L.A., Padilla, A., Gamboa, M. and Larson, K., 2025. Predicting mobility choice and community connectivity in Latin America. Case Studies on Transport Policy, p.101387.

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CoDream: Exchanging dreams instead of models for federated aggregation with heterogeneous models

Singh, Abhishek, et al. "CoDream: Exchanging dreams instead of models for federated aggregation with heterogeneous models." Proceedings of AAAI. 2025

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Measuring risks inherent to our digital economies using Amazon purchase histories from US consumers

Berke, A., Larson, K., Pentland, S. and Calacci, D., 2025. Measuring risks inherent to our digital economies using Amazon purchase histories from US consumers. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.18774.

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International AI Safety Report

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Towards Device Technologies Non-invasive to Our Daily Lives

Yoon, H., Dagdeviren, C.†, “Towards Device Technologies Non-invasive to Our Daily Lives”, Nature Communications, 16, 2025.

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Data futures: Transforming digital traces into public goods in the age of commercial surveillance

Berke, A. (2025). Data futures: Transforming digital traces into public goods in the age of commercial surveillance [Doctoral thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology].

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Evaluating Amazon Effects and the Limited Impact of COVID-19 With Purchases Crowdsourced from US Consumers

A. Berke, D. Calacci, A. Pentland, and K. Larson. Evaluating Amazon Effects and the Limited Impact of COVID-19 With Purchases Crowdsourced from US Consumers. 2025. https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.10596

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Authenticated Delegation and Authorized AI Agents

Tobin South, Samuele Marro, Thomas Hardjono, Robert Mahari, Cedric Deslandes Whitney, Dazza Greenwood, Alan Chan, Alex Pentland. "Authenticated Delegation and Authorized AI Agents." January 16, 2025.

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Conformable Ultrasound Breast Patch - The Future of Breast Cancer Screening?

Giannakou, A., Dagdeviren, C., Ozmen, T., “Conformable Ultrasound Breast Patch - The Future of Breast Cancer Screening?”, European Journal of Breast Health, 21(1), 90-92, 2025. [Editorial Summary]

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Compact Reversible Nerve Block System for Wearable Bioelectronics

S. H. Yeon, C. Landis, G. Herrera-Arcos, H. Song and H. M. Herr, "Compact Reversible Nerve Block System for Wearable Bioelectronics," 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/EMBC53108.2024.10782179

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From Words to Worlds

Danry, V., Guzelis, C., Huang, L., Gershenfeld, N., & Maes, P. (2024). From Words to Worlds: Exploring Generative 3D Models in Design and Fabrication. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing.

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DAVED: Data Acquisition via Experimental Design for Data Markets

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Data Acquisition via Experimental Design for Data Markets

Lu, Charles, et al. "Data Acquisition via Experimental Design for Decentralized Data Markets." arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.13893 (2024).

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Enhancing the Privacy of a Digital Pound

Gabriela Torres Vives, et al. "Enhancing the Privacy of a Digital Pound." Bank of England and MIT Digital Currency Initiative, December 2024

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KnitworkVR: Dual-reality Experience through Distributed Sensor-Actuator Networks in the Living Knitwork Pavilion

Wicaksono, I., Blanchard, L., Chin, S., Colon, C., and Paradiso, J., 2024. KnitworkVR: Dual-reality Experience through Distributed Sensor-Actuator Networks in the Living Knitwork Pavilion. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024.

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Enabling Perspective-Aware AI with Contextual Scene Graph Generation

Platnick, D., Alirezaie, M., & Rahnama, H. (2024). Enabling Perspective-Aware AI with Contextual Scene Graph Generation. Information, 15(12), 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/info15120766

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Multifunctional lightweight autonomous vehicles: an agent-based study

Coretti Sanchez, N. and Larson, K., 2024. Multifunctional lightweight autonomous vehicles: an agent-based study. Transportation, pp.1-35.

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Generating Physically-Consistent Satellite Imagery for Climate Visualizations

B. Lütjens et al., "Generating Physically-Consistent Satellite Imagery for Climate Visualizations," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, pp. 1-11, 2024, Art no. 4213311, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3493763.

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SeaScan: An Energy-Efficient Underwater Camera for Wireless 3D Color Imaging

Naeem, N., Rademacher, J., Patnaik, R., Boroushaki, T., & Adib, F. (2024, November). SeaScan: An Energy-Efficient Underwater Camera for Wireless 3D Color Imaging. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. https://doi.org/10.1145/3636534.3690661

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HEART-felt Narratives: Tracing Empathy and Narrative Style in Personal Stories with LLMs

Jocelyn Shen, Joel Mire, Hae Won Park, Cynthia Breazeal, & Maarten Sap. “Heart-felt Narratives: Tracing Empathy and Narrative Style in Personal Stories with LLMs”. Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing

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PhysioLLM: Supporting Personalized Health Insights with Wearables and Large Language Models

Fang, C. M., Danry, V., Whitmore, N., Bao, A., Hutchison, A., Pierce, C., & Maes, P. (2024). PhysioLLM: Supporting Personalized Health Insights with Wearables and Large Language Models. arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.19283.

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AudienceView: AI-Assisted Interpretation of Audience Feedback in Journalism

William Brannon, Doug Beeferman, Hang Jiang, Andrew Heyward, & Deb Roy (2024). AudienceView: AI-Assisted Interpretation of Audience Feedback in Journalism. In Proceedings of CSCW. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12613

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3D-BLUE: Backscatter Localization for Underwater Robotics

Sayed Saad Afzal, Weitung Chen, Fadel Adib. 2024. 3D-BLUE: Backscatter Localization for Underwater Robotics. In IEEE/RSJ IROS’24 Conference, October 14, 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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HEART-felt Narratives: Tracing Empathy and Narrative Style in Personal Stories with LLMs

Jocelyn Shen, Joel Mire, Hae Won Park, Cynthia Breazeal, and Maarten Sap. 2024. HEART-felt Narratives: Tracing Empathy and Narrative Style in Personal Stories with LLMs. In Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, pages 1026–1046, Miami, Florida, USA. Association for Computational Linguistics.

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Light-induced rolling of azobenzene polymer thin films for wrapping subcellular neuronal structures

Airaghi Leccardi, M.J.I., Desbiolles, B.X.E., Haddad, A.Y. et al. Light-induced rolling of azobenzene polymer thin films for wrapping subcellular neuronal structures. Commun Chem 7, 249 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-024-01335-8

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Chatbot Companionship: A Mixed-Methods Study of Companion Chatbot Usage Patterns and Their Relationship to Loneliness in Active Users

Liu, Auren R., Pat Pataranutaporn, and Pattie Maes. “Chatbot Companionship: A Mixed-Methods Study of Companion Chatbot Usage Patterns and Their Relationship to Loneliness in Active Users.” arXiv [Cs.HC], 2024. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2410.21596.

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A clinical comparison of a digital versus conventional design methodology for transtibial prosthetic interfaces

Lee, D.R.C., Yang, X., Riccio-Ackerman, F. et al. A clinical comparison of a digital versus conventional design methodology for transtibial prosthetic interfaces. Sci Rep 14, 25833 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74504-3

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Decoding tissue biomechanics using conformable electronic devices

Yoon, H., Kim, J., Sadat, D., Barrett, A., Ko, S. H., Dagdeviren, C.†, "Decoding Tissue Biomechanics via Conformable Electronic Devices", Nature Reviews Materials, doi.org/10.1038/s41578-024-00729-3, 2024. [Cover Image]

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Inner Child: The Role of VR Child Avatars in Improving Adult Language Learning

L. Xia, C. D. Vázquez, T. Aikawa and P. Maes, "Inner Child: The Role of VR Child Avatars in Improving Adult Language Learning," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), Bellevue, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 469-472, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct64951.2024.00136.

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Wearable Pair of EEG, EOG and fNIRS Glasses for Cognitive Workload Detection

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WatchThis: A Wearable Point-and-Ask Interface powered by Vision-Language Models for Contextual Queries

Fang, C. M., Chwalek, P., Kuang, Q., & Maes, P. (2024, October). WatchThis: A Wearable Point-and-Ask Interface powered by Vision-Language Models for Contextual Queries. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 1-4).

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LLM Targeted Underperformance Disproportionately Impacts Vulnerable Users

Poole-Dayan, Elinor, Deb Roy, and Jad Kabbara. "LLM Targeted Underperformance Disproportionately Impacts Vulnerable Users." arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.17737 (2024).

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Designing Earth Mission Control: An Immersive Data Visualization Tool for Climate Communication and Decision-Making

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Superficial Alignment, Subtle Divergence, and Nudge Sensitivity in LLM Decision-Making

Manuel Cherep*, Nikhil Singh*, and Pattie Maes. "Superficial Alignment, Subtle Divergence, and Nudge Sensitivity in LLM Decision-Making." NeurIPS 2024 Workshop on Behavioral Machine Learning.

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Articulatory Synthesis of Speech and Diverse Vocal Sounds via Optimization

Luke Mo*, Manuel Cherep*, Nikhil Singh*, Quinn Langford, and Pattie Maes. Articulatory Synthesis of Speech and Diverse Vocal Sounds via Optimization. In Audio Imagination: NeurIPS 2024 Workshop AI-Driven Speech, Music, and Sound Generation.

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Shared autonomous micro-mobility for walkable cities

Sanchez, N.C. and Larson, K., 2024. Shared autonomous micro-mobility for walkable cities. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 27, p.101236.

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Developing Symbiotic Virtuosity: AI-Augmented Musical Instruments and Their Use in Live Music Performances

Blanchard, Lancelot*, Perry Naseck*, Eran Egozy, and Joseph A. Paradiso. 2024. “Developing Symbiotic Virtuosity: AI-Augmented Musical Instruments and Their Use in Live Music Performances.” An MIT Exploration of Generative AI, September. https://doi.org/10.21428/e4baedd9.69c11de7.

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Empathy Toward Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Experiences and the Role of Transparency in Mental Health and Social Support Chatbot Des

Shen J, DiPaola D, Ali S, Sap M, Park H, Breazeal C. Empathy Toward Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Experiences and the Role of Transparency in Mental Health and Social Support Chatbot Design: Comparative Study. JMIR Ment Health 2024;11:e62679. URL: https://mental.jmir.org/2024/1/e62679. DOI: 10.2196/62679

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Empathy Toward Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Experiences and the Role of Transparency in Mental Health Chatbot Design

Shen J, DiPaola D, Ali S, Sap M, Park H, Breazeal C. Empathy Toward Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Experiences and the Role of Transparency in Mental Health and Social Support Chatbot Design: Comparative Study. JMIR Ment Health 2024;11:e62679. URL: https://mental.jmir.org/2024/1/e62679. DOI: 10.2196/62679

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Split Inference - Metrics, Benchmarks and Algorithms

Abhishek Singh, Split Inference - Metrics, Benchmarks and Algorithms, ECCV'24

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DecentNeRFs: Decentralized Neural Radiance Fields from Crowdsourced Images

Zaid Tasneem, DecentNeRFs: Decentralized Neural Radiance Fields from Crowdsourced Images, ECCV'24

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Spatiotemporal Facility-Level Patterns of Summer Heat Exposure, Vulnerability, and Risk in United States Prison Landscapes

Ovienmhada, Ufuoma, et al. “Spatiotemporal Facility‐Level Patterns of Summer Heat Exposure, Vulnerability, and Risk in United States Prison Landscapes.” GeoHealth., vol. 8, no. 9, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001108

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The Distance Between Us: Exploring the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Through the Soundscape of Biometric Monitoring

Kimaya Lecamwasam. 2024. The Distance Between Us: Exploring the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Through the Soundscape of Biometric Monitoring. In Proceedings of the 19th International Audio Mostly Conference: Explorations in Sonic Cultures (AM '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 533–542. https://doi.org/10.1145/3678299.3678355

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White Paper: Charting the future of Earth observation

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Decentralized AI Roundtable 3 - September 12, 2024

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Co-designing Generative AI Technologies with Older Adults to Support Daily Tasks

Chan, S. W. T., Liu, A. R., Ostrowski, A. K., Vaidya, M., Brady, S., Yoquinto, L., D’Ambrosio, L., Zulfikar, W., Maniar, N., Patskanick, T., Leong, J., Kosmyna, N., Coughlin, J., & Maes, P. (2024). Co-designing Generative AI Technologies with Older Adults to Support Daily Tasks. An MIT Exploration of Generative AI. https://doi.org/10.21428/e4baedd9.4f2a95fc

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Distributed Calibration of Agent-based Models

Garg, Aditi, and Ayush Chopra. "Distributed Calibration of Agent-based Models." epiDAMIK 2024: The 7th International Workshop on Epidemiology meets Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery at KDD 2024. 2024.

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The political and legal landscape of space debris mitigation in emerging space nations

Smith, Jacqueline H., Minoo Rathnasabapathy, and Danielle Wood. "The political and legal landscape of space debris mitigation in emerging space nations." Journal of Space Safety Engineering (2024).

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Human detection of political speech deepfakes across transcripts, audio, and video

Groh, M., Sankaranarayanan, A., Singh, N. et al. Human detection of political speech deepfakes across transcripts, audio, and video. Nat Commun 15, 7629 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51998-z

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Dissertation: Cyborg Psychology: The Art & Science of Designing Human-AI Systems that Support Human Flourishing

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A large-scale audit of dataset licensing and attribution in AI

Longpre, S., Mahari, R., Chen, A. et al. A large-scale audit of dataset licensing and attribution in AI. Nat Mach Intell 6, 975–987 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-024-00878-8

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A HeARTfelt Robot: Social Robot-Driven Deep Emotional Art Reflection with Children

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Building spaces for design justice: A case study on the design justice pedagogy summit

Roeder, G., Das, M., Saadi, J.I., Harrington, C., Verma, A., Breazeal, C., D’Ignazio, C., Yang, M., & Ostrowski, A.K. 2024. Building spaces for design justice: A case study on the design justice pedagogy summit. Accepted to ASME 2024 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2024).