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Sonia Chernova

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Papers indexed

82

Venues

14

Active years

2004–2026

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A*

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Papers

82 indexed papers, newest first.

YearVenueTitleAuthors
2026HRIOlder Adult Perspectives on Home Monitoring Robots: User Preferences and Performance of Robot Observation Strategies.Nadira Mahamane, Sonia Chernova
2025CHIPlaying Dumb to Get Smart: Creating and Evaluating an LLM-based Teachable Agent within University Computer Science Classes.Kantwon Rogers, Michael Davis, Mallesh Maharana, Pete Etheredge, Sonia Chernova
2025RO-MANA Model-Agnostic Approach for Semantically Driven Disambiguation in Human-Robot Interaction.Fethiye Irmak Dogan, Maithili Patel, Weiyu Liu, Iolanda Leite, Sonia Chernova
2025RO-MANPersonalized Robotic Object Rearrangement from Scene Context.Kartik Ramachandruni, Sonia Chernova
2023CoRLPredicting Routine Object Usage for Proactive Robot Assistance.Maithili Patel, Aswin Gururaj Prakash, Sonia Chernova
2023HRISemantic Scene Understanding for Human-Robot Interaction.Maithili Patel, Fethiye Irmak Dogan, Zhen Zeng, Kim Baraka, Sonia Chernova
2023ICMLAALLFA: Active Learning Through Label and Feature Augmentation.Yasutaka Nishimura, Naoto Takeda, Roberto Legaspi, Kazushi Ikeda, Thomas Pltz, Sonia Chernova
2023IJCAICreative Problem Solving in Artificially Intelligent Agents: A Survey and Framework (Extended Abstract).Evana Gizzi, Lakshmi Nair, Sonia Chernova, Jivko Sinapov
2023IROSConSOR: A Context-Aware Semantic Object Rearrangement Framework for Partially Arranged Scenes.Kartik Ramachandruni, Max Zuo, Sonia Chernova
2023IUISubgoal-Based Explanations for Unreliable Intelligent Decision Support Systems.Devleena Das, Been Kim, Sonia Chernova
2023PERCOMExtraction of Important Temporal Order for eXplainable AI on Time-series data.Yasutaka Nishimura, Naoto Takeda, Roberto Legaspi, Kazushi Ikeda, Thomas Pltz, Sonia Chernova
2023RO-MANBenefits of Multi-Objective Trajectory Adaptation in Close-Proximity Human-Robot Interaction.Oscar Jed Chuy, Hritik Sapra, Xiang Zhi Tan, Harish Ravichandar, Sonia Chernova
2022CoRLProactive Robot Assistance via Spatio-Temporal Object Modeling.Maithili Patel, Sonia Chernova
2022CoRLRethinking Sim2Real: Lower Fidelity Simulation Leads to Higher Sim2Real Transfer in Navigation.Joanne Truong, Max Rudolph, Naoki Yokoyama, Sonia Chernova, Dhruv Batra, Akshara Rai
2022IROSExplainable Knowledge Graph Embedding: Inference Reconciliation for Knowledge Inferences Supporting Robot Actions.Angel Andres Daruna, Devleena Das, Sonia Chernova
2022RO-MANLeveraging Cognitive States in Human-Robot Teaming.Jack Kolb, Harish Ravichandar, Sonia Chernova
2021HRIExplainable AI for Robot Failures: Generating Explanations that Improve User Assistance in Fault Recovery.Devleena Das, Siddhartha Banerjee, Sonia Chernova
2021HRIToward a One-interaction Data-driven Guide: Putting Co-speech Gesture Evidence to Work for Ambiguous Route Instructions.Nicholas DePalma, Harrison Jesse Smith, Sonia Chernova, Jessica K. Hodgins
2021ICRATowards Robust One-shot Task Execution using Knowledge Graph Embeddings.Angel Andres Daruna, Lakshmi Nair, Weiyu Liu, Sonia Chernova
2021IROSSemantic-Based Explainable AI: Leveraging Semantic Scene Graphs and Pairwise Ranking to Explain Robot Failures.Devleena Das, Sonia Chernova
2021IROSAn Interleaved Approach to Trait-Based Task Allocation and Scheduling.Glen Neville, Andrew Messing, Harish Ravichandar, Seth Hutchinson, Sonia Chernova
2021IROSTowards Coordinated Robot Motions: End-to-End Learning of Motion Policies on Transform Trees.Muhammad Asif Rana, Anqi Li, Dieter Fox, Sonia Chernova, Byron Boots, Nathan D. Ratliff
2021IROSDesperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Towards Risk-Adaptive Task Allocation.Max Rudolph, Sonia Chernova, Harish Ravichandar
2021IROSLearning Navigation Skills for Legged Robots with Learned Robot Embeddings.Joanne Truong, Denis Yarats, Tianyu Li, Franziska Meier, Sonia Chernova, Dhruv Batra, Akshara Rai
2021RO-MANPredicting Individual Human Performance in Human-Robot Teaming.Jack Kolb, Mayank Kishore, Kenneth Shaw, Harish Ravichandar, Sonia Chernova
2020AAAIPath Ranking with Attention to Type Hierarchies.Weiyu Liu, Angel Andres Daruna, Zsolt Kira, Sonia Chernova
2020CoRLLearning Hierarchical Task Networks with Preferences from Unannotated Demonstrations.Kevin Chen, Nithin Shrivatsav Srikanth, David Kent, Harish Ravichandar, Sonia Chernova
2020CoRLSame Object, Different Grasps: Data and Semantic Knowledge for Task-Oriented Grasping.Adithyavairavan Murali, Weiyu Liu, Kenneth Marino, Sonia Chernova, Abhinav Gupta
2020ICRAHuman-Centric Active Perception for Autonomous Observation.David Kent, Sonia Chernova
2020ICRACAGE: Context-Aware Grasping Engine.Weiyu Liu, Angel Andres Daruna, Sonia Chernova
2020ICRABenchmark for Skill Learning from Demonstration: Impact of User Experience, Task Complexity, and Start Configuration on Performance.Muhammad Asif Rana, Daphne Chen, Jacob Williams, Vivian Chu, Seyed Reza Ahmadzadeh, Sonia Chernova
2020IROSMultimodal Material Classification for Robots using Spectroscopy and High Resolution Texture Imaging.Zackory Erickson, Eliot Xing, Bharat Srirangam, Sonia Chernova, Charles C. Kemp
2020IROSAnticipatory Human-Robot Collaboration via Multi-Objective Trajectory Optimization.Abhinav Jain, Daphne Chen, Dhruva Bansal, Sam Scheele, Mayank Kishore, Hritik Sapra, David Kent, Harish Ravichandar, Sonia Chernova
2020IROSApproximated Dynamic Trait Models for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams.Glen Neville, Harish Ravichandar, Kenneth Shaw, Sonia Chernova
2020IUILeveraging rationales to improve human task performance.Devleena Das, Sonia Chernova
2020RO-MANA Tale of Two Suggestions: Action and Diagnosis Recommendations for Responding to Robot Failure.Siddhartha Banerjee, Matthew C. Gombolay, Sonia Chernova
2019CoRLLearning Reactive Motion Policies in Multiple Task Spaces from Human Demonstrations.Muhammad Asif Rana, Anqi Li, Harish Ravichandar, Mustafa Mukadam, Sonia Chernova, Dieter Fox, Byron Boots, Nathan D. Ratliff
2019IJCAIActive Learning within Constrained Environments through Imitation of an Expert Questioner.Kalesha Bullard, Yannick Schroecker, Sonia Chernova
2019ICRAReal-time Multisensory Affordance-based Control for Adaptive Object Manipulation.Vivian Chu, Reymundo A. Gutierrez, Sonia Chernova, Andrea Lockerd Thomaz
2019ICRARoboCSE: Robot Common Sense Embedding.Angel Andres Daruna, Weiyu Liu, Zsolt Kira, Sonia Chernova
2019ICRATool Macgyvering: Tool Construction Using Geometric Reasoning.Lakshmi Nair, Jonathan C. Balloch, Sonia Chernova
2019ICRASkill Acquisition via Automated Multi-Coordinate Cost Balancing.Harish Ravichandar, Seyed Reza Ahmadzadeh, Muhammad Asif Rana, Sonia Chernova
2019ISRRTaking Recoveries to Task: Recovery-Driven Development for Recipe-Based Robot Tasks.Siddhartha Banerjee, Angel Andres Daruna, David Kent, Weiyu Liu, Jonathan C. Balloch, Abhinav Jain, Akshay Krishnan, Muhammad Asif Rana, Harish Ravichandar, Binit Shah, Nithin Shrivatsav Srikanth, Sonia Chernova
2019RO-MANEffectiveness of Robot Communication Level on Likeability, Understandability and Comfortability.Nupur Chatterji, Courtney Allen, Sonia Chernova
2019RO-MANHuman Trust After Robot Mistakes: Study of the Effects of Different Forms of Robot Communication.Sean Ye, Glen Neville, Mariah Schrum, Matthew C. Gombolay, Sonia Chernova, Ayanna M. Howard
2018HRIEfficient Human-Robot Interaction for Robust Autonomy in Task Execution.Siddhartha Banerjee, Sonia Chernova
2018ICRAHuman-Driven Feature Selection for a Robotic Agent Learning Classification Tasks from Demonstration.Kalesha Bullard, Sonia Chernova, Andrea Lockerd Thomaz
2018IROSTowards Intelligent Arbitration of Diverse Active Learning Queries.Kalesha Bullard, Andrea Lockerd Thomaz, Sonia Chernova
2018IROSLearning Generalizable Robot Skills from Demonstrations in Cluttered Environments.Muhammad Asif Rana, Mustafa Mukadam, Seyed Reza Ahmadzadeh, Sonia Chernova, Byron Boots
2017CoRLSemi-Supervised Haptic Material Recognition for Robots using Generative Adversarial Networks.Zackory Erickson, Sonia Chernova, Charles C. Kemp
2017CoRLTowards Robust Skill Generalization: Unifying Learning from Demonstration and Motion Planning.Muhammad Asif Rana, Mustafa Mukadam, Seyed Reza Ahmadzadeh, Sonia Chernova, Byron Boots
2017HRIA Comparison of Remote Robot Teleoperation Interfaces for General Object Manipulation.David Kent, Carl Saldanha, Sonia Chernova
2017HRISLHAP: Simultaneous Learning of Hierarchy and Primitives.Anahita Mohseni-Kabir, Changshuo Li, Victoria Wu, Daniel Miller, Benjamin Hylak, Sonia Chernova, Dmitry Berenson, Candace L. Sidner, Charles Rich
2017ICRATemporal persistence modeling for object search.Russell Toris, Sonia Chernova
2017ISRRSituated Bayesian Reasoning Framework for Robots Operating in Diverse Everyday Environments.Sonia Chernova, Vivian Chu, Angel Andres Daruna, Haley Garrison, Meera Hahn, Priyanka Khante, Weiyu Liu, Andrea Thomaz
2016HRIIdentifying Reusable Primitives in Narrated Demonstrations.Anahita Mohseni-Kabir, Sonia Chernova, Charles Rich
2016RO-MANGrounding action parameters from demonstration.Kalesha Bullard, Baris Akgn, Sonia Chernova, Andrea Lockerd Thomaz
2016RO-MANWhat's in a primitive? Identifying reusable motion trajectories in narrated demonstrations.Anahita Mohseni-Kabir, Victoria Wu, Sonia Chernova, Charles Rich
2015AAAISolving and Explaining Analogy Questions Using Semantic Networks.Adrian Boteanu, Sonia Chernova
2015HRIInteractive Hierarchical Task Learning from a Single Demonstration.Anahita Mohseni-Kabir, Charles Rich, Sonia Chernova, Candace L. Sidner, Daniel Miller
2015IJCAIReinforcement Learning from Demonstration through Shaping.Tim Brys, Anna Harutyunyan, Halit Bener Suay, Sonia Chernova, Matthew E. Taylor, Ann Now
2015IROSRobot Web Tools: Efficient messaging for cloud robotics.Russell Toris, Julius Kammerl, David V. Lu, Jihoon Lee, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Sarah Osentoski, Mitchell Wills, Sonia Chernova
2015ICRAUnsupervised learning of multi-hypothesized pick-and-place task templates via crowdsourcing.Russell Toris, David Kent, Sonia Chernova
2014HRIWorkshop on algorithmic human-robot interaction.Brenna D. Argall, Sonia Chernova, Kris K. Hauser, Chad Jenkins
2014HRILearning partial ordering constraints from a single demonstration.Anahita Mohseni-Kabir, Charles Rich, Sonia Chernova
2014ICRADARPA Robotics Challenge: Towards a user-guided manipulation framework for high-DOF robots.Nicholas Alunni, Halit Bener Suay, Calder Phillips-Grafflin, Jim Mainprice, Dmitry Berenson, Sonia Chernova, Robert W. Lindeman, Daniel M. Lofaro, Paul Y. Oh
2014ICRACrowdsourcing the construction of a 3D object recognition database for robotic grasping.David Kent, Morteza Behrooz, Sonia Chernova
2014IROSConstruction of an object manipulation database from grasp demonstrations.David Kent, Sonia Chernova
2014IROSFrom autonomy to cooperative traded control of humanoid manipulation tasks with unreliable communication: System design and lessons learned.Jim Mainprice, Calder Phillips-Grafflin, Halit Bener Suay, Nicholas Alunni, Daniel M. Lofaro, Dmitry Berenson, Sonia Chernova, Robert W. Lindeman, Paul Y. Oh
2013IUIModeling discussion topics in interactions with a tablet reading primer.Adrian Boteanu, Sonia Chernova
2012HRIPolicy transformation for learning from demonstration.Halit Bener Suay, Sonia Chernova
2012HRIA practical comparison of three robot learning from demonstration algorithms.Russell Toris, Halit Bener Suay, Sonia Chernova
2011HRIHumanoid robot control using depth camera.Halit Bener Suay, Sonia Chernova
2011SMCA comparison of two algorithms for robot learning from demonstration.Halit Bener Suay, Sonia Chernova
2011RO-MANCrowdsourcing human-robot interaction: Application from virtual to physical worlds.Sonia Chernova, Nick DePalma, Elisabeth Morant, Cynthia Breazeal
2011RO-MANEffect of human guidance and state space size on Interactive Reinforcement Learning.Halit Bener Suay, Sonia Chernova
2009HRIMobile human-robot teaming with environmental tolerance.Matthew Maverick Loper, Nathan P. Koenig, Sonia Chernova, Chris V. Jones, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
2008HRIMulti-thresholded approach to demonstration selection for interactive robot learning.Sonia Chernova, Manuela M. Veloso
2008IROSLearning equivalent action choices from demonstration.Sonia Chernova, Manuela M. Veloso
2005EPIAAcquiring Observation Models Through Reverse Plan Monitoring.Sonia Chernova, Elisabeth Crawford, Manuela M. Veloso
2004ICRALearning and using Models of Kicking Motions for Legged Robots.Sonia Chernova, Manuela M. Veloso
2004IROSAn evolutionary approach to gait learning for four-legged robots.Sonia Chernova, Manuela M. Veloso