Publications
Published Research
Book Sections
Robot enhancement of cognitive and ethical capabilities of humans Book Section
In: What Social Robots Can and Should Do: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2016/TRANSOR 2016, vol. 290, pp. 223–233, IOS Press, 2016.
Proceedings Articles
Transforming Undergraduate Research Experiences With Experiential Learning Proceedings Article
In: The IAFOR Conference on Educational Research & Innovation: 2023 Official Conference Proceedings, pp. 165–175, 2023.
Human-Augmented robotic intelligence (HARI) for human-robot interaction Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2019: Volume 2, pp. 204–223, Springer International Publishing 2020.
Optimizing Voice Activity Detection for Noisy Conditions. Proceedings Article
In: INTERSPEECH, pp. 2030–2034, 2019.
Facial Expressions Interpretation for Human-Robot Interaction Proceedings Article
In: New Friends Conference Proceedings, New Friends: 2nd International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education, 2016.
Miscellaneous
Rethinking language models as symbolic knowledge graphs Miscellaneous
2023.
Improved robust ASR for social robots in public spaces Miscellaneous
2020.
Multi-layer ensembling techniques for multilingual intent classification Miscellaneous
2018.
Invited Talks
November 4, 2023, Burcin, R., Mruthyunjaya, V., and Evans, C., “Learning to Imagine Together: Engaging Undergraduate Researchers in Equity-Centered Rural Tech Initiatives”, Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, AAC\&U, Arlington, VA, US
October 13, 2023, Burcin, R., Mruthyunjaya, V., and Abramovic, C., “Promoting Equity and Student Participation in Robotics Graduate Programs: Policy Recommendations”, Smart Safety Connect Seminar Series at Heinz College, Pittsburgh, PA, US
June 14, 2023, Mruthyunjaya, V., “Language Models as Knowledge Graphs”, Seminar Series: Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Program, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA, US
June 12, 2023, Burcin, R., Evans, C., and Mruthyunjaya, V., “Leveraging AI Tools for Learning: ChatGPT in the K-12 Classroom”, PA Rural STEM Innovation Summit, II4T, Franklin, PA, US
July 11, 2020, Mruthyunjaya, V., “NLP for Conversational AI \& Human-Robot Interaction”, Faculty Development Programme: Natural Language Processing and Related Technologies, Nitte, India
Conference Presentation
April 7, 2016, Mruthyunjaya, V., “Facial Expressions Interpretation for Human-Robot Interaction”, Innovation with Impact: Cross-Disciplinary Exhibition of Graduate Student Work, Pittsburgh, PA