Astrid Weiss

Assistant Prof. Dr.in phil. Mag.a phil.

About

Do we really perceive and react differently to Embodied Artificial Intelligence than to `any other' technology? With a background in Sociology and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), I study how humans interact with new technology. My general research interests are user-centered design and evaluation studies for Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) with a focus on in-the-wild studies and controlled experiments. I am especially interested in the impact technology has on our everyday life and what makes people accept or reject technology. For more details check my personal website.

I hold a master's degree in sociology, a PhD in social sciences and Human-Computer Interaction, and a venia docendi in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Salzburg. During my studies I specialized on methodologies of empirical social research and applied statistics. In my PhD thesis, I developed an evaluation framework that supports user-centered assessment of HRI scenarios. In my habilitation I argue for more epistemological diversity in HRI research, going beyond the dominant positivist approaches stemming from experimental psychology and robotics.

I publish in conferences such as HRI, RO-MAN, and ICSR and journals such as International Journal of Social Robotics, Autonomous Robots, and the Journal of HRI. I am regularly member of Program and Organizing Committees related to HRI research.

Role

Assistant Professor
Human Computer Interaction, E193-05

Contact

Courses

2022W

Bachelor thesis informatics and business informatics / 193.070 / PR
Human Robot Interaction / 193.085 / VU
Project Medical Informatics / 193.100 / PR
Scientific Research and Writing / 193.052 / SE
Seminar Media and Human-Centered Computing / 193.039 / SE
Seminar Medical Informatics / 193.101 / SE
User Research Methods / 193.055 / VU

2023S

Bachelor thesis informatics and business informatics / 193.070 / PR
Exploring Disruptive Technologies / 193.115 / LU
Medical Informatics Project / 193.089 / PR
Scientific Research and Writing / 193.052 / SE
Seminar Media and Human-Centered Computing / 193.051 / SE

Projects

Transparenz und Vertrauen - Ja, aber wie?
2023 / Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
Caring Robots // Robotic Care
2022 – 2027 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF) / Publications: 144154, 84752
MAXimizeMe - XXLMontage für alle
2021 – 2023 / Arbeiterkammer Vienna
Exploring Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction
2018 – 2022 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Publications

Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once the migration is complete, everything will be up to date again.

2022

With a Little Help of Humans. An Exploratory Study of Delivery Robots Stuck in Snow / Dobrosovestnova, A., Schwaninger, I., & Weiss, A. (2022). With a Little Help of Humans. An Exploratory Study of Delivery Robots Stuck in Snow. In 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (pp. 1023–1029). https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900588
Video connecting families and social robots: from ideas to practices putting technology to work / Schwaninger, I., Carros, F., Weiss, A., Wulf, V., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2022). Video connecting families and social robots: from ideas to practices putting technology to work. Universal Access in the Information Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-022-00901-y
Tolerating Untrustworthy Robots: Studying Human Vulnerability Experience within a Privacy Scenario for Trust in Robots / Hannibal, G., Dobrosovestnova, A., & Weiss, A. (2022). Tolerating Untrustworthy Robots: Studying Human Vulnerability Experience within a Privacy Scenario for Trust in Robots. In Proceedings of 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (pp. 821–828). https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900830

2021

What Do You Mean by 'Trust'? Establishing Shared Meaning in Interdisciplinary Design for Assistive Technology / Schwaninger, I., Güldenpfennig, F., Weiss, A., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2021). What Do You Mean by “Trust”? Establishing Shared Meaning in Interdisciplinary Design for Assistive Technology. International Journal of Social Robotics, 13(8), 1879–1897. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00742-w
Cobots in Industry 4.0: A Roadmap for Future Practice Studies on Human-Robot Collaboration / Weiss, A., Wortmeier, A.-K., & Kubicek, B. (2021). Cobots in Industry 4.0: A Roadmap for Future Practice Studies on Human-Robot Collaboration. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 51(4), 335–345. https://doi.org/10.1109/thms.2021.3092684
Robots beyond Science Fiction: Mutual Learning in Human-Robot Interaction on the Way to Participatory Approaches / Weiss, A. (2021). Robots beyond Science Fiction: Mutual Learning in Human-Robot Interaction on the Way to Participatory Approaches. AI and Society, 37(2), 501–515. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01209-w
Using the Design of Adversarial Chatbots as a Means to Expose Computer Science Students to the Importance of Ethics and Responsible Design of AI Technologies / Weiss, A., Vrecar, R., Zamiechowska, J., & Purgathofer, P. (2021). Using the Design of Adversarial Chatbots as a Means to Expose Computer Science Students to the Importance of Ethics and Responsible Design of AI Technologies. In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021 (pp. 331–339). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85613-7_24
Merely a Conventional ‘Diffusion’ Problem? On the Adoption Process of Anki Vector / Weiss, A., Pillinger, A., & Tsiourti, C. (2021). Merely a Conventional ‘Diffusion’ Problem? On the Adoption Process of Anki Vector. In 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Vancouver, Non-EU. https://doi.org/10.1109/ro-man50785.2021.9515369
"The robot may not notice my discomfort" – Examining the Experience of Vulnerability for Trust in Human-Robot Interaction / Hannibal, G., Weiss, A., & Vicky, C. (2021). “The robot may not notice my discomfort” – Examining the Experience of Vulnerability for Trust in Human-Robot Interaction. In IEEE (Ed.), 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ro-man50785.2021.9515513
Es ist Zeit für bessere Ideen: Ein Aufruf zu mehr Partizipation in der Gestaltung sozialer Serviceroboter / Weiss, A. (2021). Es ist Zeit für bessere Ideen: Ein Aufruf zu mehr Partizipation in der Gestaltung sozialer Serviceroboter. In In digitaler Gesellschaft: Neukonfigurationen zwischen Robotern, Algorithmen und Usern (pp. 99–132). Transcript. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/30697
Mein neuer Teamkollege ist ein Roboter! Wie soziale Roboter die Zukunft der Arbeit verändern können / Koeszegi, S. T., & Weiss, A. (2021). Mein neuer Teamkollege ist ein Roboter! Wie soziale Roboter die Zukunft der Arbeit verändern können. In Management-Reihe Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 279–303). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63223-9_15

2020

Integrative Social Robotics Hands-on / Fischer, K., Seibt, J., Rodogno, R., Rasmussen, M., Weiss, A., Juel, W., & Krüger, N. (2020). Integrative Social Robotics Hands-on. Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, 21(1), 145–185. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18058.fis
Envisioning social robotics: Current challenges and new interdisciplinary methodologies / Hannibal, G., & Weiss, A. (2020). Envisioning social robotics: Current challenges and new interdisciplinary methodologies. Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, 21(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.00004.int
On the Intention to Use the Pepper Robot as Communication Channel in a Business Context / Schmidbauer, C., Umele, M., Zigart, T., Weiss, A., & Schlund, S. (2020). On the Intention to Use the Pepper Robot as Communication Channel in a Business Context. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. HAI ’20: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Online, Non-EU. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3415062
Inconsequential Appearances / Weiss, A., & Pillinger, A. (2020). Inconsequential Appearances. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Online, Non-EU. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382793
Taxonomy of Trust-Relevant Failures and Mitigation Strategies / Tolmeijer, S., Weiss, A., Hanheide, M., Lindner, F., Powers, T. M., Dixon, C., & Tielman, M. L. (2020). Taxonomy of Trust-Relevant Failures and Mitigation Strategies. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge, United Kingdom, EU. https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374793
Was Vector a Companion during Shutdown? / Tsiourti, C., Pillinger, A., & Weiss, A. (2020). Was Vector a Companion during Shutdown? In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI2020), Online, Non-EU. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3418767
Wenn Menschen und Roboter in Interaktion treten - Beispielhafte Problemstellungen und Anwendungsgebiete eines transdisziplin¨aren Forschungsfeldes / Weiss, A. (2020). Wenn Menschen und Roboter in Interaktion treten - Beispielhafte Problemstellungen und Anwendungsgebiete eines transdisziplin¨aren Forschungsfeldes. In Mensch und Maschine (pp. 31–56). Blätter für Technikgeschichte (BfTG). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/30698

2019

Ethics and trust: Principles, verification and validation (dagstuhl seminar 19171) / Fischer, M., List, C., Slavkovik, M., & Weiss, A. (2019). Ethics and trust: Principles, verification and validation (dagstuhl seminar 19171). Dagstuhl Reports, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.4230/DagRep.9.4.59
Qualities of Trust: Caputuring Aspects beyond System Reliability / Schwaninger, I., Weiss, A., & Frauenberger, C. (2019). Qualities of Trust: Caputuring Aspects beyond System Reliability. The 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication, New Delhi, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86954
"You Are Doing so Great!" - The Effect of a Robot's Interaction Style on Self-Efficacy in HRI / Zafari, S., Schwaninger, I., Hirschmanner, M., Schmidbauer, C., Weiss, A., & Koeszegi, S. T. (2019). “You Are Doing so Great!” - The Effect of a Robot’s Interaction Style on Self-Efficacy in HRI. In Proceeding of Robot and Human Communication (p. 7). IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/76826
Exploring Trust in Human-Agent Collaboration / Schwaninger, I., Fitzpatrick, G., & Weiss, A. (2019). Exploring Trust in Human-Agent Collaboration. In Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. The 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Salzburg, Austria. European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET). https://doi.org/10.18420/ecscw2019_ep08

2016

Hobbit, a care robot supporting independent living at home: First prototype and lessons learned / Fischinger, D., Einramhof, P., Papoutsakis, K., Wohlkinger, W., Mayer, P., Panek, P., Hofmann, S., Koertner, T., Weiss, A., Argyros, A., & Vincze, M. (2016). Hobbit, a care robot supporting independent living at home: First prototype and lessons learned. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 75, 60–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.09.029

2014

Hobbit, a care robot supporting independent living at home: First prototype and lessons learned / Fischinger, D., Einramhof, P., Papoutsakis, K., Wohlkinger, W., Mayer, P., Panek, P., Hofmann, S., Körtner, T., Weiss, A., Argyros, A., & Vincze, M. (2014). Hobbit, a care robot supporting independent living at home: First prototype and lessons learned. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, DOI: 10.1016/J.ROBOT.2014.09.029(DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2014.09.029). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/157973
Towards a Robot for Supporting Older People to Stay Longer Inde-pendent at Home / Vincze, M., Zagler, W., Lammer, L., Weiss, A., Huber, A., Fischinger, D., Koertner, T., Schmid, A., & Gisinger, C. (2014). Towards a Robot for Supporting Older People to Stay Longer Inde-pendent at Home. In ISR 2014. Joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics, München, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/74287
Don't Bother Me: Users' Reactions to Different Robot Disturbing Behaviors / Weiss, A., Vincze, M., Panek, P., & Mayer, P. (2014). Don’t Bother Me: Users’ Reactions to Different Robot Disturbing Behaviors. In Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE Press. 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2014), Bielefeld, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/74027

2013

Hobbit - The Mutual Care Robot / Fischinger, D., Einramhof, P., Wohlkinger, W., Papoutsakis, K., Mayer, P., Panek, P., Koertner, T., Hoffmann, S., Argyros, A., Vincze, M., Gisinger, C., & Weiss, A. (2013). Hobbit - The Mutual Care Robot. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013) (p. 6). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/73759

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