Papers
9
Total Citations
192
H-Index
5
About
Faizan Ali is a prolific researcher specializing in hospitality technology, artificial intelligence, service robotics, and smart tourism systems. His work sits at the dynamic intersection of emerging technologies and the tourism and hospitality industry, addressing how AI-enabled innovations reshape both guest experiences and workforce dynamics. Ali's most influential contributions examine how Generation Z employees perceive and accept working alongside service robots in hotels, a study that has garnered 63 citations and employed rigorous mixed-method approaches. He has further advanced the field through comprehensive reviews of AI-enabled tourist experiences and smart technology adoption in cruise tourism, collectively accumulating over 90 citations and providing valuable conceptual frameworks for future scholarship. His research extends to inclusive hospitality, investigating how service robots can better serve physically disabled tourists, and explores robotic gastronomic experiences and their effects on customer loyalty. Beyond hospitality, Ali has demonstrated breadth in robotics algorithm design and assistive technology development, including LiDAR-based smart cane systems for the visually impaired. His most recent work investigates employee wellbeing amid automation, grounding findings in conservation of resources theory. With a steadily growing citation profile exceeding 190 citations, Ali is emerging as a significant voice in understanding how intelligent technologies transform service industries.
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- 6Fast Graph Exploration by a Mobile Robot4 citations · 2018
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- 9Efficient dispersion of mobile robots on graphs2 citations · 2019