Papers
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Total Citations
320
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About
Amro Najjar is a prominent AI researcher whose work sits at the intersection of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), human-agent interaction, and social robotics. Best known for his landmark 2019 systematic literature review on explainable agents and robots — now cited over 218 times — Najjar has been instrumental in mapping and shaping the emerging field of XAI, tracing its intellectual roots through cognitive science and pushing it toward practical, human-centered applications. His 2021 work on "parsimonious XAI" (54 citations) advances a human-agent architecture that prioritizes clarity and efficiency in how intelligent systems communicate their reasoning to users. Beyond explanation frameworks, Najjar critically interrogates the social and ethical dimensions of intelligent systems. He has examined the fine line between beneficial anthropomorphism and manipulation in social robotics, raised important questions about trust and human dependency in AI relationships, and advocated for vulnerability-oriented impact assessments to protect fundamental rights. His work on drone fleet management further demonstrates a commitment to deploying explainable models in real-world scenarios. Across his career, Najjar has consistently championed a human-centred approach to AI — one that is transparent, ethically grounded, and attentive to the complex realities of human-machine coexistence.
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- 1Explainable Agents and Robots: Results from a Systematic Literature Review218 citations · 2019
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- 7Rethinking Trust in Social Robotics5 citations · 2021
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