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Evangelia Baka investigates the rapidly evolving frontier where humans interact with social robots and digital humans, focusing on how these technologies can be designed for more naturalistic and accepted use. Her major contributions center on understanding human perception and emotional responses during human-robot interaction, particularly in high-stakes contexts like job interviews. In her most cited work, "Social Robots and Digital Humans as Job Interviewers" (2022, 8 citations), she examines how people react to being interviewed by a non-human agent, revealing critical insights into trust and comfort. Her preliminary study, “Am I Talking to a Human or a Robot?” (2019, 7 citations), explores how the ambiguity of a humanoid’s identity affects cognitive and emotional states, laying groundwork for designing more intuitive interfaces. Through her research on the potential and acceptance of socially intelligent robots (2021, 3 citations), Baka contributes to the ethical and practical integration of these systems into everyday life. Her work is vital for engineers and psychologists aiming to create robots that are not only functional but also socially acceptable, bridging the gap between technological capability and human readiness.