Haiqing Pan

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Dr. Haiqing Pan is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), with a particular focus on developing socially intelligent receptionist robots. Their most-cited work, the "Proactive Interaction Framework for Intelligent Social Receptionist Robots" (2021, 13 citations), pioneers a paradigm shift from passive, reactive robots to proactive agents that can autonomously greet and offer services based on visual cues. This framework addresses a critical gap in HRI: while prior systems relied on cumbersome multi-stage decision processes or opaque end-to-end deep learning, Dr. Pan's approach balances computational efficiency with natural, context-aware social behavior. By demonstrating that proactive engagement significantly improves user acceptability and customer satisfaction, this work has laid the groundwork for next-generation service robots in hospitality, healthcare, and retail settings. Dr. Pan's contributions are particularly notable for bridging the gap between theoretical HRI models and practical, deployable systems—a challenge that has long hindered the field. With a growing citation impact and a clear trajectory toward more intuitive human-machine collaboration, Dr. Pan is shaping how robots will integrate into our daily social environments.