Jiayuan Dong
Papers
12
Total Citations
159
H-Index
7
About
Jiayuan Dong is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, autonomous vehicle design, and educational robotics. With a growing body of work accumulating over 150 citations, Dong has made meaningful contributions to how humans perceive, trust, and emotionally engage with robotic and AI systems. A significant strand of their research explores how agent characteristics — including voice gender, facial expressions, and non-linguistic vocalizations — shape user trust, competence perceptions, and emotional recognition in social robots and autonomous vehicles. Their 2020 study on female voice agents in autonomous vehicles (45 citations) demonstrated that agent design choices carry real consequences for user acceptance and safety. Equally notable is Dong's pioneering work in robot-theater as an educational platform, developing a child-robot musical theater framework that integrates arts with STEM learning across multiple age groups. This interdisciplinary program has been applied to topics ranging from climate change awareness to AI ethics education, reaching elementary school children in informal learning environments. Dong's research reflects a sustained commitment to making robotics and AI more human-centered — whether on the road, in the classroom, or on the stage.
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- 3Happiness and high reliability develop affective trust in in-vehicle agents18 citations · 2023
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- 10Robot Musical Theater for Climate Change Education4 citations · 2022