Ming‐Ting So
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Ming-Ting So pioneers the intersection of social robotics and developmental psychology, with a primary focus on creating scalable, technology-driven screening tools for autism spectrum disorder. Her landmark study, "Seeing through a robot's eyes," introduces HUMANE—a social robot equipped with computer vision and eye-gaze recognition technology—designed to reliably detect autism markers in young children. This cross-sectional exploratory work, already garnering 4 citations since its 2024 publication, represents a paradigm shift from traditional observational assessments toward automated, objective screening. By enabling robots to interpret subtle behavioral cues like gaze direction, So's research promises to democratize early diagnosis, reducing clinician burden and expanding access in underserved communities. Her work bridges artificial intelligence, robotics, and clinical psychology, offering a reproducible framework for human-robot interaction studies. As one of the first to validate robotic screening in a case-control design, So's contributions lay critical groundwork for non-invasive, scalable autism diagnostics—a field with profound implications for early intervention and lifelong outcomes.
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