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Email

wafa.johal@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor, Digital Innovation
School of Computing and Information Systems
Education
PhD
Grenoble Alpes University
Masters (Research)
Grenoble Alpes University
ORCID

0000-0001-9118-0454

A/Prof Wafa Johal

Associate Professor, Digital Innovation
School of Computing and Information Systems

124 Scholarly works
6 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Implication of Industry 4.0 Technologies on Work Practices
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Culture in Social Robots for Education
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28138-9_9
  • 2022

    Conference Proceedings

    Let's Compete! The Influence of Human-Agent Competition and Collaboration on Agent Learning and Human Perception
    DOI: 10.1145/3527188.3561922
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Editorial: Robots for learning
    DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.1050658
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Envisioning social drones in education
    DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.666736
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Human-Centred Robot Training (Transfer In)
  • 2021

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Human-Centred Robot Training (Transfer In) Establishment Grant
Wafa Johal

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2023
Women in AI 2023 in Education Category Women in AI APAC
2021
ARC DECRA
2021
GROW Award - UNSW Faculty of Engineering 2021 - 20kAUD Early Career Research Award UNSW Engineering
2020
UNSW Faculty of Engineering 2020 Award for the category Equity, Diversity and Inclusio UNSW Engineering

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Reclaiming Productivity: Critical Perspectives on Speculative Futures
    DOI: 10.1145/3808045.3808064
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Design and Evaluation of AR-Based Real-Time Feedback System for Kinesthetic Robot Teaching
    DOI: 10.1145/3800645.3812951
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Systemic Futures: Integrating Critical Speculation and Systemic Design Pragmatism
    DOI: 10.1145/3800645.3812901
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Ghost Arm: Aligning Human and Robot Kinematics through AR Overlays in MoCap-Based Teleoperation of Robot Arm
    DOI: 10.1145/3795011.3795014
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Investigating Social Robot Proxies to Support Situationally Impaired Users in Hybrid Meetings
    DOI: 10.1145/3795011.3795038
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Modelling Visuo-Haptic Perception Change in Size Estimation Tasks
    DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3791140
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    One Body, Many Minds: Exploring Design Frictions and Considerations for Multi-Agentic Systems in Human-Robot Interaction
    DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3799366
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Oops, i Did It Again (But i Know It): Robot Failure Consistency and Awareness in Human-Robot Collaboration
    DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3790336

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