Nick Webb

Nick Webb is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of Data Analytics at Union College. His research focuses on social robotics, natural language processing, and human-robot interaction. Webb holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield and leads projects including robotic dialogue systems, human movement classification, and proxemics in HRI.

Research areas encompass:

• Social robotics for public environments
• Dialogue management for conversational agents
• Cross-disciplinary applications of data analytics
• Computer science pedagogy innovation

Publications address challenges in real-world robot deployment and interaction design. Current projects investigate robot approaching behaviors, gaze estimation, and multimodal communication frameworks.