Bhargavi Mahesh

Bhargavi Mahesh is a Scientific Associate at the Chair of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence within the Faculty of Applied Computer Science at the University of Augsburg. Her work focuses on interdisciplinary research bridging artificial intelligence, affective computing, and social robotics.

• Institution: University of Augsburg
• Department: Chair of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
• Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Social Robotics, Affective Computing, User Experience Design

She contributes to projects exploring emotionally intelligent systems, including social robots for healthcare (MindBot, Glassistant), affective interaction frameworks (DEEP, AVASAG), and personalized virtual agents (ARIA-Valuspa, Kristina). Her research emphasizes empathy, trust, and cultural adaptability in AI systems, with applications in mental health, education, and elderly care.

Current projects include FORSocialRobots, BIGEKO, TherapAI, and ViLeArn_more, which investigate multimodal emotion recognition (SenseEmotion), empathic data systems (CEEDs), and context-aware recommendation systems (CARE). She collaborates on interdisciplinary initiatives like eCute, Humaine, and IRIS, integrating AI with education and human-centric design.