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Kim Baraka is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Artificial Intelligence department, Network Institute, and Social AI division. His research focuses on Human-Robot Interaction, Reinforcement Learning, and socially intelligent systems. He co-developed frameworks like SHARPIE for Human-AI collaboration and explores ethical aspects of AI teamwork. Baraka teaches courses on Human-interactive Agent Learning, Robotics, and Socially Intelligent Robotics. He actively contributes to conferences like HRI and ROMAN, publishing on topics ranging from robot curriculum learning to empathetic AI design. Ancillary roles include director of Bara-kadance and board member of Stichting Triplets.
Research interests include:
- Human-AI co-creativity and collaboration
- Robot learning through human demonstrations
- Emotional expression in embodied AI
- Ethical frameworks for human-agent teams
Recent work highlights multimodal interaction (e.g., audio-visual speech recognition), prosody-based teaching signals, and proxemics-aware navigation. His 2025 publications emphasize iterative algorithm design for fairness in human-agent teams and systematic reviews of collaborative AI creativity. This research bridges technical advancements with socially responsible AI deployment.
