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Nancie Gunson is a Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science within the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University. Her research focuses on the intersection of social robotics, large language models, and human-computer interaction with particular emphasis on healthcare applications.
Her research interests include:
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Social Robotics
- Large Language Models
- Conversational Agents
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Multimodal Interaction
Dr. Gunson's work investigates how social robots enhanced with large language models can improve interactions in geriatric care institutions and hospital memory clinics. Her research takes a multi-party approach to human-robot conversations, examining interactions between patients, companions, and robotic systems through both verbal and non-verbal communication channels.
Her publication record shows consistent scholarly output with 15 research publications spanning from 2020 to 2025, including significant contributions to major conferences such as HRI (Human-Robot Interaction), IVA (Intelligent Virtual Agents), and EACL (European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics).
