معرفی
Vanessa Evers is a Full Professor in Human Media Interaction at the University of Twente. Her research spans Human-Robot Interaction, Social Robotics, and Affective Computing, focusing on designing interactive systems that adapt to user behavior and social contexts. She has led groundbreaking work in child-robot collaboration, trust dynamics, and non-anthropomorphic communication.
Her recent publications highlight trends in children's interaction with AI, emotion recognition, and ethical robotics. Notable contributions include multimodal engagement metrics for children, robot-assisted cultural heritage access, and pandemic-era co-design methodologies.
- 2019: Best Functional Design Award for wearable biofeedback systems
- 2020: Best Paper Honourable Mention for child-robot interaction studies
Evers actively organizes academic events like the Child-Robot Interaction Workshop and contributes to projects such as SPENCER (airport guidance robots) and EASEL (educational symbiotic interaction). Her work bridges technical innovation with user-centered design across healthcare, education, and public spaces.
