EDBT 2026 Demo / reviewers in the wild / expert
Usama Ali
dblp:371/3054
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2ranked-venue papers
2as first author
2since 2021 · last 2026
—ORCID · conflict
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021Software engineering, systems software and programming languages · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021Human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Human-computer interaction and pervasive computing
1 paper |
Human-robot interaction · 87% Interaction techniques and input · 13% |
Topics — the 3 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Human-robot interaction › robot navigation
collision avoidance |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Enabling Safe, Active and Interactive Human-Robot Collaboration via Smooth Distance Fields · HRI 2025 |
Human-robot interaction › physical human-robot interaction
physical human-robot collaboration |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Enabling Safe, Active and Interactive Human-Robot Collaboration via Smooth Distance Fields · HRI 2025 |
Interaction techniques and input
object manipulation |
0.3 | 1 | 2025 | Enabling Safe, Active and Interactive Human-Robot Collaboration via Smooth Distance Fields · HRI 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
riemannian motion policy · 0.9hessian-based normal vector estimation · 0.9gaussian process distance field · 0.9
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Artificial intelligence and machine learning in enhancing software project management processes: A systematic literature review
Usama Ali, Mehwish Naseer |
Autom. Softw. Eng. | 1 |
| 2025 | Enabling Safe, Active and Interactive Human-Robot Collaboration via Smooth Distance FieldsabstractHuman-Robot Collaboration (HRC) scenarios demand computationally efficient frameworks that enable natural and safe actions and interactions in shared workspaces. To address this, we propose a novel framework that utilises interactive Gaussian Process (GP) distance fields applying Riemannian Motion Policies (RMP) for key HRC functionality. Unlike traditional Euclidean distance field methods, our framework provides continuous and differentiable distance fields resulting in smooth collision avoidance, efficient updates in dynamic scenes and readily available surface information such as normal vectors and curvature. By leveraging RMPs, our framework supports fast, reactive motion generation, utilising both the distance and gradient fields generated by the GP model. In addition, we propose a Hessian-based normal vector estimation technique that elegantly leverages the GP's second-order derivative information which we utilise for object manipulation. We demonstrate the versatility of our CPU-only system in common HRC scenarios where a collaborative robot (cobot) interacts safely and naturally with a human and performs grasping actions in a dynamic environment. Our framework offers an open-source11https://uts-ri.github.io/IDMP-RMP/, comprehensive and low-computational resource solution for HRC, making it an ideal tool for conducting a wide range of user studies. By providing a continuous and differentiable distance field and combining motion generation, obstacle avoidance, and object manipulation within a single system, we aim to broaden the scope and accessibility of HRC research in real dynamic environments. Usama Ali, Fouad Sukkar, Adrian Müller 0001, Cedric Le Gentil, Tobias Kaupp, Teresa Vidal-Calleja |
HRI | 1 |