About Me
My passion is in creating, researching and questioning Human-Robot and Human-Computer Interactions.
I am a senior Ph.D. candidate at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Jodi Forlizzi and John Zimmerman.
Taking a human-centered design approach, I set out to question assumptions around the future of interaction with agents and social robots. My background is in interaction design and media studies, with experience in product and project management, UX design and content production/editing.
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What I Do
Skills
My Work
Publications
Luria, M., Oden Choi, J., Zimmerman, J., Forlizzi, J. (2020). Robotic Futures: Learning about Personally-Owned Agents through Performance. Proceedings of DIS’20. ACM. pdf
Honorable Mention Award.
Luria, M., Sheriff, O., Boo, M., Forlizzi, J., Zoran, A. (2020). Destruction, Catharsis and Emotional Release in Human-Robot Interaction. Transactions on Human-Robot Interactions. ACM. pdf
Luria, M., Zheng, B., Huffman, B., Huang, S., Forlizzi, J., Zimmerman, J. (2020). Social Boundaries for Personal Agents in the Interpersonal Space of the Home. Proceedings of CHI’20. ACM. pdf
Luria, M. (2020). Mine, Yours or Amazon’s? Designing Agent Ownership and Affiliation. Proceedings of DIS’20. ACM. pdf
Luria, M., Pusateri, J., Oden Choi, J., Aronson, R., Yildirim, N., Steenson MR. (2020). Medieval Robots: The Role of Historical Automata in the Design of Future Robots. Proceedings of DIS’20. ACM. pdf
Luria, M., Seering, J., Forlizzi, J., Zimmerman, J. (2020). Designing Chatbots as Community-Owned Agents. Proceedings of CUI’20. pdf
Seering, J., Luria, M., Ye, C., Kaufman, G., Hammer, J. (2020). It Takes a Village: Integrating an Adaptive Chatbot into an Online Gaming Community. Proceedings of CHI’20. ACM. pdf
Reig, S., Luria, M., Wang, J., Oltman, D., Carter, L., Steinfeld, A., Forlizzi, J., Zimmerman, J. (2020). Not Some Random Agent: Multi-person interactions with a personalizing service robot. Proceedings of HRI’20. IEEE/ACM. pdf.
Honorable Mention Award.
Tan, XZ., Luria, M., Steinfeld, A. (2020). Defining Transfers Between Multiple Service Robots. Proceedings of HRI’20. IEEE/ACM. pdf.
Honorable Mention Award.
Luria, M., Reig, S., Tan, Z., Steinfeld, A., Forlizzi, J., and Zimmerman, J. (2019). Re-Embodiment and Co-Embodiment: Exploration of social presence for robots and conversational agents. Proceedings of DIS’19. ACM, 2019. pdf
Seering, J., Luria. M., Kaufman, G., Hammer, J. (2019). Beyond Dyadic Interactions: Considering Chatbots as Community Members. Proceedings of CHI’19. ACM. pdf
Luria, M., Hodgins, J., Forlizzi, J. (2018). The Effects of Eye Design on the Perception of Social Robots. Proceedings of Ro-Man’18. IEEE/ACM. pdf
Luria, M. (2018). Designing Robot Behavior Based on Fictional Sidekick Characters. Proceeding of HRI’18. ACM. pdf
Luria, M., Hoffman, G., Zuckerman, O. (2017). Comparing Social Robot, Screen and Voice Interfaces for Smart-Home Control. Proceedings of CHI’17. ACM. pdf
Luria, M., Hoffman, G., Zuckerman, O. (2016). Designing Vyo, a Robotic Smart Home Assistant: Bridging the Gap Between Device and Social Agent. Proceedings of Ro-Man’16. pdf
Hoffman, G., Zuckerman, O., Hirschberger, G., Luria, M., & Shani-Sherman, T. (2015). Design and Evaluation of a Peripheral Robotic Conversation Companion. Proceedings of HRI’15. ACM. pdf. Best paper award.
Workshops
Luria. M., Forlizzi, J., Zimmerman, J. (2020). Facets of Performance in the Design Process of Future Agents. CHI’20 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Workshops. ACM. pdf
Luria. M., Zimmerman, J., Forlizzi, J. (2019). Championing Research Through Design in HRI. CHI’19 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Workshops. ACM. pdf
Luria. M., Zoran, A., Forlizzi, J. (2019). Challenges of Designing HCI for Negative Emotions. CHI’19 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Workshops.
ACM. pdf
In The Press
Inspirations
HISTORY
We tend to get caught up in the present and forget the 200,000 years of humankind history. I find great inspiration for my work in previous cultures, rituals and artifacts.
THEATER
Masks bring out the magic in theater, especially neutral ones. The body can express so much when voice and facial expressions are eliminated. A perfect combination of emotion, movement and absurdity.
STORYTELLING
The stories that shape our experiences are a great source of inspiration. I am interested in learning from existing creative content and methods in literature and storytelling for designing new forms of interaction with technology.
DANCE
The ambiguity of dance evokes strong emotions and great discussions. I set out to implement some of the ambiguity of motion in my work.
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