Publications
For up-to-date publication list, please check my Google Scholar page.
Journal Articles
(2022) Deploying a Robotic Positive Psychology Coach to Improve College Students' Psychological Wellbeing
Jeong, S., Aymerich-Franch, L., Arias, K., Alghowinem, S., Lapedriza, A., Picard, R., Park, H., Breazeal, C.
User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (UMUAI)
(2019) Social Robots for Hospitalized Children
Logan, D. E., Breazeal, C., Goodwin, M., Jeong, S., O’Connell, B., Smith-Freedman, D., Weinstock, P.
Pediatrics
Kory Westlund, J., Jeong, S., Park, H. W., Ronfard, S., Adhikari, A., Harris, P. L., DeSteno, D., & Breazeal, C.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
(2017) Children Use Non-Verbal Cues to Learn New Words From Robots as well as People
Kory Westlund, J., Dickens, L., Jeong, S., Harris, P., DeSteno, D., Breazeal, C.
International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
(2016) Young children treat robots as informants
Breazeal, C., Harris, P., DeSteno, D., Kory, J., Dickens, L., Jeong, S.
Topics in Cognitive Science
Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
(to appear) Sorting Pauses in Speech Based Dialog Systems: Effects of Knowing Whether Pauses in Speech are Mid-Turn Or At The End of The Turn
Wong, N., Jeong, S., Reddy, M., Stamatis, C., Lattie, E., & Jacobs, M.
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
(2024) Voice Assistants for Mental Health Services: Designing Dialogues with Homebound Older Adults
Wong, N., Jeong, S., Reddy, M., Stamatis, C., Lattie, E., & Jacobs, M
ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS)
Jung, Y., Jung, G., Jeong, S., Kim, C., Woo, W., Lee, U.,
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW).
Jeong, S., Aymerich-Franch, L., Alghowinem, S., Picard, R., Breazeal, C, & Park, H.
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
🏆 *Best Studies Paper Nominee*
Alghowinem, S., Jeong, S., Arias, K., Picard, R., Park, H., Breazeal, C.,
IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG).
Huggins, M., Alghowinem, S., Jeong, S., Colon-Hernandez, P., Breazeal, C., & Park, H.
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
(2020) A Robotic Positive Psychology Coach to Improve College Students' Wellbeing
Jeong, S., Alghowinem, S., Arias, K., Aymerich-Franch, L., Lapedriza, A., Picard, R., Park, H., Breazeal, C.
IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
🏆 *Best Paper Award* & *Best Student Paper Finalist*
Tejwani, R., Moreno, F., Santana, Jeong, S., Park, H., Breazeal, C.
IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Jeong, S., Breazeal, C., Logan, D. & Weinstock, P.,
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Jeong, S., Breazeal, C., Logan, D. & Weinstock, P.
IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
(2016) Toward Robotic Companions that Enhance Psychological Wellbeing with Smartphone Technology
Jeong, S., & Breazeal, C.
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. (HRI)
(2016) Improving Smartphone Users’ Affect and Wellbeing with Personalized Positive Psychology Interventions
Jeong, S., & Breazeal, C.
The 4th Annual International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI)
Jeong, S., & L'Huillier, N.
IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
(2016) Tega: A Social Robot
Kory Westlund, J., Lee, J., Plummer, L., Faridi, F., Gray, J., Berlin, M., Quitus-Bosz, H., Hartmann, R., Hess, M., Dyer, S., Dos Santos, K., Aoalgeirsson, S., Gordon, G., Spaulding, S., Martinez, M., Das, Madhurima, Archie, M., Jeong, S., & Breazeal, C.
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
(2015) A Comparison of Children Learning New Words from Robots, Tablets, & People
Kory Westlund, J., Dickens, L., Jeong, S., Harris, P., DeSteno, D., Breazeal, C.
The New Friend 2015 Conference (New Friend)
(2015) Designing a Socially Assistive Robot for Pediatric Care
Jeong, S., Dos Santos, K., Breazeal, C., et al.
ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC)
(2015) A social robot to mitigate stress, anxiety, and pain in hospital pediatric care
Jeong, S., Logan, D.E., Goodwin, M.S., Graca, S., O'Connell, B., Goodenough, H., Anderson, L., Stenquist, N., Fitzpatrick, K., Zisook, M. and Plummer, L.,
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
(2013) Robotic learning companions for early language development
Kory, J., Jeong, S., & Breazeal, C. L.
ACM on International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI).
Workshop and Other Presentations
(to appear) Language Alignment with Socially Assistive Robots in Older Adults: Implications for Aphasia Rehabilitation
Shifa Somji, Guven Gergerli, Ji Yeon Lee, Sooyeon Jeong
The 62nd Annual Meeting of Academy of Aphasia.
(2023) Living With Robotic Companions for Better Psychological Well-being
Jeong, S.,
XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
(2020) Toward Designing User-centered Idle Behaviors for Social Robots in the Home
Arias, K., Jeong, S., Breazeal, C.,
The 1st international workshop on Designerly HRI Knowledge @ RO-MAN
(2016) Challenges in Developing Socially Assistive Robots in Pediatric Inpatient Care Context
Jeong, S., & Breazeal, C.
The Workshop on Challenges and Best Practices to Study HRI in Natural Interaction Settings @ HRI
(2016) Improving Smart Phone User’s Emotional Well-being with Personalized Positive Psychology Interventions.
Jeong, S., & Breazeal, C.
20th Anniversary Future of Health Technology Summit
(2016) The Huggable Bear: Introducing social robotics to the pediatric hospital setting.
Logan, D., Weinstock, P., Jamieson, K., & Jeong, S.
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference
(2015) Challenges Conducting Child-Robot Interaction Research in a Pediatric Inpatient Care Context
Jeong, S., Logan, D., Goodwin, M., et al.
The First Workshop on Evaluating Child-Robot Interaction held @ ICSR
(2015) Deploying Social Robots in Pediatric Hospitals: What Needs To Be Considered?
Jeong, S., O'Connell, B., Anderson, L., Graca, S.
The Workshop on the Emerging Policy and Ethics of Human-Robot Interaction @ HRI
Theses
(2022) Designing and Deploying Robotic Companions to Improve Human Psychological Wellbeing
Ph.D. Media Arts and Sciences, MIT.
S.M. Media Arts and Sciences, MIT.
(2014) Developing a Social Robotic Companion for Pediatric Care for Stress and Anxiety Mitigation
M.Eng. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.