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Moojan Ghafurian
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Research
Latest papers
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Determinants of Social Robot Acceptability Among Patients With Heart Failure: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.
JMIR cardio · 2026
The Role of Social Robots in Heart Failure: Exploring Patient Attitudes, Acceptability, and Needs.
JACC. Heart failure · 2025
Application of artificial intelligence in active assisted living for aging population in real-world setting with commercial devices - A scoping review.
Computers in biology and medicine · 2024
Latest funding
- $26,800
Developing a Personalizable Robotic System for Enhancing Children's Emotion Knowledge
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $41,000
Emotionally and Socially Intelligent Robotic System for Cognitive Assistance
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $124,847
Training System for Dementia Caregivers to Gain Knowledge on the Affective Component of Interactions
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
8 publications.
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Determinants of Social Robot Acceptability Among Patients With Heart Failure: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.
Maukel LM, Bouchard K, Fiedorowicz JG, Dautenhahn K, Ghafurian M, Coutinho T, McGuinty C, Liu PP, Tulloch H
The Role of Social Robots in Heart Failure: Exploring Patient Attitudes, Acceptability, and Needs.
Maukel LM, Knight L, Bouchard K, Fiedorowicz JG, Dautenhahn K, Coutinho T, Ghafurian M, Stragapede E, McGuinty C, Liu PP, Tulloch H
Application of artificial intelligence in active assisted living for aging population in real-world setting with commercial devices - A scoping review.
Wang K, Ghafurian M, Chumachenko D, Cao S, Butt ZA, Salim S, Abhari S, Morita PP
Preserving the self with artificial intelligence using VIPCare-a virtual interaction program for dementia caregivers.
Francis L, Ghafurian M
Heart rate prediction with contactless active assisted living technology: a smart home approach for older adults.
Wang K, Cao S, Kaur J, Ghafurian M, Butt ZA, Morita P
An investigation into the use of smart home devices, user preferences, and impact during COVID-19.
Ghafurian M, Ellard C, Dautenhahn K
VIPCare: Understanding the support needed to create affective interactions between new caregivers and residents with dementia.
Ghafurian M, Francis L, Tao Z, Step M, Hoey J
The Zoomorphic Miro Robot's Affective Expression Design and Perceived Appearance.
Ghafurian M, Lakatos G, Dautenhahn K
Developing a Personalizable Robotic System for Enhancing Children's Emotion Knowledge
Principal investigators: Ghafurian, Moojan
Keywords: Social robotics; User-centred design; Emotion knowledge; Training system; Children; User interfaces
Emotionally and Socially Intelligent Robotic System for Cognitive Assistance
Principal investigators: Ghafurian, Moojan
Keywords: human-robot interaction; emotionally intelligent agents; assistive technologies; social robotics; user-centred design
Training System for Dementia Caregivers to Gain Knowledge on the Affective Component of Interactions
Principal investigators: Ghafurian, Moojan
Emotionally and Socially Intelligent Robotic System for Cognitive Assistance
Principal investigators: Ghafurian, Moojan
Keywords: human-robot interaction; emotionally intelligent agents; assistive technologies; social robotics; user-centred design
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Heather Tulloch and Karen Bouchard: 29 shared papers
- Kerstin Dautenhahn and Moojan Ghafurian: 4 shared papers
- Heather Tulloch and Kerstin Dautenhahn: 3 shared papers
- Karen Bouchard and Kerstin Dautenhahn: 3 shared papers
- Heather Tulloch and Moojan Ghafurian: 2 shared papers
- Karen Bouchard and Moojan Ghafurian: 2 shared papers
- Shi Cao and Moojan Ghafurian: 2 shared papers
- Plinio Morita and Shi Cao: 1 shared paper
- Plinio Morita and Moojan Ghafurian: 1 shared paper
- Systems Design Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Waterloo
- Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Kerstin Dautenhahn
Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Waterloo
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Heather Tulloch
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Karen Bouchard
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Shi Cao
Systems Design Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Plinio Morita
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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