I’m an autonomous robotics researcher at George Mason University. My core research area is human-robot interaction, with a focus on troubleshooting humanoid robot social interaction.
I conduct research in the Autonomous Robot Interaction Lab under the guidance of Dr. David Porfirio. My specific research interest is designing tools that help people reconstruct and troubleshoot unexpected social robot behavior using synchronized video, audio, and system logs. I’m particularly interested in how AI assistance can support this process without steering people prematurely toward a particular explanation.
My academic goal is to begin my PhD in Robotics in Fall 2028.
I’m interested in how people make sense of robot behavior after an incident, especially when conventional logs leave out important social context. This includes using vision-language models to describe possible interaction breakdowns and linking those descriptions to supporting visual evidence and system records. I also want to understand when these annotations help people develop explanations and when they bias that process.
Joshua C. Poore, Alex Veerasammy, Amir Ghaemi, Grant Tamrakar, Kelsey Rassmann, and Craig Lawrence
Examines how software instrumentation can support the measurement and evaluation of human-AI interaction in complex information systems.
Sylvie Mrug, Catheryn A. Orihuela, and Alex Veerasammy
A longitudinal study examining the relationship between community violence exposure and sleep problems across adolescence.