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Brian Scassellati

Brian Scassellati

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
63
Citations
19333
World Ranking
2720
National Ranking
1353

Brian Scassellati publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian Scassellati sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 208 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Brian Scassellati D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian Scassellati sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Brian Scassellati is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans areas within computer science and psychology, with notable contributions in social psychology, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, control and systems engineering, and safety research.

Scassellati's work frequently addresses topics related to social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), AI in service interactions, reinforcement learning in robotics, ethics and social impacts of AI, digital mental health interventions, robot manipulation and learning, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Scassellati include:

  • IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2023, published in IEEE Intelligent Systems
  • Vulnerable robots positively shape human conversational dynamics in a human-robot team, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Robots in Groups and Teams, 2020, published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • The potential of socially assistive robots during infectious disease outbreaks, 2020, published in Science Robotics
  • Comparison of Human Social Brain Activity During Eye-Contact With Another Human and a Humanoid Robot, 2021, published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Frequent co-authors in their work include Rebecca Ramnauth, Marynel Vázquez, Nicole Salomons, Sarah Sebo, and Kayla Matheus.

Scassellati has contributed extensively to journals and conferences such as Frontiers in Robotics and AI, arXiv (Cornell University), ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, the 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), and Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

Their career achievements include being recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Robots for Use in Autism Research

    Brian Scassellati;Henny Admoni;Maja J. Matarić

  • The grand challenges of Science Robotics

    Guang Zhong Yang;Jim Bellingham;Pierre E. Dupont;Peer Fischer;Peer Fischer

  • The cog project: building a humanoid robot

    Rodney A. Brooks;Cynthia Breazeal;Matthew Marjanović;Brian Scassellati

  • How to build robots that make friends and influence people

    C. Breazeal;B. Scassellati

  • Robots that imitate humans

    Cynthia Breazeal;Brian Scassellati

  • Social robots as embedded reinforcers of social behavior in children with autism.

    Elizabeth S. Kim;Lauren D. Berkovits;Lauren D. Berkovits;Emily P. Bernier;Emily P. Bernier;Dan Leyzberg

  • Theory of Mind for a Humanoid Robot

    Brian Scassellati

  • Social eye gaze in human-robot interaction: a review

    Henny Admoni;Brian Scassellati

  • A Context-Dependent Attention System for a Social Robot

    Cynthia Breazeal;Brian Scassellati

  • The Benefits of Interactions with Physically Present Robots over Video-Displayed Agents

    Wilma A. Bainbridge;Justin W. Hart;Elizabeth S. Kim;Brian Scassellati

  • Infant-like social interactions between a robot and a human caregiver

    Cynthia Breazeal;Brian Scassellati

  • The Grand Challenges in Socially Assistive Robotics

    Adriana Tapus;Maja J. Matarić;Brian Scassellati

  • The effect of presence on human-robot interaction

    W.A. Bainbridge;J. Hart;E.S. Kim;B. Scassellati

  • Integrating socially assistive robotics into mental healthcare interventions: applications and recommendations for expanded use.

    Sarah M. Rabbitt;Alan E. Kazdin;Brian Scassellati

  • The Physical Presence of a Robot Tutor Increases Cognitive Learning Gains

    Daniel Leyzberg;Samuel Spaulding;Mariya Toneva;Brian Scassellati

  • Humanoid robots: a new kind of tool

    B. Adams;C. Breazeal;R.A. Brooks;B. Scassellati

  • Personalizing robot tutors to individuals' learning differences

    Daniel Leyzberg;Samuel Spaulding;Brian Scassellati

  • Active vision for sociable robots

    C. Breazeal;A. Edsinger;P. Fitzpatrick;B. Scassellati

  • Alternative essences of intelligence

    Rodney A. Brooks;Cynthia Breazeal;Robert Irie;Charles C. Kemp

  • The oz of wizard: simulating the human for interaction research

    Aaron Steinfeld;Odest Chadwicke Jenkins;Brian Scassellati

  • No fair!!: an interaction with a cheating robot

    Elaine Short;Justin Hart;Michelle Vu;Brian Scassellati

Frequent Co-Authors

Katarzyna Chawarska
Katarzyna Chawarska Yale University
Iolanda Leite
Iolanda Leite Royal Institute of Technology
Maja J. Matarić
Maja J. Matarić University of Southern California
Rhea Paul
Rhea Paul Sacred Heart University
Steven W. Zucker
Steven W. Zucker Yale University
Laurie R. Santos
Laurie R. Santos Yale University
Ami Klin
Ami Klin Emory University
Peer Fischer
Peer Fischer Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

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