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Leila Takayama

Leila Takayama

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
40
Citations
7459
World Ranking
9247
National Ranking
3937

Leila Takayama 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 Leila Takayama sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 108 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leila Takayama 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 Leila Takayama sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Leila Takayama is affiliated with Robust.AI in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the field of computer science, with a focus on human-computer interaction and related subfields.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Computer Science

The subfields of study they have notably contributed to encompass:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Social Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Education

Research topics frequently addressed in their work cover:

  • Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Multimodal Machine Learning Applications
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction

Leila Takayama has authored multiple papers published in various academic venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Are We There Yet? Comparing Remote Learning Technologies in the University Classroom," 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Robots That Ask For Help: Uncertainty Alignment for Large Language Model Planners," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Psychological distance in mobile telepresence," 2021, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • "Not All Who Wander Are Lost: A Localization-Free System for In-the-Wild Mobile Robot Deployments," 2022, 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • "Putting Human-Robot Interaction Research into Design Practice," 2022, 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)

The frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • Anthony Francis
  • Dorsa Sadigh
  • Sören Pirk
  • Alexander Toshev
  • Fei Xia

Best Publications

  • How bodies matter: five themes for interaction design

    Scott R. Klemmer;Björn Hartmann;Leila Takayama

  • Influences on proxemic behaviors in human-robot interaction

    Leila Takayama;Caroline Pantofaru

  • High-Fidelity or Low-Fidelity, Paper or Computer? Choosing Attributes when Testing Web Prototypes:

    Miriam Walker;Leila Takayama;James A. Landay

  • Expressing thought: improving robot readability with animation principles

    Leila Takayama;Doug Dooley;Wendy Ju

  • "Now, i have a body": uses and social norms for mobile remote presence in the workplace

    Min Kyung Lee;Leila Takayama

  • Improving automotive safety by pairing driver emotion and car voice emotion

    Clifford Nass;Ing-Marie Jonsson;Helen Harris;Ben Reaves

  • Field studies of computer system administrators: analysis of system management tools and practices

    Rob Barrett;Eser Kandogan;Paul P. Maglio;Eben M. Haber

  • Mobile remote presence systems for older adults: acceptance, benefits, and concerns

    Jenay M. Beer;Leila Takayama

  • Beyond dirty, dangerous and dull: what everyday people think robots should do

    Leila Takayama;Wendy Ju;Clifford Nass

  • Siren: Context-aware Computing for Firefighting

    Xiaodong Jiang;Nicholas Y. Chen;Jason I. Hong;Kevin Wang

  • Strategies for human-in-the-loop robotic grasping

    Adam Eric Leeper;Kaijen Hsiao;Matei Ciocarlie;Leila Takayama

  • Ubiquitous computing for firefighters: field studies and prototypes of large displays for incident command

    Xiaodong Jiang;Jason I. Hong;Leila A. Takayama;James A. Landay

  • Robots for humanity: using assistive robotics to empower people with disabilities

    T. L. Chen;M. Ciocarlie;S. Cousins;P. M. Grice

  • Help Me Please: Robot Politeness Strategies for Soliciting Help From Humans

    Vasant Srinivasan;Leila Takayama

  • Facial expression analysis for predicting unsafe driving behavior

    M. E. Jabon;J. N. Bailenson;E. Pontikakis;L. Takayama

  • Yelling in the hall: using sidetone to address a problem with mobile remote presence systems

    Andreas Paepcke;Bianca Soto;Leila Takayama;Frank Koenig

  • The influence of height in robot-mediated communication

    Irene Rae;Leila Takayama;Bilge Mutlu

  • Bodies in motion: mobility, presence, and task awareness in telepresence

    Irene Rae;Bilge Mutlu;Leila Takayama

  • Robot Programming by Demonstration with Interactive Action Visualizations

    Sonya Alexandrova;Maya Cakmak;Kaijen Hsiao;Leila Takayama

  • Making technology homey: finding sources of satisfaction and meaning in home automation

    Leila Takayama;Caroline Pantofaru;David Robson;Bianca Soto

  • Judging a bot by its cover: an experiment on expectation setting for personal robots

    Steffi Paepcke;Leila Takayama

  • Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

    Julie A. Adams;William Smart;Bilge Mutlu;Leila Takayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford Nass
Clifford Nass Stanford University
Bilge Mutlu
Bilge Mutlu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Maja J. Matarić
Maja J. Matarić University of Southern California
Maya Cakmak
Maya Cakmak University of Washington
Caroline Pantofaru
Caroline Pantofaru Google (United States)
Wendy Ju
Wendy Ju Cornell University
Andreas Paepcke
Andreas Paepcke Stanford University
James A. Landay
James A. Landay Stanford University
Jason Hong
Jason Hong Carnegie Mellon University
Charles C. Kemp
Charles C. Kemp Georgia Institute of Technology

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