2026 Matthias Scheutz: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	59	3497	3400	1682	1623	353	10137

Overview

Matthias Scheutz is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has a significant body of research primarily within the field of Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Control and Systems Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The research of Matthias Scheutz covers a range of topics, with a particular focus on:

Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
Ethics and Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence
AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
Speech and dialogue systems
Robot Manipulation and Learning
Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Their recent publications include:

"Spoken language interaction with robots: Recommendations for future research" (2021) published in Computer Speech & Language
"The Interplay Between Emotional Intelligence, Trust, and Gender in Human-Robot Interaction" (2020) published in International Journal of Social Robotics
"A Touching Connection: How Observing Robotic Touch Can Affect Human Trust in a Robot" (2021) published in International Journal of Social Robotics
"Cognitive cascades: How to model (and potentially counter) the spread of fake news" (2022) published in PLoS ONE
"An Attachment Framework for Human-Robot Interaction" (2021) published in International Journal of Social Robotics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthias Scheutz are Theresa Law, Shuchin Aeron, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Boyang Lyu, and Prakash Ishwar.

Their work has been disseminated through various publication venues, with the most frequent being:

arXiv (Cornell University)
ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
International Journal of Social Robotics
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
IEEE Access

Best Publications

Development environments for autonomous mobile robots: A survey

James Kramer;Matthias Scheutz

403
Citations
Mapping the Landscape of Human-Level Artificial General Intelligence

Sam S. Adams;Itamar Arel;Joscha Bach;Robert Coop

261
Citations
Robot social presence and gender: do females view robots differently than males?

Paul Schermerhorn;Matthias Scheutz;Charles R. Crowell

237
Citations
What to do and how to do it: Translating natural language directives into temporal and dynamic logic representation for goal management and action execution

Juraj Dzifcak;Matthias Scheutz;Chitta Baral;Paul Schermerhorn

231
Citations
First steps toward natural human-like HRI

Matthias Scheutz;Paul Schermerhorn;James Kramer;David Anderson

215
Citations
The Architectural Basis of Affective States and Processes

Aaron Sloman;Ron Chrisley;Matthias Scheutz

177
Citations
Assistive Robots for the Social Management of Health: A Framework for Robot Design and Human-Robot Interaction Research.

Meia Chita-Tegmark;Matthias Scheutz

135
Citations
The utility of affect expression in natural language interactions in joint human-robot tasks

Matthias Scheutz;Paul Schermerhorn;James Kramer

134
Citations
What we can and cannot (yet) do with functional near infrared spectroscopy

Megan K. Strait;Matthias Scheutz

132
Citations
Brainput: enhancing interactive systems with streaming fnirs brain input

Erin Solovey;Paul Schermerhorn;Matthias Scheutz;Angelo Sassaroli

127
Citations
Interactive Task Learning

John E. Laird;Kevin Gluck;John Anderson;Kenneth D. Forbus

124
Citations
Planning for human-robot teaming in open worlds

Kartik Talamadupula;J. Benton;Subbarao Kambhampati;Paul Schermerhorn

124
Citations
When Physical Systems Realize Functions...

Matthias Scheutz

122
Citations
Computationalism: New Directions

Matthias Scheutz

113
Citations
Let me tell you! investigating the effects of robot communication strategies in advice-giving situations based on robot appearance, interaction modality and distance

Megan Strait;Cody Canning;Matthias Scheutz

112
Citations
Incremental natural language processing for HRI

Timothy Brick;Matthias Scheutz

110
Citations
Tell me when and why to do it!: run-time planner model updates via natural language instruction

Rehj Cantrell;J. Benton;Kartik Talamadupula;Subbarao Kambhampati

107
Citations
Useful roles of emotions in artificial agents: a case study from artificial life

Matthias Scheutz

107
Citations
How Robots Can Affect Human Behavior: Investigating the Effects of Robotic Displays of Protest and Distress

Gordon Briggs;Matthias Scheutz

107
Citations
The “big red button” is too late: an alternative model for the ethical evaluation of AI systems

Thomas Arnold;Matthias Scheutz

106
Citations
Moral competence in social robots

Bertram F. Malle;Matthias Scheutz

101
Citations
Value Alignment or Misalignment – What Will Keep Systems Accountable?

Thomas Arnold;Daniel Kasenberg;Matthias Scheutz

90
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertram F. Malle Brown University

Subbarao Kambhampati Arizona State University

Aaron Sloman University of Birmingham

Michael Beetz University of Bremen

Michael Levin Tufts University

Bennett I. Bertenthal Indiana University

Yiannis Demiris Imperial College London

Chen Yu The University of Texas at Austin

Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Waterloo

Ronald C. Arkin Georgia Institute of Technology

External Links

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