Jessy Ceha

Jessy Ceha, PhD
(she/her)

Trained in cognitive science and human-computer interaction, my research has ranged from developing EEG neurofeedback systems for cochlear implant wearers, to the design of social robots as educational tools. My doctoral research was partially funded by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship.

I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science (specialization: Human-Computer Interaction) from the University of Waterloo, an M.Sc. in Human-Machine Communication (specialization: Computational Cognitive Science), from the University of Groningen, and a B.Sc. in Cognitive Systems, from the University of British Columbia.

Since 2022, I have been working at Elsevier, one of the world's largest scientific publishers, as a Scientific Managing Editor. Here, I work on numerous journals within the Scientific-Technical-Medical division, collaborating with authors to prepare their manuscripts, over-seeing the peer-review process, and contributing to editorial decision-making.


Publications

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2022

Expressive Auditory Gestures in a Voice-Based Pedagogical Agent
Ceha, J. & Law, E.
In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘22), April 29-May 5, 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages.

Identifying Functions and Behaviours of Social Robots for In-Class Learning Activities: Teachers’ Perspective
Ceha, J., Law, E., Kulić, D., Oudeyer, P-Y., & Roy D.
Int J of Soc Robotics 14, 747–761 (2022).

2021
Affective Expressions in Conversational Agents for Learning Environments: Effects of curiosity, humour, and expressive auditory gestures
Ceha, J.
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Waterloo, Canada.

Can a Humorous Conversational Agent Enhance Learning Experience and Outcomes?
Ceha, J., Lee, K. J., Nilsen, L., Goh, J., & Law, E.
In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 685, 1–14. Best Paper Honorable Mention (Top 5% of submissions).


2020
Towards measuring states of epistemic curiosity through electroencephalographic signals
Appriou, A., Ceha, J., Pramij, S., Dutartre, D., Law, E., Oudeyer, P-Y., & Lotte, F.
In IEEE International Conference Proceedings on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Oct 2020, Toronto / Virtual, Canada. pp. 4006-4011.

STAT: Subtle Typing Around the Thigh for Head-Mounted Displays
Henderson, J., Ceha, J., & Lank, E.
In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 27, 1-11.

Curiosity Notebook: A Platform for Learning by Teaching Conversational Agents
Law, E., Baghaei, P., Chhibber, N., Kulić, D., Lin, S., Pantasdo, K. D., Ceha, J., Suh, S., & Dillen, N.
In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1–9.

Learning and Teaching with Conversational Agents.
Law, E., Nilsen, E., Lee, K.J., Chauhan, A., Ceha, J., Baghaei, P., Debbane, A., & Yang, K.
CHI 2020 Workshop on Grand Challenges in Conversational UI.


2019
Expression of Curiosity in Social Robots: Design, Perception, and Effects on Behaviour
Ceha, J., Chhibber, N., Goh, J., McDonald, C., Oudeyer, P-Y., Kulić, D., & Law, E. 2019.
In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 12 pages.


2018
The discrimination of voice cues in simulations of bimodal electro-acoustic cochlear-implant hearing
Başkent, D., Luckmann, A., Ceha, J., Gaudrain, E., & Tamati, T. N.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143 (4), EL292-EL297, (2018).


2016
Investigation into the Enhancement of Voice Perception: with simulations of cochlear implants and bimodal hearing
Ceha, J.
Master's Thesis, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. [pdf]