Publications
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Journals
- [J7] Ao Guo, Atsumoto Ohashi, Ryu Hirai, Yuya Chiba, Yuiko Tsunomori, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “User Personality and its Influence on the Performance of Pipeline and End-to-end Task-oriented Dialogue Systems,” Scientific Reports, 2025. [Paper]
- [J6] Ao Guo, Ryu Hirai, Atsumoto Ohashi, Yuya Chiba, Yuiko Tsunomori, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Personality Prediction from Task-oriented and Open-domain Human–machine Dialogues,” Scientific Reports, 2024. [Paper]
- [J5] Jiaoman Du, Jiandong Zhou, Xiang Li, Lei Li, Ao Guo. “Integrated Self-driving Travel Scheme Planning,” International Journal of Production Economics, 2021. [Paper]
- [J4] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Guanqun Sun, Shunxiang Tan. “A Personal Character Model of Affect, Behavior and Cognition for Individual-like Research,” Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2020. [Paper]
- [J3] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Tan Shunxiang, Guanqun Sun. “From Affect, Behavior, and Cognition to Personality: An Integrated Personal Character Model for Individual-like Intelligent Artifacts,” World Wide Web Journal, 2019. [Paper]
- [J2] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Archetype-based Modeling of Persona for Comprehensive Personality Computing from Personal Big Data,” Sensors, 2018. [Paper]
- [J1] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Context-aware Scheduling in Personal Data Collection from Multiple Wearable Devices,” IEEE Access, 2017. [Paper]
International Conferences
- [C40] Lifei Wang, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “An Empirical Study for Effective LLM-Based Human-State Prediction from Physiological Data,” in Proc. of the 14th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW), Late-Breaking Results, 2026. [Paper]
- [C39] Nozomi Tsunoda, Lifei Wang, Maho Sato, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Subject-independent Bio-signal Fear Estimation in VR Horror Scenarios: Cross-game Evaluation and Individual Difference Analysis,” International Symposium on Affective Science and Engineering (ISASE), 2026. [Paper]
- [C38] Ao Guo, Shota Mochizuki, Sanae Yamashita, Kenya Hoshimure, Jun Baba, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “A Comparative Study of Human-operated and AI-driven Guidance with a Teleoperated Mobile Robot,” in Proc. of IJCNLP-AACL, 2025. [Paper]
- [C37] Manato Uetake, Tomonori Kubota, Masaya Iwasaki, Shota Mochizuki, Sanae Yamashita, Ao Guo, Kenya Hoshimure, Jun Baba, Ryuichiro Higashinaka, Satoshi Sato, Kohei Ogawa. “Teleoperation System Enabling Operator-Robot Dialogue for Reducing Operator Boredom during Long-Duration Tasks,” in Proc. of the 13th Int’l Conf. on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI), 2025. [Paper]
- [C36] Saya Nikaido, Ao Guo, Shota Mochizuki, Sanae Yamashita, Tomoko Isomura, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Heart Rate Variability-Based Evaluation of Perceived Hospitality During Interactions with a Mobile Guide Robot,” in Proc. of the 29th Int’l Computer Science and Engineering Conference (ICSEC), 2025. [Paper]
- [C35] Lifei Wang, Ao Guo, Zhiying Huang, Walid Brahim, Jianhua Ma. “Towards Health-I: Personalized Healthcare Intelligence Based on Generative AI with Cross-modal Learning and Long-term Adaptation,” in Proc. of the 10th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech), 2025. [Paper]
- [C34] Yuang Meng, Zhiying Huang, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “ECG-based People Identification Across Emotions, Experiments and Days,” in Proc. of the 10th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech), 2025. [Paper]
- [C33] Maho Sato, Zhiying Huang, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Emotion Recognition based on Multimodal Physiological Signals using a CNN-Transformer Model,” in Proc. of the 10th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech), 2025. [Paper]
- [C32] Jingjing Jiang, Ao Guo, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Integrating Physiological, Speech, and Textual Information Toward Real-Time Recognition of Emotional Valence in Dialogue,” in Proc. of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL), 2025. [Best Paper Nominee] [Paper]
- [C31] Ao Guo, Shota Mochizuki, Sanae Yamashita, Saya Nikaido, Tomoko Isomura, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Exploring Factors Influencing Hospitality in Mobile Robot Guidance: A Wizard-of-Oz Study with a Teleoperated Humanoid Robot,” in Proc. of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL), 2025. [Paper]
- [C30] Kentaro Taki, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Multilevel Drowsiness Detection Using Multimodal Physiological Signals,” in Proc. of the 2024 IEEE Smart World Congress (SWC), 2024. [Paper]
- [C29] Zhiying Huang, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Subject-General and Subject-Specific Emotion Recognition Across Video Stimuli Using EEG Signals,” in Proc. of the 22nd IEEE Int’l Conf. on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PICom), 2024. [Paper]
- [C28] Jianhua Ma, Qun Jin, Hui-Huang Hsu, John Paul C. Vergara, Antonio Guerrieri, Claudio Miceli, Ao Guo. “Challenges and Emerging Issues for Generative AI and Hyper Intelligence,” in Proc. of the 9th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech), 2024. (Invited Paper) [Paper]
- [C27] Zhiying Huang, Yuang Meng, Ao Guo, Walid Brahim, Jianhua Ma. “Leveraging ECG Signal for People Identification under Different Emotion States,” in Proc. of the 9th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech), 2024. [Outstanding Paper Award] [Paper]
- [C26] Ao Guo, Zhiying Huang, Yuang Meng, Jianhua Ma. “A Deep Learning Approach to High Accuracy Driver Identification using Physiological Signals with Optimal Driver Pool Size,” in Proc. of the 2024 IEEE Int’l Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2024. [Paper]
- [C25] Jingjing Jiang, Ao Guo, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Estimating the Emotional Valence of Interlocutors Using Heterogeneous Sensors in Human-Human Dialogue,” in Proc. of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL), 2024. [Paper]
- [C24] Kentaro Taki, Jianhua Ma, Ao Guo, Muxin Ma, Alex Qi. “Multilevel Classification of Drowsiness States Using ECG With Optimized Convolutional Neural Network,” in Proc. of the 16th IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom), 2023. [Outstanding Paper Award] [Paper]
- [C23] Sanae Yamashita, Koji Inoue, Ao Guo, Shota Mochizuki, Tatsuya Kawahara, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “RealPersonaChat: A Realistic Persona Chat Corpus with Interlocutors’ Own Personalities,” in Proc. of the 37th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC), 2023. [Paper]
- [C22] Ao Guo, Walid Brahim, Jianhua Ma. “Influences of Mental Stress Level on Individual Identification using Wearable Biosensors,” in Proc. of the 8th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech), 2023. [Paper]
- [C21] Shinya Iizuka, Shota Mochizuki, Atsumoto Ohashi, Sanae Yamashita, Ao Guo, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Clarifying the Dialogue-Level Performance of GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 in Task-Oriented and Non-Task-Oriented Dialogue Systems,” AAAI Fall Symposium on AI for Human-Robot Interaction (AI-HRI), 2023. [Paper]
- [C20] Ao Guo, Atsumoto Ohashi, Yuya Chiba, Yuiko Tsunomori, Ryu Hirai, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Personality-aware Natural Language Generation for Task-oriented Dialogue using Reinforcement Learning,” in Proc. of the 32nd IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2023. [Paper]
- [C19] Ryu Hirai, Ao Guo, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Applying Item Response Theory to Task-oriented Dialogue Systems for Accurately Determining User’s Task Success Ability,” in Proc. of the 24th Meeting of SIGDIAL, 2023. [Paper]
- [C18] Ao Guo, Atsumoto Ohashi, Ryu Hirai, Yuya Chiba, Yuiko Tsunomori, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Influence of User Personality on Dialogue Task Performance: A Case Study using a Rule-based Dialogue System,” in Proc. of the 3rd Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Conversational AI (NLP4ConvAI), 2021. [Paper]
- [C17] Hongyu Jiang, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Genre-based Emoji Usage Analysis and Prediction in Video Comments,” in Proc. of the 6th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2020. [Paper]
- [C16] Ao Guo, Hongyu Jiang, Jianhua Ma. “Multi-scenario Fusion for More Accurate Classifications of Personal Characteristics,” in Proc. of the 6th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2020. [Paper]
- [C15] Hongyu Jiang, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Automatic Prediction and Insertion of Multiple Emojis in Social Media Text,” in Proc. of the 13th IEEE CPSCom, 2020. [Paper]
- [C14] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Kevin I-Kai Wang. “Towards Integrative Personal Character Modeling using Multi-strategy Fusion across Scenarios and Periods,” in Proc. of the 5th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2019. [Best Student Paper Award] [Paper]
- [C13] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Kevin I-Kai Wang. “Integrated Modeling of Personal Character using Personal Big Data,” in Proc. of the 12th IEEE CPSCom, 2019. [Paper]
- [C12] Shunxiang Tan, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Shengbing Ren. “Personal Affective Trait Computing using Multiple Data Sources,” in Proc. of the 12th IEEE CPSCom, 2019. [Paper]
- [C11] Guanqun Sun, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Jianguo Wei. “Personal Trait Analysis using Word2vec based on User-generated Text,” in Proc. of the 5th IEEE Smart World Congress, 2019. [Paper]
- [C10] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Kevin I-Kai Wang. “From User Models to the Cyber-I Model: Approaches, Progresses and Issues,” in Proc. of the 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2018. [Paper]
- [C9] Yen Tsan, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Runhe Huang, Zhong Chen. “Incremental User Modeling of Online Activity for Cyber-I Growth with Successive Browsing Logs,” in Proc. of the 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2018. [Paper]
- [C8] Ruiying Cai, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Runhe Huang, Ruiyun Yu, Chen Yang. “Correlation Analyses between Personality Traits and Personal Behaviors under Specific Emotion States using Physiological Data from Wearable Devices,” in Proc. of the 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2018. [Paper]
- [C7] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “An Integrative and Precise Approach in Personality Computing based on Ontic Personae Modeling,” in Proc. of the 3rd IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2018. [Paper]
- [C6] Ruiying Cai, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Runhe Huang. “Correlational Analyses among Personality Traits, Emotional Responses and Behavioral States using Physiological Data from Wearable Sensors,” in Proc. of the 10th Int’l Conf. on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine (eTELEMED), 2018. [Paper]
- [C5] Tongtong Xu, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma, Kevin I-Kai Wang. “Feature-based Temporal Statistical Modeling of Data Streams from Multiple Wearable Devices,” in Proc. of the 3rd IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, 2017. [Paper]
- [C4] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Scenario-based Modeling of Ontic Personae for Automatic Personality Perception,” in Proc. of the 2017 IEEE Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC), 2017. [Paper]
- [C3] Tongtong Xu, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “Analysis of Temporal Features in Data Streams from Multiple Wearable Devices,” in Proc. of the 3rd IEEE Int’l Conf. on Cybernetics (CYBCONF), 2017. [Paper]
- [C2] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “A Context-aware Scheduling Mechanism for Smartphone-based Personal Data Collection from Multiple Wearable Devices,” in Proc. of the 2016 IEEE CPSCom, 2016. [Best Paper Award] [Paper]
- [C1] Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “A Smartphone-based System for Personal Data Management and Personality Analysis,” in Proc. of the 2015 IEEE Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, 2015. [Paper]
Domestic Conferences
- [D10] 阪井瞭介, Jiang Shuting, 郭傲, 高道慎之介, 小川哲司, 東中竜一郎. 「一人称・三人称視点対話収録システムとエゴセントリック津軽弁音声対話コーパスの構築」言語処理学会 第32回年次大会 (NLP2026), 2026. [Paper]
- [D9] 江舒婷, 郭傲, 青木剛, 中西美和, 東中竜一郎. 「フォーカシング対話の収集とLLMを用いたEXPスケールの自動評定」言語処理学会 第32回年次大会 (NLP2026), 2026. [Paper]
- [D8] 植竹眞斗, 窪田智徳, 岩﨑雅矢, 望月翔太, 山下紗苗, 郭傲, 星牟禮健也, 馬場惇, 東中竜一郎, 佐藤理史. 「操作者と操作対象ロボットとの対話により長時間操作の退屈感を低減する遠隔操作システムの開発」人工知能学会全国大会 (JSAI2025), 2025. [Paper]
- [D7] 姜菁菁, 郭傲, 東中竜一郎. 「対話中の生体信号を用いた時系列モデルによる感情分類」人工知能学会全国大会 (JSAI2025), 2025. [Paper]
- [D6] 平井龍, 郭傲, 東中竜一郎. 「タスク指向型対話システムへの項目反応理論の適用によるユーザのタスク達成能力の推定」言語処理学会 第30回年次大会 (NLP2024), 2024. [Paper]
- [D5] 山下紗苗, 井上昂治, 郭傲, 望月翔太, 河原達也, 東中竜一郎. 「RealPersonaChat: 話者本人のペルソナと性格特性を含んだ雑談対話コーパス」言語処理学会 第30回年次大会 (NLP2024), 2024. [Paper]
- [D4] Zhiying Huang, Ao Guo, Jianhua Ma. “A Comparative Study of Content Dependent and Independent Emotion Recognition using Convolutional Neural Network Based on DEAP Dataset,” 人工知能学会全国大会 (JSAI2024), 2024. [Paper]
- [D3] 姜菁菁, 郭傲, 東中竜一郎. 「異種センサを用いたマルチモーダル対話データの収集とセンサ情報と主観評価の関係分析」人工知能学会全国大会 (JSAI2024), 2024. [Paper]
- [D2] 滝健太郎, 郭傲, 馬建華. 「マルチモーダル生理信号データを用いた眠気状態の多レベル分類」人工知能学会全国大会 (JSAI2024), 2024. [Paper]
- [D1] 平井龍, 大橋厚元, 郭傲, 東中竜一郎. 「タスク指向型対話システムにおけるチュートリアルを用いた発話理解の改善」人工知能学会全国大会 (JSAI2022), 2022. [Paper]
Non-refereed
- [N3] Ao Guo, Shota Mochizuki, Sanae Yamashita, Saya Nikaido, Tomoko Isomura, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Wizard-of-Oz Dialogue Data Collection for a Mobile Guide Robot,” Poster at the 4th Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems for Cybernetic Avatars (SDS4CA 2024), 2024. [Workshop]
- [N2] Ryu Hirai, Shinya Iizuka, Haruhisa Iseno, Ao Guo, Jingjing Jiang, Atsumoto Ohashi, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Team Flow at DRC2023,” Dialogue Robot Competition, 2023. [Paper]
- [N1] Ryu Hirai, Atsumoto Ohashi, Ao Guo, Hideki Shiroma, Xulin Zhou, Yukihiko Tone, Shinya Iizuka, Ryuichiro Higashinaka. “Team Flow at DRC2022,” Dialogue Robot Competition, 2022. [Paper]
