Mobina Amrollahi | Iowa State University

About Me

I am a fourth-year PhD student in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University, advised by Dr. Jundi Liu and Dr. Bowen Weng.

The line of research that interests me most is modeling the contextual, noisy, sometimes irrational, and inherently heterogeneous nature of human behavior through implicit and explicit feedback during interactions with autonomous agents, particularly in data-scarce settings. By critically examining current socially aware multi-agent navigation systems, my research seeks to incorporate insights from psychology, sociology, and economics into their design. Another line of my research investigates the alignment between multisource measures of human behavior, developing reliable and adaptive solutions for socially aware systems that lean on one or a combination of these measures.

Before my PhD, I completed my BS at Sharif University of Technology.

News

[Oct. 2026] Defended and passed my Master of Science in Industrial Engineering!
[Oct. 2026] I will be at HFES 2026 in Reno, NV, presenting the work “Adaptive Social Navigation: Accounting for Human Behavioral Heterogeneity via Dynamic Shifts Across Behavioral Archetypes.”
[June 2026] I will be at the Midwest Robotics Workshop, presenting our work on “Safe Social Robot Navigation with Behaviorally Adaptive Human Models in Efficient Spaces.”
[Oct. 2025] I will be at HFES 2025 in Chicago, IL, presenting the work Analysis and Modeling of Worker Trust in Automated Guided Vehicles for Manufacturing Workplace.
[Aug. 2025] Passed my PhD qualification exam.
[May. 2025] I will be at IISE 2025 in Atlanta, GA, presenting our work “Analysis and Modeling of Worker Trust in Automated Guided Vehicles for Manufacturing Workplace.”

Publications

ACM

Measuring and Understanding Trust in Motion: Behavioral Archetypes in Human-Automated Guided Vehicle Interactions

Mobina Amrollahi, Michael C. Dorneich, Jundi Liu

Accepted for publication in ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 2026.

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THMS

A Systematic Review of Human-in-the-Loop Adaptive Systems: Design, Implications, and Future Directions

Alexis Gomez-Hernandez*, Mobina Amrollahi*, Elham Entezarizarch, Jundi Liu, Jing Yang

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2026.

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HFES

Analysis and Modeling of Worker Trust in Automated Guided Vehicles for Manufacturing Workplace

Mobina Amrollahi, Rindirisia Wangira, Jundi Liu

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (HFES), 2025.

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Services

[2027] Reviewer for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 2027.
[Mar. 2025 – Dec. 2025] One-on-one math tutoring and mentorship to K-12 students through CyMath.

Beyond Research

Outside the lab, when I’m not running, you’ll find me painting, reading, taking care of my plants, or making mediocre all-purpose pottery.