Anara Sandygulova, PhD

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Department of Robotics and Mechatronics

Emailanara.sandygulova@nu.edu.kz

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PhD projects

1) Kazakh Sign Language Recognition 2) Kazakh Sign Language Generation 3) Multilingual Text-to-Speech Voice Engine for Robot Speech Perception and Generation 4) Adaptive Learning of Latin Script: Kazakh Language Handwriting Recognition and Spellchecking 5) Adapting to One's Learning Style using Learning by Demonstration and Reinforcement Learning 6) Reciprocal Peer Tutoring for Long-term Child-Robot Interaction All projects have funding, occasional travel to partner sites (EPFL, Switzeland, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, University of Bergen, Norway) and participation in the top conferences will be required. BS and MS students are also encouraged to join these projects. Email me for any questions or drop by 7e320 (office) or C4.427 (lab).

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CoWriting Kazakh: Learning New Script with a Robot
Sandygulova, A., CohenMiller, A., Summers, D., Alizadeh, T., Yessenbayev, Z., Johal, W. & Dillenbourg, P.
1/1/20 → 12/31/22
Project: Monitored by Research Administration
Stochastic and learning-based predictive control methods for physical human-robot interaction.
Rubagotti, M., Sandygulova, A., Shintemirov, A., Yessenbayev, Z. & Summers, D.
1/1/20 → 12/31/22
Project: Monitored by Research Administration
K-SLARS: Kazakh Sign Language Automatic Recognition System (K-SLARS)
Sandygulova, A., Yessenbayev, Z., Parisi, G. I., Kimmelman, V., Aitpayev, K., Tazhigalieyva, N., Mukushev, M., Imashev, A. & Nurgabylov, Y.
1/31/19 → 12/31/21
Project: Monitored by Research Administration

116 Citations
6 h-Index
27 Conference contribution
4 Article
1 Paper
1 Conference article

CoWriting Kazakh: Learning a new script with a robot
Sandygulova, A., Johal, W., Zhexenova, Z., Tleubayev, B., Zhanatkyzy, A., Turarova, A., Telisheva, Z., CohenMiller, A., Asselborn, T. & Dillenbourg, P., Mar 9 2020, HRI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, p. 113-120 8 p. (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
4 Citations (Scopus)
Interaction design and methodology of robot-assisted therapy for children with severe ASD and ADHD
Sandygulova, A., Zhexenova, Z., Tleubayev, B., Nurakhmetova, A., Zhumabekova, D., Assylgali, I., Rzagaliyev, Y. & Zhakenova, A., Jan 1 2019, In: Paladyn. 10, 1, p. 330-345 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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3 Citations (Scopus)
Robot-assisted therapy for children with ADHD and ASD: A pilot study
Tleubayev, B., Zhexenova, Z., Zhakenova, A. & Sandygulova, A., Mar 22 2019, Proceedings of the 2019 2nd International Conference on Service Robotics Technologies, ICSRT 2019. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 58-62 5 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
8 Citations (Scopus)
Robots for Learning - R4L: Adaptive Learning
Johal, W., Sandygulova, A., De Wit, J., De Haas, M. & Scassellati, B., Mar 22 2019, HRI 2019 - 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, p. 693-694 2 p. 8673109. (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction; vol. 2019-March).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
1 Citation (Scopus)
Similarity Attraction for Robot's Dialect in Language Learning Using Social Robots
Pazylbekov, A., Kalym, D., Otynshin, A. & Sandygulova, A., Mar 22 2019, HRI 2019 - 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, p. 532-533 2 p. 8673232. (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction; vol. 2019-March).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution