Kai M. Blum Research

Multi-Robot Collaboration Framework for Seamless Efficient Human-Robot-Robot Interaction Research: A Cocktail Bar Case Study

R. Barabas , K.M. Blum , R. Gerndt , T. Doernbach

International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), 2026

  • Human-Robot Interaction

A framework for studying human-robot-robot interaction using a multi-robot cocktail bar scenario.

Best Paper Award

Smalltalk-KG: A Knowledge Graph Construction Framework for Dialog Personalization in Human-Robot Interaction

N. Wils , S.P. Garijo , K.M. Blum , R. Gerndt , T. Doernbach

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO), 2026

  • Human-Robot Interaction

A framework for constructing knowledge graphs that personalize smalltalk dialog in social human-robot interaction scenarios.

Interactive Composition Operators: An Alternative Approach for Selecting Linear Embedding Parameters

D.J. Lehmann , K.M. Blum , M. Rubio-Sánchez , K. Simon

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2026

  • Visual Analytics
  • Embeddings

Introduces composition operators as an interactive alternative to parameter tuning when exploring linear dimensionality reduction embeddings.

Best Paper Nominee

Remote vs. Presence Laboratories in Human-Robot Interaction with Social Robots: A Study on Task Performance

C. Peters , K.M. Blum , I. Al Krad , P. Moraes , R.B. Grando , R. Gerndt , T. Doernbach

International Conference on Social Robotics + AI (ICSR+AI), 2025

  • Human-Robot Interaction

Empirical comparison of remote and in-person laboratory setups for studying task performance with social robots.

Uncovering Relations in High-Dimensional Behavioural Data of Drosophila Melanogaster

M. Thane , K.M. Blum , D.J. Lehmann

Eurographics / EuroVis, 2025

  • Visual Analytics

Visual analytics approach for exploring complex behavioural patterns in high-dimensional biological datasets.

Energy Optimized Green Light Assist in Varying Traffic Scenarios Using Reinforcement Learning

J.L. Kolms , K.M. Blum , M. Thane , T. Kurczveil , D.J. Lehmann

Research publication, 2025

  • Machine Learning
  • Reinforcement Learning

Reinforcement learning approach for energy-efficient green light assistance across diverse traffic conditions.

CatNetVis: Semantic Visual Exploration of Categorical High-Dimensional Data with Force-Directed Graph Layouts

M. Thane , K.M. Blum , D.J. Lehmann

EuroVis (Short Papers), 2023 · 5 citations

  • Visual Analytics

Combines force-directed graph layouts with semantic exploration techniques for categorical high-dimensional data.