Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computer Science at Rice University. My research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and robotics. I am particularly interested in finding solutions to fluent interactions between human and robots via inferring human preferences and predicting human motion.

[1] M. S. Yasar and T. Iqbal , “CoRaL: Continual Representation Learning for Overcoming Catastrophic Forgetting” International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2023), 2023.

[2] M. S. Yasar, M. M. Islam, and T. Iqbal. “Imprint: Interactional dynamics-aware motion prediction in teams using multimodal context.” Under review, 2023.

[3] M. M. Islam, M. S. Yasar and T. Iqbal “MAVEN: A Memory Augmented Recurrent Approach for Multimodal Fusion”, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2022.

[4] M. S. Yasar and T. Iqbal,“Robots That Can Anticipate and Learn in Human-Robot Teams” ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), HRI Pioneers, 2022.

[5] M. S. Yasar and T. Iqbal , “Improving Human Motion Prediction Through Continual Learning” ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Lifelong Learning and Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction (LEAP-HRI) Workshop, 2021.

[6] M. S. Yasar and T. Iqbal , “A Scalable Approach to Predict Multi-Agent Motion for Human-Robot Collaboration” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.

[7] S. M. Preum, S. Munir, M. Ma, M. S. Yasar, D.J. Stone, R. Williams, H. Alemzadeh, J.A. Stankovic, “A Review of Cognitive Assistants for Healthcare: Trends, Prospects, and Future Directions” ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2021.

[8] M. S. Yasar and H. Alemzadeh , “Real-Time Context-aware Detection of Unsafe Events in Robot-Assisted Surgery” 50th IEEE/IFIP Int. Conf. on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2020.

[9] K. Hutchinson, M.S. Yasar, H. Bhatia and H. Alemzadeh,“A Reactive Autonomous Camera Systemfor the RAVEN II Surgical Robot,” International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR), 2020.,Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Apr 2020.

[10] M. S. Yasar, D. Evans and H. Alemzadeh , “Context-aware Monitoring in Robotic Surgery,” International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR), 2019., Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Apr 2019.

[11] M. S. Yasar, M. T. Rashid and M. K. Rhaman, “Digitization of the Entire Traffic System and Mitigation of the Ongoing Traffic Crisis Across Cities of Developing Nations,” IEEE TENCON 2015 - 2015 IEEE Region 10 Conference, Macau, China Nov 2015.

[12] M. S.Yasar and M. T. Rashid, “Implementation of dynamic traffic light controllers using artificial neural networks to diminish traffic ordeals”, European Modelling Symposium, Madrid, Spain Oct 2015.