Paul Hemeren

Education
- Ph.D. Cognitive Science, Lund University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Hope College, USA
Dissertation
Hemeren, P. E. (2008). Mind in Action: Action Representation and the Perception of Biological Motion. Lund University Cognitive Studies 140, Lund University, Sweden. [ISBN 978-91-977380-2-6] [Abstract] [complete dissertation: pdf]
Research Projects
URBanIST: Detecting the intentions of cyclists in traffic
[Swedish title] Uppmärksamhet hos bilförare i möte med oskyddade trafikanter
(As principal investigator) The purpose of this project is to determine the information that drivers attend to when they detect and predict the behavior of cyclists in traffic situations. We use recorded realistic traffic situations and ask observers to predict the actions of cyclists. We also measure driver responses in traffic situations in a driving simulator evnironment.
This project is financed ($125K, 875tkr) by the research division of the Swedish insurance company: Länsförsäkringsbolagens forskningsfond AB.
URBanIST: II
(As principal investigator) This project includes Mikael Johannesson, Mikael Lebram, Fredrik Eriksson and Kristoffer Ekman. It is a continuation of the research on obtaining a model of driver attention for the signals that characterize the behavior of cyclists in traffic situations such as crossing at crosswalks. The financing is for 1 million Swedish Crowns (approx. 150,000 USD and will continue through 2013.
Swedish media links to the project
Local Swedish radio stations: Skaraborg, Jämtland, Kalmar and Västernorrland
DREAM: Development of Robot-Enhanced therapy for children with AutisM spectrum disorders
An EC-funded (7th Framework Programme) research project, DREAM, which will design and evaluate therapeutic robots for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Project duration: April 2014-September 2018
Project website: DREAM
Professional Membership
- Member of the Cognitive Science Society
- Member of 3rd European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics.
- Member of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association
- Member of the Association for Psychological Science
- Member of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology
Review Work
- Cognitive Computation
- Acta Psychologica
- Topics in Cognitive Science
- PLoS ONE
- Vision Research
- Consciousness and Cognition
- Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Technical Reports
Hemeren, P., Johannesson, M., Lebram, M., & Eriksson, F. (2017). URBANIST: Validering av reflexbaserade baserade hjälpmedel för cylister. Teknisk Rapport: Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi [HS-IIT-TR-17-002]. På uppdrag av Trafikverket.
Hemeren, P., Johannesson, M., Lebram, M., Eriksson, F., Ekman, K. & Veto, P. (2013) URBANIST: Signaler som används för att avläsa cyklisters intentioner i trafiken. Technical Report: HS-IKI-TR-13-002, University of Skövde.
Research
2022
Anticipatory Instances In Films: What Do They Tell Us About Event Understanding?
2022. Conference paper, oral presentation with abstract.
2021
Proceedings of the 16th SweCog Conference
2021. Conference paper.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
2021. Article.
https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.699505
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Cognition and Action in a Plurality of Spaces (ICSC 2021)
2021. Conference paper, poster.
2020
Modelling Human Motion: From Human Perception to Robot Design
2020. Chapter in book. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46732-6_4
2020 Joint IEEE 10th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob)
2020. Conference paper. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDL-EpiRob48136.2020.9278047
2019
Anticipation and Anticipatory Systems: Humans Meet Artificial Intelligence, Örebro, Sweden, June 10-13, 2019
2019. Conference paper, oral presentation with abstract.
Cognitive Vision: Integrated Vision and AI for Embodied Perception and Interaction. Workshop on Cognitive Vision at Advances in Cognitive Systems (ACS), MIT, Boston, USA, August 2, 2019
2019. Conference paper.
NOD: forum för tro, kultur och samhälle
2019. Article, review.
42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2019 Leuven
2019. Conference paper, oral presentation with abstract. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006619863862