drs Monique Schaule Jullens

Chuyang Zhang, Bin Yu, Yuchao Wang, Mansi Yuan, Wanqi Wang, Seungwoo Je, Pengcheng An

ASafePlace: User-Led Personalization of VR Relaxation via an Art Therapy Activity Proceedings Article

In: pp. 1-24, ACM, 2026.

Qi Wang, Yifan Yan, Shiwen Fang, Qingfan An, Xiujia Luo, Jie Jia, Bin Yu

CoBreath: Designing a VR-Based Dyadic Biofeedback System to Support Breathing Exercise for Breast Cancer Survivors Honorable Mention Proceedings Article

In: pp. 1-20, ACM, 2026.

Anne Marleen Olthof, Jouke Verlinden, Somaya Ben Allouch

Attuned Design Practice: a design vocabulary for embodied knowing Proceedings Article

In: Chang, C. Y., Chen, C. H., Hsu, Y. (Ed.): IASDR 2025: Design Next, 02-05 December, Taiwan, pp. 1-11, 2026.

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Nataliia Kaminskaia, Rob Saunders, Kim Baraka, Somaya Ben Allouch

The Nudging Machine: Exploring Expressive Touch-Based Movement for Abstract Robots Proceedings Article

In: pp. 381-386, ACM, 2026.

Quality and Safety Management of Advanced Medical Technologies in Homecare in The Netherlands: A Qualitative Study on Consensus Development Regarding Approaches and Continuing Professional Education Journal Article

Ingrid ten Haken, Somaya Ben Allouch, Wim van Harten

In: Healthcare, vol. 14, iss. 4, pp. 1-13, 2026.

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organisations. This study aimed to report on initial consensus among homecare nurses on

responsibilities in quality and safety management at organisational, team and individual

levels. It also explored nurses’ educational needs related to the use of advanced medical

technologies (AMTs) in homecare. Methods: An exploratory qualitative study using

consensus-oriented member checking was conducted. Building on research into incidents

and safety management practices of AMTs, two semi-structured group interviews were

conducted online with 11 homecare nurses from across the Netherlands. In a second round,

feedback and comments were solicited on the resulting conclusions and statements in

writing. Results: Distinguishing between high-risk and low-risk incident reports enhances

the efficiency and effectiveness of safety management for AMTs in homecare. Team-based

discussions increase the likelihood of incident reporting. Nurses advocate for periodic,

mandatory assessments for technical homecare teams, conducted by an external body. They

also emphasise individual responsibility for maintaining up-to-date knowledge and skills

and taking action accordingly. Conclusions: In this study, key statements on which Dutch

technical homecare nurses reached consensus are presented. The results underscore the

importance of a safe organisational and team culture for incident reporting, as well as the

need for an effective and efficient incident management system at a team level. An effective

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Simone de Droog, Mike Ligthart, Marianne Bossema, Mirjam de Haas, Matthijs Smakman, Lamia Elloumi, Koen Hindriks, Somaya Ben Allouch

Robot Social Skills: Influencing Children’s Performance and Robot Perception Through a Robot Math Tutor’s Scaffolding and Personalization Journal Article

In: International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1-17, 2026.

Marianne Bossema, Rob Saunders, Aske Plaat, Somaya Ben Allouch

Pluri-perspectivism in Human-Robot Co-creativity with Older Adults Conference

vol. 16132, International Conference Social Robotics + AI Springer Nature, 2026, ISBN: 978-981-95-2382-5.

Tianqin Lu, Bin Yu, Juna Hu

HealthClockface: Design of Glanceable Health Data Visualization for Smartwatches Conference

DRS Design Research Society, 2025.

Hangcheng Yang, Yuan-An Chan, Bin Yu, Yi-Ping Hung, Panos Markopoulos, Rong-Hao Liang

MindFlow: Breathing-Integrated Progressive Muscle Relaxation with a Full-Body Self-Avatar in Virtual Reality Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM DIS Conference, pp. 1658-1673, 2025.

Mengru Xue, Bin Yu, Jiang Wu, Xu Sun, Peidi Fang, Cheng Yao, Fangtian Ying, Shijian Luo, Sheng Zhang

GlowGrow: Designing an ambient biofeedback system for pregnancy stress management Journal Article

In: PLOS One, vol. 20, no. 6, 2025.

Tianqin Lu, Qingyuan Lin, Bin Yu, Jun Hu

A systematic review of strategies in digital technologies for motivating adherence to chronic illness self-care Journal Article

In: npj Health Systems, vol. 2, no. 13, pp. 1-17, 2025.

Pingting Chen, Bin Yu, Xiaoqing Sun, Jiangnan Xia, Xinyu Liu, Xipei Ren

ZooWear: Animal-Inspired Head-Mounted Haptic Interfaces to Augment the Zoo Experience Journal Article

In: International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, pp. 1-26, 2025.

Paula Collazo-Castiñeira, Rocío Rodríguez-Rey, Alfonso Joft, Somaya Ben Allouch, Doris Eglseer, Josje Schoufour, Eva Topinková, Peter Weijs, Yves Boirie, Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo

Tailoring mHealth for Healthy Aging: Focus Group Study With Retirement-Age Adults Journal Article

In: JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, vol. 13, pp. 1-18, 2025.

Niek Zuidhof, Oscar Peters, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Somaya Ben Allouch

Social Acceptance of Smart Glasses in Health Care: Model Evaluation Study of Anticipated Adoption and Social Interaction Journal Article

In: JMIR Formative Research, vol. 9 (49610), pp. 1-17, 2025.

Tamar Shahinian, Leonie van Buuren, Marja Peltenburg, Marlene Hoynk, Dannie van Bemmel, Somaya Ben Allouch, Masi Mohammadi, Saskia Robben, Marwan El Morabet, Barbara Groot-Sluijsmans

Validity of Citizen Science: A qualitative and arts-based evaluation from the perspectives of citizens, academics, artists and ICT-specialists Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of SHE'24, Smart Healthy Environments, Maastricht, pp. 278-289, 2024.

Wen-Tseng Chang, Shihan Wang, Stephanie Kramer, Michel Oey, Somaya Ben Allouch

Human-Centered AI for Dementia Care: Using Reinforcement Learning for Personalized Interventions Support in Eating and Drinking Scenarios Proceedings Article

In: pp. 84 – 93, IOS Press, Malmö, 2024.

Mike Ligthart, Simone de Droog, Marianne Bossema, Lamia Elloumi, Mirjam de Haas, Matthijs Smakman, Koen Hindriks, Somaya Ben Allouch

Back to School – Sustaining Recurring Child-Robot Educational Interactions After a Long Break Proceedings Article

In: HRI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE, pp. 433–442, ACM, 2024.

The body gets the notion, performative design practice for human computer integration to encourage innovation in the domains of health and well-being Conference

Anne Marleen Olthof, Jouke Verlinden, Somaya Ben Allouch

DRS Design Research Society, 2023.

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abstract = {This PhD-project delivers a design methodology that studies how cyber-physical systems can integrate with the human body to improve the quality of life for people with progressive and permanent disabilities. In this project, the perspectives of the ‘deviant body’ (Murray, 2007) and the ‘disabled body’ (Goodley, 2017) are seen as bodies of knowledge that can question, collapse, or even eliminate traditional perspectives on what it means to be ‘human’ in hybrid realities. In recent debates on human-computer integration (HInt) (Farooq & Grudin, 2017; Mueller et al., 2020, 2021; Danry, V.et al., 2021; Semertzidis et al., 2022; Barbosa et al., 2023), possible scenarios for hybrid futures suggest that the body interacts with computing systems that can sense, interpret, and automatically act to body-based and contextual signals (Andres et al., 2023), thereby potentially altering human characteristics and abilities in a fundamental manner. These alterations, which can range from the physical to the spiritual (Dieffenbacher, 2022), have the potential to drift the ’lived body’ (Merleau-Ponty, 2002) leading to all sorts of discomfort in the phenomenology of organ and tissue (Bhatt and Kothari, 2022; Shildrick, 2022), as a result of what is not sensed or expressed in the cells of the human body (Shapiro, 2012). The web of asymmetrical relationships that emerges from incorporating ‘non-self matter’ in, on and with the human body is not seen as just contact zones with the human body but is seen as border crossings where bodies of knowledge inflect and disturb one another in what we can understand as high productive ways for learning (Shildrick, 1997, 2009; Shildrick & Söffner, 2017). This PhD-project studies the bodily aspects of 'becoming-in-the-world' (Shildrick, 2009) through performative design practices in human-computer integration, to understand how the 'dispositifs' (Deleuze, 1992; Marenko & Brassett, 2015), such as knowledge, techniques, practices, tools, and methods contribute to the potential alteration of human abilities and characteristics as a result of integrating with computing systems. Bodily integrated systems are explored through its (1) ‘matter’, by approaching embodiment as anatomy, physiology, skill, experience (Loke & Robertson, 2011), and through its (2) ‘mattering’ (Mitchell et al., 2019), by means of the unstable, complex and indeterminate psycho-physiological ‘repertoire of play’ (Easterling, 2012). The takeaway message is that to advance our understanding of human-computer integration, we must prioritize alternative and pluralistic approaches to develop a more expansive foundation for design practices that encourage innovation in the domains of health and well-being. Main Research Question How can a design methodology employ a bodily design perspective in human-computer integration, specifically in the application domain of health & well-being? Sub research questions RQ1: What does a bodily design perspective behold for human-computer integration? RQ2: How can performative play and cyber-physical artefacts be used to study the web of asymmetrical human-computer relationships in bodily integrated systems? RQ3: What design strategies and tactics does the design process of bodily integrated systems need? RQ4: What does a design methodology look like for interdisciplinary design teams that explore, design, and develop bodily integrated systems?},

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This PhD-project delivers a design methodology that studies how cyber-physical systems can integrate with the human body to improve the quality of life for people with progressive and permanent disabilities. In this project, the perspectives of the ‘deviant body’ (Murray, 2007) and the ‘disabled body’ (Goodley, 2017) are seen as bodies of knowledge that can question, collapse, or even eliminate traditional perspectives on what it means to be ‘human’ in hybrid realities. In recent debates on human-computer integration (HInt) (Farooq & Grudin, 2017; Mueller et al., 2020, 2021; Danry, V.et al., 2021; Semertzidis et al., 2022; Barbosa et al., 2023), possible scenarios for hybrid futures suggest that the body interacts with computing systems that can sense, interpret, and automatically act to body-based and contextual signals (Andres et al., 2023), thereby potentially altering human characteristics and abilities in a fundamental manner. These alterations, which can range from the physical to the spiritual (Dieffenbacher, 2022), have the potential to drift the ’lived body’ (Merleau-Ponty, 2002) leading to all sorts of discomfort in the phenomenology of organ and tissue (Bhatt and Kothari, 2022; Shildrick, 2022), as a result of what is not sensed or expressed in the cells of the human body (Shapiro, 2012). The web of asymmetrical relationships that emerges from incorporating ‘non-self matter’ in, on and with the human body is not seen as just contact zones with the human body but is seen as border crossings where bodies of knowledge inflect and disturb one another in what we can understand as high productive ways for learning (Shildrick, 1997, 2009; Shildrick & Söffner, 2017). This PhD-project studies the bodily aspects of 'becoming-in-the-world' (Shildrick, 2009) through performative design practices in human-computer integration, to understand how the 'dispositifs' (Deleuze, 1992; Marenko & Brassett, 2015), such as knowledge, techniques, practices, tools, and methods contribute to the potential alteration of human abilities and characteristics as a result of integrating with computing systems. Bodily integrated systems are explored through its (1) ‘matter’, by approaching embodiment as anatomy, physiology, skill, experience (Loke & Robertson, 2011), and through its (2) ‘mattering’ (Mitchell et al., 2019), by means of the unstable, complex and indeterminate psycho-physiological ‘repertoire of play’ (Easterling, 2012). The takeaway message is that to advance our understanding of human-computer integration, we must prioritize alternative and pluralistic approaches to develop a more expansive foundation for design practices that encourage innovation in the domains of health and well-being. Main Research Question How can a design methodology employ a bodily design perspective in human-computer integration, specifically in the application domain of health & well-being? Sub research questions RQ1: What does a bodily design perspective behold for human-computer integration? RQ2: How can performative play and cyber-physical artefacts be used to study the web of asymmetrical human-computer relationships in bodily integrated systems? RQ3: What design strategies and tactics does the design process of bodily integrated systems need? RQ4: What does a design methodology look like for interdisciplinary design teams that explore, design, and develop bodily integrated systems?

Somaya Ben Allouch, Lamia Elloumi

Dare to Care Long-Term: Social Robots in Elderly Care Journal Article

In: National Library of Medicine, no. 330, pp. 986-1007, 2023.

Predicting long-term neurocognitive outcome after pediatric intensive care unit admission for bronchiolitis—preliminary exploration of the potential of machine learning Journal Article

Eleonore de Sonnaville, Jacob Vermeule, Kjeld Oostra, Hennie Knoester, Job van Woensel, Somaya Ben Allouch, Jaap Oosterlaan, Marsh Kӧnigs

In: European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023.

Tamara Veronica Pinos Cisneros, Annette Brons, Ben Kröse, Ben Schouten, Geke Ludden

Playfulness and New Technologies in Hand Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Scoping Review Journal Article

In: JMIR Serious Games, vol. 11, pp. 1-24, 2023.

Shakila Shayan, Marlies van Steenbergen, Koen van Turnhout, Zelda Zeegers, Somaya Ben Allouch, Maaike Harbers, Guido Evertzen, Janna Bruijning, Wieke van Boxtel, Katarina Jerkovich

AI in the Human Loop: The Impact of Differences in Digital Assistant Roles on the Personal Values of Users Journal Article

In: HCI – INTERACT'23, pp. 239–249, 2023.

Melissa Laurens, Marloes Postel, Marjolein Brusse – Keizer, Marcel Pieterse, Somaya Ben Allouch, Ernst Bohlmeijer, Elske Salemink

Augmenting outpatient alcohol treatment as usual with online approach bias modification training: A double-blind randomized controlled trial Journal Article

In: ScienceDirect, pp. 1-8, 2023.

Mike Ligthart, Simone de Droog, Marianne Bossema, Lamia Elloumi, Kees Hoogland, Matthijs Smakman, Koen Hindriks, Somaya Ben Allouch

Design Specifications for a Social Robot Math Tutor – 'Best Studies Paper Award – Runner up' Bachelor Thesis

2023.

Max Alberts, Ellen de Ridder, Joris Lodewijks, Tamara Pinos Cisneros, Kayleigh Schoorl, Albert Ali Salah, Ben Schouten

Designing a Smartphone Exergame for Children with Cerebral Palsy in the Home Environment Proceedings Article

In: CHI PLAY '22, pp. 183-188, ACM, Bremen, 2022.

Somaya Ben Allouch, Jeroen Wildenbeest, Jeanine Wesselink – Huesken

Impact sociale robots in de ouderenzorg: positieve uitkomsten langdurige gebruikersstudie bij professionals en cliënten Proceedings Article

In: CHI PLAY '22, pp. 1-2, ACM, Bremen, 2022.

Lamia Elloumi, Marianne Bossema, Simone de Droog, Matthijs Smakman, Stan van Ginkel, Mike Ligthart, Kees Hoogland, Koen Hindriks, Somaya Ben Allouch

Exploring requirements and opportunities for social robots in primary mathematics education Proceedings Article

In: 31th IEEE RO-MAN '22,IEEE Xplore,Naples, Italy, pp. 316-322, 2022.

Niek Zuidhof, Somaya Ben Allouch, Oscar Peters, Peter-Paul Verbeek

Perspectives on the acceptance and social implications of smart glasses: a qualitative focus group study in healthcare Journal Article

In: International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 1-12, 2022.

Joey van der Bie, Nienke Nijhof, Somaya Ben Allouch

Raamwerk en toolkit meten impact e-health bij mensen met visuele beperking Journal Article

In: ICT&health, vol. 4, pp. 4-17, 2022.

Translating Promoting Factors and Behavior Change Principles Into a Blended and Technology-Supported Intervention to Stimulate Physical Activity in Children With Asthma (Foxfit): Design Study Journal Article

Annette Brons, Katja Braam, Aline Broekema, Annieck Timmerman, Karel Millenaar, Raoul Engelbert, Ben Kröse, Bart Visser

In: Journal of Medical Internet Research Formative Research, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 1-22, 2022.

Saskia Robben, Michel Oey, Margriet Pol, Sanne Muiser, Paulien Melis, Somaya Ben Allouch

A co-creation approach to implementing eHealth applications in care organizations: lessons learned from multiple cases Conference

IMPSCI '22,South London, United Kingdom, 2022.

Elisa Giaccardi, Chris Speed, Johan Redström, Somaya Ben Allouch, Irina Shklovski

AI and the Conditions of Design: Towards A New Set of Design Ideals Proceedings Article

In: DRS Biennal Conference Series, pp. 1-9, DRS Digital Library, Bilbao, 2022.

Jacob Browne, Saskia Bakker, Bin Yu, Peter Lloyd, Somaya Ben Allouch

Trust in Clinical AI: Expanding the Unit of Analysis (nominated for best paper award) Proceedings Article

In: HHAI 2022,Amsterdam, pp. 1-18, 2022.

Anne Grave, Saskia Robben, Michel Oey, Somaya Ben Allouch, Masi Mohammadi

Developing an Intelligent Environment to Support People with Early-Stage Dementia: from User-Needs to a Real-Life Prototype Journal Article

In: Applied Human Informatics: Open Journal of the Academy of Human Informatics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-18, 2022.

Josca van Houwelingen – Snippe, Somaya Ben Allouch, Thomas van Rompay (

‘That is a place where I would want to go’: investigating digital nature to enhance social wellbeing among older adults Journal Article

In: Ageing , Society (2022), pp. 1-24 , 2022.