Stephanie Gabriela Arévalo Arboleda, Dr.-Ing.

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Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Area: Interaction in Virtual Environments and Social Virtual Reality

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+49 241 80-27683
+49 241 80-22196

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Dr.-Ing. Stephanie Gabriela Arévalo Arboleda
Institut für Nachrichtentechnik 
RWTH Aachen 
D-52056 Aachen

Short Bio

Before joining RWTH Aachen, Dr. Arévalo Arboleda was a postdoctoral fellow at the Audiovisual Technology Group at the TU Ilmenau. She received her PhD from the University Duisburg-Essen, where she investigated the use of augmented reality for human-robot interaction, supervised by Prof. Jens Gerken, who currently leads the Inclusive Human-Robot Interaction group at TU Dortmund. She also holds a M.Sc. in Human-Technology Interaction from the Tampere University in Finland and an MBA from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador where she also obtained her engineering’s degree in Computer Science. Her main interest is designing technology from a human-centered perspective. Her other research interests include extended reality, human-robot interaction, multimodal interaction, assistive technologies, UX, interaction design, and empirical methods in HCI.

Publications

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S. Arévalo Arboleda, J. Hartbrich, F. Weidner, S. B. Fischedick, C. Gerhardt, K. Richter, C. Kunert, B. Vorhof, H.-M. Gross, W. Broll, et al., “Robot, avatar, or human: The impact of partner representation and task on the communication experience,” Proc. of ACM Human Computer Interaction, vol. 9, Oct. 2025. [ bib ]

J. Hartbrich, S. Arévalo Arboleda, S. Goring, and A. Raake, “The effect of hand visibility in ar: Comparing dexterity and interaction with virtual and real objects,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 31, pp. 10026–10034, Oct. 2025. [ bib ]

M. Conde, S. Arévalo Arboleda, A. Raake, and N. Döring, “A telepresence robot for the social integration of older adults: Exploring human-robot gesture interaction and voice commands,” in Proc. of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction '25, pp. 181–189, Springer Nature Switzerland Cham, June 2025. [ bib ]

M. Ni, S. Arévalo Arboleda, and A. Raake, “Exploring proxemics in volumetric video vs. face-to-face through charades,” in Proc. of Extended Abstracts of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems '25, pp. 1–7, Apr. 2025. [ bib ]

A. Singla, F. Weidner, S. Arévalo Arboleda, W. Menz, W. Broll, and A. Raake, “A literature review of factors influencing cybersickness in 360o video experiences,” in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops VRW '25, pp. 836–844, IEEE, Mar. 2025. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, S. Fischedick, C. Diao, K. Richter, H.-M. Groß, and A. Raake, “exploratory study on the impact of varying levels of robot control on presence in robot-mediated communicationan,” in 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN): 26-30 Aug. 2024, Pasadena, CA, USA, pp. 83–88, 2024. [ bib ]

F. Weidner, J. Hartbrich, S. Arévalo Arboleda, C. Kunert, C. Schneiderwind, C. Diao, C. Gerhardt, T. Surdu, W. Broll, S. Werner, et al., “Eyes on the narrative: Exploring the impact of visual realism and audio presentation on gaze behavior in ar storytelling,” in Proc. of Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications 24, pp. 1–7, 2024. [ bib ]

C. Diao, S. Arévalo Arboleda, and A. Raake, “Nonverbal dynamics in dyadic videoconferencing interaction: the role of video resolution and conversational quality,” in Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, pp. 387–396, 2024. [ bib ]

C. Diao, S. Arévalo Arboleda, and A. Raake, “Effects of delay on nonverbal behavior and interpersonal coordination in video conferencing,” in IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, IEEE, 2024. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, M. Conde, N. Doering, and A. Raake, “Introducing personas and scenarios to highlight older adults' perspectives on robot-mediated communication,” in Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 209–213, 2024. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, S. Fischedick, C. Diao, K. Richter, H.-M. Gross, and A. Raake, “An exploratory study on the impact of varying levels of robot control on presence in robot-mediated communication,” in IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2024. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, C. Kunert, J. Hartbrich, C. Schneiderwind, C. Diao, C. Gerhardt, T. Surdu, F. Weidner, W. Broll, S. Werner, et al., “Beyond looks: a study on agent movement and audiovisual spatial coherence in augmented reality,” in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces VR '24, pp. 502–512, IEEE, 2024. [ bib ]

T. Mossakowski, M. M. Hedblom, F. Neuhaus, S. Arévalo Arboleda, and A. Raake, “Using the diagrammatic image schema language for joint human-machine cognition,” Engineering for a changing world: Proceedings : 60th ISC, Ilmenau Scientific Colloquium, Technische Universität Ilmenau, September 04-08, 2023, Nov. 2023. [ bib | DOI ]

Q. Saboor, H. Mehfooz-Khan, A. Raake, and S. Arévalo Arboleda, “A virtual gardening experience: Evaluating the effect of haptic feedback on spatial presence, perceptual realism, mental immersion, and user experience,” in Proc. of International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM '23, pp. 520–522, 2023. [ bib ]

F. Immohr, G. Rendle, A. Neidhardt, S. Göring, R. R. Ramachandra Rao, S. Arévalo Arboleda, B. Froehlich, and A. Raake, “Proof-of-concept study to evaluate the impact of spatial audio on social presence and user behavior in multi-modal vr communication,” in Proc. of ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences IMX '23, pp. 209–215, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. [ bib | DOI ]

J. Hartbrich, F. Weidner, C. Kunert, A. Raake, W. Broll, and S. Arévalo Arboleda, “Eye and face tracking in vr: Avatar embodiment and enfacement with realistic and cartoon avatars,” in Proc. of International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM '23, pp. 270–278, 2023. [ bib ]

I. Viola, H. Amirpour, S. Arévalo Arboleda, and M. Torres Vega, “Ixr'23: 2nd international workshop on interactive extended reality,” in Proc. of ACM International Conference on Multimedia '23, pp. 9728–9730, 2023. [ bib ]

F. Weidner, G. Boettcher, S. Arévalo Arboleda, C. Diao, L. Sinani, C. Kunert, C. Gerhardt, W. Broll, and A. Raake, “A systematic review on the visualization of avatars and agents in ar & vr displayed using head-mounted displays,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 2596–2606, 2023. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, Towards a Human-Robot Interaction Design for People with Motor Disabilities by Enhancing the Visual Space. PhD thesis, Essen University, Germany, 2022. [ bib ]

H. R. Nambiappan, S. Arévalo Arboleda, C. L. Lundberg, M. Kyrarini, F. Makedon, and N. Gans, “Mina: A robotic assistant for hospital fetching tasks,” Technologies, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 41, 2022. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, M. Becker, and J. Gerken, “Does one size fit all? a case study to discuss findings of an augmented hands-free robot teleoperation concept for people with and without motor disabilities,” Technologies, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 4, 2022. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, M. Pascher, A. Baumeister, B. Klein, and J. Gerken, “Reflecting upon participatory design in human-robot collaboration for people with motor disabilities: challenges and lessons learned from three multiyear projects,” in Proceedings of the 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, pp. 147–155, 2021. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, T. Dierks, F. Rücker, and J. Gerken, “Exploring the visual space to improve depth perception in robot teleoperation using augmented reality: The role of distance and target’s pose in time, success, and certainty,” in IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 522–543, Springer International Publishing Cham, 2021. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, F. Rücker, T. Dierks, and J. Gerken, “Assisting manipulation and grasping in robot teleoperation with augmented reality visual cues,” in Proc. of Extended Abstracts of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems '21, pp. 1–14, 2021. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, T. Dierks, F. Rücker, and J. Gerken, “There's more than meets the eye: Enhancing robot control through augmented visual cues,” in Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 104–106, 2020. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, M. Pascher, Y. Lakhnati, and J. Gerken, “Understanding human-robot collaboration for people with mobility impairments at the workplace, a thematic analysis,” in 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 561–566, IEEE, 2020. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, S. Miller, M. Janka, and J. Gerken, “What's behind a choice? understanding modality choices under changing environmental conditions,” in 2019 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, pp. 291–301, 2019. [ bib ]

S. Arévalo Arboleda, M. Pascher, and J. Gerken, “Opportunities and challenges in mixed-reality for an inclusive human-robot collaboration environment,” 2018. [ bib ]

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