Selected Publications

Journals, Books & Magazines

  • J Cameron, D Silvera-Tawil, J Li, C Redd, M Varnfield, N Lannin, D Cadilhac. “Utility of Digital Health Technologies to Support Secondary Prevention of Stroke: Survey Feedback from Clinicians and People after Stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA).” International journal of stroke 16.1_ SUPPL (2021): n. pag. Print.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Pocock, C., Bradford, D., Donnell, A., Harrap, K., Freyne, J., Brinkman, S. Enabling nurse–patient Communication with the CALD Assist app: controlled pretest-posttest with nurses and non-English speaking patients, JMIR Nursing, 10/06/2021:19709 (in press), 2021.

  • Hussain, MS., Silvera-Tawil, D., Farr-Wharton, G. Technology assessment framework for precision health applications, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 37 (1), 2021

  • O’Reilly, Z., Silvera-Tawil, D., Zurr, I., and Tan, D.W., Animation, Theory of Mind and Humanoid Robots: Creating a Social Robot Video Task, Leonardo (in press), p 13, 2021.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Hussain, S., Li, J. Emerging Technologies for Precision Health: An insight into sensing technologies for health and wellbeing, Smart Health, 15, p 19, 2020.

  • Roberts-Yates, C. & Silvera-Tawil, D. Better Education Opportunities for Students with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Through Digital Technology, International Journal of Special Education, 34:1, 2019, pp. 197-210.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Pocock, C., Bradford, D., Donnell, A., Harrap, K., Freyne, J., Brinkman, S. CALD Assist—Nursing: Improving communication in the absence of interpreters. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27:4168–4178, 2018.

  • Freyne, J., Bradford, D., Pocock, C., Silvera-Tawil, D., Harrap, K., Brinkman, S. (2018) 'Developing digital facilitation of assessments in the absence of an interpreter: participatory design and evaluation with allied health groups', JMIR Formative Research, vol. 2, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-13.

  • Ball, A., Rye, D., Silvera-Tawil, D. and Velonaki, M. How Should a Robot Approach Two People?, Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, vol. 6, no. 3, 2017, pp. 71-91.

  • Koh, J., Dunstan, B.J., Silvera-Tawil, D., & Velonaki, M. Cultural Robotics, LNAI 9549, Springer, 2016.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Rye, D.C., Soleimani, M. & Velonaki, M., 'Electrical Impedance Tomography for Artificial Sensitive Robotic Skin: A Review'. IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, 2015, pp. 2001-2016.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M., 'Artificial Skin and Tactile Sensing for Socially Interactive Robots: A Review'. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 63, no. 3, 2014, pp. 230-243.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M., 'Interpretation of Social Touch on an Artificial Arm Covered with an EIT-based Sensitive Skin'. International Journal of Social Robotics, vol 6, no. 4, 2014, pp. 489 - 505.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'Interpretation of the modality of touch on an artificial arm covered with an EIT-based sensitive skin'. International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 31, no. 13, 2012, pp. 1627 - 1642.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'Improved image reconstruction for an EIT-based sensitive skin with multiple internal electrodes'. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 27, no. 3, 2011, pp. 425-435.

  • Velonaki, M., Silvera Tawil, D. & Rye, D.C. 'Engagement, trust, intimacy: touch sensing for human-robot interaction'. Second Nature: International Journal of Creative Media, vol. 2, no. 1, 2010, pp. 102-119

Book Chapters

  • Chesher, C., & Silvera-Tawil, D. (2020). A Robot-Human Handshake in Space: Touch and Lively Alterity Relations in Social Robotics, Proceedings of Robophilosophy, p.86-95, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA) IOS Press, 2020.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D. Brown, AS (2019). Cross-Collaborative Approach to Socially-Assistive Robotics: A Case Study of Humanoid Robots in a Therapeutic Intervention for Autistic Children. Social Robots: Technological, Societal and Ethical Aspects of Human-Robot Interaction, Springer

  • Haring, K.S. Silvera-Tawil, D. Watanabe, K. Velonaki, M.,'The Influence of Robot Appearance and Interactive Ability in HRI: A Cross-Cultural Study, Social Robotics, Springer, Nov. 2016.

  • Dunstan, B.J., Silvera-Tawil, D., Koh, J., & Velonaki, M. Cultural Robotics: Robots as Participants and Creators of Culture, in Koh et al. (eds), Cultural Robotics, Springer, LNAI 9549, July 2016.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Strnadová, I. and Cumming, T., ‘Social stories in robot-assisted therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders’, Y. Kats (eds), Supporting the Education of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, IGI Global, Sept. 2016.

  • Ball, A., Rye, D., Silvera-Tawil, D. and Velonaki, M. ‘Understanding group comfort through directional statistics’, In. A. Tapus, E. André, J.C. Martin, F. Ferland & M. Ammi (eds), Social Robotics, Springer., 2015, pp. 51-60.

  • Ball, A., Rye, D., Silvera-Tawil, D. and Velonaki, M. ‘Group vs. individual comfort when a robot approaches’, In. A. Tapus, E. André, J.C. Martin, F. Ferland & M. Ammi (eds), Social Robotics, Springer., 2015, pp. 41-50.

  • Haring, K.S. Silvera-Tawil, D. Matsumoto, Y. Velonaki, M. & Watanabe, K. 'Perception of an android robot in Japan and Australia: A cross-cultural comparison', In. M. Beetz, B. Johnston & M.A. Williams (eds), Social Robotics, Springer., 2014, pp. 166-175.

  • Ball, A., Silvera-Tawil, D., Rye, D. & Velonaki, M.'Group Comfortability when a Robot Approaches', In. M. Beetz, B. Johnston & M.A. Williams (eds) Social Robotics, Springer., 2014, pp. 44-53.

Workshops & Conferences

  • Jan Cameron, David Silvera-Tawil, Jane Li, Christian Redd, Marlien Varnfield, Natasha A. Lannin, Dominique Cadilhac, Utility of digital health technologies to support secondary prevention of stroke: Survey feedback from clinicians and people after Stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), Stroke Society of Australia, Oct 2021. (Accepted)

  • Mahnoosh Kholghi, David Silvera-Tawil, M Sazzad Hussain, Qing Zhang, Marlien Varnfield, Liesel Higgins, Mohanraj Karunanithi, The Significance and Limitations of Monitoring Sleep during Pregnancy, Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, November 2021 (Accepted)

  • O’Reilly, Z., Silvera-Tawil, D., Zurr, I., and Tan, D.W., Validation of a Novel Theory of Mind Measurement Tool: The Social Robot Video Task. In Proceedings of ACM Human Robot Interaction conference, Virtual, March 2021.

  • Xiao, Y., Silvera-Tawil, D., Pagnucco, M. Autonomous Behaviour Planning for Socially-Assistive Robots in Therapy and Education, Proc. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020.

  • Redd, C. B., Silvera-Tawil, D., Hopp D., Zandberg D., Martiniuk, A., Dietrich C. & Karunanithi M.K. Physiological Signal Monitoring for Identification of Emotional Dysregulation in Children. Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2020.

  • Bruck, S., Silvera-Tawil, D., Bradford, D (2019). There's a robot in my Classroom, Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2019: Thriving with Autism

  • O’Reilly, Z., Silvera-Tawil, D., Zurr, I., and Tan, D. (2019) Theory of Mind and Social Robots: Attributing Mental States to Moving Robots. Meet the Women in Robotics Workshop at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference.

  • Pocock, C., Silvera-Tawil, D., Bradford, D., Donnell, A., Harrap, K., Freyne, J., Brinkman, S (2019). 'CALD Assist - Nursing: Improving Communication in the Absence of Interpreters' National Nursing Forum.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Pocock, C., Bradford, D., Donnell, A., Harrap, K., Freyne, J., Brinkman, S (2019). CALD Assist – Nursing: Improving communication with non-English speaking patients' Nursing Informatics Australia.

  • Bruck, S., Silvera-Tawil, D., Bradford, D (2019). Teacher expectations of robot-assisted classroom instruction. Australasian Society for Autism Research

  • Bruck, S., Silvera-Tawil, D., Bradford, D. (2019) 'There's a robot in my classroom' Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2019: Thriving with Autism

  • Pocock, C., Silvera-Tawil, D., Bradford, D., Donnell, A., Harrap, K., Freyne, J., Brinkman, S (2018). 'CALD Assist - Nursing International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Pocock, C., Bradford, D., Donnell, A., Freyne, J., Harrap, K., Brinkman, S. (2018). CALD Assist—Nursing: Improving communication with non-English speaking patients. Nursing Informatics Australia.

  • Bruck, S., Silvera-Tawil, D., Bradford, D. NAO Robot's New Role - Teaching in the classroom. Autism In Education. 2018.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., & Roberts-Yates, C. Socially-Assistive Robots to Enhance Learning for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2018.

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Roberts-Yates, C., & Bradford, D. (2018). Talk to me: The role of human-robot interaction in improving verbal communication skills in students with Autism or Intellectual Disability. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2018.

  • James-Martin, G., Hendrie, G., Silvera Tawil, D., Freyne, J., Brindal, E. & Noakes, M. 'The effectiveness of a pharmacy delivered meal replacement program with and without a supportive app', APCCN, 2017.

  • Ireland, D., Bradford, D. and Silvera-Tawil, D. (2017) 'Research in autism-friendly technology needs to improve to make a real difference for people'. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/research-in-autism-friendly-technology-needs-to-improve-to-make-a-real-difference-for-people-71618, 2017.

  • Smith,D., Sneddon, A., Ward, L., Duenser, A., Freyne, J., Morgan, A., Silvera-Tawil, D., & Dodd, B. 'Improving Child Speech Disorder Screening by Incorporating Out-of-domain Adult Speech', Interspeech, 2017.

  • Brown, S.A., Silvera-Tawil, D., Gemeinboeck, P. & McGhee, J. 'The Case for Conversation: A Design Research Framework for Participatory Feedback from Autistic Children', OzCHI 2016.

  • Haring, K.S. Silvera-Tawil, D. Watanabe, K. & Velonaki, M., 'Expectations towards two robots with different interactive abilities, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction', March 2016.

  • Haring, K.S. Silvera-Tawil, D. Watanabe, K. & Velonaki, M., 'How people perceive different robot types - A direct comparison of an android,humanoid, and non-biomimetic robot', IEEE International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology, Feb. 2016.

  • Silvera Tawil, D. & Garbutt, M., The Far Side of the Uncanny Valley: 'healthy persons', androids, and radical uncertainty, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Sept 2015.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M., Human-robot Interaction with Humanoid Diamandini using an Open Experimentation Method, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Sept 2015.

  • Haring, K.S. Silvera-Tawil, D. Watanabe, K. Velonaki, M., Perception of a Humanoid Robot: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Sept 2015.

  • Velonaki, M., Thapliya, R., Rye, D., Silvera-Tawil, D. & Watanabe, K., Social HRI: Overcoming Barriers Through Appearance, Behaviour and Context-Based Design, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Sept 2015.

  • Koh, J., Dunstan, B.J., & Silvera-Tawil, D., Cultural Robotics: Robots as Participants and Creators of Culture, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, September 2015.

  • Haring, K.S. Silvera-Tawil, D. Watanabe, K. Velonaki, M. & Matsumoto, Y. 'Touching an android robot: Would you do it and how?', International conference on control, automation and robotics, May 2015.

  • Haring, K.S. Silvera-Tawil, D. Watanabe, K. Velonaki, M. & Takahashi, T. 'Changes in perception of a small humanoid robot', IEEE International conference on automation, robotics and applications, February 2015.

  • Velonaki, M., Silvera-Tawil, D. & Rye, D.C. 'Affective Human-Robot Interactions in Social Spaces: Two Case Studies', Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications for Emotional Robots, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2013.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'Artificial Skin and the Interpretation of Touch for Human-Robot Interaction', Presented at the Human Activity and Vision Summer School, 2012.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'EIT-based Sensitive Skin and Touch Interpretation for Human-Robot Interaction', Proceedings of the Workshop on Advances in Tactile Sensing and Touch-Based Human-Robot Interaction, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'Artificial Skin and the Interpretation of Touch for Human-Robot Interaction'. Proceedings of the USYD Student Conference, Oct. 2011, p. 3.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'Touch modality interpretation for an EIT-based sensitive skin'. Proceedings of the IEEE 2011 International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'Improved EIT drive patterns for a robotics sensitive skin'. Proceedings of 2009 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Rye, D.C. & Velonaki, M. 'Artificial skin for human-robot interaction'. Proceedings of the Workshop on Tactile Sensing in Humanoids, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2009.

  • Velonaki, M., Silvera Tawil, D. & Rye, D.C. 'Engagement, trust and intimacy: interactions between a human and a robot'. Proceedings of Super Human: Revolution of the Species, 2009.

  • Silvera Tawil, D., Velonaki, M. & Rye, D.C. 'Artificial Skin for Human-Robot Interaction’, USYD Research Conversazione, Oct. 2009.

Technical Reports

Patents

  • Silvera-Tawil, D., Thapliya R., Computer readable recording medium and system for providing automatic recommendations based on physiological data of individuals. Filed in 2015 [US20200005668A1] [JP2017073104A][AU2016200984A1][SG10201601166RA]

Grants & Awards

  • Most downloaded paper award, Smart Health Journal, Elsevier (2020)

  • Inclusion, Trust & Respect Award, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, CSIRO (2020)

  • Victoria Merit Certificate - Public Sector & Government, iAwards (2018)

  • Pitchfest iAward winner (2018)

  • Health Round Table Innovations Award (2017)

  • Best Conference Paper finalist – OzCHI (2016)

  • Best Conference Paper finalist – Social Robotics Conference (2016)

  • UNSW Research Grant (2016)

  • Top 20 most downloaded paper, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2015)

  • 2015 Top 15 most downloaded paper, IEEE Sensors Journal (2015)

  • Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (2014-2017)

  • Australia-Japan Foundation (2014-2015)

  • UNSW Early Career Researcher Grant (2014)

  • ARC Seed Grant Interdisciplinary (2013)

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of New South Wales, Australia (2012-2015)

  • Best Presentation, University of Sydney Student Conference, Sydney, Australia (2011)

  • Best Student Paper, Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sydney, Australia (2009)

  • Australian Postgraduate Award, University of Sydney, Australia (2008-2012)

  • Best Students Project, EDN Innovation Awards, Sydney, Australia (2007)

  • Rank #1 Electronics and Communication Engineering, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (2002)

  • The University Excellence Award, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (2002)