This page contains a selection of peer-reviewed publications by research project. For a full list of publications, see publication section in CV here.
agent personality design, power, + autonomy
Ostrowski, A.K., Gunther, L., DiPaola, D., & Breazeal, C. Power dynamics and autonomy: Engaging employees around the design of autonomous agents. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). (23% acceptance rate) [link]
equitable TECHNOLOGY design workshops
Ostrowski, A.K. 2023. How do we design robots equitably?: Engaging design justice, design fictions, and co-design in human-robot interaction design and policymaking processes. PhD Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Technology + policy
DiPaola, D., Ostrowski, A.K., Spiegel, R., Darling, K. & Breazeal, C. (2022). Children's Perspectives of Advertising with Social Robots: a Policy Investigation. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 2022, alt.HRI track. [link]
Ostrowski, A.K. & Breazeal, C. (2022). Design Justice for Robot Design and Policy Making. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Pioneers Workshop 2022. [link]
Human-computer and human-robot interaction co-design + participatory design
Pu, I., Ravi, P., Dieu Dinh, L., Joe, C., Ogoe, C., Li, Z., Breazeal, C., & Ostrowski, A.K. How can we learn and use AI at the same time?: Participatory Design of GenAI with High School Students. Proceedings of the 24th Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2025. [link]
Ravi, P., Masla, J., Kakoti, G., Lin, G.C., Anderson, E., Taylor, M., Ostrowski, A.K., Breazeal, C., Klopfer, E., & Abelson, H. Co-designing large language model tools for project-based learning with K12 educators. Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2025. (24.9% acceptance rate) *Honorable Mention* [link]
Anthony, V.N., Jeon, C., Li, J., Gao, G., Peng, H., Ostrowski, A.K., & Huang, C.M. The design of on-body robots for older adults. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 2025. (23% acceptance rate) [link]
Ostrowski, A.K., Breazeal, C., & Park, H.W. 2021. Long-term co-design guidelines: Empowering older adults as co-designers of social robots. 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE, 2021. *Best Paper*. [link]
Ostrowski, A.K., Harrington, C., Breazeal, C., & Park, H.W. (2021). Personal narratives in technology design: The value of sharing older adults’ stories in the co-design of social robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI Journal. [link]
Human-Robot Interaction
Chen, H., Ostrowski, A.K., Jang, S.J., Breazeal, C., & Park, H.W. 2022. Designing long-term parent-child-robot triadic interaction at home through lived technology experiences and interviews. 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE, 2022. [link]
Ostrowski, A.K., Breazeal, C., & Park, H.W. (2022). Mixed-method long-term robot usage: Older adults’ lived experience of social robots. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 2022. [link]
Ostrowski, A.K., Fu, J., Zygouras, V., Park, H.W., & Breazeal, C. (2022). Speed dating with voice user interfaces (VUIs): Understanding how families interact and perceive VUIs in a group setting. Frontiers in Robotics and AI Journal Special Issue: Social Dynamics in Multi-Agent Groups and Teams. [link]
Ostrowski, A.K., Zygouras, V., Park, H.W., & Breazeal, C. (2021). Small group interactions with voice-user interfaces: Exploring social embodiment, rapport, and engagement. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2021. [link]
Ostrowski, A.K., DiPaola, D., Partridge, E., Park, H.W., & Breazeal, C. 2019. Long-term community social robots to promote social connectedness among older adults. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Special Issue: Socially Assistive Robotics. [link]
EQUITABLE DESIGN + ENGINEERING Design
Burleson, G., Ostrowski, A.K., Brubaker, E., Loweth, R., & Berdanier, C. Advancing engineering design research through the use of qualitative and participatory methodologies. Accepted to ASME 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2025); Track: 36th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM).
Waggoner, R., Gunther, L., Roeder, G., Atwood, S., Estrada, T., Ostrowski, A.K., Das, M. Redesigning engineering design tools to center social impact. Accepted to ASME 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2025); Track: 36th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM).
Das, M., Ostrowski, A.K., Ben-David, S., Roeder, G.J., Kimura, K., D’Ignazio, C., Breazeal, C., Yang, M, & Verma, A. 2023. Auditing design justice: The impact of social movements on design pedagogy at a technology institution. Design Studies. [link]
Das, M., Roeder, G., Ostrowski, A.K., Yang, M.C., & Verma, A. 2023. What do we mean when we write about ethics, equity, and justice in engineering design? ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. [link]
Ostrowski, A.K., Walker, R., Das, M., Yang, M., Breazeal, C., Park, H.W., & Verma, A. 2022. Ethics, equity, & justice in human-robot interaction: A review and future directions. 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE, 2022. [link]
Engineering and HCI Education + Idea Generation
Toombs, A.L., Parsons, P.C., Gray, C.M., El-Shamy, J., & Ostrowski, A.K. The ambiguity amoeba and other metaphors: Teaching students to sketch and prototype through uncertainty. Accepted to EduCHI 2025: 7th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI ’25).
Ostrowski, A.K., Daly, S.R., Huang-Saad, A., & Seifert, C.M. 2019. Idea generation practices in a biomedical engineering capstone course. IEEE Transactions on Education, Special Issue: Project-based Senior Design and Capstone Courses in Engineering Education. [link]
Lee, J.W., Ostrowski, A.K., Daly, S., Huang-Saad, A., & Seifert, C. 2018. Idea generation in biomedical engineering courses using design heuristics. European Journal of Engineering Education. [link]
Ostrowski, A., Lee, J.W., Daly, S., Huang-Saad, A., & Seifert, C. 2017. Design in biomedical engineering: Student applications of design heuristics as a tool for idea generation. American Society of Engineering Education, Columbus, OH, June 25 – 28, 2017. [link]
Daly, D., Yilmaz, S., Murphy, L., & Ostrowski, A.K. (2016). Tracing problem evolution and factors that impact problem shifts. Design Thinking Research Symposium 11, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 13 – 15.