Tom Ziemke

Professor, Head of Unit

My research interests are in situated and embodied cognition, with a focus on how people interact with autonomous systems, such as social robots and automated vehicles.

Presentation

Professor of Cognitive Systems at Linköping University since 2016.

Head of the Cognition & Interaction Lab (COIN), which is part of the Division for Human-Centered Systems (HCS) in the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA).

More detailed information about my work can be found at:

Publications

2025

Valentina Fantasia, Katie Winkle, Katherine Harrison, Tom Ziemke, Dominika Lisy, Anna Dobrosovestnova (2025) Rethinking (Human) Bodies in HRI: Embodied Interactions Every Day Social Robots with AI: Prospects, Risks, and Responsible Methods: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2024, 19–23 August 2024, Aarhus University, Denmark, and online, p. 703-707 (Conference paper)

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Marcus Jessen, Mattias Arvola, Sam Thellman, Tom Ziemke (2025) Reading with Robots: A Research-through-Design Study International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol. 17, p. 1381-1394 (Article in journal)

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Tom Ziemke (2025) The role of intentionality in human-robot interaction How that robot made me feel, p. 37-62 (Chapter in book)

Emma Mainza Chilufya, Mattias Arvola, Susanne Severinsson, Anna Martín Bylund, Linnéa Stenliden, Arezou Mortazavi, Tom Ziemke (2025) The BookBot Project: Conceptual Design of a Social Robot Facilitating Reading Motivation Chatbots and Human-Centered AI: 8th International Workshop, CONVERSATIONS 2024, Revised Selected Papers, p. 132-149 (Conference paper)

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Hilda Nääs, Sam Thellman, Tom Ziemke (2025) Human preferences for cognitive and emotional capabilities in robots across different application domains Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol. 12 (Article in journal)

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Research

ELLIIT

ELLIIT is a network organization for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research at Linköping, Lund, Halmstad and Blekinge. The objective is scientific excellence in combination with industrial relevance and impact.

ELLIIT

News

Interview with Tom Ziemke for the network organisation ELLIIT: Meet the recruited faculty - Tom Ziemke

Researchers interact with a reading robot.

Studying whether a robot can awaken children’s interest in reading

Researchers at Linköping University are studying whether a reading robot can increase fourth graders’ interest in reading. The interdisciplinary project brings together researchers in technology, cognition and pedagogy.

About the Division for Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

A woman is walking in a corridor together with a service robot

Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

The Division for Human-Centered Systems is part of the Department of Computer and Information Science. Research and teaching are conducted in the areas of human-centered computing, cognitive science, and information systems.

Colleagues at HCS

Lars Ahrenberg

Professor Emeritus

Mattias Arvola

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division

Franziska Babel

Assistant Professor

Peter Berggren

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Principal Research Engineer

Anton Björnqvist

Johan Blomkvist

Associate Professor, Docent

Eva Blomqvist

Professor, Head of Unit

Head of Department, Professor

Vanessa Esperance Rodrigues

Professor, Head of Unit

Associate Professor, Docent

Mikael Christer Öyvind Lindekrans

Agathe Malbet

PhD student

Jalal Maleki

Lecturer, Head of Unit

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Max Pettersson

Erik Prytz

Senior Associate Professor

Senior Associate Professor

Katarina Wetter-Edman

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

About the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

The Department of Computer and Information Science is one of the largest departments in northern Europe in its field. Research activity covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software and computer systems, and data science.

Tom Ziemke

Presentation

Publications

2025

Research

ELLIIT

News

Studying whether a robot can awaken children’s interest in reading

About the Division for Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

Colleagues at HCS

About the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

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