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Human behaviour, artificial intelligence, and the systems that connect them.

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40 publications

2026

AI and generalization · Accepted paper

Does Your Neural Network Extrapolate? Feature Engineering as Identifiability Bias for OOD Generalization

Leonel Aguilar, Jan Nagler, Christoph Hoelscher, Nino Antulov-Fantulin

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) · Accepted for poster presentation

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2026

Systems in practice · Journal article

Digital support systems to improve child development in Peru: A cluster-randomized controlled open-label trial

Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy, Lena Jäggi, Kristen Hinckley, Andreana Castellanos, Maria Luisa Huaylinos Bustamante, Leonel Aguilar, Maria Catalina Gastiaburu Cabello, Milagros Alvarado, Sarah Farnsworth Hatch, Marta Dormal, Jorge Cuartas, Ce Zhang, Stella Hartinger Peña, Daniel Mäusezahl

Science Advances

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2026

Systems in practice · Journal article

Development and validation of the Nurturing Parenting Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (NPBBS): measuring parenting in high Andean Peru

Kristen Hinckley, Milagros Alvarado, Dana Charles McCoy, Lena Jäggi, Marta Dormal, Daniel Mäusezahl, Stella M. Hartinger, Andreana Castellanos, María Luisa Huaylinos Bustamante, Leonel Aguilar, María Catalina Gastiaburú Cabello, Nerita Gabriela Quispe Roncal, Günther Fink

Developmental Psychology

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2026

Human behaviour · Journal article

Spatial and operational interventions for healthy cruise ship design using agent-based modelling

Jiayu Pan, Leonel Aguilar, Michal Gath-Morad, Ronita Bardhan, Koen Steemers

Travel Behaviour and Society

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2025

Human behaviour · Conference contribution

Immersed in Evidence: integrating behavioural data into full-scale healthcare prototypes for evidence-based co-design

Michal Gath-Morad, Leonel Aguilar, Raphaël Baur, Minou Afzali, Koen Steemers, Kerstin Sailer, Ruth Dalton, Christoph Hölscher

Proceedings of CAADRIA 2025 (30th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia)

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2025

Human behaviour · Conference poster

Bridging Architectural Cognition Research into Practice: Establishing the barriers and opportunities to integrating knowledge from the cognitive sciences into design

Lara Gregorians, Azrin Jamaluddin, Leonel Aguilar, Freyaan Anklesaria, Raphaël Baur, Yuqin Zhong, Panagiotis Mavros, Zdravko Trivic, Christoph Hölscher

Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA)

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2025

Human behaviour · Conference lecture

Integrating Human-Centric Knowledge into Architectural Design Practice: Insights from Industry

Lara Gregorians, Leonel Aguilar Melgar, Freyaan Anklesaria, Azrin Jamaluddin, Panagiotis Mavros, Zdravko Trivic, Yuqin Zhong, Christoph Hölscher

56th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA56)

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2025

Systems in practice · Journal article

Parenting in the digital age: a scoping review of digital early childhood parenting interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC)

Lena Jäggi, Stella M. Hartinger, Günther Fink, Dana C. McCoy, Milagros Alvarado Llatance, Kristen Hinckley, Lucero Ramirez-Varela, Leonel Aguilar, Andreana Castellanos, Daniel Mäusezahl

Public Health Reviews

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2024

Human behaviour · Journal article

Experiments as Code and its application to VR studies in human-building interaction

Leonel Aguilar, Michal Gath-Morad, Jascha Grübel, Jasper Ermatinger, Hantao Zhao, Stefan Wehrli, Robert W. Sumner, Ce Zhang, Dirk Helbing, Christoph Hölscher

Scientific Reports

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2024

Human behaviour · Journal article

Designing affective workplace environments: the impact of typology, contour, ceiling and partition height on cognitive and aesthetic appraisal

Michal Gath-Morad, Salome Egli, Jascha Grübel, Koen Steemers, Christoph Hölscher, Leonel Aguilar

Building and Environment

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2024

Human behaviour · Journal article

The role of strategic visibility in shaping wayfinding behavior in multilevel buildings

Michal Gath-Morad, Jascha Grübel, Koen Steemers, Kerstin Sailer, Lola Ben-Alon, Christoph Hölscher, Leonel Aguilar

Scientific Reports

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2024

Human behaviour · Journal article

Insights/Opinion --- Architectural Cognition in Practice: A Framework for Integrating User Cognition Evidence into Architectural Design

Christoph Hoelscher, Lara Gregorians, Leonel Enrique Aguilar Melgar, Freyaan Anklesaria, Raphaël Baur, Azrin Jamaluddin, Yuqin Zhong, Panagiotis Mavros, Zdravko Trivic

International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities

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2024

Systems in practice · Preprint

IUMENTA: a generic framework for animal digital twins within the Open Digital Twin Platform

Ali Youssef, Kristina Vodorezova, Yannick Aarts, Wisdom E. K. Agbeti, Arjan P. Palstra, Edwin Foekema, Leonel Aguilar, Ricardo da Silva Torres, Jascha Grübel

arXiv preprint

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2023

Systems in practice · Study protocol

Digital support systems to improve child health and development in Peru: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Stella Maria Hartinger Pena, Daniel Mäusezahl, Lena Jäggi, Leonel Aguilar, Milagros Alvarado Llatance, Andreana Castellanos, Maria-Luisa Huaylinos Bustamante, Kristen Hinckley, Dana Charles McCoy, Ce Zhang, Günther Fink

JMIR Research Protocols

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2023

Systems in practice · Journal article

Digital tools to improve parenting behaviour in low-income settings: a mixed-methods feasibility study

Lena Jäggi, Leonel Aguilar, Milagros Alvarado Llatance, Andreana Castellanos, Guenther Fink, Kristen Hinckley, Maria-Luisa Huaylinos Bustamante, Dana Charles McCoy, Hector Verastegui, Daniel Mäusezahl, Stella Maria Hartinger Pena

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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2023

Human behaviour · Journal article

Collective intelligence during emergency egress: the mechanisms underlying altruistic information exchange

Hantao Zhao, Tyler Thrash, Fabian Schläfli, Mubbasir Kapadia, Leonel Aguilar, Dirk Helbing, Christoph Hölscher

International Journal of Human--Computer Interaction

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2022

Human behaviour · Journal article

Beyond the shortest-path: towards cognitive occupancy modeling in BIM

Michal Gath-Morad, Leonel Enrique Aguilar Melgar, Ruth Conroy-Dalton, Christoph Hölscher

Automation in Construction

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2022

Human behaviour · Journal article

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fused Twins: A Review of Access to Digital Twins In Situ in Smart Cities

Jascha Grübel, Tyler Thrash, Leonel Aguilar, Michal Gath-Morad, Julia Chatain, Robert W. Sumner, Christoph Hölscher, Victor R. Schinazi

Remote Sensing

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2022

Systems in practice · Journal article

Dense Indoor Sensor Networks: Towards passively sensing human presence with LoRaWAN

Jascha Grübel, Tyler Thrash, Leonel Aguilar, Michal Gath-Morad, Didier Hélal, Robert W. Sumner, Christoph Hölscher, Victor R. Schinazi

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

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2022

Human behaviour · Journal article

Fire evacuation supported by centralized and decentralized visual guidance systems

Hantao Zhao, Amray Schwabe, Fabian Schläfli, Tyler Thrash, Leonel Aguilar, Rohit K. Dubey, Joonas Karjalainen, Christoph Hölscher, Dirk Helbing, Victor R. Schinazi

Safety Science

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2021

Systems in practice · Conference contribution

Ease.ML: A Lifecycle Management System for MLDev and MLOps

Leonel Aguilar, David Dao, Shaoduo Gan, Nezihe Merve Gurel, Nora Hollenstein, Jiawei Jiang, Bojan Karlas, Thomas Lemmin, Tian Li, Yang Li, Susie Rao, Johannes Rausch, Cedric Renggli, Luka Rimanic, Maurice Weber, Shuai Zhang, Zhikuan Zhao, Kevin Schawinski, Wentao Wu, Ce Zhang

11th Annual Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR)

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2021

Human behaviour · Journal article

Visibility matters during wayfinding in the vertical

Michal Gath-Morad, Tyler Thrash, Julia Schicker, Christoph Hölscher, Dirk Helbing, Leonel Enrique Aguilar Melgar

Scientific Reports

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2021

Human behaviour · Conference contribution

Fused twins: a cognitive approach to augmented reality media architecture

Jascha Grübel, Michal Gath-Morad, Leonel Aguilar, Tyler Thrash, Robert W. Sumner, Christoph Hölscher, Victor Schinazi

Proceedings of the 5th Media Architecture Biennale Conference

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2020

Human behaviour · Conference contribution

cogARCH: simulating wayfinding by architecture in multilevel buildings

Michal Gath-Morad, Leonel Aguilar, Ruth Conroy Dalton, Christoph Hölscher

11th Annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD)

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2019

AI and generalization · Journal article

How learning can change the course of evolution

Leonel Aguilar, Stefano Bennati, Dirk Helbing

PLoS ONE

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2019

Human behaviour · Journal article

Mass evacuation simulation considering detailed models: behavioral profiles, environmental effects, and mixed-mode evacuation

Leonel Aguilar, Lalith Wijerathne, Stephen Jacob, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura

Asia Pacific Management Review

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2019

Human behaviour · Conference contribution

Latent Mobility Pattern Estimation in the Migration Game

Shun Takeuchi, Leonel Aguilar

2nd International Conference on Geoinformatics and Data Analysis (ICGDA 2019)

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2018

Human behaviour · Conference-proceedings article

Scalable HPC enhanced agent based system for simulating mixed-mode evacuation of large urban areas

Lalith Wijerathne, Wasuwat Petprakob, Leonel Aguilar, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura

Transportation Research Procedia

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2017

Human behaviour · Conference record

Detailed Modeling in Mass Evacuation Simulations

Leonel Enrique Aguilar Melgar, Lalith Wijerathne, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Muneo Hori

3rd International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics (ICCBEI 2017)

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2017

Human behaviour · Journal article

On the performance and scalability of an HPC-enhanced Multi-Agent System based evacuation simulator

Leonel Aguilar, Maddegedara Lalith, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Muneo Hori

Procedia Computer Science

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2017

Human behaviour · Book chapter

Time Critical Mass Evacuation Simulation Combining a Multi-Agent System and High-Performance Computing

Leonel Aguilar, Maddegedara Lalith, Muneo Hori

Multi-Agent Systems

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2016

Human behaviour · Conference contribution

Automatic evacuation management using a multi agent system and parallel meta-heuristic search

Leonel Aguilar, Maddegedara Lalith, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Muneo Hori

International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA)

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2016

Human behaviour · Journal article

On a mass evacuation simulator with complex autonomous agents and applications

L Aguilar, M. L. L. Wijerathne

Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami

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2015

Human behaviour · Journal article

Mixed mode large urban area tsunami evacuation considering car-pedestrian interactions

Leonel Aguilar, Lalith Wijerathne, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Muneo Hori, Seizo Tanaka

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. A2 (Applied Mechanics)

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2015

Human behaviour · Conference abstract

Heterogeneous multi-modal evacuation modelling considering detailed interactions and mitigation measures

Leonel Aguilar, Lalith Wijerathne, Stephen Jacob, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka

3rd International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management

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2015

Human behaviour · Doctoral thesis

Enhancements and applications of a scalable multi-agent based large urban area evacuation simulator with emphasis on the use of cars

Leonel Enrique Aguilar Melgar

The University of Tokyo

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2014

Human behaviour · Conference contribution

A scalable workbench for large urban area simulations, comprised of resources for behavioural models, interactions and dynamic environments

Leonel Enrique Aguilar Melgar, Maddegedara Lalith, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka

International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA)

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2014

Human behaviour · Journal article

Agent based modeling and simulation of tsunami triggered mass evacuation considering changes of environment due to earthquake and inundation

Stephen Jacob, Leonel Aguilar, Lalith Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. A2 (Applied Mechanics)

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2013

Human behaviour · Conference contribution

On the development of an MAS based evacuation simulation system: autonomous navigation and collision avoidance

Leonel Enrique Aguilar Melgar, Wijerathne Maddegedara Lalith Lakshman, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka

International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA)

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2013

Human behaviour · Journal article

HPC enhanced large urban area evacuation simulations with vision based autonomously navigating multi agents

M.L.L. Wijerathne, L.A. Melgar, M. Hori, T. Ichimura, S. Tanaka

Procedia Computer Science

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