Research focus

• Driver-vehicle interaction in automated driving
• Human-Centered Automation
• Cybernetics
• Cognitive Science and Modeling

Research projects

• BLiNKplus: Head of the research group
• Human-Centered Automated Driving: Young Academy funding
• BLiNK
• MoFFa

Further activities

• Winter semester 2025: Lecture "Human-machine interaction"
• Winter semester 2020-2025: Lecture "Automated Driving - Driver-Vehicle Interaction & Driver Modeling"
• Summer semester 2022-2026: Lecture "Automotive systems - Adaptive cruise control"
• WiSe 2018-2025: Supervision of the exercise for the lecture "Scientific Programming in Matlab"
• SoSe 2021-2024: Supervision of the exercise for the lecture "Machine Learning in Robotics"
• Summer semester 2019-2020: Supervision of the exercise for the lecture "Mobile Robots"

Conference contributions and lectures

2025

• Dargahi Nobari, K., Torsten Bertram
  "Analysis of Driver Workload on Risk Perception in Non-Safty-Critical Situations with Partial", IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA), 15.07.2025

2024

• Dargahi Nobari, K., T. Bertram: "Influencing perceived risk and trust by changing driver workload in automated driving," VDI Mechatronics Conference, TU Dresden, Dresden, 2024.
• Renz,H., K. Dargahi Nobari, M. Faizan, T.Bertram : "Does it Feel Safer? A Pilot Study on the Stress Levels of Humans for Varied Robot Control Strategies and Collaboration Scenarios", Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED 2024), 2024

2021

• Dargahi Nobari, K., C. Velasquez, T. Bertram: (2021). Emotion Induction Strategies in Driving Simulator for Validated Experiments. Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED2021) Future Trends and Applications. doi:10.54941/ahfe1001156

2020

• Dargahi Nobari, K., K. Bartsch, F. Albers, T. Bertram: (2020). Driver State Regulation via Real-Time Neurofeedback in Partially Automated Driving. 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), pp.1-6, September 2020

2019

• Dargahi Nobari, K., F. Albers, J. Braun, T. Bertram: Driver-Vehicle-Interaction in a Control Loop, presented at Interdisciplinary Workshop Cognitive Systems, Duisburg, Germany,
  March 2019.

Journals and book contributions

2024

• Dargahi Nobari, K., T. Bertram: "A multimodal driver monitoring benchmark dataset for driver modeling in assisted driving automation," Scientific Data, vol. 11, no. 1, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03137-y.

2022

• Dargahi Nobari, K., Alexander Hugenroth, Torsten Bertram:"Position Classification and In-Vehicle Activity Detection Using Seat-
  Pressure-Sensor in Automated Driving" Automotive meets Electronics 2022
  (ISBN 978-3-8007-5956-9 (E-Book)) September 2022
• Dargahi Nobari, K., Torsten Bertram:"Generalized Model for Driver Activity Recognition in Automated Vehicles"
  Using Pressure Sensor ArrayHumanInteraction & Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2022): Artificial Intelligence & Future Applications (ISBN: 978-1-958651-44-5) 2022
• Dargahi Nobari, K., Franz Albers, Katharina Bartsch, Jan Braun, Torsten Bertram:"Modeling driver-vehicle interaction in automated driving" Research in Engineering January 2022

2021

• Albers, F., K. Dargahi Nobari, J. Braun, K. Bartsch, T. Bertram: Coordination of takeover maneuvers in highly automated driving under consideration of driver availability, Forschung im Ingenieurwesen
  11.10.2021

2020

• Dargahi Nobari, K., F. Albers, K. Bartsch, T. Bertram: (2020). Online Feedback Control for Driver-Vehicle Interaction in Automated Driving. Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation, 159-165. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50943-9_21

data set

2024

• Dargahi Nobari, K., T. Bertram: "manD 1.0," Harvard Dataverse, V2, 2023, doi: 10.7910/DVN/SG9TMD.

Student research projects / Bachelor's / Master's theses

• Gravemeier:, S.A.
  "Sensor fusion for non-contact vital signs monitoring of passengers in an automated shuttle". Master's thesis. 2026.
• Motal, T.H.
  "Analysis and modeling of social interaction between passengers in an automated shuttle". Master's thesis. 2025.
• Khan , S.M.
  "Early prediction of passenger exit intent to optimize door-opening and stop time". Master's thesis. 2025.
• Baka:, E.
  "Derivation of objective metrics for human perception of high-definition matrix headlight distributions for automated driving". Master's thesis. 2025.
• Faizan, M.
  "Impact of varying collision avoidance strategies on human stress level in huamn-robot interaction". Master's thesis. 2024.
• Surendra, P.
  "Robust driver heart rate monitoring system via unobtrusive sensors". Master's thesis. 2024.
• Gaul, A.
  Monitoring the physiological data of drivers via a pressure sensor array
  Bachelor's thesis at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at Dortmund University of Technology,
  September 2021.
  Supervision: Dargahi Nobari, K., Bartsch, K., Bertram, T.
• Negoita, G.
  Driver State Detection Based on Seat-Pressure-Sensor
  Master's thesis at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at Dortmund University of Technology,
  September 2021.
  Supervision: Dargahi Nobari, K., Hugenroth, A., Bertram, T.
• Velasquez, C.
  Emotion Detection through Sensor Fusion in Automated Driving 
  Master's thesis at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at Dortmund University of Technology,
  May 2021.
  Supervision: Dargahi Nobari, K., Bertram, T
• M. Hani Slim
  Analysis of the Cognitive Workload of Drivers during Gaze-Triggered Takeover Scenarios in a Driving Simulator
  Master's thesis at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at Dortmund University of Technology,
  April 2020.
  Supervision: F. Albers, K. Dargahi Nobari, T. Bertram
• Schmitz, J.
  Online classification of different driver types in the context of automated driving
  Master's thesis at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at Dortmund University of Technology, October 2019.
  Supervision: Albers, F., Dargahi Nobari, K., Bertram, T.