Publications

Papers, preprints, theses and other publications from members of the HUMI Lab.

• The Icelandic Language Biobank: Data Collection through a Clinical Analysis Platform Paper

  Iris Nowenstein, Naizeth Núñez Macías, Gunnar Thor Örnólfsson, Stefán Ólafsson, Bryndís Bergþórsdóttir, Iðunn Kristínardóttir, Hinrik Hafsteinsson. RaPID-6@MENTAL.ai workshop at LREC 2026, 2026.

• Evaluating Overt and Covert Semantic Poisoning using Minimal Factual Sentence Injection Thesis

  Thelma Rut Jóhannsdóttir. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2026.

• Automatic Anonymization of Icelandic Medical Data: Named Entity Recognition for Unseen Text with Fine Tuning on Synthetic Corpora Thesis

  Justyna Micota. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2026.

• Hugrún: Runtime-Governed Therapeutic Interaction for LLM-Based CBT Systems Thesis

  Einar Örn Gissurarson. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2026.

• Multi-agent reinforcement learning for order dispatching and sequencing in on-demand food delivery platforms Thesis

  Yuang Yang. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2026.

• FCA: endurkóðun Thesis

  Heiður Karítas Andersdóttir, Orri Ársælsson, Stefán Örn Gíslason. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2026.

• Aligning Language Models for Icelandic Legal Text Summarization Paper

  Þ Hrafn Harðarson, H Loftsson, S Ólafsson. The Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and 11th Conference on Natural Language Processing, 2025.

• Analyzing Icelandic conversation using State-of-the-Art ASR models Thesis

  Páll Rúnarsson. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2025.

• Language models for classification of patient text messages Thesis

  Kaustab Chandra Sahu. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2025.

• Design and development of a digital health artifact for parents of preterm or sick neonates Thesis

  Bjarki Freyr Rúnarsson. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2025.

• Understanding Icelandic insurance claims: from text to incident categories Thesis

  Atli Egilsson. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2025.

• Digital aftercare plan in the mobile application Bati Thesis

  Kristlind Viktoría L. Sörensen, Bragi Karl Bjarkason, Bjarni Gunnar Eiðsson. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2025.

• The Development and Feasibility of a Triage System for Use in Primary Care Paper

  MF Helgason, KS Hlífarson, B Olsen, SO Ellertsson, H Loftsson, et al. 2024 IEEE 12th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), 2024.

• Evaluating Icelandic Sentiment Analysis Models Trained on Translated Data Paper

  ÓA Jóhannsson, BH Arndal, EÖ Jónsson, S Ólafsson, H Loftsson. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Under-resourced Languages (SIGUL), 2024.

• Enhancing documents review through Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models Thesis

  Pietro Angelici. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• IceSpike: investigating spiking neural networks for Icelandic text classification Thesis

  Elena Ovsiannikova. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• Iterative development of an assistive writing tool for people with autism spectrum disorder: a natural language processing approach Thesis

  Kara Líf Ingibergsdóttir. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• Aligning language models to professional domains using preference training Thesis

  Þórir Hrafn Harðarson. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• Wearable technology and sleep patterns: exploring shift work and more Thesis

  Laufey Ósk Andrésdóttir. MSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• Stafræn sálfræðiþjónusta Thesis

  Arnór Heimir Sigurðsson, Katrín Lilja Pétursdóttir, Þór Breki Þorgrímsson. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• User experience and automation in digital therapy: design template creator app Thesis

  Along Alexander Loftsson, Haukur Sveinsson, Róbert Atli Svavarsson. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• Evaluating Icelandic sentiment analysis models trained on translated data Thesis

  Birkir Finnbogi H Arndal, Eysteinn Örn Jónsson, Ólafur Aron Jóhannsson. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2024.

• Accomodating User Expressivity while Maintaining Safety for a Virtual Alcohol Misuse Counselor Paper

  Olafsson, Stefan and Pedrelli, Paola and Wallace, Byron C. and Bickmore, Timothy. Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA ’23), 2023.

• A smartphone application to support individuals in mental health treatment Thesis

  Aron Orri Fannarsson, Davíð Örn Harðarson, Grímur Valur Gunnarsson, Hörður Snævar Harðarson, Tryggvi Þór Árnason. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2023.

• A prototype of a video game based on Ávaxtakarfan Thesis

  Sigurður Galdur Loftsson. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2023.

• Digital platform for psychological treatments & management for psychologists Thesis

  Arnór Daníel Moncada, Ásdís Dagsdóttir, Magnús Atli Gylfason. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2023.

• Development and research of adding gamified elements into Bati software and the effect it has on users struggling with substance use disorder Thesis

  Unnur Sóley Lindudóttir. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2023.

• A dual interface approach for patient diagnosis and doctor consultation with the help of artificial intelligence Thesis

  Baldur Olsen, Kári Steinn Hlífarsson, Magnús Friðrik Helgason. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2023.

• Stafræn virkni- og meðferðaráætlun fyrir skjólstæðinga Batamiðstöðvarinnar Thesis

  Bertha María Óladóttir, Lilja Magnúsdóttir, Matthildur Aradóttir, Sóley Birgisdóttir. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2022.

• HuguR: website for screening students’ mental health at Reykjavík University Thesis

  Bjarki Már Friðriksson, Ingólfur Orri Gústafsson, Natalia Potamianou, Patrekur Ingi Sigfússon. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2022.

• HALD: smáforrit fyrir utanumhald bataferlis Thesis

  Eva Lísa Sveinsdóttir, Garðar Þór Pétursson, Irma Alexandra Hopkins, Sara Helena Bjarnadóttir Blöndal. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2022.

• SÁÁ employee interface Thesis

  Daníel Þór Calvi, Eggert Már Eggertsson, Elías Friðberg Guðjohnsen, Jason Guðnason. BSc thesis, Reykjavík University, 2022.

• A Hybrid Structured-Neural Dialog System for Automated Counseling Thesis

  Olafsson, Stefan. PhD thesis, Northeastern University, 2021.

• Motivating Health Behavior Change with Humorous Virtual Agents Paper

  Olafsson, Stefan and O’Leary, Teresa K and Bickmore, Timothy W. Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2020.

• Towards a Computational Framework for Automating Substance Use Counseling with Virtual Agents Paper

  Olafsson, Stefan and Wallace, Byron and Bickmore, Timothy W. AAMAS, 966–974, 2020.

• Coerced change-talk with conversational agents promotes confidence in behavior change Paper

  S Olafsson, T O’Leary, T Bickmore. Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2019.

• Virtual Counselor for Patients in Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Paper

  Olafsson, Stefan and O’Leary, Teresa and Lee, Christina and Bickmore, Timothy. GREATS18 at the ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2018.