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Alessandra Sciutti

Tenure Track Researcher, head of the CONTACT (COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies) unit
Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator
COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Phone
+39 010 2897 327
Research center
CHT@Erzelli
About
Alessandra Sciutti is Tenure Track Researcher, head of the CONTACT (COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies) unit of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). She received her B.S and M.S. degrees in Bioengineering and the Ph.D. in Humanoid Technologies from the University of Genova in 2010. After two research periods in USA and Japan, in 2018 she has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant wHiSPER (www.whisperproject.eu), focused on the investigation of joint perception between humans and robots. She published more than 80 papers and abstracts in international journals and conferences and participated in the coordination of the CODEFROR European IRSES project (https://www.codefror.eu/). She is currently Associate Editor for several journals, among which the International Journal of Social Robotics, the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems and Cognitive System Research. The scientific aim of her research is to investigate the sensory and motor mechanisms underlying mutual understanding in human-human and human-robot interaction.
Education

Title: Master's Degree in Neuroengineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2004 To: 2006

Title: Bachelor's Degree in Bioengineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2001 To: 2004

Title: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Humanoid Technologies
Institute: University of Genoa - IIT
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2007 To: 2010

Title: Master
Institute: ISICT - Institute of advanced studies in information and communication technologies
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2004 To: 2006

Experience External

Title: Assistant Professor
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2018 To: 2018

Title: Visiting Researcher
Institute: Osaka University
Location: Osaka
Country: Japan
From: 2014 To: 2015

Title: Visiting Researcher
Institute: Rehabilitation Insitute of Chicago
Location: Chicago, IL
Country: USA
From: 2011 To: 2012

Top Publications
2020
Tanevska A., Rea F., Sandini G., Canamero L., Sciutti A.
A Socially Adaptable Framework for Human-Robot Interaction
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 7
DOI 10.3389/frobt.2020.00121
2020
Di Cesare G., Vannucci F., Rea F., Sciutti A., Sandini G.
How attitudes generated by humanoid robots shape human brain activity
Scientific Reports, vol. 10, (no. 1)
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-73728-3
2020
Barros P., Churamani N., Sciutti A.
The FaceChannel: A Fast and Furious Deep Neural Network for Facial Expression Recognition.
Springer Nature Computer Science, vol. 1, (no. 6), pp. 1-10
Article Journal
2020
Sciutti A., Sandini G.
To move or not to move: development of fine-tuning of object motion in haptic exploration
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
DOI 10.1109/TCDS.2020.3034014
Article Journal
2019
Gonzalez-Billandon J., Aroyo A.M., Tonelli A., Pasquali D., Sciutti A., Gori M., Sandini G., Rea F.
Can a Robot Catch You Lying? A Machine Learning System to Detect Lies During Interactions
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 6
DOI 10.3389/frobt.2019.00064
All Publications
2021
Redondo M.E.L., Sciutti A., Incao S., Rea F., Niewiadomski R.
Can robots impact human comfortability during a live interview?
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 186-189
DOI 10.1145/3434074.3447156
Conference Paper Conference
2021
Manzi F., Sorgente A., Massaro D., Villani D., Di Lernia D., Malighetti C., Gaggioli A., Rossignoli D., Sandini G., Sciutti A., Rea F., Maggioni M.A., Marchetti A., Riva G.
Emerging Adults’ Expectations About the Next Generation of Robots: Exploring Robotic Needs Through a Latent Profile Analysis
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
DOI 10.1089/cyber.2020.0161
Article in Press Journal
2021
Barros P., Sciutti A., Bloem A.C., Hootsmans I.M., Opheij L.M., Toebosch R.H.A., Barakova E.
It's food fight! Designing the chef's hat card game for affective-aware HRI
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 524-528
DOI 10.1145/3434074.3447227
Conference Paper Conference
2021
Barros P., Sciutti A., Bloem A. C., Hootsmans I. M., Opheij L. M., Toebosch R. M. A., Barakova E.
It's Food Fight! Introducing the Chef's Hat Card Game for Affective-Aware HRI
16th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Conference Paper Conference
2021
Vignolo A., Noceti N., Sciutti A., Odone F., Sandini G.
Learning Dictionaries of Kinematic Primitives for Action Classification
25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
Conference Paper Conference
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Dissemination
2020
Sciutti A.
Communication in the robot era
Science Museum of Genoa “Museo Doria” - association “Amici del Museo Doria” – 3rd December 2020
Outreach
2020
Barresi G., Del Bue A., Tucci V., Sciutti A.
Intelligenze Artificiali, Scelte Umane
Rome VideoGame Lab 2020
Public Event
2020
Sciutti A.
Robot come me
Rimini Web Marketing Festival [Virtual] 20th November 2020
Public Event
2020
Sciutti A.
“Verso l’era dei robot umanoidi” (Toward the age of humanoid robots)
Round Table at the Festival “Le parole della Montagna”, Smerillo (FM), 17 July 2020
Public Event
2019
Sciutti A.
Comprendere i Robot
Innovation Village - Singularity University - Milan, Italy, 9 October 2019
Public Event
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Scientific talk
2020
Sciutti A.
About Robot-Human interaction. iCub and the relationship between technology and human being.
Experience Lab, Universita' Cattolica, Milano, Italy - 3rd July 2020
Institute
2020
Sciutti A.
Cognitive robotics for collaboration
MaLGa – Machine Learning and Vision, Genoa, Italy – 3rd November 2020
Institute
2020
Sciutti A.
Cognitive Robotics for HRI
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – 9th October 2020 [Virtual]
Institute
2020
Sciutti A.
Robot: da interfaccia a interazione
World Usability Day – SIGCHI Italy [Virtual] 12th November 2020
Conference
2020
Sciutti A.
Sfide e opportunita’ della robotica oggi
Scienza e futuro: dalle conseguenze alle applicazioni - Fondazione Golinelli e DeAgostini (23 Aprile 2020, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkhVv7_nOg0)
School (Summer school, ...)
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Oral presentation
2019
Sciutti A., Tinelli F., Gori M.
Context Dependency in Space Perception in Children with Movement Disorder
Child Vision Research Society (CVRS) 2019
Conference
2019
Sciutti A., Sandini G.
The role of object motion in visuo-haptic exploration during development
2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL-EpiRob 2019, pp. 123-128
Conference
2019
Nicora E., Noceti N., Sciutti A., Rea F.
Why High-performance computing is important in robotics?
BMVA technical meeting: Computer Vision + High performance Computing
Conference
2018
Sciutti A.
Bi-directional intuitive communication in HRI
Neuroscience 4 HRI workshop in conjunction with HRI 2018 (5 March)
Conference
2018
Sciutti A., Melchiori C., Lombardi G., Sandini G.
The development of visuo-haptic exploration strategies in school-aged children
European Conference on Visual Perception
Conference
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Award Achievement
2020
Belgiovine G., Rea F., Zenzeri J., Sciutti A.
Best Contribution in AI for Robotics Award for the work 'Towards Effective Robot Tutoring for Skills Acquisition'.
2020
Belgiovine G., Rea F., Barros P., Zenzeri J., Sciutti A.
Best paper award for the paper "Sensing the Partner: Toward Effective Robot Tutoring in Motor Skill Learning"
2020
Pasquali D., Aroyo A.M., Billandon-Gonzalez J., Rea F., Sandini G., Sciutti A.
Honorable mention for the Late Breaking Report 'Your Eyes Never Lie: a Robot Magician Can Tell if You Are Lying'
2020
Mazzola C., Aroyo A. M., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Honorable mention for the paper ‘Interacting with a Social Robot Affects Visual Perception of Space.'
2020
Barros P., Tanevska A., Cruz F., Sciutti A.
Most popular presentation runner-up of the conference track for the work 'Moody Learners - Explaining Competitive Behaviour of Reinforcement Learning Agents'.
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Editor Ship
2020-2021
Sciutti A.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI - Human-robot Interaction
2019-2019
Sciutti A.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2019-2021
Sciutti A.
International Journal of Social Robotics
2019-2019
Sciutti A.
International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition
2018-2018
Sciutti A.
AI for Multimodal Human Robot Interaction Workshop
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Organized Event
2021
De Carolis B., Gena C., Lieto A., Rossi S., Sciutti A.
Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR) - Second Edition
2020
Vignolo A., Sciutti A., Ivaldi S., Lohan K., Varni G.
Cognitive Robotics for Interaction (CIRCE) Workshop
2020
De Carolis B., Gena C., Lieto A., Rossi S., Sciutti A.
Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR)
2020
Barros P., Sciutti A.
Workshop on affective shared perception (WASP)
2019
De Carolis B., Gena C., Lieto A., Rossi S., Sciutti A.
Special Session on Adaptation and Personalization in Human-Robot Interaction
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Colleagues of COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Fabio Vannucci Post Doc - Fellow COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Sara Incao PhD Student COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Matteo Dicenzi Guest Student COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Giuseppe Di Cesare Post Doc COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Pablo Vinicius Alves De Barros Post Doc COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
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