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Alessandra Sciutti

Tenure Track Researcher, head of the CONTACT Unit
Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator
COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Phone
+39 010 2897 327
Address
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – Center for Human Technologies Via Enrico Melen 83, Building B 16152 Genova, Italy
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. For more details on her research, as well as the full list of publications please check the Contact Unit website or her Google Scholar profile.

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

All Publications
2023
Antonj M., Zonca J., Rea F., Sciutti A.
A Controllable and Repeatable Method to Study Perceptual and Motor Adaptation in Human-Robot Interaction
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 188-192
DOI 10.1145/3568294.3580069
Conference Paper Conference
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Tanevska A., Rea F., Sciutti A.
A Conversational Game to Study Social Influence in Humans-Robot Interactions
International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction
Abstract Report Conference
2023
Mazzola C., Incao S., Marassi M., Rea F., Sciutti A.
A Hermeneutical Approach to Provide Robots with Socially Adaptive Perception
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 366, pp. 344-352
DOI 10.3233/FAIA220634
Conference Paper Book Series
2023
Scorza Azzarà G., Zonca J., Rea F., Song J. H., Sciutti A.
Can A Joint Action With A Robot Lead To Shared Body Representation?
9th Joint Action Meeting (JAM 9)
Abstract Report Conference
2023
Azzara G.S., Zonca J., Rea F., Song J.-H., Sciutti A.
Can a Robot's Hand Bias Human Attention?
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 213-216
DOI 10.1145/3568294.3580074
Conference Paper Conference
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Dissemination
2023
Sciutti A.
Algoritmi & Robotica: sfide e promesse
Simposio "L'algoritmo, l'intelligenza artificiale e il governo del dato, opportunità e problematiche di genere", Convegno FIDAPA, 8th May 2023, Genoa, Italy
Public Event
2023
Sciutti A.
Cercasi Robot Con Esperienza
Web Marketing Festival, 17th June 2023, Rimini, Italy
Public Event
2023
Sciutti A.
Interview on Cogntive Robotics - basis for one scifi novel
Book Fanta-Scienza 2 edited by Marco Passarello
Media
2023
Sciutti A.
La giornata tipo di una robotica cognitiva
Ricerca Europea e Creatività: il racconto di due ERC Genovesi, IANUA, Università di Genova, 10th May 2023, Genoa, Italy
Public Event
2023
Sciutti A.
Panel: Le donne nella Robotica
MPW Most Powerful Women in Robotica di Fortune Italia, e-talk, 19th April 2023, online
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Scientific Talks
2023
Sciutti A.
A robot for everyone and for each one
The Third Workshop on Social and Cultural Integration with Personalized Interfaces (SOCIALIZE) in conjuntion with IUI 2023, 27th March 2023, Sydney, Australia (virtual)
Workshop/Symposium
2023
Sciutti A.
Cognitive robotics for shared perception with humans
Skovde-IIT Scientific Meeting, 23rd February 2023, Genoa, Italy
Workshop/Symposium
2023
Sciutti A.
Cognitive Robotics to establish shared perception with humans
Workshop IIT – Osaka University “Towards symbiotic society with multi-species: humans, robots, and avatars”. 2nd February 2023, Genoa (Italy).
Workshop/Symposium
2023
Sciutti A.
Cognitive robots for mutual understanding
Human-aware Artificial Systems Workshop in the framework of the TERAIS European Project. 31st January 2023, Genoa (Italy).
Workshop/Symposium
2023
Sciutti A.
Conference Keynote: "Human-in-the-core Cognitive Robotics"
32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 2023, 29 August 2023, Busan, Korea
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Oral presentations
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
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Awards and Achievements
2023
Sciutti A.
Member of the External Advisory Board for the PILLAR-Robots European Project
2023
Sciutti A.
Member of the Steering Committee for Computer Science Degrees
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Tanevska A., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Selected as a finalist for Best Late Breaking Report " What if a Social Robot Excluded You? Using a Conversational Game to Study Social Exclusion in Teen-robot Mixed Groups"
2022
Sciutti A.
40 under 40 by Fortune Italia. Selected to be on the cover of the July/August 2022 Fortune Italia magazine.
2022
Barros P., Sciutti A.
Best Paper Award for the paper " CIAO! A Contrastive Adaptation Mechanism for Non-Universal Facial Expression Recognition."
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Editorships
2023-2023
Sciutti A.
2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics
2023-2023
Sciutti A.
5a conferenza di Robotica e Macchine Intelligenti
2023-2023
Sciutti A.
International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks
2023-2024
Wang Y., Beyan C., Chen F., Lemaignan S., Ricci E., Sciutti A.
International Journal of Social Robotics
2023-2023
Sciutti A.
VIII Congress of the National Group of Bioengineering
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Organized Events
2023
Staffa M., Rossi S., Sciutti A., Winkle K.
7th Workshop on Behavior Adaptation, Interaction and Learning for Assistive Robotics (BAILAR)
2023
Lieto A., Sciutti A., Syrbe J.
9th workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition
2023
De Carolis B., Gena C., Lieto A., Rossi S., Sciutti A.
Fourth International Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR)
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Sciutti A.
Il Robot Che Vorrei
2023
Rea F., Sandini G., Sciutti A.
Skovde-IIT Meeting
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Colleagues of COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Sara Mongile PhD Student COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Davide Bruzzo Guest Student COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Dario Pasquali Post Doc - Fellow COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Pia Saade Guest Student COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Leticia Mara Berto Guest Student COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
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