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about
about
Senior technical leader, with a 20+ years industry and academic experience and the goal and passion to mix design strategy with agile user experience (UX) research and innovation to enrich people’s everyday life and humanize technology.
My current focus is Artificial Intelligence (AI), with an emphasis on smart spaces, sensor technology and aging in place. Prior to Intel, I worked as architect in Italy and Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University in Australia.
I am committee member and reviewer for several international journals, institutes and conferences and conducted research and presented in 6 continents. In 2018 I was recognized as one of Italy's 50 most inspiring women in tech (InspiringFifty initiative).
Senior technical leader, with a 20+ years industry and academic experience and the goal and passion to mix design strategy with agile user experience (UX) research and innovation to enrich people’s everyday life and humanize technology.
My current focus is Artificial Intelligence (AI), with an emphasis on smart spaces, sensor technology and aging in place. Prior to Intel, I worked as architect in Italy and Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University in Australia.
I am committee member and reviewer for several international journals, institutes and conferences and conducted research and presented in 6 continents. In 2018 I was recognized as one of Italy's 50 most inspiring women in tech (InspiringFifty initiative).
videos/podcasts/webcasts/livestreams
Spirit of the Game Foundation - The Impactful Women's Network, International Woman's Week - "Women in Science & Tech" [livestream] 6 March 2023.
Human Centered Innovation: one example from the field. [UX Talk UX for the Opening of the 2nd Edition of the Master in UX Psychology held in collaboration between Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Politecnico di Milano], 21 January 2022.
New Haircut, Activating stakeholders during co-creation workshops, [interview] 1 December 2021.
"Don't Design the Uninvited", Invited Tech Talk, UX Indonesia, July 2020
Screenshot by Alike, Unf*ucking the internet, pensando esperience piu' social e umane [podcast], 11 December 2020
Design Observer, Daruma Doll, The Futures Archive [podcast], Season 1, Episode 8, 9 Dec 2021.
Podcast in "Dall'Universita' al lavoro", Talents Ventures, 20 July 2020 (Italian)
Plenary, Mozilla All Hands, Berlin Germany, January 2020
TV feature on RAI Italia's TV program "L'Italia con Voi" (Italian)
Intelligent Systems - FTC18 Interview
AI:UX Series. Episode 2: Ethics and Brand Trust
AI:UX Series. Episode 4: Design socially trusted & trustworthy platforms
AI:UX Series. Episode 6: Design helper usages
AI:UX. Ep. 8: Empower people to achieve unique goals
AI:UX. Ep. 10: Design onboarding mechanisms that grow and evolve
Affrontare la rivoluzione digitale mettendo al centro l'uomo (Italian)
AI:UX Series. Episode 1: Introduction
AI:UX Series. Episode 3: Minimize Intrusion
AI:UX Series. Episode 5: Make machines help humans
AI:UX Series. Episode 7: Serendipitous Design
AI:UX Series. Episode 9: Create diverse educational tools
AI:UX. Ep. 11: Create families of products
AI:UX. Episode 12: Recommendations and takeaways
Developing Hardware & Software Solutions in Responsible Technology - available here
The human side of AI: Affective Computing
From Smart to Intelligent Vehicles Through Affective Computing
User Testing Busts Myths About Touchscreen on Laptops
Affective Computing in the home
Affective Computing in the classroom
Walking in the Field of Rightdoing - Fetzer Global Gathering