IVU Laboratory

The Interaction, Visualization, Usability & UX Lab is about research on Human-Computer Interaction. In particular: Interaction Design, Pervasive systems, Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, Usability Engineering, User eXperience, End-User Development, Serious games, Internet of Things, Usable Security, Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

People working in IVU have national and international collaborations, as indicated by the various projects in which they were involved and by their publications.

They have been in the scientific organization of many international conferences, held in Bari or in other locations. The last conferences in Bari were AVI 2016 and INTERACT 2021.

Latest News

Celebrating IVU Involvement in the University’s Ethical Review Board

Oct 11, 24

Our research group celebrates the recent presentation of the university’s Ethical Review Board. Two of our members played key roles: Prof. Maria Francesca Costabile, president of the committee responsible for drafting the board’s regulations, and Prof. Rosa Lanzilotti, who is part of the Ethical Review Board itself. Their contributions help ensure that research at our university meets high ethical standards.

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Antonio Piccinno wins the 2024 IFIP Service Award!

Oct 04, 24

We are thrilled to announce that our research team, in an effort led by Giuseppe Desolda, successfully secured the prestigious PRIN (Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) grant for the year 2022. Giuseppe Desolda serves as the Vice Principal Investigator for the entire project and holds the position of Principal Investigator at the University of Bari.

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Latest Research Summary - To Automate or To Augment Humans? That is the Question for AI

May 02, 24

The growing influence of AI brings benefits and risks. Our research explores how human-centred AI balances automation and human control in website usability evaluation. It shows how AI streamlines the detection of critical usability issues while augmented approaches also uncover less severe issues.

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People

Faculty

Rosa Lanzilotti

Full Professor

Coordinator for
Usability Engineering, UX, and Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Paolo Buono

Associate Professor

Coordinator for
Information Visualization and Visual Analytics

Antonio Piccinno

Associate Professor

Coordinator for Interplay between Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering, End-User Development

Giuseppe Desolda

Assistant Professor

Coordinator for
Novel Interaction Techniques, Internet of Things, and Usable Security

PhD Students and Short-Term Collaborators

Sabina Akram

PhD Student

PhD student on Human-Centered Intelligent Systems

Miriana Calvano

PhD Student

PhD student in Symbiotic AI

Antonio Curci

PhD Student

PhD student in Artificial Intelligence for Society

Andrea Esposito

Research Fellow

Research fellow and PhD student on Human-Centered AI and Human-AI Interaction

Francesco Greco

Research Fellow

Research fellow and PhD student on Usable Security and Human-Centered Explainable AI

Grazia Ragone

Postdoctoral Researcher

Qaisar Sohail

PhD Student

PhD student in Cyber Security

External Collaborators

Alumni

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