Giuseppe Desolda

Curriculum

Giuseppe Desolda is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy, since February 2025. He is a member of the Interaction, Visualization, Usability & UX (IVU) Laboratory, founded by Maria Francesca Costabile and currently directed by Rosa Lanzilotti. He joined the laboratory in 2010 and coordinates its research on usable security and privacy.

His work focuses on the human factors of cybersecurity, particularly phishing, social engineering, the design of effective security warnings, user awareness, and explainable AI for security. He also studies human-centred and symbiotic AI, human–AI interaction, usability and user experience evaluation, and ways of enabling non-programmers to create and control interactive systems, including those based on the Internet of Things and IoT security. His earlier work addressed end-user development, visual service composition, cross-device interaction, and smart environments.

His research has involved national and international collaborations across human–computer interaction, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. He has led the PRIN PNRR DAMOCLES project and the University of Bari research activities in two spokes of the SERICS programme, while coordinating WP1 in Spoke 6. He is also Substitute Principal Investigator of the funded SYNAPSE project, scheduled to begin in January 2027. His publications are listed below; current bibliometric information is available through his Scopus and Google Scholar profiles.

Academic Appointments and Education

Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, since 7 February 2025.
Fixed-term researcher, type B (RTD-B), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 7 February 2022–6 February 2025; previously fixed-term researcher, type A (RTD-A), February 2020–February 2022.
Research fellow and scholarship holder at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in several non-continuous appointments between June 2012 and February 2020, working on multitouch interaction, web-based usability evaluation and related topics.
Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Full Professor (first tier), academic recruitment field 09/H1 – Information Processing Systems, obtained on 19 November 2024. Previously qualified for Associate Professor (second tier), field 01/B1, on 16 January 2020.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, awarded 15 April 2016. Dissertation: Design models and interaction paradigms to enable end users to create pervasive workspaces through service mashup, supervised by Maria Francesca Costabile.
Master’s degree in Computer Science (2011) and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (2009), University of Bari Aldo Moro, both awarded with 110/110 cum laude.

Research Projects

Funded Project Beginning in 2027

SYNAPSE — SYstem for Nudging and Adaptive Protection against Social Engineering (PRIN HYBRID 2026; 7 January 2027–January 2030, 36 months). A MUR-funded research project on adaptive human-centred protection against social engineering attacks. Role: Substitute Principal Investigator of the overall project.

Principal Investigator and Scientific Coordination Roles

DAMOCLES — Detection And Mitigation Of Cyber attacks that exploit human vuLnerabilitiES (PRIN 2022 PNRR; 2023–2026). Role: Principal Investigator of the entire project and scientific lead of the University of Bari unit. MUR grant of approximately €257,612 overall, including €88,997 to the Bari unit. Research focused on assessing and mitigating the human vulnerabilities exploited in phishing and related cyberattacks. Project website.
DevProDev — Profiling Software Developers for Developer-Centered Recommender Systems (PRIN 2022; 2023–2026). Role: Substitute Principal Investigator of the overall project and Principal Investigator of the University of Bari unit. MUR grant of approximately €226,407 overall, including €73,560 to the Bari unit. Project website.
SERICS — SCAI, Supply Chain Attack Avoidance (Spoke 6; 2023–2025). Roles: Work Package Leader of WP1, Securing the Software Process, coordinating a consortium of 16 researchers from four universities and one company; Scientific Lead of the University of Bari research activities in this spoke. SERICS website.
SERICS — PROTECT-IT, Improving the Resilience to Cyberattacks of Distributed ICT Infrastructures (Spoke 8; 2023–2025). Role: Scientific Lead of the University of Bari research activities in this spoke.
Making for Everyone: Interactive, Voice-Based Support for the Design of 3D Objects for Digital Fabrication (2022). Role: Principal Investigator for the University of Bari within a project funded by the European Humane-AI network, in collaboration with researchers at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Other Research Projects

SIMPLE — Sistemi Integrati autoMatizzati Per la coLtivazione Indoor (2020–2022), funded by Regione Puglia; responsibility for design and development of the automated plant subsystem.
TITANUX — creaTing hIgh qualiTy ANd sEcure systems that emphasize UX (2023–2025), a Regione Puglia-supported project involving the IVU Laboratory and Eusoft S.r.l.; participation in the laboratory research activities.
LIFT — Learning Intelligent Factory based on Information Technologies (2020–2023), supported by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development; responsibility for reviews of the state of the art and practice.
eGLU-Box Mobile (2022–2023), supported by MISE; contribution to the mobile extension of the eGLU-Box platform for usability testing.
eGLU-Box PRO (2019–2020), supported by MISE; coordination of work on advanced visualizations and chatbot-assisted usability evaluation.
EMPATHY (PRIN; 2019–2021); contribution to a web platform for customisation of smart interactive environments by non-technical users.
eGLU-Box PA (2018–2019); responsibility for evolution of UTAssistant into a platform supporting evaluation under the eGLU protocol and ISO/IEC 25010-related quality requirements.
TALIsMAn — Tecnologie di Assistenza personalizzata per il Miglioramento della Qualità della Vita (2017–2020).
PA++ — Una Pubblica Amministrazione più mobile e più usabile (2016–2017); responsibility for the UTAssistant web-based usability testing platform.
VINCENTE — A Virtual Collective Intelligence Environment to Develop Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (2012–2015); responsibility for a visual data composition platform for non-programmers.
LOGIN — Logistica Integrata (2012–2015); work on models for the web interface layer.
DSE — Digital Services Ecosystem (2013–2016); participation in telemedicine-related studies.
SuReCare (Secure Remote Healthcare for a Better Future), a project supported by PNRR/SERICS funds, addressing security and privacy in remote healthcare; participation in project research activities.
Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti dell’Area Metropolitana di Bari, participation in WP1, Activity 1.3, on defining technological solutions for the emerging technologies centre.

Editorial and Conference Service

He has served as Area Editor for Journal of Cybersecurity (Oxford University Press) since 2026, with responsibilities in usable security; as Associate Editor for International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (Elsevier) since 2026; and as Associate Editor for IEEE Access since 2021. He is also a Guest Editor of the Discover Artificial Intelligence (Springer Nature) topical collection Human-Centred and Symbiotic AI: Designing for Co-Evolution and Human Oversight, with Cristina Conati, Andrea Esposito, Rosa Lanzilotti, Grazia Ragone and Yvonne Rogers.

He regularly reviews for international journals, including ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, ACM Computing Surveys, ACM Transactions on the Web, Behaviour & Information Technology, Future Generation Computer Systems, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Journal of Systems and Software, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems with Applications, Sensors and PLOS ONE.

Conference Organization

Program Co-Chair, AVI 2028 (forthcoming).
Long Papers Co-Chair, AVI 2024; Panel Co-Chair, ECSCW 2024; Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chair, AVI 2022.
Short Papers Co-Chair, INTERACT 2021; Demos Co-Chair, INTERACT 2019; Proceedings Co-Chair, PerDis 2019.
Posters and Demos Co-Chair, AVI 2018; Publicity Chair, AVI 2016.
Co-organizer of the DAMOCLES workshop at AVI 2024; EMPATHY workshops at AVI 2020 and INTERACT 2021; the Human-Centred Cybersecurity workshop at CHItaly 2019; and SERVE at AVI 2016.

Reviewing and Programme Committees

He served as Associate Chair or meta-reviewer for CHI (2021–2023), DIS (2022), INTERACT (2019, 2023), NordiCHI (2020), IUI (2020) and HUCAPP (2024). His programme committee activities have included AVI, CHItaly, CHIGreece, CoopIS, ICWE, IS-EUD, ITASEC, IUI, HCII, MobileHCI, MUM, EuroUSEC, IE and PerDis, among others.

Research Supervision and Academic Service

He serves on the Academic Board of the Ph.D. Programme in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (cycles XXXVIII–XLI). His doctoral supervision includes Andrea Esposito (Human-Centred AI) and Francesco Greco (HCI for Cybersecurity), both in cycle XXXVIII. He previously co-supervised Marco Saltarella (usable security) and Joseph Ogochukwu Aneke (HCI and cybersecurity). He has also supervised more than 100 bachelor’s and master’s theses.

He has served on evaluation committees for doctoral students at the University of Bari (including Walter Mangione, Vito Bavaro, Qaisar Sohail, Mirko De Vincentiis and Domenico Gigante), and as an external doctoral thesis reviewer at the University of Salerno. In 2024, he was scientific supervisor of two University of Bari research fellowship programmes, one concerning the identification and mitigation of human-caused security incidents and the other human-centred explainable AI (programmes 01.104 and 01.116).

He has been a member of the Department of Computer Science’s Joint Teaching–Student Committee (Commissione paritetica) since January 2024. His scientific affiliations include ACM, SIGCHI, SIGCHI Italy, IFIP Working Group 2.7/13.4 (User Interface Engineering), GRIN, CINI research initiatives (Smart Cities and Big Data) and the University’s interdepartmental research centre for telemedicine (CITEL).

Teaching

Doctoral Courses

He has taught the following doctoral courses at the University of Bari Aldo Moro:

Human-Centered CyberSecurity (1 CFU), academic year 2026-2027, Ph.D. Programme in Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro.
Human-Centered AI (HCAI): an innovative vision for designing intelligent systems (1 CFU), academic year 2022-2023, XXXVIII cycle.
Human-Computer Interaction for AI (1 CFU), academic year 2020-2021, XXXVI cycle.
Usable Security (2 CFU), academic year 2018-2019, XXXIV cycle
IoT Technologies and Tools for Configuring Smart Environment (2 CFU), academic year 2017-2018, XXXIII cycle

Master’s Degree Courses

Computer Science (Laurea Magistrale in Computer Science)

Usable Privacy and Security (9 CFU), academic years: 2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027
Internet of Things Security (2 CFU), academic years: 2020-2021
Internet of Things (6 CFU), academic years: 2020-2021

Cybersecurity (Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Sicurezza Informatica, Taranto)

Fattori umani della cybersecurity (9 CFU), academic years: 2026-2027
Sicurezza in ambienti mobile (Cybersecurity in mobile computing - 1 CFU), academic years: 2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021

Bachelor’s Degree Courses

Informatica e Tecnologie dell’Informazione (Taranto)

Tecnologie Web (Web technology - 6 CFU), academic years: 2026-2027

Informatica e Comunicazione Digitale (Taranto)

Programmazione (Programming - 12 CFU), academic years: 2023-2024
Programmazione per il Web (Web programming - 6 CFU), academic years: 2025-2026, 2024-2025, 2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021
Programmazione per il Web (Web programming - 9 CFU), academic years: 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Scienze Geologiche

Informatica e analisi dei dati geologici - Mod I (Informatics and geological data analysis - 6 CFU), academic years: 2016-2017, 2017-2018

Other Teaching

Short Master in Cyber Security, module titled “Human Computer Interaction and Cyber Security”, 2017

Courses at the University of Salento, Italy

Programmazione Java (Java programming - 40 hours), extra-curricular teaching activity, academic year 2016-2017

Master’s Degree in Computer Science (University of Bari): laboratory sessions, tutorials and student projects

Interaction Design, academic year 2017-2018
Mobile computing, academic year 2017-2018

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (University of Bari): laboratory teaching and student projects

Interazione Uomo-Macchina (Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory), academic years: 2016-2017, 2017-2018

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Brindisi campus (University of Bari): laboratory teaching and student projects

Interazione Uomo-Macchina (Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory), academic years: 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016
Programmazione (Computer Programming Laboratory), academic years: 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016
Sistemi di elaborazione intelligenti (Intelligent Elaboration Systems - Web development), academic years: 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016
Algoritmi e strutture dati (Algorithms and data structures), academic years: 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016
Basi di dati (Databases), academic years: 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016
Information Construction by Service Composition, two-week summer school SURGEOM: (ERASMUS Intensive Programme), Linz (Austria), July-August 2014

At the ITS Apulia Digital Maker institute, he has taught professional courses in programming, user experience and interface design, AngularJS, the Internet of Things, web development and content-management systems (activities documented since 2019).

International Research Experience and Invited Talks

University of Hertfordshire, UK: visiting researcher in September–October 2017, January–February 2018 and September 2019–September 2020. Research included end-user programming, interaction with smart environments and privacy-aware systems.
Brunel University London, UK: visiting academic in July 2017, collaborating with Alessio Malizia on natural interaction and end-user programming of IoT environments.
University College London (UCL), UK: visiting researcher in September–December 2014, collaborating with Hans-Christian Jetter on spatially aware cross-device interaction and data composition.
Invited doctoral/summer-school teaching: IIT Kharagpur’s Foreign Training Programme (2021) and the Erasmus-IP SURGEOM summer school in Linz, Austria (July–August 2014).

Selected invited talks include King’s College London (January 2022, on human factors and phishing), Sheffield Hallam University (February 2018, on smart environments in cultural heritage), the University of Hertfordshire (January 2018), and the University of Cambridge (July 2017). He has also spoken at FORUM PA (2016, 2017 and 2019), the World Usability Day 2020 event in Turin, and the Art & Science across Italy initiative (2021). At CHI 2026, he presented work on symbiotic AI and human agency at the AutomationXP26 workshop (see workshop paper).

Technology Transfer, Public Engagement and Awards

Since 2016 he has contributed to the Italian Public Administration’s usability working group (GLU, later GLU-X). He coordinated the design, development and quality-assessment work on eGLU-Box PA, formerly UTAssistant, a web platform that assists public administrations in planning and conducting usability studies. The platform evolved through the PA++, eGLU-Box PA, PRO and Mobile projects. It received ISO/IEC 25010 certification and was made available to Italian public administrations, as described on the Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy website. The UTAssistant platform received the 10X10: 100 progetti per cambiare la PA award at FORUM PA 2017.

He has also delivered training for public-sector staff on the eGLU protocol and eGLU-Box platform (2017–2023), including courses organised by the Department of Public Administration and the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. These activities have focused on making public-sector websites and services more usable and accessible.

He was a co-founder of LARE Srl, a University of Bari spin-off active in telemedicine and remote surgical mentoring from 2013 to 2017. LARE received €50,000 in funding from Regione Puglia. He was responsible for technical development of the LARE-Remote Surgery platform and contributed to demonstrations of remote surgical mentoring, including scientific events held in Brindisi in 2013 and 2014. His documented industrial collaborations include SAP SE (Germany), Fincons, Auriga and Eusoft, spanning interactive systems, privacy-by-design development, cybersecurity and conversational interfaces.

His academic distinctions include selection for the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019, selection for Regione Puglia’s REFIN research programme (2019/2020), with his proposal ranked sixth among 210 approved projects, and winning the Rapid Mashup Challenge at ICWE 2015 with the EFESTO platform.

Software and Research Prototypes

Selected systems developed with collaborators:

Web and desktop platforms

ATHENA — an open-source, customisable LLM-based code-completion research prototype for Visual Studio Code, with interaction settings tailored to developers’ mental models (IUI 2025).
eGLU-Box PA (formerly UTAssistant): web-based platform for planning, conducting and analysing usability tests in Italian public administrations, developed and assessed under the eGLU protocol and ISO/IEC 25010 framework.
EFESTO: visual mashup and end-user development platform, winner of the Rapid Mashup Challenge at ICWE 2015.
LARE-Remote Surgery: client/server platform for surgical telementoring.

Multi-touch applications

ArcheoGame (Multi-touch application for learning work of archaeologists)
ArcheoPIS (Multi-touch application that shows an interactive Personal Information Space (PIS) of an archaeological guide, useful during briefing phase of visit to archaeological park)
History-Puzzle (Multi-touch application for learning history in archaeological parks)
Time-Voyager (Multi-touch application for learning history in archaeological parks)
Interactive Program (Multi-touch application to interact with the conference program and its media )
Taxisharing (Multi-touch application used to book and share taxi during a conference to reduce travel cost)
FlickR Visualizer (Multi-touch application that shows photos and videos from Flickr previously tagged with a special tag)
PhotoSharing (Multi-touch application that shows a set of photos and videos and allows users to upload and download photos from personal storage devices)

Tablet applications

Mobile ArcheoPIS (tablet application developed in Android that shows an interactive Personal Information Space (PIS) of an archaeological guide, useful during visit of archaeological park)

Publications

Journal Articles

Desolda G., Greco F., Lanzilotti R., and Tucci C. (2026). MORPHEUS: A Multidimensional Framework for Modeling, Measuring, and Mitigating Human Factors in Cybersecurity. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. Volume 33 Issue 5. Article No.: 49, Pages 1 - 108. https://doi.org/10.1145/3829371
Cappuccio E., Esposito A., Greco F., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., and Rinzivillo S. (2026). Explanation User Interfaces: A Systematic Literature Review. ACM Computing Surveys (October 2026). https://doi.org/10.1145/3834765
Buono, P., Cerullo, M., Cirillo, S., Desolda, G., Greco, F., Guglielmi, E., Margarella G., Polese G., Scalabrino S., Tucci C. (2026). Bug detective and quality coach: Developers’ mental models of AI-assisted IDE tools. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2026.101157
Calvano, M., Curci, A., Desolda, G., Esposito A., Lanzilotti R, Piccinno A. (2026). Building Symbiotic Artificial Intelligence: Reviewing the AI Act for a Human-Centred, Principle-Based Framework. Minds & Machines 36, 1 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-025-09753-w
Esposito, A., Desolda, G. & Lanzilotti, R (2025). A dataset of interactions and emotions for website user experience evaluation. Scientific Data 12, 1794 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06079-1
Desolda G., Esposito A., Greco F., Tucci C., Buono P., Piccinno A. (2025). Understanding User Mental Models in AI-Driven Code Completion Tools: Insights from an Elicitation Study. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 205, 103648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103648
Desolda G., Greco F., Viganò L. (2025). APOLLO: A GPT-based tool to detect phishing emails and generate explanations that warn users. Journal Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM) - Companion Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS ‘25). 9, 4, Article EICS003 (June 2025), 33 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3733049
Greco, F., Desolda, G., Buono, P., Piccinno, A. (2025). Enhancing Phishing Defenses: The Impact of Timing and Explanations in Warnings for Email Clients. In Computer Standards & Interfaces, 93, 103982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2025.103982
Saltarella M., Desolda G., Esposito A., Greco F., Lanzilotti R. (2025). Bridging the Gap Between GPDR and Software Development: The MATERIALIST Framework. In Multimedia Tools and Applications. 84, 22971–23010 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-19923-0.
Desolda, G., Esposito, A., Lanzilotti, R., Piccinno, A., Costabile, M.F. (2025; online first 2024). From human-centered to symbiotic artificial intelligence: a focus on medical applications. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 84, 32109–32150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-20414-5 (publisher correction: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-025-21004-9).
Desolda, G., Dimauro, G., Esposito, A., Lanzilotti, R., Matera, M., Zancanaro, M. (2024). A Human–AI interaction paradigm and its application to rhinocytology. In Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 155, 102933. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2024.102933
Esposito, A., Desolda, G. & Lanzilotti, R (2024). The fine line between automation and augmentation in website usability evaluation. Sci Rep 14, 10129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59616-0
Balducci, F., Buono, P., Desolda, G., Lanzilotti, R., Piccinno, A., Costabile, M.F. (2024). Exploring the Impact of an IoT-based Game on the Experience of Visitors at a Natural Science Museum. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3652163
Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., Caivano D., Costabile M. F. and Buono P. (2023). Asynchronous Remote Usability Tests Using Web-Based Tools Versus Laboratory Usability Tests: An Experimental Study. In IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2023.3282225.
Saltarella M., Desolda G. Lanzilotti R., Barletta V. S. (2023). Translate Privacy Design Principles into Human-Centered software lifecycle: A Literature Review. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2023.2219964.
Desolda G., Aneke J., Ardito C., Lanzilotti R., Costabile M. F. (2023). Explanations in warning dialogs to help users defend against phishing attacks. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Volume 176, August 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103056
Desolda G., Ferro L. S, Marrella A., Catarci T., Costabile M. F.. (2021). Human Factors in Phishing Attacks: A Systematic Literature Review. In ACM Computing Surveys. 54, 8, Article 173, 35 pages. ACM, New York, NY, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3469886
Ardito C., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., Malizia A., Matera M., Buono P, Piccinno A. (2020). User-defined Semantics for the Design of IoT Systems Enabling Smart Interactive Experiences. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-020-01457-5
Balducci F., Buono P., Desolda G., Impedovo D., Piccinno A. (2020). Improving Smart Interactive Experiences in Cultural Heritage through Pattern Recognition Techniques. Pattern Recognition Letters. Volume 131, March 2020, 142-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2019.12.011
Buono P., Caivano D., Costabile M.F., Desolda G.,Lanzilotti R. (2020). Towards the detection of UX Smells: the support of visualizations. IEEE Access. Volume 8, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2961768
Desolda, G., Matera, M., Lanzilotti R. (2020). Metamorphic Data Sources: a User-centric Paradigm to Consume Linked Data in Interactive Workspaces. Future Generation Computer Systems(FGCS), 102 (January 2020), 992-1015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2019.09.032
Ardito, C., Desolda, G., Lanzilotti, R., Alessio Malizia, Maristella Matera (2019). Analysing Trade-offs in Frameworks for the Design of Smart Environments. Behaviour and Information Technology (BIT), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2019.1634760
Desolda, G., Ardito, C., Jetter, H.-C., and Lanzilotti, R. (2019). Exploring spatially-aware cross-device interaction techniques for mobile collaborative sensemaking. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 122 (February 2019), 1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.08.006
Ardito C., Buono P., Desolda G., Matera M. (2018). From Smart Objects to Smart Experiences: an End-User Development Approach. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 114 (June 2018), 51-68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.12.002
Desolda, G., Ardito, C. and Maristella, M. (2017). Empowering end users to customize their smart environments: model, composition paradigms and domain-specific tools. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 24(2), 1-52, issn: 1073-0516, DOI: 10.1145/3057859
Desolda, G., Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F. and Matera, M. (2017). End-user composition of interactive applications through actionable UI components. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, 42 (October 2017), 46-59.
Ardito C., Buono P., Costabile M. F., Desolda G. (2015). Interaction with large displays: a survey. ACM Computing Survey, 47 (3). DOI: 10.1145/2682623
Lanzilotti, R., Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., De Angeli, A., Desolda, G. (2015). Pupils Collaboration around a Large Display. In Journal of Visual Languages & Computing 31, B, 206-214.
Ardito C., Bottoni P., Costabile M. F., Desolda G., Matera M., and Picozzi M. (2014). Creation and Use of Service-based Distributed Interactive Workspaces. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing25, 6, 717-26.
Ardito C., Costabile M. F., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., Matera M., Piccinno A., and Picozzi M. (2014). User-Driven Visual Composition of Service-Based Interactive Spaces. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing 25, 4, 278-96.
Ardito C., Lanzilotti R., Costabile M. F., and Desolda G. (2013). Integrating traditional learning and games on large displays: an experimental study. Educational Technology & Society 16, 1, 44-56.

Book Chapters

Colizzi L., Caivano D., Ardito C., Desolda G., Castrignanò A., Matera M., Khosla R., Moshou D., Hou K., Pinet F., Chanet J-P., Hui G., Shi H.. (2020). Introduction to agricultural IoT. In Annamaria Castrignanò, Gabriele Buttafuoco, Raj Khosla, Abdul M. Mouazen, Dimitrios Moshou, Olivier Naud (Eds.) Agricultural Internet of Things and Decision Support for Precision Smart Farming. Academic Press, 1-33
Ardito C., Desolda G., Matera M. (2018) Engineering Task-Automation Systems for Domain Specificity. In: Garrigòs I., Wimmer M. (eds) Current Trends in Web Engineering. ICWE 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10544. Springer, Cham
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G. and Matera, M. (2017). A Three-Layer Meta-Design Model for Addressing Domain-Specific Customizations. In: F. Paternò and V. Wulf (Eds.) New Perspectives in End-User Development. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 99-120.
Desolda G., Ardito C., and Matera M. (2016). End-User Development for the Internet of Things: EFESTO and the 5W composition paradigm. In: F. Daniel and M. Gaedke (Eds.) Rapid Mashup Development Tools: RMC 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 696, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 74-93.
Desolda G., Ardito C., and Matera M. (2016). EFESTO: A platform for the End-User Development of Interactive Workspaces for Data Exploration. In Daniel, F., Pautasso, C. Rapid Mashup Development Tools - Rapid Mashup Challenge in ICWE 2015. (Vol. 591, pp. 63 - 81), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Verlag.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G., Matera, M. and Buono, P. (2016). A Meta-design Approach to Support Information Access and Manipulation in Virtual Research Environments. In: M. Bornschlegel, F. Engel, R. Bond and M. Hemmje (Eds.) Road Mapping Infrastructures for Advanced Visual Interfaces Supporting Big Data. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10084 Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

International Conference Papers

Breve B., Buono P., Caruccio L., Cau F. M., Cimino G., Desolda G., Deufemia V., Lanzilotti R., Spano L. D., and Tucci C. (2025). Leveraging EUD and Generative AI for Ethical Phishing Campaigns. In End-User Development (IS-EUD 2025), LNCS 15713, pp. 264–282. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95452-8_16
Desolda G., Esposito A., Greco F., Tucci C., Buono P., and Piccinno A. (2025). Designing Human-Centered Code Completion Tools in the Age of Generative AI. In Proceedings of CHItaly 2025, Article 99, pp. 1–3. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3750069.3755957
Federici S., Mele M. L., Bracalenti M., Broganelli R., Bifolchi G., Lanzilotti R., Desolda G., Amendola M., and Agusto G. (2025). A Unified Methodological Protocol for Assessing User Expectations and Awareness of Interaction Systems in Human–Computer Interaction. In Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2025), LNCS 15771, pp. 18–35. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93965-5_2
Andrao M., Gini F., Greco F., Cappelletti A., Desolda G., Treccani B, and Zancanaro M.. (2025) “React”, “Command”, or “Instruct”? Teachers Mental Models on End-User Development. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25), Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. DOI:10.1145/3706598.3713234
Desolda, G., Esposito, A., Greco, F., Tucci, C., Buono, P., Piccinno, A. (2025). ATHENA: A customizable LLM-based Code Completion Tool for Visual Studio Code. In Companion Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2025). ACM, pp. 120–123. https://doi.org/10.1145/3708557.3716357
Ragone G., Buono P., Desiato D., Desolda G., Greco F. and Lanzillotti R. (2024). Towards a human factors assessment questionnaire for cybersecurity incidents. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 71, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3656650.3656720.
Breve B., Desolda G., Deufemia V., Spano L.D. (2024). First International Workshop on Detection And Mitigation Of Cyber attacks that exploit human vuLnerabilitiES (DAMOCLES). In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 125, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3656650.3660540.
Greco F., Carelli A., Desolda G., Esposito A. (2024). David versus Goliath: can machine learning detect LLM-generated text? A case study in the detection of phishing emails. In Proc. of the Italian Conference on CyberSecurity (ITASEC) 2024
Desolda G., Esposito, A., Müller, F., & Feger, S. (2023, August). Digital Modeling for Everyone: Exploring How Novices Approach Voice-Based 3D Modeling. In IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ’23), pp. 133-155. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_11
Buono, P., Desolda G., Greco, F., Piccinno, A. (2023). Let Warnings Interrupt the Interaction and Explain: Designing and evaluating phishing email warnings. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ‘23). ACM. Article 197, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585802
Federici, S., Bifolchi, G., Bracalenti, M., Ansani, A., Napoletti, A., Lanzilotti, R., Desolda G., Simonetti, E. (2023). eGLU-Box Mobile: A Smartphone App for Usability Testing by Italian Public Administration Webmasters. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII ’23), pp. 64-79. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35596-7_5
Breve, B., Cimino, G., Desolda G., Deufemia, V., & Elefante, A. (2023). On the User Perception of Security Risks of TAP Rules: A User Study. In Proceedings of International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD 23), pp. 162-179. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34433-6_10
Andrao, M., Balducci, F., Breve, B., Cena, F., Desolda G., Deufemia, et Al. (2023). Understanding Concepts, Methods and Tools for End-User Control of Automations in Ecosystems of Smart Objects and Services. In Proceedings of International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD ’23), pp. 104-124. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34433-6_7
Breve, B., Desolda G., Greco, F., & Deufemia, V. (2023). Democratizing Cybersecurity in Smart Environments: Investigating the Mental Models of Novices and Experts. In Proceedings of International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD ‘23), pp. 145-161. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34433-6_9
Esposito, A., Calvano, M., Curci, A., Desolda G., Lanzilotti, R., Lorusso, C., & Piccinno, A. (2023). End-User Development for Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review. In Proceedings of International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD ‘23), pp. 19-34. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34433-6_2
Greco, F., Desolda G., & Esposito, A. (2023). Explaining phishing attacks: An XAI approach to enhance user awareness and trust. In Proc. of the Italian Conference on CyberSecurity (ITASEC) 2023.
Esposito, A., Desolda G., Lanzilotti, R., Matera, M., Pizzi, R., & D’Ascoli, S. (2023). Poster: Improving Customer Service Through Rapid Prototyping of Data Exploration Chatbots. In Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly ‘23), Torino, Italy, September 20-22, 2023. ACM 2023. ACM.
Balducci, F., Buono, P., Costabile, M.F., Desolda G., Lanzilotti, R. and Piccinno, A. (2023). Poster: Enriching people’s experience at CH sites with IoT technology. In Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly ‘23). Torino, Italy, ACM, Article 44.
Balducci F., Breve B., Desolda G., Greco F., Deufemia V. (2023). Task Automation Systems to Secure Smart Environments. In adjunct Proceedings of International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD ’23).
Andrao M., Cappelletti A., Desolda G., Greco F., Treccani B., Zancanaro M. (2023). SMARTER Than Before: Empowering Teachers to Program a Modular IoT Educational Device. In adjunct Proceedings of International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD ’23).
Barletta V.S., Desolda G., Gigante D., Lanzilotti R., Saltarella M. (2022). From GDPR to Privacy Design Patterns: The MATERIALIST Framework. Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography, SECRYPT 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-13, 2022. SCITEPRESS 2022, 642–648, ISBN 978-989-758-590-6. DOI: 10.5220/0011305900003283
Esposito A., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., Costabile M.F. (2022). SERENE: a Web platform for the UX semi-automatic evaluation of websites. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 77, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3531073.3534464
Andrao M., Desolda G., Greco F., Manfredi R., Treccani B., Zancanaro M. (2022). SMARTER: an IoT learning game to teach math. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 80, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3531073.3534467
Andrao M., Desolda G., Greco F., Manfredi R., Treccani B., Zancanaro M. (2022). End-User Programming and Math Teachers: an Initial Study. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 68, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3531073.3534493
Feger S., Esposito A., Desolda G., Müller F. (2022). Making for Everyone: Requirements Research on Voice-Based Digital Modeling. HumaneAI-net conference.
Desolda G., Esposito A., Lanzilotti R., Costabile M.F. (2021). Exploiting Machine Learning for Automatic UX evaluation. In proc. of IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ‘21). Springer International Publishing.
Desolda G., Greco F., Guarnieri F., Mariz N., Zancanaro M. (2021). SENSATION: an Authoring Tool to support Event-State paradigm in End-User Development. In proc. of IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ‘21). Springer International Publishing.
Piro L., Desolda G., Matera M., Lanzilotti R., Mosca S., Pucci E. (2021). An Interactive Paradigm for the End-User Development of Chatbots for Data Exploration. In proc. of IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ‘21). Springer International Publishing.
Desolda G., Deufemia V., Matera M., Paternò F., Vernero F., Zancanaro M. (2021). 2nd International Workshop on Empowering People in Dealing with Internet of Things Ecosystems (EMPATHY). In proc. of IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ‘21) - poster session. Springer International Publishing.
Aneke J., Ardito C., Desolda G. (2021). Making Warning Messages Personal: A Big 5 Personality Trait Persuasion Approach. In proc. ofIFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ‘21) - poster session. Springer International Publishing.
Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., Piccinno A., Rossano V. (2021). A System to Support Children in Speech Therapies at Home. In proc. of In CHItaly 2021: 14th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly 21). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 36, 1-5.
Breve B., Desolda G., Deufemia V., Greco F., Matera M (2021). An End-User Development Approach to Secure Smart Environments. In Proc. of International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD ‘21). Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12724, pp. 36-52.
Saltarella M., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R. (2021). Privacy Design Strategies and the GDPR: a systematic literature review. In proc. of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 21), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12788, pp. 241-257.
Aneke J., Ardito C., Desolda G. (2021). Help the user recognize a phishing scam: The design of explanation messages in warning interfaces for phishing attacks. In proc. of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 21), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12788, pp. 403-416.
Federici S., Mele M.L., Bracalenti M., De Filippis M.L., Lanzilotti R., Desolda G., Borsci S., Gaudino G., Cocco A., Amendola M., Simonetti E. (2021) A Chatbot Solution for eGLU-box Pro: The Usability Evaluation Platform for Italian Public Administrations. Accepted for publication at the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 24-29 July 2021. Washington DC, USA.
Desolda G., Deufemia V., Gena C., Matera M., Paternò F., Treccani B. (2020). EMPATHY: Empowering People in Dealing with Internet of Things Ecosystems (Workshop). In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 107, 1.
Aneke, J., Ardito, C. and Desolda, G. (2020). Designing an Intelligent User Interface for Preventing Phishing Attacks. In Proc. of theIFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - IFIP TC 13 Workshops (INTERACT 2019). Springer International Publishing, 97-106.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G., Manca, M., Matera, M., Paternò, F. and Santoro, C. (2019). Improving Tools that Allow End Users to Configure Smart Environments. In Proc. of the International Symposium on End User Development (IS-EUD ‘19). Springer International Publishing, 244-248. PDF
Buono, P., Desolda, G., Lanzilotti, R., Costabile, M.F. and Piccinno, A. (2019). Visualizations of User’s Paths to Discover Usability Problems. In Proc. of theIFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ‘19). Springer International Publishing, 689-692.
Federici, S., Mele, M.L., Bracalenti, M., Buttafuoco, A., Lanzilotti, R. and Desolda, G. (2019). Bio-behavioral and self-report user experience evaluation of a usability assessment platform (UTAssistant). In Proc. of the International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications (HUCAPP ‘19).
Desolda G., Di Nocera F., Ferro L., Lanzilotti R., Maggi P., and Marrella A. (2019). Alerting Users about Phishing Attacks. In Moallem A. (eds) HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust - International Conference on Human Computer Interaction 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11594. Springer, Cham
Federici, S., Mele, M. L., Lanzilotti, R., Desolda, G., Bracalenti, M., Buttafuoco, A., Gaudino, G., Cocco, A., Amendola, M., Simonetti, E. (2019). Heuristic Evaluation of eGLU-Box: A Semi-automatic Usability Evaluation Tool for Public Administrations. In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction. Perspectives on Design - International Conference on Human Computer Interaction 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. LNCS 11566, pp. 75-86). Cham, CH: Springer.
C. Ardito, P. Buono, M. F. Costabile, G. Desolda, R. Lanzilotti, M. Matera, A. Piccinno. (2019) Enabling End Users to Define the Behavior of Smart Objects in AAL Environments. In: Leone A., Caroppo A., Rescio G., Diraco G., Siciliano P. (eds) Ambient Assisted Living. ForItAAL 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 544. Springer, Cham
Desolda, G., Malizia, A., and Turchi, T. 2018. A tangible-programming technology supporting end-user development of smart-environments. In Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘18). CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1-3.
Federici, S., Mele, M.L., Lanzilotti, R., Desolda, G., Bracalenti, M., Meloni, F., Gaudino, G., Cocco, A., and Amendola, M. 2018. UX Evaluation Design of UTAssistant: A New Usability Testing Support Tool for Italian Public Administrations. In: M. Kurosu (Eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Theories, Methods, and Human Issues - HCI 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 10901, Springer International Publishing, 55-67.
Desolda, G., Gaudino, G., Lanzilotti, R., Federici, S., Cocco, A. (2017). UTAssistant: A web platform supporting usability testing in Italian public administrations. In Adjunct Proc. of the biannual Conference of the Italian ACM SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly ‘17). Cagliari, Italy, 18-20 September 2017. CEUR WP, Vol. 1910, pp 138-142.
Ardito, C., Malizia, A., Desolda, G., Matera, M., Lanzilotti, R. (2017). Advanced interaction paradigms to define smart visit experiences in the internet of things era. In Adjunct Proc. of the biannual Conference of the Italian ACM SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly ‘17). Cagliari, Italy, 18-20 September 2017. CEUR WP, Vol. 1910, pp 148-152.
Desolda G., Ardito, C. and Matera, M. (2017). Specification of Complex Logical Expressions for Task Automation: An EUD Approach. In: S. Barbosa, P. Markopoulos, F. Paternò, S. Stumpf and S. Valtolina (Eds.) End-User Development, IS-EUD 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10303, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 108-116.
Ardito C., Desolda G., and Lanzillotti R. (2016). Distributing the User Interface Logics along Actionable Components: the EFESTO Approach. In Proc. of International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS ‘16). Salerno, Italy, November 25 - 26, 2016, Knowledge Systems Institute. Skokie, Illinois, USA.
Ardito C., Desolda G., Matera M., and Costabile M.F. (2016). Exploiting Visual Notations for Data Exploration: The EFESTO Platform. In Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘16). Bari, Italy, 7-10 June, 2016, pp 290-1. ACM. New York, NY, USA.
Ardito C., Bellucci A., Desolda G., Divitini M., and Mora S. (2016). SERVE: Smart Ecosystems cReation by Visual dEsign Authoring Internet of Things and Smart Objects Applications. In Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘16). Bari, Italy, 7-10 June, 2016, pp 372-5. ACM. New York, NY, USA.
Desolda G. and Costabile M.F. (2016). Building Data Sources with Linked Open Data to Enrich Mashup Platforms. In Proc. of Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems (SEBD ‘16). Ugento, Lecce, Italy, June 19-22, 2016, pp 190-7.
Desolda G. (2015). Enhancing Workspace Composition by Exploiting Linked Open Data as a Polymorphic Data Source. In Damiani E., Howlett R.J., Jain L.C., Gallo L., and De Pietro G. Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services - IIMSS 2015. (Vol. 40, pp. 97-108.), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer International Publishing.
Desolda G. and Jetter H-C. (2015). Spatial Awareness in Mobile Devices to Compose Data Source: A Utilization Study. In Diaz P., Pipek V., Ardito C., Jensen C., Aedo I., and Boden A. End-User Development - Is-EUD 2015. (Vol. LNCS 9083, pp. 291-4.), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer International Publishing.
Ardito C., Costabile M.F., Desolda G., Latzina M., and Matera M. (2015). Hands-on Actionable Mashups. In Diaz P., Pipek V., Ardito C., Jensen C., Aedo I., and Boden A. End-User Development - Is-EUD 2015. (Vol. LCNS 9083, pp. 295-8.), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Verlag.
Ardito C., Costabile M.F., Desolda G., Latzina M., and Matera M. (2015). Making Mashups Actionable Through Elastic Design Principles. In Diaz P., Pipek V., Ardito C., Jensen C., Aedo I., and Boden A. End-User Development - Is-EUD 2015. (Vol. LCNS 9083, pp. 236-41.), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Verlag.
Ardito, C., Desolda, G., Matera, M. (2015). Fostering Innovation through End-User Development: a Mashup-based Approach. In: Proc. of International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD ‘15). Bari (Itay). 10-12 June 2015. pp. 1454 - 1464.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G., Lanzilotti, R., Matera, M., Picozzi, M. (2014). Visual Composition of Data Sources by End-Users. In: Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘14). Como (Italy). 28-30 May pp. 257-260. ACM, New York, NY, USA.
Desolda, G. (2014). A platform for enabling end users to compose data and services. In: Proc. of Demo Session of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘14). Como, Italy. 28-30 May, 2014. pp. 1-4. ACM,
Buono, P., Desolda, G. (2014). Visualizing collaborative traces in distributed teams. In: Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘14). Como, Italy. May 28-30, 2014. pp. 343-344. ACM, New York, USA.
Desolda, G. (2014). Using semantic techniques to improve service composition by end users. In Casteleyn, S., Rossi, G., Winckler, M. Web Engineering - ICWE 2014. (Vol. LCNS 8541, pp. 567-570.), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer International Publishing.
Ardito C., Bottoni P., Costabile M.F., Desolda G., Matera M., Piccinno A. et al. (2013). Enabling End Users to Create, Annotate and Share Personal Information Spaces. In Dittrich Y., Burnett M., Morch A., and Redmiles D. End-User Development - Is-EUD 2013. (Vol. LCNS 7897, pp. 40-55.), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Verlag.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G., Lanzilotti, R., Matera, M., Piccinno, A., Picozzi, M. (2013). Personal information spaces in the context of visits to archaeological parks. In: Proc. of Biannual Conference of the Italian Chapter of SIGCHI (CHItaly ‘13). Trento, Italy. September 17-19, 2013. pp. 1-4. ACM, New York, NY, USA.
Desolda, G. (2013). Empowering End Users to Create Interactive Workspaces by Service Composition. In: Proc. of Doctoral Consortium of the Biannual Conference of the Italian Chapter of SIGCHI (CHItaly ‘13). Trento, Italy. September 16, 2013. pp. 1-4.
Ardito, C., Desolda, G., Lanzillotti, R. (2013). Playing on large displays to foster children’s interest in archaeology. In: Proc. of International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS ‘13). Brighton (UK). August 8-10, 2013. pp. 79-84. Knowledge Systems Institute, Skokie, Illinois, USA.
Buono, P., Desolda, G., Lanzillotti, R. (2013). Scene extraction from telementored surgery videos. In: Proc. of International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS ‘13). Brighton (UK). August 8-10, 2013. pp. Knowledge Systems Institute, Skokie, Illinois, USA.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G., Lanzilotti, R., Matera, M. (2013). Combining Composition Technologies and EUD to Enhance Visitors’ Experience at Cultural Heritage Sites. In: Proc. of Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP ‘13). Rome (Italy), June 10-14, 2013. pp. 1-9.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G., Matera, M., Piccinno, A., Picozzi, M. (2012). Composition of situational interactive spaces by end users: a case for cultural heritage. In: Proc. of Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI ‘12). Copenhagen, Denmark, October 15-18. pp. 79-88. ACM, New York, NY, USA.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Lanzilotti, R., Angeli, A.D., Desolda, G. (2012). A field study of a multi-touch display at a conference. In: Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘12). Capri Island, Italy. May 21-25, 2012. pp. 580-587. ACM, New York, NY, USA.

Workshop Papers and Presentations

Desolda G., Esposito A., Lanzilotti R., Piccinno A., and Costabile M. F. (2026). Beyond Automation: Embracing Symbiotic AI for Meaningful Human Agency and Skill Preservation. Position paper presented at the AutomationXP26 workshop, co-located with CHI 2026, Barcelona, Spain. Workshop PDF.
Greco F., Desolda G., Piccinno A. (2026). A Symbiotic AI Approach for Trustable and Interactive Microbiome Data Interpretation. In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Trustable, Reproducible, and Intelligent Information Visualization Systems (TRI-IVIS 2026), co-located with AVI 2026, Venice, Italy. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 4227. Full text.
Esposito A., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R. (2025). Toward a Human-Centered Metric for Evaluating Trust in Artificial Intelligence Systems. In Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI Workshops 2025, Cagliari, Italy. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 3957. Full text.
Desolda G., Esposito A., Lanzilotti R., Piccinno A. (2025). Designing and Evaluating Human-Centred AI Systems: Best-Practices from a Multidisciplinary View. In Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI Workshops 2025, Cagliari, Italy. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 3957. Full text.
Desolda G., Greco F., Zancanaro M., Costabile M.F. (2021). Extending Task Automation Systems with Event-State-Condition-Action Capabilities. In Proc. of the second International Workshop EMPATHY: Empowering People in Dealing with Internet of Things Ecosystems, co-located with INTERACT 2021. 30 August, 2021. Bari, Italy.
Breve B., Desolda G., Deufemia V., Greco F., Matera M (2021). Enabling End-Users to Specify Security Rules with the EFESTO-5W Platform. In Proc. of the second International Workshop EMPATHY: Empowering People in Dealing with Internet of Things Ecosystems, co-located with INTERACT 2021. 30 August, 2021. Bari, Italy.
Desolda G., Greco F. (2020). Integrating the Node-RED server in an IoT platform for ECA rules management. In Proc. of the first International Workshop EMPATHY: Empowering People in Dealing with Internet of Things Ecosystems, co-located with AVI 2020. 29 September, 2020. Ischia, Italy.
Ardito C., Desolda G., Di Nocera F., Khamis M., Marrella M. (2020). Human-centered cybersecurity: international workshop at CHITALY 2019. In Proceedings of the 13th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Designing the next interaction (CHItaly ‘19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 25, 1-3.
Federici, S., Mele, M.L., Lanzilotti, R., Desolda, G., Bracalenti, M., Gaudino, G., Cocco, A. and Amendola, M. (2018). UTASSISTANT: A New Semi-Automatic Usability Evaluation Tool for Italian Public Administrations. In Proc. of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces - ECONA Workshop (AVI ‘18), 1-3.
Ardito, C., Buono, P., Costabile, M. F., Desolda, G., Matera, M., & Piccinno, A. (2018). Towards Enabling Cultural-Heritage Experts to Create Customizable Visit Experiences. In Proc. of the 2nd Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces for Cultural Heritage (AVI CH 18) - in conjunction with AVI 2018. 29 May - 1 June 2018, Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto (Italy). CEUR WP, Vol. 2091, Paper 2.
Catarci, T., Amendola, M., Bertacchini, F., Bilotta, E., Bracalenti, M., Buono, P., Cocco, A., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G., Nocera, F.D., Federici, S., Gaudino, G., Lanzilotti, R., Marrella, A., Mele, M.L., Pantano, P.S., Poggi, I. and Tarantino, L. (2018). Digital interaction: where are we going? In Proc. of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI ‘18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1-5.
Ardito C., Costabile M.F., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., Matera M. (2017). Designing End-User Development systems: reflections on the most valued system properties as perceived by end users. In Proc. of Workshop on Dealing with Conflicting User Interface Properties in User-Centered Development Processes, INTERACT 2017, Mumbai, India, September 25, 2017.
Ardito C., Buono P., Desolda G., Matera M. (2017). Empowering CH Experts to Produce IoT-enhanced Visits. In Adjunct Publication of the 25th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP ‘17).Bratislava, Slovakia, July 09 - 12, 2017. ACM. New York, NY, USA
Ardito C., Baldassarre M. T., Buono P., Caivano D., Desolda G., Morga M. and Piccinno A. (2017). Mid-Air Gestures in Mixed Reality: Issues and Challenges. Multimodal 2017 workshop, September 18 2017, Cagliari, Italy.
Ardito, C., Costabile, M.F., Desolda, G. and Matera, M. (2016). Supporting professional guides to create personalized visit experiences. In Adjunct Proc. of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI ‘16)- workshop session: Mobile access to cultural heritage - mobile-CH 2016. Florence, Italy, ACM. New York, NY, USA,1010-1015.
Ardito C., Desolda G., and Matera M. (2016). A Visual Paradigm for Defining Task Automation. In Proc. of Workshop on Smart Ecosystems cReation by Visual dEsign - in AVI ‘16 (SERVE). Bari, Italy, 7 June, 2016.
Ardito C., Buono P., Costabile M.F., Desolda G., and Matera M. (2016). A Meta-Design Approach to Support Information Access and Manipulation in Virtual Research Environments. Workshop on Road Mapping Infrastructures for Advanced Visual Interfaces Supporting Big Data Applications in Virtual Research Environments - in AVI ‘16. Bari, Italy, 7 June, 2016.
Desolda, G., Ardito, C., Matera, M., Piccinno, A. (2015). Mashing-up smart things: a meta-design approach. In: Proc. of Workshop on End User Development in the Internet of Things Era (EUDITE ‘15) - CHI ‘15 EA. Seoul (Korea). April 19, 2015. pp. 33 - 36. ACM, New York, NY, USA.

National Conference Papers

Aneke J., Ardito C., Desolda G. (2019). Unpacking Warning Messages: Towards Mitigating Phishing Attacks. In proc. of Italian Conference on ICT for Smart Cities And Communities (iCities ‘19). 18-20 September, 2019. Pisa, Italy. PDF
Ardito C., Buono P., Costabile M.F., Desolda G., Lanzilotti R., Matera M., Piccinno A. (2019). Allowing Lay People to Manage Smart Objects in the Cultural Heritage Domain. In proc. of Italian Conference on ICT for Smart Cities And Communities (iCities ‘19). 18-20 September, 2019. Pisa PDF
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