Publications

Publications and resources

All publications produced within the project will be freely available in this page. Also, the publications will be available in the dedicated page in the OpenAire website.

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2021

X-8: an experimental interactive toy to support turn-taking games in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
B. Özcan, V. Sperati, F. Giocondo, G. Baldassarre (2021).
Extended abstract presented at 23rd International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, HCI International 2021; published in Stephanidis C., Antona M., Ntoa S. (eds), HCI International 2021 - Posters. HCII 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, pp 233-239, vol 1419, Springer, Cham, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78635-9_32

Link between topographic memory and the combined presentation of ADHD (ADHD-C): a pilot study
N. Faedda, C. Guarilia, L. Piccardi, G. Natalucci, S. Rossetti, V. Baglioni, D. Alunni Fegatelli, M. Romani, M. Vigliante, V. Guidetti (2021).
Frontiers in Psychiatry 12:647243, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.647243


2022

The fast continuous wavelet transformation (fCWT) for real-time, high-quality, noise-resistant time–frequency analysis
Arts,L.P.A., van den Broek, E.L. (2022);
Nature Computational Science 2, 47-58,
DOI: 10.1038/s43588-021-00183-z
(code repositories)

Leveraging curiosity to encourage social interactions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
F. Giocondo, N. Faedda, G. Cavalli, V. Sperati, B. Özcan, F. Giovannone, C. Sogos, V. Guidetti, G. Baldassarre (2022)
Extended Abstract presented at the International Conference of Human-Computer Interaction CHI 2022 (New Orleans, LA, April 30, May 5 2022); published in CHI EA '22, Extended Abstract of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Article No. 273, pages 1-7,
DOI: 10.1145/3491101.3519716

A Novel System Based on a Smart Toy Responding to Child’s Facial Expressions: Potential Use in Early Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders
F. Montedori, F. R. Mattei, B. Özcan,  M. Schembri, V. Sperati, G. Baldassarre (2022)
Extended Abstract presented at 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2022; published in: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Ntoa, S., Salvendy, G. (eds) HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Posters. HCII 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1654. Springer, Cham,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19679-9_24

Interactive soft toys to support social engagement through sensory-motor plays in early intervention of kids with special needs
B. Özcan, V. Sperati, F. Giocondo, M. Schembri, G. Baldassarre (2022)
Proceedings of the conference ACM Interaction Design and Children, IDC '22 (Braga, Portugal, June 27-30 2022), section "Demo & Art Track", pages 625-628,
DOI: 10.1145/3501712.3535274
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA

Multi-sensory Wearable Bio-feedback Pillow to Enhance Genuine Feeling of Intimate Connection
B. Özcan, V. Sperati, F. Giocondo, M. Schembri, G. Baldassarre (2022).
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction  – TEI 2023 (Warsaw, 26 February-1 March), Late Breaking Work, Article No. 44, Pages 1–6
DOI: 10.1145/3569009.3573114
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA


2023

Supporting turn-taking activities: a pilot study using a smart toy with children with a diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders
F. Giocondo, N. Faedda, G. Cavalli, M. Schembri, F. Montedori, F. Giovannone, C. Sogos, V. Guidetti,  V. Sperati*, B. Özcan*, G. Baldassarre* (2023)
Proceedings of the 22nd ACM conference  Interaction Design and Children, IDC '23 (Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 19-23 2023), section "Work in Progress", pages 464-469
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593863

Biosignal Quality Control in Real-World Intelligent Environments
L. P.A. Arts, E. van den Broek (2023)
Workshop proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2023), pages 24-33
DOI:  10.3233/AISE230006

Platform and Hardware Independent Reliable Signal Processing
L. P.A. Arts, E. van den Broek (2023)
Workshop proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2023), pages 14-23
DOI: 10.3233/AISE230005

Electrodermal activity: a contimuous monitoring of well-being
A. Meijer, L.P.A. Arts, R. Gomez, E. van den Broek (2023)
Journal of Smart Cities and Society, 2(4), pages 193-207
DOI: 10.3233/SCS-230021

Speech Emotion Recognition using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks improved by the fast Continuous Wavelet Transform
van Zwol, B.E., Langezaal, M.A., Arts, L.P.A., Gatt, A., and van den Broek, E.L. (2023)
In G. Bekaroo, S. Ben Allouch, and M. Mecella (Eds.), Workshop Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2023), Section: 3rd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Emerging Topics (ALLEGET), p. 63–72. Series: Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, Vol. 32. ISBN 978-1-64368-404-8. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press BV. June 27–28, Flic en Flac, Mauritius.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AISE230012

Towards Continuous Monitoring of Well-Being 
Meijer, A.L., Arts, L.P.A., Gomez, R., and van den Broek, E.L. (2023). In G. Bekaroo, S. Ben Allouch, and M. Mecella (Eds.), Workshop Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2023), Section: 12th International Workshop on Intelligent Environments Supporting Healthcare and Well-being (WISHWell 2023), p. 196–205. Series: Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, Vol. 32. ISBN 978-1-64368-404-8. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press BV. June 27–28, Flic en Flac, Mauritius.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AISE230032


2024

A tangible, toy-based platform to evaluate the child’s social interaction in turn-taking game: a prospective on monitoring neurodevelopmental disorders
V. Sperati*, B. Özcan*, F. Giovannone, M. Schembri, N. Faedda, C. Sogos, V. Guidetti, G. Baldassarre (2024)
Proceedings of the 23nd ACM conference  Interaction Design and Children, IDC '24 (Delft, Netherlands, June 17-20, 2024), section Work in Progress, pages 650-654,
DOI: 10.1145/3628516.3659368

The use of Transitional Wearable Companion toys to promote children’s emotional intelligence: the Emotion-Lab program
C. Sardella, C. Di Marco, M. Porcelli, J. Miozzi, V. Sperati, B. Özcan, M. De Luca, A. Pecora, M. Schembri, G. Baldassarre, R. Santilli (2024)
Proceedings of the 23nd ACM conference  Interaction Design and Children, IDC '24 (Delft, Netherlands, June 17-20, 2024), section Work in Progress, pages 660-664,
DOI: doi.org/10.1145/3628516.3659370

Echo: an AI-based toy to encourage symbolic play in children with Autism Spectrum Condition
G. Bartolomei*, B. Ozcan*, G. Granato, G. Baldassarre^, V. Sperati^
To appear as "Work in Progress" in proceedings of International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction - TEI '25 (Bordeaux, France, March 04-07, 2025)