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The Ghost Annotator: a Framework to Explore Human Label Variation in Content Moderation through Conformal Prediction
Mirko Lai, Alessandra Urbinati, Simona Frenda +2
Current research primarily focuses on model performance, while comparatively less attention has been devoted to uncertainty estimation, particularly in settings where LLMs are incr…
How personality and memory of a robot can influence user modeling in Human-Robot Interaction
Benedetta Matcovich, Cristina Gena, Fabiana Vernero
In recent years, robotics has evolved, placing robots in social contexts, and giving rise to Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). HRI aims to improve user satisfaction by designing auton…
An empirical evaluation for defining a mid-air gesture dictionary for web-based interaction
Thomas Pasquale, Cristina Gena, Fabiana Vernero
This paper presents an empirical evaluation of mid-air gestures in a web setting. Fifty-six (56) subjects, all of them HCI students, were divided into 16 groups and involved as des…
Can empathy affect the attribution of mental states to robots?
Cristina Gena, Francesca Manini, Antonio Lieto +2
This paper presents an experimental study showing that the humanoid robot NAO, in a condition already validated with regards to its capacity to trigger situational empathy in human…
The influence of user personality and rating scale features on rating behaviour: an empirical study
Alessia Aniceto, Cristina Gena, Fabiana Vernero
User ratings are widely used in web systems and applications to provide personalized interaction and to help other users make better choices. Previous research has shown that ratin…
From psychological traits to safety warnings: three studies on recommendations in a smart home environment
Federica Cena, Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino +2
In this paper, we report on three experiments we have carried out in the context of the EMPATHY project, with the aim of helping users make better configuration choices in a smart…
Incorporating Personality Traits in User Modeling for EUD
Federica Cena, Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino +4
Personality traits such as Need for Cognition, Locus of Control, Mindset and Self-efficacy could impact the perception, acceptance and appreciation of recommendations provided to s…
Experimenting Touchless Gestural Interaction for a University Public Web-based Display
Cristina Gena, Fabiana Vernero, Claudio Mattutino +2
Interest in and development of touchless gestural interfaces has recently exploded, fueled by the diffusion of both commercial midair gesture platforms and public interactive displ…
Unveiling the link between logical fallacies and web persuasion
Antonio Lieto, Fabiana Vernero
In the last decade Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has started to focus attention on forms of persuasive interaction where computer technologies have the goal of changing users be…