Prof. Dr. Luigi Gallo
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Biography
Luigi Gallo is a Professor and the Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and eXtended Reality (xRAI) at the Pegaso University. Previously, he served as a Senior Research Scientist at the National Research Council of Italy – Institute for High-Performance Computing and Networking, where he led the Augmented Human-Computer Interaction (AHCI) research group. He has also been a Faculty Board Member for the PhD programs in “Humanities and Technologies” at the University of Macerata and “Technology Applied to Cultural Heritage” at the University of Calabria. From 2012 to 2018, he was an Adjunct Professor of Informatics at the University of Naples “Federico II”. He has received a Laurea degree in Computer Engineering (cum laude) from the University of Naples "Federico II" and a PhD degree in Information Technology Engineering at the University of Naples "Parthenope". He holds leadership roles within funded research projects (EU H2020, ESA, Italian) in the fields of ICT for health and cultural heritage applications. Currently, he is the co-principal investigator of the EU H2020 project SMART BEAR – https://www.smart-bear.eu/. His research interest includes computer vision, pattern recognition, natural user interfaces and human interface aspects of virtual and augmented reality.
Affiliations
Pegaso University
Naples, Campania, Italy
Department of Science and Information Technology
Honors and Awards
Best Research Paper Award
ICT4AWE 2022
Vadim Peretokin, Ioannis Basdekis, Ioannis Kouris, Jonatan Maggesi, Mario Sicuranza, Qiqi Su, Alberto Acebes, Anca Bucur, Vinod R. Mukkala, Konstantin Pozdniakov, Christos Kloukinas, Dimitrios D. Koutsouris, Elefteria Iliadou, Ioannis Leontsinis, Luigi Gallo, Giuseppe De Pietro and George Spanoudakis, “Overview of the SMART-BEAR Technical Infrastructure”, presented at the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE), 2022.
Second Place Award
ICPR 2012
L. Gallo, A.P. Placitelli, G. De Pietro, “A Kinect NUI for 3D Medical Visualization”, demonstrated at the CHALEARN Gesture Demonstration Competition, in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012), Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, November 10-11, 2012. Organizers: Isabelle Guyon, Vassilis Athitsos. Judges: Alex Balan, Hugo Jair Escalante, Paul Doliotis, Jeffrey Margolis. ChaLearn Gesture Demonstration Competition.
Best Research Paper Award
IIMSS 2010
L. Gallo, “A Glove-Based Interface for 3D Medical Image Visualization”, presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Intelligent and Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, Baltimore, USA, 28-30 July 2010.
Best Research Paper Award
AIxPAC 2023
Gaglio, Giuseppe Fulvio; Augello, Agnese; Pipitone, Arianna; Gallo, Luigi; Sorbello, Rosario; Chella, Antonio, “Moral Mediators in the Metaverse: Exploring Artificial Morality through a Talking Cricket Paradigm”, presented at the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Perception and Artificial Consciousness (AIxPAC 2023), Rome, Italy, 8 November 2023.
Best Graphical Abstract Award
METROXRAINE 2024
Rausa, Maria; Gaglio, Salvatore; Augello, Agnese; Caggianese, Giuseppe; Franchini, Silvia; Gallo, Luigi; Sabatucci, Luca, “Enriching Metaverse With Memories Through Generative AI: A Case Study”, presented at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (METROXRAINE 2024), London, UK, 21-23 October 2024.
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