Manuela Chessa

Manuela Chessa is Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Dept. of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and Systems Engineering of the University of Genoa. Her research interests are focused on the development of natural human-machine interfaces based on virtual, augmented and mixed reality, on the perceptual and cognitive aspects of interaction in VR and AR, on the development of bioinspired models, and on the study of biological and artificial vision systems. She studies the use of novel sensing and 3D tracking technologies and of visualization devices (e.g. 3D monitors and projectors, head-mounted-displays, video see-through and optical see- through devices) to develop natural and ecological interaction systems, always having in mind the human perception. In particular, she is active in studying misperception issues, visual stress and fatigue that arise by using such systems. She is the Program Co-chair of the HUCAPP International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications. She has been the chair of the BMVA Technical Meeting – Vision for human-computer interaction and virtual reality systems, London 6th May 2015, the chair of the Special Session Computer VISION for Natural Human Computer Interaction – VISION4HCI 2016, Lecturer of the tutorial Natural Human-Computer-Interaction in Virtual and Augmented Reality, VISIGRAPP 2017, and Lecturer for the tutorial Active Vision and Human Robot Collaboration at ICIAP 2017, with the talk "Human-Agent Interaction in Virtual and Augmented Reality”. She is author of more than 60 papers in international book chapters, journals and conference proceedings, and co-inventor of 3 patents.

Affiliation: Manuela Chessa, Dept. of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, Italy.

Website: www.manuelachessa.it

List of Relevant Publications:

• Chessa, M.^†, Maiello, G.^†, Borsari, A., & Bex P. J. (2016). The perceptual quality of the Oculus Rift for immersive virtual reality. Human Computer Interaction, (Published online ahead of print).

^†co-first authors

• M. Chessa, N. Noceti, F. Odone, F. Solari, J. Sosa-García, L. Zini (2016) An integrated artificial vision framework for assisting visually impaired users. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 149, pp. 209-228.
• M. Chessa, & F. Solari (2017). [POSTER] Walking in Augmented Reality: An Experimental Evaluation by Playing with a Virtual Hopscotch. In Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2017 IEEE International Symposium on (pp. 143-148).
• E. Gusai, C. Bassano, F. Solari, & M. Chessa (2017). Interaction in an Immersive Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment: A Comparison Between Leap Motion and HTC Controllers. In International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (pp. 290-300). Springer, Cham.
• A.E. Martis, C. Bassano, F. Solari, & M. Chessa (2017). Going to a Virtual Supermarket: Comparison of Different Techniques for Interacting in a Serious Game for the Assessment of the Cognitive Status. In International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (pp. 281-289). Springer, Cham.