Chiara Natali

PhD Student in Computer Science at University of Milan-Bicocca (2022-present)
- Swiss Government Excellence Research Fellowship at Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence USI-SUPSI 🇨🇭
AI Ethics Research Intern at ReD OPEN (July-October 2022)
MA in Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at University of Milan (2020-2022)
Master's in Digital Communication Strategy at IED, Milan (2019-2020)
BSc in International Politics and Government at Bocconi University, Milan (2016-2019)

💡 Research Interests: Human-AI Interaction, Explainable AI, Ethical AI, Hybrid Intelligence and the multidirectional and paradoxical effects exerted by AI on human faculties (Augmentation vs. Deskilling), with an emphasis on Frictional AI as a debiasing strategy for Automation Bias.

Course "How to Assess Human Reliance on Artificial Intelligence in Hybrid Decision-Making" at INTERACT 2023, September 1st 2023, University of York, York, England.

Research Activity

Selected papers

HHAI Conference. June 15th 2022, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

EURA Summer School on the Regulation of Robotics and AI in Europe.
July 9th 2022, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy

Workshop "To Trust or Not To Trust: When Should AI Be Allowed to Make Decisions?". September 9th 2022, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Workshop & Tutorial Organizations and Conference Chairing

[PUBLICITY & PROCEEDINGS CHAIR] HHAI 2025: Fourth International Conference Series on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence - HHAI (June 2025, Pisa, Italy)
[WORKSHOP ON HUMAN-CENTRED MACHINE LEARNING] Workshop on Human-Centred Machine Learning: Bridging Design, Development, and Social Impact (6-7 March 2025, Lugano, Switzerland)
[WORKSHOP ON ALGORITHMIC AUTHORITY] HAI 2024 - Algorithmic Authority & AI Influence in Decision Settings: Theories and Implications for Design (24 November 2024, Swansea, UK)
[WORKSHOP ON FRICTIONAL AI] HHAI 2024 - Stimulating Engagement in Hybrid Decision-Making: Friction, Reliance and Biases (June 10 2024, Malmö, Sweden)
[TUTORIALS ON HUMAN-AI RELIANCE] How to Assess Human Reliance on Artificial Intelligence in Hybrid Decision-Making, at HHAI23 and INTERACT23
[CONFERENCE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE] "Late-Breaking Works and Demos Programme Committee" at XAI25, "Full Papers Programme Committee" at HHAI25
[PAPER SESSION CHAIRING] - "Fairness and Trust" at HHAI23, "Interaction with Conversational Agents II" at INTERACT23, "Calibrating Trust in xAI" at XAI24

Academic Positions

Lecturer for Interaction Design Lab (Laboratorio di Interaction Design) at University of Milano-Bicocca, BSc in Informatics, 2 ECTS, A.Y. 2023-2024.
Lecturer for Human-Computer Interaction (Interazione Uomo-Macchina) at University of Milano-Bicocca, BSc in Informatics, 1 ECTS, A.Y. 2023-2024.
Tutor for Advanced Data Management and Decision Support Systems and Human-System Interaction courses at University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Milan and University of Pavia, MSc in Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology, A.Y. 2023-2024.
Science Ambassador - GEP (Gender Equality Plan). Personal profile: https://www.fisica.unimib.it/it/node/1639
PhD co-representative at the Department Board (A.Y. 2022/2023 - A.Y. 2023/2024).

Other things about me...

TEDx BocconiU. April 12th 2019, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

TEDx talk

On a completely different topic!

The Power of Creating Imperfect Art, TEDx BocconiU. April 12 2019, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy 🇮🇹

Work on Digital (Performance) Art & Cultural Heritage

Interactive AI Opera on "The Garden of (Un)Earthly AI’s: An Interactive Journey Through Technological Utopias and Dystopias", funded by Generative AI Laboratory (GAIL), University of Edinburgh (March-June 2025)
AI & Music Project (Curatorship, Scientific Direction): "Cibernetica e Fantasmi", "Human-AI Music Co-Creation"
Live-coding Music Project (Curatorship, Scientific Direction): POPAPE, AvantEnsemble
Sustaining Digital Heritage Intern at ICCROM (March-May 2022)
MuseoFuturo (2020-2021): Per-formative training in Experimental Museology headed by Professor Jeffrey Schnapp, Director of the meta(LAB) and co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard.
My music

Contact me at chiara [dot] natali [AT] unimib.it

Thank you for reading! :)