Senior Lecturer (Asst. Professor) in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University. Affiliated with the Smart Interactive Technologies (SIT) research group.
Previously, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Cognitive Robotics Lab of The University of Manchester, led by Prof. Angelo Cangelosi, on the THRIVE++ project.
I am a Computer Science engineer from Italy with a doctoral degree in cognitive robotics. My academic interests are artificial intelligence applications for cognition in autonomous humanoid robots and my field of expertise is human-robot interaction (HRI), in particular regarding emotional intelligence, trust and intention reading in shared goal scenarios. I possess higher education teaching experience and qualifications.
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Journal Paper
Vinanzi, S., Cangelosi, A. (2024) "CASPER: Cognitive Architecture for Social Perception and Engagement in Robots". International Journal of Social Robotics.
Chapter contribution
Cangelosi, A., Vinanzi, S., Romeo, M., Raggioli, L., Manzi, F., Giorgi, I. (2022) "Robotica dello sviluppo e interazione uomo-robot". In: Grimaldi, R. (Ed.), "La societĂ dei robot", Mondadori UniversitĂ
Journal paper
Vinanzi, S., Cangelosi, A., Goerick C. (2021) "The collaborative mind: intention reading and trust in human-robot interaction". iScience
Conference paper
Vinanzi, S., Cangelosi, A., Goerick C. (2020) "The Role of Social Cues in Human- Robot Cooperation". 29th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Workshop paper
Lanza, F., Vinanzi, S., Seidita V., Cangelosi, A., Chella A. (2019) "A Global Workspace Theory Model for Trust Estimation in Human-Robot Interaction". Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition
Conference paper
Vinanzi, S., Goerick C., Cangelosi, A. (2019) "Mindreading for Robots: Predicting Intentions Via Dynamical Clustering of Human Postures". 2019 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob)
Journal paper
Vinanzi, S., Patacchiola, M., Chella, A., Cangelosi, A. (2019) "Would a Robot Trust You? Developmental Robotics Model of Trust and Theory of Mind". Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B.
Conference paper
Giardina, M., Tramonte, S., Gentile, V., Vinanzi, S., Chella, A., Sorce, S., Sorbello, R. (2017). "Conveying Audience Emotions Through Humanoid Robot Gestures to an Orchestra During a Live Musical Exhibition". Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems