Talks and Seminars

This page lists the talks I gave to present my research (typically associated with a publication) and the seminars I gave as a guest in courses or events. For my regular teaching activities, see the teaching page.

Talks 13

2026

Explanation-Driven Visual Interventions in Genomics

Workshop talk
Associated paper
Andrea Esposito, Paolo Buono, and Rosa Lanzillotti. 2026. Explanation-Driven Visual Interventions in Genomics. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Trustable, Reproducible, and Intelligent Information Visualization Systems (TRI-IVIS 2026) (CEUR Workshop Proceedings), CEUR-WS, Venice, Italy. Retrieved from https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4227/paper8.pdf
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Video

Beyond Automation: Embracing Symbiotic AI for Meaningful Human Agency and Skill Preservation

Workshop talk
Associated paper
Giuseppe Desolda, Andrea Esposito, Rosa Lanzilotti, Antonio Piccinno, and Francesca Costabile. 2026. Beyond Automation: Embracing Symbiotic AI for Meaningful Human Agency and Skill Preservation. In Presentations at AutomationXP26 Workshop: Agentic Automation Experiences—Rethinking the Interaction of Humans and AI Agents (Co-Located with ACM CHI 2026), Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved from https://matthiasbaldauf.com/automationxp26/papers/AutomationXP26_paper_9438.pdf
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PhD Viva—A Human–AI Interaction Model: Leveraging Human-Centred Design for Symbiotic AI

PhD Viva
  • PhD Viva at the University of Bari Aldo Moro
  • Bari (Italy)
Associated paper
Andrea Esposito. 2026. A Human–AI Interaction Model: Leveraging Human-Centred Design for Symbiotic AI. PhD thesis. University of Bari Aldo Moro. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/11586/564920
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2025

Explanation-Driven Interventions for Artificial Intelligence Model Customization: Empowering End-Users to Tailor Black-Box AI in Rhinocytology

Conference talk
  • 10th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2025)
  • Munich (Germany)
Associated paper
Andrea Esposito, Miriana Calvano, Antonio Curci, Francesco Greco, Rosa Lanzilotti, and Antonio Piccinno. 2025. Explanation-Driven Interventions for Artificial Intelligence Model Customization: Empowering End-Users to Tailor Black-Box AI in Rhinocytology. In End-User Development, Carmen Santoro, Albrecht Schmidt, Maristella Matera and Andrea Bellucci (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 161–170. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95452-8_10, Retrieved June 16, 2025 from https://rdcu.be/er7Di
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Designing and Evaluating Human-Centred AI Systems: Best-Practices from a Multidisciplinary View

Workshop talk
  • Workshop on BEst Practices and Guidelines for Human-Centric Design and EvAluation of ProactiVE AI Agents (BEHAVE AI), co-located with ACM IUI 2025
  • Cagliari (Italy)
Associated paper
Giuseppe Desolda, Andrea Esposito, Rosa Lanzilotti, and Antonio Piccinno. 2025. Designing and Evaluating Human-Centred AI Systems: Best-Practices from a Multidisciplinary View. In Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI Workshops 2025 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings), CEUR-WS, Cagliari, Italy, 170–178. Retrieved from https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3957/BEHAVEAI-paper05.pdf
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Toward a Metric for Evaluating Trust in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Workshop talk
  • Workshop on Adaptive eXplainable AI (AXAI), co-located with ACM IUI 2025
  • Cagliari (Italy)
Associated paper
Andrea Esposito, Giuseppe Desolda, and Rosa Lanzilotti. 2025. Toward a Metric for Evaluating Trust in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. In Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI Workshops 2025 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings), CEUR-WS, Cagliari, Italy, 119–127. Retrieved from https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3957/AXAI-paper13.pdf
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2024

Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Supporting AI Systems End Users

Invited talk
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Informatik
  • Prof. Sebastian Feger
  • Munich (Bavaria, Germany)

2023

Poster: Improving Customer Service Through Rapid Prototyping of Data Exploration Chatbots

Poster presentation
  • 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly 2023)
  • Turin (Piedmont, Italy)
Associated paper
Andrea Esposito, Giuseppe Desolda, Rosa Lanzilotti, Maristella Matera, Rossella Pizzi, and Stefano D’Ascoli. 2023. Poster: Improving Customer Service Through Rapid Prototyping of Data Exploration Chatbots. In Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, ACM, Torino, Italy, 1–2. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3605390.3610813, Retrieved from https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3605390.3610813
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Digital Modeling for Everyone: Exploring How Novices Approach Voice-Based 3D Modeling

Conference talk
  • 19th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2023)
  • York (UK)
Associated paper
Giuseppe Desolda, Andrea Esposito, Florian Müller, and Sebastian Feger. 2023. Digital Modeling for Everyone: Exploring How Novices Approach Voice-Based 3D Modeling. In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023, José Abdelnour Nocera, Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno and Marco Winckler (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 133–155. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_11, Retrieved September 12, 2024 from https://rdcu.be/dkKqZ
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End-User Development for Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review

Conference talk
  • 9th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2023)
  • Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)
Associated paper
Andrea Esposito, Miriana Calvano, Antonio Curci, Giuseppe Desolda, Rosa Lanzilotti, Claudia Lorusso, and Antonio Piccinno. 2023. End-User Development for Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review. In End-User Development, Lucio Davide Spano, Albrecht Schmidt, Carmen Santoro and Simone Stumpf (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 19–34. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34433-6_2, Retrieved September 12, 2024 from https://rdcu.be/dd32o
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MATERIALIST: A Web Platform for Guiding Privacy Design Pattern Selection in Software Development

Workshop talk
  • 1st International Workshop on Cyber Security Education for Industry and Academia (CSE4IA 2023)
  • Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)
Associated paper
Giuseppe Desolda, Andrea Esposito, Francesco Greco, Rosa Lanzilotti, and Marco Saltarella. 2023. MATERIALIST: A Web Platform for Guiding Privacy Design Pattern Selection in Software Development. In Joint Proceedings of the Workshops, Work in Progress Demos and Doctoral Consortium at the Is-Eud 2023 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings), CEUR-WS. Retrieved from https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3408/short-s3-09.pdf
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2021

Detection of Dementia Through 3D Convolutional Neural Networks Based on Amyloid PET

Conference talk
  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2021)
  • Orlando, Florida (virtually due to COVID-19)
Associated paper
Giovanna Castellano, Andrea Esposito, Marco Mirizio, Graziano Montanaro, and Gennaro Vessio. 2021. Detection of Dementia Through 3D Convolutional Neural Networks Based on Amyloid PET. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2021), IEEE, Orlando, FL, USA, 1–6. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI50451.2021.9660102, Retrieved from https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9660102
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Video

Detecting Emotions Through Machine Learning for Automatic UX Evaluation

Conference talk
  • 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2021)
  • Bari (Apulia, Italy)
Associated paper
Giuseppe Desolda, Andrea Esposito, Rosa Lanzilotti, and Maria F. Costabile. 2021. Detecting Emotions Through Machine Learning for Automatic UX Evaluation. In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021, Carmelo Ardito, Rosa Lanzilotti, Alessio Malizia, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno, Giuseppe Desolda and Kori Inkpen (eds.). Springer International Publishing, Cham, 270–279. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85613-7_19, Retrieved February 8, 2026 from https://rdcu.be/dd33d
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Seminars 4

2023

Introduzione a FigmaIntroduction to Figma

IT
  • Interazione Uomo-MacchinaHuman-Computer Interaction
  • Prof. Rosa Lanzilotti
  • 4 hours
  • Taranto, Italy
  • University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Computer Science
  • Corso di Laurea Triennale in Informatica e Comunicazione DigitaleBachelor's degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication

Docker e Container - Con un Focus su LaravelDocker and Containers - With a Focus on Laravel

IT
  • Interazione Uomo-MacchinaHuman-Computer Interaction
  • Prof. Giuseppe Desolda
  • 4 hours
  • Taranto, Italy
  • University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Computer Science
  • Corso di Laurea Triennale in Informatica e Comunicazione DigitaleBachelor's degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication

2022

Docker e Container - Con un Focus su LaravelDocker and Containers - With a Focus on Laravel

IT
  • Interazione Uomo-MacchinaHuman-Computer Interaction
  • Prof. Giuseppe Desolda
  • 2 hours
  • Taranto, Italy
  • University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Computer Science
  • Corso di Laurea Triennale in Informatica e Comunicazione DigitaleBachelor's degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication

Introduzione a FigmaIntroduction to Figma

IT
  • Interazione Uomo-MacchinaHuman-Computer Interaction
  • Prof. Rosa Lanzilotti
  • 4 hours
  • Taranto, Italy
  • University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Computer Science
  • Corso di Laurea Triennale in Informatica e Comunicazione DigitaleBachelor's degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication