Produced more than 300 scientific publications. Editor-in-Chief of journals 'Interaction Studies' and 'IET Cognitive Computation and Systems', and was Editor-in-Chief of 'IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Development'. Chaired numerous international conferences, including ICANN2022 Bristol and ICDL2021 Beijing. Published books 'Developmental Robotics: From Babies to Robots' and 'Cognitive Robotics' (coedited with Minoru Asada).
Research Experience
Serves as Professor of Machine Learning and Robotics at the University of Manchester, Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute London, Visiting Professor at Universita' Cattolica Milano and Hohai University. Leads multiple research projects such as ERC Advanced, UKRI TAS Trust Node and CRADLE Prosperity, Horizon RIA PRIMI, MUSAE and TRAINCREASE, the Horizon MSCA TRAIL, PERSEO, eLADDA, and the US AFRL THRIVE++.
Education
Awarded a Master in Science, Laurea in Psychology from Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza on 11 Dec 1991; Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence from Università di Genova on 10 Jun 1997; Habilitation, UK Accreditation for Teaching in Higher Education (TLHE-SEDA Certificate) on 1 Aug 1998.
Background
Professor of Machine Learning and Robotics at the University of Manchester (UK) and co-director and founder of the Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI. Research interests include cognitive and developmental robotics, neural networks, language grounding, human-robot interaction and trust, and robot companions for health and social care.
Miscellany
Currently has 7 Postdoc positions open on Horizon and UK projects. Member of British Computer Society and Senior Member of IEEE.