Antonio Andriella
Scholar

Antonio Andriella

Google Scholar ID: YjiKHGwAAAAJ
Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (CSIC-UPC)
Human-Robot InteractionSocially Assistive RoboticsRobot Personalisation
Citations & Impact
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Citations
594
 
H-index
14
 
i10-index
19
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
29
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • PhD thesis 'Personalising robot assistance for cognitive training therapy' awarded the Georges Giralt Prize by euRobotics for best European PhD thesis.
  • Recipient of the AIHUB.CSIC Prize for best AI PhD thesis from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
  • Organized workshops on trust, AI, ethics, and personalization at HRI, RO-MAN, and ICSR conferences.
  • Guest editor for special issues in journals including International Journal of Social Robotics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, and Paladyn Journal of Behaviour and Interaction Studies.
  • Served as Associate Editor for IROS, RO-MAN, and ICSR.
  • Multiple papers accepted at RO-MAN 2024 and ACM/IEEE HRI 2024 on robot-assisted frailty assessment, real-time explanations in HRI, and multilingual ASR datasets for social robots.
Research Experience
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRII), expected to become Tenured Scientist by early 2026.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) on the VALAWAI project, developing AI systems that act and explain behavior based on value systems.
  • Research Scientist at Pal Robotics (2022–2024) as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow in the H2020 PRO-CARED project, designing social robots with proactive personalized behavior.
  • Early Stage Researcher in the Marie Curie ITN SOCRATES project on Quality of Interaction in Eldercare.
  • Former AI Lead at Cogisen.
  • Visiting student at University of Naples (2021) and University of Hamburg (2018–19); Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Naples Federico II (2022) collaborating with Prof. Silvia Rossi.