Massimo Zancanaro

Since 1993, I have been working as a researcher in the Cognitive and Communication Technologies Division at ITC-irst now Bruno Kessler Foundation.

Since 2008, I am in charge of the i3 Research Unit.

My main research interest is on the study of technologies that facilitate human communication and human-computer interaction. Initially, I was focussed mainly on the field of intelligent interfaces and in particular language-based interfaces. Later, I specialized in the application of IT in the domain of cultural heritage with a particular focus the design issues related to mobile audio-based hypermedia. Recently, I became interest in the areas of co-located collaborative interfaces and multimodal systems for behavioral analysis.

Current Activities

I've just served as the conference co-chair of the 1st and 17th User-Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization - UMAP09, Trento, June 2009. 

In 2009, I am in the following Programme Committes:

• Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Banff, Canada. November 2009
• Future of Internet Symposium FIS2009. Berlin, Germany. September 2009
• INTERACT 2009. Uppsala, Sweden. August, 2009
• INTETAIN 2009. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. June 2009
• Hypertext 2009. Torino, Italy. June, 2009
• SmartGraphics 2009. Salamanca, Spain. May, 2009.

 Recent Publications

Stock O., Zancanaro M. (Eds.) PEACH: Intelligent Interfaces for Museum Visits. Cognitive Technologies Series, Springer, Berlin, 2007.

Terken J., Subramaniam S., Zancanaro M. (Eds.) User-Centred Design of Ubiquitous Groupware. Special Issue of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. Vol. 12 N. 2. 2008

Stock O., Zancanaro M., Busetta P., Callaway C., Krüger A., Kruppa M., Kuflik T., Not E., Rocchi C. Adaptive, Intelligent Presentation of Information for the Museum Visitor in PEACH. In User Model and User Adapted Interaction UMUAI 17(3), 2007, 257-304. (2007 James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article)

Leonardi C., Mennecozzi C., Not E., Pianesi F., Gennai F., Cristoforetti A. Knocking on Elders’ Door Investigating the Functional and Emotional Geography of their Domestic Space. In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2009. April 2009, Boston, Mass

Stock, O., Zancanaro, M., Rocchi, C., Tomasini, D.,Koren, C.,Eisikovits, Z.,Goren Bar, D., & Weiss, P.L. A CoLocated Interface for Narration to Support Reconciliation in a Conflict: Initial Results from Jewish and Palestinian Youth. In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008. April, 2007, Florence, Italy (Honourable Mention, Best of CHI)

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