Micol Spitale

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Robotic Mental Well-being Coaches for the Workplace: An In-the-Wild Study on Form
Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson, Hatice Gunes
2023IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction61 citations Open access
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VITA: A Multi-Modal LLM-Based System for Longitudinal, Autonomous and Adaptive Robotic Mental Well-Being Coaching
Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson, Hatice Gunes
2023ACM Trans. Hum. Robot Interact.61 citations Open access
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Socially Assistive Robots as Storytellers that Elicit Empathy
Micol Spitale, Sarah Okamoto, Mahima Gupta, Hao Xi +1 more
2022ACM Trans. Hum. Robot Interact.50 citations Open access
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Conversational Agents in Therapeutic Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Survey
Fabio Catania, Micol Spitale, F. Garzotto
2021ACM Computing Surveys50 citations Open access
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Can Robots Help in the Evaluation of Mental Wellbeing in Children? An Empirical Study
N. I. Abbasi, Micol Spitale, Joanna K. Anderson, T. Ford +2 more
2022IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication47 citations Open access
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Robots as Mental Well-being Coaches: Design and Ethical Recommendations
Minja Axelsson, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
2022ACM Trans. Hum. Robot Interact.47 citations Open access
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REACT2023: The First Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation Challenge
Si-Yang Song, Micol Spitale, Cheng Luo, Germán Barquero +7 more
2023ACM Multimedia45 citations Open access
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Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation in Dyadic Interaction Settings: What, Why and How?
Si-Yang Song, Micol Spitale, Yi-Xiang Luo, Batuhan Bal +1 more
2023arXiv.org37 citations Open access
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REACT 2024: the Second Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation Challenge
Si-Yang Song, Micol Spitale, Cheng Luo, Cristina Palmero +8 more
2024IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition34 citations
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Modeling User Empathy Elicited by a Robot Storyteller
Leena Mathur, Micol Spitale, Hao Xi, Jieyun Li +1 more
2021Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction33 citations
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Emotify: emotional game for children with autism spectrum disorder based-on machine learning
A. Rouhi, Micol Spitale, Fabio Catania, Giulia Cosentino +2 more
2019IUI Companion33 citations
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Using Socially Assistive Robots in Speech-Language Therapy for Children with Language Impairments
Micol Spitale, S. Silleresi, F. Garzotto, M. Matarić
2023International Journal of Social Robotics32 citations
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Magika, a Multisensory Environment for Play, Education and Inclusion
M. Gelsomini, Giulia Cosentino, Micol Spitale, Mattia Gianotti +16 more
2019CHI Extended Abstracts31 citations Open access
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Affective Robotics For Wellbeing: A Scoping Review
Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
20222022 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW)30 citations Open access
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"Oh, Sorry, I Think I Interrupted You": Designing Repair Strategies for Robotic Longitudinal Well-being Coaching
Minja Axelsson, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
2024IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction29 citations Open access
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"Whom would you like to talk with?": exploring conversational agents for children's linguistic assessment
Micol Spitale, S. Silleresi, Giulia Cosentino, F. Panzeri +1 more
2020International Conference on Interaction Design and Children29 citations
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ReactFace: Online Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation in Dyadic Interactions
Cheng Luo, Si-Yang Song, Wei-Cheng Xie, Micol Spitale +3 more
2023IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics26 citations Open access
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“It’s not Fair!” – Fairness for a Small Dataset of Multi-modal Dyadic Mental Well-being Coaching
Jiaee Cheong, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
2023Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction24 citations Open access
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Robotic Coaches Delivering Group Mindfulness Practice at a Public Cafe
Minja Axelsson, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
2023IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction24 citations Open access
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Reversible Graph Neural Network-Based Reaction Distribution Learning for Multiple Appropriate Facial Reactions Generation
Tong Xu, Micol Spitale, Haozhan Tang, Lu Liu +2 more
2023IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing23 citations Open access
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Meeting the needs of people with neuro-developmental disorder through a phygital approach
Micol Spitale, M. Gelsomini, E. Beccaluva, Leonardo Viola +1 more
2019ACM SIGCHI Italian Chapter International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction21 citations Open access
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ERR@HRI 2024 Challenge: Multimodal Detection of Errors and Failures in Human-Robot Interactions
Micol Spitale, Maria Teresa Parreira, Maia Stiber, Minja Axelsson +6 more
2024International Conference on Multimodal Interaction20 citations Open access
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REACT 2025: the Third Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation Challenge
Si-Yang Song, Micol Spitale, Xiangyu Kong, Hengde Zhu +11 more
2025ACM Multimedia19 citations Open access
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Appropriateness of LLM-equipped Robotic Well-being Coach Language in the Workplace: A Qualitative Evaluation
Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson, Hatice Gunes
20242024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)19 citations Open access
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Reflex: adaptive learning beyond the screen
M. Gelsomini, Micol Spitale, E. Beccaluva, Leonardo Viola +1 more
2019IUI Companion19 citations
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Social Group Human-Robot Interaction: A Scoping Review of Computational Challenges
Massimiliano Nigro, Emmanuel Akinrintoyo, Nicole Salomons, Micol Spitale
2024IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction18 citations Open access
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Small but Fair! Fairness for Multimodal Human-Human and Robot-Human Mental Wellbeing Coaching
Jiaee Cheong, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
2024IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing17 citations
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ReactFace: Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation in Dyadic Interactions
Cheng Luo, Si-Yang Song, Wei-Cheng Xie, Micol Spitale +2 more
2023arXiv.org17 citations Open access
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Longitudinal Evolution of Coachees’ Behavioural Responses to Interaction Ruptures in Robotic Positive Psychology Coaching
Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson, Neval Kara, Hatice Gunes
2023IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication17 citations Open access
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Concerns and Values in Human-Robot Interactions: A Focus on Social Robotics
Giulio Antonio Abbo, Tony Belpaeme, Micol Spitale
2025International Journal of Social Robotics16 citations Open access
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Phygital interfaces for people with intellectual disability: an exploratory study at a social care center
M. Gelsomini, Micol Spitale, F. Garzotto
2021Multimedia tools and applications16 citations Open access
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What is the Best Action for Children to "Wake Up" and "Put to Sleep" a Conversational Agent?: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach
Fabio Catania, Micol Spitale, Giulia Cosentino, F. Garzotto
2020CIU15 citations
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Composing HARMONI: An Open-source Tool for Human and Robot Modular OpeN Interaction
Micol Spitale, Chris Birmingham, R. M. Swan, M. Matarić
2021IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation14 citations
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Multicriteria Decision Analysis and Conversational Agents for Children with Autism
Micol Spitale, Fabio Catania, Pietro Crovari, F. Garzotto
2020Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences14 citations Open access
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Conversational Agents to Promote Children's Verbal Communication Skills
Fabio Catania, Micol Spitale, Giulia Cosentino, F. Garzotto
2020Chatbot Research and Design Workshop13 citations Open access
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ERR@HRI 2.0 Challenge: Multimodal Detection of Errors and Failures in Human-Robot Conversations
Shi-Ye Cao, Maia Stiber, Amama Mahmood, Maria Teresa Parreira +4 more
2025ACM Multimedia12 citations Open access
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REACT2023: the first Multi-modal Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation Challenge
Si-Yang Song, Micol Spitale, Cheng Luo, Germán Barquero +7 more
2023arXiv.org12 citations Open access
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Computational Audio Modelling for Robot-Assisted Assessment of Children's Mental Wellbeing
N. I. Abbasi, Micol Spitale, Joanna K. Anderson, T. Ford +2 more
2022International Conference on Software Reuse11 citations Open access
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Multimodal Gender Fairness in Depression Prediction: Insights on Data from the USA & China
Joseph M. Cameron, Jiaee Cheong, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
20242024 12th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW)10 citations Open access
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Measuring Mental Wellbeing of Children via Human-Robot Interaction: Challenges and Opportunities
N. I. Abbasi, Micol Spitale, P. Jones, Hatice Gunes
2022Interaction Studies10 citations Open access
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Toward the Introduction of Google Assistant in Therapy for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: An Exploratory Study
Fabio Catania, Micol Spitale, F. Garzotto
2021CHI Extended Abstracts10 citations Open access
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Underneath the Numbers: Quantitative and Qualitative Gender Fairness in LLMs for Depression Prediction
Micol Spitale, Jiaee Cheong, Hatice Gunes
2024arXiv.org9 citations
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CORK: A COnversational agent framewoRK exploiting both rational and emotional intelligence
Fabio Catania, Micol Spitale, D. Fisicaro
2019IUI Workshops9 citations
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Smemo: a Multi-modal Interface Promoting Children's Creation of Personal Conversational Agents
Claudia Maria Cutrupi, Salvatore Fadda, Giovanni Valcarenghi, Giulia Cosentino +3 more
2020CIU8 citations Open access
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“Can You be my Mum?”: Manipulating Social Robots in the Large Language Models Era
Giulio Antonio Abbo, Gloria Desideri, Tony Belpaeme, Micol Spitale
2025IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction7 citations Open access
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HRI Wasn’t Built In a Day: A Call To Action For Responsible HRI Research
Micol Spitale, Rebecca Stower, Maria Teresa Parreira, Elmira Yadollahi +2 more
20242024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)7 citations Open access
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Analysing Children’s Responses from Multiple Modalities During Robot-Assisted Assessment of Mental Wellbeing
N. I. Abbasi, Micol Spitale, Joanna Anderson, Tamsin Ford +2 more
2024International Journal of Social Robotics7 citations Open access
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A Systematic Review on Reproducibility in Child-Robot Interaction
Micol Spitale, Rebecca Stower, Elmira Yadollahi, Maria Teresa Parreira +3 more
2023arXiv.org7 citations Open access
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Design Patterns of Technology-based Therapeutic Activities for Children with Language Impairments: A Psycholinguistic-Driven Approach
Micol Spitale, S. Silleresi, Giulia Leonardi, F. Arosio +3 more
2021CHI Extended Abstracts7 citations
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Critical Insights about Robots for Mental Wellbeing
Guy Laban, Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson, N. I. Abbasi +1 more
2025arXiv.org6 citations
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