Invited Speakers

Léa Pillette

IRISA (France)

Léa Pillette is a researcher in the Hybrid team of IRISA (France) since November 2022. Most of her research focuses on investigating how humans can learn to control their brain activity either to control external devices in brain-computer Interfaces application or to improve cognitive abilities in the context of neurofeedback. It this context she has studied the usability, efficiency and acceptability of different types of neurofeedback. For instance, she created the first learning companion dedicated to the improvement of neurofeedback training. Her current research is at the intersection of mixed realities and brain-computer interfaces. She is also involved in the bureau of the French BCI association, where she is notably in charge of communicating with the media.

Stefano Mazzoleni

Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy)

Stefano Mazzoleni is Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) and Affiliate Professor at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa (Italy). He is author of more than 130 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He is the scientific coordinator of several national and international research projects and member of several editorial boards of international scientific journals in the fields of robotics, bioengineering and rehabilitation.
He has served as member of the Promoting Committee and Technical-Scientific Committee of the National Consensus Conference on rehabilitation robotics (2018-2021). He is member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Italian Society of Neurological Rehabilitation (SIRN), Bioengineering National Group (GNB) and National Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (I-RIM).
He is currently co-chairing the IEEE/RAS Technical Committee on “Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics”, the I-RIM working group on “Rehabilitation Robotics” and the SIRN working group on “Robotics and technologies for rehabilitation”.

Francesco Ferrise

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Francesco Ferrise is a Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano.

Author of more than 130 scientific publications in international journals and international conferences.

Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (JCISE), IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, and Frontiers in Computer Science (Human-Media Interaction).

Involved as a member of the scientific committee of the leading international conferences on Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies and Human-Computer Interaction and in conferences on Design Methods and Tools.