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  1. Human-to-Robot Imitation with Symbolic Planning in a Unified Latent Space

    Article • March 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Zhegong Shangguan

  2. Enhancing Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening: Implementation and Pilot Testing of a Robot-Assisted Digital Tool

    Article • November 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  3. Social Robots Personalisation

    Article • March 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof. Silvia Rossi, Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Gordon Cheng, Mehdi Hellou

  4. An empirical study on integrating a small humanoid robot to support the therapy of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, December 2021, John Benjamins

    Dr Daniela Conti, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  5. “Robot, tell me a tale!”

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, May 2020, John Benjamins

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Dr Daniela Conti

  6. An Explorative Study on Robotics for Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder during Clinical Procedures

    Article • March 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Dr Judy J Clegg

  7. Temporal patterns in multi-modal social interaction between elderly users and service robot

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, July 2019, John Benjamins

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Ms Julie Woolman , Professor Angelo Cangelosi

  8. Wearable Sensors for Human–Robot Walking Together

    Article • Robotics, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  9. The development of numerical cognition in children and artificial systems: a review of the current knowledge and proposals for multi-disciplinary research

    Article • January 2019, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Tim Jay

  10. Deep Learning Systems for Estimating Visual Attention in Robot-Assisted Therapy of Children with Autism and Intellectual Disability

    Article • Robotics, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  11. Adapting Robot-Assisted Therapy of Children with Autism and Different Levels of Intellectual Disability

    Article • March 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniela Conti, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  12. A Social Robot for Cognitive Assessment

    Article • March 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daniela Conti, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  13. Acceptance of Robot-Era system: results of robotic services in smart environments with older adults (Preprint)

    Article • February 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  14. Evaluation of a Robot-Assisted Therapy for Children with Autism and Intellectual Disability

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  15. The multi-modal interface of Robot-Era multi-robot services tailored for the elderly

    Article • Intelligent Service Robotics, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  16. A comparison of fuzzy approaches for training a humanoid robotic football player

    Article • July 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  17. Document clustering with evolved search queries

    Article • June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  18. A Comparison of Kindergarten Storytelling by Human and Humanoid Robot with Different Social Behavior

    Article • March 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Dr Daniela Conti

  19. Guest Editorial Cognitive Agents and Robots for Human-Centered Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, March 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  20. A Neuro-fuzzy approach to identify a hierarchical fuzzy system for modelling aviation pilot attention

    Article • July 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  21. Robots in Education and Care of Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Study on Acceptance by Experienced and Future Professionals

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  22. New Frontiers of Service Robotics for Active and Healthy Ageing

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  23. Lateral specialization in unilateral spatial neglect: a cognitive robotics model

    Article • Cognitive Processing, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  24. A Hybrid Multi-objective Evolutionary Approach for Optimal Path Planning of a Hexapod Robot

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Giuseppe Carbone, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  25. A User-Centric Design of Service Robots Speech Interface for the Elderly

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor Angelo Cangelosi

  26. Experimental Evaluation of a Multi-modal User Interface for a Robotic Service

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor Angelo Cangelosi

  27. Social Development of Artificial Cognition

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor Angelo Cangelosi

  28. Conceptual and Interactive Embodiment

    Article • December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor Angelo Cangelosi

  29. Artificial Mental Imagery in Cognitive Robots Interaction

    Article • December 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  30. A Deep Learning Neural Network for Number Cognition: A bi-cultural study with the iCub

    Article • August 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  31. A cross-cultural study of acceptance and use of robotics by future psychology practitioners

    Article • August 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  32. Cognitive robotics for the modelling of cognitive dysfunctions: A study on unilateral spatial neglect

    Article • August 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  33. Use of robotics to stimulate imitation in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A pilot study in a clinical setting

    Article • August 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  34. Grounding fingers, words and numbers in a cognitive developmental robot

    Article • December 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  35. A web based Multi-Modal Interface for elderly users of the Robot-Era multi-robot services

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  36. The iCub learns numbers: An embodied cognition study

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  37. Benefits of fuzzy logic in the assessment of intellectual disability

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  38. Making fingers and words count in a cognitive robot

    Article • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2014, Frontiers

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  39. Special issue on artificial mental imagery in cognitive systems and robotics

    Article • Adaptive Behavior, August 2013, SAGE Publications

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  40. Autonomous learning in humanoid robotics through mental imagery

    Article • Neural Networks, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  41. Model-based reinforcement learning for humanoids: A study on forming rewards with the iCub platform

    Article • April 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  42. Recurrent neural network for ballistic actions: A study with the iCub

    Article • November 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  43. Mental practice and verbal instructions execution: A cognitive robotics study

    Article • June 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  44. Intelligent quotient estimation of mental retarded people from different psychometric instruments using artificial neural networks

    Article • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, February 2012, Elsevier

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  45. A Study on Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization with Fuzzy Approximation for Computational Expensive Problems

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  46. A Neural Network model for spatial mental imagery investigation: A study with the humanoid robot platform iCub

    Article • July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro Di Nuovo

  47. Missing data analysis with fuzzy C-Means: A study of its application in a psychological scenario

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, June 2011, Elsevier

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  48. An agent-based infrastructure for monitoring aviation pilot's situation awareness

    Article • April 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  49. An Intelligent Infrastructure for In-Flight Situation Awareness of Aviation Pilots

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  50. Performance evaluation of efficient multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for design space exploration of embedded computer systems

    Article • Applied Soft Computing, January 2011, Elsevier

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  51. An Effective Methodology to Multi-objective Design of Application Domain-specific Embedded Architectures

    Article • August 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  52. Feedforward artificial neural network to estimate iq of mental retarded people from different psychometric instruments

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  53. Linguistic Modifiers to Improve the Accuracy-Interpretability Trade-Off in Multi-Objective Genetic Design of Fuzzy Rule Based Classifier Systems

    Article • January 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  54. An evolutionary fuzzy c-means approach for clustering of bio-informatics databases

    Article • June 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  55. High Performance Computing for Embedded System Design: A Case Study

    Article • January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  56. Psychology with soft computing: An integrated approach and its applications

    Article • Applied Soft Computing, January 2008, Elsevier

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  57. Efficient design space exploration for application specific systems-on-a-chip

    Article • Journal of Systems Architecture, October 2007, Elsevier

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  58. Multi-Objective Evolutionary Fuzzy Clustering for High-Dimensional Problems

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  59. Genetic Tuning of Fuzzy Rule Deep Structures for Efficient Knowledge Extraction from Medical Data

    Article • October 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  60. An Efficient Hierarchical Fuzzy Approach for System Level System-on-a-Chip Design

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  61. An Efficient Approach for the Design of Transparent Fuzzy Rule-Based Classifiers

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  62. Fuzzy decision making in embedded system design

    Article • January 2006, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo

  63. A simulation tool for tuning IP network parameters based on fluid-flow models and parallel genetic algorithms

    Article • January 2005, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Alessandro Di Nuovo, Giovanni Schembra

  64. Computational Intelligence to Speed-Up Multi-Objective Design Space Exploration of Embedded Systems

    Article • IGI Global

    Alessandro Di Nuovo