Luigi De Russis

Luigi De Russis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN) within Politecnico di Torino. He serves as Deputy Director of DAUIN and is a member of the PIC4SeR (PoliTO Interdepartmental Centre for Service Robotics). His academic roles focus on Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Wellbeing, and Artificial Intelligence applications.

• Research interests: Accessibility, Conversational agents, Developers tools, Digital wellbeing, Intelligent user interfaces, Internet of Things
• Teaching: Courses in Human-AI Interaction, Web Applications, and Computer Vision at undergraduate and graduate levels
• Leadership: Vice-President of ACM SIGCHI (2024-), Executive Committee member (2021-2024)

His research explores:

• Digital wellbeing education for teens through gamified systems
• AI-assisted UI design tools
• Smart home interaction via multimodal commands
• End-user development for self-control technologies
• Integration of accessibility guidelines in AI systems

Recent article trends show a focus on generative AI for interface design, attention-capturing heuristics, and educational systems for step-by-step learning. He has received the Most Influential Paper Award (2024) and Best Late Breaking Results Award (2025) from ACM SIGCHI.

Scientific awards:

• Award of Scientific Excellence, University of Salamanca (2011)
• Most Influential Paper Award, International Conference on Intelligent Environments (2024)
• Best Late Breaking Results Paper Award, ACM SIGCHI Symposium (2025)

As advisor, he supervises PhD students in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Engineering, focusing on topics like user-centered AI, generative models, and digital self-control interfaces. He leads the ELITE research group and contributes to commercial projects including TEIA (AI tourism) and MAPP (interactive museums).