Salvatore Andolina

Salvatore Andolina is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Information Retrieval, with a particular emphasis on designing human-centered AI systems for collaborative, social, and ubiquitous settings. He has held academic affiliations at the University of Palermo, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, University of Helsinki, Aalto University, and served as a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

Key research areas include:

• Human-Centered AI
• Exploratory Search and Information Systems
• Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity
• Augmented Reality and Wearable Technologies
• Entity-Centric Interaction Design

Notable achievements include co-chair roles for the C&C conference (2025-2026), winning the Google Award for Inclusion Research (2023), and contributions to projects like the "Conversational Patterns for Inclusive Prompt Engineering" as a co-PI. He is an ACM Senior Member and has published extensively in top-tier venues including CHI, DIS, SIGIR, and TOIS.

His work spans theoretical frameworks and applied systems, with recent focus on balancing sustainability in AI systems and advancing inclusive conversational interfaces.