Silvia Rossi

Silvia Rossi is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Naples Federico II, where she serves as the Scientific Director of the PRISCA Lab (Projects of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Cognitive Systems). She holds an M.Sc. in Physics (2001) from the University of Naples Federico II and a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technologies (2006) from the University of Trento. Prof. Rossi has led and contributed to numerous EU and international research projects. She is currently the Principal Investigator and Coordinator of major initiatives including HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN SWEET (Social aWareness for sErvicE roboTs), and the national PRIN project ADVISOR (ADaptiVe legIble robotS for trustwORthy health coaching). She has chaired the IEEE RO-MAN Conferences and actively serves on program committees for leading conferences in Human-Robot Interaction and Artificial Intelligence. Her research focuses on Socially Assistive Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Cognitive Architectures, and User Profiling, with particular emphasis on computational methods enabling autonomous agents to adapt their behavior for effective and trustworthy interaction with humans. Prof. Rossi has authored over 200 publications in international journals, books, and conference proceedings.