On April 26, 2023, Alberto presented the paper "Defining and Identifying Attention Capture Damaging Patterns in Digital Interfaces" in the "Digital Wellbeing" session at ACM CHI 2023, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. The paper is a collaboration between the e-Lite group and the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at Santa Clara University, CA (USA).

Our work is motivated by the growing public discussion and research attention on the negative aspects of overusing technology. We all know that digital services like social media and video games often capture us, even against our will. In the paper, we investigated how these digital services can capture our attention so much and, in particular, if this attention-capture can be created by design.

The University of Salerno invited Luigi De Russis to have a seminar on development and the Internet of Things, from a Human-Computer Interaction perspective.

The talk, entitled "Development + IoT = ?", took place on May 3, 2023, from 14:00 to 16:00 in room F8 in the Computer Science building of the university.

We are happy to announce that we have one full paper and a Late-Breaking Work (LBW) accepted at ACM CHI 2023, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. CHI 2023 will be held next week (April 23-28) in Hamburg (Germany) and online.

Luigi, Alberto, Juan, and Tommaso will attend the conference in person. If you meet any of us, say "hello": we're always happy to chat! 😊

The paper is about digital wellbeing and attention-capture damaging patterns, while the LBW presents a first step towards better understanding creative coders' needs.

La Città di Torino partecipa al sistema integrato a livello nazionale dei Poli ZeroSei sui servizi educativi nella fascia prescolare.

Nell'ambito di una serie di workshop che anticipano il Forum Nazionale Poli ZeroSei, lunedì 13/03 Fulvio Corno terrà un intervento sul tema delle tecnologie in campo educativo.

The e-Lite research group is organizing a special session focused on Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (IoT).

The poster of the special session, with all the relevant information, is available at the following link: https://2023.splitech.org/assets/SS%20Cybersecurity.pdf

Last week, from the 5th to the 8th of July, the e-Lite research group participated (in person) in the 7th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech 2022). The conference was held in Croatia, in Split, and in Bol (Brač island). According to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held in a hybrid form.

During this event, Luca Mannella presented a paper entitled: "A Threat Model for Extensible Smart Home Gateways".

The International Journal of Human Computer Studies (IJHCS) issued a special issue on the topic "Understanding Digital Wellbeing within Complex Technological Contexts".

On the 22nd of June, the e-Lite group participated in the 10th International Workshop on the Reliability of Intelligent Environments (WoRIE 2021), a workshop held within the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 2021). According to the current COVID-19 situation, IE2021 was not held in person at Middlesex University Dubai, UAE, and was moved entirely online.

During this event, Luca Mannella presented a paper titled: "Perception of Security Issues in the Development of Cloud-IoT Systems by a Novice Programmer".

The e-Lite research group welcomes Luca Mannella, who started his Ph.D. in Computer and Control Engineering in the XXXVI cycle, on November 2020. Luca is co-advised by Fulvio Corno and Antonio Lioy, and will work on topics lying in the intersection of Internet of Things and Cybersecurity.