The e-Lite group (Giuseppe and Luigi, and I) will attend the 18th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI '26), held from June 10-12, 2026, in Venice, Italy.

I will present "Brainy: A Virtual Pet Encouraging Digital Wellbeing", a short paper exploring how a gamified approach to digital wellbeing can encourage healthier digital behaviors leveraging a virtual pet whose health is linked to the user's habits.

Giuseppe will present the poster titled "Towards Design Guidelines to Support Young Adults' Digital Wellbeing with Large Language Models", a work that explores how LLMs can be integrated to bridge the gap in digital wellbeing applications, moving beyond one-size-fits-all systems by leveraging their personalization capabilities.

The two contributions are detailed below.

During CHI 2026, held in Barcelona, Spain, I had the opportunity to take part in the conference's Student Mentoring Program: Dissertation Research Roundtable. This initiative was designed to support PhD students in their research journey by connecting them with experienced researchers in the field of human-computer interaction and fellow PhD students, fostering meaningful exchanges in a structured and collegial setting.

The e-Lite group will attend the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26) on April 13-17, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain.

The contributions come from both current and former group members, as well as international collaborators. Luigi, Alberto, Tommaso, Luca, Francesca, Andrea S., Riccardo, Giuseppe, and Andrea D.L. will be there in person. If you see any of us, feel free to say hello: we're always happy to chat! 😊

The team will present two full papers (🏅), a TOCHI paper, six posters, and three workshop papers, along with organising a workshop and participating in the Student Mentoring Program.

We are happy to announce that two papers co-authored by members of the e-Lite group have received an Honorable Mention Award 🏅 at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26), to be held from April 13–17, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain.

Both papers will be presented in the Digital Wellbeing Frameworks and Design Strategies session on Friday, April 17 from 9:00 to 10:30 AM.

We are pleased to announce that the e-Lite group will attend the 41st ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '26), held from March 23–27, 2026, in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Rob Schwartz will present the paper titled "Intervention Design at the Intersection of Accessibility and Digital Wellbeing," a work that explores how interventions for digital wellbeing can be designed to support both individuals with cognitive/learning disabilities and those seeking better digital self-control.

We are excited to welcome Giuseppe Arbore, who joined the e-Lite research group as a PhD student on March 1, 2026!

Giuseppe is beginning his PhD in Computer and Control Engineering (41st cycle), supervised by Luigi De Russis with the collaboration of Tommaso Calò from the IT University of Copenhagen.

We are pleased to announce the publication of our article, MorphGUI: Real-Time GUI Customization with Large Language Models in the Elsevier International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS). Authored by Tommaso Calò, Andrea Sillano, and Luigi De Russis, the work introduces MorphGUI, a novel framework designed to change how users personalize graphical user interfaces. The framework was evaluated through a use-case implementation with a calendar application and a user study involving 18 participants.

This year, we welcome two new PhD students to the group: Andrea Sillano and Riccardo Graziosi. They will be working in the areas of digital wellbeing and human-centred AI.

On November 12, 2025, Alberto participated as a panellist in the ECAT Research Workshop 2025, held in Seville, Spain. The workshop was organized by the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), which provides technical and scientific expertise for the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Alberto participated in the panel discussion "A captive audience? Social media addiction and the features that make it hard for children to leave" alongside Dr Susanne Baumgartner (Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam) and Dr Elisa Benedetti (Researcher, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italian National Research Council). The session was chaired by Dr Astrid Bertrand, Scientific Officer at ECAT.

Last week, on October 8-10, 2025, the e-Lite group has attended (in person) the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly 2025) in Salerno, Italy.

Luca, Francesca, and Luigi attended the entire conference and particularly the Doctoral Consortium session during which both Luca and Francesca presented their works recieving feedback and precious suggestions from experts and peers.

Luca presented "Novel Interactive Systems Promoting More Intentional Technology Use", joining and linking the works he has done during his first year and half of PhD along with the future works that will follow them.

Francesca presented "Supporting, not Solving: Human-Centered AI Systems in Education", where she shared her initial works explored during her first year of PhD followed by many ideas of new possible directions to undergo.