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.
We are excited to announce that our latest research, Intelligent Support for Digital Wellbeing: a Design Framework through a Systematic Literature Review, has been published in the prestigious Elsevier International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS). The research, led by Luca Scibetta, Massimiliano Pellegrino, Alberto Monge Roffarello, and Luigi De Russis from the e-Lite group, introduces a design framework of 6 dimensions and 23 sub-dimensions providing a guide for the design of AI-powered digital wellbeing applications.
The paper reflects on how to apply AIs to digital wellbeing, accounting for the sensitivity of the topic to ensure that users are protected. Designers need to put great attention on the use of AI in this field: while there is a need for respecting the users, it is possible to exploit the flexibility of AI to improve current digital wellbeing tools, making them personalised and adaptive to user specific needs. Our design framework provides a set of aspects that require serious attention for a well-considered choice along with reflections over the available options.
Venerdì 26 settembre, dalle 17:00 a mezzanotte, parteciperemo alla Notte Europea delle Ricercatrici e dei Ricercatori a Torino, nei pressi del Castello del Valentino, con un Laboratorio di Ricerca intitolato "Digitalmente umani: la tecnologia centrata sulle persone".
From September to December 2025, I will be undertaking a 4-month research stay in Lisbon within the framework of the ERASMUS+ project for PhD students. I will be hosted at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCI Lab), Instituto Superior TĂ©cnico, Universidade de Lisboa, under the supervision of Professor Augusto Esteves.
