Papers
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Total Citations
195
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About
Valentina Presutti is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction and knowledge-driven assistive technologies, with a primary focus on developing socially assistive robots for vulnerable populations, particularly older adults with dementia. Her most significant contributions center on the MARIO project, where she pioneered the integration of companion robots with ontology-based knowledge management systems to deliver personalized reminiscence therapy and comprehensive geriatric assessments. Her work on dialogue systems for dementia patients has garnered substantial attention, with her 2019 MARIO validation study accumulating 77 citations and her 2018 paper on conversational agents receiving 49 citations. Presutti has also made notable advances in semantic knowledge extraction, developing the MERGILO system for merging open knowledge from text and creating novel machine readers for semantic reconciliation in human-robot dialogue. Her commitment to inclusive design is exemplified by her participatory research with signing robots for deaf communities, emphasizing the principle "Nothing About Us Without Us." Through her reference architecture for social robots and knowledge-driven support systems, Presutti has established herself as a pioneer in making companion robots clinically viable and ethically designed for real-world healthcare settings.
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- 3A reference architecture for social robots17 citations · 2021
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- 5Merging open knowledge extracted from text with MERGILO10 citations · 2016
- 6MARIO Project: Experimentation in the Hospital Setting9 citations · 2019
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- 9Knowledge-Driven Support For Reminiscence On Companion Robots4 citations · 2017
- 10MARIO Project: Validation in the Hospital Setting2 citations · 2019