Publications

@inproceedings{singh2025exploring,

title = {Exploring positionality in HCI: Perspectives, trends, and challenges},

author = {Aneesha Singh and Martin Johannes Dechant and Dilisha Patel and Ewan Soubutts and Giulia Barbareschi and Amid Ayobi and Nikki Newhouse},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–18},

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pubstate = {published},

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@inproceedings{patel2025critical,

title = {A Critical Review of Sexuality, Technology and Disability},

author = {Dilisha Patel and Ekat Osipova and Katta Spiel and Giulia Barbareschi},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–20},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

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@inproceedings{xu2025cuddle,

title = {Cuddle-Fish: Exploring a Soft Floating Robot with Flapping Wings for Physical Interactions},

author = {Mingyang Xu and Jiayi Shao and Yulan Ju and Ximing Shen and Qingyuan Gao and Weijen Chen and Qing Zhang and Yun Suen Pai and Giulia Barbareschi and Matthias Hoppe and others},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference 2025},

pages = {160–173},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{barbareschi2025sticking,

title = {Sticking With Electronics for Crafting Practices: An Inclusive Approach to Promote Making Literacy Among Older Adults},

author = {Giulia Barbareschi and Chihiro Sato and Seray Senyer and Michael Pan Junpeng and Jianrui Zhao and Dunya Chen and Kirsten Ellis and Kai Kunze},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–18},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{chen2025reflective,

title = {A Reflective Journey for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: Rediscovering Competency Through AI-Enhanced Iron Beads Crafting},

author = {Sifan Chen and Danyang Peng and Giulia Barbareschi and Dunya Chen and Chihiro Sato},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–18},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{zhao2025role,

title = {The Role of ICT Tools through a Community Program Co-creation in a Japanese Aging Community},

author = {Jianrui Zhao and Dunya Chen and Giulia Barbareschi and Chihiro Sato},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–10},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{elagroudy2025transforming,

title = {Transforming Human-AI Collaboration using “Large Whatever Models”(LWMs)},

author = {Passant ElAgroudy and Kaisa Väänänen and Jie Li and Antti Oulasvirta and Giulia Barbareschi and Agnes Gruenerbl and Elizabeth F Churchill and Wendy E Mackay and Albrecht Schmidt and Paul Lukowicz},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–4},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{brophy2025sentioscape,

title = {SentioScape: Facilitating Effective Cross-Cultural Communication through Emotional Mixed Reality},

author = {Jack Brophy and Dunya Donna Chen and Tanner Person and Kouta Minamizawa and Giulia Barbareschi},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)},

pages = {1196–1197},

organization = {IEEE},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{zaidi2025tangibuild,

title = {TangiBuild: A Tangible Learning Tool for Children’s Structural Exploration with Real-Time Feedback},

author = {Arooj Zaidi and Giulia Barbareschi and Chihiro Sato and Junichi Yamaoka},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–7},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{shen2025s,

title = {" It's Like Being On Stage": Conveying Dancers' Expressiveness Through A Haptic-Installed Contemporary Dance Performance},

author = {Ximing Shen and Xuan Li and Youichi Kamiyama and Danny Hynds and Giulia Barbareschi and RAY Lc and Sohei Wakisaka and Arata Horie and Kouta Minamizawa},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–18},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{meng2025placebo,

title = {A Placebo Concert: The Placebo Effect for Visualization of Physiological Audience Data during Experience Recreation in Virtual Reality},

author = {Xiaru Meng and Yulan Ju and Christopher Changmok Kim and Yan He and Giulia Barbareschi and Kouta Minamizawa and Kai Kunze and Matthias Hoppe},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–16},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{zhou2025augmented,

title = {Augmented Body Communicator: Enhancing daily body expression for people with upper limb limitations through LLM and a robotic arm},

author = {Songchen Zhou and Mark Armstrong and Giulia Barbareschi and Toshihiro Ajioka and Zheng Hu and Masatane Muto and Ando Ryoichi and Kentaro Yoshifuji and Kouta Minamizawa},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference 2025},

pages = {174–186},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{bandukda2025toward,

title = {Toward a Multi-layer Framework to Assess the Quality of Life Impact of Smartphones as Assistive Technology for People with Sensory Disabilities in Kenya},

author = {Maryam Bandukda and Giulia Barbareschi and Philip Oyier and Henry Athiany and Wallace M Karuguti and Mwangi J Matheri MJM and Victoria Austin and Catherine Holloway and others},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

organization = {ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{austin2025exploring,

title = {Exploring the Usability of Gaze-based Mobile Communication in Ghana},

author = {Victoria Austin and Gifty Ayoka and Giulia Barbareschi and Richard Cave and Catherine Holloway},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

organization = {ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{gruenerbl20252nd,

title = {2nd International Workshop on Mobile Cognitive-Augmenting and Cognition-Altering Technologies (CAT) in Human-Centered AI},

author = {Agnes Gruenerbl and Jan Spilski and Giulia Barbareschi and Kai Kunze and Passant ElAgroudy and Thomas Lachmann and Paul Lukowicz},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Adjunct Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction},

pages = {1–5},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{peng2024impact,

title = {Impact of Vibrotactile triggers on mental well-being through ASMR experience in VR},

author = {Danyang Peng and Tanner Person and Ximing Shen and Yun Suen Pai and Giulia Barbareschi and Shengyin Li and Kouta Minamizawa},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications},

pages = {398–410},

organization = {Springer Nature Switzerland Cham},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{kim2024maintaining,

title = {Maintaining Continuing Bonds in Bereavement: A Participatory Design Process of Be. side},

author = {Jieun Kim and Daisuke Uriu and Giulia Barbareschi and Youichi Kamiyama and Kouta Minamizawa},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–15},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{debnath2024empathich,

title = {EmpathiCH: Scrutinizing Empathy-Centric Design Beyond the Individual},

author = {Alok Debnath and Allison Lahnala and Hüseyin Uğur Genç and Ewan Soubutts and Michal Lahav and Tiffanie Horne and Wo Meijer and Yun Suen Pai and Yen-Chia Hsu and Giulia Barbareschi and others},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–7},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{hatada2024people,

title = {People with disabilities redefining identity through robotic and virtual avatars: A case study in avatar robot cafe},

author = {Yuji Hatada and Giulia Barbareschi and Kazuaki Takeuchi and Hiroaki Kato and Kentaro Yoshifuji and Kouta Minamizawa and Takuji Narumi},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–13},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{elagroudy2024transforming,

title = {Transforming HCI research cycles using generative AI and “Large Whatever Models”(LWMs)},

author = {Passant Elagroudy and Jie Li and Kaisa Väänänen and Paul Lukowicz and Hiroshi Ishii and Wendy E Mackay and Elizabeth F Churchill and Anicia Peters and Antti Oulasvirta and Rui Prada and others},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–5},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{barbareschi2024speech,

title = {" Speech is Silver, Silence is Golden" Analyzing Micro-communication Strategies between Visually Impaired Runners and their Guides},

author = {Giulia Barbareschi and Tarika Kumar and Christopher Changmok Kim and George Chernyshov and Kai Kunze},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–16},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{ayoka2024enhancing,

title = {Enhancing Communication Equity: evaluation of an automated speech recognition application in Ghana},

author = {Gifty Ayoka and Giulia Barbareschi and Richard Cave and Catherine Holloway},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},

pages = {1–16},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{chen2024empathy,

title = {Empathy-Building Through Personalized Pixel Crafting: A Co-Creation Platform for Researchers and Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities},

author = {Sifan Chen and Giulia Barbareschi and Chihiro Sato},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd Empathy-Centric Design Workshop: Scrutinizing Empathy Beyond the Individual},

pages = {21–25},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{kundu2024wanted,

title = {" I Wanted to Create my Ideal Self": Exploring Avatar Perception of LGBTQ+ Users for Therapy in Virtual Reality},

author = {Anish Kundu and Giulia Barbareschi and Midori Kawaguchi and Yuichiro Yano and Mizuki Ohashi and Kaori Kitaoka and Aya Seike and Kouta Minamizawa},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)},

pages = {565–568},

organization = {IEEE},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{elagroudy2024mobichai,

title = {mobiCHAI-1st International Workshop on Mobile Cognition-Altering Technologies (CAT) using Human-Centered AI},

author = {Passant Elagroudy and Agnes Grünerbl and Giulia Barbareschi and Jan Spilski and Kai Kunze and Thomas Lachmann and Paul Lukowicz},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Adjunct Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction},

pages = {1–5},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{barbareschi2024brain,

title = {Brain Body Jockey project: Transcending Bodily Limitations in Live Performance via Human Augmentation},

author = {Giulia Barbareschi and Songchen Zhou and Ando Ryoichi and Midori Kawaguchi and Mark Armstrong and Mikito Ogino and Shunsuke Aoiki and Eisaku Ohta and Harunobu Taguchi and Youichi Kamiyama and others},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility},

pages = {1–14},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{barbareschi2024seahare,

title = {SeaHare: An omidirectional electric wheelchair integrating independent, remote and shared control modalities},

author = {Giulia Barbareschi and Ando Ryoichi and Midori Kawaguchi and Minato Takeda and Kouta Minamizawa},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility},

pages = {1–16},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{fu2024building,

title = {Building Collaborative Art Creation Environment for People with Intellectual Disabilities through Adaptive Fabric Art Workshops},

author = {Qianrong Fu and Giulia Barbareschi and Chihiro Sato},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility},

pages = {1–4},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{gunupudi2024scaffolding,

title = {Scaffolding Digital Literacy Through Digital Skills Training for Disabled People in the Global South},

author = {Laxmi Gunupudi and Maryam Bandukda and Giulia Barbareschi and Tigmanshu Bhatnagar and Aanchal Singh and Satish Mishra and Amit Prakash and Catherine Holloway},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility},

pages = {1–14},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{tanevska2023inclusive,

title = {Inclusive hri ii: equity and diversity in design, application, methods, and community},

author = {Ana Tanevska and Shruti Chandra and Giulia Barbareschi and Amy Eguchi and Zhao Han and Raj Korpan and Anastasia K Ostrowski and Giulia Perugia and Sindhu Ravindranath and Katie Seaborn and others},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

booktitle = {Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},

pages = {956–958},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{barbareschi2023both,

title = {“I am both here and there” Parallel Control of Multiple Robotic Avatars by Disabled Workers in a Café},

author = {Giulia Barbareschi and Midori Kawaguchi and Hiroaki Kato and Masato Nagahiro and Kazuaki Takeuchi and Yoshifumi Shiiba and Shunichi Kasahara and Kai Kunze and Kouta Minamizawa},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems},

pages = {1–17},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}