Ph.D. in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi , 33^rd cycle (2017-2020)

Ph.D. obtained in 2021

Profile

Research topic

Augmented reality serious games: design, develop and evaluate

Research interests

Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing

Biography

I received the BSc degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Università di Bologna and the MSc degree in Digital Media from Politecnico di Torino. During my studies, I have spent one semester as an Erasmus student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. I am currently a PhD student at the Politecnico di Torino's Computer Graphics and Vision research group, under the supervision of prof. Andrea Bottino. My research primarily focuses on the improvement of serious games' effectiveness employing both new technologies, virtual and augmented reality, and novel design frameworks. These studies are also conducted under the lens of human-computer interaction and collaboration within multi-user scenarios. During my research activities, I successfully collaborated with various research groups, even from different fields and academic institutions like the Università del Piemonte Orientale and the University of Huddersfield, UK. Throughout the years at the Politecnico di Torino, I have contributed to the management of European Funded Projects as well as activities financed by either private associations or companies. Before and during my PhD, I have supported several teaching activities in the courses of virtual and augmented reality, computer graphics and game design.

Awards and Honors

Best poster nomination at HUCAPP 2020 (2021)
Domanda registrazione software Holo BLSD di cui originariamente ero proprietario al 37.5%. I diritti sono adesso stati ceduti al Politecnico. La registrazione è in fase di elaborazione. (2021)
List of teaching and tutoring activities performed throughout my PhD (2021)
Best paper nomination at the 7th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’21) (2021)
Dichiarazione TRIN che la domanda di registrazione (software Holo BLSD) è sotto esame. (2021)

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Collegio di Architettura e Design. Componente invitato
Collegio di Ingegneria Informatica, del Cinema e Meccatronica. Componente

Teachings

Master of Science

Game Design and Gamification. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
Realtà virtuale. A.A. 2017/18, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
Realtà virtuale. A.A. 2016/17, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
Realtà virtuale. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
Realtà virtuale. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
Realtà virtuale. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso

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Bachelor of Science

Computer grafica. A.A. 2016/17, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
Challenge – Talenti: Promuovere la sostenibilità dei campus universitari attraverso i serious games. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Computer grafica. A.A. 2017/18, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
Computer grafica. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
Computer grafica. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
Computer grafica. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso

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Research

Research groups

CGVG - Computer Graphics and Vision Group

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Holo-BLSD , (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research

Projects funded by commercial contracts

50 shadows of AI: designing personalised education in big corporation , (2025-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research

Supervised PhD students

Alessandro Emmanuel Pecora. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (cycle 40, 2024-in progress)
Research subject: Adaptive Embodied Agents in XR: Customizing Interactions with Neural Memory and Gamification to Enhance Educational Activities

Computer graphics and Multimedia

Controls and system engineering

Data science, Computer vision and AI

Software engineering and Mobile computing

Computer graphics and Multimedia

Controls and system engineering

Data science, Computer vision and AI

Software engineering and Mobile computing
Stefano Calzolari. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Emotions aware Embodied Conversational Agents (E2CA)

Computer graphics and Multimedia

Data science, Computer vision and AI

Software engineering and Mobile computing

Computer graphics and Multimedia

Data science, Computer vision and AI

Software engineering and Mobile computing
Leonardo Vezzani. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Car AR-HUD design

Computer graphics and Multimedia

Computer graphics and Multimedia

Publications

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris

Strada, Francesco (2021)
Augmented reality and serious games for learning: exploring potentialities, assessing effectiveness, and investigating user experience. relatore: BOTTINO, ANDREA; , 33. XXXIII Ciclo, P.: 244
Doctoral Thesis
Strada, Francesco; Bottino, Andrea; Lamberti, Fabrizio; Mormando, Giulia; Luigi ... (2021)
Holo-BLSD – A holographic tool for self-training and self-evaluation of emergency response skills. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EMERGING TOPICS IN COMPUTING, vol. 9, pp. 1581-1595. ISSN 2168-6750
Contributo su Rivista
Cravero, Sara; Strada, Francesco; Lami, Isabella; Bottino, Andrea (2021)
Learning sustainability by making games. The experience of a challenge as a novel approach for Education for Sustainable Development. In: Seventh International Conference on Higher Education Advances, Valencia, Spagna, 22-23.06.2021, pp. 651-659
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Bottino, Andrea; Strada, Francesco; Luigi Ingrassia, Per (2021)
Holo-BLSD. N. brevetto: xx, propr. brevetto: 3 - Politecn. di Torino et al
Brevetti
López, María Ximena; Strada, Francesco; Bottino, Andrea; Fabricatore, Carlo (2021)
Using Multimodal Learning Analytics to Explore Collaboration in a Sustainability Co-located Tabletop Game. In: 15th European Conference of Game Based Learning (ECGBL 2021), Brighton, UK, 23 - 24 September 2021
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Planamente, Mirco; Plizzari, Chiara; Cannici, Marco; Ciccone, Marco; Strada, Francesco; ... (2021)
DA4Event: towards bridging the Sim-to-Real Gap for Event Cameras using Domain Adaptation. In: IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS, vol. 6, pp. 6616-6623. ISSN 2377-3766
Contributo su Rivista
Corelli, Fabrizio; Battegazzorre, Edoardo; Strada, Francesco; Bottino, Andrea; Paolo ... (2020)
Assessing the Usability of Different Virtual Reality Systems for Firefighter Training. In: HUCAPP 2020, Valletta, Malta, 27-29.02.2020, pp. 1-6
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Battegazzorre, Edoardo; Calandra, Davide; Strada, Francesco; Bottino, Andrea; Lamberti, ... (2020)
Evaluating the suitability of several AR devices and tools for industrial applications. In: 7th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics (AVR 2020), Lecce, Italia, September 7-10, 2020, pp. 248-267. ISSN 0302-9743. ISBN: 978-3-030-58467-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Diniz dos Santos, A.; Strada, F.; Bottino, A. (2019)
Approaching sustainability learning via digital serious games. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES, vol. 12, pp. 303-320. ISSN 1939-1382
Contributo su Rivista
Prattico', FILIPPO GABRIELE; Strada, Francesco; Lamberti, Fabrizio; Bottino, Andrea (2019)
Asteroid Escape: A serious game to foster teamwork abilities. In: 40th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics 2019), Genova, Italy, May 6-10, 2019, pp. 53-56
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Bottino, Andrea; Ingrassia, Pier Luigi; Lamberti, Fabrizio; Salvetti, Fernando; Strada, ... (2018)
Holo-BLSD: an Augmented Reality self-directed learning and evaluation system for effective Basic Life Support Defibrillation training. In: 18th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2018), Los Angeles, CA, January 13-18, 2018
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
DINIZ DOS SANTOS, Alysson; Strada, Francesco; Bottino, Andrea (2017)
Investigating the design and evaluation of educational games under the perspective of player experience. In: Games and Learning Alliance Conference (GALA) 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, 5-7 December 2017, pp. 218-227. ISSN 1611-3349. ISBN: 978-331971939-9
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
DINIZ DOS SANTOS, Alysson; Strada, Francesco; Martina, Andrea; Bottino, ANDREA GIUSEPPE (2017)
Designing collaborative games for children education on sustainable development. In: 8th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, Utrecth (NL), June 28–30, 2016, pp. 3-12. ISSN 1867-8211
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Strada, Francesco; Bottino, ANDREA GIUSEPPE (2017)
ToMMI. A Software Library for Multiplatform Tangible Mobile Interaction. In: International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications (HUCAPP) 2017, Porto, 27 February - 1 March 2017
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

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Patents and other intellectual properties

Holo-BLSD – Strumento di Mixed Reality per l'autoformazione e l'autovalutazione delle abilità di risposta alle emergenze di primo soccorso. national Software
Inventors: Andrea Bottino Francesco Strada

Francesco Strada

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi , 33rd cycle (2017-2020)

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