Alessandro Visconti

Thesis title

Experiencing the Metaverse: Designing Immersive and Interactive Virtual Worlds

Research topic

Experiencing the Metaverse: Designing Immersive and Interactive Virtual Worlds

Tutors

• Fabrizio Lamberti
• Alberto Cannavo'

Research presentation

Poster

• Best Paper Award - IEEE 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Reality (ICIR 2024) (2024)
• Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds – Paper Ranked Among the Top 10 Most-Cited Publications of 2023 (2025)
• Session Chair- IEEE GEM 2024 (2024)
• Project team member - Reading (&) Machine: La promozione della lettura verso il futuro funded by Fondazione TIM (2023)
• International invited speaker - Ontario Tech University (2025)
• Speaker – FESTIVAL DELL’INNOVAZIONE E DELLA TECNOLOGIA, 15-10-2023 (https://www.innova7.it/) (2023)
• Project team member funded by the IEEE Consumer Technology Society (2024)
• Volunteer - IEEE GEM 2024 (2024)
• Period abroad – OntarioTech University (2025)
• Session Chair - IEEE ICIR 2024 (2024)
• Participation, Biennale Tecnologia 2022, Politecnico di Torino, 10-13/11/2022 (2022)
• Speaker, La biblioteca nel metaverso – la Reading & Machine, Biblioteca Centrale Torino, 1/4/2023 (2023)
• Web Chair - ACM ISS 2026 - https://iss.acm.org/2026/organization/ (2025)
• Participated in IEEE ICIR 2026 to demonstrate a platform funded by CTSOC, as part of the activities of the Digital Reality research initiative. (Demo of the IEEE CTSoc and IEEE Digital Reality Metaverse-ready Virtual Conference Environment with AI-powered Recommendations for Content and User Networking at ICIR 2026) (https://edas.info/showProgram.php?c=34775) (2026)
• Participated in the DAUIN–Industry meeting organized by the Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN) at Politecnico di Torino, engaging with companies and industry representatives on research and collaboration opportunities. (https://www.polito.it/didattica/dottorato-di-ricerca-e-scuola-di-specializzazione/corsi-attivi/ingegneria-informatica-e-dei-sistemi/notizie/news?idn=28856) (2026)
• Served as an Associate Editor for ACM ISS 2026, with papers published in the PACM HCI journal track (https://iss.acm.org/2026/organization/editorial_board/) (2026)
• 18th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR + ART 2026) - Organizer Special session (https://icsr2026.uk/special-sessions/#SS13) (2026)
• Served as Guest Editor for the special issue “Social Augmentation in Extended Reality for Human Connection” in the Empathic Computing journal. (2026)
• This document summarizes part of the activities of Alessandro Visconti up to August 31, 2026, following the categories proposed in the template. Further information is provided in the other sections of his academic profile. (2026)

Master of Science

• Gestione dell'innovazione e sviluppo prodotto ICT. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Programmazione avanzata. A.A. 2026/27, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Programmazione a oggetti. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Programmazione avanzata. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Programmazione a oggetti. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Programmazione a oggetti. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Dati, algoritmi e le frontiere dell'informatica - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso

• Visconti, Alessandro; Burgassi, Valentina; Ghoddousi, Leone Carlo; Ojha, Atul Kumar (In stampa)
  InterHeritage: Interactive Interfaces for Construction Heritage. In: ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces Conference (ACM ISS 2026)., Turin (ITA), November 23 - 26, 2026
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Visconti, Alessandro; Lamberti, Fabrizio; Teo, Theophilus; Lee, Gun; Jing, Allison; ... (2026)
  Shaping Future Human Connection: Social Augmentation through XR Technologies. In: CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026, Barcelona (ESP), April 13 - 17, 2026. ISBN: 979-8-4007-2281-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Visconti, Alessandro; Macaluso, Roberta; Di Bartolomei, Gabriele; Calandra, Davide; ... (2026)
  Improving fidelity of close social interaction animations in social VR with a machine learning-based refinement framework. In: 38th International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2025), Strasbourg (FR), June 2 - 4, 2025, pp. 204-219. ISSN 0302-9743. ISBN: 978-981-95-0099-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Cannavo', Alberto; Arrigo, Giorgio; Visconti, Alessandro; De Lorenzis, Federico; ... (2025)
  Designing social immersive virtual environments for the Metaverse: The case study of MetaLibrary. In: VIRTUAL REALITY & INTELLIGENT HARDWARE, vol. 7, pp. 279-298. ISSN 2666-1209
  Contributo su Rivista
• Visconti, Alessandro; Calandra, Davide; Cannavo', Alberto; Ramasubramaniam, Kousik ... (2025)
  A metaverse-ready virtual conference environment with LLM-based recommendations for contents and networking opportunities. In: 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Intelligent Reality (ICIR 2025), Boston (USA), November 16 - 18, 2025, pp. 1-4. ISBN: 979-8-3315-6976-1
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)