SAMUELE RUSSO

PhD Graduate

PhD program:: XXXVII

Thesis title: Dalla cognizione spaziale alle modalità di viaggio: l’analisi delle scelte di trasporto e delle abilità navigazionali a supporto di soluzioni di smart mobility

This thesis explores the interaction between spatial cognitive abilities, navigation styles, and travel modes, analyzing how these factors influence mobility choices. Through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and mobility sciences, the study investigates the role of Sense of Direction (SOD) and individual differences in the three navigation styles: landmark, route, and survey. It examines how these cognitive variables shape transport decisions and influence the preference for more sustainable travel modes. A key contribution of this research lies in the development of the Predominant Traveling Modality Index (PTMI) and the Cognitive Attitude Related to Smart Mobility Questionnaire (CARS-Q). The PTMI classifies predominant travel modes, highlighting preferences between public and private transport in relation to individual navigational abilities. The CARS-Q measures attitudes and behaviors related to sustainable mobility, providing a detailed understanding of the cognitive barriers and motivational factors influencing users' choices. By utilizing both real and virtual environments, the cognitive dynamics underlying navigation strategies and transport choices were examined. The findings highlight how individual differences in spatial representations and navigation styles significantly impact mobility preferences. The study has practical implications for developing personalized applications and navigation training tools based on virtual reality, aimed at enhancing mobility experiences and promoting the adoption of more sustainable travel modes. This thesis seeks to contribute to the understanding of the cognitive and behavioral dynamics of mobility, aiming to facilitate new research perspectives and offering innovative solutions to address global challenges related to the sustainability of transport systems.

Research products

11573/1755928 - 2026 - Current trends and future directions in eye tracking technology: A literature review

Fiani, Francesca; Napoli, Christian; Randieri, Cristian; Russo, Samuele - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Elsevier Science Limited:Oxford Fulfillment Center, PO Box 800, Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom:011 44 1865 843000, 011 44 1865 843699, EMAIL: asianfo@elsevier.com, tcb@elsevier.co.UK, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsa/, Fax: 011 44 1865 843010) pp. - - issn: 0952-1976 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105020856421 (0)

11573/1732691 - 2025 - A Real-Time Support with Haptic Feedback for Safer Driving Using Monocular Camera

De Magistris, G.; Guercio, L.; Starna, F.; Russo, S.; Kryvinska, N.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 23rd International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AIxIA 2024 (Bolzano; Italy)

book: AIxIA 2024. Advances in Artificial Intelligence XXIII rd International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AIxIA 2024, Bolzano, Italy, November 25–28, 2024. Proceedings - (9783031806063; 9783031806070)

11573/1743424 - 2025 - A Multimodal Visual Sentiment Analysis Framework Enhanced With Feature Pyramid Networks

Galletti, D.; Ponzi, V.; Russo, S. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 10th International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2025 (pol)

book: CEUR Workshop Proceedings - ()

11573/1737342 - 2025 - May reducing driving-related phobia recover developmental topographical disorientation? A case report

Guariglia, Cecilia; Russo, Samuele; Nori, Raffaella; Bonavita, Alessia; Piccardi, Laura - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. ADULT (Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis Group) pp. 1-13 - issn: 2327-9095 - wos: WOS:001417928300001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85218071272 (0)

11573/1747137 - 2025 - EGDN-KL: Dynamic graph–deviation network for EEG anomaly detection

Naidji, Ilyes; Tibermacine, Ahmed; Tibermacine, Imad Eddine; Russo, Samuele; Napoli, Christian - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL (Oxford : Elsevier, 2006-) pp. - - issn: 1746-8094 - wos: WOS:001574260500001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105013741939 (0)

11573/1743425 - 2025 - Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in ECG Signals Using Denoising Autoencoders: A Comparative Study

Russo, S.; Silvestri, P.; Tibermacine, I. E. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 10th International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2025 (pol)

book: CEUR Workshop Proceedings - ()

11573/1743423 - 2025 - A Regression Model For Alzheimer's Disease Progression Using The ADNI Database

Russo, S.; Tondi, S.; Ponzi, V. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 11th Sapienza Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2025 (ita)

book: CEUR Workshop Proceedings - ()

11573/1747135 - 2025 - Exploiting facial emotion recognition system for ambient assisted living technologies triggered by interpreting the user's emotional state

Russo, Samuele; Tibermacine, Imad Eddine; Randieri, Cristian; Rabehi, Abdelaziz; Alharbi, Amal H.; El-Kenawy, El-Sayed M.; Napoli, Christian - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE (Lausanne : EPFL : Frontiers Research Foundation, 2007-) pp. - - issn: 1662-453X - wos: WOS:001568196000001 (2) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105015987100 (2)

11573/1740866 - 2025 - Adversarial denoising of EEG signals: a comparative analysis of standard GAN and WGAN-GP approaches

Tibermacine, I. E.; Russo, S.; Citeroni, F.; Mancini, G.; Rabehi, A.; Alharbi, A. H.; El-Kenawy, E. -S. M.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE (Lausanne : Frontiers Research Foundation) pp. - - issn: 1662-5161 - wos: WOS:001490863500001 (6) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105005456342 (7)

11573/1756276 - 2025 - Conditional VAE for personalized neurofeedback in cognitive training

Tibermacine, I. E.; Russo, S.; Scarano, G.; Tedesco, G.; Rabehi, A.; Alhussan, A. A.; Khafaga, D. S.; Eid, M. M.; El-Kenawy, E. -S. M.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: PLOS ONE (San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science) pp. - - issn: 1932-6203 - wos: WOS:001606904600031 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105020651671 (0)

11573/1740865 - 2025 - Enhanced EEG classification via Riemannian normalizing flows and deep neural networks

Tibermacine, I. E.; Tibermacine, A.; Zouai, M.; Russo, S.; Bouchelaghem, S.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2025 International Symposium on Innovative Informatics of Biskra, ISNIB 2025 (Biskra; Algeria)

book: 2025 International Symposium on iNnovative Informatics of Biskra, ISNIB 2025 - (9798331509576)

11573/1730661 - 2024 - Speech and Language Impairment Detection by Means of AI-Driven Audio-Based Techniques

Corvitto, L.; Faiella, L.; Napoli, C.; Puglisi, A.; Russo, S. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 9th International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2024 (Catania; Italy)

book: CYRIME 2024. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering - ()

11573/1708591 - 2024 - Learning visual stimulus-evoked EEG manifold for neural image classification

Faciglia, Salvatore; Betello, Filippo; Russo, Samuele; Napoli, Christian - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: NEUROCOMPUTING (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. - - issn: 0925-2312 - wos: WOS:001231973900001 (9) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85190506481 (22)

11573/1730662 - 2024 - A Fast and Accessible Neural Network Based Eye-Tracking System for Real-Time Psychometric and HCI Applications

Iacobelli, E.; Pelella, D.; Ponzi, V.; Russo, S.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 10th Scholar's Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2024 (Rome; Italy)

book: SYSTEM 2024. Proceedings of the 10th Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - ()

11573/1730666 - 2024 - Understanding Parental Characteristics of Child Adoption Candidates using MMPI-2 and Evolutionary Clustering

Iacobelli, E.; Randieri, C.; Roma, P.; Russo, S. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 9th International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2024 (ita)

book: CEUR Workshop Proceedings - ()

11573/1712967 - 2024 - Exploiting Robots as Healthcare Resources for Epidemics Management and Support Caregivers

Napoli, C.; Napoli, C.; Ponzi, V.; Puglisi, A.; Russo, S.; Tibermacine, I. E. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 10th Italian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, AIRO 2023 (Roma; Italia)

book: AIRO 2023 Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 2023 - ()

11573/1737776 - 2024 - Enhancing EEG Signal Reconstruction in Cross-Domain Adaptation Using CycleGAN

Russo, S.; Ahmed, S.; Tibermacine, I. E.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2024 International Conference on Telecommunications and Intelligent Systems, ICTIS 2024 (Ziane Achour University of Djelfa, dza)

book: 2024 International Conference on Telecommunications and Intelligent Systems (ICTIS) - (9798331527396)

11573/1730660 - 2024 - Remote Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Treatment of Long-COVID- and Post-COVID-Related Traumatic Disorders: An Innovative Approach

Russo, S.; Fiani, F.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: BRAIN SCIENCES (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International) pp. - - issn: 2076-3425 - wos: WOS:001386642700001 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85213418727 (9)

11573/1710734 - 2024 - Analyzing EEG patterns in young adults exposed to different acrophobia levels: a VR study

Russo, S.; Tibermacine, I. E.; Tibermacine, A.; Chebana, D.; Nahili, A.; Starczewscki, J.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE (Lausanne : Frontiers Research Foundation) pp. - - issn: 1662-5161 - wos: WOS:001226747700001 (8) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85193510108 (31)

11573/1691853 - 2023 - A Novel ConvMixer Transformer Based Architecture for Violent Behavior Detection

Alfarano, A.; De Magistris, G.; Mongelli, L.; Russo, S.; Starczewski, J.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (Zakopane; Poland)

book: Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing 22nd International Conference, ICAISC 2023, Zakopane, Poland, June 18–22, 2023, Proceedings, Part II - (978-3-031-42507-3; 978-3-031-42508-0)

11573/1715640 - 2023 - Deep Learning for EEG-Based Motor Imagery Classification: Towards Enhanced Human-Machine Interaction and Assistive Robotics

Boutarfaia, N.; Russo, S.; Tibermacine, A.; Tibermacine, I. E. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 9th Scholar's Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2023 (Rome; Italy)

book: CEUR Workshop Proceedings - ()

11573/1683239 - 2023 - Unsupervised Pose Estimation by Means of an Innovative Vision Transformer

Brandizzi, N.; Fanti, A.; Gallotta, R.; Russo, S.; Iocchi, L.; Nardi, D.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (Zakopane; Poland)

book: Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing 21st International Conference, ICAISC 2022, Zakopane, Poland, June 19–23, 2022, Proceedings, Part II - (978-3-031-23479-8; 978-3-031-23480-4)

11573/1698932 - 2023 - An Advanced Solution Based on Machine Learning for Remote EMDR Therapy

Fiani, F.; Russo, S.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: TECHNOLOGIES (Basel : MDPI) pp. - - issn: 2227-7080 - wos: WOS:001130549500001 (5) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85180680379 (29)

11573/1714648 - 2023 - A Fully Automatic Visual Attention Estimation Support System for A Safer Driving Experience

Fiani, F.; Russo, S.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 9th Scholar's Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2023 (Roma; Italia)

book: SYSTEM 2023 9th Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 2023 - ()

11573/1715968 - 2023 - Keeping Eyes on the Road: Understanding Driver Attention and Its Role in Safe Driving

Fiani, Francesca; Ponzi, Valerio; Russo, Samuele - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 9th Scholar's Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2023 (Roma; Italy)

book: Proceedings of the 9th Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SYSTEM 2023), Rome, Italy, December 3-6, 2023 - ()

11573/1698263 - 2023 - Eye-Tracking System with Low-End Hardware: Development and Evaluation

Iacobelli, E.; Ponzi, V.; Russo, S.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: INFORMATION (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International) pp. - - issn: 2078-2489 - wos: WOS:001131325000001 (6) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85180554761 (30)

11573/1712983 - 2023 - A Machine Learning based Real-Time Application for Engagement Detection

Iacobelli, E.; Russo, S.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 9th Scholar's Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2023 (Roma; Italia)

book: SYSTEM 2023 9th Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 2023 - ()

11573/1707238 - 2023 - Enhancing Sentiment Analysis on SEED-IV Dataset with Vision Transformers: A Comparative Study

Tibermacine, I. E.; Tibermacine, A.; Guettala, W.; Napoli, C.; Russo, S. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 11th International Conference on Information Technology: IoT and Smart City, ICIT 2023 (Kyoto; Japan)

book: ICIT '23: Proceedings of the 2023 11th International Conference on Information Technology: IoT and Smart City - (979-8-4007-0904-3)

11573/1664529 - 2022 - Addressing Vehicle Sharing through Behavioral Analysis: A Solution to User Clustering Using Recency-Frequency-Monetary and Vehicle Relocation Based on Neighborhood Splits

Brandizzi, N.; Russo, S.; Galati, G.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: INFORMATION (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International) pp. - - issn: 2078-2489 - wos: WOS:000881181500001 (3) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85141781221 (27)

11573/1651140 - 2022 - Vision-Based Holistic Scene Understanding for Context-Aware Human-Robot Interaction

De Magistris, Giorgio; Caprari, Riccardo; Castro, Giulia; Russo, Samuele; Iocchi, Luca; Nardi, Daniele; Napoli, Christian - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 20th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AIxIA 2021 (Virtual, Online)

book: AIxIA 2021 – Advances in Artificial Intelligence. 20th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence Virtual Event, December 1–3, 2021 Revised Selected Papers - (978-3-031-08420-1; 978-3-031-08421-8)

11573/1625134 - 2022 - An Explainable Fake News Detector Based on Named Entity Recognition and Stance Classification Applied to COVID-19

De Magistris, Giorgio; Russo, Samuele; Roma, Paolo; Starczewski, Janusz T.; Napoli, Christian - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: INFORMATION (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International) pp. - - issn: 2078-2489 - wos: WOS:000775045300001 (29) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85126568633 (61)

11573/1664524 - 2022 - Human Attention Assessment Using A Machine Learning Approach with GAN-based Data Augmentation Technique Trained Using a Custom Dataset

Pepe, S.; Tedeschi, S.; Brandizzi, N.; Russo, S.; Iocchi, L.; Napoli, C. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: OBM NEUROBIOLOGY (Beachwood OH: Open Biomedical Publishing Corporation) pp. - - issn: 2573-4407 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85144152564 (26)

11573/1683652 - 2022 - A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Approaches for Autism Detection in Children from Imaging Data

Ponzi, V.; Russo, S.; Wajda, A.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2022 International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2022 (Catania; Italy)

book: Proceedings of the International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering (ICYRIME 2022) - ()

11573/1684839 - 2022 - Analysis pre and post covid-19 pandemic rorschach test data of using em algorithms and gmm models

Ponzi, Valerio; Russo, Samuele; Agata, Wajda; Rafa, Brociek; Napoli, Christian - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: SYSYEM 2022: 8th Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Brunico; Italy)

book: Proceedings of the Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Brunek - ()

11573/1625569 - 2021 - Contagion Prevention of COVID-19 by means of Touch Detection for Retail Stores

Brociek, Rafał; De Magistris, Giorgio; Cardia, Francesca; Coppa, Federica; Russo, Samuele - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: SYSTEM 2021 Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 2021 (Catania; Italia)

book: Proceedings of the Scholar’s Yearly Symposium of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SYSTEM 2021) - ()

11573/1566633 - 2021 - An Integrated Control Plan in Primary Schools: Results of a Field Investigation on Nutritional and Hygienic Features in the Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Marcotrigiano, Vincenzo; Stingi, Giacomo Domenico; Fregnan, Simona; Magarelli, Pantaleo; Pasquale, Pietro; Russo, Samuele; Orsi, Giovanni Battista; Montagna, Maria Teresa; Napoli, Christian; Napoli, Christian - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: NUTRIENTS (Basel, Switzerland: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)) pp. 1-14 - issn: 2072-6643 - wos: WOS:000701100700001 (7) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85113787490 (26)

11573/1684741 - 2021 - Supporting impaired people with a following robotic assistant by means of end-to-end visual target navigation and reinforcement learning approaches

Ngoc Dat, Nguyen; Ponzi, Valerio; Russo, Samuele; Vincelli, Francesco - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2021 International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2021 (Virtual; Online)

book: Proceedings of the International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics and Engineering - ()

11573/1684835 - 2021 - Psychoeducative social robots for an healthier lifestyle using artificial intelligence: a case-study

Ponzi, Valerio; Russo, Samuele; Bianco, Valerio; Napoli, Christian; Agata, Wajda - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: ICYRIME 2021 International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics Mathematics, and Engineering 2021 2021 International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2021 (Virtual; Online)

book: Proceedings of the International Conference of Yearly Reports on Informatics, Mathematics and Engineering - ()

11573/1559305 - 2020 - YOLOv3-based mask and face recognition algorithm for individual protection applications

Avanzato, R.; Beritelli, F.; Russo, M.; Russo, S.; Vaccaro, M. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2020 International Conference for Young Researchers in Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2020 (Online)

book: CEUR Workshop Proceedings - ()

11573/1391564 - 2020 - Lessening stress and anxiety-related behaviors by means of AI-driven drones for aromatherapy

Capizzi, Giacomo; Napoli, Christian; Russo, Samuele; Wozniak, Marcin - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: Proceedings of the 6th Italian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics co-located with the XVIII International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2019) (Rende; Italy)

book: Proceedings of the 6th Italian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics co-located with the XVIII International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2019) - ()

11573/1496064 - 2020 - A cloud-oriented architecture for the remote assessment and follow-up of hospitalized patients

Illari, S. I.; Russo, S.; Avanzato, R.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 5th Symposium for Young Scientists in Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2020 (Online)

book: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium for Young Scientists in Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SYSTEM 2020) - ()

11573/1496060 - 2020 - Reducing the psychological burden of isolated oncological patients by means of decision trees

Russo, S.; Illari, S. I.; Avanzato, R.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2020 International Conference for Young Researchers in Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2020 (Online)

book: CEUR Workshop Proceedings - ()

11573/1344276 - 2019 - A cloud-based flexible solution for psychometric tests validation, administration and evaluation

Lo Sciuto, G.; Russo, S.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2019 Symposium for Young Scientists in Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SYSTEM 2019 (Gliwice; Poland)

book: SYSTEM 2019 Symposium for Young Scientists in Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - ()

11573/1344281 - 2019 - A comprehensive solution for psychological treatment and therapeutic path planning based on knowledge base and expertise sharing

Russo, S.; Napoli, C. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 2019 International Conference for Young Researchers in Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering, ICYRIME 2019 (Catania; Italy)

book: ICYRIME 2019 International Conference for Young Researchers in Informatics, Mathematics, and Engineering - ()