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Italy
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
14756
World Ranking
3604
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2009 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Fabio Paternò is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and has produced a substantial body of research primarily situated in Computer Science and Psychology. Their work spans various subfields including Software, Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Social Psychology.

Their research explores multiple topics with a focus on practical and theoretical aspects of human-computer interaction and assistive technologies. Notable topics in their publications include:

  • Spreadsheets and End-User Computing
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
  • Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
  • Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Green IT and Sustainability

Fabio Paternò has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include Carmen Santoro, Marco Manca, Andrea Mattioli, Eleonora Zedda, and Simone Gallo. These collaborations indicate an active research network contributing to various overlapping domains within human-computer interaction and accessibility.

Their publication record demonstrates frequent contributions to key academic venues. These include:

  • Behaviour and Information Technology
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Universal Access in the Information Society
  • Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Examples of recent papers authored by or involving Fabio Paternò, along with their year and publication venue, are:

  • "The impact of serious games with humanoid robots on mild cognitive impairment older adults" (2020, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies)
  • "Smartphone-based augmented reality for end-user creation of home automations" (2022, Behaviour and Information Technology)
  • "Everyday automation experience: a research agenda" (2020, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing)
  • "Flexible Automatic Support for Web Accessibility Validation" (2020, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction)
  • "The Transparency of Automatic Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools: Design Criteria, State of the Art, and User Perception" (2022, ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing)

The accumulation of publications in these venues and diversification across topics reflects an interdisciplinary approach that integrates computer science methodologies with psychological perspectives. Their work particularly emphasizes accessibility, assistive systems, and interaction paradigms involving emerging technologies such as augmented reality and humanoid robots.

Fabio Paternò was recognized as an ACM Distinguished Member in 2009, marking a milestone in their professional career.

Best Publications

  • Model-Based Design and Evaluation of Interactive Applications

    Fabio Paterno

  • End-User Development: An Emerging Paradigm

    Henry Lieberman;Fabio Paternò;Markus Klann;Volker Wulf

  • ConcurTaskTrees: A Diagrammatic Notation for Specifying Task Models

    Fabio Paternò;Cristiano Mancini;Silvia Meniconi

  • End user development

    Simone Barbosa;Panos Markopoulos;Fabio Paternò;Simone Stumpf

  • CTTE: support for developing and analyzing task models for interactive system design

    G. Mori;F. Paterno;C. Santoro

  • Design and development of multidevice user interfaces through multiple logical descriptions

    G. Mori;F. Paterno;C. Santoro

  • MARIA: A universal, declarative, multiple abstraction-level language for service-oriented applications in ubiquitous environments

    Fabio Paterno;Carmen Santoro;Lucio Davide Spano

  • ConcurTaskTrees: An Engineered Notation for Task Models

    Fabio Paterno

  • Automatic support for usability evaluation

    A. Lecerof;F. Paterno

  • One Model, Many Interfaces

    Fabio Paternò;Carmen Santoro

  • Tool support for designing nomadic applications

    Giulio Mori;Fabio Paternò;Carmen Santoro

  • Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005

    Maria Francesca Costabile;Fabio Paternò

  • Personalization of Context-Dependent Applications Through Trigger-Action Rules

    Giuseppe Ghiani;Marco Manca;Fabio Paternò;Carmen Santoro

  • Intelligent analysis of user interactions with web applications

    Laila Paganelli;Fabio Paternò

  • Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices

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  • The design of a handheld, location-aware guide for indoor environments

    Carmine Ciavarella;Fabio Paternò

  • UbiCicero: A location-aware, multi-device museum guide

    Giuseppe Ghiani;Fabio Paternò;Carmen Santoro;Lucio Davide Spano

  • End-User Development (Human-Computer Interaction Series)

    Henry Lieberman;Fabio Paternò;Volker Wulf

  • Increasing usability when interacting through screen readers

    Barbara Leporini;Fabio Paternò

  • Applying Web Usability Criteria for Vision-Impaired Users: Does It Really Improve Task Performance?

    Barbara Leporini;Fabio Paternò

  • Flexible interface migration

    Renata Bandelloni;Fabio Paternò

  • Past, Present, and Future of Model-Based User Interface Development

    Gerrit Meixner;Fabio Paternò;Jean Vanderdonckt

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Palanque
Philippe Palanque Paul Sabatier University
Volker Wulf
Volker Wulf University of Siegen
Jean Vanderdonckt
Jean Vanderdonckt Université Catholique de Louvain
Jeffrey Nichols
Jeffrey Nichols Apple (United States)
Manfred Tscheligi
Manfred Tscheligi University of Salzburg
Maria Francesca Costabile
Maria Francesca Costabile University of Bari Aldo Moro
Panos Markopoulos
Panos Markopoulos Eindhoven University of Technology
Stefano Chessa
Stefano Chessa University of Pisa
Jani Mäntyjärvi
Jani Mäntyjärvi VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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