2026 Gianluca Baldassarre: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	41	8871	8620	3779	3629	179	6791

Overview

Gianluca Baldassarre is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Baldassarre's work integrates computational models and experimental studies to explore neural dynamics and brain function, cognitive processes, and behavior.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, including:

Digestive and Liver Disease
arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
Gastroenterology
Scientific Reports

Their research interests are diverse, covering fields and subfields such as neuroscience, medicine, cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, surgery, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology. Baldassarre's main focus topics include:

Reinforcement learning in robotics
Neural dynamics and brain function
Autism spectrum disorder research
Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
EEG and brain-computer interfaces
Neural and behavioral psychology studies
Memory and neural mechanisms

Frequent coauthors in Baldassarre's work include Francesco Di Mario, Pellegrino Crafa, Giovanni Granato, Alberto Barchi, and Andrea Mattera. This collaboration reflects interdisciplinary efforts spanning neuroscience, cognitive systems, and artificial intelligence.

Among notable recent publications are:

A 1D CNN for high accuracy classification and transfer learning in motor imagery EEG-based brain-computer interface (2021), published in the Journal of Neural Engineering
Special Issue "On Defining Artificial Intelligence"-Commentaries and Author's Response (2020), Journal of Artificial General Intelligence
A computational model of language functions in flexible goal-directed behaviour (2020), Scientific Reports
Computational Modeling of Catecholamines Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease at Pre-Plaque Stage (2020), Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Editorial: Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Learning in Autonomous Robots (2020), Frontiers in Neurorobotics

Best Publications

Evolving Self-Organizing Behaviors for a Swarm-Bot

Marco Dorigo;Vito Trianni;Erol Şahin;Roderich Groß

475
Citations
Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems

Gianluca Baldassarre;Marco Mirolli

409
Citations
Appetitive Pavlovian-instrumental Transfer: A review.

Emilio Cartoni;Bernard Balleine;Gianluca Baldassarre

289
Citations
Evolving mobile robots able to display collective behaviors

Gianluca Baldassarre;Stefano Nolfi;Domenico Parisi

271
Citations
Theories and computational models of affordance and mirror systems: an integrative review.

Serge Thill;Daniele Caligiore;Anna M. Borghi;Tom Ziemke

247
Citations
Action observation and motor imagery for rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and an integrative hypothesis.

Daniele Caligiore;Magda Mustile;Gianfranco Spalletta;Gianluca Baldassarre

222
Citations
Parkinson's disease as a system-level disorder

Daniele Caligiore;Rick C Helmich;Mark Hallett;Ahmed A Moustafa

183
Citations
The SWARM-BOTS project

Marco Dorigo;Elio Tuci;Roderich Groß;Vito Trianni

171
Citations
TRoPICALS: A Computational Embodied Neuroscience Model of Compatibility Effects.

Daniele Caligiore;Anna M. Borghi;Domenico Parisi;Gianluca Baldassarre

170
Citations
Intrinsically Motivated Learning Systems: An Overview

Gianluca Baldassarre;Marco Mirolli

166
Citations
Self-Organized Coordinated Motion in Groups of Physically Connected Robots

G. Baldassarre;V. Trianni;M. Bonani;F. Mondada

155
Citations
Anticipatory Behavior in Adaptive Learning Systems

Giovanni Pezzulo;Martin V. Butz;Olivier Sigaud;Gianluca Baldassarre

153
Citations
The embodied mind extended: using words as social tools.

Anna M. Borghi;Anna M. Borghi;Claudia Scorolli;Daniele Caligiore;Gianluca Baldassarre

116
Citations
Dysfunctions of the basal ganglia-cerebellar-thalamo-cortical system produce motor tics in Tourette syndrome

Daniele Caligiore;Francesco Mannella;Michael A. Arbib;Gianluca Baldassarre

112
Citations
Evolving internal reinforcers for an intrinsically motivated reinforcement-learning robot

M. Schembri;M. Mirolli;G. Baldassarre

108
Citations
GRAIL: A Goal-Discovering Robotic Architecture for Intrinsically-Motivated Learning

Vieri Giuliano Santucci;Gianluca Baldassarre;Marco Mirolli

103
Citations
The super-learning hypothesis: Integrating learning processes across cortex, cerebellum and basal ganglia

Daniele Caligiore;Michael A. Arbib;R. Chris Miall;Gianluca Baldassarre

102
Citations
A modular neural-network model of the basal ganglia's role in learning and selecting motor behaviours

Gianluca Baldassarre

92
Citations
Intrinsic motivations and open-ended development in animals, humans, and robots: an overview.

Gianluca Baldassarre;Tom Stafford;Marco Mirolli;Peter Redgrave

85
Citations
The three principles of action: a Pavlovian-instrumental transfer hypothesis

Emilio Cartoni;Stefano Puglisi-Allegra;Gianluca Baldassarre

81
Citations
Distributed Coordination of Simulated Robots Based on Self-Organization

Gianluca Baldassarre;Domenico Parisi;Stefano Nolfi

73
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Nolfi National Research Council (CNR)

Giovanni Pezzulo National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Domenico Parisi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Anna M. Borghi Sapienza University of Rome

Martin V. Butz University of Tübingen

Angelo Cangelosi University of Manchester

Andrew G. Barto University of Massachusetts Amherst

Loredana Zollo Università Campus Bio-Medico

Stefano Puglisi-Allegra Sapienza University of Rome

Jochen Triesch Goethe University Frankfurt

External Links

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