Antonio Piccinno
Massimo Mecella (Eds.)




CHItaly 2015
Doctoral Consortium

Doctoral Consortium of the
11th Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter
Proceedings




September 28, 2015
Rome, Italy
Preface

This volume collects the papers presented at the CHItaly 2015 Doctoral Con-
sortium, held in Rome (Italy) on September 28th, 2015. The CHItaly conference
is a biannual event organized by the SIGCHI Italian Chapter. After the success-
ful first edition in 2013, it hosted for the second time a Doctoral Consortium
with the aim of supporting PhD students to present and share ideas about their
research and gather feedback from senior experts.
    A good number of contributions was received, mainly from Italian PhD stu-
dents but also from abroad. After a careful review process, we finally selected 7
papers for presentation at the doctoral consortium. The selection was based on
the maturity of the described research and its potential impact, and on quality
of writing and presentation. The accepted papers span a good variety of themes,
showing the vitality of the Italian CHI community and its capability to attract
contributions from abroad.
    During the event, PhD students were provided with a friendly and lively
atmosphere for presenting their research ideas and exchanging experiences with
other students. They also received useful suggestions from senior researchers for
the completion of their dissertation. We are immensely grateful to the panel of
experts attending the event, and to the reviewers of the papers, namely Federico
Cabitza, Francesco Colace, Daniela Fogli, Stephen Kimani, Andrea Marrella,
Stavros Vassos, Andrea Vitaletti, who provided careful reviews and supportive
feedbacks on the students’ current research and guidance on future directions.
    We also deeply thank the PhD students, for contributing and enthusiastically
presenting their research, and the CHItaly 2015 Conference Chairs for giving us
the possibility of organizing the Doctoral Consortium.


September 2015                                                 Antonio Piccinno
                                                               Massimo Mecella




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