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Giulia (she/her) is a passionate Ph.D. student in Cognitive Robotics, Interaction, and Rehabilitation Technologies. Her research aims to investigate and improve the interaction between humanoid robots and groups of people. She believes that teaching robots how to deal with groups would be crucial to insert robotic devices into everyday life and could reveal fascinating insights into human group dynamics.

In 2022, she obtained a Master's in Change Management from IANUA, a school of excellence for the most brilliant students of the University of Genoa, which she attended during her university studies.
She graduated cum laude in Neuroengineering and Bio-ICT in 2020, defending her thesis "Investigation of joint action through interaction with a virtual partner."

She has been part of the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Club of Liguria since May 2023.
Since 2020, she has been a Global Shaper in the Genoa Hub, of which she became Curator in July 2023.
In 2017, she co-founded Ianua Studenti e Alumni, a student organization she was president of from 2020 to 2021.

Education

Title: Master's degree in Bioengineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2018 To: 2020

Title: Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2015 To: 2018

Title: Master in Change Management
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2021 To: 2022

Experience External

Title: Visiting Researcher
Institute: University of Ghent
Location: Ghent
Country: Belgium
From: 2024 To: 2024

Title: Analyst
Institute: Deloitte Italy
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2021 To: 2021

All Publications
2025
Pusceddu G., Sangineto M., Cocchella F., Bogliolo M., Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Casadio M., Rea F., Gena C., Sciutti S.
Exploring Children's Strategies in Response to Robot's Advice during a Group Task with iCub and Nao
International Conference on Social Robotics
Conference Paper Conference
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Tanevska A., Rea F., Sciutti A.
A Conversational Game to Study Social Influence in Humans-Robot Interactions
International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction
Abstract Report Conference
2023
Cocchella F., Pusceddu G., Belgiovine G., Bogliolo M., Lastrico L., Casadio M., Rea F., Sciutti A.
At school with a robot: Italian students' perception of robotics during an educational program.
IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication, RO-MAN, pp. 1413-1419
2023
Pusceddu G., Mongile S., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Game Theory to Study Cooperation in Human-Robot Mixed Groups: Exploring the Potential of the Public Good Game
BAILAR Workshop - 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Abstract Report Conference
2023
Cocchella F., Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Social Exclusion Bench Tool To Study Children-Robot Interaction In Turning Games
CRITTER Workshop at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Abstract Report Conference
Dissemination
2023
Pusceddu G., Cocchella F.
PhD Adventures
Campionati di Robotica
Public Event
2023
Pusceddu G.
Surviving robots and IANUA: a short guide
20th Anniversary of IANUA, Excellence School of the University of Genoa
Public Event
Oral presentations
2025
Pusceddu G., Sangineto M., Cocchella F., Bogliolo M., Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Casadio M., Rea F., Gena C., Sciutti S.
Exploring Children's Strategies in Response to Robot's Advice during a Group Task with iCub and Nao
International Conference on Social Robotics
Conference
2023
Pusceddu G., Mongile S., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Game Theory to Study Cooperation in Human-Robot Mixed Groups: Exploring the Potential of the Public Good Game
BAILAR Workshop - 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Conference
2023
Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Bogliolo M., Rea F., Casadio M., Sciutti A.
The Imitation Game: a dance task to explore social influence in child-robot mixed groups
32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Conference
2023
Cocchella F., Pusceddu G., Bogliolo M., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Casadio M., Rea F., Sciutti A.
The Imitation Game: “Gioca Jouer” as a tool to study social influence in Child-Robot Interaction.
International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction
International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction
Conference
2022
Cocchella F., Pusceddu G., Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Rea F., Sciutti A.
"iCub, We Forgive You!'' Investigating Trust in a Game Scenario with Kids
IEEE Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction - SCRITA Workshop
SCRITA
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2024
Pusceddu G., Sangineto M., Cocchella F., Bogliolo M., Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Casadio M., Rea F., Gena C., Sciutti A.
Best Paper Award Nominee: Exploring Children's Strategies in Response to Robot's Advice during a Group Task with iCub and Nao
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Tanevska A., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Selected as a finalist for Best Late Breaking Report " What if a Social Robot Excluded You? Using a Conversational Game to Study Social Exclusion in Teen-robot Mixed Groups"
Organized Events
2024
Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Tanevska A., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Pasquali D.
GROUND: advancing GROup UNderstanding and robots' aDaptive behavior - 2nd Edition
2023
Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Tanevska A., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Pasquali D.
GROUND: advancing GROup UNderstanding and robots' aDaptive behavior
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Sciutti A.
Il Robot Che Vorrei