Professor Vitaveska Lanfranchi

PhD

School of Computer Science

Professor of Digital Health and Pervasive Computing

Director of One University

Member of the Pervasive Computing research group

v.lanfranchi@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1865

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Professor Vitaveska Lanfranchi
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Profile

Prof Vitaveska Lanfranchi is Professor of Digital Health and Pervasive Computing and a member of the Pervasive Computing research group.

Her research field is highly interdisciplinary, focusing on the intersection between ubiquitous computing, data analysis and user-centred decision making in healthcare. She specialised in participatory design methods to develop novel methodologies and interfaces for ubiquitous and mobile computing, by employing sensing and tracking technologies to record users activities and analyse the data to reveal patterns and create intelligent systems that could influence users’ decision making and behaviour.

Vita has a long academic history and industry experience: from 2014 till 2017, whilst on secondment from her research position, she has held the post of CEO in K-Now, a University of Sheffield spin-out company focused on research and commercialization of knowledge management technologies. Currently she is PI for Sheffield for several research projects, UK or EU funded.

She has a first degree in Communication Science from the University of Turin, Italy and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Turin, Italy.

Research interests
  • Activity/mobility recording via wearable technologies and contextual factors detection
  • Human behavioural monitoring and understanding
  • AI technologies for modelling and predicting disease progression
  • Context awareness
  • Digital twins and generation of realistic synthetic data from real datasets
  • Interaction with pervasive technologies and related research into acceptability, trust and ethics
  • Inclusivity and accessibility
Publications

Journal articles

Chapters

Conference proceedings papers

  • Brennaf MS, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2023) A Comparative Analysis of Federated Learning Techniques on On-Demand Platforms in Supporting Modern Web Browser Applications. 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 1 November 2023 - 3 November 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brennaf MS, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2023) Communication Efficient on Symmetric and Asymmetric Encrypted Anonymous Federated Learning. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Cryptography, Informatics, and Cybersecurity (ICoCICs), 22 August 2023 - 24 August 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang Y, Zhou M, Liu T, Lanfranchi V & Yang P (2022) Spatio-temporal Tensor Multi-Task Learning for Predicting Alzheimer's Disease in a Longitudinal study. 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 11 July 2022 - 15 July 2022. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Li S, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2021) Examing and Evaluating Dimension Reduction Algorithms for Classifying Alzheimer’s Diseases using Gene Expression Data. 2021 17th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN), 13 December 2021 - 15 December 2021. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Read J, Ciravegna F, Lanfranchi V, Jones N, Simpson E, Revitt C, Fegan C, Storey S, Wild A & Cudd P (2019) A digital system supporting effective remote multi-agency home visits. Technology and Disability, Vol. 31(Supplement 1) (pp S184-S184) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ciravegna F, Gao J, Ireson N, Copeland R & Lanfranchi V (2019) Active 10: Brisk Walking to Support Regular Physical Activity. Proceedings of 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 20 May 2019 - 23 May 2019. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Noori N & Sirbu T (2018) GPS-based solution for tracking and protecting humanitarians in conflict zones. Proceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference, Vol. 2018-May (pp 334-349) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ciravegna F, Gao J, Ingram C, Ireson N, Lanfranchi V & Simanjuntak H (2018) Mapping mobility to support crisis management. Proceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference, Vol. 2018-May (pp 305-316) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V (2017) Machine learning and social media in crisis management: Agility vs ethics. Proceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference, Vol. 2017-May (pp 256-265) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Blomqvist E, Mazumdar S, Kessler C, Lanfranchi V & Kauppinen T (2015) Workshop summary: Workshop on Semantics and Analytics for Emergency Response (SAFE2015). ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings - 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Vol. 2015-January RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S & Ciravegna F (2014) Visual design recommendations for situation awareness in social media. ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp 792-801) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Wrigley SN, Ireson N, Wehn U & Ciravegna F (2014) Citizens' observatories for situation awareness in flooding. ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp 145-154) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mazumdar S, Lanfranchi V, Ireson N & Ciravegna F (2014) Visual analysis of real-time social media for emergency response. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1329 (pp 67-78) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Blomqvist E & Brewster C (2013) Roadmapping discussion summary - Social media and linked data for emergency response. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Blomqvist E & Brewster C (2013) Preface - Editors' note. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mazumdar S, Lanfranchi V, Cano AE & Ciravegna F (2013) Visualising topical sentiment in twitter streams. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S & Ciravegna F (2013) Evaluating the real usability of a C2 system – short and controlled vs long and real. ISCRAM. Baden-Baden, Germany, 12 May 2013 - 15 May 2013. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Carvalho R, Chapman S & Ciravegna F (2013) Using Semantic Forms to Correlate Emergency Information in Control Rooms. Social Media and Semantic Technologies in Emergency Response (SMERST). Coventry, UK, 15 April 2013 - 16 April 2013. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tucker S, Lanfranchi V, Ireson N, Sosa A, Burel G & Ciravegna F (2012) Straight to the Information I Need”: Assessing Collational Interfaces for Emergency Response. 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2012) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Gentile A & Ciravegna F (2012) Visualising Context and Hierarchy in Social Media. ntelligent Exploration of Semantic Data (IESD), co-located with Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge . Galway City, Ireland, 8 October 2012 - 9 October 2012. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gentile AL, Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S & Ciravegna F (2011) Extracting semantic user networks from informal communication exchanges. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 7031 LNCS(PART 1) (pp 209-224) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mazumdar S, Varga A, Lanfranchi V, Petrelli D & Ciravegna F (2011) A Knowledge Dashboard for Manufacturing Industries.. ESWC Workshops, Vol. 7117 (pp 112-124) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gentile AL, Basave AEC, Dadzie A-S, Lanfranchi V & Ireson N (2011) Does Size Matter? When Small is Good Enough. Making Sense of Microposts (#MSM2011) (pp 45-56) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Solachidis V, Mylonas P, Geyer-Schulz A, Hoser B, Chapman S, Ciravegna F, Lanfranchi V, Scherp A, Staab S, Contopoulos C , Gkika I et al (2010) Collective intelligence generation from user contributed content. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization (pp 765-774) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Solachidis V, Mylonas P, Geyer-Schulz A, Hoser B, Chapman S, Ciravegna F, Lanfranchi V, Scherp A, Staab S, Contopoulos C , Gkika I et al (2010) Collective Intelligence Generation from User Contributed Content. ADVANCES IN DATA ANALYSIS, DATA HANDLING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (pp 765-774) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Burel G, Cano AE & Lanfranchi V (2009) Ozone browser: Augmenting the web with semantic overlays. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 449 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V & Ireson N (2009) User requirements for a collective intelligence emergency response system.. BCS HCI (pp 198-203) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chapman S, Lanfranchi V & Bhagdev R (2009) K-Tools: Towards Semantic Knowledge Management. SEMANTIC WEB: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, Vol. 5554 (pp 806-810) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bhagdev R, Chapman S, Ciravegna F, Lanfranchi V & Petrelli D (2008) Hybrid search: Effectively combining keywords and semantic searches. SEMANTIC WEB: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 5021 (pp 554-568) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bhagdev R, Chakravarthy A, Chapman S, Ciravegna F & Lanfranchi V (2008) Creating and Using Organisational Semantic Webs in Large Networked Organisations. SEMANTIC WEB - ISWC 2008, Vol. 5318 (pp 723-736) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chakravarthy A, Ciravegna F & Lanfranchi V (2006) Cross-media document annotation and enrichment. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 209 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petrelli D, Lanfranchi V, Moore P, Ciravegna F & Cadas C (2006) Oh my, where is the end of the context?: dealing with information in a highly complex environment.. IIiX (pp 37-41) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chakravarthy A, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2006) Requirements for multimedia document enrichment.. WWW (pp 903-904) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petrelli D, Lanfranchi V, Moore P, Ciravegna F & Cadas C (2006) Oh my, where is the end of the context? Dealing with information in a highly complex environment. INFORMATION INTERACTION IN CONTEXT, PROCEEDINGS (pp 64-72) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Ciravegna F, Moore P & Petrelli D (2005) Document editing and browsing in AKTiveDoc.. ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (pp 237-238) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Ciravegna F & Petrelli D (2005) Semantic Web-based document: Editing and browsing in AktiveDoc. SEMANTIC WEB: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 3532 (pp 623-632) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petrelli D, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2005) Working out a common task: Design and evaluation of user-intelligent system collaboration. HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION - INTERACT 2005, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 3585 (pp 309-322) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Fadlian M, Koilpillai S, Sproson L, Burke M, Chapman S & Blackburn D () Understanding Driving Behaviour in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairments: A Naturalistic Study. HCI International 2023, 23 July 2023 - 28 July 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Yang P, Lanfranchi V, Wang X, Zhou M & Zhang Y () Modeling Alzheimer's Disease Progression via Amalgamated Magnitude-Direction Brain Structure Variation Quantification and Tensor Multi-task Learning. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alnuhayt A, Mazumdar S, Lanfranchi V & Hopfgartner F () Understanding Reactions to Misinformation - a COVID-19 Perspective. Proceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference, 22 May 2022 - 25 May 2022. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lanfranchi V, Carvalho RF, Gentile AL, Mazumdar S, Chapman S & Ciravegna F () A Semantic Knowledge Management Framework for Informal Communication Exchanges. 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2011) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang Y, Yang P & Lanfranchi V () Tensor Multi-Task Learning for Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease Progression using MRI data with Spatio-temporal Similarity Measurement. Proceeding of 2021 IEEE 19th International Conference on Industrial Informatics RIS download Bibtex download

Posters

  • Davila Garcia ML, Offiah A, Lanfranchi V, Villa Uriol MC & Yang P (2021) Image Analysis and machine learning for diagnosis of Skeletal dysplasias. Child Health Technology March 2021. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Pervasive Computing 

Grants

Current grants

Previous grants

  • Mobilise-D: Connecting digital mobility assessment to clinical outcomes for regulatory and clinical endorsement, EC H2020, 04/2019 - 06/2024, £1,227,496, as PI

  • F2DR: Fit2Drive, Piloting new technology and processes to optimise fitness to drive assessments and improve safety, British Council, 10/2021 - 12/2023, £215,536, as PI

  • Understanding end-users’ views of digital technologies for diagnosis of heart disease, Research England, 01/2022 - 07/2022, £14,398, as PI

  • Improving the assessment of driving behaviour for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment and healthy elderly, EPSRC, 11/2020 - 11/2021, £35,284, as Co-PI

  • ELECTRICA: Development and proof of concept of an ELEctronic tool for Clinicians, Teachers and Researchers In Child Abuse, EPSRC, 04/2020 - 03/2023, £45,886, as Co-PI

  • Clever-dREAMS: Using artificial intelligence to enhance the diagnosis of rare skeletal dysplasias in children, MRC, 12/2019 - 03/2021, £74,668, as Co-PI

  • Early detection of Papilloedema and Diabetic Retinopathy, Innovate UK, 11/2018 - 09/2019, £58,611, as PI

  • SETAAn open, sustainable, ubiquitous data and service ecosystem for efficient, effective, safe, resilient mobility in metropolitan areas, EC H2020, 02/2016 - 01/2019, £970,000, as co-PI

  • TRIDS: Tracking Real-time Intelligence in Data Streams, Innovate UK, 07/2011 - 12/2011, £49,184, as Co-PI