Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. A. Melillo, A. Chirico, G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, G. Caggianese, D. Barone, M. De Laurentiis, A. Giordano. Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Systems for Cancer Survivors: A Narrative Review of the Literature. Cancers. 2022; 14 (13):3163. doi: 10.3390/cancers14133163
  2. Montalbano L, Gallo L, Ferrante G, Malizia V, Cilluffo G, Fasola S, Alesi M and La Grutta S (2022) Serious Games: A new Approach to Foster Information and Practices About Covid-19?. Front. Robot. AI 9:830950. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2022.830950
  3. Esposito, C., Autorino, G., Iervolino, A., Vozzella, E. A., Cerulo, M., Esposito, G., Coppola, V., Carulli, R., Cortese, G., Gallo, L., and Escolino, M., “Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Program in Pediatric Surgery to Reduce Anxiety and Distress Symptoms in the Preoperative Phase: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial”. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 197-203, 2022. doi: 10.1089/lap.2021.0566
  4. A. Melillo, P. Maiorano, S. Rachedi, G. Caggianese, E. Gragnano, L. Gallo, G. De Pietro, M. Guida, A. Giordano, A. Chirico, “Labor Analgesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of non-pharmacological complementary and alternative approaches to pain during first stage of labor”, in Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression, vol.32, no.2, pp. 61-89, 2022. doi: 10.1615/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.2021039986.
  5. G. Caggianese, N. Capece, U. Erra, U., L. Gallo, M. Rinaldi, “Freehand-Steering Locomotion Techniques for Immersive Virtual Environments: A Comparative Evaluation”, in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, vol. 36, no. 18, pp. 1734-1755, 2020.  doi: 10.1080/10447318.2020.1785151.
  6. A. Chirico, T. Giovannetti, P. Neroni, S. Simone, L. Gallo, F. Galli, F. Giancamilli, M. Predazzi, F. Lucidi, G. De Pietro and A. Giordano, “Virtual Reality for the Assessment of Everyday Cognitive Functions in Older Adults: An Evaluation of the Virtual Reality Action Test and Two Interaction Devices in a 91-Year-Old Woman,” in Frontiers in Psychology, 2020. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00123.
  7. Chirico A, Maiorano P, Indovina P, Milanese C, Giordano GG, Alivernini F, Iodice G, Gallo L, De Pietro G, Lucidi F, Botti G, De Laurentiis M, Giordano A, “Virtual reality and music therapy as distraction interventions to alleviate anxiety and improve mood states in breast cancer patients during chemotherapy,” in Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2020. doi: 10.1002/jcp.29422.
  8. G. Caggianese, G. De Pietro, M. Esposito, L. Gallo, A. Minutolo, P. Neroni, “Discovering Leonardo with artificial intelligence and holograms: A user study,” in Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 131, pp. 361-367, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.patrec.2020.01.006.
  9. F. Cornevilli, M. De Santo, M. Dragoni, L. Gallo and A. Troiano, “DatabencArt and EDUBBA: digital infrastructures for cataloguing and sharing cultural heritage content”, in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 949, International Conference Florence Heri-tech: the Future of Heritage Science and Technologies, 14-16 oct 2020, Online Edition, IOP Science, 2020. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/949/1/012073
  10. K. Essmaeel, C. Migniot, A. Dipanda, L. Gallo, E. Damiani, G. De Pietro, “A new 3D descriptor for human classification: application for human detection in a multi-kinect system,” in Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 78, pp. 22479–22508, 2019. doi:10.1007/s11042-019-7568-6
  11. G. Caggianese, S. Cuomo, M. Esposito, M. Franceschini, L. Gallo, F. Infarinato, A. Minutolo, F. Piccialli, P. Romano, “Serious games and in-cloud data analytics for the virtualization and personalization of rehabilitation treatments,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 517-526, 2019. doi:10.1109/TII.2018.2856097
  12. Indovina, P., Barone, D., Gallo, L., Chirico, A., De Pietro, G., & Antonio, G. (2018). Virtual Reality as a Distraction Intervention to Relieve Pain and Distress During Medical Procedures: A Comprehensive Literature Review. The Clinical Journal of Pain, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 858–877, 2018. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000599.
  13. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “Evaluation of spatial interaction techniques for virtual heritage applications: a case study of an interactive holographic projection”, Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 81, pp. 516-527, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.future.2017.07.047. Read the paper: LINK.
  14. N. Brancati, G. De Pietro, M. Frucci, L. Gallo, “Human skin detection through correlation rules between the YCb and YCr subspaces based on dynamic color clustering”, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 155, pp. 33-42, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.cviu.2016.12.001. Read the paper: LINK.
  15. A.F. Abate, S. Barra, L. Gallo, F. Narducci, “Kurtosis and Skewness at pixel level as input for SOM networks to iris recognition on mobile devices”, Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 91, pp. 37-43, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2017.02.002.
  16. N. Brancati, G. Caggianese, M. Frucci, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “Experiencing touchless interaction with augmented content on wearable head-mounted displays in cultural heritage applications”, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 21, no.2, pp. 203-217, 2017. doi:10.1007/s00779-016-0987-8. Read the paper: LINK.
  17. A. Aprovitola and L. Gallo, “Knee bone segmentation from MRI: A classification and literature review”, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 437-449, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.bbe.2015.12.007
  18. K. Essmaeel, L. Gallo, E. Damiani, G. De Pietro, and A. Dipanda, “Comparative evaluation of methods for filtering Kinect depth data”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 74, no. 17, pp 7331-7354, 2015. doi:10.1007/s11042-014-1982-6
  19. L. Gallo, “Hand shape classification using depth data for unconstrained 3D interaction”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 93-105, 2014. doi:10.3233/AIS-130239
  20. L. Gallo and A.P. Placitelli, “High-Fidelity Visualization of Large Medical Datasets on Commodity Hardware”, ISRN Biomedical Engineering, Article ID 892967, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/892967
  21. L. Gallo and A. Minutolo, “Design and Comparative Evaluation of Smoothed Pointing: a Velocity-oriented Remote Pointing Enhancement Technique”, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 287–300, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.12.001
  22. G. Della Vecchia, L. Gallo, M. Esposito and A. Coronato, “An Infrastructure for Smart Hospitals”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 341-362, 2012. doi:10.1007/s11042-010-0695-8
  23. L. Gallo, A. Placitelli, and G. De Pietro, “Interfacce evolute per la visualizzazione di immagini medicali”, E-health care, vol. 3, pp. 14–18, Nov.-Dec. 2011. ISSN 2038-4238
  24. L. Gallo, A. Minutolo, and G. De Pietro, “A user interface for VR-ready 3D medical imaging by off-the-shelf input devices”, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 350–358, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.01.006
  25. M. Ciampi, L. Gallo, A. Coronato, and G. De Pietro, “Middleware mechanisms for interaction interoperability in collaborative virtual environments”, International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 154–166, 2010. doi:10.1504/IJAMC.2010.032141
  26. G. Jeon, R. Falcón, L. Gallo, J. Jeong, and I. H. Suh, “Single field deinterlacing scheme using edge-direction vectors in interlaced sequences”, Optical Engineering, vol. 48, no. 6, p. 067001, 2009. doi:10.1117/1.3146811
  27. A. Coronato, L. Gallo, and G. De Pietro, “Medical data visualization via a pervasive multi-agent platform”, International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 68-81, 2009. doi:10.4018/jhdri.2009100105
  28. A. Coronato, G. De Pietro, and L. Gallo, “An agent based platform for task distribution in virtual environments”, Journal of Systems Architecture, vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 877-882, 2008. doi:10.1016/j.sysarc.2008.01.011

Co-edited conference proceedings

  1. G. Sanniti di Baja, L. Gallo, K. Yetongnon, A. Dipanda, and R. Chbeir (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2019, Sorrento, Italy, November 26-29, 2019. IEEE Computer Society, isbn 978-1-7281-5686-6. doi:10.1109/SITIS48811.2019

  2. G. Sanniti di Baja, L. Gallo, K. Yetongnon, A. Dipanda, M. Castrillón-Santana, and R. Chbeir (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2018, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, November 26-29, 2018. IEEE Computer Society, isbn 978-1-5386-9385-8. doi:10.1109/SITIS45771.2018

  3. G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, R.J. Howlett, L.C. Jain, L. Vlacic (Eds.), Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2018. Proceedings of the Eleventh International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2018, Gold Coast, Australia, June 20 – 22, 2018. Series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 98, 2018, Springer International Publishing. ISSN 2190-3018, ISBN: 978-3-319-92230-0 (Print) 978-3-319-92231-7 (Online). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92231-7

  4. K. Yetongnon, A. Dipanda, R. Chbeir, L. Gallo, and N. Nain (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2017, Jaipur, India, December 4-7, 2017. IEEE Computer Society, isbn 978-1-5386-4283-2. doi:10.1109/SITIS42770.2017

  5. G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, R.J. Howlett, L.C. Jain (Eds.), Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2017. Proceedings of the Tenth International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2017, Vilamoura, Portugal, June 21 – 23, 2017. Series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 76, 2017, Springer International Publishing. ISSN 2190-3018, ISBN: 978-3-319-59479-8 (Print) 978-3-319-59480-4 (Online). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59480-4

  6. K. Yetongnon, A. Dipanda, R. Chbeir, G. De Pietro, and L. Gallo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2016, Napoli, Italy, November 28 – December 1, 2016. IEEE Computer Society, isbn 978-1-5090-5698-9. doi:10.1109/SITIS40258.2016

  7. G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, R.J. Howlett, L.C. Jain (Eds.), Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016. Proceedings of the Ninth International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2016, Tenerife, Spain, June 15 – 17, 2016. Series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 55, 2016, Springer International Publishing. ISSN 2190-3018, ISBN: 978-3-319-39344-5 (Print) 978-3-319-39345-2 (Online). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39345-2

  8. E. Damiani, R.J. Howlett, L.C. Jain, G. De Pietro and L. Gallo (Eds.), Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services. Proceedings of the Eighth International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2015, Sorrento, Italy, June 17 – 19, 2015. Series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 40, 2015, Springer International Publishing. ISSN 2190-3018, ISBN: 978-3-319-19829-3 (Print) 978-3-319-19830-9 (Online). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19830-9

  9. K. Yétongnon, A. Dipanda, R. Chbeir, and L. Gallo (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2012, Sorrento, Italy, November 25 – 29, 2012. IEEE Computer Society, isbn 978-0-7695-4911-8. doi:10.1109/SITIS30368.2012

  10. A. Blandford, G. D. Pietro, L. Gallo, A. Gimblett, P. Oladimeji, and H. Thimbleby (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems for Medicine and Health Care, EICS4Med 2011, Pisa, Italy, vol. 727, CEUR-WS, June 2011. Available online at: Link

Peer-reviewed conference contributions

  1. Agostinho, C., Pimenta, A., Marques, M., Tsiouris, K. M., Kalatzis, F., Nikitas, C., … & Jardim-Goncalves, R. (2022, September). Healthier and Independent Living of the Elderly: Interoperability in a Cross-Project Pilot. In CEUR Workshop Proceedings (pp. 1-4). CEUR.
  2. L. Casoria, L. Gallo, G. Caggianese (2022). Safeguarding Face-To-Face Communication in Augmented Reality: An Adaptive Interface. In IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2022). Rome, Italy, October 26-28, 2022.
  3. L. Gatto, G.F. Gaglio, A. Augello, G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, M. La Cascia (2022). MET-iquette: enabling virtual agents to have a social compliant behavior in the Metaverse. In Proceedings of 2022 16th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS). Dijon, France, October 19-21, 2022. doi:10.1109/SITIS57111.2022.00066
  4. Augello, A., Caggianese, G., & Gallo, L. (2022). Human Augmentation: An Enactive Perspective. In International Conference on Extended Reality (pp. 219-228). Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-15546-8_19
  5. Peretokin, V.; Basdekis, I.; Kouris, I.; Maggesi, J.; Sicuranza, M.; Su, Q.; Acebes, A.; Bucur, A.; Mukkala, V.; Pozdniakov, K.; Kloukinas, C.; Koutsouris, D.; Iliadou, E.; Leontsinis, I.; Gallo, L.; De Pietro, G. and Spanoudakis, G. (2022). Overview of the SMART-BEAR Technical Infrastructure. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health – ICT4AWE, ISBN 978-989-758-566-1, pages 117-125. doi:10.5220/0011082700003188
  6. Rachedi, S., Chirico, A., Melillo, A., Maiorano, P., Caggianese, G., Gragnano, E., Gallo, L. De Pietro, G., Giordano, A., Bruno, A., Sarno, L., Guida, M.. Uso della realtà virtuale per l’analgesia del travaglio attivo di parto: Studio clinico randomizzato. In SIGO 2021 – La ginecologia e le donne: Oltre la pandemia. Sorrento, 12-15 dicembre, 2021.
  7. Caggianese, G., & Gallo, L. (2021, August). Field of View Limitation-Driven Design of a Mixed Reality Game for Heritage Sites. In IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 426-430). Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-85607-6_51
  8. G. Caggianese, V. Colonnese, L. Gallo, “Situated Visualization in Augmented Reality: Exploring Information Seeking Strategies”, in 2019 15th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS), IEEE, 2019. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2019.00069
  9. G. Caggianese, A. Chirico, G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, A. Giordano, M. Predazzi, P. Neroni, “Towards a Virtual Reality Cognitive Training System for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Patients”, in International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, WAINA, pp. 663-667, IEEE, 2018.doi:10.1109/WAINA.2018.00164
  10. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “Exploring the Feasibility of Diegetic User Interfaces in Immersive Virtual Exhibitions within the Cultural Heritage”, in International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems, SITIS, pp. 625-631, IEEE, 2018.doi:10.1109/SITIS.2018.00101
  11. M. La Cascia, G. Vassallo, L. Gallo, G. Pilato, F. Vella, “Automatic Image Annotation Using Random Projection in a Conceptual Space Induced from Data”, in International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems, SITIS, pp. 464-471, IEEE, 2018.doi:10.1109/SITIS.2018.00077
  12. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “The Vive Controllers vs. Leap Motion for Interactions in Virtual Environments: A Comparative Evaluation”, in International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services, IIMSS, pp. 24-33, Springer, Cham, 2018.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92231-7_3
  13. A. Abate, S. Barra, L. Gallo, F. Narducci, “SKIPSOM: Skewness & kurtosis of iris pixels in Self Organizing Maps for iris recognition on mobile devices”, in 2016 23rd International Conference onPattern Recognition, ICPR, pp. 155-159, IEEE, 2017.doi:10.1109/ICPR.2016.7899625
  14. G. Caggianese, M. Calabrese, L. Gallo, G. Sannino, C. Vecchione, “Cardiac Surgery Rehabilitation System (CSRS) for a Personalized Support to Patients”, in 2017 13th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems, SITIS, pp. 83-90, IEEE, 2017.doi:10.1109/SITIS.2017.24
  15. G. Caggianese, M. Calabrese, V. De Maio, G. De Pietro, A. Faggiano, L. Gallo, G. Sannino, C. Vecchione, “A Rehabilitation System for Post-operative Heart Surgery”,in Proceedings of the Tenth International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2017, Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services, Vol. 76, pp. 554-564, Springer International Publishing, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59480-4_55
  16. N. Brancati, G. De Pietro, M. Frucci, L. Gallo, “Dynamic Colour Clustering for Skin Detection Under Different Lighting Conditions”, in Krasnoproshin V., Ablameyko S. (eds) Pattern Recognition and Information Processing. PRIP 2016, vol. 673 of Communications in Computer and Information Science, pp. 27-35, Springer, Cham, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54220-1_3
  17. F. Bovier, G. Caggianese, G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “An Interactive 3D Holographic Pyramid for Museum Exhibition”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2016, pp. 428-434, IEEE, 2016. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2016.73
  18. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “An Investigation of Leap Motion Based 3D Manipulation Techniques for Use in Egocentric Viewpoint”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, AVR 2016, vol. 9769 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 318-330, Springer International Publishing, 2016. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40651-0_26
  19. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “Touchless Disambiguation Techniques for Wearable Augmented Reality Systems”, in Proceedings of the Ninth International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2016, Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services, Vol. 55, pp. 547-556, Springer International Publishing, 2016. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39345-2_48
  20. N. Brancati, G. De Pietro, M. Frucci, and L. Gallo, “Dynamic clustering for skin detection in YCbCr colour space”, in Proceeding of the 13th international conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing, PRIP 2016, Minsk, Belarus, 2016, pp. 49-53. LINK
  21. G. Caggianese and L. Gallo, “Smart Underground: Enhancing Cultural Heritage Information Access and Management through Proximity-Based Interaction”, in Advances on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing, 3PGCIC 2016, Asan, Korea, 2016, vol. 1, pp. 105–114. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49109-7_10
  22. F. Adinolfi, G. Caggianese , L. Gallo, J. Grosso, F. Infarinato, N. Marchese, P. Sale, E. Spaltro, “SmartCARE—An ICT Platform in the Domain of Stroke Pathology to Manage Rehabilitation Treatment and Telemonitoring at Home”, in Proceedings of the Ninth International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2016, Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services, Vol. 55, pp. 39-49, Springer International Publishing, 2016. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39345-2_4
  23. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “User-Driven View Management for Wearable Augmented Reality Systems in the Cultural Heritage Domain”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing, 3PGCIC 2015, pp. 318-330, IEEE, 2015. doi:10.1109/3PGCIC.2015.90
  24. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “Design and preliminary evaluation of free-hand travel techniques for wearable immersive virtual reality systems with egocentric sensing”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, AVR 2015, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 9254, pp. 399-408, Springer International Publishing, 2015. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22888-4_29
  25. N. Brancati, G. Caggianese, M. Frucci, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “Touchless Target Selection Techniques for Wearable Augmented Reality Systems”, in Proceedings of the Eighth International KES Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, IIMSS 2015, Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services, Vol. 40, pp. 1-9, Springer International Publishing, 2015. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19830-9_1
  26. N. Brancati, G. Caggianese, M. Frucci, L. Gallo and P. Neroni, “Robust fingertip detection in egocentric vision under varying illumination conditions”, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Wearable and Ego-vision Systems for Augmented Experience, WEsAX 2015, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2015), 2015. doi:10.1109/ICMEW.2015.7169798
  27. N. Brancati, G. Caggianese, G. De Pietro, M. Frucci, L. Gallo and P. Neroni, “Usability evaluation of a wearable augmented reality system for the enjoyment of the cultural heritage”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2015, pp. 768-774, IEEE, 2015. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2015.98
  28. N. Brancati, G. Caggianese, G. De Pietro, M. Frucci, L. Gallo and P. Neroni, “Tecnologie Indossabili di Realtà Virtuale e Aumentata per la Fruizione Interattiva del Patrimonio Culturale”, 1° Workshop Beni Culturali e Tecnologie, L.O.S.A.I.-Laboratorio Open su Scienza Arte ed Innovazione, 2015.
  29. G. Caggianese, P. Neroni and L. Gallo, “Natural Interaction and Wearable Augmented Reality for the Enjoyment of the Cultural Heritage in Outdoor Conditions”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, AVR 2014, vol. 8853 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 267-282, Springer International Publishing, 2014. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13969-2_20
  30. G. Caggianese, L. Gallo and G. De Pietro, “Design and preliminary evaluation of a touchless interface for manipulating virtual heritage artefacts”, in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems, SITIS ’14, pp. 493-500, IEEE Computer Society, 2014. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2014.44
  31. A. Aprovitola and L. Gallo, “Edge and junction detection improvement using the Canny algorithm with a fourth order accurate derivative filter”, in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems, SITIS ’14, pp. 104-111, IEEE Computer Society, 2014. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2014.28
  32. L. Gallo, “A study on the degrees of freedom in touchless interaction”, in SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs, SA ’13, 28, ACM (New York, NY, USA), 2013. doi:10.1145/2542355.2542390Download
  33. L. Gallo, A.P. Placitelli and G. De Pietro, “A Kinect NUI for 3D Medical Visualization”, in CHALEARN Gesture Demonstration Competition, in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012) (Tsukuba, Japan), 2012. Available online at: Link. Second Place Award.
  34. K. Essmaeel, L. Gallo, E. Damiani, G. De Pietro, and A. Dipanda, “Multiple Structured Light-Based Depth Sensors for Human Motion Analysis: A Review”, in Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living and Home Care, IWAAL 2012, vol. 7657 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Berlin Heidelberg), pp. 240-247, Springer-Verlag, 2012. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-35395-6_33
  35. K. Essmaeel, L. Gallo, E. Damiani, G. De Pietro, and A. Dipandà, “Temporal denoising of Kinect depth data”, in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems, SITIS ’12, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 47-52, IEEE Computer Society, 2012. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2012.18
  36. L. Gallo, and A.P. Placitelli, “View-independent Hand Posture Recognition from Single Depth Images using PCA and Flusser moments”, in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems, SITIS ’12, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 898-904, IEEE Computer Society, 2012. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2012.133
  37. A.P. Placitelli and L. Gallo, “Toward a framework for rapid prototyping of touchless user interfaces”, in CISIS 2012: Proceedings of the International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 539-543, IEEE Computer Society, 2012. doi:10.1109/CISIS.2012.77
  38. A. Coronato and L. Gallo, “Towards Abnormal Behavior Detection of Cognitive Impaired People”, in PerCom-WORKSHOPS 2012: Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 865-870, IEEE, 2012. doi:10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197632
  39. A. Gentile, S. Vitabile, M. Cafaro and L. Gallo, “Message from IIHCI 2012 Workshop Organizers”, in CISIS 2012: Proceedings of the International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), IEEE Computer Society, 2012. doi:10.1109/CISIS.2012.51
  40. L. Gallo, A. P. Placitelli, and M. Ciampi, “Controller-free exploration of medical image data: experiencing the Kinect”, in Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2011, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 1–6, IEEE Press, 2011. doi:10.1109/CBMS.2011.5999138
  41. A. Blandford, G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, A. Gimblett, P. Oladimeji and H. Thimbleby, “Engineering Interactive Computer Systems for Medicine and Healthcare (EICS4Med)”, in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, EICS ’11, (New York, NY, USA), pp. 341–342, ACM, 2011. doi:10.1145/1996461.1996556Download
  42. A. Blandford, G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, A. Gimblett, P. Oladimeji and H. Thimbleby, “The biggest challenges are the social ones: workshop report from EICS4Med”, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Engineering Interactive Computer Systems for Medicine and Healthcare, EICS4Med 2011, pp. 81–82, 2011.
  43. A. P. Placitelli and L. Gallo, “Low-Cost Augmented Reality Systems via 3D Point Cloud Sensors,” in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems, SITIS ’11, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 188-192, IEEE Computer Society, 2011. doi:10.1109/SITIS.2011.43
  44. A. P. Placitelli and L. Gallo, “3D Point Cloud Sensors for Low-cost Medical In-situ Visualization,” in Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops, IEEE BIBMW ’11, (Piscataway, NJ, USA), pp. 596-597, IEEE, 2011. doi:10.1109/BIBMW.2011.6112435
  45. L. Gallo, M. Ciampi, and A. Minutolo, “Smoothed Pointing: a User-Friendly Technique for Precision Enhanced Remote Pointing”, in CISIS 2010: Proceedings of the International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 712-717, IEEE Computer Society, 2010. doi:10.1109/CISIS.2010.76
  46. L. Gallo, “A Glove-Based Interface for 3D Medical Image Visualization”, in Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (R. J. Howlett, L. C. Jain, G. A. Tsihrintzis, E. Damiani, M. Virvou, R. J. Howlett, and L. C. Jain, eds.), vol. 6 of Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, (Berlin Heidelberg), pp. 221–230, Springer-Verlag, 2010. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14619-0_21
  47. M. Esposito, L. Gallo, A. Coronato, and G. Della Vecchia, “An Infrastructure for Pervasive Access to Clinical Data in eHospitals”, in New Directions in Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (E. Damiani, J. Jeong, R. J. Howlett, and L. C. Jain, eds.), vol. 226/2009 of Studies in Computational Intelligence, (Berlin Heidelberg), pp. 431-442, Springer-Verlag, 2009. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02937-0_40
  48. L. Gallo and A. Coronato, “Pervasive Distributed Volume Rendering in a Lightweight Multi-agent Platform”, in ICIS ’09: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interaction Sciences, (New York, NY, USA), pp. 750-755, ACM Press, 2009. doi:10.1145/1655925.1656062
  49. L. Gallo and M. Ciampi, “Wii Remote-enhanced Hand-Computer Interaction for 3D Medical Image Analysis”, in CTIT ’09: Proceedings of International conference on the Current Trends in Information Technology, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 85-90, IEEE Computer Society, 2009. doi:10.1109/CTIT.2009.5423137
  50. G. Jeon, Y. Fang, L. Gallo, S.-J. Park, R. Lee, and J. Jeong, “Cascade fuzzy filters for impulse and random noise cancellation”, in ISCE ’09: Proceedings of the IEEE 13th International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 498-502, IEEE Computer Society, May 2009. doi:10.1109/ISCE.2009.5156825
  51. L. Gallo, M. Ciampi, A. Coronato, and G. De Pietro, “Middleware Mechanisms for Interaction Interoperability in Collaborative Virtual Environments”, in MMVE ’09: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments at IEEE Virtual Reality 2009, 2009. Available at: Link
  52. L. Gallo, G. De Pietro, A. Coronato, and I. Marra, “Toward a natural interface to virtual medical imaging environments”, in AVI ’08: Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, (New York, NY, USA), pp. 429-432, ACM Press, 2008. doi:10.1145/1385569.1385651Download
  53. L. Gallo and A. Minutolo, “A natural pointing technique for semi-immersive virtual environments”, in Mobiquitous ’08: Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems, (Brussels, Belgium), pp. 1-4, ICST, 2008. doi:10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2008.3863
  54. L. Gallo, G. De Pietro, and I. Marra, “User-friendly inspection of medical image data volumes in virtual environments”, in CISIS 2008: Proceedings of the International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 749-754, IEEE Computer Society, 2008. doi:10.1109/CISIS.2008.33
  55. L. Gallo, G. De Pietro, and I. Marra, “3D interaction with volumetric medical data: experiencing the Wiimote”, in Ambi-Sys ’08: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Ambient Media and Systems, (Brussels, Belgium), pp. 1-6, ICST, 2008. doi:10.1145/1363163.1363177
  56. G. De Pietro, L. Gallo, I. Marra, and C. Vanzanella, “A new approach for handling 3D medical data in an immersive environment”, in VECIMS 2007: Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 63-66, IEEE Computer Society, 2007. doi:10.1109/VECIMS.2007.4373929
  57. A. Coronato, G. De Pietro, and L. Gallo, “Automatic execution of tasks in MiPeG”, in GPC 2007: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing, vol. 4459 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Berlin Heidelberg), pp. 702-709, Springer-Verlag, June 2007. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-72360-8_61
  58. A. Coronato, G. De Pietro, and L. Gallo, “Dynamic distribution and execution of tasks in pervasive grids”, in PDP ’07: Proceedings of the 15th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing, (Los Alamitos, CA, USA), pp. 419-423, IEEE Computer Society, 2007. doi:10.1109/PDP.2007.39

Peer-reviewed book contributions​

  1. M. Ciampi, A. Coronato, G. De Pietro, and L. Gallo, “Architectural models for reliable multi-user interfaces,” in User Interface Design for Virtual Environments: Challenges and Advances (B. H. Khan, ed.), Hershey, PA, USA:IGI Global, 2011. doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-516-8

  2. A. Coronato, L. Gallo, and G. De Pietro, “Medical data visualization via a pervasive multi-agent platform”, in Healthcare Delivery Reform and New Technologies: Organizational Initiatives (M. Guah, ed.), pp. 331–344, IGI Global, 2011. doi:10.4018/9781609601836.ch019

  3. L. Gallo and G. De Pietro, “Input devices and interaction techniques for VR-enhanced medicine”, in Multimedia Techniques for Device and Ambient Intelligence (E. Damiani and J. Jeong, eds.), pp. 115-134, Springer US, 2009. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-88777-7_5

Technical reports

  1. G. F. Gaglio, A. Augello, G. Caggianese, L. Gallo, “Modellazione 3D di avatar per il Serious Game SMILER”, Technical Report RT-ICAR-NA-2022-01, ICAR-CNR, 2022.
  2. M. Ciampi, L. Gallo, and G. De Pietro, “MITO: An advanced toolkit for medical imaging processing and visualization”, Technical Report RT-ICAR-NA-2018-02, ICAR-CNR, 2018.
  3. L. Gallo, and I. Marra, “Progetto SmartCARE – Satellite enhanced Multi-channel ehealth Assistance for Remote Tele.rehabilitation and CAREgiving”, Technical Report RT-ICAR-NA-03-17, ICAR-CNR, 2017.
  4. L. Gallo, and A. P. Placitelli, “Studio tecnologico per il porting di MITO (Medical Imaging TOolkit) su dispositivi mobili”, Tecnical Report RT-ICAR-NA-2012-8, ICAR-CNR, 2012.
  5. A. Coronato, G. De Pietro, and L. Gallo, “Distribuzione ed esecuzione automatica di task in griglie pervasive”, Tecnical Report RT-ICAR-NA-2006-15, ICAR-CNR, 2006.

Miscellanous

  • L. Gallo, G. De Pietro, “Il Virtuale per il Patrimonio Culturale: prospettive e direzioni future”, La Baia di Napoli – Strategie integrate per la conservazione e la fruizione del paesaggio culturale, Interpretazione/Comunicazione e strategie di fruizione del paesaggio culturale, 2017. ISBN 9788899130688

  • L. Gallo, “SNECS: le nuove tecnologie informatiche per la conoscenza e la fruizione del patrimonio culturale”, Castel Nuovo in Napoli. Ricerche integrate e conoscenza critica per il progetto di restauro e di valorizzazione, FREQUENZE_conservazione/restauro n.3, 2017. ISBN 97888991473

  • L. Gallo, G. Iorio, “Oltre il visibile: un nuovo sguardo sul territorio”, I Campi Flegrei oltre il visibile, Catalogo della mostra, ArtstudioPaparo, 2016. ISBN 9788899130268.

  • M. De Santo, L. Gallo, “Le tecnologie DATABENC”, I Campi Flegrei oltre il visibile, Catalogo della mostra, ArtstudioPaparo, 2016. ISBN 9788899130268.

  • F. Bovier, G. De Pietro, P. Ferraro, A. Finizio, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, M. Paturzo, “Olografia interattiva”, I Campi Flegrei oltre il visibile, Catalogo della mostra, ArtstudioPaparo, 2016. ISBN 9788899130268.

  • G. De Pietro, M.R. Esposito, L. Gallo, P. Neroni, “Proiezione interattiva di testi antichi”, I Campi Flegrei oltre il visibile, Catalogo della mostra, ArtstudioPaparo, 2016. ISBN 9788899130268.

Theses

  • L. Gallo, “Semi-immersive interactive virtual environments for 3D medical imaging,” University of Naples “Parthenope”, Philosophiæ Doctor degree in Information Engineering, 2010. Tutor: Prof. Luigi Romano. Ph.D. Thesis

  • L. Gallo, “Distribuzione ed esecuzione automatica di task in griglie pervasive,” University of Naples “Federico II”, Master of Science in Computer Engineering, 2006. Supervisors: Antonio Coronato, Giuseppe De Pietro. M.D. Thesis

Talks

Keynote Talks

  • 2022, March 1 – Touchless interactions in Surgery, ICCI 2022, International Conference on Cybernetics and Innovations, Ratchaburi, Thailand. Website
  • 2019, June 25 – Interactive Virtual Environments: From the Laboratory to the Field, SalentoAVR 2019, 6th International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Lecce, Italy. Website
  • 2016, October 2 – Vision-based human-computer interaction in the operating theatre, PRIP 2016, 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing, Minsk, Republic of Belarus. Website
  • 2015, September 1 – Touchless Interaction in Surgery: the Medical Imaging Toolkit experience, SalentoAVR 2015, 2nd International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Lecce, Italy. Website

Invited Talks

  • 2022, October 25 – Home Care and Assisted Living for the Elderly: The SMART BEAR Approach, Digital Transformation Summit 2022, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Website
  • 2022, September 9 – Enhancing and promoting tangible and intangible cultural heritage: an HCI perspective, eXtended Reality and Artificial Intelligence, International Summer School 2022 on “XR and AI for enhancing cultural and territorial heritage”, Matera, Italy. Host: Prof. Ugo Erra. Website
  • 2018, December 14 – The potential of virtual reality in various health care settings: promises and challenges, Artificial Intelligence and Health, Rome, Italy. Host: Prof. Clara Balsano. Website
  • 2018, November 15 – Piattaforma DatabencArt – progetto per le scuole della Campania, XXII Edizione della Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico, Paestum (SA), Italy. Host: Luisa Franzese. Website
  • 2018, September 29 – La realtà virtuale per il training cognitivo, Convention Realtà virtuale in soggetti con impairment cognitivo, Gallarate (VA), Italia. Host: Dr. Marco Predazzi. Website
  • 2017, February 15 – Interactive ICT technologies for Cultural Heritage, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Napoli, Italy. Host: Dr. Paolo Giulierini. Website
  • 2014, June 6 – Interfacce gestuali touchless per la visualizzazione di immagini mediche, Chirurgie 2014 – Simulazione nella Formazione, Programmazione e Ricerca in Chirurgia, Napoli, Italy. Host: Prof. Marco De Fazio. Website
  • 2013, November 11 – Multi-DOF touchless interaction with 3D medical data, Body Tracking in Healthcare 2013, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK. Organisers: Abigail Sellen, Kenton O’Hara, Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche. Website
  • 2008, March – Realistic vs. magic interaction metaphors in virtual environments, Multimedia Techniques for Device and Ambient Intelligence – MTDAI 2008, Mogliano Veneto, Italy. Host: Prof. E. Damiani.

Awards

Best Research Paper Award @ ICT4AWE

Vadim Peretokin, Ioannis Basdekis, Ioannis Kouris, Jonatan Maggesi, Mario Sicuranza, Qiqi Su, Alberto Acebes, Anca Bucur, Vinod R. Mukkala, Konstantin Pozdniakov, Christos Kloukinas, Dimitrios D. Koutsouris, Elefteria Iliadou, Ioannis Leontsinis, Luigi Gallo, Giuseppe De Pietro and George Spanoudakis, “Overview of the SMART-BEAR Technical Infrastructure”, presented at the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE), Online, 23-25 April 2022. Link

Second Place Award - Gesture Demonstration Competition @ ICPR

L. Gallo, A.P. Placitelli, G. De Pietro, “A Kinect NUI for 3D Medical Visualization”, demonstrated at the CHALEARN Gesture Demonstration Competition, in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012), Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, November 10-11, 2012. Organizers: Isabelle Guyon, Vassilis Athitsos. Judges: Alex Balan, Hugo Jair Escalante, Paul Doliotis, Jeffrey Margolis. ChaLearn Gesture Demonstration Competition website

Best Research Paper Award @ IIMSS

L. Gallo, “A Glove-Based Interface for 3D Medical Image Visualization”, presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Intelligent and Interactive Multimedia: Systems and Services, Baltimore, USA, 28-30 July 2010.

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