Tenured associate professors | Human computer interaction
Short bio
At the Faculty of Engineering of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Gennari is an Associate Professor in Computer Science for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with a focus on: (1) Interaction Design and Computing/AI, especially with physical and digital (phygital) artefacts; (2) Interaction Design and Children; (3) Interaction Design and Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL). She obtained her Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2002 on Automated Reasoning, Amsterdam University. Gennari was post-doc, with the ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” fellowship for talented young researchers, CWI, Amsterdam, in 2002, then at FBK-irst, Trento, in 2003. She has co-authored more than 100 international peer-reviewed papers. She is also Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Child Computer Interaction, Elsevier (Q1), committee member of conferences in HCI, and she is regularly invited to review articles for top HCI conferences and journals. Gennari has authored and managed several projects, e.g., the FP7-EU TERENCE (2010-2013) research project, for which she was Scientific & Technological Coordinator of the entire Consortium, WP Leader, and Principal Investigator. She has institutional responsibilities at the Faculty of Engineering, e.g., currently, she serves in its Third-Mission Board for schools and public engagement, and she is Head of the Research Unit "Human-Centred Intelligent Systems".
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Research Unit/Macroarea: Human-Centred Intelligent Systems.
Main research area: Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on:
(1) Interaction Design and Computing/AI, especially with physical artefacts;
(2) Interaction Design and Children;
(3) Interaction Design and Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL).