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| Sep 11, 2025 | Our manuscript A (Mid)Journey Through Reality: Assessing Accuracy, Impostor Bias, and Automation Bias in Human Detection of AI-Generated Images has been published in Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies (IF: 3; AR: 16%; Q1 in Psychology; Q1 in Computer Science). |
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| Aug 31, 2025 | Closing of our special issue Digital innovations in health in the fight against psychological problems: progress, obstacles, and prospects, published in Exploration of Digital Health Technologies (Open Exploration) with four articles inside. |
| Jul 19, 2025 | I participated in the International Forensics Summer School (IFOSS 2025), held from July 13 to 19, 2025, at Hotel Village Baia Samuele, Punta Sampieri–Scicli (Ragusa), Sicily. |
| Jul 3, 2025 | At the VERIMEDIA workshop at IJCNN 2025, we presented our WILD project, a large dataset for synthetic image attribution. |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Closing of the FHDA Challenge at MetroXRAINE 2025, organized by me, Luca Guarnera, and Prof. Sebastiano Battiato, with publication of final rankings. |
| Jun 9, 2025 | I have reached 200 citations on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 6. |
| Jun 8, 2025 | At We Make Future 2025 in Bologna, I represented the University of Catania and CoEHAR, presenting projects on AI-based smoking detection and impostor bias in multimedia authentication. |
| Mar 29, 2025 | I’ve been interviewed for the new Nxwss article by Emanuele Fornito, which explores AI from a psychological perspective; my insights are in the second part. |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Our latest scoping review, Smoking Detection and Cessation: An Updated Scoping Review of Digital and Mobile Health Technologies, has been published in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (Q1 in Computer Science & Health Informatics, IF: 6.7) |
| Jan 31, 2025 | My paper, AI Chatbots for Mental Health: A Scoping Review, published in July 2024, was cited by the UK Parliament’s POST report on AI and mental healthcare. |
| Dec 9, 2024 | At the first-ever Welcome PhD Day at the Università di Catania, I had the opportunity to present my research on impostor bias. |
| Oct 23, 2024 | At IEEE MetroXRAINE 2024 in St Albans, I had the honor of presenting our paper on using hypnosis and VR in psychological partner violence, a case study from my postgraduate internship. |
| Oct 12, 2024 | At Psicologia in Cantiere in Palermo, I had the pleasure of presenting my research on impostor bias, alongside its ongoing validation. |
| Oct 6, 2024 | I had the pleasure of joining Medics in Tech podcast to discuss how AI is transforming addiction treatment, from detecting smoking behavior to leveraging VR and smartphone apps. |