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Giulio Paci is a leading researcher in the field of child-robot interaction, with a primary focus on designing social robots capable of building long-term, adaptive bonds with young users. His work centers on the critical challenge of moving beyond one-off interactions to create sustainable, engaging relationships between children and robots. As a key contributor to the ALIZ-E project, Paci pioneered the development of adaptive strategies that allow robots to respond to social context and maintain user engagement over time. His most influential work, "Multimodal Child-Robot Interaction: Building Social Bonds" (2013, 206 citations), established foundational principles for robots to exhibit coordinated, context-aware behavior. He further advanced this research with "Towards Long-Term Social Child-Robot Interaction: Using Multi-Activity Switching to Engage Young Users" (2015, 101 citations), demonstrating how dynamic activity switching can sustain children's interest and participation. Paci has also made significant contributions to spoken language processing for child-robot interaction, developing integrated conversational systems using the Nao robot platform. His research has profound implications for educational technology, therapeutic interventions, and the broader goal of creating socially intelligent robots that can form meaningful, lasting connections with human users.