Francesco Chiossi

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Francesco Chiossi is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-computer interaction, augmented reality, and human-robot collaboration. His research investigates how people perceive, interact with, and respond to virtual and robotic agents in shared physical and digital spaces — a domain that carries profound implications for the design of intelligent, socially aware systems. His most cited work, "Proxemics for Human-Agent Interaction in Augmented Reality" (2022, 56 citations), examines how the concept of personal space translates into augmented reality environments. By revealing that virtual agents exert measurable social presence and influence user arousal and behavior, Chiossi challenged prevailing AR design guidelines that had largely overlooked these social dynamics, opening a meaningful new direction for more human-centered immersive experiences. His more recent position paper, "Designing Intent: A Multimodal Framework for Human-Robot Cooperation in Industrial Workspaces" (2025), extends this thinking into collaborative robotics, proposing frameworks that support trust, safety, and mutual understanding between human workers and cobots. Together, these contributions position Chiossi as an emerging voice in multimodal interaction design, advancing how virtual and physical agents can coexist more naturally and responsibly alongside humans.