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Pier Luigi Mazzeo’s research bridges computer vision, robotics, and assistive technology, with a focus on creating intelligent systems that perceive and respond to human behavior. His work spans two interconnected domains: social robotics for autism intervention and distributed sensor networks for ambient assisted living. In a pioneering 2021 study (37 citations), Mazzeo compared robot-based versus computer-based training for emotional expression in children with autism spectrum disorder, demonstrating how humanoid robots can scaffold social-communicative skills. Earlier, he developed automatic joint attention detection during human-robot interaction (2015, 10 citations), a key metric for evaluating autism therapy. Beyond social robotics, Mazzeo has advanced multi-agent surveillance systems (2010, 9 citations) and heterogeneous sensor networks for tracking and monitoring (2013, 6 citations). His work on soft biometrics for socially assistive robots (2015, 6 citations) enables platforms to estimate gender and age in real time, enhancing human-robot interaction. More recently, he has explored deep learning for visual object tracking (2019, 8 citations) and human action recognition with transformers (2022). With over 90 cumulative citations, Mazzeo’s contributions demonstrate how computer vision and robotics can be harnessed for both clinical intervention and autonomous environmental monitoring.