I am a PhD student at the RobotiCSS Lab.

I have a background in computer science and engineering. After an internship in robotics at the JRC - Ispra (VA), I worked in software engineering participating in EC-funded international research projects. I taught technology in school, where I coordinated the team for digital innovation. For several years I have been designing and conducting laboratories of educational robotics and artificial intelligence in schools and training courses for teachers.

My research interests concern philosophy of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, philosophy of Cognitive Sciences and Human-Robot Interaction.

Activity

My doctoral research focuses on human's understanding of robots. It starts with an analysis of the structure of people's mental models in their interactions with technologies, drawing on the philosophical literature on the structure of psychological explanations. Based on this theoretical framework, an empirical study will be conducted on school teachers' understanding of robots and the possible effects on teaching and learning.

Within the RobotiCSS Lab I am involved in

• the PRIN 2022 project HERB - Human Explanation of Robotic Behaviour
• the PRIN PNRR 2022 project Fostering STEM inclusion among girls with migrant background: the role of educational robots
• the project Sviluppo e sperimentazione di un prototipo di assistente robotico destinato a persone nello spettro autistico - Development and trial of a robotic assistant prototype for people on the autistic spectrum, founded by Fondazione Cariplo

Publications

Contributions in volumes and articles

• E. Datteri, S. Larghi (2024): La psicologia dei robot in Filosofia dell’Intelligenza Artificiale Sfide etiche e teoriche [The psychology of robots in Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Ethical and theoretical challenges] (Vol. 1, pp. 147-167). Il mulino

Organization or participation as a speaker in national and international conferences or workshops

• Panel Mind (and) the robot: on the epistemology and ethics of the attribution of mental states to robots, accepted for presentation at Robophilosophy 2024 - Social Robots With AI: Prospects, Risks, and Responsible Methods [panel organizer and speaker]
• Larghi S., Datteri E.: Programming errors and the attribution of intentionality to educational robots, accepted for presentation at ATEE Spring 2024 - Teacher education research in Europe: trends, challenges, practices and perspectives, ATEE Spring 2024 - Program (unibg.it)
• Larghi S., Datteri E.: Mentalistic stances towards AI systems, Philtech Workshop: Topics in the Philosophy of Science and Technology for the ML era, 2024 [invited], Philtech Workshop: Topics in the Philosophy of Science and Technology for the ML era | Dipartimento di Filosofia "Piero Martinetti" (unimi.it)
• Mazzucato A., Larghi S.: Introducing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in K12 education to foster 21st century skills: from theory to practice, WORLDCRE - 7th World Conference on Research in Education, February 2024, Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on Research in Education (dpublication.com)
• Larghi, S., Datteri, E., Folk cognitivist stances towards AI systems, AISC2023 – 19th Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences · 15 Dec 2023, Keynote Speakers & Program | aisc2023 (unige.it)
• Larghi, S., Datteri, E. Mentalistic stances towards AI systems: beyond the Intentional stance, CIFMA 2023 - 5th International Workshop on Cognition: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Models and Applications · 7 Nov 2023, CIFMA Website
• Larghi, S., Datteri, E., How people understand AI: from folk psychology to folk cognitive science, 9th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition 2023 - AIC 2023 · 14 Sep 2023, 10th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition – EASE Collaborative Research Center (ease-crc.org)
• Larghi, S., Bozzi, G., Merisio, C., Datteri, E., How children understand robots’ mind: folk-psychology vs. computational decomposition, International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction 2023 – CRI23 · 21 Jun 2023, Programme - International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction (unimib.it)

Public engagement

• Collaborazione al progetto "Alla scoperta degli Animali Robotici":  convegni di roboetologia del 20 Maggio 2023 (Magenta) e 22 Maggio 2023 (Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica Leonardo da Vinci, Milano - convegno ed evento finale)
• Relatrice del seminario "I robot hanno una mente? Epistemologia e ontologia dell'interazione umani-robot" [Speaker at the seminar "Do robots have a mind? Epistemology and Ontology of Human-Robot Interaction"] organized by the RobotiCSS Lab, 3 Dec 2022, I robot hanno una mente? | Dipartimento di Scienze Umane per la Formazione "Riccardo Massa" (unimib.it)
• Conduttrice dell'experience "In viaggio con i bambini. Dietro le quinte di un'IA" [Conductor of the experience “Traveling with Children. Behind the scenes of an AI”] organized by the RobotiCSS Lab for Milano Digital Week  2022, 12 Nov 2022, Milano Digital Week • In viaggio coi bambini. Dietro le quinte di un’IA