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/Participation in national and international conferences
- 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" organised 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" organizzata dal RobotiCSS Lab per Milano Digital Week 2022, 12 Nov 2022, Milano Digital Week • In viaggio coi bambini. Dietro le quinte di un’IA