Professor Daniela Petrelli PhD
Professor of Interaction Design
- Art Design and Media Research Centre
- Materials and Engineering Research Institute
- Culture and Creativity Research Institute
Summary
My current research focuses on novel forms of interaction design that combine digital technology with product design, also known as Tangible and Embedded Interaction. I have been investigating these hybrid digital-physical scenarios within two different domains: personal memories and cultural heritage.
Past research topics that still interest me include multimedia and multilingual information access, intelligent user interfaces, personalisation, data visualization and visual analytics.
I have published over 90 peer-reviewed papers, gave over 30 talks, and received 11 awards and recognitions from both academia and industry.
Over the years, I have been awarded grants in excess of £2M.
About
New forms of interaction can be designed by combining ubiquitous computing with traditional materials: digital technology creates smart spaces and objects that react to and interact with people, while sensing of the physical world supports the feelings of immersion and engagement. What happens when digital is combined with material and the new possibilities this hybrid culture offers to interaction design is the focus of my research. My research spans from lab experiments aiming to address fundamental questions (“how do people perceive objects that have physical properties, i.e. different sizes, shapes or materials, as well as different behaviours, i.e. emit light or sound or vibrate?”) to in-the-wild experiments designed to observe what happens when the product of research is used in real life.
I studied how our digital present could be preserved outside computers in a way that is engaging and fun, embedded in our daily life and immediately accessible. I also coordinate and lead the EU project meSch - material encounters with digital cultural heritage (2013-2017) that looks at how hybrid digital-material objects and spaces change the experience of visiting museums and cultural heritage sites.
Before joining Sheffield Hallam University in 2010, I spent ten years at the University of Sheffield researching how users interact with multilingual and multimedia information access systems, the effectiveness of advanced technology to improve the user interaction with multimedia archives, how to design an effective interaction for semantic search, the role of visual analytics and data visualisation for sense-making. Earlier research interests include language-based interaction, intelligent user interfaces and personalisation for cultural heritage.
I have published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, gave over 40 talks, and received 11 awards and recognitions from both academia and industry.
Over the years, I have been personally awarded grants in excess of £2.5M.
I have a PhD in Interaction Design, a Laurea in Information Science (Italian degree equivalent to MComp), and a Diploma in Fine Arts. Tangible and Embedded Interaction; Digital Technology for Cultural Heritage; Personal Memories in the Digital Age; Multilingual Information Access; Data Visualisation and Interaction.
Tangible and Embedded Interaction; Digital Technology for Cultural Heritage; Personal Memories in the Digital Age; Multilingual Information Access; Data Visualisation and Interaction
Teaching
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
meSch - material encounters with digital cultural heritage
Digital Christmas - exploring the potential of festive technology for capturing and revisiting family memories.
Make, do and mend - How We Repair The Things We Wear
Research
- Art and Design Research Centre
- Materials and Engineering Research Institute , Culture and Creativity Research Institute
Recent Research Projects:
REVEAL (https://revealvr.eu/) (2017-18) was a EU funded H2020 project aiming at exploring the value of Virtual Reality and Interactive Environmental Narratives (a video game genre) as a means to engage a wide audience with European cultural and scientific heritage. My role in the project has been to see how we could connect VR with the real world of museum exhibitions and provide visitors with immersive VR experiences within a heritage place.
meSch (http://www.mesch-project.eu/) (2013-2017) was a EU FP7 project that has used the Internet of Things and cloud Computing to develop new technology for the prototyping and deployment of interactive installations in museums and heritage sites. The outcome is a hardware and software platform that has been evaluated with over 40 heritage professionals across Europe. As part of the project we deployed a number of installation across Europe that have been used by over 20,000 visitors. The research done in meSch has received 7 international awards and dozens of papers have been published.
Publications
Key Publications
Soranzo, A., Petrelli, D., Ciolfi, L., & Reidy, J. (2018). On the perceptual aesthetics of interactive objects. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71 (12), 2586-2602. http://doi.org/10.1177/1747021817749228
Petrelli, D., & O'Brien, S. (2018). Phone vs. Tangible in museums: A comparative study. In CHI '18 Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173686
Not, E., & Petrelli, D. (2018). Blending customisation, context-awareness and adaptivityfor personalised tangible interaction in cultural heritage. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 114, 3-19. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.01.001
Petrelli, D., Soranzo, A., Ciolfi, L., & Reidy, J. (2016). Exploring the aesthetics of tangible interaction : experiments on the perception of hybrid objects. In ACM International conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI), Eindhoven University of Technology, 14 January 2016 - 2 January 2016. ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/2839462.2839478
Journal articles
Rapp, A., Odom, W., Pschetz, L., & Petrelli, D. (2022). Introduction to the special issue on time and HCI. Human–Computer Interaction, 37 (1), 1-14. http://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2021.1955681
Petrelli, D., Ciolfi, L., & Avram, G. (2021). Envisioning, Designing and Rapid Prototyping Heritage Installations with a Tangible Interaction Toolkit. Human-Computer Interaction. http://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2021.1946398
Petrelli, D. (2019). Making virtual reconstructions part of the visit: an exploratory study. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, e00123. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2019.e00123
Petrelli, D. (2019). Tangible interaction meets material culture: Reflections on the mesch project. Interactions, 26 (5), 34-39. http://doi.org/10.1145/3349268
Not, E., & Petrelli, D. (2019). Crafting content across the physical-digital divide. Interactions, 26 (5), 46-51. http://doi.org/10.1145/3344939
Dulake, N., Petrelli, D., & Hornecker, E. (2019). A conversation around the design and experience of artifacts. Interactions, 26 (5), 52-57. http://doi.org/10.1145/3344941
van Dijk, D., Dulake, N., Petrelli, D., Marshall, M.T., Kockelkorn, H., Not, E., ... Venturini, A. (2019). Demo hour. Interactions, 26 (5), 8-11. http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3360000/3351173/p8-petrelli.html?ip=143.52.110.171&id=3351173&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=BF07A2EE685417C5.14F230B8D9330AE4.4D4702B0C3E38B35.4D4702B0C3E38B35&__acm__=1569345058_9322ef2ed7baf91db543d72adbbac093
Avram, G., Ciolfi, L., Spedale, S., Roberts, D., & Petrelli, D. (2019). Co-design goes large. Interactions, 26 (5), 58-63. http://doi.org/10.1145/3348793
Not, E., & Petrelli, D. (2019). Empowering cultural heritage professionals with tools for authoring and deploying personalised visitor experiences. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11257-019-09224-9
Petrelli, D., Marshall, M., Not, E., Zancanaro, M., Venturini, A., Cavada, D., ... van Dijk, D. (2016). MESCH: INTERNET OF THINGS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. SCIRES-IT-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 6 (1), 15-21. http://doi.org/10.2423/i22394303v6n1p15
Chiles, P., Petrelli, D., & Spedale, S. (2016). Finding common ground: architects, end-users, and decision-makers in the renovation of the Arts Tower, Sheffield. Architectural Research Quarterly, 20 (4), 298-311. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1359135516000543
Petrelli, D., Marshall, M., O'Brien, S., Mcentaggart, P., & Gwilt, I. (2016). Tangible Data Souvenirs as a Bridge between a Physical Museum Visit and Online Digital Experience. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 21 (2), 281-295. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-016-0993-x
Mazumdar, S., Petrelli, D., Elbedweihy, K., Lanfranchi, V., & Ciravegna, F. (2015). Affective graphs: the visual appeal of linked data. Semantic web : interoperability, usability, applicability, 6 (3), 277-312. http://doi.org/10.3233/SW-140162
Ciolfi, L., & Petrelli, D. (2015). Walking and designing with cultural heritage volunteers. interactions: new visions of human-computer interaction, XXIII (1), 46-51. http://doi.org/10.1145/2848979
Marshall, M., Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Not, E., Marchesoni, M., Trenti, E., & Pisetti, A. (2015). Audio-based narratives for the trenches of World War I : intertwining stories, places and interaction for an evocative experience. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 85, 27-39. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2015.08.001
Petrelli, D., Bowen, S., & Whittaker, S. (2014). Photo mementos: designing digital media to represent ourselves at home. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 72 (3), 320-336. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2013.09.009
Mazumdar, S., Petrelli, D., & Ciravegna, F. (2014). Exploring user and system requirements of linked data visualization through a visual dashboard approach. Semantic Web, 5 (3), 203-220. http://doi.org/10.3233/SW-2012-0072
Petrelli, D., & Light, A. (2014). Family rituals and the potential for interaction design : a study of Christmas. Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 21 (3), 16. http://doi.org/10.1145/2617571
Ciolfi, L., Petrelli, D., Goldberg, R., Dulake, N., Willox, M., Marshall, M., & Caparrelli, F. (2013). Exploring historical, social and natural heritage: challenges for tangible interaction design at Sheffied General Cemetery. Proceedings of NODEM 2013.
Petrelli, D., Ciolfi, L., van Dijk, D., Horneker, E., Not, E., & Schmidt, A. (2013). Integrating material and digital: a new way for cultural heritage. interactions: new visions of human-computer interaction, 20 (4), 58-63. http://doi.org/10.1145/2486227.2486239
Petrelli, D. (2013). There is more in personal heritage than data. Interactions, 20 (3), 16-19. http://doi.org/10.1145/2451856.2451862
Petrelli, D., & Clough, P. (2012). An Investigation on Text-Based Cross-Language Picture Retrieval Effectiveness through the Analysis of User Queries. The Electronic Library incorporating Library Computing, 30 (2), 197-219. http://doi.org/10.1108/02640471211221331
Whittaker, S., Kalnikaite, V., Petrelli, D., Sellen, A., Villar, N., Bergman, O., ... Brockmeier, J. (2012). Socio-technical lifelogging: deriving design principles for a future proof digital past. Human-Computer Interaction, 27 (1-2), 37-62. http://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2012.656071
Ardissono, L., Kufik, T., & Petrelli, D. (2012). Personalization in cultural heritage: the road travelled and the one ahead. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 22 (1-2), 73-99. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11257-011-9104-x
Bowen, S., & Petrelli, D. (2011). Remembering today tomorrow: exploring the human-centred design of digital mementos. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 69 (5), 324-337. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2010.12.005
Petrelli, D., Lanfranchi, V., Ciravegna, F., Begdev, R., & Chapman, S. (2011). Highly focused document retrieval in aerospace engineering :user interaction design and evaluation. Aslib Proceedings, 63 (2/3), 148-167. http://doi.org/10.1108/00012531111135637
Petrelli, D., & Whittaker, S. (2010). Family memories in the home: contrasting physical and digital mementos. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 14 (2), 153. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-009-0279-7
Petrelli, D., & Wright, H. (2009). On the writing, reading and publishing of digital stories. Library Review, 58 (7), 509-526. http://doi.org/10.1108/00242530910978208
Petrelli, D., Dadzie, A.-.S., & Lanfranchi, V. (2009). Mediating between AI and highly specialized users. AI Magazine, 31 (3). http://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/2263
Dadzie, A.-.S., Bhagdev, R., Chakravarthy, A., Chapman, S., Iria, J., Lanfranchi, V., ... Ciravegna, F. (2009). Applying semantic web technologies to knowledge sharing in aerospace engineering. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 20 (5), 611-623. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-008-0141-1
Dadzie, A.-.S., Lanfranchi, V., & Petrelli, D. (2009). Seeing is Believing: Linking Data with Knowledge. Information Visualization, 8 (3), 197-211. http://doi.org/10.1057/ivs.2009.11
Petrelli, D. (2008). On the role of user-centred evaluation in the advancement of interactive information retrieval. Information Processing & Management, 44 (1), 22. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2007.01.024
Petrelli, D., & Auld, D. (2008). An examination of automatic video retrieval technology on access to the contents of an historical video archive. Program: electronic library and information systems, 42 (2), 115-136. http://doi.org/10.1108/00330330810867684
Ardissono, L., & Petrelli, D. (2008). Preface. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 18 (5), 383-387. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11257-008-9054-0
Reilly, S., & Petrelli, D. (2007). Engaging with books you cannot touch: interactive multimedia to expose library treasures. CoDesign, 3 (1), 199-210.
Petrelli, D., Levin, S., Beaulieu, M., & Sanderson, M. (2006). Which user interaction for cross-language information retrieval? Design issues and reflections. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57 (5), 709-722. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.20332
Petrelli, D., & Not, E. (2006). User-centred Design of Flexible Hypermedia for a Mobile Guide: Reflections on the HyperAudio Experience. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 16 (1), 85-86. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11257-006-9003-8
Petrelli, D., Levin, S., Beaulieu, M., & Sanderson, M. (2006). Which user interaction for cross-language information retrieval? Design issues and reflections. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57 (5), 709-722. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.v57:5
Petrelli, D., & Not, E. (2005). User-centred design of flexible hypermedia for a mobile guide: reflections on the hyperaudio experience. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 15 (3-4), 303. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11257-005-8816-1
Petrelli, D., Beaulieu, M., Sanderson, M., Demetriou, G., Herring, P., & Hansen, P. (2004). Observing users, designing clarity: A case study on the user-centered design of a cross-language information retrieval system. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 55 (10), 923-934. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.20036
Petrelli, D., Demetriou, G., Herring, P., Beaulieu, M., & Sanderson, M. (2003). Exploring the Effect of Query Translation when Searching Cross-Language. . http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45237-9_38
Petrelli, D., Not, E., Zancanaro, M., Strapparava, C., & Stock, O. (2001). Modelling and Adapting to Context. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 5 (1), 20-24. http://doi.org/10.1007/s007790170023
Not, E., Petrelli, D., Sarini, M., Stock, O., Strapparava, C., & Zancanaro, M. (1998). Technical Note Hypernavigation in the physical space: adapting presentations to the user and to the situational context. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 4 (1), 33-45. http://doi.org/10.1080/13614569808914694
Franceschini, G., Petrelli, D., Sciarappa, A., & Venuti, G. (1992). An open environment for ATM broadband multimedia applications. European Transactions on Telecommunications, 3 (2), 115-124. http://doi.org/10.1002/ett.4460030207
Franceschini, G., Petrelli, D., Sciarappa, A., & Venuti, G. (1992). Open environment for ATM broadband multimedia applications. European transactions on telecommunications and related technologies, 3 (2), 23-32.
Petrelli, D., Dadzie, A.-.S., & Lanfranchi, V. (n.d.). Mediating between AI and highly specialized users. AI Magazine, 30 (4), 95. http://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v30i4.2263
Petrelli, D., & Roberts, A. (n.d.). Exploring digital means to engage visitors with Roman culture: virtual reality vs. tangible interaction. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage.
Conference papers
Claisse, C., Petrelli, D., Ciolfi, L., Dulake, N., Marshall, M., & Durrant, A. (2020). Crafting Critical Heritage Discourses into Interactive Exhibition Design. In 2020 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 25 April 2020 - 30 April 2020. New York: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376689
Cesario, V., Petrelli, D., & Nisi, V. (2020). Teenage Visitor Experience: Classification of Behavioral Dynamics in Museums. In ACM CHI’20 International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376334
Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M., Roberts, A., McIntosh, F., & Savage, J. (2019). Exploring the potential of the internet of things at a heritage site through co-design practice. In Proceedings of the 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress. San Francisco: IEEE: http://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810061
Claisse, C., Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M., & Ciolfi, L. (2019). Multisensory interactive storytelling to augment the visit of a historical house museum. In Proceedings of the 2018 Digital Heritage International Congress. IEEE: http://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810099
Claisse, C., Dulake, N., & Petrelli, D. (2019). Design synthesis: An act of Research through Design. In RTD 2019 CONFERENCE: DESIGN UNITED. Research Through Design
Petrelli, D. (2019). From delivering facts to generating emotions: The complex relationship between museums and information. Proceedings of the 2019 conference on human information interaction and retrieval - CHIIR '19, 3. http://doi.org/10.1145/3295750.3300047
Claisse, C., Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M.T., & Ciolfi, L. (2018). Multisensory Interactive Storytelling to Augment the Visit of a Historical House Museum. 2018 3RD DIGITAL HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS (DIGITALHERITAGE) HELD JOINTLY WITH 2018 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL SYSTEMS & MULTIMEDIA (VSMM 2018), 151-158.
Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M.T., Roberts, A., McIntosh, F., & Savage, J. (2018). Exploring the Potential of the Internet of Things at a Heritage Site through Co-Design Practice. 2018 3RD DIGITAL HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS (DIGITALHERITAGE) HELD JOINTLY WITH 2018 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL SYSTEMS & MULTIMEDIA (VSMM 2018), 120-127.
Parisi, S., Rognoli, V., Spallazzo, D., & Petrelli, D. (2018). ICS Materials. Towards a re-Interpretation of material qualities through interactive, connected, and smart materials. In Storni, C., Leahy, K., McMahon, M., Lloyd, P., & Bohemia, E. (Eds.) Proceedings of DRS 2018: Catalyst, (pp. 1747-1761). London: Design Research Society
Petrelli, D. (2017). Industry 4.0: Is it time for interaction design craftsmanship? The Design Journal, 20 (Sup 1), S2735-S2745. http://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352785
Not, E., Zancanaro, M., Marshall, M., Petrelli, D., & Pisetti, A. (2017). Writing Postcards from the Museum: Composing Personalised Tangible Souvenirs. In Proceedings of the 12th Biannual Conference on Italian SIGCHI Chapter, (pp. 5:1-5:9). New York, NY, USA: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/3125571.3125583
Claisse, C., Ciolfi, L., & Petrelli, D. (2017). Containers of stories: using co-design and digital augmentation to empower the museum community and create novel experiences of heritage at a house museum. The Design Journal, 20 (sup1), S2906-S2918. http://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352801
Petrelli, D., & O'Brien, S. (2016). "Mobiles for museum visit should be abolished" : a comparison of smart replicas, smart cards, and phones. In Lukowicz, P., & Kruger, A. (Eds.) UbiComp 2016 Adjunct, Heidelberg; Germany, 12 September 2016 - 16 September 2016 (pp. 1513-1519). ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/2968219.2974049
Risseeuw, M., Cavada, D., Not, E., Zancanaro, M., Marshall, M.T., Petrelli, D., & Kubitza, T. (2016). Authoring augmented digital experiences in museums. In Buono, P., Lanzilotti, R., & Matera, M. (Eds.) AVI '16 : Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, (pp. 340-341). New York: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/2909132.2926064
Risseeuw, M., Cavada, D., Not, E., Zancanaro, M., Marshall, M., Petrelli, D., & Kubitza, T. (2016). An authoring environment for smart objects in museums : the meSch approach. In Ardito, C., Bellucci, A., Desolda, G., Divitini, M., & Mora, S. (Eds.) Smart Ecosystems cReation by Visual dEsign 2016, (pp. 25-30). CEUR-WS: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1602/
Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M., Pisetti, A., & Not, E. (2016). Voices from the War: Design as a Means of Understanding the Experience of Visiting Heritage. Human Factors in Computing Systems - ACM CHI16, 1033-1044. http://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858287
Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M., Kockelkorn, H., & Pisetti, A. (2016). Do it together : the effect of curators, designers, and technologists sharing the making of new interactive visitors’ experiences. In Museums and the Web 2016, Los Angeles, 6 April 2016 - 9 April 2016. http://mw2016.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/do-it-together-the-effect-of-curators-designers-and-technologists-sharing-the-making-of-new-interactive-visitors-experiences/
Marshall, M., Dulake, N., Ciolfi, L., Duranti, D., Kockelkorn, H., & Petrelli, D. (2016). Using tangible smart replicas as controls for an interactive museum exhibition. In Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, 14-17 February 2016, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, (pp. 159-167). New York, NY, USA: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/2839462.2839493
Ciolfi, L., & Petrelli, D. (2015). Studying a community of volunteers at a historic cemetery to inspire interaction concepts. In Communities & Technologies 2015, Limerick, Ireland, 27 June 2015 - 30 June 2015. https://doi.org/10.1145/2768545.2768547
Ciolfi, L., Damala, A., Hornecker, E., Lechner, M., Maye, L., & Petrelli, D. (2015). Cultural heritage communities: Technologies and challenges. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 149-152. http://doi.org/10.1145/2768545.2768560
Marshall, M.T., Dulake, N., Petrelli, D., & Kockelkorn, H. (2015). From the deposit to the exhibit floor: an exploration on giving museum objects personality and social life. In CHI EA '15. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (pp. 1917-1922). New York, NY, USA: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732872
Petrelli, D., Not, E., Damala, A., Van Dijk, D., & Lechner, M. (2014). meSch : material encounters with digital cultural heritage. Lecture notes in computer science, 8740, 536-545. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13695-0
Goldberg, R., & Petrelli, D. (2014). Supporting the fast prototyping of personalised narratives for tangible interaction in cultural heritage. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1181, 17-20. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1181/
Petrelli, D., Not, E., Damala, A., van Dijk, D., & Lechner, M. (2014). meSch – Material Encounters with Digital Cultural Heritage. In Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection, (pp. 536-545). Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13695-0_53
Light, A., & Petrelli, D. (2014). The rhythm of Christmas. Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design. http://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686636
Not, E., & Petrelli, D. (2014). Balancing adaptivity and customisation : in search of sustainable personalisation in cultural heritage. UMAP - User Modeling Adaptation and Personalization.
Cangiano, S., & Fornari, D. (2014). Products as platforms. Proceedings of the 2014 companion publication on Designing interactive systems. http://doi.org/10.1145/2598784.2598805
Kubitza, T., Schmidt, A., Pohl, N., Petrelli, D., Dingler, T., & Dulake, N. (2014). Tools and methods for creating interactive artifacts. In Butz, A., Greenberg, S., Bakker, S., Loke, L., & De Luca, A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, LFE Medieninformatik Hardware Lab, Amalienstr. 17, 80333 Munich, Germany, (pp. 385-388). New York: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/2540930.2568483
Petrelli, D., Dulake, N., Marshall, M., Willox, M., Caparrelli, F., & Goldberg, R. (2014). Prototyping tangibles : exploring form and interaction. TEI - Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, 41-48. http://doi.org/10.1145/2540930.2540966
Petrelli, D. (2013). Keynote: Digital-material hybrid objects and augmented spaces to support the social experience of heritage. WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS, 17, 555-557. http://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-286-8-555
Ciolfi, L., Petrelli, D., Goldberg, R., Dulake, N., Willox, M., Marshall, M., & Caparrelli, F. (2013). Exploring historical, social and natural heritage: challenges for tangible interaction design at Sheffield General Cemetery. In NODEM 2013 : Beyond control - the collaborative museum and its challenges, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013 - 2013. http://repo.nodem.org/?objectId=106
Not, E., & Petrelli, D. (2013). Curators in the loop: A quality control process for personalization for tangible interaction in Cultural Heritage. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 997.
Petrelli, D., Bowen, S., Dulake, N., & Light, A. (2012). Digital Christmas : an exploration of festive technology. In DIS '12 : Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, (pp. 348-357). New York, N.Y: ACM: http://doi.org/10.1145/2317956.2318009
Dadzie, A.-.S., Rowe, M., & Petrelli, D. (2011). Hide the Stack: Toward Usable Linked Data. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (pp. 93-107). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21034-1_7
Mazumdar, S., Varga, A., Lanfranchi, V., Petrelli, D., & Ciravegna, F. (2011). A knowledge dashboard for manufacturing industries. In OntoPLM Workshop at Extended Semantic Web Conference, Heraklion, Greece, 29 May 2011 - 2 June 2011 (pp. 112-124).
Petrelli, D., Villar, N., Kalnikaite, V., Dib, L., & Whittaker, S. (2010). FM radio: family interplay with sonic mementos. In CHI '10 Proceedings of the 28th international ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1 April 2010 (pp. 2371-2380). http://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753683
Dib, L., Petrelli, D., & Whittaker, S. (2010). Sonic souvenirs: exploring the paradoxes of recorded sound for family remembering. In ACM International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 6 February 2010 - 10 February 2010 (pp. 391-400). http://doi.org/10.1145/1718918.1718985
Petrelli, D., & Light, A. (2009). Memory baubles and history tinsels. In 5th international conference on intelligent environments : 1st International Workshop on Digital Object Memories, Barcelona, 19 July 2009. http://www.dfki.de/dome-workshop/2009/home.c
Petrelli, D., Van den Hoven, E., & Whittaker, S. (2009). Making history: intentional capture of future memories. In Proceeding CHI '09 Proceedings of the 27th international ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems, Boston, 1 April 2009 (pp. 1723-1732). http://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518966
Dadzie, A.-.S., Iria, J., Petrelli, D., & Xia, L. (2009). The XMediaBox: Sensemaking through the Use of Knowledge Lenses. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (pp. 811-815). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02121-3_61
Dadzie, A.-.S., & Petrelli, D. (2009). Visual knowledge exploration and discovery from different points of view. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology. http://doi.org/10.1109/vast.2009.5333438
Petrelli, D., Mazumdar, S., Dadzie, A.-.S., & Ciravegna, F. (2009). Multi visualization and dynamic query for effective exploration of semantic data. Lecture notes in computer science, 5823, 505-520. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04930-9_32
Petrelli, D., Whittaker, S., & Brockmeier, J. (2008). AutoTopography: what can physical mementos tell us about digital memories? In CHI '08 ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems, Florence, Italy, 5 April 2008 - 10 April 2008 (pp. 53-62). http://doi.org/10.1145/1357054.1357065
Staab, S., Bradshaw, J., Lieberman, H., Petrelli, D., Paris, C., Handschuh, S., ... Iglesias, M. (2008). International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI: Foreword. International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI.
Wright, H., & Petrelli, D. (2007). A study of publisher, writer, and reader. Proceedings of the eighteenth conference on Hypertext and hypermedia. http://doi.org/10.1145/1286240.1286284
Petrelli, D., & Clough, P. (2006). Using Concept Hierarchies in Text-Based Image Retrieval: A User Evaluation. In Accessing Multilingual Information Repositories, (pp. 297-306). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/11878773_35
Petrelli, D., Lanfranchi, V., Moore, P., Ciravegna, F., & Cadnas, C. (2006). Oh my, where is the end of the context? Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Information interaction in context - IIiX. http://doi.org/10.1145/1164820.1164830
Petrelli, D., Lanfranchi, V., Moore, P., Ciravegna, F., & Cadas, C. (2006). Oh my, where is the end of the context? Dealing with information in a highly complex environment. INFORMATION INTERACTION IN CONTEXT, PROCEEDINGS, 64-72.
Lanfranchi, V., Ciravegna, F., & Petrelli, D. (2005). Semantic Web-Based Document: Editing and Browsing in AktiveDoc. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (pp. 623-632). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/11431053_42
Petrelli, D., Auld, D., Gurrin, C., & Smeaton, A. (2005). Retrieving Amateur Video from a Small Collection. In Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, (pp. 487-488). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/11551362_48
Petrelli, D., Lanfranchi, V., & Ciravegna, F. (2005). Working Out a Common Task: Design and Evaluation of User-Intelligent System Collaboration. In Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005, (pp. 309-322). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/11555261_27
Lanfranchi, V., Ciravegna, F., Moore, P., & Petrelli, D. (2005). Document editing and browsing in AKTiveDoc. Proceedings of the 2005 ACM symposium on Document engineering. http://doi.org/10.1145/1096601.1096662
Petrelli, D., & Clough, P. (2005). Concept hierarchy across languages in text-based image retrieval: A user evaluation. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1171.
Ciravegna, F., Dingli, A., Petrelli, D., & Wilks, Y. (2002). User-System Cooperation in Document Annotation Based on Information Extraction. In Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management: Ontologies and the Semantic Web, (pp. 122-137). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45810-7_15
Ciravegna, F., Dingli, A., Wilks, Y., & Petrelli, D. (2002). Amilcare: Adaptive information extraction for document annotation. SIGIR Forum (ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval), 367-368.
Hansen, P., Petrelli, D., Karlgren, J., Beaulieu, M., & Sanderson, M. (2002). User-centered interface design for cross-language information retrieval. Proceedings of the 25th annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval. http://doi.org/10.1145/564376.564455
Ciravegna, F., Dingli, A., Wilks, Y., & Petrelli, D. (2002). Adaptive information extraction for document annotation in Amilcare. SIGIR Forum (ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval), 451. http://doi.org/10.1145/564486.564492
Petrelli, D., Beaulieu, M., Sanderson, M., Demetriou, G., & Herring, P. (2002). Is query translation a distinct task from search? CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1168.
Petrelli, D., Not, E., Sarini, M., Stock, O., Strapparava, C., & Zancanaro, M. (1999). HyperAudio. CHI '99 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '99. http://doi.org/10.1145/632716.632732
Petrelli, D., De Angeli, A., & Convertino, G. (1999). A User-Centered Approach to User Modeling. In CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, (pp. 255-264). Springer Vienna: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2490-1_25
De Angeli, A., Gerbino, W., Cassano, G., & Petrelli, D. (1998). Visual display, pointing, and natural language. Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces. http://doi.org/10.1145/948496.948519
Blythe, M., McCarthy, J.H., Wright, P.A., & Petrelli, D. History and Experience: Storytelling and Interaction Design. Electronic Workshops in Computing. http://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2011.70
Bhagdev, R., Chapman, S., Ciravegna, F., Lanfranchi, V., & Petrelli, D. Hybrid Search: Effectively Combining Keywords and Semantic Searches. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (pp. 554-568). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68234-9_41
Petrelli, D., Baggio, D., & Pezzulo, G. Adaptive Hypertext Design Environments: Putting Principles into Practice. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (pp. 202-213). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: http://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44595-1_19
Book chapters
Cere, R., Giglitto, D., & Petrelli, D. (2023). Uncovering colonial legacy in a British digital archive: The Pitt Rivers Museum case. In Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Lockley, E., & Kaldeli, E. (Eds.) Digital Approaches to Inclusion and Participation in Cultural Heritage. Insights from Research and Practice in Europe. (pp. 141-159). London: Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277606-8
Pisetti, A., Not, E., & Petrelli, D. (2017). War at your doorstep - Supporting communities discovering their local history via interactive technology. In Ciolfi, L., Damala, A., Hornecker, E., Lechner, M., & Maye, L. (Eds.) Cultural Heritage Communities - Technologies and Challengies. (pp. 185-201). Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315522456
Ciolfi, L., Petrelli, D., McDermott, F., Avram, G., & van Dijk, D. (2015). Co-design to Empower Cultural Heritage Professionals as Technology Designers. In Empowering Users through Design. (pp. 213-224). Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13018-7_12
Ciolfi, L., Petrelli, D., McDermott, F., Avram, G., & Van Dijk, D. (2015). Co-design to empower cultural heritage professionals as technology designers. In Bihanic, D. (Ed.) Empowering users through design : interdisciplinary studies and combined approaches for technological products and services. (pp. 213-224). Sham: Springer: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-39-13018-7
Reports
Fiabane, M., Marion, R., Petrelli, D., Romeo, A., & Sciarappa, A. (1992). Rapid prototyping of new telecommunications services.
Theses / Dissertations
Claisse, C. (2019). The augmented house: Crafting tangible interaction in house museums. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Petrelli, D. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00195
Claisse, C. (2019). The augmented house: Crafting tangible interaction in house museums. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Petrelli, D. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00195
Artefacts
Dulake, N., Marshall, M., Petrelli, D., & KOCKELKORN, H.U.B. (2014). meSch cases.
Exhibitions
Dulake, N., Marshall, M., Petrelli, D., KOCKELKORN, H., van Rijn, G.-.J., Mcentaggart, P., ... O'Brien, S. (2015). The Hague and the Atlantic Wall. Museon onderwijs. http://www.museon.nl/tentoonstellingen/atlantikwall
Dulake, N., Marshall, M., Petrelli, D., KOCKELKORN, H., van Rijn, G.-.J., McEntaggart, P., ... O'Brien, S. (2015). The Hague and the Atlantic Wall. Museon onderwijs. http://www.museon.nl/tentoonstellingen/atlantikwall
Presentations
Dulake, N., & Petrelli, D. (2016). Blending the tangible and digital to craft new co-designed interactions for museums. Presented at: MCN 2016 : The Human-Centered Museum, New Orleans, LA, 2016
Zancanaro, M., Not, E., Petrelli, D., Marshall, M.T., van Dijk, T., Risseeuw, M., ... Kubitza, T. (2015). Recipes for tangible and embodied visit experiences. Presented at: MW2015: Museums and the Web 2015, The Palmer House 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 2015
Posters
Stanley-Marbell, P., Hewson, R., Petrelli, D., & Dulake, N. (2018). Continuous Analysis within 3D-Printed StructuresUsing In-Chamber Sensors. Presented at: Connected Everything Conference 2018, Newcastle University, 2018
Dulake, N., Petrelli, D., Stanley-Marbell, P., & Hewson, R. (2018). Continuous Analysis within 3D-Printed Structures Using In-Chamber Sensors. Presented at: Connected Everything Conference 2018, Newcastle University, 2018
Soranzo, A., Petrelli, D., Ciolfi, L., & Reidy, J. (2017). The importance of behaviour as an aesthetic feature. Presented at: ECVP 2017, Berlin, 2017
Other activities
- Expert reviewer for the EU Research Program Horizon 2020 (2014-present)
- External Examiner UG Design program University of Edinburgh (2017-present)
- External Examiner for Digital Media Design Programme University of Limerick (2008-2012)
- External Examiner for PhD at Technical University of Vienna (Austria), University of Lancaster (UK), University of Surrey (UK), Dublin City University (Ireland)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Human Computer Studies IJHCS (2010-2014)
Postgraduate supervision
Tangible interaction to engage visitors in house museums
As director of Studies (completed PhD)
Dr Caroline Claisse: “The Augmented House: designing for tangible interaction in house museums”
Dr Sovudeep Mazumdar: “Visualising Large Semantic Datasets”