Thematic sessions have the main aim of creating a mini-workshop on a specific topic, where researchers working on the same argument can make knowledge, familiarize, exchange ideas, create cooperation. They gather together researchers and students interested in a specific topic and can strongly contribute to the success of the conference itself. Moreover, they can be the first step for trainees and students to the organization of a scientific event.

Thematic Sessions are expected to be related to the conference theme or especially hot topics within the conference scope, provide a focused discussion of new and innovative topics. All submitted papers undergo the same review process.

To submit abstracts to the thematic session, follow the submission instructions for regular sessions, but remind to specify the thematic session to which the paper is directed.

1. Thematic Session #01: Intelligent Interfaces and Cognitive Technologies for Challenging Real-World Scenarios

   Organized by: Michael Kuhl, Flaviana Tagliaferri, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Maurice Rekrut, Mansi Sharma, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

2. Thematic Session #02: Beyond Distance: Immersive Telepresence, Telecooperation, Telehaptics, and Remote Control in Next-Generation XR Systems

   Organized by: Mario Lorenz, Jennifer Brade, Franziska Klimant, Technische Universität Chemnitz

3. Thematic Session #03: XR and Measurement Systems for Forensic Reconstruction and Evidence Analysis

   Organized by: Dirk Labudde, Marie Luise Heuschkel, Svenja Preuß, Flaviana Tagliaferri, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany

4. Thematic Session #04: Brain–Computer Interfaces and Neural Signal Processing for Advanced Human–Machine Interaction

   Organized by: Mario Ortiz García, José María Azorín Poveda, University of Elche, Spain

5. Thematic Session #05: Beyond Oscillations: Fractal Dimension, Nonlinear Dynamics, and the Future of Neural Engineering

   Organized by: Camillo Porcaro, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Italy

6. Thematic Session #06: MEASURE-AI: MEtrology for AI in indUstrial and cybeR-physical systEms

   Organized by: Amna Dridi, Iain Rice, Muhammad Afzal, Birmingham City University

7. Thematic Session #07: Adaptive and Wearable Active Brain-Computer Interfaces for Daily Life

   Organized by: Enza Galasso, Antonio Esposito, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, Eduardo Santamaría-Vázquez, University of Valladolid

8. Thematic Session #08: Industry 5.0: Productivity, Sustainability and Enabling Technologies in Human-Centric Manufacturing

   Organized by: Loredana Cristaldi, Parisa Esmaili, Luca Martiri, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

9. Thematic Session #09: Human-Centric AI Decision Support for Patients and Caregivers in Health 5.0

   Organized by: Sabatina Criscuolo, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), STIIMA, Daniele Spoladore, Insubria University, Italy, Konstantinos Kotis, Vlasios Kasapakis, University of the Aegean, Greece

10. Thematic Session #10: Data ecosystems of human, cobot and mixed reality

    Organized by: Leif Goldhahn, Marco Gerlach, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany

11. Thematic Session #11: Virtual and Extended Reality Applications for Stress, Behavior, and Human Performance Assessment

    Organized by: Emanuele Tauro, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italy, Enrico Gianluca Caiani, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

12. Thematic Session #12: Making AI Measurable: LLM Quality Metrics, Explainability, and Big Data Benchmarking

    Organized by: Matthias Volk, Daniel Staegemann, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Matthias Pohl, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.

13. Thematic Session #13: From Research to Industry: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Innovation

    Organized by: Christian Laurano, Simone Barcellona, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, Loris Cannelli, Gabriele Maroni, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Switzerland

14. Thematic Session #14: Computer Vision in Action: Enabling Hands‑Free Interaction in Wearables and XR

    Organized by: Francesco Ragusa, Giovanni Maria Farinella, University of Catania, Italy

15. Thematic Session #15: Measurements in wearable devices for personal monitoring

    Organized by: Alessandra Angelucci, Andrea Aliverti, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, Sara Caramaschi, Dario Salvi, Malmö University

16. Thematic Session #16: Data sharing: the foundations for AI-driven analysis in industry and medicine

    Organized by: Alessandra Angelucci, Andrea Aliverti, Loredana Cristaldi, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, Giuseppe Cesarelli, University of Naples Partenope, Italy

17. Thematic Session #17: Intelligent Wearable Sensor Systems for AI-Driven Health and Activity Monitoring

    Organized by: Rim Barioul, Chemnitz University of Technology

18. Thematic Session #18: Human–Device Interaction in Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities

    Organized by: Maura Casadio, University of Genoa, Italy, Ludovica Gargiulo, STIIMA, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Lorenzo Masia, Munich Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Laura Fiorini, University of Florence, Italy

19. Thematic Session #19: Quantum Paradigms for AI and Metrology: Redefining Limits in Computation and Sensing

    Organized by: Mauro D'Arco, Matteo D'Iorio, Fabrizio Lo Regio, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

20. Thematic Session #20: Continuous Health Monitoring in Free-Living Conditions: From Multi-Parametric Sensing to Actionable Digital Biomarkers

    Organized by: Gianluca Rho, University of Pisa, Italy, Michele Zanoletti, National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy

21. Thematic Session #21: Multimodal Physiological Signal Processing for Assessment and Personalization of Human–Robot Interaction in Rehabilitation

    Organized by: Yuri Antonacci, Department of Engineering and Physics, University of Palermo, Italy, Matteo Lavit Nicora, Alfonso Mastropietro, Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council, Italy, Gorana Mijatovic, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

22. Thematic Session #22: Wearable Biosensing and Artificial Intelligence for Personalized Healthcare

    Organized by: Michela Russo, Francesco Amato, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, Martino Giaquinto, Simone Bove, University of Salerno, Italy

23. Thematic Session #23: Designing Multisensory XR Environments: Methods, Practices, and Applications

    Organized by: Maria Di Summa, Marina Ricci, STIIMA, CNR, Bari-Amendola, Italy

24. Thematic Session #24: Advances in Affective Computing and Social Interaction Technologies

    Organized by: Alberto Greco, Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Sergio Frumento, Alejandro Luis Callara, University of Pisa, Italy

25. Thematic Session #25: Artificial Intelligence for Energy Aware Wireless Sensor Networks

    Organized by: Christian Viehweger, Kholoud Hamza, Mahdi Mnif, Fatma BenBrahim, TU Chemnitz

26. Thematic Session #26: Metrology-driven AI, Signal Analysis and Healthcare Modeling

    Organized by: Vittorio Santoriello, University of Naples Federico II, Italy-Reykjavik University, Iceland; Ida Maruotto, Paolo Gargiulo, Reykjavik University, Iceland, Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

27. Thematic Session #27: AI-Driven and Immersive Learning: Measurement and Assessment of AI and XR-based Training in Academic and Vocational Education

    Organized by: Giacomo Di Noto, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, Andrea Gaggioli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy, Paolo Boffi, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy

28. Thematic Session #28: Multimodal Fusion networks in diagnostic Healthcare applications

    Organized by: Roelant Ossewaarde, Sietske Tacoma, Coert Van Gemeren, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, AI lectorate

29. Thematic Session #29: Generation and quality assessment of synthetic data to drive the development of AI systems in medical imaging

    Organized by: Alessandra Manzin, National Institute of Metrological Research (INRiM), Danny Panknin, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt - PTB, Germany

30. Thematic Session #30: Non-Contact Measurement Techniques and AI for Smart Industry

    Organized by: Emilio Di Lorenzo, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Alessandro Annessi, University of eCampus Studies, Milena Martarelli, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy

31. Thematic Session #31: Data-driven and modelling approaches in human neuroscience and neuroengineering: applications to neuroimaging

    Organized by: Valentina Bordin, Stefania Coelli, Eleonora Maggioni, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

32. Thematic Session #32: Metrology Meets Immersion: XR, AI, and IoT for Reliable Industrial Deployment

    Organized by: Davide Mastrodicasa, Claudio Colangeli, Siemens Industry Software NV

33. Thematic Session #33: Digital Phenotyping for Linking Behavior, Physiology, and Health: From Sensor Data to Physiological Insight

    Organized by: Micaela Morettini, Ilaria Marcantoni, Agnese Piersanti, Marche Polytechnic University (UnivPM), Italy

34. Thematic Session #34: Toward Effortless Assistive Intelligence: Closed-Loop Integration of Large Language Models in Next Generation Brain Computer Interfaces and Cognitive Assistive devices

    Organized by: Andrea Monteriu, Karameldeen Omer, Francesco Ferracuti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy

35. Thematic Session #35: From Soft Sensors to Measuring Systems: Metrological Characterization and Uncertainty Evaluation

    Organized by: Loredana Cristaldi, Luca Martiri, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, Salvatore Graziani, University of Catania, Italy, Maria Gabriella Xibilia, University of Messina, Italy

36. Thematic Session #36: Measuring the Immeasurable: Legal Frontiers in Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering — Quantification, Perception, and Liability

    Organized by: Marianna Ciullo, University of Sannio, Italy

37. Thematic Session #37: Responsible Metrology for XR, AI, and Neural Systems: From IoT Infrastructure to Human Data

    Organized by: Pooja Gupta, Anju Susan George, Neha Mahala, Manipal University Jaipur

Are you interested in organizing a thematic session?

Please, submit your proposal to the Technical Program Committee, using the form at this page: