Luigi De Russis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN) of Politecnico di Torino, Italy, working in the e-Lite research group. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. The topic of his Ph.D. dissertation was “Interacting with Smart Environments: Users, Interfaces, and Devices”.

The research activity of Luigi De Russis mainly focuses in Human-Computer Interaction. More specifically, he investigates how people can make their experiences with computers more personal, thus overcoming challenges in interaction between humans and computers in complex settings. As such, his work is often applied to Internet-of-Things and distributed environments, and systems empowered by Artificial Intelligence.