TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

Here you can find the latest updates on my outreach activities. Click on any event for further information - including photo documentation, video recordings, and any shared documents.

Mar 4

Defence of my PhD Thesis - Bridging Worlds: Towards Future Pedestrian-Automated Vehicle Interactions

Defended my PhD Thesis . Location: Aula Congrescentrum, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands

Feb 29

Participated in the AlUla Future Culture Summit

Attended by invitation, the AlUla Future Culture Summit in Saudi Arabia. It was fantastic to share a number of exchanges with world...

Feb 8

Delivered Guest Lecture on Large Language Models for Human-Computer Interaction

Delivered a guest lecture on ‘Using LLMs for HCI research’ as part of the ‘AI in Experience Design’ Master Class held at TU Delft. I...

Jan 23

Participant in Workshop in AI and Experience Design

Participated in a workshop which explored the impact of generative AI on different domains ranging from policy and governance, the...

Nov 9, 2023

Speech on AI and Automation at the EESC and EU Parliament

Delivered a spech on AI and automation during a hearing on ‘young people and mental health’, organised by the European Economic and...

Jun 20, 2023

Presentation at the SHAPE-IT Final Event

Presented all the studies conducted during the course of my PhD in a popular study format to leaders in the field, and all SHAPE-IT...

May 11, 2023

Address to the Maltese Cabinet of Ministers

Addressed the Maltese Cabinet of Ministers and the chiefs of the public service on the topic of digitisation, and the application and...

May 4, 2023

Presentation at the University of Copenhagen

Presented my entire PhD research to experts in Extended Reality at the Post-CHI XR summer school. Location: Københavns Universitet ,...

Apr 23, 2023

Participated in Workshops at CHI

Participated in various workshops related to topics on human-computer interaction, spatial computing, and large language models. Location:...

Oct 17, 2022

Participated in Workshops at ISMAR

Participated in workshops on various spatial computing at the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality. Location:...

Oct 3, 2022

Presentation at the Technical University of Munich

Presented the current status of the PhD research at the SHAPE-IT science fest held in Munich. Location: TU Munich , Munich, Germany

Aug 25, 2022

Presentation at ICTTP

Presented my PhD research as part of a SHAPE-IT special session at the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology....

Jul 25, 2022

Poster presentation at AHFE

Presented research related to an online study evaluating AR interfaces for pedestrian-vehicle interactions at the AHFE conference held in...

Jan 18, 2022

Research featured in IEEE Spectrum Magazine

My research featured in an article in the world's leading engineering magazine. Read it here .

Sep 14, 2021

Presentation at AutomotiveUI

Presented research related to AR interfaces for pedestrian-vehicle interactions. Location: Virtual, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Jul 5, 2021

Vodcast on driverless cars

Participated in a vodcast about self-driving vehicles (in Maltese).

Nov 26, 2020

Keynote at World Museum Forum

I was a keynote speaker at the World Museum Forum held in 2020, where I presented research on the use of computer vision techniques for...

Oct 24, 2019

Business Today: Interview

Interviewed by the Business Today about my role in the National Task Force on AI, the future of AI and the impact on the workforce, and...

Oct 21, 2019

ICOM UK: Interview

Interviewed by the International Council of Museums UK about my role in digital cultural heritage in Malta. Read it here.

Apr 23, 2019

Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage

Presented research I had conducted on connecting portraits together using AI techniques, to an audience with mixed backgrounds. Location:...

Nov 22, 2018

Opinion piece on the Times of Malta

Opinion piece on Malta’s most read newspaper, about the the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Read it here .