Professor Vitaveska Lanfranchi
PhD
School of Computer Science
Professor of Digital Health and Pervasive Computing
Director of School - One University
Member of the Pervasive Computing research group


Full contact details
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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Prof Vitaveska Lanfranchi is Professor of Digital Health and Pervasive Computing and a member of the Pervasive Computing research group.
Her research field is highly interdisciplinary, focusing on the intersection between ubiquitous computing, data analysis and user-centred decision making in healthcare. She specialised in participatory design methods to develop novel methodologies and interfaces for ubiquitous and mobile computing, by employing sensing and tracking technologies to record users activities and analyse the data to reveal patterns and create intelligent systems that could influence users decision making and behaviour.
Vita has a long academic history and industry experience: from 2014 till 2017, whilst on secondment from her research position, she has held the post of CEO in K-Now, a University of Sheffield spin-out company focused on research and commercialization of knowledge management technologies. Currently she is PI for Sheffield for several research projects, UK or EU funded.
She has a first degree in Communication Science from the University of Turin, Italy and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Turin, Italy.
- Research interests
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- Activity/mobility recording via wearable technologies and contextual factors detection
- Human behavioural monitoring and understanding
- AI technologies for modelling and predicting disease progression
- Context awareness
- Digital twins and generation of realistic synthetic data from real datasets
- Interaction with pervasive technologies and related research into acceptability, trust and ethics
- Inclusivity and accessibility
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Posters
- Research group
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Pervasive Computing
- Grants
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- , EPSRC, 01/2023 - 06/2025, 贈504,262, as Co-PI
- TENACITy: , Horizon Europe, 10/2022 - 09/2025, 贈490,152, as PI
- , ESRC, 01/2021 - 06/2023, 贈551,316, as Co-PI
- Understanding end-users views of digital technologies for diagnosis of heart disease, Research England, 01/2022 - 07/2022, 贈14,398, as PI
- F2DR: Fit2Drive, Piloting new technology and processes to optimise fitness to drive assessments and improve safety, British Council, 10/2021 - 12/2023, 贈215,536, as PI
- Understanding the views of older adults and people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment on driving and fitness to drive, ISCF, 11/2020 - 02/2022, 贈54,186, as Co-PI
- Improving the assessment of driving behaviour for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment and healthy elderly, EPSRC, 11/2020 - 11/2021, 贈35,284, as Co-PI
- ELECTRICA: Development and proof of concept of an ELEctronic tool for Clinicians, Teachers and Researchers In Child Abuse, EPSRC, 04/2020 - 03/2023, 贈45,886, as Co-PI
- Clever-dREAMS: Using artificial intelligence to enhance the diagnosis of rare skeletal dysplasias in children, MRC, 12/2019 - 03/2021, 贈74,668, as Co-PI
- Mobilise-D: , EC H2020, 04/2019 - 06/2024, 贈1,227,496, as PI
- Early detection of Papilloedema and Diabetic Retinopathy, Innovate UK, 11/2018 - 09/2019, 贈58,611, as PI
- SETA: , EC H2020, 02/2016 - 01/2019, 贈970,000, as co-PI
- TRIDS: Tracking Real-time Intelligence in Data Streams, Innovate UK, 07/2011 - 12/2011, 贈49,184, as Co-PI