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

Vita Lanfranchi
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v.lanfranchi@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Vitaveska Lanfranchi
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Profile

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
  • 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

Journal articles

  • Webb TL, Baird HM, Maikore FS, West R, Hastings J, Mazumdar S, Lanfranchi V & Michie S (2025) . Wellcome Open Research, 10.
  • Roychowdhury S, Lanfranchi V & Mazumdar S (2025) . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 197, Part A.
  • Wang X, Zhang Y, Liu T, Yuan Z, Liu K, Lanfranchi V & Yang P (2025) . Pattern Recognition Letters.
  • Brennaf M, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2025) . IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
  • Rodriguez AM, Kellehear A, Lanfranchi V, McSherry W, Tatterton M, Watts MBE L, Yaziji N & Smith J (2025) . Illness, Crisis & Loss, 33(1), 172-197.
  • Ardle RM, Wales JL, Hamilton CA, Ryan LJ, McCarthy L, Din SD, Bayat S, Tangen GG, Ireson N, Lanfranchi V , Farina N et al (2024) Feasibility and acceptability of a continuous remote activity monitoring protocol in older adult dyads: A mixed methods pilot study. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 20(Suppl 7).
  • Ardle RM, Wales JL, Hamilton CA, Ryan LJ, McCarthy L, Din SD, Bayat S, Tangen GG, Ireson N, Lanfranchi V , Farina N et al (2024) Feasibility and acceptability of a continuous remote activity monitoring protocol in older adult dyads: A mixed methods pilot study. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 20(Suppl 10).
  • Roychowdhury S, Mazumdar S, Thakker D, Checco A, Lanfranchi V & Goodchild B (2024) . Land, 13(6).
  • Kirk C, K羹derle A, Mic籀-Amigo ME, Bonci T, Paraschiv-Ionescu A, Ullrich M, Soltani A, Gazit E, Salis F, Alcock L , Aminian K et al (2024) . Scientific Reports, 14(1).
  • Ardle RM, Ryan LJ, McCarthy L, Wilson C, Hamilton CA, Tangen GG, Farina N, Ireson N, Lanfranchi V, Hicks B & Bayat S (2023) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S11).
  • Ardle RM, Ryan LJ, McCarthy L, Wilson C, Hamilton CA, Tangen GG, Farina N, Ireson N, Lanfranchi V, Hicks B & Bayat S (2023) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S23).
  • Zhang Y, Liu T, Lanfranchi V & Yang P (2022) . IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 11, 1-12.
  • Sproson L, Mills N, Pryde L, Adebajo A, Coyle D, Preston J, Blackburn D, Christensen H & Lanfranchi V (2022) . Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 46(6).
  • Lanfranchi V, Jones N, Read J, Fegan C, Field R, Simpson E, Revitt C, Cudd P & Ciravegna F (2022) . Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 46(6), 536-546.
  • Yang P, Yang C, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2022) . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 18(10), 6619-6630.
  • Jones N, Read J, Field R, Fegan C, Simpson E, Revitt C, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2022) . British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 85(1), 50-61.
  • Mazz C, Alcock L, Aminian K, Becker C, Bertuletti S, Bonci T, Brown P, Brozgol M, Buckley E, Carsin A-E , Caruso M et al (2021) . BMJ Open, 11(12).
  • Field B, Read J, Jones N, Fegan C & Lanfranchi V (2021) . British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 84(2), 69-71.
  • Sproson L, Lanfranchi V, Collins A, Chhetri SK, Daly N, Ennis M, Glennon L, Gorrie G, Jay E, Marsden R , McCarthy AD et al (2020) . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 22(1-2), 38-45.
  • Masood A, Yang P, Sheng B, Li H, Li P, Qin J, Lanfranchi V, Kim J & Feng DD (2019) . IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 8.
  • Mazumdar S, lanfranchi V, Ireson N, Wrigley S, Bagnasco C, wehn U, McDonagh R, Ferri M, McCarthy S, Huwald H & Ciravegna F (2016) Citizens observatories for effective Earth observations: the WeSenseIt Approach. Environmental Scientist, 25(2), 56-61.
  • Wehn U, McCarthy S, Lanfranchi V & Tapsell S (2015) . Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 14(9), 2073-2086.
  • Wehn U, Rusca M, Evers J & Lanfranchi V (2015) . Environmental Science & Policy, 48, 225-236.
  • Mazumdar S, Petrelli D, Elbedweihy K, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2015) . Semantic Web, 6(3), 277-312.
  • Lanfranchi V & Kauppinen T (2014) Preface. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 1329, 29-30.
  • Petrelli D, Lanfranchi V, Ciravegna F, Begdev R & Chapman S (2011) . Aslib Proceedings New Information Perspectives, 63(2-3), 148-167.
  • Mazumdar S, Varga A, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2011) A knowledge dashboard for manufacturing industries. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 748, 51-63.
  • Petrelli D, Dadzie AS & Lanfranchi V (2009) Mediating between AI and Highly Specialized Users. AI MAG, 30(4), 95-102.
  • Dadzie AS, Lanfranchi V & Petrelli D (2009) . INFORM VISUAL, 8(3), 197-211.
  • Dadzie AS, Bhagdev R, Chakravarthy A, Chapman S, Iria J, Lanfranchi V, Magalhaes J, Petrelli D & Ciravegna F (2009) . J INTELL MANUF, 20(5), 611-623.
  • Baravalle A & Lanfranchi V (2003) . Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput, 35(3), 364-368.
  • Fadlian MF, Ireson N & Lanfranchi V () . Proceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference.
  • Kirk C, K羹derle A, Mic籀-Amigo ME, Bonci T, Paraschiv-Ionescu A, Ullrich M, Soltani A, Gazit E, Salis F, Alcock L , Aminian K et al () . Scientific Reports, 14(1).

Book chapters

  • Ireson N, Roychowdhury S, Ciravegna F & Lanfranchi V (2025) , Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (pp. 209-220). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Maikore F, Mazumdar S, Offiah A, Hughes A, Roychowdhury S, Hocking K & Lanfranchi V (2024) In Alam M, Rospocher M, van Erp M, Hollink L & Asefa Gesese G (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 260-270). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Mazumdar S, Maikore F, Lanfranchi V, Roychowdhury S, Webber R, Baird HM, Basir M, Huddy V, Norman P, Rowe R , Scott AJ et al (2023) , Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp. 103-109). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Albar L, Lanfranchi V & Mazumdar S (2023) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 491-508). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Jeays-Ward K, Lanfranchi V, McCarthy AD, Pryde L, Sproson L & Tindale WB (2020) , Intelligent Systems Reference Library (pp. 147-168). Springer International Publishing
  • Hedley-Takhar P, Jimenez-Aranda A, Lanfranchi V, Pownall S, Sproson L & Tindale WB (2020) , Intelligent Systems Reference Library (pp. 21-39). Springer International Publishing
  • Gentile AL, Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S & Ciravegna F (2011) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 209-224). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Lanfranchi V, Hedley-Takhar P, Tindale W, Pownall S, Jimenez-Aranda A & Sproson L () A user-centered approach to digitalising healthcare In Woodcock A, Moody L, McDonagh D, Jain A & Jain LC (Ed.), Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Population Springer International Publishing

Conference proceedings

  • Smith J, Rodriguez A, Lanfranchi V & Tatterton M (2025) . BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, Vol. 15(Suppl 1) (pp A4-A4). Virtual, online, 11 February 2025 - 11 February 2025.
  • Wales JL, Hamilton CA, McCarthy L, Bayat S, Tangen GG, Ireson N, Lanfranchi V, Farina N, Hicks B & Ardle RM (2024) . Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Vol. 20(S7). Philadelphia, USA, 28 July 2024 - 28 July 2024.
  • Zhou M, Wang M, Zhang Y, Yuan Z, Lanfranchi V & Yang P (2024) . 2024 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) (pp 6545-6552), 3 December 2024 - 6 December 2024.
  • Brennaf MS, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2023) . 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom) (pp 2601-2606), 1 November 2023 - 3 November 2023.
  • Brennaf MS, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2023) . 2023 IEEE International Conference on Cryptography, Informatics, and Cybersecurity (ICoCICs) (pp 133-138), 22 August 2023 - 24 August 2023.
  • Lanfranchi V, Fadlian M, Koilpillai SGA, Sproson L, Burke M, Chapman S & Blackburn D (2023) . HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems: 5th International Conference, MobiTAS 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2328, 2023, Proceedings, Part II, Vol. LNCS 14049 (pp 263-274). Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 July 2023 - 23 July 2023.
  • Zhang Y, Lanfranchi V, Wang X, Zhou M & Yang P (2023) . 2022 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (pp 2735-2742). Las Vegas, NV, USA, 6 December 2022 - 6 December 2022.
  • Alnuhayt A, Mazumdar S, Lanfranchi V & Hopfgartner F (2022) Understanding reactions to misinformation - a COVID-19 perspective. ISCRAM 2022 Conference Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp 687-700). Tarbes, France, 22 May 2022 - 22 May 2022.
  • Zhang Y, Zhou M, Liu T, Lanfranchi V & Yang P (2022) . 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp 979-985), 11 July 2022 - 15 July 2022.
  • Zhang Y, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2021) . 2021 IEEE 19th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) (pp 1-8), 21 July 2021 - 23 July 2021.
  • Li S, Yang P & Lanfranchi V (2021) . 2021 17th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN) (pp 687-693), 13 December 2021 - 15 December 2021.
  • Ciravegna F, Jones N, Lanfranchi V, Read J, Simpson E, Revitt C, Fegan C, Storey S, Wild A & Cudd P (2019) . Technology and Disability, Vol. 31(Supplement 1) (pp S184). Bologna, Italy, 27 August 2019 - 27 August 2019.
  • Ciravegna F, Gao J, Ireson N, Copeland R, Walsh J & Lanfranchi V (2019) . Proceedings of 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (pp 11-20). Trento, Italy, 20 May 2019 - 20 May 2019.
  • Lanfranchi V, Naori N & Sirbu T (2018) GPS-based solution for tracking and protecting humanitarians in conflict zones. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM). Rochester, NY, USA , 20 May 2018 - 20 May 2018.
  • Ciravegna F, Gao J, Ingram C, Ireson N, Lanfranchi V & Simanjuntak H (2018) Mapping mobility to support crisis management. ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings (pp 305-316). Rochester NY, USA, 20 May 2018 - 20 May 2018.
  • Lanfranchi V (2017) Machine Learning and Social Media in Crisis Management: Agility vs Ethics. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Albi, France, 20 May 2017 - 20 May 2017.
  • Blomqvist E, Mazumdar S, Kessler C, Lanfranchi V & Kauppinen T (2015) Workshop summary: Workshop on Semantics and Analytics for Emergency Response (SAFE2015). Iscram 2015 Conference Proceedings 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Vol. 2015-January
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S & Ciravegna F (2014) Visual design recommendations for situation awareness in social media. Iscram 2014 Conference Proceedings 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp 792-801)
  • Lanfranchi V, Wrigley SN, Ireson N, Wehn U & Ciravegna F (2014) Citizens' observatories for situation awareness in flooding. ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp 145-154). Pennsylvania, USA
  • Mazumdar S, Lanfranchi V, Ireson N & Ciravegna F (2014) Visual analysis of real-time social media for emergency response. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1329 (pp 67-78)
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Blomqvist E & Brewster C (2013) Roadmapping discussion summary - Social media and linked data for emergency response. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Blomqvist E & Brewster C (2013) Preface - Editors' note. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191
  • Mazumdar S, Lanfranchi V, Cano AE & Ciravegna F (2013) Visualising topical sentiment in twitter streams. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 1191
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S & Ciravegna F (2013) Evaluating the real usability of a C2 system short and controlled vs long and real. ISCRAM. Baden-Baden, Germany, 12 May 2013 - 15 May 2013.
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Carvalho R, Chapman S & Ciravegna F (2013) Using Semantic Forms to Correlate Emergency Information in Control Rooms. Social Media and Semantic Technologies in Emergency Response (SMERST). Coventry, UK, 15 April 2013 - 16 April 2013.
  • Tucker S, Lanfranchi V, Ireson N, Sosa A, Burel G & Ciravegna F (2012) Straight to the Information I Need: Assessing Collational Interfaces for Emergency Response. 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2012)
  • Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S, Gentile A & Ciravegna F (2012) Visualising Context and Hierarchy in Social Media. ntelligent Exploration of Semantic Data (IESD), co-located with Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge . Galway City, Ireland, 8 October 2012 - 9 October 2012.
  • Mazumdar S, Varga A, Lanfranchi V, Petrelli D & Ciravegna F (2011) A Knowledge Dashboard for Manufacturing Industries.. ESWC Workshops, Vol. 7117 (pp 112-124)
  • Gentile AL, Basave AEC, Dadzie A-S, Lanfranchi V & Ireson N (2011) Does Size Matter? When Small is Good Enough. Making Sense of Microposts (#MSM2011) (pp 45-56)
  • Gentile AL, Lanfranchi V, Mazumdar S & Ciravegna F (2011) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7031 LNCS(PART 1) (pp 209-224)
  • Solachidis V, Mylonas P, Geyer-Schulz A, Hoser B, Chapman S, Ciravegna F, Lanfranchi V, Scherp A, Staab S, Contopoulos C , Gkika I et al (2010) . Studies in Classification Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization (pp 765-774)
  • Solachidis V, Mylonas P, Geyer-Schulz A, Hoser B, Chapman S, Ciravegna F, Lanfranchi V, Scherp A, Staab S, Contopoulos C , Gkika I et al (2010) . ADVANCES IN DATA ANALYSIS, DATA HANDLING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (pp 765-774)
  • Burel G, Cano AE & Lanfranchi V (2009) Ozone browser: Augmenting the web with semantic overlays. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 449
  • Chapman S, Lanfranchi V & Bhagdev R (2009) K-Tools: Towards Semantic Knowledge Management. SEMANTIC WEB: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, Vol. 5554 (pp 806-810)
  • Lanfranchi V & Ireson N (2009) User requirements for a collective intelligence emergency response system.. BCS HCI (pp 198-203)
  • Bhagdev R, Chapman S, Ciravegna F, Lanfranchi V & Petrelli D (2008) Hybrid search: Effectively combining keywords and semantic searches. SEMANTIC WEB: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 5021 (pp 554-568)
  • Bhagdev R, Chakravarthy A, Chapman S, Ciravegna F & Lanfranchi V (2008) Creating and Using Organisational Semantic Webs in Large Networked Organisations. SEMANTIC WEB - ISWC 2008, Vol. 5318 (pp 723-736)
  • Chakravarthy A, Ciravegna F & Lanfranchi V (2006) Cross-media document annotation and enrichment. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 209 (pp 9)
  • 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.. IIiX (pp 37-41)
  • Chakravarthy A, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2006) Requirements for multimedia document enrichment.. WWW (pp 903-904)
  • 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 (pp 64-72)
  • Petrelli D, Lanfranchi V & Ciravegna F (2005) Working out a common task: Design and evaluation of user-intelligent system collaboration. HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION - INTERACT 2005, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 3585 (pp 309-322)
  • Lanfranchi V, Ciravegna F, Moore P & Petrelli D (2005) Document editing and browsing in AKTiveDoc.. ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (pp 237-238)
  • Lanfranchi V, Ciravegna F & Petrelli D (2005) Semantic Web-based document: Editing and browsing in AktiveDoc. SEMANTIC WEB: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 3532 (pp 623-632)
  • Brennaf MS, Yang P & Lanfranchi V () . Engineering Headway, Vol. 27 (pp 3-12)
  • Lanfranchi V, Carvalho RF, Gentile AL, Mazumdar S, Chapman S & Ciravegna F () A Semantic Knowledge Management Framework for Informal Communication Exchanges. 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2011)

Posters

  • Davila Garcia ML, Offiah A, Lanfranchi V, Villa Uriol MC & Yang P (2021) Image Analysis and machine learning for diagnosis of Skeletal dysplasias. Child Health Technology March 2021.
Research group

Pervasive Computing 

Grants
  • , EPSRC, 01/2023 - 06/2025, 瞿504,262, as Co-PI
  • TENACITy: , Horizon Europe, 10/2022 - 09/2025, 瞿490,152, as PI
  • , ESRC, 01/2021 - 06/2023, 瞿551,316, as Co-PI
  • Understanding end-users views of digital technologies for diagnosis of heart disease, Research England, 01/2022 - 07/2022, 瞿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, 瞿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, 瞿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, 瞿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, 瞿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, 瞿74,668, as Co-PI
  • Mobilise-D: , EC H2020, 04/2019 - 06/2024, 瞿1,227,496, as PI
  • Early detection of Papilloedema and Diabetic Retinopathy, Innovate UK, 11/2018 - 09/2019, 瞿58,611, as PI
  • SETA: , EC H2020, 02/2016 - 01/2019, 瞿970,000, as co-PI
  • TRIDS: Tracking Real-time Intelligence in Data Streams, Innovate UK, 07/2011 - 12/2011, 瞿49,184, as Co-PI