Honors & Awards — Mirko Gelsomini

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• SUPSI Technology & Formation Award — Railway Quest — SUPSI, Lugano (Switzerland) (2025). 1st prize (ex aequo) · Premio tecnologia e formazione SUPSI
• Best Poster Award — ACM IUI - International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Los Angeles (USA) (2019). Paper: "Geniel: An auto-generative intelligent interface to empower learning in a multisensory environment"
• Winner of 3rd Place — ACM CHI - International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal (Canada) (2018). Paper: "Reflex: Learning Beyond the Screen in a Simple, Fun, and Affordable Way" - Student Research Competition
• Best Video Nomination ("Golden Mouse") — ACM CHI - International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal (Canada) (2018). Video Paper: "Puffy, a Friendly Inflatable Social Robot."
• Winner of "La Torretta" Award — Banca di Credito Cooperativo, Milan (Italy) (2017). The prize is given every year to those people or organizations who have distinguished themselves for their skills, projects and achievements: women and men who, in the fields of culture, work, sport and volunteering, have valorised the resources and energy in Lombardy.
• Best Video Award — ACM/IEEE HRI - International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, Vienna (Austria) (2017). Video Paper: "Engaging Children as Storytellers: Backchanneling Models for Robots"
• Best Short Paper Award — NewFriends Conference of Social Robots in Therapy and Education, Barcelona (Spain) (2016). Paper: "Attentive Robot Listener Engages Children in Language Learning"
• Microsoft Student Research Competition — ACM Assets - Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Reno (USA) (2016). Paper: "An Affordable Virtual Reality Learning Framework for Children with Neuro-Developmental Disorder"
• Best Full Paper — IEEE RO-MAN - International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (2016). Paper: "A huggable, mobile robot for developmental disorders"
• Roberto Rocca Fellowship — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA) (2015). for Thesis Abroad
• Best Short Paper — ACM AVI - International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Como (Italy) (2014). Paper: "Motion-based Touchless Interaction for ASD Children"
• Scholarship for Master Thesis Abroad — Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) (May 2013)
• Westmar Video Contest — Westmar Student Lofts, Atlanta (USA) (Jul 2013). First prize: won a year-long free rent in Atlanta
• Scholarship for merit — Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) (Dec 2012)
• Contest "Fausto Sartori" — Municipality of Milan, Milan (Italy) (Dec 2010). Development of an ecologic web portal
• Contest "Carta Regionale dei Servizi" — Municipality of Milan, Milan (Italy) (Dec 2009). First Prize
• Scholarship for merit — Municipality of Cornaredo, Milan (Italy) (2006). for High School
• Scholarship for merit — Municipality of Cornaredo, Milan (Italy) (2005). for High School
• Scholarship for merit — Municipality of Cornaredo, Milan (Italy) (2004). for High School
• Scholarship for merit — Municipality of Cornaredo, Milan (Italy) (2003). for High School

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