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Marco Porta
Professor, University of Pavia, Italy

Keynote on: Intelligent Interaction at a Glance: The Future of Gaze-Aware Systems
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Biography: Marco Porta is a full professor at the University of Pavia (Pavia, Italy). He has a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan (Italy) and a Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Pavia. He is a member of the Computer Vision & Multimedia Lab research group of the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. His main research interests include eye tracking, vision-based perceptive interfaces, visual languages and communication, e-learning, and human-computer interaction in general, with an increasing focus on the use of artificial intelligence and machine perception for human-centered system design. He is also president of the teaching council of the interdepartmental programs CIM (Communication, Innovation, Multimedia, bachelor) and CoD (Digital Communication, master) of the University of Pavia, and (since January 2026) chair of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society's Technical Committee on Factory Automation.

Intelligent Interaction at a Glance: The Future of Gaze-Aware Systems
Marco Porta

Abstract: As computing systems evolve toward more natural and adaptive interaction, gaze offers a powerful channel for both implicit understanding and explicit control. The presentation explores how modern eye tracking, combined with machine learning and contextual intelligence, enables systems that infer user attention and respond to gaze as an explicit input modality. From hands-free interaction to adaptive visual systems, the talk examines applications, design challenges, and implications of gaze-aware technology for the future of human-computer interaction.