Samuele Vinanzi
Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSamuele Vinanzi is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Sheffield Hallam University with eight years of academic and industry experience bridging cognitive science, AI and robotics. His research focuses on cognitive robotics—teaching machines to perceive, reason and interact in human-like ways—and includes funded work on intention reading and trust in heterogeneous human-robot teams. He authored a public-facing book, In Robots We Trust (Oxford University Press, 2025), translating complex roboethics and trust research for general audiences. Samuele’s background spans hands-on software engineering and GIS development to teaching and tutoring undergraduates, giving him a rare mix of practical development skills and pedagogical experience. He completed a PhD in Computer Science at The University of Manchester and earlier engineering degrees in Palermo, with international research placements that reflect a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach. Colleagues and students value him for making technical topics accessible while pushing empirical research on how robots and humans build reliable, trust-based partnerships.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of ManchesterDiploma, Computer Science, 95, Diploma, Computer Science, 95 at ITIS Vittorio Emanuele IIIMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 110, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 110 at Università degli Studi di Palermo
Italian, English
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Github Skills (26)
socket6
ros6
bayesian6
python6
numpy6
pickle6
pure-python5
pythonic4
inference3
hidden2
r-programming2
markov2
stereo2
state-space2
robot2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
samvinanzi/VanderBOT
Jul 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
samvinanzi/DeCIFER
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:1 push in 2 months
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