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Moreno Colombo

PhD in Computer Science | Coordinator, Mobiliar Center for Resilience

About

My work has the goal of empowering people by simplifying their collaboration with technology to improve their lives. This includes making interaction with technological systems more natural and aligned with personal preferences, while designing solutions to reduce carbon footprints without compromising comfort. My background combines machine learning, fuzzy logic, and design science research to bridge academic insights and applied, real-world tools.

Research interests

  • Socio-Technical & Urban Resilience
  • Human-Computer & Human-Building Interaction
  • Perceptual & Social Computing
  • Sustainability & Green Mobility
  • Digital Behavior Change

Teaching

Current lectures

Past Lectures

  • Robotics — Teaching Assistant (2023–2026)
  • HCI Seminar — Teaching Assistant (2021–2026)
  • Computing With Words Seminar — Teaching Assistant (2019–2022)
  • Fuzzy Systems Modeling — Teaching Assistant (2020–2022)
  • Human Smart Cities Seminar — Teaching Assistant (2018–2021)
  • Fuzzy Systems Engineering — Teaching Assistant (2020–2021)
  • Fabrication And Prototyping In The LearningLab — Teaching Assistant (2023)

Theses supervision

Ongoing

Completed

Publications

  • Schoenenweid, M., Colombo, M., Papinutto, M., Bacher, J.P., Nembrini, J. (2025). Granularity level exploration: an analysis on correlations between presence and energy loads. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, CISBAT 2025 10.1088/1742-6596/3140/11/112022
  • Colombo, M. (2023). Phenotropic Interaction : Improving Interfaces with Computing with Words and Perceptions. Springer Cham. 10.1007/978-3-031-42819-7
  • Papinutto, M., Colombo, M., Boghetti, R., Basurto, C., Reutter, K., Lalanne, D., Kämpf, J. H., & Nembrini, J. (2023). Enhancing user acceptance in automated systems with human-centric lighting: the role of visual comfort, personality, and preference. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, CISBAT 2023 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/11/112004
  • Colombo, M. (2022). Phenotropic Interaction : Improving Interfaces with Computing with Words and Perceptions. PhD thesis. Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Colombo, M., Pincay, J., Lavrovsky, O., Iseli, L., van Wezemael, J., & Portmann, E. (2022). A Methodology for Mapping Perceived Spatial Qualities. In International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (pp. 184-208). Springer, Cham.
  • Papinutto, M., Boghetti, R., Colombo, M., Basurto, C., Reutter, K., Lalanne, D., Kämpf, J. & Nembrini, J. (2022). Saving energy by maximising daylight and minimising the impact on occupants: An automatic lighting system approach. Energy and Buildings, 268.
  • Papinutto, M., Colombo, M., Golsouzidou, M., Reutter, K., Lalanne, D., & Nembrini, J. (2021). Towards the integration of personal task-lighting in an optimised balance between electric lighting and daylighting: A user-centred study of emotion, visual comfort, interaction and form-factor of task lights. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, CISBAT 2021 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012115
  • Basurto, C., Boghetti, R., Colombo, M., Papinutto, M., Nembrini, J., & Kämpf, J. (2021). Implementation of machine learning techniques for the quasi real-time blind and electric lighting optimization in a controlled experimental facility. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, CISBAT 2021 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012112
  • Andreasyan, N., Dorado, A. F. D., Colombo, M., Teran, L., Pincay, J., Nguyen, M. T., & Portmann, E. (2021, July). Framework for Involving Citizens in Human Smart City Projects Using Collaborative Events. Eighth International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG) 10.1109/icedeg52154.2021.9530860
  • Colombo, M., Pincay, J., Lavrovsky, O., Iseli, L., Wezemael, J. V., & Portmann, E. (2021). Streetwise: Mapping Citizens’ Perceived Spatial Qualities. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 110.5220/0010532208100818
  • Colombo, M., D’Onofrio, S., & Portmann, E. (2020, September). Integration of Fuzzy Logic in Analogical Reasoning: A Prototype. 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP). 10.1109/iccp51029.2020.9266156
  • Colombo, M., & Portmann, E. (2020, December). An Algorithm for the Automatic Precisiation of the Meaning of Adjectives. 10.1109/scisisis50064.2020.9322674
  • Spring, T., Ajro, D., Pincay, J., Colombo, M., & Portmann, E. (2020). Jingle Jungle Maps—Capturing Urban Sounds and Emotions in Maps. 2020 7th International Conference on EDemocracy and EGovernment, ICEDEG 2020, 36–42. 10.1109/icedeg48599.2020.9096770
  • Colombo, M., Hurle, S., Portmann, E., & Schafer, E. (2020). A Framework for a Crowdsourced Creation of Smart City Wheels. 2020 7th International Conference on EDemocracy and EGovernment, ICEDEG 2020, 305–308. 10.1109/icedeg48599.2020.9096754
  • Colombo, M., Nguyen, M. T., & Pincay, J. (2020). Tutorial: Towards Human-Centered Smart City Solutions. 2020 7th International Conference on EDemocracy and EGovernment, ICEDEG 2020, 3–5.
  • Colombo, M., & Portmann, E. (2020). Semantic Similarity Between Adjectives and Adverbs - The Introduction of a New Measure. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 899, 103–116. 10.1007/978-3-030-49536-7_10
  • Colombo, M., Portmann, E., & Kaufmann, P. (2020). Artificial Intelligence – The Mindfire Foundation and Other Initiatives. In Cognitive Computing (pp. 67–85). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. 10.1007/978-3-658-27941-7_3