Diego Morra — Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Senseable City Lab
Diego Morra is a postdoctoral researcher at the MIT Senseable City Lab. His research explores the intersection of computer science, accessibility, and urban well-being, leveraging interactive technologies and artificial intelligence. He holds a background in Interaction Design and a Ph.D. in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) at Politecnico di Milano, where he focused on the design of interactive technologies for people with disabilities. His work has been published in high-impact journals and presented at leading conferences in human-computer interaction and interactive systems.
Research interests
- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
- Accessibility and Wellbeing
- IoT and Tangible Technologies
- Urban Sensing and Citizen Science
- LLMs and Computer Vision
- Co-design and Participatory Methods
Selected projects and exhibitions
- COBO — phygital toolkit to co-design interactive experiences with people with intellectual disabilities (Politecnico di Milano).
- Flatburn — open-source, solar-powered environmental sensing platform (MIT Senseable City Lab, City Scanner).
- Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 — Re-Leaf and Data Clouds installations (MIT Senseable City Lab).
- Mapping the [in]visible — exhibition at the MIT Museum for the 20th anniversary of the Senseable City Lab.
- Design+Strategies — platform for the strategic design research group at Politecnico di Milano.
- State of Decay — physical data visualization of abandoned buildings in Italy.
- Solo la Luce — photographic series exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair Milano.
Publications
Peer-reviewed publications in human-computer interaction, accessibility and interactive systems. Full list on Google Scholar .
Contact
- Email: d_morra@mit.edu
- Email: diegomorra.dm@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/diegomorra
- Google Scholar: scholar.google.com
- ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/Diego-Morra
- GitHub: github.com/diegomorra