MINDFUL is a research interest group reuniting researchers from different fields and Universities to exchange knowledge on computational methods for mental health and well-being.
Particularly, the topics of interest to the research group are:
- Computational models and statistical methods for early detection of mental health issues.
- Computational tools for continuous and longitudinal monitoring.
- Computational models for personalized and adaptive interventions.
- Computational models and statistical approaches for disease risk stratification and prognosis.
- Computational models for multimodal data analysis.
- Computational models for emotion recognition and affective computing.
- Digital phenotyping for mental health and well-being.
- Explainable and interpretable computational models for mental health applications.
- Bias, fairness, and equity in AI and statistical modeling for mental health and well-being.
- Privacy-preserving and secure AI methods for sensitive mental health data.
- Ethical, legal, and societal implications of computational mental health technologies.
- Integration and validation of computational methods in real-world clinical settings.
The group is led by the MMSP laboratory and comprises the following members (alphabetical order):
- Politecnico di Milano
- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering: Anna Maria Bianchi.
- University of Milano-Bicocca
- Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication: Davide Chicco, Marco Cremaschi, Francesca Gasparini, Alessandra Grossi, Sara Nocco, Claudia Rabaioli, Alessandro Raganato, Giulia Rizzi, Aurora Saibene, Fabio Stella, and Marco Viviani.
- Department of Psychology: Rossana Actis-Grosso and Leonor Josefina Romero-Lauro.
- School of Medicine and Surgery: Cristina Crocamo.
- Università Statale di Milano
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco": Silvia Casarotto.
- Department of Computer Science: Nunzio Alberto Borghese.
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation: Paolo Brambilla.
The MMSP laboratory organizes the "Milan Workshop on Computational Methods for Mental Health and Well-Being" since 2024 to reunite the MINDFUL group members and open the doors to young researchers to present their cutting edge work and projects on the workshop topics.
- Milan Workshop on Computational Methods for Mental Health and Well Being 2026 edition coming soon!
- Milan Workshop on Computational Methods for Mental Health and Well Being 2025.
- Milan Workshop on Computational Methods for Mental Health and Well Being 2024.
Moreover, the MINDFUL group members are currently organizing a Webinar series:
- In occasion of the World Parkinson's Day (11 April), Chiara Capra will give us a talk entitled "Medical devices to monitor Parkinson's: is the healthcare ecosystem ready for adoption?" on April 9th, 2026 starting 9:00 AM (CEST).
More information are available in the dedicated news.
