Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
John Tukey
I am Michael Papinutto. I am currently working at the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, while pursuing sporadic collaborations with the Visual and Social Neuroscience unit and Human-IST institute at the University of Fribourg as a postdoctoral fellow. Previously, I had a position of postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
I hold a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Univsersity of Fribourg, completed in 2021. My thesis examined eye-movements in the laboratory and in the real world, using gaze-contingent technics.
Projects I am engaged in are at the intersection of environmental psychology and human-computer interaction, involving both psychology and human-building interaction aspects and seek to assess the psychological traits involved in indoor comfort and the interaction with automated systems. More specifically, the main goals of my research target a finer tuning of the visual environment to on the one hand satisfy all occupants and on the other save energy.
Download my CVOn the right, you will find several web apps I build to teach bayesians statistics. Feel free to explore those apps and get in touch if you would like more informations.
Research implies a wide range of skills from writing to programming. I always aim at improving these skills. Currently, I put a lot of efforts into the perfection of my abilities in bayesian statistical analysis
SEE MY WORKRichoz, A.R., Stacchi, L., Schaller, P., Lao, J., Papinutto, M., Ticcinelli, V., & Caldara, R. (2024). Enhancing user acceptance in automated systems with human-centric lighting: the role of visual comfort, personality, and preference. Talk given at CISBAT23, Lausanne, Switzerland. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2600, No. 11, p. 112004). IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/11/112004.
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. Talk given at CISBAT23, Lausanne, Switzerland. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2600, No. 11, p. 112004). IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/11/112004.
Le Naour, T., Papinutto, M., Lobier, M., & Bresciani J.-P. (2023). Controlling the trajectory of a moving object substantially shortens the latency of motor responses to visual stimuli. iScience. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106838.
Dunn, J.D. Varela, V.PL., Nicholls, V.I., Papinutto, M., White, D., & Miellet, S. (2022). Face-Information Sampling in Super-Recognizers. Psychological Science, 33, (9). doi: 10.1177/09567976221096320.
Basurto, C., Papinutto, M., Colombo, M., Boghetti, R., Reutter, K., Nembrini, J., & Kämpf, J. H. (2022). Integrating daylight with general and task lighting: a longitudinal in-the-wild study in individual and open space working areas. Solar Energy Advances, 100027. doi: 10.1016/j.seja.2022.100027.
Papinutto, M., Boghetti, R., Colombo, M., Basurto, C., Reutter, K., Lalanne, D., ... & Nembrini, J. (2022). Saving energy by maximising daylight and minimising the impact on occupants: an automatic lighting system approach. Energy and Buildings, 112176. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112176.
Papinutto, M., Nembrini, J., & Lalanne, D. (2020). "Working in the dark?" investigation of physiological and psychological indices and prediction of back-lit screen users' reactions to light dimming. Building and Environment, 186, 107356. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107356.
Papinutto, M., Lao, L., Ramon, M., Caldara, R., & Miellet, S. (2017). The Facespan-the perceptual span for face recognition. Journal of Vision, 17(5), 16. doi: 10.1167/17.5.16.
Zhong, S., Rosset, L., Papinutto, M., Lalanne, D., & Alavi, H. S. (2022). Binaural Audio in Hybrid Meetings: Effects on Speaker Identification, Comprehension, and User Experience. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2). doi: 10.1145/3555170.
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. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2042, No. 1, p. 012115). IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012115.
Basurto, C., Boghetti, R., Colombo, M., Papinutto, M., Nembrini, J., & Kampf, J. H. (2021). Implementation of machine learning techniques for the quasi real-time blind and electric lighting optimization in a controlled experimental facility. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2042, No. 1, p. 012112). IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012112.
Nembrini, J., Kampf, J. H., Papinutto, M., & Lalanne, D. (2019). A smart luminaire in an office environment: impact on light distribution, user interactions and comfort. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1343, No. 1, p. 012164). IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012164.
Alavi, H. S., Verma, H., Papinutto, M., & Lalanne, D., (2017). Comfort: A Coordinate of User Experience in Interactive Built Environments. Short paper presented at INTERACT2017: The 16th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Mumbai, India. 10.1007/978-3-319-67687-6_16.
Papinutto, M., Lalanne, D., & Caldara, R., (2021). Watchers do not follow the eye movements of Walkers. University of Fribourg, Day of Cognition 2021, Fribourg, Switzerland
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. EPFL, CISBAT 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland
Papinutto, M. (2018). Light in Human-Building Interaction: Reaction time to Uncomfortable Light and its impact on productivity. Invited talk given at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Papinutto, M., Caldara, R., Lao, J., & Miellet, S., (2015). The Facespan - the perceptual span for face recognition. Talk given at ECEM2015: 18th European Conference on Eye Movements, Vienna, Austria
Papinutto, M., Caldara, R., Lao, J., & Miellet, S., (2014). The Facespan: isolating the perceptual span for face recognition. University of Fribourg, Day of Cognition 2014, Fribourg, Switzerland
Papinutto, M., Lao, J., Lalanne, D., & Caldara, R., (2018). Watchers do not follow the eye movements of Walkers. Poster presented at VSS2018: Conference of the Vision Science Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA
Papinutto, M., Lalanne, D., & Caldara, R., (2017). Watchers do not follow the eye movements of Walkers. Poster presented at SSP2017: the 15th Conference of the Psychology Swiss Society, Lausanne, Suisse
Papinutto, M., Caldara, R., Lao, J., & Miellet, S., (2014). The Facespan: isolating the perceptual span for face recognition. Poster presented at ECVP2014: 37th European Conference on Visual Perception, Belgrade, Serbia
2022-present
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
2021-2022
Duties: Bachelor and Master students supervision
2016-present
Aside my Ph.D. I decided to start a bachelor in informatics that I expect to obtain in august 2021
2015-2021
PhD Thesis: Using eye movements to isolate information use for faces and ecologically valid information sampling in the wild | Supervisors: Roberto Caldara and Denis Lalanne | Mention: Insigni Cum LaudeDuties: Teaching (Practical work of experimental psychology), Bachelor students supervision, and lab manager
2013-2015
Duties: Bachelor students supervision (about 25 Bachelor students), research assisting and lab manager
2013-2015
Master work: The Facespan | Supervisor: Sebastien Miellet | Mention: Insigni Cum Laude
2010-2013
Bachelor work: The Facespan | Supervisor: Sebastien Miellet | Mention: Magna Cum Laude