Ombretta Strafforello
I am a computer vision scientist. I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Johan Wagemans’ group at KU Leuven (BE), where I explore how computer vision can be used to model human aesthetic perception of natural and artistic images. My work focuses on adapting and extending state-of-the-art models, such as vision transformers and large vision-language models, to predict aesthetic appreciation. Additionally, I am exploring how theories from visual perception, particularly regarding the impact of color, symmetry, grouping, and composition, can be integrated into these models. Previously, I was a PhD candidate in deep learning for long-term video understanding in Jan van Gemert’s Computer Vision lab at TU Delft (NL), in collaboration with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).