Gianluca Baldassarre

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2001-2024
Publications (10 Years): 57

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IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst.

ICDL-EPIROB

Frontiers Neurorobotics

University of Essex, Colchester, UK (PHD)

Education History

University of Essex, Colchester, UK

PHD

Publications

Clara Sardella, Claudia Di Marco, Martina Porcelli, Jasmine Miozzi, Valerio Sperati, Beste Özcan, Massimiliano De Luca, Alessandro Pecora, Massimiliano Schembri, Gianluca Baldassarre, Riccardo Santilli
The use of Transitional Wearable Companion toys to promote children's emotional intelligence: the Emotion-Lab program. IDC (2024)
Giovanni Granato, Gianluca Baldassarre
Bridging flexible goal-directed cognition and consciousness: The Goal-Aligning Representation Internal Manipulation theory. Neural Networks 176 (2024)
Valerio Sperati, Beste Özcan, Federica Giovannone, Massimiliano Schembri, Noemi Faedda, Carla Sogos, Vincenzo Guidetti, Gianluca Baldassarre
A tangible, toy-based platform to evaluate the child's social interaction in turn-taking game: a prospective on monitoring neurodevelopmental disorders. IDC (2024)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Richard J. Duro, Emilio Cartoni, Mehdi Khamassi, Alejandro Romero, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Purpose for Open-Ended Learning Robots: A Computational Taxonomy, Definition, and Operationalisation. CoRR (2024)
Michele Farisco, Gianluca Baldassarre, Emilio Cartoni, Antonia Leach, Mihai A. Petrovici, Achim Rosemann, Arleen Salles, Bernd Stahl, Sacha J. van Albada
A method for the ethical analysis of brain-inspired AI. Artif. Intell. Rev. 57 (6) (2024)
Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Davide Montella, Gianluca Baldassarre
C-GRAIL: Autonomous Reinforcement Learning of Multiple and Context-Dependent Goals. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 15 (1) (2023)
Kathryn Kasmarik, Gianluca Baldassarre, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Jochen Triesch
Guest Editorial Special Issue on Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Learning (IMOL). IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 15 (2) (2023)
Beste Özcan, Valerio Sperati, Flora Giocondo, Jonata Tyska Carvalho, Gianluca Baldassarre
Co-designing play activities and monitoring tools with smart interactive toys to support early intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder and comparable neurodevelopmental conditions. IDC (2023)
Emilio Cartoni, Davide Montella, Jochen Triesch, Gianluca Baldassarre
REAL-X - Robot Open-Ended Autonomous Learning Architecture: Building Truly End-to-End Sensorimotor Autonomous Learning Systems. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 15 (4) (2023)
Alejandro Romero, Gianluca Baldassarre, Richard J. Duro, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Autonomous Learning of Task Sequences in Robotic Scenarios with Non-Stationary Interdependencies. ICAR (2023)
Charles Wilmot, Gianluca Baldassarre, Jochen Triesch
Learning Abstract Representations Through Lossy Compression of Multimodal Signals. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 15 (2) (2023)
Olivier Sigaud, Gianluca Baldassarre, Cédric Colas, Stéphane Doncieux, Richard J. Duro, Nicolas Perrin-Gilbert, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
A Definition of Open-Ended Learning Problems for Goal-Conditioned Agents. CoRR (2023)
Michele Farisco, Gianluca Baldassarre, Emilio Cartoni, Antonia Leach, Mihai A. Petrovici, Achim Rosemann, Arleen Salles, Bernd Stahl, Sacha J. van Albada
A method for the ethical analysis of brain-inspired AI. CoRR (2023)
Flora Giocondo, Noemi Faedda, Gioia Cavalli, Massimiliano Schembri, Francesco Montedori, Federica Giovannone, Carla Sogos, Vincenzo Guidetti, Valerio Sperati, Beste Özcan, Gianluca Baldassarre
Supporting turn-taking activities: a pilot study using a smart toy with children with a diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders. IDC (2023)
Beste Özcan, Valerio Sperati, Flora Giocondo, Massimiliano Schembri, Gianluca Baldassarre
Multi-sensory Wearable Bio-feedback Pillow to Enhance Genuine Feeling of Intimate Connection. TEI (2023)
Alejandro Romero, Gianluca Baldassarre, Richard J. Duro, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Learning Multiple Tasks with Non-stationary Interdependencies in Autonomous Robots. AAMAS (2023)
Mario Merone, Sebastian Luca D'Addario, Pierandrea Mirino, Francesca Bertino, Cecilia Guariglia, Rossella Ventura, Adriano Capirchio, Gianluca Baldassarre, Massimo Silvetti, Daniele Caligiore
A multi-expert ensemble system for predicting Alzheimer transition using clinical features. Brain Informatics 9 (1) (2022)
Kristsana Seepanomwan, Daniele Caligiore, J. Kevin O'Regan, Gianluca Baldassarre
Intrinsic Motivations and Planning to Explain Tool-Use Development: A Study With a Simulated Robot Model. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 14 (1) (2022)
Pierangelo Afferni, Federico Cascino-Milani, Andrea Mattera, Gianluca Baldassarre
A neuro-inspired computational model of life-long learning and catastrophic interference, mimicking hippocampus novelty-based dopamine modulation and lateral inhibitory plasticity. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. 16 (2022)
Flora Giocondo, Noemi Faedda, Gioia Cavalli, Valerio Sperati, Beste Özcan, Federica Giovannone, Carla Sogos, Vincenzo Guidetti, Gianluca Baldassarre
Leveraging curiosity to encourage social interactions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: preliminary results using the interactive toy PlusMe. CHI Extended Abstracts (2022)
Alejandro Romero, Gianluca Baldassarre, Richard J. Duro, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
. ICDL (2022)
Beste Özcan, Valerio Sperati, Flora Giocondo, Massimiliano Schembri, Gianluca Baldassarre
Interactive soft toys to support social engagement through sensory-motor plays in early intervention of kids with special needs. IDC (2022)
Marina Di Vincenzo, Francesco Palini, Maria De Marsico, Anna M. Borghi, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Natural Human-Drone Embodied Interface: Empirical Comparison With a Traditional Interface. Frontiers Neurorobotics 16 (2022)
Alejandro Romero, Gianluca Baldassarre, Richard J. Duro, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Autonomous Open-Ended Learning of Tasks with Non-Stationary Interdependencies. CoRR (2022)
Francesco Montedori, Francesca Romana Mattei, Beste Özcan, Massimiliano Schembri, Valerio Sperati, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Novel System Based on a Smart Toy Responding to Child's Facial Expressions: Potential Use in Early Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. HCI (48) (2022)
Giovanni Granato, Emilio Cartoni, Federico Da Rold, Andrea Mattera, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Computational Model of Representation Learning in the Brain Cortex, Integrating Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning. CoRR (2021)
Giovanni Granato, Gianluca Baldassarre
Internal manipulation of perceptual representations in human flexible cognition: A computational model. Neural Networks 143 (2021)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Davide Montella, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Emilio Cartoni
REAL 2021 - Robot open-Ended Autonomous Learning: A Competition and Benchmark. ICDL (2021)
Beste Özcan, Valerio Sperati, Flora Giocondo, Gianluca Baldassarre
"X-8": An Experimental Interactive Toy to Support Turn-Taking Games in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. HCI (37) (2021)
Angelo Oddi, Riccardo Rasconi, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Gabriele Sartor, Emilio Cartoni, Francesco Mannella, Gianluca Baldassarre
Integrating Open-Ended Learning in the Sense-Plan-Act Robot Control Paradigm. ECAI (2020)
Emilio Cartoni, Davide Montella, Jochen Triesch, Gianluca Baldassarre
An open-ended learning architecture to face the REAL 2020 simulated robot competition. CoRR (2020)
Dagmar Monett, Colin W. P. Lewis, Kristinn R. Thórisson, Joscha Bach, Gianluca Baldassarre, Giovanni Granato, Istvan S. N. Berkeley, François Chollet, Matthew Crosby, Henry Shevlin, John F. Sowa, John E. Laird, Shane Legg, Peter Lindes, Tomás Mikolov, William J. Rapaport, Raúl Rojas, Marek Rosa, Peter Stone, Richard S. Sutton, Roman V. Yampolskiy, Pei Wang, Roger C. Schank, Aaron Sloman, Alan F. T. Winfield
Special Issue "On Defining Artificial Intelligence" - Commentaries and Author's Response. J. Artif. Gen. Intell. 11 (2) (2020)
Ruggero Basanisi, Andrea Brovelli, Emilio Cartoni, Gianluca Baldassarre
A generative spiking neural-network model of goal-directed behaviour and one-step planning. PLoS Comput. Biol. 16 (12) (2020)
Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Davide Montella, Bruno Castro da Silva, Gianluca Baldassarre
Autonomous learning of multiple, context-dependent tasks. CoRR (2020)
Manuel Del Verme, Bruno Castro da Silva, Gianluca Baldassarre
Optimal Options for Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning Under Time Constraints. CoRR (2020)
Lisa Jacquey, Gianluca Baldassarre, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, J. Kevin O'Regan
Sensorimotor Contingencies as a Key Drive of Development: From Babies to Robots. Frontiers Neurorobotics 13 (2019)
Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre, Emilio Cartoni
Autonomous Reinforcement Learning of Multiple Interrelated Tasks. ICDL-EPIROB (2019)
Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Emilio Cartoni, Bruno Castro da Silva, Gianluca Baldassarre
Autonomous Open-Ended Learning of Interdependent Tasks. CoRR (2019)
Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Andrew G. Barto, Gianluca Baldassarre
Editorial: Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Learning in Autonomous Robots. Frontiers Neurorobotics 13 (2019)
Angelo Oddi, Riccardo Rasconi, Emilio Cartoni, Gabriele Sartor, Gianluca Baldassarre, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Learning High-Level Planning Symbols from Intrinsically Motivated Experience. CoRR (2019)
Emilio Cartoni, Francesco Mannella, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Jochen Triesch, Elmar Rueckert, Gianluca Baldassarre
REAL-2019: Robot open-Ended Autonomous Learning competition. NeurIPS (Competition and Demos) (2019)
Gianluca Baldassarre
Intrinsic motivations and open-ended learning. CoRR (2019)
Angelo Oddi, Riccardo Rasconi, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Gabriele Sartor, Emilio Cartoni, Francesco Mannella, Gianluca Baldassarre
An Intrinsically Motivated Planning Architecture for Curiosity-driven Robots. AIRO@AI*IA (2019)
Paolo Tommasino, Daniele Caligiore, Marco Mirolli, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Reinforcement Learning Architecture That Transfers Knowledge Between Skills When Solving Multiple Tasks. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 11 (2) (2019)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Giovanni Granato
Representation Internal-Manipulation (RIM): A Neuro-Inspired Computational Theory of Consciousness. CoRR (2019)
Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre, Emilio Cartoni
Autonomous Reinforcement Learning of Multiple Interrelated Tasks. CoRR (2019)
Gianluca Baldassarre, William Lord, Giovanni Granato, Vieri Giuliano Santucci
An Embodied Agent Learning Affordances With Intrinsic Motivations and Solving Extrinsic Tasks With Attention and One-Step Planning. Frontiers Neurorobotics 13 (2019)
Francesco Mannella, Vieri G. Santucci, Eszter Somogyi, Lisa Jacquey, J. Kevin O'Regan, Gianluca Baldassarre
Know Your Body Through Intrinsic Goals. Frontiers Neurorobotics 12 (2018)
Emilio Cartoni, Gianluca Baldassarre
Autonomous discovery of the goal space to learn a parameterized skill. CoRR (2018)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Francesco Mannella, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Eszter Somogyi, Lisa Jacquey, Mollie Hamilton, J. Kevin O'Regan
Action-outcome contingencies as the engine of open-ended learning: computational models and developmental experiments. ICDL-EPIROB (2018)
Valerio Sperati, Gianluca Baldassarre
Bio-Inspired Model Learning Visual Goals and Attention Skills Through Contingencies and Intrinsic Motivations. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 10 (2) (2018)
Stefano Zappacosta, Francesco Mannella, Marco Mirolli, Gianluca Baldassarre
General differential Hebbian learning: Capturing temporal relations between events in neural networks and the brain. PLoS Comput. Biol. 14 (8) (2018)
Kristsana Seepanomwan, Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre
Intrinsically motivated discovered outcomes boost user's goals achievement in a humanoid robot. ICDL-EPIROB (2017)
Daniele Caligiore, Francesco Mannella, Michael A. Arbib, Gianluca Baldassarre
Dysfunctions of the basal ganglia-cerebellar-thalamo-cortical system produce motor tics in Tourette syndrome. PLoS Comput. Biol. 13 (3) (2017)
Valentina Cristina Meola, Daniele Caligiore, Valerio Sperati, Loredana Zollo, Anna Lisa Ciancio, Fabrizio Taffoni, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Gianluca Baldassarre
Interplay of Rhythmic and Discrete Manipulation Movements During Development: A Policy-Search Reinforcement-Learning Robot Model. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 8 (3) (2016)
Beste Özcan, Daniele Caligiore, Valerio Sperati, Tania Moretta, Gianluca Baldassarre
Transitional Wearable Companions: A Novel Concept of Soft Interactive Social Robots to Improve Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Int. J. Soc. Robotics 8 (4) (2016)
Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre, Marco Mirolli
GRAIL: A Goal-Discovering Robotic Architecture for Intrinsically-Motivated Learning. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 8 (3) (2016)
Francesco Mannella, Gianluca Baldassarre
Selection of cortical dynamics for motor behaviour by the basal ganglia. Biol. Cybern. 109 (6) (2015)
Kristsana Seepanomwan, Daniele Caligiore, Angelo Cangelosi, Gianluca Baldassarre
Generalisation, decision making, and embodiment effects in mental rotation: A neurorobotic architecture tested with a humanoid robot. Neural Networks 72 (2015)
Dimitri Ognibene, Gianluca Baldassarre
Ecological Active Vision: Four Bioinspired Principles to Integrate Bottom-Up and Adaptive Top-Down Attention Tested With a Simple Camera-Arm Robot. IEEE Trans. Auton. Ment. Dev. 7 (1) (2015)
Valerio Sperati, Gianluca Baldassarre
Learning where to look with movement-based intrinsic motivations: A bio-inspired model. ICDL-EPIROB (2014)
Bruno Castro da Silva, Gianluca Baldassarre, George Dimitri Konidaris, Andrew G. Barto
Learning parameterized motor skills on a humanoid robot. ICRA (2014)
Daniele Caligiore, Paolo Tommasino, Valerio Sperati, Gianluca Baldassarre
Modular and hierarchical brain organization to understand assimilation, accommodation and their relation to autism in reaching tasks: a developmental robotics hypothesis. Adapt. Behav. 22 (5) (2014)
Vieri G. Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre, Marco Mirolli
Autonomous selection of the "what" and the "how" of learning: An intrinsically motivated system tested with a two armed robot. ICDL-EPIROB (2014)
Dimitri Ognibene, Nicola Catenacci Volpi, Giovanni Pezzulo, Gianluca Baldassarre
Learning Epistemic Actions in Model-Free Memory-Free Reinforcement Learning: Experiments with a Neuro-robotic Model. Living Machines (2013)
Marco Mirolli, Vieri G. Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre
Phasic dopamine as a prediction error of intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcements driving both action acquisition and reward maximization: A simulated robotic study. Neural Networks 39 (2013)
Kristsana Seepanomwan, Daniele Caligiore, Gianluca Baldassarre, Angelo Cangelosi
Modelling mental rotation in cognitive robots. Adapt. Behav. 21 (4) (2013)
Kristsana Seepanomwan, Daniele Caligiore, Gianluca Baldassarre, Angelo Cangelosi
A cognitive robotic model of mental rotation. CCMB (2013)
Vieri G. Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre, Marco Mirolli
Which is the best intrinsic motivation signal for learning multiple skills? Frontiers Neurorobotics 7 (2013)
Tomassino Ferrauto, Domenico Parisi, Gabriele Di Stefano, Gianluca Baldassarre
Different Genetic Algorithms and the Evolution of Specialization: A Study with Groups of Simulated Neural Robots. Artif. Life 19 (2) (2013)
Paolo Tommasino, Daniele Caligiore, Marco Mirolli, Gianluca Baldassarre
Reinforcement learning algorithms that assimilate and accommodate skills with multiple tasks. ICDL-EPIROB (2012)
Vieri G. Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre, Marco Mirolli
Intrinsic motivation mechanisms for competence acquisition. ICDL-EPIROB (2012)
Rodolfo Marraffa, Valerio Sperati, Daniele Caligiore, Jochen Triesch, Gianluca Baldassarre
A bio-inspired attention model of anticipation in gaze-contingency experiments with infants. ICDL-EPIROB (2012)
Anna Lisa Ciancio, Loredana Zollo, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Daniele Caligiore, Gianluca Baldassarre
Hierarchical reinforcement learning and central pattern generators for modeling the development of rhythmic manipulation skills. ICDL-EPIROB (2011)
Gianluca Baldassarre
What are intrinsic motivations? A biological perspective. ICDL-EPIROB (2011)
Giovanni Pezzulo, Gianluca Baldassarre, Amedeo Cesta, Stefano Nolfi
Research on cognitive robotics at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy. Cogn. Process. 12 (4) (2011)
Daniele Caligiore, Marco Mirolli, Domenico Parisi, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Bioinspired Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Architecture for Modeling Learning of Multiple Skills with Continuous States and Actions. EpiRob (2010)
Dimitri Ognibene, Giovanni Pezzulo, Gianluca Baldassarre
How can bottom-up information shape learning of top-down attention-control skills? ICDL (2010)
Marco Mirolli, Francesco Mannella, Gianluca Baldassarre
The roles of the amygdala in the affective regulation of body, brain, and behaviour. Connect. Sci. 22 (3) (2010)
Dimitri Ognibene, Giovanni Pezzulo, Gianluca Baldassarre
Learning to Look in Different Environments: An Active-Vision Model Which Learns and Readapts Visual Routines. SAB (2010)
Daniele Caligiore, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Anna M. Borghi, Domenico Parisi, Gianluca Baldassarre
A reinforcement learning model of reaching integrating kinematic and dynamic control in a simulated arm robot. ICDL (2010)
Vieri G. Santucci, Gianluca Baldassarre, Marco Mirolli
Biological Cumulative Learning through Intrinsic Motivations: A Simulated Robotic Study on the Development of Visually-Guided Reaching. EpiRob (2010)
Robert Lowe, Francesco Mannella, Tom Ziemke, Gianluca Baldassarre
Modelling Coordination of Learning Systems: A Reservoir Systems Approach to Dopamine Modulated Pavlovian Conditioning. ECAL (1) (2009)
Francesco Mannella, Ansgar Koene, Gianluca Baldassarre
Navigation via Pavlovian conditioning: a robotic bio-constrained model of autoshaping in rats. EpiRob (2009)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Stefano Nolfi
Strengths and synergies of evolved and designed controllers: A study within collective robotics. Artif. Intell. 173 (7-8) (2009)
Dimitri Ognibene, Christian Balkenius, Gianluca Baldassarre
Integrating Epistemic Action (Active Vision) and Pragmatic Action (Reaching): A Neural Architecture for Camera-Arm Robots. SAB (2008)
Francesco Mannella, Stefano Zappacosta, Marco Mirolli, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Computational Model of the Amygdala Nuclei's Role in Second Order Conditioning. SAB (2008)
Giovanni Pezzulo, Martin V. Butz, Olivier Sigaud, Gianluca Baldassarre
From Sensorimotor to Higher-Level Cognitive Processes: An Introduction to Anticipatory Behavior Systems. ABiALS (2008)
Massimiliano Schembri, Marco Mirolli, Gianluca Baldassarre
Evolution and Learning in an Intrinsically Motivated Reinforcement Learning Robot. ECAL (2007)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Vito Trianni, Michael Bonani, Francesco Mondada, Marco Dorigo, Stefano Nolfi
Self-Organized Coordinated Motion in Groups of Physically Connected Robots. IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part B 37 (1) (2007)
Giovanni Pezzulo, Gianluca Baldassarre, Martin V. Butz, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Joachim Hoffmann
From Actions to Goals and Vice-Versa: Theoretical Analysis and Models of the Ideomotor Principle and TOTE. SAB ABiALS (2006)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Domenico Parisi, Stefano Nolfi
Distributed Coordination of Simulated Robots Based on Self-Organization. Artif. Life 12 (3) (2006)
Dimitri Ognibene, Angelo Rega, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Model of Reaching that Integrates Reinforcement Learning and Population Encoding of Postures. SAB (2006)
Martin V. Butz, Olivier Sigaud, Giovanni Pezzulo, Gianluca Baldassarre
Anticipations, Brains, Individual and Social Behavior: An Introduction to Anticipatory Systems. SAB ABiALS (2006)
Stefano Zappacosta, Stefano Nolfi, Gianluca Baldassarre
A Testbed for Neural-Network Models Capable of Integrating Information in Time. SAB ABiALS (2006)
Marco Dorigo, Elio Tuci, Roderich Groß, Vito Trianni, Thomas Halva Labella, Shervin Nouyan, Christos Ampatzis, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Gianluca Baldassarre, Stefano Nolfi, Francesco Mondada, Dario Floreano, Luca Maria Gambardella
The SWARM-BOTS Project. Swarm Robotics (2004)
Marco Dorigo, Vito Trianni, Erol Sahin, Roderich Groß, Thomas Halva Labella, Gianluca Baldassarre, Stefano Nolfi, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Francesco Mondada, Dario Floreano, Luca Maria Gambardella
. Auton. Robots 17 (2-3) (2004)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Stefano Nolfi, Domenico Parisi
Evolution of Collective Behavior in a Team of Physically Linked Robots. EvoWorkshops (2003)
Gianluca Baldassarre
Forward and Bidirectional Planning Based on Reinforcement Learning and Neural Networks in a Simulated Robot. ABiALS (2003)
Gianluca Baldassarre, Stefano Nolfi, Domenico Parisi
Evolving Mobile Robots Able to Display Collective Behaviors. Artif. Life 9 (3) (2003)

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