Julia Santaniello

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers, extended abstracts, and workshop papers.

Conference & journal papers

Full-length peer-reviewed papers.

  1. Towards Reinforcement Learning from Neural Feedback: Mapping fNIRS Signals to Agent Performance

    Julia Santaniello, Matthew Russell, Benson Jiang, Donatello Sassaroli, Robert Jacob, Jivko Sinapov

    AAAI (17.6% Acceptance Rate), 2026

    arXiv · Project page

  2. Neuro-Loop: A Framework for Brain-Guided Reinforcement Learning

    Julia Santaniello, Madelaine Brower, Benson Jiang, Donatello Sassaroli, Chenyuan Zhang, Robert Jacob, Jivko Sinapov

    Under review, 2027

    Link TBA · Project page

Workshop papers

Peer-reviewed papers presented at conference workshops.

  1. An offline approach to fNIRS-guided reinforcement learning for robot behavior

    Julia Santaniello, Madelaine Brower, Benson Jiang, Donatello Sassaroli, Chenyuan Zhang, Robert Jacob, Jivko Sinapov

    IROS 4th NOC Workshop, 2026

    arXiv · Project page

Extended abstracts

Short peer-reviewed manuscripts.

  1. Mapping Neural Signals to Agent Performance, A Step Towards Reinforcement Learning from Neural Feedback

    Julia Santaniello, Matthew Russell, Benson Jiang, Donatello Sassaroli, Robert Jacob, Jivko Sinapov

    Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM), 2025

    arXiv · Poster (PDF) · Project page