Publications

@article{machidon2026democratic,
  title = {Algorithmic Amplification, Clustered Publics, and Synthetic Persuasion: Rethinking Democratic Resilience},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian M.},
  journal = {IEEE Technology and Society Magazine},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Accepted for publication}
}

@article{machidon2026love,
  title = {Love as Moral Telos: A Love-Based Ethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian M.},
  journal = {Journal of Media Ethics},
  year = {2026},
  pages = {1--15},
  doi = {10.1080/23736992.2026.2699087},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/23736992.2026.2699087}
}

@article{machidon2026thou,
  title = {Forgetting how to say ``Thou'': artificial intelligence and the crisis of relation},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian Mihai},
  journal = {AI and Ethics},
  volume = {6},
  pages = {361},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1007/s43681-026-01225-w},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-026-01225-w}
}

@article{machidon2026agreement,
  title = {Agreement Is Not Alignment: Divergent Moral Grounds in Human and LLM Ethical Judgments},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian M. and Machidon, Alina L. and Strahovnik, Vojko and Centa Strahovnik, Mateja and Miklav{\v c}i{\v c}, Jonas and Robnik {\v S}ikonja, Marko},
  journal = {AI Transparency Journal},
  volume = {1},
  number = {1},
  pages = {124--132},
  year = {2026},
  month = {oct},
  url = {https://mail.aitj.org/index.php/journal/article/view/14},
  note = {Presented at the AI Transparency Conference (AITC) 2026, Nuremberg, Germany.}
}

@article{znidaric2026scoping,
  title = {A Scoping Review of the Negative Effects of Digital Technology on Cognition},
  author = {{\v Z}nidari{\v c}, Ur{\v s}ka and {\v S}trumbelj, Erik and Machidon, Octavian M.},
  journal = {Computers in Human Behavior Reports},
  volume = {24},
  pages = {101326},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2603.10025},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  doi = {10.1016/j.chbr.2026.101326},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2026.101326}
}

@article{kartali2026cardio,
  title = {Privacy-Preserving Adaptive Arrhythmia Monitoring with Wearable ECG, Smartphone PPG, and Federated On-Device Learning},
  author = {Kartali, Aneta and Koshtrevska, Marija and Joki{\'c}, Stevan and Gligori{\'c}, Nenad and Machidon, Octavian M.},
  journal = {Frontiers in Digital Health},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {1900115},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.3389/fdgth.2026.1900115},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2026.1900115}
}

@article{machidon2025childhood,
  title = {Generative AI and childhood education: lessons from the smartphone generation},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian-Mihai},
  journal = {AI \& Society},
  volume = {40},
  pages = {4295--4297},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1007/s00146-025-02196-y},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02196-y}
}

@article{machidon2025forming,
  title = {Forming hearts and minds: challenges and renewal in catholic education in the age of AI},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian M.},
  journal = {International Studies in Catholic Education},
  year = {2025},
  pages = {1--16},
  doi = {10.1080/19422539.2025.2576899},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/19422539.2025.2576899}
}

@article{machidon2025algorethics,
  title = {Beyond Algorethics: Addressing the Ethical and Anthropological Challenges of AI Recommender Systems},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian M.},
  journal = {Journal of Media Ethics},
  year = {2025},
  pages = {1--13},
  doi = {10.1080/23736992.2025.2584435},
  url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23736992.2025.2584435}
}

@article{machidon2025squeezeslim,
  title = {SqueezeSlimU-Net: An Adaptive and Efficient Segmentation Architecture for Real-Time UAV Weed Detection},
  author = {Machidon, Alina L. and Kra{\v s}ovec, Andra{\v z} and Pejovi{\'c}, Veljko and Machidon, Octavian M.},
  journal = {IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing},
  volume = {18},
  pages = {5749--5764},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3536175},
  url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10857312/}
}

@article{fabjancic2024mobiprox,
  title = {Mobiprox: Supporting Dynamic Approximate Computing on Mobiles},
  author = {Fabjan{\v c}i{\v c}, Matev{\v z} and Machidon, Octavian-Mihai and Sharif, Hashim and Zhao, Yifan and Misailovi{\'c}, Sa{\v s}a and Pejovi{\'c}, Veljko},
  journal = {IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
  volume = {11},
  number = {9},
  pages = {16873--16886},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1109/JIOT.2024.3365957},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3365957}
}

@article{machidon2024ratzinger,
  title = {Analyzing the Anthropological Implications of Artificial Intelligence through the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian-Mihai},
  journal = {Journal of Moral Theology},
  volume = {13},
  number = {2},
  pages = {114--135},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.55476/001c.121945},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.55476/001c.121945}
}

@article{machidon2024dignity,
  title = {Upholding Human Dignity in AI: Advocating Moral Reasoning over Consensus Ethics for Value Alignment},
  author = {Machidon, Octavian-Mihai},
  journal = {Philosophical Problems in Science},
  number = {77},
  pages = {25--39},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.59203/zfn.77.707},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.59203/zfn.77.707}
}