Software and Communication Platforms for High-Performance Collaborative Grid

People and contacts


Coordinator of the Italian group: Virginio Cantoni, Università degli Studi di Pavia, virginio.cantoni@unipv.it

University of Pavia

  • Francesco Bertagnolli, PhD student, (tutor: prof. Eugenio Costamagna, prof. Lorenzo Favalli)
    Adaptive techniques for video coding
  • Sara Marangon, PhD student (tutor: prof. Vittorio Degiorgio)
    Wavelength converters with structured microfibers
  • Marco Porta, postdoc researcher
    Vision-based perceptive interfaces and information visualization systems

>> Other team members:

  • Luca Bianchi, PhD student
  • Massimo Cellario, post-doc researcher
  • Ilaria Cristiani, researcher
  • Marco Ferretti, full professor
  • Marco Folli, collaboration
  • Nicoletta Galli, collaboration
  • Riccardo Gatti, PhD student
  • Santino Girometta, collaboration
  • Luca Lombardi, associate professor
  • Marta Miatton, collaboration
  • Paolo Minzioni, collaboration
  • Mauro Mosconi, researcher
  • Marco Piastra, post-doc researcher
  • Vincenzo Pusino, collaboration
  • Alice Ravarelli, PhD student
  • Mariagrazia Semenza, collaboration
  • Alessandra Setti, collaboration
  • Luca Tartara, researcher

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa

  • Isabella Cerutti, postdoc researcher
    Routing protocols
  • Valerio Martini, PhD student (tutor: prof. Piero Castoldi)
    Service support in GMPLS networks
  • Nicola Sambo, PhD student (tutor: prof. Piero Castoldi)
    Evaluation of possible extensions to the set of GMPLS protocols

>> Other team members:

  • Giancarlo Prati, full professor
  • Enrico Forestieri, full professor
  • Ernesto Ciaramella, associate professor
  • Fabrizio Di Pasquale, associate professor
  • Filippo Cugini, CNIT researcher
  • Ramzi Tka, graduate researcher
  • Luca Valcarenghi, researcher
  • Karim Torkmen, PhD student (tutor Prof. Piero Castoldi)
  • Fabio Baroncelli, CNIT researcher
  • Barbara Martini, CNIT researcher


Coordinator of Tunisian universities: Imed Frikha, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Politiques et Sociales de Tunis, Imed.Frikha@fdsf.rnu.tn

University of Tunis

  • Amina Bouraoui, postdoc researcher
    Assistive technologies
  • Hemda Chorfi, postdoc researcher
    E-learning
  • Afef Kacem, postdoc researcher
    Image processing
  • Sami Khanfir, PhD student (tutor in Pavia: prof. Marco Ferretti)
    Image FPGA
  • Mohsen Labidi, PhD student
    Tecnologie assistive

>> Other staff members:

  • Ahlem Ben Younes
    Graphic interfaces, grid research
  • Leyla Jemni
    Data mining, e-learning
  • Koutheair Khribi
    Data mining, e-learning

University of Manouba

  • Farouk Kamoun (coordinator)

University of Sfax

  • Abdelmajid Ben Hamadoo (coordinator)
  • Kamoun Lofti (coordinator)
  • Walid Mahdi, postdoc researcher
    MPEG-7 video streaming
  • Kassis Yousra, PhD student
    Detection, tracking and representation of movement
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