Visiting

Anno accademico 2024/2025

Visiting Professors

Emanuel Aldea, from Université Paris-Saclay, SATIE Laboratory Image and data analysis - France (19-21 November 2024 and 08-10 October 2024)

Evgeniya Stoycheva Georgieva and Tsvetozar Stefanov Georgiev, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (30 September 2024 - 04 October 2024) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training [group photo, from left: Evgeniya Stoycheva Georgieva, Tsvetozar Stefanov Georgiev, Virginio Cantoni, Luca Lombardi, Alessandra Setti, Marco Porta, Piercarlo Dondi, Georgiev's daughter]

Anno accademico 2023/2024

Visiting Professors

Ivanov Kirilov Aleksandar, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (15-19 July 2024) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Ivanova Aneliya Stoyanova, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (15-19 July 2024) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Ivanova Ivanova Galina, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (15-19 July 2024) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Emanuel Aldea, from Université Paris-Saclay, SATIE Laboratory Image and data analysis - France (07-09 November 2023 and 24-26 October 2023)

Rumen Ivanov Rusev, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (11-15 September 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Vyara Sabova Ruseva, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (11-15 September 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Angel Sotirov Smrikarov, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (11-15 September 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Stoyanka Racheva Smrikarova, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (11-15 September 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training [group photo, from left: Marco Porta, Rumen Ivanov Rusev, Stoyanka Racheva Smrikarova, Virginio Cantoni, Vyara Sabova Ruseva e Angel Sotirov Smrikarov]

PhD students

Hoàng Nam Lê, from Vietnam, development of a PhD diploma project, XXXIX cycle, first year (from a.y. 2024/2025 to a.y. 2026/2027), curriculum: Computer Science and Automation - advisors: Marco Porta, Piercarlo Dondi

Nawabi Awais Khan, from Pakistan, development of a PhD diploma project, XXXIX cycle, first year (from a.y. 2024/2025 to a.y. 2026/2027), curriculum: Computer Science and Automation - advisors: Piercarlo Dondi, Chiara Toffanin, Luca Bianchi (Neosperience)

Master's Students

Gabriel Franco, from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - France (03 June 2024 - 28 July 2024) - internship, tutors: Luca Lombardi and Piercarlo Dondi

Victor Guichard, from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - France (03 June 2024 - 28 July 2024) - internship, tutors: Luca Lombardi and Piercarlo Dondi

Erasmus students

Daniel Nikolov, from Bulgaria (University of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01) - development of final thesis project (BA) - April-July 2024 - supervisor: Marco Porta

Anno accademico 2022/2023

Visiting Professors

Miglena Rumenova Decheva, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (05-09 June 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Tsanko Dimitrov Golemanov, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (05-09 June 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Teaching

Emiliya Georgieva Golemanova, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (05-09 June 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Teaching

Petya Angelova Ivanova, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (05-09 June 2023) - Erasmus+ Programme Staff Mobility for Training

Emanuel Aldea, from Université Paris-Sud - France (07-09 November 2022 and 10 October 2022)

Master's Students

Martin Raynaud, from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - France (15 May 2023 - 15 July 2023) - internship, tutors: Luca Lombardi and Piercarlo Dondi

André Rauscher, from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - France (15 May 2023 - 15 July 2023) - internship, tutors: Luca Lombardi and Piercarlo Dondi

CICOPS Scholarship 2023

Benouis Mohamed, researcher-lecturer from the Department of Computer Science of the University of M’sila - Algeria (12 weeks of research at the University of Pavia)

Anno accademico 2021/2022

Visiting Professors

Bodo Rosenhahn, from Leibniz Universität of Hannover - Germany (26 July 2022), seminar: Normalizing Flows for Anomaly Detection and Probabilistic Human Pose Estimation - organizer: Marco Porta

Emanuel Aldea, from Université Paris-Sud - France (22,23 November 2021 and 11-18 October 2021) [foto di gruppo, a partire da sinistra: Cantoni, Aldea, Dondi, Lombardi, Setti]

PhD Student

Alireza Rezaei, from Université Paris-Sud - France (13-17 December 2021)

Master's Students

Paul-Maxence Baraton, from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - France (16 May 2022 - 16 July 2022) - internship, tutors: Luca Lombardi and Piercarlo Dondi

Bastien Michel, from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - France (16 May 2022 - 16 July 2022) - internship, tutors: Luca Lombardi and Piercarlo Dondi

Jamy Lafenetre, from École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - France (20 May 2022 - 16 July 2022) - internship, tutors: Luca Lombardi and Piercarlo Dondi

Anno accademico 2020/2021

Visiting Professors

Aleksandar Ivanov, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (06-10 September 2021) - Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training

Galina Ivanova, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Ruse - Bulgaria (06-10 September 2021) - Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training

Fabio Narducci, from University of Salerno - Italy (12-14 July 2021)

Emanuel Aldea, from University Paris XI, Paris-Sud - France (19, 20, 26 October 2020) - online lectures due to COVID-19 restrictions

PhD Student

Lucia Cascone, from University of Salerno - Italy (12-16 July 2021) [foto di gruppo, a partire da sinistra: Cantoni, Setti, Cascone, Lombardi, Dondi, Porta]

Anno accademico 2019/2020

Visiting Professors

Cristina Vertan, from Hamburg University - Germany (17-21 February 2020) - Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching

Walther von Hahn, from Hamburg University - Germany (17-21 February 2020) - Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching

Emanuel Aldea, from University Paris XI, Paris-Sud - France (28-30 October 2019)

Anno accademico 2018/2019

Visiting Professors

Cristina Vertan, from Hamburg University, Germany (27 May 2019 - 31 May 2019) - Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching

Walther von Hahn, from Hamburg University, Germany (20 May 2019 - 24 May 2019) - Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching

Kiflom Michael Kahsay, Director General of the Rora Digital Library and President of the Library And Information Association Of Eritrea and Aurora Scalora, eClub Rotary 2050, promoter of the project "Clean water for the Orata hospital of Asmara" in Eritrea (16^th of April 2019) - picture

Nkapkop Jean De Dieu (Golby) - jdd.nkapkop@gmail.com - from University of Ngaoundéré - Cameroon - CICOPS scholarship (from 04/03/2019 to 28/04/2019) - picture

Mauren L. S. Coelho de Andrade - mauren.sguario@gmail.com - from Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Câmpus Ponta Grossa, Paraná - Brazil (2 weeks in January 2019)

Kiril Metodiev Alexiev, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 21 to 27 October 2018) - picture, from left: Virginio Cantoni, Kiril Metodiev Alexiev

Dimo Todorov Dimov, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 21 to 27 October 2018) - picture, from left: Virginio Cantoni, Alessandra Setti, Dimo Todorov Dimov, Kiril Metodiev Alexiev

Emanuel Aldea, from University Paris XI, Paris-Sud - France (from 10 to 12 October 2018 and from 29 to 31 October 2018) - picture, from left: Emanuel Aldea, Virginio Cantoni

Sevinç Tunalı, Director of Education, Industry and Technology Institute / Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies (TASAM), from Istanbul - Turkey (1 October 2018)

PhD Students

Alptug Güney, from Hamburg University - Germany, second year PhD student - advisor: Yavuz Köse (1 October 2018)

Iman Abu Hashish, from Jordan, development of a PhD diploma project: "Data science applications in Smart Cities", XXXII ciclo - advisor: Marco Porta

Bachelor and Master's Degree Students

Antoine Luboya Mbingila, Erasmus student from France (Université de Rouen) - 06/05/2019-06/07/2019 - supervisor: Cantoni Virginio - picture: Lunch break, from left: Antoine Luboya Mbingila, Virginio Cantoni, Aurora Scalora, Mauro Mosconi, Marco Porta, Kiflom Michael Kahsay

Evgeni Drazhev, Erasmus student from Bulgaria (Angel Kanchev Universty of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01), level of study: BA - March-July 2019 - "Development of a Tactile Image", supervisor: Cantoni Virginio

Neli Kasarova, Erasmus student from Bulgaria (Angel Kanchev Universty of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01), level of study: BA - March-July 2019 - "Development of a Tactile Image", supervisor: Cantoni Virginio

Alireza Rezaei, Iranian student from France (University Paris XI, Paris-Sud), 23-30 October 2018

Anno accademico 2017/2018

Visiting Professors

Kiril Metodiev Alexiev, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 27 May 2018 to 02 June 2018) - picture, from left: Kiril Metodiev Alexiev, Marco Porta, Dimo Todorov Dimov, Virginio Cantoni

Dimo Todorov Dimov, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 27 May 2018 to 02 June 2018)

Fatiha Meskine, from University of Sidi-Bel-Abbes, Department of Electronics - Algeria (3-4 April 2018)

Walther von Hahn, from Hamburg University, Germany (12 March 2018 - 16 March 2018)

Cristina Vertan, from Hamburg University, Germany (05 March 2018 - 09 March 2018)

Emanuel Aldea, from University Paris XI, Paris-Sud - France (from 22 to 25 October 2017 and from 15 to 19 November 2017)

PhD Students

Haochen Wang, from China, development of a PhD diploma project, XXX cycle, third year extension - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Gulzat Zaurbekova, from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University - Kazakhstan, third year PhD student, (from 27 April 2018 to 27 May 2018) - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Zhassulan Shokishalov, from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University - Kazakhstan, third year PhD student, (from February 2018 to May 2018) - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Master's Degree Students

Tang Yulin, from Tongji University - China, development of a Master's Thesis: "Generating Person Appearance via Adversarial Networks", supervisor: Giuseppe Lisanti, co-supervisor: Mirto Musci

Zhang Qin, from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), ChengDu - China, development of a Master's Thesis: "Part-based Person Re-Identification via Deep Neural Networks", supervisor: Giuseppe Lisanti, co-supervisor: Mirto Musci

Quentin Forcioli, from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay - France, Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, internship (from 18 June 2018 to 10 August 2018) - Advisor Cantoni Virginio

Anno accademico 2016/2017

Visiting Professors

Kiril Alexiev, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 6 March 2017 to 10 March 2017)

Dimo Dimov, from Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia - Bulgaria (from 13 to 19 November 2016)

Emanuel Aldea, from Laboratory of Systems & Applications of Information & Energy Technologies (SATIE), Paris Sud University - France (24 October 2016)

PhD Students

Haochen Wang, from China, development of a PhD diploma project, XXX cycle, third year (from a.y. 2014/2015 to a.y. 2016/2017) - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Erasmus students

Avramov Grisha, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01) - development of final thesis project (BA) - March-July 2017 - supervisor: Virginio Cantoni

Zhekov Zhoro, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01) - development of final thesis project (BA) - March-July 2017 - supervisor: Luca Lombardi, Piercarlo Dondi

Anno accademico 2015/2016

Visiting Professors

Mirjana Ivanovic, from Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Novi Sad - Serbia (from 08 to 12 May 2016)

Aleksandra Klasnja-Milicevic, from Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Novi Sad - Serbia (from 08 to 12 May 2016)

Atanas Nikolov, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 07 January 2016 to 29 January 2016)

Kiril Alexiev, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 13 October 2015 to 09 November 2015)

Stefka Fidanova, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 06 October 2015 to 15 October 2015)

Dimo Dimov, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 30 September 2015 to 30 October 2015)

PhD Students

Haochen Wang, from China, development of a PhD diploma project, XXX cycle, second year (from a.y. 2014/2015 to a.y. 2016/2017) - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Nahumi Nugrahaningsih, from Indonesia, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVII cycle, 1 year extension (from a.y. 2012/2013 to a.y. 2014/2015), "Computer vision and multimedia" - advisor: Porta Marco

Erasmus students

Bukreev Momchil, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01) - development of final thesis project (BA) - March-July 2016 - supervisor: Cantoni Virginio, Porta Marco

Marinov Miroslav, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01) - development of final thesis project (BA) - March-July 2016 - supervisor: Cantoni Virginio, Porta Marco

Nikolov Krasimir, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse - BG ROUSSE01) - development of final thesis project (BA) - March-July 2016 - supervisor: Cantoni Virginio, Porta Marco

Ruiz Hernández Andrea, from Spain (Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena) per laurea triennale in Ingegneria Informatica: "Proteomics" - March-September 2016 - supervisor: Cantoni Virginio

Anno accademico 2014/2015

Visiting Professors

Nikolov Atanas Filipov, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 18 June 2015 to 12 July 2015)

Stefka Fidanova, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 19 November 2014 to 28 November 2014)

Kiril Alexiev, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 13 October 2014 to 12 November 2014)

PhD Students

Haochen Wang, from China, development of a PhD diploma project, XXX cycle, first year (from a.y. 2014/2015 to a.y. 2016/2017) - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Waqqas-Ur-Rehman Butt, from Pakistan, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVIII cycle, third year (from a.y. 2012/2013 to a.y. 2014/2015), "Speech recognition supported by lip analysis" - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Nahumi Nugrahaningsih, from Indonesia, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVII cycle, third year (from a.y. 2012/2013 to a.y. 2014/2015), "Computer vision and multimedia" - advisor: Porta Marco

Erasmus students

Alexiev Boyan, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse) - development of final Master's thesis project - April-July 2015 - supervisor: Porta Marco

Krasteva Shteryana, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse) - development of final Master's thesis project - April-July 2015 - supervisor: Porta Marco

Anno accademico 2013/2014

PhD Students

Waqqas-Ur-Rehman Butt, from Pakistan, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVIII cycle, second year (from a.y. 2012/2013 to a.y. 2014/2015), "Speech recognition supported by lip analysis" - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Nahumi Nugrahaningsih, from Indonesia, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVII cycle, second year (from a.y. 2012/2013 to a.y. 2014/2015), "Computer vision and multimedia" - advisor: Porta Marco

Erasmus students

Chalov Ivelin, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse) - development of final thesis project (BA) - March-July 2014 - supervisor: Porta Marco

Tsanev Tsvetelin, from Bulgaria (Universty of Ruse) - development of final thesis project (BA) - March-July 2014 - supervisor: Porta Marco

Anno accademico 2012/2013

Visiting Professors

Dimo Dimov, from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria (from 13 May 2013 to 13 June 2013)

PhD Students

Waqqas-Ur-Rehman Butt, from Pakistan, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVIII cycle, first year (from a.y. 2012/2013 to a.y. 2014/2015), "Speech recognition supported by lip analysis" - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Nahumi Nugrahaningsih, from Indonesia, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVII cycle, first year (from a.y. 2012/2013 to a.y. 2014/2015), "Computer vision and multimedia" - advisor: Porta Marco

Jimenez Calet, from Panama, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVI cycle, third year (from a.y. 2010/2011 to a.y. 2012/2013) - advisor: Porta Marco

Nikolov Atanas Filipov, Erasmus PhD Student from Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT) - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia - Bulgaria, eye-tracker studies (from 15 March 2013 to 15 June 2013) - advisor: Porta Marco

Anno accademico 2011/2012

Visiting Professors

Georgi Todorov Georgiev, Yordan Kalmukov, Georgi Nikolov Krastev, Valentin Stoyanov, from University of Ruse - Bulgaria (from 27 May 2012 to 01 June 2012), in the framework of the Staff Training Mobility of the Life Long Learning Programme Erasmus for the a.y. 2011/2012

PhD Students

Jimenez Calet, from Panama, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVI cycle, second year (from a.y. 2010/2011 to a.y. 2012/2013) - advisor: Porta Marco

Ozbudak Ozlem, Erasmus PhD Student from Istanbul Technical University - Turkey, development of a PhD diploma project (full academic year) - advisor: Cantoni Virginio

Erasmus students

Atanasova Neli, from University of Ruse - Bulgaria, development of a diploma project on "Gesture recognition by a web camera" (01/03/2012 - 31/07/2012) - supervisor: Porta Marco

Georgiev Sergey, from University of Ruse - Bulgaria, development of a diploma project on "Gesture recognition through RGB-D cameras" (01/03/2012 - 31/07/2012) - supervisor: Porta Marco

Anno accademico 2010/2011

Visiting professors

Nikolay Genkov Kostadinov, Orlin Asenov Tomov, from University of Ruse - Bulgaria, (from 30 May 2011 to 04 June 2011), in the framework of the ERASMUS programme, TS and Monitoring

PhD Students

Jimenez Calet, from Panama, development of a PhD diploma project, XXVI cycle, first year (from a.y. 2010/2011 to a.y. 2012/2013) - advisor: Porta Marco

Erasmus students

Kopanov Lyubomir, from University of Rousse - Bulgaria, development of a diploma project (01/03/2011 - 31/07/2011) - supervisor: Porta Marco

Metodiev Aleksandar Stefanov, from University of Rousse - Bulgaria, development of a diploma project (01/03/2011 - 31/07/2011) - supervisor: Porta Marco

Navarro Mann Sofia, from UPCT, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena - Spain, development of a diploma project (01/10/2010 - 31/07/2011) - supervisor: Porta Marco

Anno accademico 2009/2010

Visiting professors

Hovanes Avakyan, Stoyanka Racheva Smrikarova, Svetlana Petrova Stefanova, Tsvetozar Georgiev, from University of Ruse - Bulgaria, (from 31 May 2010 to 04 June 2010), in the framework of the ERASMUS programme, TS and Monitoring

Erasmus students

Goteva Nikolova Valya, from University of Rousse - Bulgaria, development of a Master's project (01/03/2010 - 31/07/2010) - supervisor: Porta Marco

Gyurselov Eminov Ahmed, from University of Rousse - Bulgaria, development of a Master's project (01/03/2010 - 31/07/2010) - supervisor: Porta Marco

Anno accademico 2008/2009

Erasmus students

Plamen Penev, from University of Rousse - Bulgaria, development of a diploma project, July 2009 - supervisor: Lombardi Luca, Cantoni Virginio

Radoslav Prahov, from University of Rousse - Bulgaria, development of a diploma project, July 2009 - supervisor: Lombardi Luca, Cantoni Virginio

Starynkevitch Alexandra, from IFIPS Université-Sud 11 - France, development of a diploma project, (01/05/2009 - 31/07/2009) - supervisor: Cantoni Virginio

Anno accademico 2000/2001

PhD students

Sicard Nicolas, from IFIPS Université-Sud 11 - France, development of a PhD project, (second semester a.y. 2000/2001) - advisor: Cantoni Virginio