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Curriculum

This is an essential version; a detailed curriculum is also available (PDF, January 2024).

Current Position

Full Professor at the University of Pavia (Italy), Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, scientific-disciplinary sector ING-INF 05 (Information Processing Systems).

Education

  • Ph.D. (1999) in Electronic and Computer Engineering, received from the University of Pavia (Italy).
  • MS Degree (1996) in Electronic Engineering (with specialization in Computer Engineering), received from the Polytechnic of Milan (Italy). State exam, to practice as an electronic/computer engineer, taken in January 1997 (Polytechnic of Milan).

Academic Positions and Experience

  • Full Professor (December 31st, 2021 - present): University of Pavia, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, scientific-disciplinary sector ING-INF 05 (Information Processing Systems).
  • Associate Professor (November 15th, 2014 - December 30th, 2021): University of Pavia, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, scientific-disciplinary sector ING-INF 05 (Information Processing Systems).
  • Visiting professor (May 14th - June 14th, 2019): Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne (member of Paris-Saclay University), France, Laboratoire IBISC.
  • Tenured assistant professor (December 29th, 2010 - November 14th, 2014): University of Pavia, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, scientific-disciplinary sector ING-INF 05 (Information Processing Systems).
  • Researcher within the LivingKnowledge European project (May 2009 - December 2010): research contract (University of Pavia) within the LivingKnowledge European project (no. 231126, FP7-ICT-2007-3).
  • Adjunct professor ("professore a contratto") (October 2002 - December 2010): lectures given at the University of Pavia, within the master’s degrees in Ingegneria Informatica (Computer Engineering) and Management e Tecnologie dell’E-Business (E-Business Management and Technologies), and within the bachelor’s degree in Comunicazione Interculturale e Multimediale (Intercultural and Multimedia Communication).
  • FIRB researcher (May 2006 - April 2009): three-year research grant at the University of Pavia, within the Italian FIRB project Software and Communication Platforms for High-Performance Collaborative Grid (code RBIN043TKY).
  • Research fellow (January 2000 - September 2002): three-year research grant ("assegno di ricerca", 2000-2002) at the University of Pavia in the research area Mathematics, Computer Science, Electric, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering.
  • CNR (2000): research grant as a support to the activity for the project Study and development of a distributed multimedia environment for visual programming of Web applications, within the Progetto giovani ricercatori (young researchers project) funded by CNR (the Italian National Research Council).

Academic and Institutional Roles

  • PhD academic board (October 2023 - present): member of the academic board ("collegio dei docenti") of the PhD in Scienze e Pratiche della Comunicazione (Communication Sciences and Practices) of the University of Pavia.
  • President of the CIM-CoD teaching council (October 2021 - present): president of the teaching council of the interdepartmental programs in Comunicazione, Innovazione, Multimedialità (CIM, Communication, Innovation, Multimedia, bachelor) and Comunicazione Digitale (CoD, Digital Communication, master) of the University of Pavia.
  • PhD academic board (October 2017 - present): member of the academic board ("collegio dei docenti") of the PhD in Electronics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering of the University of Pavia.
  • Technical representative for Information Technology (October 2019 - September 2023): technical representative for Information Technology at the University of Pavia (advisor to the vice-chancellor for IT and External Communication).
  • Coordinator of the CIM bachelor's program (November 2014 - September 2021): coordinator of the interdepartmental bachelor’s program in Comunicazione, Innovazione, Multimedialità (CIM, Communication, Innovation, Multimedia) of the University of Pavia.
  • Vice president of the CIM-CPM teaching council (November 2014 - September 2018): vice president of the teaching council of the interdepartmental programs in Comunicazione, Innovazione, Multimedialità (CIM, Communication, Innovation, Multimedia, bachelor) and Comunicazione Professionale e Multimedialità (CPM, Multimedia and Professional Communication, master) of the University of Pavia.

Relevant Roles in Associations and Tecnical Commitees

Participation in Editorial Boards and Guest Editorships

Chairman and Organizational Roles in Conferences and Workshops

  • IEEE IECON 2024: Track co-chair at IECON 2024, 50th IEEE Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (technical area Communication for Industrial and Factory Automation, Chicago, IL, USA, November 3-6, 2024).
  • IEEE ETFA 2024 and 2023: special session co-chair at ETFA, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation: 29th edition (Padova, Italy, September 10-13, 2024) and 28th edition (Sinaia, Romania, September 12-15, 2023).
  • IEEE ISIE 2024, 2023 and 2022: track co-chair at ISIE, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics: 33rd edition (Ulsan, South Korea, June 18-21, 2024, track Industrial Informatics: Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Informatics and Software Engineering), 32nd edition (Helsinki, Finland, June 19-21, 2023, track Industrial Informatics: Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Informatics and Software Engineering) and 31st edition (Anchorage, Alaska, USA, June 1-3, 2022, track Signal and Image Processing).
  • IEEE WFCS 2023 and 2022: program committee co-chair of WFCS, IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems: 19th edition (Pavia, Italy, April 26-28, 2023) and 18th edition (online, April 27-29, 2022).
  • IEEE ETFA 2022: general co-chair of ETFA 2022, 27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (Stuttgart, Germany, September 6-9, 2022).
  • IEEE ICIT 2022: co-chair of the track Cloud Computing, Big Data, and Software Engineering at ICIT 2022, 23rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (Shanghai, China, March 28-31, 2022).
  • IEEE ETFA 2021: program committee co-chair of ETFA 2021, 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (Västerås, Sweden, September 7-10, 2021).
  • IEEE INDIN 2021: co-chair of Track 8 (Human, Computer and Machine Interaction) at INDIN 2021, 19th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 21-23, 2021).
  • ETTAC 2020: co-organizer and co-chair of ETTAC 2020, 1st Workshop on Eye Tracking Techniques, Applications and Challenges (January 10, 2021), in conjunction with ICPR 2020, 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Milan, Italy, January 10-15, 2021).
  • COGAIN 2020: general co-chair of COGAIN 2020, Symposium on COmmunication by GAze INteraction (held online, June 26th, 2020 - originally planned in Stuttgart, Germany, co-located with ETRA 2020, the ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications).
  • IEEE ETFA 2020, 2019, and 2018: co-chair of Track 6 at ETFA, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation: 25th edition (track Computer Vision and Human-Machine Interaction in Industrial and Factory Automation, Vienna, Austria, September 8-11, 2020), 24th edition (track Computer Vision and Human-Machine Interaction in Industrial and Factory Automation, Zaragoza, Spain, September 10–13, 2019), and 23rd edition (track Computer Vision, Computational Intelligence, and Modern Heuristics in Automation, Torino, Italy, September 4-7, 2018).
  • COGAIN 2018: program committee co-chair of COGAIN 2018, Symposium on COmmunication by GAze INteraction (Warsaw, Poland, June 14-17, 2018, co-located with ETRA 2018, the ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications).
  • IEEE INDIN 2017, 2016, and 2015: co-organizer of special sessions at INDIN, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics: 15th edition (session Industry 4.0: Keeping Humans in the Loop and in Control, Emdem, Germany, July 24-26, 2017), 14th edition (session Vision-Based Systems for Danger Detection, Poitiers, France, July 18-21, 2016), and 13th edition (session Human Sensing for Industrial Applications, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 22-24, 2015).
  • IEEE ICIT 2017: Co-organizer of the special session Human Factors and System Design in Factory Automation at ICIT 2017, 18th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technologies (Toronto, Canada, March 22-25, 2017).
  • IEEE HSI 2010 and 2009: co-chair of the track Telemedicine and e-Health at HSI, IEEE International Conference on Human System Interaction: 3rd edition (Rzeszow, Poland, May 13-15, 2010) and 2nd edition (Catania, Italy, May 21-23, 2009).
  • HCI 2005: organizer and chair of the special session Vision-Based Perceptive Interfaces for PC Interaction at HCI 2005, 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 22-27, 2005).

Participation in Program Committees of Conferences and Workshops

Scientific Responsibilities in Research Projects and Thematic Networks

  • HiEdTec (2018-2022): leader of work packages 2 (Developing Concepts of the adaptation of the education system to the Digital Generation considering the specific conditions of each of the Partner Countries) and 3 (Development of Centres for innovative educational technologies and active learning classrooms, selecting virtual classroom software; Development of Handbook of Innovative Educational Technologies) within the HiEdTec Erasmus+ European Project (Modernization of Higher Education in Central Asia through New Technologies).
  • Enhancing E-Learning with Advanced Human-Computer Interaction Facilities (2016-2018): Italian leader of the project Enhancing E-Learning with Advanced Human-Computer Interaction Facilities (Executive Programme for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Italian Republic and the Republic of Serbia, RS16MO09).
  • ETN-FETCH (2013-2016): leader of Work Package 3 (European Strategic Framework for Computing Education and Training 2020) within the FETCH European Thematic Network (Future Education and Training in Computing: How to Support Learning at Anytime Anywhere, 539461-LLP-1-2013-1-BG-ERASMUS-ENW).

Participation in Research Projects and Thematic Networks

Research

I have been doing research since 1997. See the Research and Publications sections for detailed information.

Teaching

I teach and have taught several topics in many courses (with different roles) since 1998. See the Teaching section for detailed information.