About me
I am an Associate Professor of Telecommunications at the Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN) of the University of Genoa, Italy. My work focuses on signal and video processing for computer vision, cognitive radio and autonomous systems.
I received the Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Genoa in 1999 and 2003, respectively. From 2003 to 2010 I was CEO and Development Manager of TechnoAware srl. I joined the University of Genoa as Assistant Professor in 2011 and have been Associate Professor since 2021. In 2023 I obtained the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Full Professor in Telecommunications (09/IINF-03).
I have over 25 years of experience in signal processing and image sequence analysis and have co-authored more than 220 papers in international journals, conferences and books. I am a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Research interests
- Video processing for event recognition, and detection and localization of objects in complex scenes
- Self-awareness, anomaly detection and decision making for autonomous systems and vehicles
- Distributed heterogeneous sensors, multisensor data fusion and ambient intelligence
- Cognitive radio, integrated sensing and communication, and physical-layer security
- Bio-inspired cognitive systems and generative models
Current roles
- Coordinator of the Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering and Information Technology (Ingegneria Elettronica e Tecnologie dell’Informazione, IETI), University of Genoa, since 2025
- Vice-coordinator of the Joint Doctorate on Interactive and Cognitive Environments (JD-ICE), University of Genoa, since 2024
- Member of the IEEE SPS Multimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee (MMSP TC) since 2026, and Chair of its Conferences and Workshops Subcommittee
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- Senior Area Editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
- Steering Committee member, IEEE AVSS conference (Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance, now Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems), since 2014
- SPS Liaison, Steering Committee of the IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation (J-ISPIN)
Recent service
2026
- Co-chair, Workshop “From Agentic AI to Autonomy: Trustworthy Human-AI Teaming for Intelligent Adaptive Systems” at IEEE ICASSP 2026
- Co-organizer, GTTI thematic meeting on Multimedia Signal Processing (GTTI MMSP 2026)
2025
- Chair of the Autonomous Systems Initiative (ASI) of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (until 2025)
- Co-chair, Workshops “Innovative Approaches in Image and Signal Processing for Autonomous Vehicles: Integrating Incremental Learning and Explainable AI” (ISPAV 2025) and “Generative AI for Forensics and Security Applications” (GenAI-FS 2025) at IEEE ICIP 2025
- Chair, 3rd Workshop on Signal Processing for Autonomous Systems (SPAS 2025) and 3MT co-chair at EUSIPCO 2025
- International Liaison co-chair, IEEE AVSS 2025
2024
- Publication co-chair, 27th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2024), Venice, Italy
Earlier
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
- Technical program co-chair, 1st IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems (IEEE ICAS 2021) and 13th International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC 2019)
- Director of Student Services, IEEE Signal Processing Society (2018–2021), overseeing the SP Cup and VIP Cup student competitions
- Co-organizer, 2019 Summer School on Signal Processing (S3P)
- General chair, Symposium on Signal Processing for Understanding Crowd Dynamics at IEEE GlobalSIP 2016
- Secretary and Treasurer, IEEE Signal Processing Society Italy Chapter (2011–2016)
Research projects
- Scientific coordinator for the University of Genoa of B-Prepared (Building PREPAREDness with Collaborative Knowledge Platform, Gamification and Serious Game in Virtual Reality), Horizon Europe Innovation Action, grant agreement 101121134 (October 2023 – October 2026)
- Scientific lead of Project 4 (robot- and AI-based inspection and predictive maintenance of port infrastructures), Spoke 4 “Smart and sustainable ports”, of the RAISE innovation ecosystem, PNRR (until March 2026)
Teaching
At the University of Genoa I teach:
- Pervasive Dynamic Electronics (Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering)
- Deep Learning for Space and Autonomous Systems (Master’s degree in Internet and Multimedia Engineering)
- Python (Master’s degree in Internet and Multimedia Engineering)
- Advanced Programming Techniques for Signal Processing (Tecniche di programmazione avanzata per l’elaborazione dei segnali; Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering and Information Technology)
Doctoral courses, conference tutorials, summer school lectures and PhD supervision are listed on the Teaching page.