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Curriculum Vitae

1. Contact Information

   Vincenzo Piuri
   Department of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano
   Via Bramante 65, 26013 Crema (CR), Italy
   Phone: +39-02-50330066
   Fax: +39-02-50330010
   email: vincenzo.piuri@unimi.it
   www: http://www.di.unimi.it/piuri

2. Education
  • Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering of Information and Systems, Nov. 1985 – Nov. 1988, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; thesis: “Fault tolerance techniques for arithmetic array processors”
  • M.S. degree (with honors) in Electronic Engineering, Nov. 1979 – July 1984, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; awarded with the 1984 IEEE Student Award
3. Positions
  • Oct. 2000 - present: Full Professor in Computer Engineering, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (position won in 1999)
  • Aug. 2012, Aug. 2013: visiting researcher, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
  • Oct. 2007 - May 2012: Director of the Department of Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Crema, Italy
  • Nov. 2005 - Sep. 2007: Director of the Ph.D. Degree Program in Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
  • Summers 1996-1999: visiting professor, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • Nov. 1992 - Sep. 2000: Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (position won in 1991)
  • Nov. 1988 - Oct. 1992: Director of the Computer Center, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
4. Research

The research activity has been carried out in the field of information processing technology and systems, with reference to distributed, massively-parallel and adaptive approaches, from the points of view of hardware, computational paradigms, and intensive-computing applications. In particular, the following areas have been addressed.

  • Neural techniques, architectures and applications
    Theoretical, architectural, and application aspects of artificial neural networks have been studied for implementing optimized solutions, with particular reference to identification, prediction, control, signal, and image processing applications. Design methodologies have been developed for designing embedded composite systems and fault tolerance systems. Advanced industrial applications have been realized for production process and environmental monitoring, quality certification, and biomedical analysis.
  • Biometrics techniques and systems
    Biometrics technologies and systems, including multi-modal approaches, have been studied for person verification, identification and recognition as well as for behavioral analysis, with specific reference to security applications. Biometric technologies and systems have been evaluated from different points of view to support a comprehensive design methodology. Privacy issues in biometrics have been analyzed.
  • Distributed and parallel information processing architectures
    Modeling approaches have been studied for concurrent processes and communications in distributed and multiprocessor systems. Methodologies have been defined for evaluating process parallelism and system dimensioning, including fault tolerance capacity. The virtual FPGA management and an innovative agent-based distributed file system have been proposed.
  • Arithmetic units
    Algorithmic and structural characteristics of arithmetic units and systems have been studied. New architectural solutions have been defined, with specific reference to high computational performance, high modularity, regularity of the integrated implementation, and fault tolerance by using codes.
  • Fault-tolerant architectures
    Techniques and design methodologies have been studied for information processing systems with high performance and fault tolerance characteristics. In particular, innovative solutions have been proposed for array processors, and digital systems for signal and image processing applications.

Researches performed in these areas are strictly related since they focus on advanced performances and characteristics, even if they consider different abstraction levels. The main goals have been the development of highly adaptive functionalities and systems, the definition of structures and computational approaches having high computational performance, and the definition of advanced fault tolerance capabilities. Studies and implementations have been carried out with the purpose of integrating the theoretical analysis with the definition of methodologies and tools to achieve practical results efficiently.

These researches have been carried out within national and international projects, in cooperation with Italian universities (University of Bologna, Brescia, Genova, Modena, Pavia, Padova, Salerno, Trento, Udine, Politecnico di Bari, Politecnico di Torino), foreign universities (Austin - TX-USA, Berkeley - CA-USA, Boulder - CO-USA, Erlangen - Germany, Karlsruhe - Germany, Massey - New Zealand, Minsk - Belarus, Singapore), research centers (Academy of the Sciences of the Belarus - Belarus, Academy of the Sciences of the URSS - Moscow-URSS, ASI - Italian Space Agency, CNR IEIIT - Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell’Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni - Sezione di Milano, Consorzio Crema Ricerche, Consorzio Padova Ricerche, CSELT-Torino-Italy, IRST-Trento-Italy, CERN-Switzerland), and industries (C.R.F. - FIAT, ENEL, Gilardoni, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Italtel S.I.T., Philips, Selenia, ST Microelectronics, Tecnogamma, Trumpf, Alenia Spazio, Laben, Planetek, Space Sofware Italia, IMAL).

Main research projects: EU I-PAN, EU PrimeLife, EU PRIME, ASI COSMO-SkyMed, ASI GUTTER, EU IMS-BRITE SLAPS, EU CRAFT TRACKS, EU META, CERN FERMI, EU Esprit PATRICIA, EU Esprit ARTS-IP, EU CVT CAD VLSI for Telecommunications, MURST-MPI projects - Italian Ministry of Higher Education and Research, CNR Progetto Finalizzato MADESS II, CNR Progetto Finalizzato MADESS, CNR Piano Nazionale Microelettronica, CNR Progetto Finalizzato Informatica.

5. Teaching

Undergraduate and graduate courses

  • Undergraduate courses at Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy: Operating Systems I (6 ECTS; academic years 2010/11 - 2012/13; online edition: academic years 2010/11 - 2012/13), Operating Systems II (6 ECTS; academic years 2010/11 - 2012/13; online edition: academic years 2010/11 - 2012/13), Operating Systems (12 ECTS; academic years 2003/04 - 2009/10; online edition: academic years 2005/06 - 2009/10), Dependable Systems (6 ECTS; academic year 2006/07), Neural Networks - for biotechnology (5 ECTS; academic years 2000/01 - 2004/05), Foundations of Computer Science (6 ECTS; academic years 2000/01 - 2002/03), Algorithms and Data Structures (5 ECTS; academic years 2000/01 - 2002/03)
  • Undergraduate courses at Politecnico di Milano, Italy: Information Processing Systems (7.5 ECTS; 2002/03 - 2007/08), Operating Systems 1 (1 semester; academic year 1993/94; 2 editions given in the academic years 1994/95 - 1999/00),

    Operating Systems 1 (1 semester; 1993/94, 2 editions: 1994/95 - 1999/00), Operating Systems 2 (1 semester; academic years 1993/94 - 1994/95; 2 editions given in the academic years 1995/96 - 1999/00), Operating Systems (2 semesters; academic year 1993/94), Foundations of Computer Science (2 semesters; academic year 1992/93), Laboratory of Electrotechnics and Applied Electronics (2 semesters; academiv year 1992/93)

  • Graduate courses at Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy: Intelligent Systems (6 ECTS; academic years 2009/10 - 2011/12), Intelligent Systems for Monitoring and Control (6 ECTS; academic year 2011/12 - 2012/13), Neural Networks (5 ECTS; academic years 2000/01 - 2008/09; available also to undergraduate students)

International M.S. programs

  • International Master’s Degree Program on Soft Computing for Industrial Applications, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy: Implementations of soft computing (1 ECTS), Soft Computing for Measurement and Monitoring Systems (1 ECTS), Soft Computing for Web Applications (1 ECTS), Laboratory of Soft Computing 1 (4 ECTS), Laboratory of Soft Computing 2 (4 ECTS); (2004/05)
  • joint M.S. Degree Program in Software Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA: Networked Operating Systems (2 semesters; 1999/00 - 2001/02)

Specialization school for teaching in secondary educational programs

  • Scuola di Specializzazione per l’Insegnamento Secondario SILSIS, Milan, Italy: Laboratory of Operating Systems (1999/00 - 2008/09), Laboratory of Management of Computer Laboratories (2000/01 - 2008/09)

Ph.D. programs

  • Soft computing for industrial applications, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, course: 10 hours + 30 hours for research project (2004)
  • Fault Tolerant Arithmetic, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA, course: 40 hours, open also to M.S. degree students (1996-99)
  • Fault tolerance techniques in arithmetic circuits, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, course: 20 hours (1997)
  • Fault tolerant arithmetic units, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy, seminars (1995-98)

Summer schools for Ph.D. students

  • IEEE International Measurement University IMU 2009, Povo, Italy, 20-24 July 2009: Virtual Instruments and Distributed Instruments (4 hours)
  • NATO-IEEE-INNS-ENNS Advanced Study Institute on Neural Networks for Instrumentation, Measurement, and Related Industrial Applications NIMIA2001, Crema, Italy, 9-20 October 2001: Implementations of Soft Computing (8 hours), Soft Computing for measurement and monitoring systems (8 hours)

Courses for international scientific associations

  • IEEE E-Learning Library (formerly IEEE Expert Now Program), continuous education program: Implementations of Computational Intelligence Techniques, in cooperation with Fabio Scotti (2007)

Ph.D. supervision

  • Angelo Genovese, “Tri-Dimensional Biometrics: the Palmprint”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2014
  • Ravi Jhawar, “Cloud Computing Dependability”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2014 (co-supervisor)
  • Ruggero Donida Labati, “Contactless Fingerprint Biometrics: Acquisition, Processing, and Privacy Protection”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2013
  • Alberto Amato, “Semantic Analysis and Understanding of Human Behaviour in Video Streaming”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2011
  • Francesco Bellocchio, “Online Hierarchical Models for Surface Reconstruction”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2011
  • Marco Calabrese, “Hierarchical-Granularity Holonic Modelling”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2011
  • Vladimir Novakovic, “Mobile Agents for a Distributed File System”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2004
  • Fabio Scotti, “Designing Methodologies for Composite Systems”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information and Automation Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2003 (co-supervisor)
  • Stefano Ferrari, “A Hierarchical Methodology for the Analysis and the Synthesis of Tri-Dimensional Images”, Ph.D. Degree Program in Information and Automation Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2001

Support activities for educational programs

  • In the research project CEE ESPRIT META, he cooperated to the specification of a distributed, multimedia, hypertext system for education in local and geographic environments (1994-96).
  • In an internal project of the Department of Electrotechnics and the M.E.T.I.D. Center, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, he studied the use of distributed systems supporting educational activities by means of hypertext technology, directed to implement distributed, virtual educational environments and the related development environments (1997-00). The experimental case was the virtual educational laboratory for the course of electrical measurements at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, which is still used at the Department of Electrotechnics, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and, remotely, in the electrical measurement laboratories at Politecnico di Torino and at Università of Padova, Italy.

Teaching activities before the appointment as professor

  • Cooperation in the management of the Microcomputer and Microelectronics Laboratory at the Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (1984-92), supervising training projects and M.S. research in distributed systems, massively-parallel processing architectures, arithmetic units, neural networks, CAD tools for VLSI design, also in cooperation with companies (Italtel, Philips, Selenia, SGS-Thompson, Telettra)
  • Seminars in undergraduate and graduate courses at Politecnico di Milano (1984-92), on electrotechnics and foundations of computer science
6. Awards
  • IEEE Ambassador (2012), to increase the awareness about IEEE in scientific and technological communities and the general public, in recognition of excellence in research, education, and service
  • Admitted to the IEEE-HNK (2011), the honor society of the IEEE, for excellence in research, education, and service to the communities of information and communication technology and the related disciplines
  • Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Systems Council for biometric technology and applications (2011)
  • INNS Senior Member (2009)
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Meritorious Service Award (2009) for leadership and dedication to the Computational Intelligence Society and for having stimulated the active cooperation among volunteers
  • ACM Distinguished Scientist (2008) for his contribution to neural networks and digital embedded architectures for industrial applications
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award (2008)
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award (2002) for the contributions to the advancement of theory and practice of computational intelligence in measurement systems and industrial applications
  • IEEE Fellow (2001) for his contributions to neural networks and digital embedded architectures for industrial applications
  • Certificate of Appreciation of the IEEE Computer Society (2001) for the services as General Chair of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems
  • Certificate of Appreciation of the IEEE Computer Society (2000) for the services as Chair of the Technical Activity Committee on Defect Tolerance of the Test Technology Technical Council in the period 1993-2000, and as member of the steering committee, General Chair and Program Chair of the IEEE International Workshop/Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems
  • IEEE Senior Member (1996)
7. Associations
  • IEEE (Fellow) - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers: Member of Communications Society, Computational Intelligence Society, Computer Society, Control Systems Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Photonics Society, Robotics and Automation Society, Signal Processing Society, Systems Man and Cybernetics Society, Women in Engineering; Service in Biometrics Council and Systems Council.
  • ACM (Distinguished Scientist) - Association for Computing Machinery
  • INNS (Senior Member) - International Neural Network Society
  • IMACS - International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
  • AEIT - Italian Federation for Electrotechnics, Electronics, Automation, Informatics and Telecommunications (formerly, Associazione Eletrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana, AEI)
  • SIREN - Italian Society for Neural Networks
8. Organization
8.1 Research activities

Research organization

  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain (2012-15)
  • Scientific manager of the Industrial and Environmental Informatics Laboratory, Department of Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano (since 2006)
  • Member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMAINA), Università degli Studi di Milano (since 2002)
  • Scientific manager for research projects at Politecnico di Milano and Università degli Studi di Milano, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research, the European Union, the National Research Council of Italy, the Italian Space Agency, and industries (since 1994)
  • Member of the Committee for the Scientific Research and Technology Transfer of the Università degli Studi di Milano (2006-11), elected by the faculty members in information technology
  • Member of the Research Center for the Entrepreneurship Development (CERSI) of the Catholic University of the Sacred Hearth, Milan (2007-09)
  • Scientific manager of the Biometric Systems Laboratory, Department of Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano (2003-09)
  • Member of the Committee on Information Technology for the Scientific Research and Technology Transfer of the Università degli Studi di Milano (2003-06), elected by the faculty members in information technology
  • Scientific manager of the Advanced Research Center on Evolutionary Knowledge for Design Innovation by High-Performance Computing, Department of Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano (2002-07), directed to study evolutionary and adaptive computational intelligence approaches to knowledge analysis and discovery for advanced design methodologies, products, and industrial applications, by using supercomputing environments (sponsored by the companies of the Finmeccanica Group: Laben SpA, Space Software Italia SpA, Quadrics Supercomputers World Ltd)

Management of research projects

  • Deputy scientific manager of the Research Unit at Università degli Studi di Milano in the EU project “Innovative poplar low density structural panel - I-PAN” (2012-15), for studying and implementing an adaptive monitoring and control system for advanced poplar lightweight panel production
  • Italian scientific co-liaison in the EU COST Action “Intelligent Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems - IntelliCIS” (2009-13), for developing innovative intelligent monitoring, control and safety methodologies for critical infrastructure systems, such as electric power systems, telecommunication networks, and water distribution systems
  • Scientific manager of the Research Unit at Università degli Studi di Milano in the project “Privacy aware processing of encrypted signals for treating sensitive information” (2008-10), for studying biometric information processing techniques ensuring privacy protection, funded by MIUR - the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
  • Scientific manager of the Research Unit at Università degli Studi di Milano in the project “System for interpreting SAR images - GUTTER - preliminary analysis ” (2004), for analyzing Earth images for environmental applications, funded by ASI - the Italian Space Agency
  • Accomplished the functions of scientific manager of the Research Unit at Università degli Studi di Milano in the project “COSMO/Skymed Mission Planning” (2003), for studying optimization techniques for planning the collection of Earth-observation images from the satellites, funded by ASI - the Italian Space Agency
  • Scientific manager of the Research Unit at Università degli Studi di Milano in the project “Perceptive agencies for environmental monitoring” (2003-04), for the implementation of a multi-agent cooperative environment for collecting and analyzing environmental measurements, funded by MIUR - the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
  • Scientific manager of the Research Unit at Politecnico di Milano in the project EU IMS-BRITE SLAPS “Self-tuning and user-independent laser material processing units” (1999-2002), for the implementation of a laser cutting and welding cell controlled by using neural techniques, in cooperation with Philips, Centro Ricerche FIAT, LaserZentrum Hannover, Trumpf, e Jurca
  • Accomplished the functions of scientific manager of the Research Unit at Politecnico di Milano in the project EU CRAFT TRACKS “An integrated system for on-line inspection of railways tracks” (1998-2000), for the implementation of a non-invasive neural-based monitoring and measurement system for the profile of railways tracks working on carriages moving at normal operating speed
  • Accomplished the functions of scientific manager both of the Research Unit at Politecnico di Milano and the whole national project “Design of composite systems”, funded by MURST - the Italian Ministry for University, Research and Scientific and Technological Research (1998-99)
  • Scientific manager of the industrial research contracts of Politecnico di Milano with ENEL (1995-97)
  • Accomplished the functions of scientific manager both of the Research Unit at Politecnico di Milano and the whole national project “Methodologies and design techniques for heterogeneous systems based on neural architectures”, funded by MURST - the Italian Ministry for University, Research and Scientific and Technological Research (1996)
  • Scientific manager of the industrial research contracts of Politecnico di Milano with Autostrade Centro-Padane (1994-96)
  • Accomplished the functions of scientific manager both of the Research Unit at Politecnico di Milano and the whole national project “Analysis and optimization of neural paradigms and architectures oriented to the digital implementation on silicon”, funded by MURST - the Italian Ministry for University, Research and Scientific and Technological Research (1993-95)

Supervision of assistant research projects and positions

  • “Computational intelligence techniques for image processing” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2011-14)
  • “Computational intelligence techniques for environmental monitoring of critical infrastructures” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2010), for young investigators without Ph.D. degree
  • “Analysis of the architectural and functional characteristics of biometric systems” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2009-10)
  • “Intelligent systems and global communication infrastructure for the information and knowledge society” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2008-09)
  • “Evolutionary knowledge for innovating the information systems design methodologies by using high-performance systems” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2005-07)
  • “Intelligent systems and global communication infrastructure for the information and knowledge society” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2003-04)
  • “Person identification by biometric recognition” - No. 2 positions (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2003-04)
  • “Analysis and development of optimum allocation algorithms of distributed agencies for environmental monitoring” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2003-04)
  • “Analysis, specification and development of methodologies and techniques for the analysis of air pollution” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2003-04)
  • “Analysis, specification and development of the operating environment of distributed agencies for environmental monitoring” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2003-04)
  • “Evolutionary knowledge for innovating the information systems design methodologies by using high-performance systems” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2002-04)
  • “Composite techniques for image analysis in quality monitoring of manufacturing processes” (Politecnico di Milano, 2002)
  • “Composite techniques for image processing in manufacturing processes” (Politecnico di Milano, 2002)
  • “Information flow in adaptive information systems: from the observation of the user behavior to the evolutionary self-generation of the information system behavior” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2001-02)
  • “Optimization of composite techniques for signal processing in laser-based manufacturing processes” (Politecnico di Milano, 2001-02)

Evaluation of scientific projects

  • FAR 2012 Programs, MIUR Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Italy, (2012)
  • Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (SRNSF), Georgia (2012, 2013)
  • Strategic Research Funding, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2012)
  • National Science Foundation, USA, Project ”Enhancing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education using Biometrics Applications to Security and Robotics for Emergency Management (BASREM)”, New York University, Queens College, QueensBorough Community College, and John Jay College (2012)
  • European Regional Development Fund, Regional Operating Program of the Lazio Region 2007-13 - Priority 1, Italy (2012)
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada (2011, 2010, 2002)
  • Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Georgia (2011)
  • National Priorities Research Program, Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar (2011, 2009)
  • PRIN 2008 and PRIN 2009 Programs, MIUR Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Italy, (2010, 2009)
  • Foundation for Polish Science, Poland (2009)
  • Ontario Research Fund, Canada (2007)
  • CONSOLIDER-Ingenio2010 Program, Ministry of Education and Science, Spain (2007)
  • Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2002)
  • ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italian Space Agency, Italy, area of intelligent and adaptive information processing systems and robotics (2002)
  • Italian Republic Council Presidency - Presidenza del Consiglio della Repubblica Italiana, Dipartimento Innovazione e Tecnologie, Italy, for the public competitive tender on e-government for the Italian public administration (2002)

Technology transfer and spin-off companies

  • He was co-founder and president of Sensure s.r.l, Italy (2007-10), an academic spin-off company of Università degli Studi di Milano, directed to design, implement and deploy advanced signal and image processing systems for industrial applications based on computational intelligence technologies. The company received several recognitions for innovation and high-technology products: it won the “Scouting ICT 2009” Award for the best industrial collaboration of the academic spin-offs in Milan, the “Universo 2007” Award for the promotion of academic spin-offs (BIC La Fucina, Lombardy Region), the “Matching competences 2005/06” (BIC La Fucina); it was among the top 20 national entrepreneurial projects of the Innovation National Award 2006, and won the third place of the Lombardy StartCup 2006.

Design activities and public competitive tenders

  • Cooperation in the design and the supervision of the implementation of complex integrated information systems in health-care structures (1995-2000), specifically for the Hospital “S. Carlo Borromeo” in Milan, the USSL-Melegnano, the Lombardy Region - Directorate General for Experimentation in Milan, and the Hospital “Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico” in Milan
  • Selection committee member of public competitive tenders for advanced distributed information processing systems in public bodies (1993-2000), specifically Lombardy region, Marche Region, Cremona Province, Società Autostrade Centro-Padane, Politecnico di Milano, Hospital “S. Carlo Borromeo” in Milano, USSL Melegnano, Lombardy Region - Directorate General for Experimentation in Milan, and Club Alpino Italiano
  • Cooperation in the design and the realization of distributed information processing systems in various campuses of Politecnico di Milano (1989-2000)
  • Consultant for the restructuring, design and implementation of the information processing center of the Marche Region (1994)
  • Technical committee reporting member of the “Lorenzo Lunelli Project” (1988), funded by Politecnico di Milano - Department of Electronics and Information, and the National Research Council of Italy - Research Centers CSISEI, CSTS e CST, directed to design and implement an advanced information processing system for the research and educational activities at the Department of Electronics and Information for the Nineties; he performed the preliminary and detailed designs and the whole restructuring of the department information processing system

Services for research and higher education

  • Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Computational Modeling of the Lombardy Inter-University Consortium for Information Processing (2003-04)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Lombardy Inter-University Consortium for Information Processing, for the High-Performance Computing Section (2002-04)
8.2 Editorial activities

Steering committees of journals

  • Member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, as liaison of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (since 2008)
  • Member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, as liaison of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008-10)
  • Member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, as liaison of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008-10)

Editorial boards

  • Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Systems Journal (2012-15)
  • Associate Editor of Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Obuda University, Hungary (since 2012)
  • Associate Editor of Soft Computing, Springer (since 2011)
  • Editor-at-Large of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine (2010-12)
  • Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the Neural Network Technologies, Scientific Center for Neurocomputing, Moscow, Russia (since 2010)
  • Editor of the Biometrics Series of the IEEE eLearning Library (since 2009)
  • Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Science & Engineering Research Support Center, Republic of Korea (since 2009)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE eLearning Library, formerly called IEEE Expert Now (since 2008)
  • Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the Journal of Information Technology and Intelligent Computing, Academy of Humanities and Economics, Poland (since 2006)
  • Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the International Journal of Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Advanced Knowledge International, Australia (since 2003)
  • Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of Computing, Ternopil Academy of National Economy, Ucraina (since 2002)
  • Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (2001-04)
  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Systems Architecture, Elsevier Science (2001-04)
  • Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of Mondo Digitale, AICA (2002)
  • Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (1997-2002)
  • Associate Editor of the International Journal of Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, Wiley Interscience - John Wiley & Sons Inc. till 1997 and IOS Press since 1998 (1997-2001)

Guest editor in journals

  • Special Section on Computational Intelligence for Ambient Intelligence, in Journal of Ambient Intelligence & Humanized Computing, Springer, 2012
  • Special Section on Biometric Systems, in IEEE Systems Journal, December 2009
  • Special Section on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications, in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2008
  • Special Section on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems, in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2008
  • Special Section on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, in IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2004
  • Special Section on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems, in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2003
  • Special Issue on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, in International Journal of Systems Architecture, North-Holland Publishing Co, 2002
  • Special Issue on expanded and extended versions of papers presented at the VIMS2000 symposium, in IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, December 2000
  • Special Issues on expanded and extended versions of papers presented at the IMTC/99 conference, in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, April 2000 and June 2000
  • Special Issue on Industrial Application of Wavelet Transforms, in International Journal of Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, IOS Press, 2000
  • Special Issue on Neural Technologies for Industrial Application, in International Journal of Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, IOS Press, 1999
  • Special Issue on Neural Technologies for Identification, Control, Robotics, and Signal/Image Processing, in International Journal of Systems Architecture, North-Holland Publishing Co, 1998
  • Special Issue on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, in International Journal of Microelectronic Systems Integration, Plenum Press, December 1997
  • Special Issue on Neural Technologies for Identification, Control, Robotics, and Signal/Image Processing, in International Journal of Microelectronic Systems Integration, Plenum Press, March 1997

Reviewer for journals

  • Reviewer for many IEEE journals and magazines, and other international scientific journals (since 1986), among which: IEEE Transactions on Computer, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, IEEE Computer Magazine, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, IEEE Parallel and Distributed Processing Magazine, International Journal of VLSI Design, International Journal of Microelectronic System Integration, International Journal on Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, International Journal of Systems Architecture

Book editor

  • Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security (2nd edition), Editors: Henk C.A. van Tilborg and Sushil Jajodia, Springer, 2011 (area editor for biometrics)
  • Neural Networks for Instrumentation, Measurement, and Related Industrial Applications, Editors: S. Ablameyko, L. Goras, M. Gori, and V. Piuri, IOS Press, 2003
  • Limits and Future Trends of Neural Computing, Editors: S. Ablameyko, L. Goras, M. Gori, and V. Piuri, IOS Press, 2003
  • Proceedings of the 2001 NATO ASI on Neural Networks for Instrumentation, Measurement, and Related Industrial Applications NIMIA2001: Study Cases, Crema, Italia, Editors: S. Ablameyko and V. Piuri, 2001
  • Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE-INNS-ENNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN2000, Como, Italia, Editors: S.-I. Amari, C.L. Giles, M. Gori, and V. Piuri, 2000
  • Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Low-Power Design, Como, Italia, Editor: V. Piuri, 1999
  • Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Measurement Technology Conference IMTC/99, Venice, Italy, Editors: V. Piuri and M. Savino, 1999
  • Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Workshop on Emergent Technologies, Intelligent Measurement and Virtual System for Instrumentation and Measurement, St. Paul, MN, USA, Editors: S. Adam, E.M. Petriu, and V. Piuri, 1998
8.3 Conference activities

Honorary chair

  • IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications, Tianjin, China (2012, co-chair)
  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Paris, France (2011)
  • IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, Ottawa, Canada (2011, co-chair)
  • 6th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics, Timisoara, Romania (2011, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, Taranto, Italy (2010, co-chair)
  • IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems, Taranto, Italy (2010, co-chair)
  • 5th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics, Timisoara, Romania (2009, co-chair)
  • International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems, Genova, Italy (2008, co-chair)
  • 4th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics, Timisoara, Romania (2007, co-chair)

General chair

  • 2013 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, Beijing, China (2013, co-chair)
  • 2013 IEEE-RIVF International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Future in Information and Communication Technologies, Hanoi, Vietnam (2013, co-chair)
  • 2012 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications INISTA, Trabzone, Turkey (2012, co-chair)
  • 2010 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications INISTA, Kayseri, Turkey (2010, co-chair)
  • IEEE Workshop on Biometrics Measurements and Systems for Security and Medical Applications, Taranto, Italy (2010)
  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Nashville, TN, USA (2009)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Singapore (2009)
  • IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Security and Defense Applications, Honolulu, HW, USA (2007, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Homeland Security and Personal Safety, Alexandria, VA, USA (2006, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Measurement Systems for Homeland Security, Contraband Detection, and Personal Safety, Alexandria, VA, USA (2006, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Homeland Security and Personal Safety, Orlando, FL, USA (2005, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Measurement Systems for Homeland Security, Contraband Detection, and Personal Safety, Orlando, FL, USA (2005, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Como, Italy (2004, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Homeland Security and Personal Safety, Venice, Italy (2004, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications, Lugano, Switzerland (2003, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems, Girdwood, AK, USA (2002, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, Tokyo, Japan (2000, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems, Venice, Italy (1999)

Program chair

  • IEEE-RIVF International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Future in Information and Communication Technologies, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2012, co-chair)
  • IEEE-INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Austin, TX, USA (2010)
  • IAPR Workshop on Emerging Techniques and Challenges for Hand-based Biometrics, Istanbul, Turkey (2010, co-chair)
  • IEEE-RIVF International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Future in Information and Communication Technologies, Hanoi, Vietnam (2010, computational intelligence track co-chair)
  • IEEE-INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Atlanta, GA, USA (2009, vice chair)
  • IEEE-RIVF International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Future in Information and Communication Technologies, Da Nang City, Vietnam (2009, computational intelligence track co-chair)
  • IEEE-INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Budapest, Hungary (2004, international program committee coordinator)
  • ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers, Ischia, Italy (2004, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing Techniques in Instrumentation, Measurement and Related Applications, Provo, UT, USA, (2003, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Technologies, Como, Italy (2003, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Technologies, Milan, Italy (2001, co-chair)
  • IEEE-INNS-ENNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Cernobbio, Italy (2000, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Venice, Italy (1999, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, Albuquerque, NM, USA (1999, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Emergent Technologies, Intelligent Measurement and Virtual System for Instrumentation and Measurement, St. Paul, MN, USA (1998, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Emergent Technologies and Virtual System for Instrumentation and Measurement, Niagara Falls, Canada (1997, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Neural Networks for Identification, Control, Robotics, and Signal/Image Processing, Venice, Italy (1996)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Emergent Technologies for Instrumentation and Measurement, Como, Italy (1996)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Atlanta, GA, USA (1996, associate area coordinator for neural networks)

Steering committees of conferences

  • IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications (2003-12, chair)
  • IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems (2008-12, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (2010-12, member)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (2000-05, 2008-10, member)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (1997-2007, member)
  • IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Homeland Security and Personal Safety (2003-06, co-chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Measurement Systems for Homeland Security, Contraband Detection and Personal Safety (2004-06, co-chair)
  • ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers (2004-05, member)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems (2002, member)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems (1996-2001, member)

Other positions in conferences

  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Singapore (2013, Advisory Committee Member)
  • International Symposium on Extreme Learning Machines, Singapore (2012, Advisory Committee Member)
  • 2009 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Pisa, Italy (2009, Advisory Committee Member)
  • 2007 International Symposium on Neural Networks, Nanjing, China (2007, Advisory Committee Member)
  • 2007 Biometrics Symposium, Baltimore, MD, USA (2007, IEEE Co-Liaison)
  • IEEE International Conference on Application Specific Array Processors, Venice, Italy (1993, finance chair)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, Venice, Italy (1993, finance chair)

Special session organizer

  • IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (2012), IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (1998, 2000-02), KES International Conference on Knowledge-based Intelligent Engineering and Information Systems (2002), ISATA International Symposium on Automotive Technologies and Automation (1997, 1998), IEEE Conference on Computational Engineering in Systems Applications (1996, 1998), IMACS World Congress (1994, 1997), IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (1995, 1996), IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (1996), IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (1995)

Member of technical program committee of conferences

  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC (2011-13, 2005-08, 2000-03), International Workshop on Biometrics: Technologies, Systems and Applications BTSA (2013), IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defence Applications CISDA (2012), IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques IST (2012), International Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence ICCNAI (2012), International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology FCST (2012, 2011, 2010), IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation ETFA (2012), IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (2012), IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications CIMSA (2012), IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Compu ter Interface, and Measurement Systems VECIMS (2012, 2006, 2005), IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation ETFA (2012), Conference on Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN LION (2007-12), Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining PAKDD (2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007), International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems PECCS (2012, 2011), IEEE-INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN (2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2004), IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation CEC (2012, 2011), IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems FUZZIEEE (2012), International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery FSKD (2012, 2010), IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems IS (2012), International Workshop on Smart Mobile Applications (2012, 2011), IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing PRIP (2011), IEEE International Conference on I mage Processing ICIP (2011), IEEE International Systems Conference (2011, 2010, 2009), International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications INISTA (2011, 2009), IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC - Computer and Communications Network Security Symposium (2007) and Communication and Information Systems Security Symposium (2011, 2010, 2009), IEEE Globecom Communication & Information System Security GLOBECOM CIS (2011, 2010), IEEE Internation Systems: Technology and Applications IDAACS (2011, 2009, 2001), IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing WISP (2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997), IEEE International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks IWANN (2011, 2007, 2005, 1997, 1995), AEIT Congress (2011), International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing ICAISC (2010, 2008, 2006), International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems IPMU (2010, 2008, 2006), IEEE International Symposium on Trust, Security and Privacy for Emerging Applications TSP (2010), International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies ICADIWT (2010), IEEE Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications HPCC (2010), IEEE International Workshop on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA (2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002), ENNS International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks ICANN (2010, 2009, 1997), International Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence ICNNAI (2010, 2006, 2003), IMEKO World Congress on Fundamental and Applied Metrology (2009), IEEE/IFIP International Symposium on Trusted Computing and Communications TRUSTCOM (2009), IEEE Globecom Computer and Communications Network Security Symposium GLOBECOM CCNS (2009, 2008), IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games HAVE (2009), IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environmen Computer Science and its Applications CSA (2008), IEEE Workshop on Robust Biometrics: Understanding the Science & Technology ROBUST (2008), IEEE International Workshop/Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems DFT (2001-2007, 1994-1998), International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation CIMCA (2006), IMACS World Congress (2005, 1997, 1994), IEEE Sensors for Industry Conference SICON (2005, 2004), IEEE International Workshop on Robotic and Sensor Environments ROSE (2005), Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology EUSFLAT (2005), International Conference on Technology and Automation ICTA (2005), International Conference on Supercomputer Systems and Applications SSA (2004), IMACS-IEEE International Conference on Computational Engineering in Systems Applications CESA (2003, 1998), KES International Conference on Knowledge-based Intelligent Engineering and Information Systems KES (2003), IEEE Internationa l Conference on Computer Arithmetic ARITH (2001, 1999), Italian Workshop on Neural Networks WIRN (1998-2001), International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet Commerce IAWTIC (2001), Euromicro Workshop on Computational Intelligence (1998), IEEE International Conference on Architectures, Algorithms and Applications of Parallel Processing ICA3PP97 (1997), ISATA International Symposium on Automotive Technologies and Automation (1997), IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Array Processors ASAP (1995, 1994), ISCA International Conference on Intelligent Systems (1996), ISCA Golden West Conference on Intelligent Systems (1995), BIAS Micro95 (1995), AICA Congress (1994), IMACS International Symposium SPRANN'94 (1994)

Invited seminars and keynote speaker at conferences

  • “Reconstruction of 3D surfaces”, in the 8th International Conference on Embedded and Multimedia Computing (EMC 2013), Taipei, Taiwan, 2013
  • “Biometric technologies and applications for a smart city”, in the APEC Smart City Industrial Technology Cooperation Forum, Changzhou, China, 2012
  • “Computational intelligence for surface modeling”, in the 7th International Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence (ICNNAI 2012), Minsk, Belarus, 2012
  • “Holonic Systems as Software Paradigms for Industrial Automation and Environmental Monitoring”, in 2011 IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Agents, part of the 2011 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2011), Paris, France, 2011
  • “Holonic Systems: a Software Paradigm for Engineering Applications and Service-Oriented Architectures”, in 2011 IEEE International Workshop on New Trends of Computational Intelligence in Engineering Informatics, Salerno, Italy, 2011
  • “Hierarchical Neural-based Techniques for Regression”, in 2011 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (INISTA 2011), Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
  • “Biometrics Privacy: Technologies and Applications”, in 2011 International Joint Conference on E-Business and Telecommunications (ICETE 2011), Seville, Spain, 2011
  • “Neural Techniques for 3D Surface Reconstruction”, in 2011 Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC 2011), Zhengzhou, China, 2011
  • “3D Surface Modeling: from 3D Scanning to Neural-Based Surface Reconstruction”, in Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference, Salerno, Italy, 2011
  • “Biometrics Privacy”, in 2008 IEEE International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Future in Information and Communication Technologies (RIVF’08), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2008
  • “Biometrics Privacy”, in Workshop on Biometrics and Computational Intelligence, part of the 2007 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN’07), Orlando, FL, USA, 2007
  • “Computational intelligence for Biometrics”, in International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC’06) and International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD’06), Xi’an, China, 2006
  • “Computational intelligence for industrial quality control”, Chiao Tung University and IEEE CIS Taipei Chapter, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., 2006
  • “Computational intelligence for industrial quality control”, National Cheng Kung University and IEEE CIS Tainan Chapter, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C., 2006
  • “Computational intelligence for Biometrics”, Xidian University, Xi’an, China, 2006
  • “Computational intelligence for Biometrics”, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2006

Tutorials

  • V. Piuri, F. Scotti, “Biometrics for ambient intelligence in the internet of things”, in the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, Beijing, China, 2013
  • V. Piuri, F. Scotti, “Biometrics Privacy: Technologies and Applications”, in the 2011 IEEE International Systems Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2011
  • V. Piuri, S. Ferrari, F. Bellocchio, “3D Scanners: State of the Art”, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Singapore, 2009; also distributed online on the educational web site of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
  • V. Piuri, F. Scotti, “Implementations of Computational Intelligence Techniques”, IEEE Expert Now, IEEE, ISBN: 0-7803-9671-5, 2007
  • V. Piuri, “Composite Technologies for Intelligent Industrial Laser Processing”, IEEE International Conference on Sensors for Industry Sicon/02, Houston, TX, USA, 2002

Panels

  • "Biometrics for smart cities", in the APEC Smart City Industrial Technology Cooperation Forum, Changzhou, China, 2012
  • "Real World Applications of Computational Intelligence", IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence WCCI2012, Brisbane, Australia, 2012
8.4 Educational activities

International programs

  • Leading proposer of the Dual Ph.D. Degree programs in Computer Science of the Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy) with Universidad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain, established in 2011), Obuda University (Budapest, Hungary, established in 2011), Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, established in 2011), National Cheng Kung University (Tainan, Taiwan, established in 2008); he has also been appointed as Co-Chair of the Admission Committees representing the Università degli Studi di Milano and Delegate of the Director of the Ph.D. School in Information Technology at the Università degli Studi di Milano for the management of these agreements
  • Director of the international educational program “Information, communication and knowledge science and technology” (2003-05), directed to promote the international exchange of students and lecturers among the Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy), the University of Pisa (Italy), the University of Venice (Italy), Carnegie Mellon University (USA), and University of Ottawa (Canada), funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research in the Program “Internationalization of the Italian Academic System”
  • Director of the International Master’s Degree Program on Soft Computing for Industrial Applications (2003-04), Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy), with the scientific cooperation of Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Örebro University (Sweden), University of Ottawa (Canada), University of Siena (Italy), and Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), and with the support of the IEEE Neural Networks Society, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, INNS - International Neural Networks Society, ENNS - European Neural Network Society, and SIREN - Società Italiana Reti Neurali
  • Scientific Co-Director of the NATO-IEEE-INNS-ENNS Advanced Study Institute on Neural Networks for Instrumentation, Measurement, and Related Industrial Applications NIMIA2001, Crema, Italy, 2001

National programs

  • Director of the Curriculum “Multi-dimensional Signal Processing and Applications” of the Ph.D. School in Information Technology at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (since 2008)
  • Member of the Council of the Ph.D. School in Information Technology at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (since 2008)
  • Director of the Ph.D. Degree Program in Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (2005-07)
  • Coordinator of the project for the creation of the Ph.D. School in Information Technology at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (2007), and Director ad interim of this School (5 May - 30 September 2007)
  • Member of the Milan Section Scientific Council of the Lombardy Inter-University Specialization School for High-School Educators SILSIS (1999-2002), representing Politecnico di Milano (1999-2000) and Università degli Studi di Milano (2000-02) for the area of the information and communication technology
  • Scientific coordinator of the post-high-school professional education in information and communication technologies (IFTS) for the Università degli Studi di Milano - Department of Information Technology: “Advanced technician for ICT systems and technology” (2006-07, scientific director), “Advanced technician for the industrialization of the products and the processes” (2006-07), “Advanced technician for communication and multimedia” (2005-06), “Advanced technician for web and e-commerce” (2003-04, chair of the management committee), “Advanced technician for medical informatics” (2003-04), “Advanced technician for web environments in marketing end e-commerce” (2002-03, chair of the management committee), “Advanced technician for e-learning in biomedical environments (ECM)” (2002-03), “Protected internetworking manager” (2001-02), “Advanced technician in foreign languages and specialized in web design and e-commerce” (2001-02, chair of the management committee), “Information and Communication Technician: expert of Intranet/Internet information systems” (2001-02), “Logos - Data warehouse in networked systems” (2000-01)
  • Coordinator of the project for the creation of the M.S. Degree (Laurea Specialistica) program in “Information Sciences and Technologies” (in the M.S. Class of Informatics 23/S) at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (2001)
  • Education coordinator of the continuous education courses in information and communication technology and office automation for public administrations (1993-2000), organized by Politecnico di Milano for non-ICT personnel of Politecnico di Milano, Prefecture of Milan, Procura della Repubblica presso la Pretura Circondariale di Milano, Ministry of Finance - Tax Department - Lombardy Regional Directorate
  • Member of the Permanent Committee of the Faculty of Engineering at Como, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (1997-00)
  • Member of the Management Committee of the Continuous Education Center of Politecnico di Milano, Italy (1998-00)
  • Member of the Rectoral Committee of Politecnico di Milano for the creation of the Lombardy Inter-University Specialization School for High-School Educators SILSIS (1998)
8.5 University services

Academic committees

  • Coordinator for the internationalization activities of Computer Science Department at the Università degli Studi di Milano (since 2012)
  • Coordinator for the internationalization activities of the Università degli Studi di Milano for Vietnam (2011-12)
  • Representative of the Università degli Studi di Milano to the Academic Group of Information Engineering - Gruppo di Ingegneria Informatica GII (since 2002), the committee for the coordination of the Italian professors and researchers in information engineering
  • Coordinator of the contract of the Università degli Studi di Milano with the cultural non-profit association Nova Multimedia, for the scientific cooperation in the area of education and the technologies for education, training, continuous education, and cultural dissemination (2008-14)
  • Director of the Department of Information Technology at the Università degli Studi di Milano (2007-12)
  • Member of the Committee for the International Initiatives of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano (2003-08)
  • Director of the Ph.D. Degree Program in Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (2005-07)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Information Technology at the Università degli Studi di Milano (2004-07)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Lombardy Inter-University Consortium for Automatic Information Processing CILEA, for the service promoting and supporting high-performance computing (2002-04)
  • Coordinator of the contract of the Università degli Studi di Milano with Laben S.p.A, Space Software Italia S.p.A, and Quadrics Supercomputers World Ltd (Finmeccanica Group) for the project “Advanced Research Center on Evolutionary Knowledge for Design Innovation by High-Performance Computing”, directed to realize the homonymous research center for studying and developing adaptive and evolutive methodologies based on high-performance computing for industrial innovation (2002-04)
  • Chair of Scientific Council of the Center for the Computational Modeling at the Lombardy Inter-University Consortium for Automatic Information Processing CILEA, (2003-04)
  • Coordinator of the contract of the Università degli Studi di Milano with Promelit S.p.A., for the scientific cooperation in the area of wireless networks for experimentation in university environments (2003)
  • Coordinator of the Area “User Assistance and Office Automation” in the Management Committee of the Electronic Data Processing of the administration of Politecnico di Milano (1995-2000)
  • Coordinator of the Office for Information Processing Services at the Como Campus of Politecnico di Milano (1995-2000)
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Center for Computing and Networks at Politecnico di Milano (1997-2000)
  • Coordinator of the Help Service for Computer Systems and Applications directed to the non-ICT personnel of Politecnico di Milano (1993-96)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Electronics and Information at the Politecnico di Milano (1993-96)
  • Member of the Rectoral Committee for the Information Processing Services of the Politecnico di Milano (1995-96)

Academic examination committees

  • Member of the Comparative Evaluation Committee for positions as research assistant in the scientific sector ING-INF/05 Information Processing Systems: competition established at Politecnico di Torino, by the Rectoral Decree No. 366, published in the web site of the university on 30/09/2010, and appointed to the committee by Rectoral Decree prot. No. 88, 28/03/2011 (2011); competition established at Università Telematica Internazionale, by the Rectoral Decree No. 3/2009, published in the web site of the university on 27/3/2009, and appointed to the committee by Rectoral Decree prot. No. 10, 8/10/2009 (2009)
  • Member of the Comparative Evaluation Committee for positions as full professors in the scientific sector ING-INF/05 Information Processing Systems: competition established at Politecnico di Milano, by the Rectoral Decree No. 12, 23/03/2004, published in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic No. 28 - 4th special series, 07/09/2004, and appointed to the committee by Rectoral Decree prot. No. 3284, 22.10.2004 (2004-05)
  • Member of the Evaluation Committee for the Final Exam of Ph.D. Degree Programs: Ph.D. Degree Program in Engineering for Environment and Landscape (XVII Cycle) at Politecnico di Bari (2005), Ph.D. Degree Program in Computer Science (XVII Cycle) at the Università degli Studi di Milano (2005), Ph.D. Degree Program in Information and Automation Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (2001)
  • Member of the Evaluation Committee for the Admission Exam of the Ph.D. Degree Program in Computer Science at the Università degli Studi di Milano: XXV Cycle (2009), XX Cycle (2004)
8.6 Scientific associations

Technical committees of international scientific associations

  • Technical Committee on Monitoring Critical Infrastructures of the IEEE Systems Council (since 2010, member)
  • Technical Committee on Security and Privacy in Complex Information Systems of the IEEE Systems Council (since 2010, member)
  • Technical Committee on Security and Contraband Detection of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (since 2002, founding co-chair)
  • Technical Committee on Emergent Technologies of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (since 1994, founding co-chair)
  • Technical Steering Committee on Neural Networks of the IMACS association (since 1994, member)
  • Technical Steering Committee on Computer Arithmetic of the IMACS association (since 1994, member)
  • Task Force on Virtual Reality of the Technical Committee on Intelligent System Applications of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008-10, member)
  • IEEE TAB NTDC Technical Committee on Biometrics (2005-08, vice chair)
  • IEEE TAB NTDC Technical Committee on Brain-Computer Interface (2006-08, member)
  • Technical Activity Committee on Defect Tolerance of the IEEE Computer Society Test Technology Technical Committee (1995-2006, co-chair)
  • Standards Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2005, member)
  • Technical Committee on Emerging Technologies of the IEEE Neural Networks Society (2003-05, member)
  • Working Group on Homeland Security of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Technical Committee on Intelligent System Applications (2003-05, founding co-chair)
  • Technical Committee on Intelligent Measurement Systems of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (1997-2002, founding co-chair)

Conference coordination committees of international scientific associations

  • Conference Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008-09, 2004-05; member)
  • Conference Committee of the IEEE Neural Network Council/Society (2003, 2001, 2000; member)
  • Technical Meetings Review Committee of the Technical Committee on Test Technologies of the IEEE Computer Society (2000, member)

Publication coordination committees of international scientific associations

  • IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (2013-15, member)
  • IEEE TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee (2013, 2008-09, 2005-06, member)
  • IEEE PSPB Nominations and Appointments Committee (2013, member)
  • IEEE PSPB Strategic Planning Committee (2013, 2009-11, member)
  • Vice-President for Publications of the IEEE Systems Council (2008-11)
  • IEEE Systems Council Publications Committee (2008-11, chair)
  • Publications Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008, member)
  • Working Group 2 “Practical Content” of the IEEE PSPB strategic planning experiments (2006, member)
  • Vice-President for Publications of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (2002-04)
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Publications Committee (2002-04, chair)

Educational coordination committees of international scientific associations

  • IEEE Biometrics Certification Committee (since 2008; chair)
  • Vice President for Education of the IEEE Biometrics Council (2008-09)
  • IEEE Biometrics Council Education Committee (2008-09, chair)
  • IEEE EAB/SA Standards Education Committee (2008; member)
  • Liaison of the IEEE Educational Activity Board to the IEEE TAB PSPB Product and Services Committee (2008)

Member services coordination committees of international scientific associations

  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Industry Liaison Sub-Committee (2012, member)
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Meritorious Service Award Sub-Committee (2012, member)
  • History Sub-Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008, member)
  • IEEE RAB Transnational Committee (2005, member)
  • Vice-President for Members Activities of the IEEE Neural Networks Society (2003-04)
  • IEEE Neural Networks Society Members Activities Committee (2003-04, chair)
  • Women in Computational Intelligence Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2004-05, member)
  • IEEE Student Branch at Politecnico di Milano (1993-2004, counselor)

Coordination and management committees of international scientific associations

  • IEEE TAB Strategic Planning Committee (2011-13, member)
  • IEEE Public Visibility Committee (2012-13, member)
  • IEEE Brand Ambassadors Program (2012, speaker)
  • IEEE Board of Directors (2010-12, member)
  • IEEE Director - Division X Director/Delegate (2010-12)
  • IEEE Technical Activities Board (2010-12, 2006-07; member)
  • IEEE TAB Ethics and Conflict Resolution Committee (2011-12, member)
  • Strategic Planning Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2012, member)
  • Finance Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2012, 2008-09, member)
  • IEEE Division X Nominations Committee (2005, member; 2011, chair)
  • Nominations and Appointments Committee of the IEEE PSPB Committee (2010-11, member)
  • IEEE Systems Council Administrative Committee (2008-11, member)
  • IEEE Biometrics Council Administrative Committee (2008-09, member)
  • Constitution and Bylaws Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008-09, chair)
  • Nominations Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008-09, chair)
  • Past-President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2008-09)
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Administrative Committee (2005-08, member)
  • President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2006-07)
  • President-Elect of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2005)
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Administrative Committee (1998-2005, member)
  • Nomination and Appointment Committee of the IEEE Neural Networks Society (2004, member)
  • IEEE Neural Networks Society Administrative Committee (2003-04, member)
  • IEEE Neural Networks Council Administrative Committee (2002, member)

Award committees of international scientific associations

  • IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award Committee (2009, 2005, member; 2006-08, chair)
  • IEEE Technical Field Awards Council Committee (2006-08, member)
  • IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award Committee (2002-04, member)

National scientific associations

  • Scientific Council of the Italian Society for Neural Networks SIREN (since 2009, 2000-04; member)
  • IEEE Systems Council Italy Chapter (2008-09, founding chair)
  • IEEE Biometrics Council Italy Chapter (2009, founding chair)
  • Executive Council of the Specialistic Group “Information Technology and Applications” of the Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana (AEI) (2001-03, member)
  • North-Italy Chapter of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (1993-2000, secretary)
  • North-Italy Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society (1991-2000, secretary)
  • Representative of the Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana (AEI) to Politecnico di Milano (1990-2000)
  • General Council of the Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana (AEI) (1998-99, member)
  • Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana (AEI) - Milano Section (1995-97, secretary)
  • Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana (AEI) - Milano Section (1992-95, vice secretary)