Vincenzo Piuri

ORGANIZATION

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 Computer Science, 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
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 project “Biometric methodologies and techniques for security: identification and recognition of persons” (2003-04), for the study of biometric solutions for person identification and recognition in security applications, funded by Fondazione CARIPLO
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 Politecnico di Milano in the EU IMS-BRITE project “Self-tuning and user-independent laser material processing units - SLAPS” (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 EU CRAFT project “An integrated system for on-line inspection of railways tracks - 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, 2013)
“Computational intelligence techniques for image processing” (Università degli Studi di Milano, 2011)
“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

European Regional Development Fund, Regional Operating Program of the Lazio Region 2007-13 - Priority 1, Italy (2012-13)
FAR 2012 Programs, MIUR Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Italy, (2012)
Strategic Research Funding, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2012)
Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Georgia (2012, 2011)
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)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada (2012, 2011, 2010, 2002)
National Priorities Research Program, Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar (2011, 2009)
PRIN Program, 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 (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)

Editorial activities

Editor-in-Chief of journals

IEEE Systems Journal (2013-15)

Editorial boards

Associate Editor of Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Obuda University, Hungary (since 2012)
Associate Editor of Soft Computing, Springer (since 2011)
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)
Editor-at-Large of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine (2010-12)
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 Issue on Biometric Systems and Applications, in the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Part A - Systems, 2014
Special Issue on Information and Knowledge Technology for Computing and Communication, in Fundamenta Informaticae, 2013
Special Section on Biometric Systems, in IEEE Systems Journal, 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, 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, 1997
Special Issue on Neural Technologies for Identification, Control, Robotics, and Signal/Image Processing, in International Journal of Microelectronic Systems Integration, Plenum Press, 1997

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)

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

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

IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, Ottawa, Canada (2014, co-chair)
2013 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, Beijing, China (2013, co-chair)
IEEE-RIVF International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Future in Information and Communication Technologies, Hanoi, Vietnam (2013, co-chair)
IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, Milan, Italy (2013, co-chair)
2013 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications, Albena, Bulgaria (2013, co-chair)
10th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, Changzhou, China (2012, co-chair)
IEEE Workshop on Biometrics Measurements and Systems for Security and Medical Applications, Salerno, Italy (2012)
2012 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications, Trabzone, Turkey (2012, co-chair)
2010 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications, 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 and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (since 2012, co-chair)
9th IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics (2013, member)
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 International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks IWANN (2013, 2011, 2007, 2005, 1997, 1995), IEEE International Systems Conference (2013, 2011, 2010, 2009), IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems FUZZIEEE (2013, 2012), IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC - Communication and Information Systems Security Symposium (2013, 2011, 2010, 2009), IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference IMTC (2011-13, 2005-08, 2000-03), Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining PAKDD (2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007), Conference on Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN LION (2007-13), International Workshop on Biometrics: Technologies, Systems and Applications BTSA (2013), IEEE Globecom Communication and Information System Security GLOBECOM CIS (2013, 2011, 2010), International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems PECCS (2013, 2012, 2011), International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications (2013), International Conference on Computer and Applications CCA (2013), International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications ISDA (2012), International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo ICCVE (2012), 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 and 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-Computer Interface, and Measurement Systems VECIMS (2012, 2006, 2005), IEEE-INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN (2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2004), IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation CEC (2012, 2011), 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 Image Processing ICIP (2011), 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), 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), 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 Environments and their Applications HAVE (2008, 2007), IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems ICIS (2008), IEEE International Symposium on Computer Science and its Applications CSA (2008), IEEE Workshop on Robust Biometrics: Understanding the Science and 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 International 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

“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

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)

University services

Academic committees

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)
Coordinator for the internationalization activities of the Università degli Studi di Milano for Vietnam (2011-12)
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)

Scientific associations

Technical committees of international scientific associations

Technical Committee on Communications and Information Security of the IEEE Communications Council (since 2012, member)
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)
Strategic Planning Committee of the IEEE Products and Services Committee (2009-11, member)
IEEE PSPB Nominations and Appointments Committee (2013, 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

Meritorious Service Award Sub-Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (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)
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)

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