I was born in Venice in the 1973.
I graduated in Physics in 1998 at the University of Padua - ITALY.
I worked two years in an Electronic Company called Microgate (Bolzano - ITALY).
I received the MSc
in Artificial Intelligence in the 2000 at the University
of Edinburgh -UK.
From June 2002 to September 2002, I was Visiting Researcher at the Intelligent
Robotics Laboratory of Prof.
Hiroshi Ishiguro in the University
of Wakayama (Japan).
I received the Ph.D. in Informatics and Industrial Electronics in 2003
at the Dept. of Information Engineering of the University of Padua - ITALY.
From May 2003 to Dec.2004, I had a Post-Doc Position at the Dept.
of Information Engineering of the University
of Padua.
I am principal investigator of the project BIOV (one year Research Grant for Young Researchers of the University of Padua - 2004)
In the January 2004, I was visiting researcher at the BORG Lab (Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta U.S.A.) working with prof. Frank Dellaert.
In February-March 2004, I was visiting researcher at the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory of Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro in the University of Osaka (Japan)
Since Jan. 2005 I am "ricercatore" ('roughly' Assistant Professor)
at the Dept. of Information Engineering of the University of Padua.
In 2005, I founded (with other collegues) a spin-off company of the University of Padua called IT+Robotics srl working in the field of omnidirectional vision, humanoid robotics and security.
In 2006-2007 I am Adjunct Professor of Robotics.
I am principal investigator of the project RAMSES2 (two years Research Grant of the University of Padua 2007-2008)
My research interests are in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and more specifically in Omnidirectional Robot Vision.
Moreover:
I was Technical Manager for the organisation of RoboCup2003 in Padua - ITALY.
In 2003-2004 was member of the Technical Committee of the RoboCup Middle-Size League.
In 2006-2007 was member of the Technical Committee of the RoboCup Humanoid League.
I am the team leader of "Artisti", the RoboCup Team of the University of Padua.
I was a lecturer in the 2nd EURON Summer School on Perception and Sensor Fusion in Mobile Robotics (PSFMR 2006).
I attended the EURON Summer School on Mobile Robot Navigation in the 2001 at the EPFL in Lausanne - CH.