Author of over 230 papers in international journals and conferences, cited more than 6317 times, with an H-index of 48 (source: Google Scholar). Member of several Technical Program Committees, including the DATE conference and the IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation.
Research Experience
Was a visiting researcher at ETH Zurich from 2005 to 2007, studying energy harvesting-aware embedded design. Currently collaborates with ETHZ on energy-efficient distributed sensor platforms. Served as the scientific supervisor for several EU FP7 projects, including EEB-ENV-3ENCULT, ICT-GENESI, and FP7 Network of Excellence - ARTISTDESIGN - Design for embedded systems. Led industrial cooperation activities with Telecom Italia, STMicroelectronics, and Hewlett-Packard.
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, and Computer Science from the University of Bologna in 2007; M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Bologna in 2002.
Background
Research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-physical systems, Electronic embedded systems, and Energy harvesting. Specializes in hardware design, low-power design, and wireless sensor networks.