Luca Fanucci
Professor of Electronics at the Department of Information Engineering
Luca Fanucci graduated cum laude in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pisa in 1992 where he gained his Ph.D. in Information Engineering in 1996. From 1992 to 1996, he carried out research at the Department of Electrical Systems of the European Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency based in Noordwijk, Holland. From 1996 to 2004, he was a researcher for the National Research Council at the Centre for Radio Transmission in Pisa. Since 2004, he has been a professor of Electronics at the Department of Information Engineering, first an associate professor and then a full professor.

Institutional roles

Since 2011, Professor Fanucci has collaborated with the Unit for the Support and Integration of Students with Disabilities at the University of Pisa. Since 2016, he has been the Rector’s delegate for students with disabilities and LD. He has been a member of the Teaching Board for the doctorate course in Computer Engineering of the University of Pisa since 2007 and he has been the director of the National Laboratory AsTech (Assistive Technologies) of the National Inter University Consortium for Information Technology (CINI) since 2013.

Scientific and teaching activities

Professor Fanucci is head of teaching for the Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering and in Embedded Computing Engineering. His main research interests lie in the field of design technologies for integrated circuits and embedded systems, with particular emphasis on system-level design, hardware and software co-design, low power consumption and interface sensor processing systems. The main application areas are telecommunications, earth and space vehicles, medical systems and technological aids for disabled and elderly people. He is co-author of over 400 international journal and conference papers and co-inventor of more than 40 national and international patents or patents pending.
He has been the principal investigator for numerous regional and National projects financed on a competitive basis by the Tuscan Region, the Ministry for Research and Education, the National Research Council and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics. He was also the head scientist in numerous European Union projects on research and development platforms such as FP6, FP7, AAL, ARTEMISIA, ENIAC and H2020. He represents the Department of Information Engineering in the AAATE (Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technologies in Europe) and in the European initiatives EUROPRACTICE and ARTEMISIA (Advanced Research & Technology for EMbedded Intelligence and Systems Industry Association).
He has served on numerous technical committees at international conferences in the field of electronic system design. In particular, he was Program Chair of the DSD 2008 and DATE 2014 international conferences and General Chair of the DATE 2016 conference. He is the Associate Editor of the Elsevier Microprocessors and Microsystems (Embedded Hardware Design) journal, the IOS Press Technology and Disability journal and the IET Computers & Digital Techniques journal.

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Leonardo Bertini
Professor of Mechanical Design and Machine Construction at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Leonardo Bertini graduated cum laude in Nuclear Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at Pisa University in 1980. Immediately after his degree, he worked for three years as an engineer for two national companies, Nuovo Pignone, Florence and Costruzioni Metalliche FINSIDER, Leghorn. From 1984 to 1986, he followed the Ph.D. course in “Mechanics of Materials” at the University of Pisa and became a member of staff of the university in 1988. From 1992 to 1999, he was an associate professor and in 2000 became a full professor.

Institutional roles

Professor Bertini was vice president of the Council for the degree course in Mechanical Engineering from 2000 to 2002, president of the Council for the postgraduate degree course in Mechanical Engineering from 2003 to 2008, director of the Ph.D. School in Engineering “Leonardo da Vinci” from 2005 to 2009, vice dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 2009 to 2012 and expert member then full member of the Patents Committee of the University of Pisa. From 1993 to 2000, he was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Association for Stress Analysis (AIAS), and from 1993 to 1997 was secretary and treasurer. From 2005 to 2007, he was the president of the association.

Scientific and teaching activities

From 1992 to the present, Professor Bertini has taught Machine Design, Computer Aided Design of Structures and Mechanical Construction Techniques for various degree courses in the Engineering area. Professor Bertini’s research interests have included; the fatigue behaviour of metals at high temperature and in corrosive environments and high average stress; fracture mechanics, both theoretical and experimental; the mechanics of composite materials; hydrogen weakening; the fatigue and resistance of welded joints; the measurement and modulation of states of auto tension; the behaviour of oil drilling blocks, for which full scale models have been developed from the original machines and used for scientific collaboration with Italian and foreign companies; the behaviour of continuously variable transmission CVT, for use in vehicles, in particular as regards performance.
Professor Bertini’s research has led to more than 130 research memos many of which have been published in the most prestigious international journals of this sector. His work has earned him the following recognition: AIAS Award (Italian Association for Stress Analysis) in 1992 and 2000; CEGB Prize (Central Electricity Generating Board) 2010, bestowed by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design; SMAU Prize for Innovation 2016 attributed to the spin-off company of the University of Pisa, Letomec together with Electrolux.
Professor Bertini is the co-owner of two patents, “Device for the measurement of the mechanical properties of materials, in particular metal materials” and “Helios: Innovative automated system for the measurement of hydrogen content and the relative diffusion coefficient in materials and measuring instrument”.

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Marco Raugi
Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Construction Engineering.

Marco Raugi graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pisa in 1985 and gained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the university in 1990. He has been a full professor of Electrical Engineering since 2000.

Incarichi istituzionali

Professor Raugi has been the delegate of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Pisa for International Relations and the Socrates-Erasmus programme and president of the International Ph.D. in “Applied Electromagnetics in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Electronics, Smart Sensors and Nanotechnologies”. He has also been the director of the Department of Energy and Systems Engineering and subsequently the director of the Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Construction Engineering. At present, he belongs to the board of the national group for the coordination of the university scientific sector “Electrical Engineering” and he currently represents the University of Pisa in the EERA (European Energy Research Alliance).

Attività didattica e scientifica

Professor Raugi’s research activities centre around the numerical methods for the analysis of electromagnetic fields in linear and nonlinear media whose main applications have been in non destructive testing, electromagnetic compatibility in transmission lines and electromagnetic launchers. More recently, Professor Raugi has investigated computational intelligence applications to electrical engineering with particular focus on PowerLineCommunications and the SmartGrid. He is the author of over 200 papers in international journals and proceeedings of international conferences.

Professor Raugi was the principal scientific investigator at national level for the PRIN 2003 and 2007 programmes and the main coordinator of projects financed by Italian banking foundations (Caripi , CariLiv), by ENI, GERG and Italian PMI. He has also served as chairman and member of international conference committees (COMPUMAG, CEFC, EMC Zurich, ISPLC) and the author of invited lectures as well as the instructor of courses at international conferences (PIERS, ACES). He received the IEEE-Industry Application Society Melcher Paper Award 2002.

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Walter Salvatore
Professor of Construction Techniques at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering.

Walter Salvatore was born in Nardò (Lecce) in 1966. He graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Pisa in 1993 and gained a joint Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the Universities of Florence, Bari, Genoa, Pisa and Udine in 1997. He was a researcher at the University of Pisa from 2002 and an associate professor there from 2011 to 2016 when he became a full professor.

Incarichi istituzionali

Since 2015 Professor Salvatore has been the president of the Joint Council for the Interclass Master’s degree in Building and Structural Engineering and for the Master’s degree in Hydraulic, Transportation and Territory Engineering. He has participated and continues to participate as an expert member in committees set up by the Superior Council of Public Works of the Ministry of Infrastructure for the drafting of technical regulations for anti-seismic construction design, the guidelines for the seismic classification of buildings and the reduction of seismic risk and the guidelines for the anti-seismic design of metallic structures.

Attività didattica e scientifica

Professor Salvatore holds courses in Construction in Earthquake-prone Areas and Foundation Structures for the Interclass Master’s Degree in Building and Structural Engineering of the University of Pisa and in Construction Techniques for the Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Environmental and Building Engineering.
Professor Salvatore’s research interests are in the field of anti-seismic construction and the reduction of seismic risk. In this field, he has elaborated on the subject of the design in steel and steel-concrete composite structures, developing structural systems for the dissipation of seismic energy. In the field of reinforced concrete structures, he is studying the development of Dual-Phase steel reinforcing bars for enhancing the capacity and durability of these structures. He has also faced the problems of the static safety and the seismic vulnerability of existing structures in stone and reinforced concrete as well as historic buildings, studying, therefore, techniques and intervention strategies to remediate their seismic deficiencies. Finally, he has recently collaborated on the development of new methodologies for the assessment of seismic risk of structures, based on a macroseismic approach, calibrated together with the Tuscan Region and that of Emilia Romagna.
At international level, Professor Salvatore is the coordinator of four research projects financed at European level. He was the principal investigator of the research unit at the University of Pisa for a further 12 international research projects; he was also the principal investigator of the research unit at the University of Pisa for five national research projects and more than 40 research contracts stipulated with public authorities and private enterprises. He has supervised and continues to supervise research projects as an independent expert at national and international level. In particular, since 2006, he has been an independent expert member, nominated by the Research Directorate-General, Directorate G – Industrial Technologies of the European Commission, for the assessment and monitoring of research projects financed by the RFCS: Research Fund for Coal and Steel and the ECSC: European Committee for Coal and Steel.

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Vincenzo Gervasi

Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science.
He graduated in Computer Science from the University of Pisa in 1993. After a period of experience in the industrial sector, he returned to the academic world to gain his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2000 and then worked as a researcher until 2014 when he became an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science. Since 2004, he has been an Honorary Associate at the University of Technology in Sydney.

Institutional roles  

Alongside his teaching and research activities, he has been active in the field of management and services, such as participating in the Presidential Committee of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, in the Joint Committee of the Department of Computer Science, in the Management Committee of the “L. Fibonacci” Learning Hub. In 2000, along with Franco Alberto Cardillo he elaborated the software system used to manage the teaching spaces of the university. Since then he has been in charge of monitoring and optimizing the teaching spaces. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Room Committee of the university, assigned by the rector.

Teaching and research activities

Vincenzo Gervasi has carried out a variety of teaching activities in different study courses, principally in the Department of Computer Science, but also in the Departments of Mathematics, Geosciences and Philology, Literature and Linguistics as well as in the Naval Academy. He has also held doctoral courses both at the University of Pisa and abroad and he has been a supervisor or co-supervisor of eight Ph.Ds. as well as being a member of the doctoral committee for other universities. Since 2012, he has been the Director of the post-graduate course in Mobile Application Development. He also deals with scientific divulgation both in the editorial field (he is the author of five teaching manuals and dozens of informative papers), and through his participation at events such as the Internet Festival or initiatives linked to schools. He also holds professional training and refreshment courses for companies.
Vincenzo Gervasi’s research interests rotate around the cognitive aspects of Software Engineering. In this field, numerous related branches have developed which have led him to work on themes such as the processing of natural language, knowledge representation and reasoning, non monotonic logic, formal methods and specification language, and more recently techniques of artificial intelligence and automated learning. Some strands then evolved towards the definition of languages for software, software tracing and bio inspired distributed systems. The results of this research are documented in over 100 international publications. The publications are accompanied by intense organization and participation in conferences including the role of Program Chair and Steering Committee in principal conferences of the sector, as well as the participation in national and international projects and applied research projects (with contracts from third party companies).

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È stato pubblicato il volume che raccoglie le relazioni tenute nel corso del Laboratorio di filosofie dell'immagine e dell'immaginazione, organizzato da Zetesis (http://zetesisproject.com). L'attività è stata svolta con i contributi per le attività studentesche autogestite dell'Università di Pisa.

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Dal 28 dicembre sarà disponibile il volume "Pubblicazioni da www.criticamentepsi.it", curato dal gruppo studentesco che ha come referente Elena Conforti.
La pubblicazione è stata realizzata con i fondi di Ateneo per le attività studentesche.

Il libro "Pubblicazioni da www.criticamentepsi.it" è una selezione di contributi fra quelli già pubblicati sul sito www.criticamentepsi.it  e alcuni completamente inediti.
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