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CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

DANILO AVOLA

Education

University of L’Aquila – Department of Biotechnology – L’Aquila (Italy) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Ultrastructural and Molecular Imaging March 2015 Title of Dissertation: Innovative Order Statistics Methods for Medical Image Analysis. Research Topic: Research and Development of a texture-based image analysis framework to

support diagnostic processes and 3D reconstruction of biomedical images. In particular, the research activity has regarded the following activities:

▪ Mathematical Modeling of organs and tissues (brain, heart, liver, and bones) of in vivo biomedical images acquired by morphological non-molecular imaging (CT), morphological molecular imaging (MRI), and functional molecular imaging (PET, and SPECT) techniques.

▪ Statistical Pattern Recognition and Classification (based on Machine Learning Techniques) of micro and macro textural elements to identify (e.g., lesion detection) and characterize (e.g., histological-like lesion determination and discrimination) heterogeneous ROIs.

▪ 2D Image Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction (and Rendering) of ROIs to support 2D (e.g., multiple-view, labeling) and 3D (e.g., fly-around, fly-through) advanced CAD functionalities.

SW Development: The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the stand-alone project: Texture Based Computer Aided Diagnosis Framework Release 2.0 (T-CAD Framework 2.0):

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Libraries: JAI, Java 2D, Java 3D. ▪ Main SW Supports: JMonkey Engine, LWJGL. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

Supervisor: Assistant Professor – Giuseppe Placidi.

Sapienza University of Rome – Department of Computer Science – Rome (Italy) Master of Science Degree in Computer Science March 2002 Title of Dissertation: Encephalic NMR Image Analysis. Research Topic: Research and Development of a texture-based image analysis framework to

support diagnostic processes and 2D reconstruction of biomedical images. In particular, the research activity has regarded the following activities:

▪ Mathematical Modeling of brain in vivo biomedical images acquired by morphological molecular imaging (MRI).

▪ Statistical Pattern Recognition and Classification (based on Comparison Methods) of micro and macro textural elements to identify (e.g., lesion detection) and characterize (e.g., histological-like lesion determination and discrimination) homogeneous ROIs.

▪ 2D Image Segmentation and 2D Reconstruction (and Rendering) of ROIs to support 2D (e.g., multiple-view, labeling) advanced CAD functionalities.

SW Development:

The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the stand-alone project: Texture Based Computer Aided Diagnosis Framework Release 1.0 (T-CAD Framework 1.0):

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Libraries: JAI, Java 2D, Java 3D. ▪ Main SW Supports: JMonkey Engine, LWJGL. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

Notes: The thesis was performed in collaboration with (duration 27 months):

▪ University of Pavia – Dep. of Computer Vision – Pavia (Italy) Coordinator: Full Professor – Luca Lombardi.

▪ Sapienza University of Rome – Dep. of Diagnostic Science – Rome (Italy). Coordinator: Full Professor Dr. – Marco di Girolamo.

Supervisor: Full Professor – Luigi Cinque.

Acilia High School - Industrial Technical Institute (ITI) of Rome (Italy) High School Diploma of Technical Industry Expert June 1991 Specialization: Computer Science

Additional Education

Computer Science and Knowledge Laboratory – CSK Lab (Rome, Italy) 2th European Summer School in Research and Development on HCI (RD-HCI’11) Completion Certificate July 2011 Brief Description: The main purpose of the RD-HCI’11 was to develop theoretical and technical

advanced interfaces between humans and machines. -

University of Malaga (Malaga, Spain) 18th European Summer School in Logic Language and Information (ESSLLI’06) Completion Certificate August 2006 Brief Description: The main purpose of the ESSLLI’06 was to develop theoretical and technical

advanced interfaces among linguistic, logic, and computation.

English School (Rome, Italy) Annual Course on English Language Completion Certificate July 2002 Brief Description: The main purpose of the English School was to improve the different aspects of

the English language.

Main Specialization Examinations

Courses Vote Theory and Application of Computer Science 26/30 Formal Languages and Compilers 26/30 Algorithms and Data Structures I 30/30 Algorithms and Data Structures II 30/30 Theory of Data and Information Management - Database 27/30 Technology of Elaboration in Real Time - Networks I 28/30 Technology of Elaboration in Real Time - Networks II 28/30 Operating Systems 30/30 Technology of Electronic Elaborators 27/30 Informative Systems 29/30 Operational Research and Organization of Corporate Management 30/30 English Language 27/30

Research Interests

Human Centered Computing (HCC)

▪ Visual Languages (VLs); ▪ Natural User Interfaces (NUIs); ▪ Multimodal Interaction (MMI); ▪ Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR); ▪ Human Robot Interaction (HCI); ▪ Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs); ▪ Virtual Human Interaction (VHI); ▪ Markerless Body Gesture Recognition (M-BGR); ▪ Human Computer Interaction (HCI); ▪ Markerless Hand Gesture Recognition (M-HGR).

Signal Processing (SP)

▪ Video Processing (VP); ▪ Digital Filters (DFs); ▪ Image Processing (IP); ▪ Compressed Sensing (CS); ▪ Audio Processing (AP); ▪ Sensing Signal Processing (SSP); ▪ Speech Processing (SP); ▪ Biomedical Signal Processing (BSP).

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

▪ Data Mining (DM); ▪ Data Fusion (DF); ▪ Machine Learning (ML); ▪ Intelligent Robotics (IR); ▪ Deep Learning (DP); ▪ Reasoning Under Imprecision (RUI); ▪ Automate Reasoning and Inference (ARI); ▪ Reasoning Under Uncertainty (RUU).

Computer Vision (CV)

▪ Humans/Objects Detection (H/OD); ▪ Human Perception (HP); ▪ Humans/Objects Modeling (H/OM); ▪ Scene Understanding (SU); ▪ Humans/Objects tracking (H/OT); ▪ Motion Capture Systems (MoCap Systems).

Pattern Recognition (PR)

▪ Feature Extraction (FE); ▪ Graph Theory (GT); ▪ Mapping Techniques (MPTs); ▪ Data Engineering (DE); ▪ Matching Techniques (MTTs); ▪ Information Representation (IR).

Security and Privacy

▪ Biometrics; ▪ Authentication Systems (ASs); ▪ Active Vision (AV); ▪ Human Behavior Analysis (HBA); ▪ Intruder Detection (ID); ▪ Mobile Robot Navigation (MRN).

Information Management

▪ Web Annotation Systems (WASs); ▪ Semantic Search Engines (SSEs); ▪ Geographic Information Systems (GISs); ▪ Distributed Annotation Systems (DASs); ▪ Web Geographic Inf. Systems (WebGIS); ▪ Semantic Web Description Languages (SWDLs).

Working Experience in Research Institutes

University of Udine – Department of Computer Science – Udine (Italy) Research Engineer November 2014 – Present Brief Description: Research and development activities in heterogeneous projects related to the

following scientific fields: Human Centered Computing, Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Security and Privacy. In particular, the working activity has regarded the theoretical definition and software implementation of the following research projects:

Research Topic: (Project 1)

Definition of Mosaicking and Change Detection Methods. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the mosaicking and change detection algorithms of videos acquired by Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Micro-UAV). In particular, a set of algorithms has been developed to support different tasks, including the detection, recognition and identification (or re-identification) of objects, vehicles and people on the ground.

SW Development: (Project 1)

The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of different client-server projects to support image analysis and image understanding

fields. Each Project has been supported by using the following main technologies:

▪ Main SW Technologies: Ansi C, C#, C++, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Framework: OpenCV, OpenNI. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest versions of the main prototypes in mosaicking filed (mosaicking in situational awareness (saw) field) have been released: 01/03/2016.

The latest versions of the main prototypes in change detection field (change detection in situational awareness (saw) field) have been released: 01/06/2016.


Definition of Machine Learning Methods and Feature Extraction Processes. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the automatic identification of classes of trajectories related to the understanding of the behavior of people and vehicles in outdoor environments.


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of different stand-alone projects to support analysis and understanding fields. Each project has been supported by using the following main technologies:

▪ Main SW Technologies: Ansi C, C#, C++, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Framework: OpenCV, OpenNI. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest versions of the main prototypes in analysis filed (human and vehicle behavior analysis) have been released: 01/07/2015.

Support to Students: Support to the following student activities:

▪ Supervisor of the technical content of student thesis;

▪ Supervisor of the technical issues of student prototypes.

Paper Proposals: Management, writing and submission of different papers (journal, full paper, short paper, chapter, demo, poster) related to all mentioned projects.

Project Proposals: Management, writing and submission of several project proposals related to different founding entities: European Commission (EC), Minister of University and Research (MIUR), Public and Private Foundations, others.

Scientific Staff: The activity has been performed within the following scientific staff:

▪ Full Professor: Gian Luca Foresti.

▪ Associate Professor: Claudio Piciarelli.

University of L’Aquila – Department of Biotechnology – L’Aquila (Italy) Research Engineer January 2012 – March 2015 Brief Description: Research and development activities in heterogeneous projects related to the



Definition of 3D Human Body Models (3D HBMs) and 3D Immersive Virtual Reality Environments (3D I-VREs). The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the generation of customizable self-avatars loaded within interactive 3D environments. In particular, a first set of algorithms has been developed to support different markerless vision based MoCap systems in which the representation of the self-avatars (e.g., stickman, sphere-based, cube-based) can be customized; another set of algorithms has been developed to support the fast implementation of 3D immersive virtual environments.


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of different stand-alone projects to support analysis and rehabilitation fields. Each

Project has been supported using the following main technologies:

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, Java EE, Ansi C, C#, C++, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Framework: OpenCV, OpenNI, Java Media Framework. ▪ Main SW Libraries Java 2D, Java 3D, Java OpenGL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ 3D Engines: Unity3D, Torque3D, Irrlicht3D. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest versions of the main prototypes in analysis filed (games in interacting with 3D objects, social behavior analysis) have been released: 01/08/2014.

The latest versions of the main prototypes in rehabilitation field (serious games in balance recovering and postural control) have been released: 01/08/2014.


Definition of 3D Hand Models (3D HMs) and 3D Virtual Reality Environments (3D VREs). The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the 3D reconstruction of human hands loaded within interactive 3D environments. In particular, a first set of algorithms has been developed to support different markerless vision based hand reconstruction systems able to capture subtle hand and fingers movements; another set of algorithms has been developed to support the implementation of testing 3D virtual environments.


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of different stand-alone projects to support analysis and rehabilitation fields. Each project has been supported using the following main technologies:

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, Java EE, Ansi C, C#, C++, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Framework: OpenCV, OpenNI, Java Media Framework. ▪ Main SW Libraries Java 2D, Java 3D, Java OpenGL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ 3D Engines: Unity3D, Torque3D, Irrlicht3D. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest versions of the main prototypes in analysis filed (ability games in managing 3D objects) have been released: 01/06/2014.

The latest versions of the main prototypes in rehabilitation field (serious games in hand articulation control) have been released: 01/06/2014.


Definition of a Framework for Personalized 3D Modeling from Biomedical Images. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the 3D reconstruction of diagnostic datasets. In particular, the algorithms have been developed to support the 3D reconstruction of internal anatomical structures coming from an interleaved set of 2D slices belonging to a given diagnostic exam.


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the stand-alone project: 3D Biomedical Image Processing Framework (3D Bio-IPF):

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: ImageJ. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest version of the 3D Bio-IPF 2.0 project has been released: 01/02/2014.


Definition of a Brain-Computer Interface for communication purposes. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the communication process (e.g., commands, concepts, ideas) between human and machine. In particular, the algorithms have been developed to support the interpretation of EEG patterns during the execution of cognitive tasks.


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the client-server project: Remote BCI Communication Framework (RemBCI-CF):

▪ Main SW Technologies: C, C++, PHP, Javascript, HTML, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Suite: Matlab. ▪ Architectural Patterns: Client-Server Architecture.

The latest version of the RemBCI-CF project has been released: 01/09/2014. Note: RemBCI-CF can be easily switched in a stand-alone version.


Definition of an adaptive acquisition sequence for Sparse 2D Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms able to reduce the total acquisition time with minimum loss of resolution. In particular, the algorithms have been developed to improve image quality while reducing the number of collected data.


The development activity has regarded the execution of numerical simulations:

▪ Main SW Suite: Matlab.

The latest simulations of the project have been carried out: 01/11/2013.




Paper Proposals: Management, writing and submission of different papers (journal, full paper, short paper, chapter, demo, poster) related to all mentioned projects.



▪ Assistant Professor: Giuseppe Placidi.

Sapienza University of Rome – Department of Computer Science – Rome (Italy) Research Engineer January 2009 - Present Brief Description: Research and development activities in heterogeneous projects related to the

following scientific fields: Human Centered Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Information Management. In particular, the working activity has regarded the theoretical definition and software implementation of the following research projects:


Definition of a Client-Server Distributed Web Annotation System. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the annotation of Web pages. In particular, the algorithms have been developed to produce (with a uniform interactive approach) private and public annotations on text, images, and videos appearing in a Web page. Afterwards, other algorithms have been developed to support advanced additional features, including: ontology based semantic search, annotation threads, group managing, and smart indexing.


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the client-server project: Multimedia Annotation of Digital Content Over the Web (MADCOW):

▪ Main SW Technologies: HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: Zend Framework, JQuery, Smarty. ▪ Architectural Patterns: Client-Server Architecture.

The latest version of the MADCOW 3.0 project has been released: 01/02/2014. Web Site: www.web-annotations.com.

Research Topic: Definition of a Sketch-Based Recognition Framework. The research activity has

http://www.web-annotations.com/

(Project 2) regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the definition and real-time recognition of sets of 2D graphical symbols. In particular, a first set of algorithms has been developed to support Touch Screen Interfaces (TSIs, e.g., tablet); another set of algorithms has been developed to support Natural User Interfaces (NUIs, e.g., LEAP Motion Controller, Microsoft Kinect).


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the stand-alone project: Feature calculation Bid Decision (FcBD):

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: Java Media Framework. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest version of the TSI-Based FcBD 1.0 project has been released: 01/01/2012. The latest version of the NUI-Based FcBD 1.0 project has been released: 01/06/2012.




Support to Teaching: Seminar Teacher on different aspects related to both web annotation and gesture recognition systems on the following main topics:

▪ Introduction to the Annotation Systems; ▪ Technical aspects related to the Annotation Systems; ▪ Web technologies and Web 2.0 Interaction; ▪ Introduction to the Sketch/Gesture Based Interfaces; ▪ Technical aspects related to the Multimodal Interfaces; ▪ Technical aspects related to the fusion and fission problems.

Paper Proposals: Management, writing and submission of different papers (journal, full, short, chapter, demo, poster) related to all mentioned projects.



▪ Full Professor: Stefano Levialdi; ▪ Associate Professor: Paolo Bottoni; ▪ Assistant Professor: Emanuele Panizzi.

Computer Science and Knowledge Laboratory (CSK Lab) – Rome (Italy) Research Engineer January 2009 – January 2012 Brief Description: Research and development activities in heterogeneous projects related to the

following scientific fields: Human Centred Computing, Computer Vision, and Security and Privacy. In particular, the working activity has regarded the customization and software implementation of the following research projects:

Research Topic: (Projects)

Definition of multipurpose projects oriented to the following scientific areas:

▪ Human Computer Interaction Systems (HCI Systems); ▪ MultiModal Security Systems (MMS Systems); ▪ Multimedia Management Systems (MM Systems).


The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of different stand-alone, client-server and embedded projects.

▪ Main SW Technologies: Depending on the specific project.

Support to Teaching: Seminar Teacher on different aspects related to the HCI and MMS projects:

▪ Structural and Statistical Approaches of the Textural Analysis; ▪ Sketch-Based Interfaces and Speech-Based Interfaces.

Tutor Teacher on different aspects related to the MM projects: ▪ Image Processing on Satellite Resources; ▪ Technologies to support solutions on GISs .

Paper Proposals: Management, writing and submission of different papers (journal, full, short, chapter, demo, poster) related to the developed projects.



▪ Full Researcher: Andrea Del Buono.

Sapienza University of Rome – Department of Computer Science – Rome (Italy) Research Engineer January 2008 - Present Brief Description: Research and development activities in heterogeneous projects related to the


Research Topic: (Projects 1, 2, 3)

Definition of Computer Aided Diagnosis Systems. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support different tasks in the field of biomedical images. In particular, the algorithms have been developed to recognized and reconstruct tissues and organs of the human body. Afterward, other algorithms have been developed to support advanced additional features, including: mass detection, 3D representation, browsing functionalities.

SW Development: (Projects 1, 2, 3)

The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the following family of stand-alone projects:

▪ T-CAD Framework (Texture based Computer Aided Diagnosis); ▪ NMR RECLASSGEN (NMR Recognition Classification and Segmentation); ▪ NMR MASS-ITERATE (NMR Mass Histological Textural Detection).

The projects have been implemented using similar development platforms:

▪ Main SW Technologies: JavaSE, JavaFx, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: Java2D, Java3D, Java Media Framework. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest version of the T-CAD Framework 3.0 has been released: 01/12/2011. The latest version of the NMR RECLASSGEN 1.0 has been released: 01/12/2010. The latest version of the NMR MASS-ITERATE 2.0 has been released: 01/12/2009.

Research Topic: (Projects 4, 5)

Definition of Biometrics-Based Identification Framework. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the recognition and identification of biometrical features of users. In particular, a first set of algorithms has been developed to support Handwriting Identification Systems; another set of algorithms has been developed to support Sketch Style Identification Systems. All algorithms have been implemented by Touch Screen Interfaces (TSIs, e.g., tablet) and Natural User Interfaces (NUIs, e.g., LEAP Motion Controller, Microsoft Kinect).

SW Development: (Projects 4, 5)


▪ Handwriting Identificator; ▪ SketchSPORE (Sketch SeParatiOn and REcognition).


▪ Main SW Technologies: JavaSE, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: Java2D, Java Media Framework. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest version of the Handwriting Identificator 3.0 has been released: 01/04/2014. The latest version of the SketchSPORE 1.0 has been released: 01/11/2013.


Scientific Staff: The activity is performed within the following scientific staff: ▪ Full Professor: Luigi Cinque.

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) – Rome (Italy) Research Engineer In Year 2007 Brief Description:

Research and development activities in a project related to the following scientific fields: Information Management. In particular, the working activity has regarded the theoretical definition and software implementation of the following research project:

Research Topic: (Projects 1)

Definition of a Web Based Geographical Information Systems (Web GISs). The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the managing and browsing of earth maps.

SW Development: (Projects 1)

The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of the client-server project: Site Effects Evaluation - Geological Form (SEE-GeoForm):

▪ Main SW Technologies: HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: Map Server, Open Layer. ▪ Architectural Patterns: Client-Server Architecture.

The latest version of the SEE-GeoForm 4.0 project has been released: 31/12/2010.


▪ Full Researcher: ▪ Full Researcher:

Giuseppe Di Capua; Silvia Peppoloni.

National Research Council – IRPPS Department – Rome (Italy) Research Assistant January 2006 – December 2008 Brief Description: Research and development activities in heterogeneous projects related to the

following scientific fields: Human Centred Computing, and Signal Processing. In particular, the working activity has regarded the theoretical definition and software implementation of the following research projects:

Research Topic: (Projects 1, 2, 3)

Definition of Multimodal Interaction Systems. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the definition, real-time recognition, and fusion of different human oriented modalities. In particular, a set of algorithms has been developed to support simultaneously: sketch recognition, handwriting recognition, and speech recognition.

SW Development: (Projects 1, 2, 3)


▪ CHAT (Cultural Heritage fruition & e-learning applications of new Advanced (multimodal) Technologies);

▪ SCENARIO; ▪ WIL (Web Indexing Language).


▪ Main SW Technologies: JavaSE, Java EE, Java ME, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: JSP, XML, SVG, EMMA, InkML, VoiceXML. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier and Client-Server Architectures

The latest version of the CHAT has been released: 31/12/2008. The latest version of the SCENARIO has been released: 31/12/2008. The latest version of the WIL has been released: 31/11/2007.

Support to Students: Support to the following student activities: ▪ Supervisor of the technical content of student thesis;


Support to Teaching: Seminar Teacher on different aspects related to the multimodal Interaction systems on the following main topics:

▪ Multimodal Architecture (sketch and speech based Interfaces); ▪ Fusion and Fission Architecture; ▪ Resolving Ambiguity Class Problems.




▪ Full Researcher: Fernando Ferri; ▪ Full Researcher Patrizia Grifoni.

National Research Council – IASI Department – Rome (Italy) Research Assistant In Year 2006 Brief Description: Research and development activities in heterogeneous projects related to the

following scientific fields: Human Centred Computing, and Signal Processing. In particular, the working activity has regarded the theoretical definition and software implementation of the following research projects:

Research Topic: (Projects 1)

Definition of a Sketch-Based Recognition Framework. The research activity has regarded the conceptual design of algorithms to support the definition and real-time recognition of sets of 2D graphical symbols. In particular, the algorithms have been developed to support Touch Screen Interfaces (TSIs, e.g., tablet).

SW Development: (Projects 1)

The development activity has regarded the software design and implementation of a stand-alone project:

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, MySQL. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests. ▪ Main SW Framework: Java Media Framework. ▪ Architectural Patterns: 3-Tier Architecture.

The latest version of the project has been released: 31/12/2006.

Scientific Staff: The activity has been performed within the following scientific staff: ▪ Full Researcher: Fernando Ferri; ▪ Full Researcher: ▪ Full Researcher:

Patrizia Grifoni; Maurizio Rafanelli.

National Research Council – IRPPS Department – Rome (Italy) Research Assistant In Year 2005 Brief Description: Research Activity related to the accomplishment of different Smart Technological

Solutions (STS) on the following research areas:

▪ Image Processing; ▪ Video Processing; ▪ Visual Query Languages.


▪ Full Researcher: Fernando Ferri; ▪ Full Researcher Patrizia Grifoni.

National Research Council – ISPRI Department – Rome (Italy) Research Assistant In Year 2004 Research Topic: (Projects 1)

Development related to the accomplishment of a Document Management System (DMS). In particular, the working activity has concerned the software implementation of a Reporting Tool on the following research project:

▪ DOMINO.


SW Architect, SW Designer, SW Developer and SW Testing and Debugging of the main aspects related to the system:

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE, Java EE. ▪ Main SW Tools: CVS, Unit Tests, Functional Tests.


▪ Full Researcher: Fernando Ferri.

Additional Responsibilities in Funded Projects

University of Udine – Udine (Italy) RA2M Project date: 2015 – To Date Funded by: Minister of Defense. Responsibility: Support to the General Coordination and Technical Tasks.

University of Udine – Udine (Italy) SUPREME Project date: 2015 – To Date Funded by: Minister of Defense. Responsibility: Support to the General Coordination and Technical Tasks.

University of Udine – Udine (Italy) ADVISOR III Project date: 2011 - 2013 Funded by: Minister of Defense. Responsibility: Support to the General Coordination and Technical Tasks.

National Research Council – IRPPS Department – Rome (Italy) MIDIR Project date: 2006 - 2008 Funded by: European Commissions Sixth Framework Programme. Responsibility: Support to the General Coordination and Technical Tasks.

National Research Council – IRPPS Department – Rome (Italy) CHAT Project date: 2006 - 2008 Funded by: University and Research Ministry of Italy (MIUR). Responsibility: Support to the General Coordination and Technical Tasks.

National Research Council – IRPPS Department – Rome (Italy) SCENARIO Project date: 2006 - 2008 Funded by: University and Research Ministry of Italy (MIUR).

Responsibility: Support to the General Coordination and Technical Tasks.

National Research Council – IRPPS Department – Rome (Italy) WIL Project date: 2006 - 2008 Funded by: University and Research Ministry of Italy (MIUR). Responsibility: Support to the General Coordination and Technical Tasks.

Teaching Activity

Sapienza University of Rome – Political Science, Sociology, Communication – Rome (Italy) Contract Professor In Year 2016/To Date Master degree course:

▪ Digital Content Processing

Sapienza University of Rome – Political Science, Sociology, Communication – Rome (Italy) Contract Professor In Year 2016/To Date Master degree course:

▪ Informatics and Technologies of Digital Communication

Sapienza University of Rome – Department of Computer Science – Rome (Italy) Seminar Teacher In Years 2009 & 2010 Different aspects related to the annotation systems on the following main topics:

▪ Introduction to the Annotation Systems; ▪ Web technologies and Web 2.0 Interaction.

Computer Science and Knowledge Laboratory (CSK Lab) – Rome (Italy) Seminar and Tutor Teacher In Years 2009 & 2010 Different aspects related to different scientific topics:

▪ Structural and Statistical Approaches of the Textural Analysis; ▪ Sketch-Based Interfaces and Speech-Based Interfaces.

Different practical aspects related to the annotation systems: ▪ Image Processing on Satellite Resources; ▪ Technologies to support solutions on GISs.

CRUI Foundation – Rome (Italy) Tutor Teacher In Year 2008 1° Course: Informative Systems. 2° Course: Basic Elements of the Computer Processing. 3° Course: Mathematical and Statistical Methods. Brief Description: Support to the following activities: Teaching, Examinations and Management. Supervisor: Prof. Andrea De Checchi

Sapienza University of Rome – Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical – Rome (Italy) Assistant Teacher In Year 2007 Course: Basic Elements of Computer Science – The Ansi C Language Brief Description: Support to the following activities: Teaching, Examinations and Management. Supervisor: Prof. Renato Menicocci

National Research Council – IRPPS Department – Rome (Italy) Seminar Teacher In Years 2006 & 2008 Different aspects related to the multimodal Interaction systems on the following main topics:

▪ Multimodal Architecture (sketch and speech based Interfaces); ▪ Resolving Ambiguity Class Problems.

Working Experience in ICT Companies

SBS Software and Business Solutions s.r.l. (Italy)

Junior ICT May 2004 – September 2004 Brief Description: ICT consultant on Distributed Informative Systems (DISs). Main Activities: SW Development: SW Developer and SW Testing and Debugging of the main aspects related to

different DISs.

▪ Main SW Technologies: Java SE 3, Java EE 3.

Intelligent Solutions s.a.s. (Italy) Junior ICT November 2003 – May 2004 Brief Description: ICT consultant on Public Relations, Human Resources and Data Management

Applications (DMAs). Main Activities: SW Development: SW Developer of the main aspects related to heterogeneous applications.

▪ Main SW Technologies: ANSI C & C++.

COGES s.r.l. (Italy) Junior ICT February 1998 – December 2000 Brief Description: ICT consultant on Public Relations, Human Resources and Data Management

Applications (DMAs). Main Activities: SW Development: SW Developer of the main aspects related to heterogeneous applications.

▪ Main SW Technologies: ANSI C & C++.

Technical Skills

Scripring Languages: ▪ Javascript, PHP, Python, Ruby.

High Level Development Languages: ▪ Java SE, Java EE, Java ME, C++, ANSI C, Pascal, Basic.

Low Level Development Languages: ▪ Assembly, Lex, Jacc.

MarkUp Languages:

Independent Research

Foro Italico University (Italy) Research Activity January 2008 – May 2010 Brief Description: The representation of human movement requires knowledge of both

movement and morphology of bony segments. This research tends to exploit the mentioned elements in order to define a novel recognition, classification and segmentation approach.

Sapienza University of Rome – Umberto I Hospital – Dep. of Diagnostic Science Research Activity January 2004 – May 2006 Brief Description: Specialist and not-automatic prostate delineation analysis is a time-

consuming task in radiotherapy planning. This research tends to exploit agent-based technology to provide a suitable segmentation process.

Languages

Mother tongue: ▪ Italian.

Technical English: ▪ Good in reading, writing and speaking.

English: ▪ Good in reading, writing and speaking.

▪ HTML, XHTML, XML, SVG, VRML, EMMA, XPath, InkML, VoiceML. Stylesheet Languages:

▪ CSS, XSL. Database Management Languages:

▪ SQL. Development Environments:

▪ Sun Java Studio, Eclipse, Netbeans, Macromedia. Frameworks :

▪ Zend 2.0, Ajax Library API, Struts, CSS Framework 960, Prototype, Java Multimedia Framework. ▪ Java2D, Java3D, JavaFX, OpenCV, OpenNI, OpenGL, Unity3D, Torque3D, Irrlicht3D.

Main Support Libraries: ▪ JQuery, JGraph, JProbe, JDom, JSon, Ajax, Sax, JAxp.

RDBMS: ▪ Access, MySQL, PostGreSQL, Oracle.

Operating Systems: ▪ MS Windows, MS Dos, Unix/Linux.

Versioning and Modeling Systems: ▪ CVS. ▪ UML, Pattern Code, Design Pattern.

Additional Technical Skills

GIS Systems: ▪ ESRI Family, Autodesk Family.

Symulation Environments: ▪ Matlab, Simulink, AutoTreeSimulator, NetGearSimulator.

Office Automation: ▪ MikTex, WinEdit, Ghostscript, MS Office, Sun Open Office.

Vectorial and Raster Graphical Applications: ▪ Adobe CS, PaintShopPro, SmartDraw.

Stream Video and Audio Editing: ▪ Camtasia Studio, Cubase.

Content Management Systems: ▪ Joomla, Drupal, Xoops.

Publications

International Journals:

▪ D. Avola, M. BErnardi, L. Cinque, G.L. Foresti, and C. Massaroni. “Adaptive Bootstrapping Management by Keypoint Clustering for Background Initialization,”. Pattern Recognition Letters (PRL), Elsevier, IN PRESS, 2017.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, G.L. Foresti, C. Massaroni, and D. Pannone. “A Keypoint-Based Method for Background Modeling and Foreground Detection Using a PTZ Camera”. Pattern Recognition Letters (PRL), Elsevier, 96(1):96-105, 2017.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, and A. Hawash. “Supporting Group Collaboration in an Annotation System”. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC), Elsevier, 41(1):22-40, 2017.

▪ M. Antico, D. Avola, P. Bottoni, A. Hawash, K. Kanev, and F. Parisi Presicce. “An Interactive Tool for Sketch-Based Annotation”. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP), JSAP, 4(1): 1-8, 2016.

▪ S.B. Moro, M. Carrieri, D. Avola, S. Brigadoi, S. Lancia, A. Petracca, M. Spezialetti, M. Ferrari, G. Placidi, and V. Quaresima. “A Novel Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality Visuo-Motor Task Activates Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study”. Journal of Neural Engineering (JNE), IOP, 13(1): 1-14, 2016.

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▪ G. Placidi, D. Avola, A. Petracca, F. Sgallari, and M. Spezialetti. “Basis for the Implementation of an EEG-Based Single-Trial Binary Brain Computer Interface Through the Disgust Produced by Remembering Unpleasant Odors”. Neurocomputing (NC), Elsevier, 160(1): 308-318, 2015.

▪ D. Avola, A. Petracca, and G. Placidi. “Design of a Framework for Personalised 3D Modelling from Medical Images”. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization (CMBBE:IV), Taylor & Francis, 3(2): 76-83, 2015.

▪ G. Placidi, D. Avola, M. Ferrari, D. Iacoviello, A. Petracca, V. Quaresima, and M. Spezialetti. “A Low-Cost Real Time Virtual System for Postural Stability Assessment at Home”. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (CMPB), Elsevier, 117(2): 322-333, 2014.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, and A. Hawash. “Relevance Measures for the Creation of Groups in an Annotation System”. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC), Elsevier, 25(6): 695-702, 2014.

▪ D. Avola, G. Placidi, and M. Spezialetti. “Design of an Efficient Framework for Fast Prototyping of Customized Human–Computer Interfaces and Virtual Environments for Rehabilitation”. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (CMPB), Elsevier, 110(3): 490-502, 2013.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, and G. Placidi. “Customized First and Second Order Statistics Based Operators to Support Advanced Texture Analysis of MRI Images”. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine (CMMM), Hindawi, 2013(213901): 1-13, 2013.

▪ G. Placidi, D. Avola, D. Iacoviello, and L. Cinque. “Overall Design and Implementation of the Virtual Glove”. Computers in Biology and Medicine (CBM), Elsevier, 43(11): 1927-1940, 2013.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, G. Placidi. “Medical Image Analysis Through A Texture Based Computer Aided Diagnosis Framework”. International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics (IJBB), CSC, 6(5): 114-152, 2012.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, and G. Placidi. “Intelligent Multi-Agent Based Information Management Methods to Direct Complex Industrial Systems”. Intelligent Information Management (IIM), 2012(4): 338-347, Scientific Research, 2012.

▪ D. Avola D., M.C. Caschera, F. Ferri, and P. Grifoni. “Classifying and Resolving Ambiguities in Sketch-Based Interaction”. International Journal on Virtual Technology and Multimedia (JVTM), Inderscience, 1(2): 104-139, 2010.

Chapters in International Books:

▪ D. Avola, G.L. Foresti, C. Piciarelli, M. Vernier, and L. Cinque. “Mobile Applications for Automatic Object Recognition”. In Book: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology – Fourth Edition, IGI Global, p. 6195-6206, 2018.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, G.L. Foresti, N. Martinel, D. Pannone, and C. Piciarelli. “Low-Level Feature Detectors and Descriptors for Smart lmage and Video Analysis: A Comparative Study”. In Book: Bridging the Semantic Gap in lmage and Video Analysis, Springer, IN PRESS, 2017.

▪ L. Ciancarella, D. Avola, and G. Placidi. “Adaptive Sampling and Reconstruction for Sparse Magnetic Resonance Imaging”. In Book: Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images, In Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Springer, p. 115-130, 2014.

▪ M Addisu, D. Avola, P. Bianchi, P. Bottoni, S. Levialdi, and E. Panizzi. “Annotating Significant Relations on Multimedia Web Documents”. In Book: Multimedia Information Extraction: Advances in Video, Audio, and Imagery Analysis for Search, Data Mining, Surveillance, and Authoring, IEEE CS, p. 401-417, 2012.

▪ D. Avola, A. Del Buono, A. Spognardi. “Advanced Multimodal Frameworks to Support Human-Computer Interaction on Social Computing Environments”. In Book: Handbook of Research on Social Computing Theory And Practice: Interdisciplinary Approaches, IGI Global, p. 215-241, 2011.

▪ D. Avola, and S. Paolozzi. “Context Modeling Approaches for Mobile Systems”. In Book: Handbook of Research on Mobile Multimedia (2ed), IGI Global, p. 364-378, 2009.

▪ D. Avola, F. Ferri, and P. Grifoni, P. “Genetic Algorithms and Others Approaches in Image Feature

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Extraction and Representation”. In Book: Artificial Intelligence for Maximizing Content-based Image Retrieval, IGI Global, p. 1-19, 2009.

▪ D. Avola, M.C. Caschera, F. Ferri, and P. Grifoni. “XML-Based Languages for Mobile and Multimodal Systems”. Encyclopedia of Mobile Computing and Commerce (EMCC’06), IGI Global, p. 1050-1056, 2006.

Full Papers in International Conference Proceeding

▪ D. Avola, G.L. Foresti, N. Martinel, C. Micheloni, D. Pannone, and C. Piciarelli. “Aerial Video Surveillance System for Small-Scale UAV Environment Monitoring”. Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance (AVSS’17), IEEE CS, IN PRESS, 2017

▪ D. Avola, M. Bernardi, L. Cinque, G.L. Foresti, and C. Massaroni. “Machine Learning Approach for the Online Separation of Handwriting from Freehand Drawing”. In Proceeding of the 19th International Conference in Image analysis and Processing (ICIAP’17), Lecture Notes in Computer Science XXXX, Springer, IN PRESS, 2017.

▪ D. Avola, G.L. Foresti, N. Martinel, C. Micheloni, D. Pannone, and C. Piciarelli. “Real-Time Incremental and Geo-Referenced Mosaicking by Small-Scale UAVs”. In Proceeding of the 19th International Conference in Image analysis and Processing (ICIAP’17), Lecture Notes in Computer Science XXXX, Springer, IN PRESS, 2017.

▪ D. Avola, G.L. Foresti, L. Cinque, C. Massaroni, G. Vitale, and L. Lombardi. “A Multipurpose Autonomous Robot for Target Recognition in Unknown Environments”. In Proceeding of the 14th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN ‘16), IEEE CS, p. 766-771, 2016.

▪ N. Martinel, D. Avola, C. Piciarelli, C. Micheloni, M. Vernier, L. Cinque, and G.L. Foresti. “Selection of Temporal Features for Event Detection in Smart Security”. In Proceeding of the 18th International Conference in Image analysis and Processing (ICIAP’15), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9280, Springer, p. 609-619, 2015.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, G.L. Foresti, G. Placidi, and P. Tamorri. “A Novel 4D Reconstruction Method Of Organs And Tissues Acquired By High Frequency Scans”. In Proceeding of the 14th Meeting on Applied Scientific Computing and Tools Grid Generation, Approximation and Visualization (MASCOT ‘15), IN PRESS, 2015.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, S. Levialdi, A. Petracca, G. Placidi, and M. Spezialetti. “Innovative On-line Handwriting Identification Algorithm Based on Stroke Features”. In Proceeding of the 4rd Edition of the International Conference on Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Image: Fundaments, Methods and Applications (CompImage’14), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8641, Springer, p. 400-411, 2014.

▪ G. Placidi, D. Avola, L. Cinque, G. Macchiarelli, A. Petracca, and M. Spezialetti. “Adaptive Sampling and Non Linear Reconstruction for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging”. In Proceeding of the 4rd Edition of the International Conference on Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Image: Fundaments, Methods and Applications (CompImage’14), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8641, Springer, p. 24-35, 2014.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, S. Levialdi, A. Petracca, G. Placidi, and M. Spezialetti. “Time-of-Flight Camera Based Virtual Reality Interaction for Balance Rehabilitation Purposes”. In Proceeding of the 4rd Edition of the International Conference on Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Image: Fundaments, Methods and Applications (CompImage’14), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8641, Springer, p. 363-374, 2014.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, A. Hawash. “Users-Groups Matching in an Annotation System: Ontological and URL Relevance Measures”. In Proceeding of the 6rh International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT’14), IEEE CS, p. 100-109, 2014.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, S. Levialdi, and G. Placidi. “Human Body Language Analysis: A Preliminary Study Based on Kinect Skeleton Tracking”. In Proceeding of the 1th International Workshop on Social Behaviour Analysis (SBA’13), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8158, Springer, p. 465-473, 2013.

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▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, G. Placidi. “SketchSPORE:A Sketch Based Domain Separation and Recognition System for Interactive Interfaces”. In Proceeding of the 17th International Conference in Image analysis and Processing (ICIAP’13), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8157, Springer, p. 181-190, 2013.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, A. Hawash. “Using Ontologies for Users-Groups Matching in An Annotation System”. In Proceeding of the 5rh International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT’13), IEEE CS, p. 38-44, 2013.

▪ M. Spezialetti, D. Avola, G. Placidi, and G. De Gasperis. “Movement Analysis Based On Virtual Reality And 3D Depth Sensing Camera For Whole Body Rehabilitation”. In Proceeding of the 3rd Edition of the International Conference on Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Image: Fundaments, Methods and Applications (CompImage’12), Taylor & Francis, p. 367-372, 2012.

▪ D. Avola, G. Placidi, and A. Petracca. “3D Modelling to Support Dental Surgery Imaging”. In Proceeding of the 3rd Edition of the International Conference on Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Image: Fundaments, Methods and Applications (CompImage’12), Taylor & Francis, p. 1-6, 2012.

▪ L. Ciancarella, D. Avola, E. Marcucci, G. Placidi. A Hybrid Sampling Strategy For Sparse Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In Proceeding of the 3rd Edition of the International Conference on Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Image: Fundaments, Methods and Applications (CompImage’12), Taylor & Francis, p. 285-289, 2012.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, and M. Di Girolamo. “A Novel T-CAD Framework to Support Medical Image Analysis and Reconstruction”. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP’11), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6979, Springer, p. 414-422, 2011.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, A. Dafinei, and A. Labella. “FcBD: An Agent-Based Architecture to Support Sketch Recognition Interfaces”. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DBM’11 – VLC’11 International Workshop), KSI, p. 295-300, 2011.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, S. Levialdi, and E. Panizzi. “Annotation Threads in MADCOW 2.0”. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Humans and Computers (HC '11), University of Aizu Press, p. 159-166, 2010.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, M. Laureti, S. Levialdi, and E. Panizzi. “Managing Groups and Group Annotations in Madcow”. In Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Databases in Networked Information Systems (DNIS '10), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5999, Springer, p. 194-209, 2010.

▪ Avola, D., Del Buono, A., Gianforme, G., and Wang, R. 2009. A Novel Client-Server Sketch Recognition Approach for Advanced Mobile Services. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the International Association for Development of the Information Society (Rome, Italy, November 19 - 22, 2009). WWW/INTERNET '09. IADIS Press, 400-407.

▪ Avola, D., Del Buono, A., Gianforme, G., Paolozzi, S., and Wang, R. 2009. SketchML a Representation Language for Novel Sketch Recognition Approach. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervsive Technologies Related To Assistive Environments (Corfu, Greece, June 09 - 13, 2009). PETRA '09. ACM, New York, NY, 1-8.

▪ Avola, D., Del Buono, A., Gianforme, G., and Paolozzi, S. 2009. A Novel Recognition Approach for Sketch-Based Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (Vietri sul Mare, Italy, September 08 - 11, 2009). ICIAP '09. P. Foggia, C. Sansone, and M. Vento, Eds. Lecture Notes In Computer Science, vol. 5716. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1015-1024.

▪ Avola, D. and Cinque, L. 2009. Encephalic NMR Tumor Diversification by Textural Interpretation. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (Vietri sul Mare, Italy, September 08 - 11, 2009). ICIAP '09. P. Foggia, C. Sansone, and M. Vento, Eds. Lecture Notes In Computer Science, vol. 5716. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 394-403.

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▪ Avola D., Del Buono A., Del Nostro P., and Wang R. 2009. A Novel Online Textual/Graphical Domain Separation Approach for Sketch-Based Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (Mogliano Veneto, Italy, July 15-17, 2009). KES-IIMSS '09. E. Damiani, J. Jeong, R.J. Howlett, and L.C. Jain, Eds. Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI), vol. 226. Springer, Berlin, 167-176.

▪ Avola, D., De Virgilio, R., Del Nostro, P., Gianforme, G., and Paolozzi, S. 2008. A Novel Approach for Practical Semantic Web Data Management. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Part II (Zagreb, Croatia, September 03-05, 2008). KES '08. I. Lovrek, R. J. Howlett, and L. C. Jain, Eds. Lecture Notes In Artificial Intelligence, vol. 5178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 650-655.

▪ Avola, D. and Cinque, L. 2008. Encephalic NMR Image Analysis by Textural Interpretation. In Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, March 16-20, 2008). SAC '08. ACM, New York, NY, 1338-1342.

▪ Avola D., Ferri F., Grifoni P., and Paolozzi S. 2008. A Framework for Designing Sketch-Based Library for Pervasive Systems. In Proceedings of the 2nd International United Information Systems Conference on Information Systems and e-Business Technologies (Klagenfurt, Austria, April 22-25, 2008). UNISCON '08. R. Kaschek, C. Kop, C. Steinberger, and G. Fliedl, Eds. Lecture Note In Business Information Processing, vol. 5. Springer, Berlin, 405-416.

▪ Avola D., Ferri F., and Grifoni P. 2007. Sketch Style Recognition in Human Computer Interaction. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 09-11, 2007). SEKE '07, 670-675.

▪ Avola, D., Caschera, M. C., Ferri, F., and Grifoni, P. 2007. Ambiguities in Sketch-Based Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Hawaii, USA, January 03 - 06, 2007). HICSS '07. IEEE CS, Washington, DC, 290b.

▪ Avola, D., Ferri, F., and Grifoni, P. 2007. Formalizing Recognition of Sketching Styles in Human Centered Systems. In Proceedings of the 11th international Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (Vietri sul Mare, Italy, September 11-14, 2007). KES '07. B. Apolloni, R. J. Howlett, and L. Jain, Eds. Lecture Notes In Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4693. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 369-376.

▪ Avola D., Caschera M.C., and Grifoni P. 2006. Solving Ambiguities for Sketch-Based Interaction in Mobile Enviroments. In Proceeding of the International Workshop on Mobile and Networking Technologies for Social Applications (Montpellier, France, 29 October – 03 November, 2006). MONET '06. G. Goos, J. Hartmanis, and J. Van Leeuwen, Eds. Lecture Notes In Computer Science, vol. 4277. Springer, London, 904-915.

▪ Avola, D., D'Ulizia A., Ferri F., and Paolozzi, S. 2006. Exploring Mobile Applications for Educational Purposes. In Proceeding of the 1st International Workshop on Multimodal and Pervasive Services (Lyon, France, June 29, 2006). MAPS '06. IEEE Computer Society, 19-24.

▪ Avola, D., D'Ulizia A., Ferri F., and Paolozzi, S. 2006. A Sketch-Based Approach for Interior Design. In Proceeding of the 1st International Workshop on Multimodal and Pervasive Services (Lyon, France, June 29, 2006). MAPS '06. IEEE Computer Society, 11-17.

▪ Avola, D. 2005. Encephalic NMR Image Classification. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Its Applications (San Diego, USA, June 27 – 30, 2009). ICCSA '05, 124-128.

Short Papers in International Conference Proceeding

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, G.L. Foresti, C. Mercuri, and D. Pannone. “A Practical Framework for the Development of Augmented Reality Applications by using ArUco Markers”. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods. ICPRAM '16, pp. 645-654. SCITEPRESS.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, A. Hawash. “Relevance Measures for the Creation of Groups in an Annotation System”. The 20th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems: Research Papers on Distributed Multimedia Systems, Distance Education Technologies and Visual Languages and

Computing (Pittsburgh, PA, USA, August 27-29, 2014). DMS'14, KSIGS, 79-85.

▪ D. Avola, L. Cinque, S. Levialdi, A. Petracca, G. Placidi, and M. Spezialetti. “Markerless Hand Gesture Interface Based on LEAP Motion Controller”. The 20th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems: Research Papers on Distributed Multimedia Systems, Distance Education Technologies and Visual Languages and Computing (Pittsburgh, PA, USA, August 27-29, 2014), DMS'14, KSIGS, 260-266.

▪ Avola, D., Bottoni, P., and Genzone, R. 2011. Light-Weight Composition of Personal Documents from Distributed Information. In Proceedings of the 3th International Symposium on End-User Development (Torre Canne, Brindisi, Italy, June 7-10). IS-EUD '11. Springer.

Poster, Abstract and Demo Papers in International Conference Proceeding

▪ A. Petracca, M. Carrieri, D. Avola, S. Basso Moro, S. Brigadoi, S. Lancia, M. Spezialetti, M. Ferrari, V. Quaresima, and G. Placidi. “A Virtual Ball Task Driven by Forearm Movements for Neuro-Rehabilitation”. In Proceeding of the International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (Valencia, Italy, 2015). ICVR '15, IEEE CS, 162-163.

▪ D. Avola, P. Bottoni, and A. Hawash. “Groups-Users Matching in an Annotation System Using Ontologies (Class Match Measure)”. In Proceeding of the CHI-Italy 2013, CHI-Italy, pp. 1-4, 2013.

▪ Avola, D., Bottoni, P., Dafinei, A., and Labella, A. 2011. Color-Based Recognition of Gesture-Traced 2D Symbols. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (Firenze, Italy, August 18 - 20, 2011). DMS '11.

▪ Amanti, M., Avola, D., Cipolloni, C., Conte, G., Del Buono, A., Di Capua, G., and Peppoloni, S. 2011. The SEE-GeoForm WebGIS: A Tool for Seismic Data and Hazard Analysis. In Proceedings of European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2011 (Vienna, Austria, April 03 - 08, 2011). EGU’11. EGU Press.

▪ Avola, D., Bottoni, P., Levialdi, S., and Panizzi, E. 2010. Interacting Annotations in MADCOW 2.0 System. In Proceedings of the 9th International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (Rome, Italy, May 26-28). AVI '10. ACM, New York, NY.

Full Papers in National Conference Proceeding

▪ Amanti, M., Avola, D., Borgomeo, E., Cipolloni, C., Conte, G., Del Buono, A., Di Capua G., Negri Arnoldi, C. and Peppoloni, S. 2011. Il WebGIS del Progetto SEE-GeoForm: Uno Strumento per la Pianificazione Strategica Contro il Rischio Sismico.V Congresso dell’Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana 2011 (Rome, Italy, September 08 – 10, 2011). AISU’11.

▪ Avola, D., Del Buono, A., Gianforme, G., and Wang, R. 2009. A Novel Sketch-Based Interface to Support Devices Applications and Services in Cultural Heritage Environments. In Proceedings of the 2009 National Conference on the Italian Association for Informatics and Automatic Calculation (Rome, Italy, November 04 - 06, 2009). AICA '09.

▪ Avola D., Cinque L., Placidi G. A Novel Multimodal Framework To Support Human-Computer Interaction. In Proceeding of the 6th International Symposium of the Italian Group of Researchers in Pattern Recognition (GIRPR’12), 2012 May 21-23, GIRPR Press, Siena, Italy, pp. 1-12.

▪ G. Placidi, D. Avola, L. Cinque, S. Levialdi, A. Petracca, and M. Spezialetti. “Novel Approches in Signal Processing (SP) and Human Centred Systems (HCSs)”. Paper in Press in GIRPR 2014.

Technical Reports

▪ Avola, D., et al. (2005-2011) - Co-author of more than forty technical reports regarding the following research projects: WIL, SCENARIO, CHAT, MIDIR and BONy.

▪ D. Avola, et al. (2014-2015) – Co-author of three technical reports regarding the following research projects: Situation Awareness.

Additional Information in the Publication Activities

Reviewer ▪ Reviewer of different papers submitted to several international conference (ACM, Springer, ACL

and IEEE) and international journals (Elsevier, ACM and IEEE Transaction, Wiley&Sons).

Affiliations ▪ ACM and IEEE CS Associate Member. GIRPR Member.

Additional Working Personal Information

Social and Organizational Skills

• From a professional point of view, I am reliable and motivated and I always give my best to meet the requirements of my job. I am used to working hard in order to meet the deadlines imposed by international projects or for submitting my work to international conferences or journals;

• I am able to work in team, composed of people from different countries, and I am able to lead small working groups;

• I am always interested in proposing new solutions and solving the problems that may arise from my research.

References

Full Professor Luigi Cinque Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Computer Science, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Rome, Italy Telephone: +39.06.4991.8508 E-Mail: [email protected] Full Professor Gian Luca Foresti University of Udine, Department of Computer Science, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy Telephone: +39.0432.558402 E-Mail: [email protected] Full Professor Paolo Bottoni Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Computer Science, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Rome, Italy Telephone: +39.06.4991.8426 E-Mail: [email protected] Associate Professor Emanuele Panizzi Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Computer Science, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Rome, Italy Telephone: +39.06.4991.8539 E-Mail: [email protected] Senior Researcher Giuseppe Di Capua National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Via XXIV Maggio, 46 - 00187 Rome, Italy Telephone: +39.06.855082013 E-Mail: [email protected] Senior Researcher Silvia Peppoloni National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Via XXIV Maggio, 46 - 00187 Rome, Italy Telephone: +39.06.855082017 E-Mail: [email protected]

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