University of Genoa (UG)

Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering (DIBE), PSPC-Group

The Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering (DIBE), with its research groups active in Electronics, Telecommunication, Bioengineering, Circuits and Systems, Electromagnetic Fields, and Mathematical Physics, is a well-established centre of collaborations and contracts with the European Commission, national and international Research Agencies and Industries. It counts 34 professors and researchers, 10 lecturers, 29 Ph. D. students, 20 units of technical and administrative staff. Within DIBE, the "Physical Structures of Perception and Computation" (PSPC-Group) is active since 1995 in investigating the physical processes of biological vision to inspire the designing of artificial perceptual machines based on neuromorphic computational paradigms. The group has a long-standing expertise in developing functional models of cortical visual processing, linking theoretical neuroscience to computer vision. In particular, specific models and algorithms based on early joint processing of motion and stereo information has been recently developed.

Contact: Dr. Silvio P. Sabatini

silvio.sabatini@unige.it Phone:+39 010 3532092 Fax:+39 010 3532289 Via Opera Pia 11a Genoa, I-16145 Italy

University of Genoa Department of Computer, Communication and Systems Science (DIST), MACLAB The Department of Computer, Communication, and Systems Science (DIST) is part of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genova, Italy. DIST was founded in 1984, and currently has a scientific staff of about fifty members. Research activities at DIST cover a broad range of areas, making the Department one of the most important of the University of Genova, including:    • Automation    • Bio-engineering    • Computer engineering    • Operational research    • Robotics    • Communication networks Research activities are supported by over 15 research laboratories. Furthermore various Department and Faculty workshops for electronic, mechanical and micro mechanical design are available. Contact: Prof. Giorgio Cannata cannata@dist.unige.it Phone:+39 010 3532223 Fax:+39 010 3532154 Via Opera Pia 13 Genoa, I-16145 Italy Contribution to EYESHOTS:Scientific and technological expertise for the design and development of the anthropomorphic binocular vision system and for the control of eye movements. Development of dynamic binocular vision strategies based on populations or biologically-plausible neural units.

WEBMASTER: Agostino Gibaldi (UG)