@proceedings {, title = {A low-cost and low-burden secure solution to track small-scale fisheries}, journal = {Conference: 2021 International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea)}, year = {2021}, month = {11/2021}, pages = {382-387}, abstract = {

During the last decade accurate spatial and quantitative information of industrial fisheries have been increasingly given using tracking technologies and machine learning analytical algorithms. However, in most small-scale fisheries, lack of spatial data has been a recurrent bottleneck as Vessel Monitoring System and Automatic Identification System, developed for vessels longer than 12 and 15 m in length respectively, have little applicability in these contexts. It follows that small-scale vessels (\< 12 m in length) remain untracked and largely unregulated, even though they account for most of the fishing fleet in operation in the Mediterranean Sea. As such, the tracking of small-scale fleets tends to require the use of novel and low cost solutions that could be addressed by small vessels often without dedicated electrical systems. In this paper we propose a scalable architecture that makes use of a low-cost LoRaWAN/cellular network to acquire and process positioning data from small-scale vessels; preliminary results of a first installation of the prototype are presented, as well as the data collected. The emergence of a such low-cost and open source technology coupled to artificial intelligence could open new opportunities for equipping small-scale vessels, collecting their trajectory data and estimating their fishing effort (information which has historically not been present). It enables a new monitoring strategy that could effectively include small-scale fleets and support the design of new policies oriented to inform coastal resource and fisheries management, and cross-border marine spatial planning.

}, keywords = {cloud computing, fleet management system, maritime communication, small-scale fisheries, vessel position data}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroSea52177.2021.9611622}, url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9611622}, author = {Anna Nora Tassetti and Alessandro Galdelli and Jacopo Pulcinella} } @article {, title = {A Decision Support System for Diabetes Chronic Care Models Based on General Practitioner Engagement and EHR Data Sharing}, journal = {IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine}, volume = {8}, year = {2020}, pages = {1-12}, doi = {10.1109/JTEHM.2020.3031107}, author = {E. Frontoni and L. Romeo and M. Bernardini and S. Moccia and L. Migliorelli and M. Paolanti and A. Ferri and P. Misericordia and A. Mancini and P. Zingaretti} } @article {, title = {A Decision Support System for Diabetes Chronic Care Models based on General Practitioner engagement and EHR data sharing}, journal = {IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.1109/JTEHM.2020.3031107}, url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9223696}, author = {E. Frontoni and L. Romeo and M. Bernardini and S. Moccia and L. Migliorelli and M. Paolanti and A. Ferri and P. Misericordia and A. Mancini and P. Zingaretti} } @inbook {, title = {Enhanced Vision to Improve Safety in Robotic Surgery}, booktitle = {Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery}, year = {2020}, author = {Veronica Penza and Sara Moccia and Elena De Momi and Leonardo S. Mattos} } @article {, title = {Machine learning-based design support system for the prediction of heterogeneous machine parameters in industry 4.0}, journal = {Expert Systems with Applications}, volume = {140}, year = {2020}, pages = {112869}, author = {Romeo, Luca and Loncarski, Jelena and Paolanti, Marina and Bocchini, Gianluca and Mancini, Adriano and Frontoni, Emanuele} } @article {, title = {SOPHIA: An Event-Based IoT and Machine Learning Architecture for Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0}, journal = {Information}, volume = {11}, year = {2020}, pages = {202}, author = {Calabrese, Matteo and Cimmino, Martin and Fiume, Francesca and Manfrin, Martina and Romeo, Luca and Ceccacci, Silvia and Paolanti, Marina and Toscano, Giuseppe and Ciandrini, Giovanni and Carrotta, Alberto and others} } @article {, title = {Transfer learning for informative-frame selection in laryngoscopic videos through learned features}, journal = {Medical \& Biological Engineering \& Computing}, year = {2020}, author = {Ilaria Patrini and Michela Ruperti and Sara Moccia and Leonardo S. Mattos and Emanuele Frontoni and Elena De Momi} } @conference {, title = {Empowered Optical Inspection by Using Robotic Manipulator in Industrial Applications.}, booktitle = {IROS}, year = {2019}, month = {11/2019}, abstract = {

Nowadays the inspection of products at the end of line represents a critical phase. At this stage, it is necessary to look for defects in order to prevent the quality check to fail, and to provide information for improving the production as well. This task can be performed by using several sensing technologies, and the contactless optical inspection plays a key role. In this regard, the use of advanced robotic manipulators offers the capability to change the viewpoint of a given object and to inspect its multiple faces. We propose an approach that combines the use of photometric stereo to derive a 3D model of objects, empowered by the super-resolution that is applied on the original dataset (upstream) or on the normal images (downstream) in order to increase the quality of the final 3D model. The vision system is mounted on a robotic manipulator, able to grasp and change the viewpoint, thus offering a more completeviewoftheobjecttobeinspected.Theobtainedresults show that the developed solution increases the quality of the derived 3D models used for inspection tasks on different faces of the objects; this is achieved by using the manipulation ability offered by the adopted robotic platform.

}, doi = {10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968473}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968473}, author = {Galdelli, Alessandro and Pagnotta, Daniele Proietti and Mancini, Adriano and Freddi, Alessandro and Monteri{\`u}, Andrea and Frontoni, Emanuele} } @article {, title = {Inter-foetus Membrane Segmentation for TTTS Using Adversarial Networks}, journal = {Annals of Biomedical Engineering}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1007/s10439-019-02424-9}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-019-02424-9}, author = {Alessandro Casella and Sara Moccia and Emanuele Frontoni and Dario Palladini and Elena De Momi and Leonardo S. Mattos} } @article {, title = {Multiple instance learning for emotion recognition using physiological signals}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing}, year = {2019}, author = {Romeo, Luca and Cavallo, Andrea and Pepa, Lucia and Berthouze, Nadia and Pontil, Massimiliano} } @article {, title = {Robotic retail surveying by deep learning visual and textual data}, journal = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems}, volume = {118}, year = {2019}, pages = {179{\textendash}188}, author = {Paolanti, Marina and Romeo, Luca and Martini, Massimo and Mancini, Adriano and Frontoni, Emanuele and Zingaretti, Primo} } @conference {, title = {An agent-based WCET analysis for Top-View Person Re-Identification}, booktitle = {1st International Workshop on Real-Time Compliant Multi-Agent Systems (RTcMAS)}, year = {2018}, publisher = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings}, organization = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings}, address = {Stockholm}, abstract = {

Person re-identification is a challenging task for improving and personalising the shopping experience in an intelligent retail environment. A new Top View Person Re-Identification (TVPR) dataset of 100 persons has been collected and described in a previous work. This work estimates the Worst Case Execution Time (WCET) for the features extraction and classification steps. Such tasks should not exceed the WCET, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the proposed application. In fact, after the features extraction, the classification process is performed by selecting the first passage under the camera for training and using the others as the testing set. Furthermore, a gender classification is exploited for improving retail applications. We tested all feature sets using k-Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector Machine, Decision Tree and Random Forest classifiers. Experimental results prove the effectiveness of the proposed approach, achieving good performance in terms of Precision, Recall and F1-score.

}, keywords = {Person re-identification, Real-time, Retail, RGB-D camera, WCET}, url = {http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2156/paper4.pdf}, author = {Marina Paolanti and Valerio Placidi and Michele Bernardini and Andrea Felicetti and Rocco Pietrini and Emanuele Frontoni} } @conference {8545397, title = {Convolutional Networks for Semantic Heads Segmentation using Top-View Depth Data in Crowded Environment}, booktitle = {2018 24th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)}, year = {2018}, month = {Aug}, pages = {1384-1389}, abstract = {Detecting and tracking people is a challenging task in a persistent crowded environment (i.e. retail, airport, station, etc.) for human behaviour analysis of security purposes. This paper introduces an approach to track and detect people in cases of heavy occlusions based on CNNs for semantic segmentation using top-view depth visual data. The purpose is the design of a novel U-Net architecture, U-Net3, that has been modified compared to the previous ones at the end of each layer. In particular, a batch normalization is added after the first ReLU activation function and after each max-pooling and up-sampling functions. The approach was applied and tested on a new and public available dataset, TVHeads Dataset, consisting of depth images of people recorded from an RGB-D camera installed in top-view configuration. Our variant outperforms baseline architectures while remaining computationally efficient at inference time. Results show high accuracy, demonstrating the effectiveness and suitability of our approach.}, keywords = {Cameras, Computer architecture, Fractals, Head, Image segmentation, Semantics, Training}, issn = {1051-4651}, doi = {10.1109/ICPR.2018.8545397}, author = {Daniele Liciotti and Marina Paolanti and R. Pietrini and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Paolanti2018, title = {Person Re-Identification with RGB-D Camera in Top-View Configuration through Multiple Nearest Neighbor Classifiers and Neighborhood Component Features Selection}, journal = {Sensors}, volume = {18}, number = {10}, year = {2018}, month = {oct}, pages = {3471}, publisher = {{MDPI} {AG}}, doi = {10.3390/s18103471}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s18103471}, author = {Marina Paolanti and Luca Romeo and Daniele Liciotti and Annalisa Cenci and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {, title = {Prospective motor control obeys to idiosyncratic strategies in autism}, journal = {Scientific reports}, volume = {8}, year = {2018}, pages = {1{\textendash}9}, author = {Cavallo, Andrea and Romeo, Luca and Ansuini, Caterina and Podda, Jessica and Battaglia, Francesca and Veneselli, Edvige and Pontil, Massimiliano and Becchio, Cristina} } @article {sturari2017integrating, title = {Integrating elevation data and multispectral high-resolution images for an improved hybrid Land Use/Land Cover mapping}, journal = {European Journal of Remote Sensing}, volume = {50}, number = {1}, year = {2017}, pages = {1{\textendash}17}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, author = {Mirco Sturari and Emanuele Frontoni and Roberto Pierdicca and Adriano Mancini and Eva Savina Malinverni and Anna Nora Tassetti and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {paolanti2017modelling, title = {Modelling and Forecasting Customer Navigation in Intelligent Retail Environments}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent \& Robotic Systems}, year = {2017}, month = {10}, pages = {1{\textendash}16}, abstract = {

Understanding shopper behaviour is one of the keys to success for retailers. In particular, it is necessary that managers know which retail attributes are important to which shoppers and their main goal is to improve the consumer shopping experience. In this work, we present sCREEN (Consumer REtail ExperieNce), an intelligent mechatronic system for indoor navigation assistance in retail environments that minimizes the need for active tagging and does not require metrics maps. The tracking system is based on Ultra-wideband technology. The digital devices are installed in the shopping carts and baskets and sCREEN allows modelling and forecasting customer navigation in retail environments. This paper contributes the design of an intelligent mechatronic system with the use of a novel Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) for the representation of shoppers{\textquoteright} shelf/category attraction and usual retail scenarios such as product out of stock or changes on store layout. Observations are viewed as a perceived intelligent system performance. By forecasting consumers next shelf/category attraction, the system can present the item location information to the consumer, including a walking route map to a location of the product in the retail store, and/or the number of an aisle in which the product is located. Effective and efficient design processes for mechatronic systems are a prerequisite for competitiveness in an intelligent retail environment. Experiments are performed in a real retail environment that is a German supermarket, during business hours. A dataset, with consumers trajectories, timestamps and the corresponding ground truth for training as well as evaluating the HMM, have been built and made publicly available. The results in terms of Precision, Recall and F1-score demonstrate the effectiveness and suitability of our approach, with a precision value that exceeds the 76\% in all test cases.

}, issn = {0921-0296}, doi = {10.1007/s10846-017-0674-7}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-017-0674-7}, author = {Marina Paolanti and Daniele Liciotti and R. Pietrini and Adriano Mancini and Emanuele Frontoni} } @inbook {liciotti2017person, title = {Person Re-identification Dataset with RGB-D Camera in a Top-View Configuration}, booktitle = {Video Analytics. Face and Facial Expression Recognition and Audience Measurement}, volume = {1}, year = {2017}, author = {Daniele Liciotti and Marina Paolanti and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {pierdicca20163d, title = {3D visualization tools to explore ancient architectures in South America}, journal = {Virtual Archaeology Review}, volume = {7}, number = {15}, year = {2016}, pages = {44{\textendash}53}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Eva Savina Malinverni and Emanuele Frontoni and F. Colosi and R. Orazi} } @conference {Paolanti2016, title = {Accurate modeling of the microwave treatment in reverberating chamber. sanitation of agro food material}, booktitle = {Mediterranean Microwave Symposium}, volume = {2016-January}, year = {2016}, note = {cited By 0; Conference of 15th IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, MMS 2015 ; Conference Date: 30 November 2015 Through 2 December 2015; Conference Code:119001}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, organization = {IEEE Computer Society}, abstract = {The microwave heating is useful for drying of foodstuff, disinfestation of works of art, phitosanitary treatment and disinfection of packaging according to current international guidelines. The computer simulation allows predicting and monitoring the heating process. The microwave treatment can nevertheless present some problems such as the presence of highly heated areas (hot spots) or areas with poor radiation due to particular shapes. Simulation of complex systems has evolved into a research discovery tool: such models and simulations, drawing upon the dramatic scale up of computational power and associated architectures and algorithmic innovation, can address complex systems with many degrees of freedom and with multiple length and time scales of interest. Using specific programs, the distribution of heating power in objects to be treated, even if complex shapes, can be predicted so as to be able to define the possibility, the time necessary to the processing, the power to be transmitted in the chamber and any repair or protection to cover the most sensitive areas. It can also predict the behavior of irradiation in the presence of other entities such as nails or pests. In order to perform simulation, important data are the geometry of the object or objects in the case of multiple loading and their dielectric characteristics. As a result we obtain the distribution of heating power. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.}, keywords = {Computational power, Degrees of freedom (mechanics), Dielectric characteristics, Electromagnetic heating, Electromagnetics, Heating, Microwave heating, Microwave ovens, Microwave treatment, Microwaves, Rail-to-rail input, Reverberating chamber, Shape, Temperature measurement}, isbn = {9781467376020}, issn = {21579822}, doi = {10.1109/MMS.2015.7375447}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84962766321\&partnerID=40\&md5=baeea86f228c70b1b41ce30e1d94e5a3}, author = {Marina Paolanti and Bacchiani, R.a and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and De Leo, R.a and Primo Zingaretti and Bisceglia, B.b} } @conference {frontoni2016analysing, title = {Analysing human movements at mass events: A novel mobile-based management system based on active beacons and AVM}, booktitle = {Control and Automation (MED), 2016 24th Mediterranean Conference on}, year = {2016}, pages = {605{\textendash}610}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Roberto Pierdicca and Mirco Sturari and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {naspetti2016automatic, title = {Automatic analysis of eye-tracking data for augmented reality applications: A prospective outlook}, booktitle = {International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics}, year = {2016}, pages = {217{\textendash}230}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, author = {Naspetti, Simona and Roberto Pierdicca and Mandolesi, Serena and Marina Paolanti and Emanuele Frontoni and Zanoli, Raffaele} } @conference {pierdicca2016cyberarchaeology, title = {Cyberarchaeology: improved way findings for archaeological parks through mobile augmented reality}, booktitle = {International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics}, year = {2016}, pages = {172{\textendash}185}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Eva Savina Malinverni and Galli, Andrea and Marcheggiani, Ernesto and Costa, Carlos Smaniotto} } @conference {innocenti2016development, title = {Development of an automatic procedure to mechanically characterize soft tissue materials}, booktitle = {Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), 2016 12th IEEE/ASME International Conference on}, year = {2016}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Innocenti, Bernardo and Lambert, Pierre and Larrieu, Jean-Charles and Pianigiani, Silvia and Marina Paolanti and Michele Bernardini and Annalisa Cenci and Emanuele Frontoni} } @conference {Paolanti2016, title = {Exposure protocol setup for agro food treatment. Method and system for developing an application for heating in reverberation chamber}, booktitle = {Mediterranean Microwave Symposium}, volume = {2016-January}, year = {2016}, note = {cited By 0; Conference of 15th IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, MMS 2015 ; Conference Date: 30 November 2015 Through 2 December 2015; Conference Code:119001}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, organization = {IEEE Computer Society}, abstract = {Reverberation chambers are an important tool in various industrial applications: the microwave heating is useful for disinfestation of works of art, disinfection of packaging according to current international guidelines, drying of foodstuff, phitosanitary treatment. We built an application that simulates the heating of an object, assimilated to a sphere, in reverberation chamber. This application is useful for electromagnetic simulation and it is easy to use for inexperienced person in electromagnetic field. It is an user-friendly application featuring a rich graphical user interface. It can visualise the distribution of temperature in objects to be treated and it is possible to insert the power to be transmitted in the chamber. This application is built in COMSOL Multiphysics, an environment for various physics and engineering applications, especially coupled phenomena, or multiphysics. The packages are cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) and they enable you to create accurate models in a very fast way. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.}, keywords = {Anechoic chambers, Computer operating systems, Comsol multiphysics, Distribution of temperature, Electromagnetic fields, Electromagnetic heating, Electromagnetic simulation, Electromagnetics, Engineering applications, Graphical user interfaces, Heat treatment, Heating, Microwave heating, Microwave theory and techniques, Microwaves, Reverberation, Reverberation chambers, User interfaces}, isbn = {9781467376020}, issn = {21579822}, doi = {10.1109/MMS.2015.7375372}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84962767504\&partnerID=40\&md5=9dfed9abd31c8c2fc9ca66541bb1e6a6}, author = {Marina Paolanti and Pollini, R.a and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and De Leo, R.a and Primo Zingaretti and Bisceglia, B.b} } @conference {contigiani2016implementation, title = {Implementation of a tracking system based on UWB technology in a retail environment}, booktitle = {Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), 2016 12th IEEE/ASME International Conference on}, year = {2016}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Marco Contigiani and R. Pietrini and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {frontoni2016optimal, title = {Optimal production planning by reusing components}, booktitle = {Control and Automation (MED), 2016 24th Mediterranean Conference on}, year = {2016}, pages = {1272{\textendash}1277}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Fabrizio Marinelli and Marina Paolanti and Roberto Rosetti and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {clini2016real, title = {Real/Not Real: Pseudo-Holography and Augmented}, journal = {Handbook of Research on Emerging Technologies for Digital Preservation and Information Modeling}, year = {2016}, pages = {201}, publisher = {IGI Global}, author = {Paolo Clini and Emanuele Frontoni and Quattrini, Ramona and Roberto Pierdicca and Nespeca, Romina} } @article {Sturari2016, title = {Robust and affordable retail customer profiling by vision and radio beacon sensor fusion}, journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters}, year = {2016}, pages = {-}, abstract = {Abstract The development of reliable and precise indoor localization systems would considerably improve the ability to investigate shopper movements and behaviour inside retail environments. Previous approaches used either computer vision technologies or the analysis of signals emitted by communication devices (beacons). While computer vision approaches provide higher level of accuracy, beacons cover a wider operational area. In this paper, we propose a sensor fusion approach between active radio beacons and RGB-D cameras. This system, used in an intelligent retail environment where cameras are already installed for other purposes, allows an affordable environment set-up and a low operational costs for customer indoor localization and tracking. We adopted a Kalman filter to fuse localization data from radio signals emitted by beacons are used to track users{\textquoteright} mobile devices and RGB-D cameras used to refine position estimations. By combing coarse localization datasets from active beacons and RGB-D data from sparse cameras, we demonstrate that the indoor position estimation is strongly enhanced. The aim of this general framework is to provide retailers with useful information by analysing consumer activities inside the store. To prove the robustness of our approach, several tests were conducted into a real indoor showroom by analysing real customers behaviour with encouraging results.}, issn = {0167-8655}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2016.02.010}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016786551600057X}, author = {Mirco Sturari and Daniele Liciotti and Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Marco Contigiani and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {pierdicca2016smart, title = {Smart maintenance of riverbanks using a standard data layer and Augmented Reality}, journal = {Computers \& Geosciences}, volume = {95}, year = {2016}, pages = {67{\textendash}74}, publisher = {Pergamon}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Adriano Mancini and Eva Savina Malinverni and Anna Nora Tassetti and Marcheggiani, Ernesto and Galli, Andrea} } @article {pierdicca2016virtual, title = {Virtual reconstruction of archaeological heritage using a combination of photogrammetric techniques: Huaca Arco Iris, Chan Chan, Peru}, journal = {Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage}, volume = {3}, number = {3}, year = {2016}, pages = {80{\textendash}90}, publisher = {Elsevier}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Eva Savina Malinverni and F. Colosi and R. Orazi} } @article {Pierdicca201538, title = {Advanced interaction with paintings by augmented reality and high resolution visualization: A real case exhibition}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {9254}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {38-50}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-22888-4_4}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944686566\&partnerID=40\&md5=8c678ed32702d02aaa50edbf34433ca2}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Mirco Sturari and Paolo Clini and Quattrini, R.} } @conference {paolanti2015automatic, title = {Automatic Classification for Anti Mixup Events in Advanced Manufacturing System}, booktitle = {ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference}, year = {2015}, pages = {V009T07A061{\textendash}V009T07A061}, publisher = {American Society of Mechanical Engineers}, organization = {American Society of Mechanical Engineers}, author = {Marina Paolanti and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Roberto Pierdicca and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {pierdicca2015low, title = {Low cost embedded system for increasing retail environment intelligence}, booktitle = {Multimedia \& Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2015 IEEE International Conference on}, year = {2015}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Daniele Liciotti and Marco Contigiani and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Pierdicca201525, title = {Making visible the invisible. Augmented reality visualization for 3D reconstructions of archaeological sites}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {9254}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {25-37}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-22888-4_3}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944688602\&partnerID=40\&md5=5988b5e6786fdbcd931f64ac7f8483f5}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Eva Savina Malinverni and F. Colosi and R. Orazi} } @conference {Liciotti2014, title = {Advanced integration of multimedia assistive technologies: A prospective outlook}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {In the recent years several studies on population ageing in the most advanced countries argued that the share of people older than 65 years is steadily increasing. In order to tackle this phenomena, a significant effort has been devoted to the development of advanced technologies for supervising the domestic environments and their inhabitants to provide them assistance in their own home. In this context, the present paper aims to delineate a novel, highly-integrated system for advanced analysis of human behaviours. It is based on the fusion of the audio and vision frameworks, developed at the Multimedia Assistive Technology Laboratory (MATeLab) of the Universit{\`a} Politecnica delle Marche, in order to operate in the ambient assisted living context exploiting audio-visual domain features. The existing video framework exploits vertical RGB-D sensors for people tracking, interaction analysis and users activities detection in domestic scenarios. The depth information has been used to remove the affect of the appearance variation and to evaluate users activities inside the home and in front of the fixtures. In addition, group interactions are monitored and analysed. On the other side, the audio framework recognises voice commands by continuously monitoring the acoustic home environment. In addition, a hands-free communication to a relative or to a healthcare centre is automatically triggered when a distress call is detected. Echo and interference cancellation algorithms guarantee the high-quality communication and reliable speech recognition, respectively. The system we intend to delineate, thus, exploits multi-domain information, gathered from audio and video frameworks each, and stores them in a remote cloud for instant processing and analysis of the scene. Related actions are consequently performed.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935629}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911977133\&partnerID=40\&md5=3a8fad94ccf6268631dbf553e9360956}, author = {Daniele Liciotti and Ferroni, G. and Emanuele Frontoni and Squartini, S. and Principi, E. and Bonfigli, R. and Primo Zingaretti and Francesco Piazza} } @article {Clini2014, title = {Augmented reality experience: From high-resolution acquisition to real time augmented contents}, journal = {Advances in Multimedia}, volume = {2014}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {This paper presents results of a research project "dUcale" that experiments ICT solutions for the museum of Palazzo Ducale (Urbino). In this project, the famed painting the "Citt{\`a} Ideale" becomes a case to exemplify a specific approach to the digital mediation of cultural heritage. An augmented reality (AR) mobile application, able to enhance the museum visit experience, is presented. The computing technologies involved in the project (websites, desktop and social applications, mobile software, and AR) constitute a persuasive environment for the artwork knowledge. The overall goal of our research is to provide to cultural institutions best practices efficiently on low budgets. Therefore, we present a low cost method for high-resolution acquisition of paintings; the image is used as a base in AR approach. The proposed methodology consists of an improved SIFT extractor for real time image. The other novelty of this work is the multipoint probabilistic layer. Experimental results demonstrated the robustness of the proposed approach with extensive use of the AR application in front of the "Citt{\`a} Ideale" painting. To prove the usability of the application and to ensure a good user experience, we also carried out several users tests in the real scenario.}, doi = {10.1155/2014/597476}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919754522\&partnerID=40\&md5=7e1c1da868b9c0927bb555d4151577ac}, author = {Paolo Clini and Emanuele Frontoni and Quattrini, R. and Roberto Pierdicca} } @conference {Liciotti2014, title = {An automatic analysis of shoppers behaviour using a distributed RGB-D cameras system}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {The aim of this work is to propose an integrated system consisted of an RGB-D camera and software able to monitor shoppers in intelligent retail environments. We want to propose an innovative low cost intelligent system that can evaluate not only the shopper behaviour, but also detect their interactions with the products in the shelves, by developing automatic RGB-D techniques for video analysis. The system of cameras, located in strategic locations within the store, detects the presence of a person by identifying the blob and the centre of mass. The camera detects the person as an object in moving. Through the video frames, the system detects the interactions of the shoppers with the products on the shelf and establishes also the type of interaction: if a product is picked up, if the product is taken and then repositioned and finally, if there is not contact with the products. To understand the shopper behaviour is very important for the marketing strategies of a retail store. The proposed architecture monitors this aspect, that is low cost, easy to install and able to ensure very satisfactory results also in real environments.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935617}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911973081\&partnerID=40\&md5=57f2b74e422e1e28066bf350b02a97e2}, author = {Daniele Liciotti and Primo Zingaretti and Valerio Placidi} } @article {Frontoni2014255, title = {Information management for intelligent retail environment: The shelf detector system}, journal = {Information (Switzerland)}, volume = {5}, number = {2}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {255-271}, abstract = {Shelf-out-of-stock is one of the leading motivations of technology innovation in the shelf of the future. The Shelf Detector project described in this paper aims to solve the problem of data knowledge in the shelf-out-of-stock problem. This paper is mainly focused on the information layer of the system and main novelties illustrated in this work are in the information field demonstrating the huge number of insights that can be derived from the use of such a tool able to gather data in real time from the store. The tool presented is the first being installed for a long time in a high number of stores and products, demonstrating the ability to gather data and extract interesting insights. This paper aims to demonstrate the feasibility and the scalability of our system in providing a high number of data and interesting insights for store and marketing teams. The cloud based architecture developed and tested in this project is a key feature of our system together with the ability to collect data from a distributed sensor network. {\textcopyright} 2014 by the authors.}, doi = {10.3390/info5020255}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902662564\&partnerID=40\&md5=53f917be9988ce992278dc033771abf7}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Valerio Placidi} } @conference {Rossi2014, title = {Interoperability issues among smart home technological frameworks}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {Population aging may be seen both as a human success story, the triumph of public health, medical advancements and economic development over diseases and injures, and as one of the most challenging phenomena that society faces in this century. Assistive technology in all its possible implementations (from Telemedicine to Ambient Assisted Living, and Ambient Intelligence) represents an emerging answer to the needs of the new generation of older adults whose desire is to live longer with a higher quality of life. Objective of this paper is to present the results of a public financed action for the development and implementation of an {\textquoteright}integration platform{\textquoteright} for Ambient Assisted Living that includes features of home automation (energy management, safety, comfort, etc.) and introduces {\textquoteright}smart objects{\textquoteright}, to monitor activities of daily living and detect any abnormal behavior that may represent a danger, or highlight symptoms of some incipient disease.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935626}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911958222\&partnerID=40\&md5=969da407b2d8bad8fa3e16dbc7d254a0}, author = {Rossi, L. and Belli, A. and De Santis, A. and Diamantini, C. and Emanuele Frontoni and Gambi, E. and Palma, L. and Pernini, L. and Pierleoni, P. and Potena, D. and Raffaeli, L. and Spinsante, S. and Primo Zingaretti and Cacciagrano, D. and Corradini, F. and Culmone, R. and De Angelis, F. and Merelli, E. and Re, B.} } @article {Liciotti2014, title = {Shopper analytics: A customer activity recognition system using a distributed rgb-d camera network}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {8811}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {The aim of this paper is to present an integrated system consisted of a RGB-D camera and a software able to monitor shoppers in intelligent retail environments. We propose an innovative low cost smart system that can understand the shoppers{\textquoteright} behavior and, in particular, their interactions with the products in the shelves, with the aim to develop an automatic RGB-D technique for video analysis. The system of cameras detects the presence of people and univocally identifies them. Through the depth frames, the system detects the interactions of the shoppers with the products on the shelf and determines if a product is picked up or if the product is taken and then put back and finally, if there is not contact with the products. The system is low cost and easy to install, and experimental results demonstrated that its performances are satisfactory also in real environments.}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-12811-5_11}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921652873\&partnerID=40\&md5=44bc641a712fa9af6ffd341f41b0aec0}, author = {Daniele Liciotti and Marco Contigiani and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Valerio Placidi} } @article {Frontoni2014853, title = {SIT-REM: An interoperable and interactive web geographic information system for fauna, flora and plant landscape data management}, journal = {ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {853-867}, publisher = {MDPI AG}, abstract = {The main goal of the SIT-REM project is the design and the development of an interoperable web-GIS environment for the information retrieval and data editing/updating of the geobotanical and wildlife map of Marche Region. The vegetation, plant landscape and faunistic analysis allow the realization of a regional information system for wildlife-geobotanical data. A main characteristic of the SIT-REM is its flexibility and interoperability, in particular, its ability to be easily updated with the insertion of new types of environmental, faunal or socio-economic data and to generate analyses at any geographical (from regional to local) or quantitative level of detail. Different query levels obtain the latter: spatial queries, hybrid query builder and WMSs usable by means of a GIS. SIT-REM has been available online for more than a year and its use over this period has produced extensive data about users{\textquoteright} experiences.. {\textcopyright} 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, issn = {22209964}, doi = {10.3390/ijgi3020853}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948991558\&partnerID=40\&md5=e554cb57d885eec6bb72afa03e616523}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Eva Savina Malinverni and Pesaresi, S.c and Biondi, E.c and Pandolfi, M.d and Marseglia, M.e and Mirco Sturari and Zabaglia, C.g} } @conference {Cocchioni2014374, title = {Unmanned ground and aerial vehicles in extended range indoor and outdoor missions}, booktitle = {2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2014 - Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {374-382}, abstract = {The capability to instantiate a cooperation among heterogeneous agents is a fundamental feature in mobile robotics. In this paper we focus on the interaction between Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to extend the endurance of UAV, thanks to a novel landing/recharging platform. The UGV acts as a docking station and hosts the UAV during the indoor/outdoor transition and vice-versa. We designed a platform and a robust landing target to automate the fast recharge of UAV. The synchronization and coordination of cooperation is managed by a Ground Control Station (GCS) developed using a versatile software toolchain based on the integration of Stateflow, auto-generation of C-code and ROS. All the software components of UAV, UGV and GCS have been developed using ROS. The obtained results show that the UAV is able to land over the UGV with high accuracy (<5cm for both x and y axis) thanks to a visual position estimation algorithm, also in presence of wind (with gust up to 20-25km/h), recharging its batteries in a short time to extend its endurance. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/ICUAS.2014.6842276}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904582437\&partnerID=40\&md5=f57cb12575d6f9ff24ff152e95b48c80}, author = {Francesco Cocchioni and Pierfelice, V. and Benini, A. and Adriano Mancini and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Ippoliti, G. and Sauro Longhi} } @article {De Giovanni2013682, title = {An adaptive genetic algorithm for large-size open stack problems}, journal = {International Journal of Production Research}, volume = {51}, number = {3}, year = {2013}, note = {cited By 4}, pages = {682-697}, abstract = {The problem of minimising the maximum number of open stacks arises in many contexts (production planning, cutting environments, very-large-scale- integration circuit design, etc.) and consists of finding a sequence of tasks (products, cutting patterns, circuit gates, etc.) that determines an efficient utilisation of resources (stacks). We propose a genetic approach that combines classical genetic operators (selection, order crossover and pairwise interchange mutation) with an adaptive search strategy, where intensification and diversification phases are obtained by neighbourhood search and by a composite and dynamic fitness function that suitably modifies the search landscape. Computational tests on random and real-world benchmarks show that the proposed approach is competitive with the state of the art for large-size problems, providing better results for some classes of instances. {\textcopyright} 2013 Taylor \& Francis Group, LLC.}, doi = {10.1080/00207543.2012.657256}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871203028\&partnerID=40\&md5=348f92aa3ac3bf64ecb1f5b6d04a2ae1}, author = {De Giovanni, L. and Gionata Massi and F. Pezzella} } @article {Frontoni2013509, title = {Customers{\textquoteright} activity recognition in intelligent retail environments}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {8158 LNCS}, year = {2013}, note = {cited By 6}, pages = {509-516}, abstract = {This paper aims to propose a novel idea of an embedded intelligent system where low cost embedded vision systems can analyze human behaviors to obtain interactivity and statistical data, mainly devoted to customer behavior analysis. In this project we addressed the need for new services into the shop, involving consumers more directly and instigating them to increase their satisfaction and, as a consequence, their purchases. To do this, technology is very important and allows making interactions between costumers and products and between customers and the environment of the shop a rich source of marketing analysis. We construct a novel system that uses vertical RGBD sensor for people counting and shelf interaction analysis, where the depth information is used to remove the affect of the appearance variation and to evaluate customers{\textquoteright} activities inside the store and in front of the shelf, with products. Also group interactions are monitored and analyzed with the main goal of having a better knowledge of the customers{\textquoteright} activities, using real data in real time. Even if preliminary, results are convincing and most of all the general architecture is affordable in this specific application, robust, easy to install and maintain and low cost. {\textcopyright} 2013 Springer-Verlag.}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-41190-8_55}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887121570\&partnerID=40\&md5=8a6e9b3442d8d4dbd47b404bd8248a7b}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Raspa, P. and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Valerio Placidi} } @article {De Giovanni2013627, title = {A heuristic and an exact method for the gate matrix connection cost minimization problem}, journal = {International Transactions in Operational Research}, volume = {20}, number = {5}, year = {2013}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {627-643}, abstract = {In many applications, a sequencing of patterns (electronic circuit nodes, cutting patterns, product orders, etc.) has to be found in order to optimize some given objective function, giving rise to the so-called open stack problems. We focus on a problem related to the optimization of gate matrix layouts: electronic circuits are obtained by connecting gates and one seeks a gate layout permutation that minimizes connection costs under restrictions on the circuit area. In the literature, the connection costs and circuit area are also known as time of open stacks and maximum number of open stacks, respectively. We propose a genetic algorithm providing heuristic solutions and a branch-and-cut algorithm based on a new linear integer programming formulation that represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first exact method proposed in the literature. The algorithms have been tested on real instances and on data sets from the literature. The computational results give evidence that the proposed methods provide solutions that improve the ones found by the approaches presented in the literature. {\textcopyright} 2013 International Federation of Operational Research Societies.}, doi = {10.1111/itor.12025}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881022755\&partnerID=40\&md5=243ec854395721c11c14eec4036e7a7b}, author = {De Giovanni, L. and Gionata Massi and F. Pezzella and Pfetsch, M.E. and Rinaldi, G. and Ventura, P.d} } @conference {Mancini2013, title = {Smart vision system for shelf analysis in intelligent retail environments}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference}, volume = {4}, year = {2013}, note = {cited By 6}, abstract = {This paper aims to propose an innovative idea of an embedded intelligent, multimedia and interactive shop system where embedded vision systems can analyse human behaviours around shelves for interactivity and statistical purposes, mostly devoted to customer behaviour analysis, planogram maintenance and out of stock detection. We discuss the need for new services into the shop, involving consumers more directly and instigating them to increase their satisfaction and, as a consequence, their purchases. To do this, technology is very important and allows making interactions between costumers and products and between customers and the environment of the shop a rich source of marketing analysis. In particular we focus on concepts of monitoring and interactivity, introducing several emerging technologies in the field of retail environments. The main novelty of the paper is the general architecture of the system together with the introduction of a series of intelligent embedded systems, yet implemented and tested in a dataset recorded during the Euro Shop trade fair, in cooperation with Grottini group, a leading company in Retail Design industry based in Italy. Results are convincing and most of all the general architecture is affordable in this specific application. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2013 by ASME.}, doi = {10.1115/DETC2013-12317}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899129851\&partnerID=40\&md5=9468fe9c8ec144cde0a360886f9aae83}, author = {Adriano Mancini and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Valerio Placidi} } @conference {Iacopino2008364, title = {Artificial neural networks based symbolic gesture interface}, booktitle = {SIGMAP 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications}, year = {2008}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {364-369}, abstract = {The purpose of the developed system is the realization of a gesture recognizer, applied to a user interface. We tried to get fast and easy software for user, without leaving out reliability and using instruments available to common user: a PC and a webcam. The gesture detection is based on well-known artificial vision techniques, as the tracking algorithm by Lucas and Kanade. The paths, opportunely selected, are recognized by a double layered architecture of multilayer perceptrons. The realized system is efficiency and has a good robustness, paying attention to an adequate learning of gesture vocabulary both for the user and for system.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-55849128216\&partnerID=40\&md5=ddfd2afde9d99702ec8cad5b4c8a5656}, author = {Iacopino, C. and A. Montesanto and Paola Baldassarri and Dragoni, A.F. and Paolo Puliti} } @conference {Montesanto2008356, title = {Capturing the human action semantics using a query-by-example}, booktitle = {SIGMAP 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications}, year = {2008}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {356-363}, abstract = {The paper describes a method for extracting human action semantics in video{\textquoteright}s using queries-by-example.b Here we consider the indexing and the matching problems of content-based human motion data retrieval. The query formulation is based on trajectories that may be easily built or extracted by following relevant points on a video, by a novice user too. The so realized trajectories contain high value of action semantics. The semantic schema is built by splitting a trajectory in time ordered sub-sequences that contain the features of extracted points. This kind of semantic representation allows reducing the search space dimensionality and, being human-oriented, allows a selective recognition of actions that are very similar among them. A neural network system analyzes the video semantic similarity, using a two-layer architecture of multilayer perceptrons, which is able to learn the semantic schema of the actions and to recognize them.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-55849129652\&partnerID=40\&md5=a8587b1b9833a9ccf64510cc75e426ab}, author = {A. Montesanto and Paola Baldassarri and Dragoni, A.F. and Vallesi, G. and Paolo Puliti} } @article {Baldassarri2007367, title = {Detecting anomalous traffic using statistical discriminator and neural decisional motor}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {4527 LNCS}, number = {PART 1}, year = {2007}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {367-376}, abstract = {One of the main challenges in the information security concerns the introduction of systems able to identify intrusions. In this ambit this work takes place describing a new Intrusion Detection System based on anomaly approach. We realized a system with a hybrid solution between host-based and network-based approaches, and it consisted of two subsystems: a statistical system and a neural one. The features extracted from the network traffic belong only to the IP Header and their trend allows us detecting through a simple visual inspection if an attack occurred. Really the two-tier neural system has to indicate the status of the system. It classifies the traffic of the monitored host, distinguishing the background traffic from the anomalous one. Besides, a very important aspect is that the system is able to classify different instances of the same attack in the same class, establishing which attack occurs. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38149012228\&partnerID=40\&md5=a6b1888f705a83520f222e21f9d88e66}, author = {Paola Baldassarri and A. Montesanto and Paolo Puliti} } @conference {Baldassarri200774, title = {Detecting anomalous traffic using statistical processing and self-organizing maps}, booktitle = {SECRYPT 2007 - International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Proceedings}, year = {2007}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {74-79}, abstract = {The main idea of the present work is to create a system able to detect intrusions in computer networks. For this purpose we propose a novel intrusion detection system (IDS) based on an anomaly approach. We analyzed the network traffic from (outbound traffic) and towards (inbound traffic) a victim host through another host. Besides we realized an architecture consisted of two subsystems: a statistical subsystem and a neural networks based subsystem. The first elaborates chosen features extracted from the network traffic and it allows determining if an attack occurs through a preliminary visual inspection. The neural subsystem receives in input the output of the statistical subsystem and it has to indicate the status of the monitored host. It classifies the network traffic distinguishing the background traffic from the anomalous one. Moreover the system has to be able to classify different instances of the same attack in the same class, distinguishing in a completely autonomous way different typology of attack.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67649764419\&partnerID=40\&md5=9a732b07f49d01bbb12964089390b414}, author = {Paola Baldassarri and A. Montesanto and Paolo Puliti} } @article {Montesanto200684, title = {Navigation with memory in a partially observable environment}, journal = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems}, volume = {54}, number = {1}, year = {2006}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {84-94}, abstract = {The paper presents an architecture that allows the reactive visual navigation via an unsupervised reinforcement learning. This objective is reached using Q-learning and a hierarchical approach to the developed architecture. Using these techniques requires a deviation from the Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDP) and some innovations: heuristic techniques for generalizing the experience and for treating the partial observability; a technique for the speed adjournment of the Q function; the definition of a special reinforcement policy adequate for learning a complex task without supervision. The result is a satisfactory learning of the navigation assignment in a simulated environment. {\textcopyright} 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, doi = {10.1016/j.robot.2005.09.015}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-29344460057\&partnerID=40\&md5=a3f0d1229db6d5c8658cd509ca5acf81}, author = {A. Montesanto and Guido Tascini and Paolo Puliti and Paola Baldassarri} } @conference {Borella2005515, title = {A 4-colorable mapping for a class of crosstalk-free permutations in dilated networks for photonic switching}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2005}, volume = {2}, year = {2005}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {515-522}, abstract = {In order to reduce the impact of crosstalk in optical switching, dilated architectures can be adopted to build interconnection networks. This approach, that avoids the necessity of optical buffers, is considered here for the development of 4-layered switches, based on the Omega topology. In particular, the correlation existing between the crosstalk-free configurations of the switch and the 4-colorability properties of the correspondent permutation graphs is demonstrated. Then, the theorems presented in this paper allow to define a method to identify either such crosstalk-free configurations, or their relative optimal permutations partitions.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33744969321\&partnerID=40\&md5=7b38925238239626cd2d4370d9f1f9e4}, author = {Borella, A. and Cancellieri, G. and Emanuele Frontoni and Pallotta, V.} } @article {Baldassarri2003201, title = {Self-organizing maps versus growing neural gas in a robotic application}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {2687}, year = {2003}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {201-208}, abstract = {The paper proposes a method for visual based self-localisation of a mobile agent in indoor environment. The images acquired by the camera constitute an implicit topological representation of the environment. The environment is a priori unknown and so the implemented architecture is entirely unsupervised. To compare the performance of some self-organising neural networks, a similar neural network architecture of both Self-Organizing Map (SOM) and Growing Neural Gas (GNG) has been realized. Extensive simulations are provided to characterise the effectiveness of the GNG model in recognition speed, classification tasks and in particular topology preserving as compared to the SOM model. This behaviour depends on the following fact: a network (GNG) that adds nodes into map space can approximate the input space more accurately than a network with a predefined structure and size (SOM). The work shows that the GNG network is able to correctly reconstruct the environment topological map. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35248829969\&partnerID=40\&md5=28fe2f7301103d80e28ff664c2a74906}, author = {Paola Baldassarri and Paolo Puliti and A. Montesanto and Guido Tascini} } @conference {Baldassarri2003368, title = {Visual self-localisation using automatic topology construction}, booktitle = {Proceedings - 12th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2003}, year = {2003}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {368-374}, abstract = {The paper proposes a machine learning method for self-localising a mobile agent, using the images supplied by a single omni-directional camera. The images acquired by the camera may be viewed as an implicit topological representation of the environment. The environment is a priori unknown and the topological representation is derived by unsupervised neural network architecture. The architecture includes a self-organising neural network, and is constituted by a growing neural gas, which is well known for its topology preserving quality. The growth depends on the topology that is not a priori defined, and on the need of discovering it, by the neural network, during the learning. The implemented system is able to recognise correctly the input frames and to reconstruct a topological map of the environment. Each node of the neural network identifies a single zone of the environment and the connections between the nodes correspond to the real space connections in the environment. {\textcopyright} 2003 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/ICIAP.2003.1234077}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890545853\&partnerID=40\&md5=6954a4c9b47cdb3e275eac96afdf95a2}, author = {Paola Baldassarri and Paolo Puliti and A. Montesanto and Guido Tascini} } @conference {Fiori1999, title = {Efficient architecture for independent component analysis}, booktitle = {Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems}, volume = {5}, year = {1999}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {V-335-V-338}, abstract = {We present a new independent component analysis technique, based on the information-theoretic approach, implemented by the functional-link network, that allows to separate out mixed independent sub-Gaussian and super-Gaussian source signals. For assessing our theory we present computer simulations performed both on synthetic and real-world data, and compare the performances of the new algorithm with those of the {\textquoteleft}Mixture of Densities{\textquoteright} approach by Xu et al.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-18544391339\&partnerID=40\&md5=00c2e26050b1438b1cf7de4e2d0f6be0}, author = {Simone Fiori and Paola Baldassarri and Francesco Piazza} } @conference {Giansanti1997530, title = {Imaging system for retinal change evaluation}, booktitle = {IEE Conference Publication}, number = {443 pt 2}, year = {1997}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {530-534}, abstract = {This paper concentrates on the results of a computerised approach to the automatic extraction of numerical indexes describing morphological details of the fundus oculi. The authors proposed an imaging software system with a strict interconnection between the segmentation and recognition phases. This paper presents new image processing techniques developed to take advantage of an improved imaging system constituted by a high resolution digital camera (Kodak DCS 420) connected on top of a standard retinal camera (Topcon TRC-50VT). The higher resolution (1524{\texttimes}1024 pixels) now permits a more accurate analysis of the degree of arteriolar sclerosis and vessel narrowing, both in the proximal and distal segment, and the computation of further numerical indexes, such as vessel reflectance and permeability to fluorescein.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031339703\&partnerID=40\&md5=0a327e5d1523689f98dd675f821ff3e2}, author = {Giansanti, R. and Fumelli, P. and Passerini, G. and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Conte19961213, title = {Automatic analysis of visual data in submarine pipeline inspection}, booktitle = {Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)}, volume = {3}, year = {1996}, note = {cited By 8}, pages = {1213-1219}, abstract = {An automatic system for analysis and interpretation of visual data from submarine pipeline inspection operates using images collected by cameras mounted on an unmanned Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that moves along the pipeline. The system supports the operator in navigating the ROV and in detecting structural elements of the pipeline such as anodes, gravel heaps and reference bands. The system employs a feature based technique for recognizing the pipeline{\textquoteright}s profile and for detecting the structural elements. Information gathered by analyzing and interpreting the visual data can be used for automatic guidance and inspection by integrating the system into a larger architecture.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030385353\&partnerID=40\&md5=d5723a92ebcff100f3868adc25135935}, author = {Conte, G. and S.M. Zanoli and Perdon, A.M. and Guido Tascini and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Zingaretti1996129, title = {Imaging approach to real-time tracking of submarine pipeline}, booktitle = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}, volume = {2661}, year = {1996}, note = {cited By 10}, pages = {129-137}, abstract = {The work presents a real-time underwater imaging system for identification and tracking of a submarine pipeline on a sequence of recorded images. The main novelty of this work relies on adopting an automatic approach that is entirely based on the analysis and interpretation of visual data, in spite of the various limitations upon the ability to image underwater objects. The analysis of the data is performed starting from image processing operations (like filtering, profile analysis, feature enhancement) implemented on a dedicated board. Then, the system employs an efficient dynamic process for recognizing the two contours of the pipeline. In each frame the system is able to determine the equations of the two straight lines corresponding to the pipeline contours. The system reaches satisfactory performances in real time operation: up to eight frames per second on a Pentium based PC. The results of this work are somewhat more meaningful as the input images were acquired by three cameras, mounted on a remotely operated vehicle travelling at one nautical mile an hour, without any attention either to illumination conditions or stability of cameras. This work is originated from the interest of Snamprogetti in enhancing the level of automation in submarine pipeline inspection.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029754848\&partnerID=40\&md5=65001780f0cb94776ceeb1da3a6eec40}, author = {Primo Zingaretti and Guido Tascini and Paolo Puliti and S.M. Zanoli} } @article {Antonicelli1993125, title = {Camerano study on hypertension: The problem of blood pressure variability during medical visit}, journal = {Clinical and Experimental Hypertension}, volume = {15}, number = {SUPPL. 1}, year = {1993}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {125-138}, abstract = {The Camerano Study on Arterial Hypertension (AH) is a cross-sectional study, carried out on a wide population sample in a small town in Central Italy, and aimed at revealing the prevalence of certain characteristics of AH in the population examined. In particular, we studied some aspects of blood pressure (BP) levels during the medical visits. To evaluate the effects of the medical visit on BP levels, we divided the subjects into 3 groups: I) Hypertensive subjects, II) Treated hypertensive subjects, III) Normotensive subjects (control group). The Systolic Arterial Pressure (SAP) in normotensive subjects reached maximum levels during the first medical visit and then decreased in the following two controls (p<0.001). The Diastolic Arterial Pressure (DAP) did not show any significant changes during the three measurements (p=n.s.). Instead the maximum level of SAP in the hypertensive group did not appear at the First measurement but only after 5 minutes and was seen to decrease towards the end of the visit (p<0.001). Even DAP showed different levels compared to the normotensives: A decrease in BP levels was registered after 15 minutes respect to earlier measurements (p<0.01). The levels of group II were similar to those of normotensive subjects.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027175329\&partnerID=40\&md5=f3e21a4965a8f2d45fca099ff52dfea1}, author = {Antonicelli, R. and Gesuita, R. and Primo Zingaretti and Amadio, L. and Pagelli, P. and Cusi, D. and Paciaroni, E.} } @conference {Tascini1993126, title = {Handwritten character recognition using background analysis}, booktitle = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}, volume = {1906}, year = {1993}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {126-133}, abstract = {The paper describes a low-cost handwritten character recognizer. It is constituted by three modules: the {\textquoteleft}acquisition{\textquoteright} module, the {\textquoteleft}binarization{\textquoteright} module, and the {\textquoteleft}core{\textquoteright} module. The core module can be logically partitioned into six steps: character dilation, character circumscription, region and {\textquoteleft}profile{\textquoteright} analysis, {\textquoteleft}cut{\textquoteright} analysis, decision tree descent, and result validation. Firstly, it reduces the resolution of the binarized regions and detects the minimum rectangle (MR) which encloses the character; the MR partitions the background into regions that surround the character or are enclosed by it, and allows it to define features as {\textquoteleft}profiles{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}cuts;{\textquoteright} a {\textquoteleft}profile{\textquoteright} is the set of vertical or horizontal minimum distances between a side of the MR and the character itself; a {\textquoteleft}cut{\textquoteright} is a vertical or horizontal image segment delimited by the MR. Then, the core module classifies the character by descending along the decision tree on the basis of the analysis of regions around the character, in particular of the {\textquoteleft}profiles{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}cuts,{\textquoteright} and without using context information. Finally, it recognizes the character or reactivates the core module by analyzing validation test results. The recognizer is largely insensible to character discontinuity and is able to detect Arabic numerals and English alphabet capital letters. The recognition rate of a 32 {\texttimes} 32 pixel character is of about 97\% after the first iteration, and of over 98\% after the second iteration.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027277522\&partnerID=40\&md5=06fd7da850b665db5896240114bab4e7}, author = {Guido Tascini and Paolo Puliti and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Tascini1993322, title = {Retina vascular network recognition}, booktitle = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}, volume = {1898}, year = {1993}, note = {cited By 5}, pages = {322-329}, abstract = {The analysis of morphological and structural modifications of the retina vascular network is an interesting investigation method in the study of diabetes and hypertension. Normally this analysis is carried out by qualitative evaluations, according to standardized criteria, though medical research attaches great importance to quantitative analysis of vessel color, shape and dimensions. The paper describes a system which automatically segments and recognizes the ocular fundus circulation and micro circulation network, and extracts a set of features related to morphometric aspects of vessels. For this class of images the classical segmentation methods seem weak. We propose a computer vision system in which segmentation and recognition phases are strictly connected. The system is hierarchically organized in four modules. Firstly the Image Enhancement Module (IEM) operates a set of custom image enhancements to remove blur and to prepare data for subsequent segmentation and recognition processes. Secondly the Papilla Border Analysis Module (PBAM) automatically recognizes number, position and local diameter of blood vessels departing from optical papilla. Then the Vessel Tracking Module (VTM) analyses vessels comparing the results of body and edge tracking and detects branches and crossings. Finally the Feature Extraction Module evaluates PBAM and VTM output data and extracts some numerical indexes. Used algorithms appear to be robust and have been successfully tested on various ocular fundus images.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027873308\&partnerID=40\&md5=fe51e921b3d6ecbbbd0483a977269acd}, author = {Guido Tascini and Passerini, G. and Paolo Puliti and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Antonicelli199217, title = {The camerano study on hypertension: The problem of arterial hypertension in the elderly}, journal = {Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics}, volume = {15}, number = {SUPPL. 1}, year = {1992}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {17-26}, abstract = {The Camerano study on arterial hypertension (AH) was a cross-sectional study, carried out on a large population sample in a small twon in central Italy. The main goal was to reveal both the prevalence and certain characteristics of AH in the population examined. The main resuts, can be summarized as follows: (i) The occurrence of AH in the old (65-74 years) and very old (>=75 years) groups was 43.3 and 57.4\%, respectively. (ii) isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) was found in 1.7, 23.6 and 3.9\% in the adult, old and very old subjects, respectively. (iii) The association of AH with some of the more common cardiovascular risk factors (dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, obesity, etc.) was significant for all the risk factors in the adult group, while in the old group there was a significant association only with the body mass index. (iv) Blood pressure (BP) values during the medical visits were evaluated, and adult versus old subjects were compared, but no significant differences were found. {\textcopyright} 1992 Elsevier Science Pablishers B.V. All rights reserved.}, doi = {10.1016/S0167-4943(05)80003-2}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0026662064\&partnerID=40\&md5=32b7c6611b71b6ca2f62c62434cf5ae9}, author = {Antonicelli, R. and Gesuita, R. and Primo Zingaretti and Amadio, L. and Pacelli, P. and Cusi, D. and Paciaroni, E.} } @conference {Tascini1991178, title = {Decision support system for capillaroscopic images}, booktitle = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}, volume = {1450}, year = {1991}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {178-185}, abstract = {The aim of the paper is to describe a decision support system operating in the area of capillaroscopic images. The system automatically sites the capillaroscopic analyzed image into one of the following classes: normal, diabetic and sclerodermic. The automatic morphometric analysis attempts to imitate physician behaviour and requires the introduction of some particular features connected with the specific domain. These features allow achieving a symbolic representation of the capillary partitioning it into three components: apex, arteriolar and venular side. The system is hierarchically organized in two levels. The system has been successfully used for obtaining images of nailfold capillaries of human finger.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0025798390\&partnerID=40\&md5=05b1aa9225d95f1ed2cecdc0a5268c2a}, author = {Guido Tascini and Paolo Puliti and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Gaggiotti1991203, title = {Nutritional parameters in subjects aged 60 years and over [PARAMETRI NUTRIZIONALI IN SOGGETTI CON ETA SUPERIORE A 60 ANNI]}, journal = {Rivista Italiana di Nutrizione Parenterale ed Enterale}, volume = {9}, number = {3}, year = {1991}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {203-210}, abstract = {Nutritional assessment of the elderly presents some difficulties because of the lack of reference values. Moreover chronic age-related diseases can interfere with the physiological nutritional values. Anthropometric (triceps skinfold, arm muscle area, total body muscle mass, fat mass and Body Mass Index = BMI), biochemical (prealbumin, transferrin, ceruloplasmin, total protein, albumin) and immunological (total lymphocytes) parameters were examined in 583 subjects of over 60 years, selected following specific criteria and with BMI < 30. The t-test evaluation of all anthropometric parameters (except BMI) showed a significant difference in both age (p < 0.05) and sex (p < 0.05) values; there were also significant differences in prealbumin and ceruloplasmin levels for both sex (p < 0.05) and age (p < 0.05) and for sex only (p < 0.05) respectively. Comparing our biochemical mean values using the t-test with those from our Analysis Laboratory, we found that the ceruloplasmin and prealbumin mean values for our sample were higher (p < 0.05) than from our Laboratory, while both protein and albumin levels were lower (p < 0.05).}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0026322716\&partnerID=40\&md5=4ab2812d4bc5a00f2ce4f7bf55d073de}, author = {Gaggiotti, G. and Orlandoni, P. and Ambrosi, S. and Bartolacci, T. and Onorato, G. and Piloni, G. and Amadio, L. and Spazzafumo, L. and Primo Zingaretti and Fabris, N.} } @article {Antonicelli1989155, title = {Evaluation of efficacy and tolerability of the association Captopril 50 mg + hydrochlorothiazide 15 mg in the elderly [VALUTAZIONE DELL{\textquoteright}EFFICACIA E TOLLERABILITA DELL{\textquoteright}ASSOCIAZIONE A DOSE FISSA DI CAPTOPRIL (CPT) 50 MG E IDROCLOROTIAZIDE (HCTZ) 15 MG IN SO}, journal = {European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences}, volume = {11}, number = {2}, year = {1989}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {155-161}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0024956512\&partnerID=40\&md5=83288f643078d8c4d318448d3a1b48fc}, author = {Antonicelli, R. and Raffaelli, S. and Bossini, A. and Paciaroni, E. and Primo Zingaretti and Botta, G.F.} } @article {Palareti1988307, title = {Prolong approach to image segmentation}, journal = {Applied Artificial Intelligence}, volume = {2}, number = {3-4}, year = {1988}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {307-331}, abstract = {Segmentation is a problem in computer vision. It attempts to supply primitives for higher-level processes of interpretation. A multithreshold approach has already given acceptable results. This paper presents a Prolog implementation of a multithreshold system. The algorithms implemented concern image representation, connected regions, identification, and contour detection. The improvement of algorithms in a logic language rather than in a procedural one appeared to be of particular interest. The main reasons for this are implementation facility and the natural use of logic programming in the field of knowledge-based systems. In fact, a knowledge-based approach seems a reasonable solution to problems of assisted image understanding processes.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0024019798\&partnerID=40\&md5=bbf1d6d0aad82eee5540c0841df3bfad}, author = {Palareti, Aldopaolo and Paolo Puliti and Guido Tascini and Primo Zingaretti} }