Education

• Laurea (Master) degree in Mathematics, Universita` di Palermo (Italy), March 24, 1994. Mark: 110/110 e lode (merit). Dissertation title: Progetto ed implementazione di un linguaggio di alto livello per la pittorica in ambiente multiprocessore (Design and implementation of a high-level pictorial language in a multiprocessor enviroment).
• PhD in Computer Science from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (Scotland). October 2001. Thesis title: Geometric methods for video sequence analysis and applications

Positions and research experience

• April 1994-May 1995: cooperation with the Machine Vision group at the Dipartimento di Matematica ed Applicazioni of the Universita` di Palermo (Italy).
• May 1995-September 1996: Visiting Researcher at the Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (Scotland).
• 15 June 1998-18 September 1998: student placement at the Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories in Bristol (England).
• 8 February 1999-30 April 1999: student placement at the British Telecom Research Laboratories in Ipswich (England).
• Since January 2000 : research associate at the Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (Scotland).
• May 2001-April 2002: postdoc grant sponsored by the INFM (Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia) at the DISI (Dipartimento Scienze dell'Informazione) of the Universita` di Genova.
• Research associate at the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh until January 2003
• Research Associate at Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione, Universita` di Genova until March 2006
• Since April 2006 Ricercatore at Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universita` di Napoli Federico II
• Since 2013 Ricercatore at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e delle Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Universita` di Napoli Federico II