Biographic notes
Born in Bologna, Italy, in October 1948, he received the Ms
Degree (laurea cum laude) in Electronic Engineering from the
University of Bologna in July 1972.
Soon afterwards he started his academic career at the Institute
of Electronics (later on, since 1985, Department of Electronics,
Computer Engineering and Systems Science (DEIS)) of the Faculty of
Engineering of the University of Bologna, where he was first
Assistant Professor of Industrial Electronics and then, from 1980,
Associate Professor of Digital Systems Design.
In 1977 and 1978, thanks to a grant first by the Italian
Research Council and then by NATO, he spent two semesters at the
Polytechnic of Central London, carrying out both research and
didactic activities.
Full Professor since 1990, he was called to the chair of Applied
Electronics by the University of Perugia and in 1993 by the
University of Ferrara. He newly joined DEIS at the University of
Bologna in 1994.
He ha been member of the PhD School in Computer Science and
Engineering at the U niversity of Bologna from 1983 till 2007,
Director of the Computer Centre of the Faculty of Engineering of
the University of Bologna from 1997 till 2001, and Chairman of the
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses on Computer Engineering at
the 1st Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna from
2001 till 2007.
Teaching activity
Since 1976 he has been lecturer of academic courses in
Electronics and Computer Engineering. Namely, Applied Statistics,
Industrial Electronics, Applied Electronics, Logic Design, Computer
Architectures, Software Engineering, Computer Networks. Currently
he is teaching two postgraduate courses at the 1st Faculty of
Engineering of the University of Bologna: “Digital Systems” and
“Real-Time Systems”.
He has been also involved in many didactic activities promoted
by public Institutions and private Companies (Scuola superiore
Reiss Romoli, SNAM Progetti, ENI, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Sogesta,
EnAIP, IFOA, AEI, ASTER, IMA, G.D, SACMI, CRIT), regarding advanced
design methodologies of digital systems, microprocessor control of
inverter-fed motor drives, high-performance multiprocessor
architectures, embedded real-time control systems of automated
machines, robotics and industrial automation.
Research activity
His research activity, documented in more than 80 papers
published on International Journals and Conference Proceedings, has
first dealt with:
- local area networks for real-time applications;
- architectural and design issues on optimal management of
photovoltaic systems;
- high-performance PWM techniques for m P-controlled inverter-fed
ac motor drives;
- computational architectures for high-dexterity robotic
hands;
- neural computational models for robotic haptic recognition of
3-D objects.
At present his research activity is mainly concerned with:
- advanced techniques for efficient handling of certificates
within public-key infrastructures;
- hw-sw codesign of real-time embedded systems for industrial
automation applications.