Associate Professor (L. 240)
Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)
- Member of Interdepartmental Center SmartData@PoliTO - Big Data and Data Science Laboratory
Profile
Keywords
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Awards and Honors
- PhD quality award conferred by Board of the Ph.D. programme in Computer and Control Engineering of Politecnico di Torino (2014)
- Best Poster Award conferred by Program Committee of New Generation of Circuits and Systems (NGCAS) (2017)
- Best Paper Award conferred by Program Committee of New Generation of Circuits and Systems (NGCAS) (2017)
- Best Poster Award conferred by Program Committee of ISMB/ECCB (2019)
Fellowships
- Fellow - IEEE, Stati Uniti (2021-)
IEEE Senior Member
Editorial boards
- BMC BIOINFORMATICS (2024-), Editorial board member
- FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE (2023-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
Conferences
- Forum on Specification & Design Languages (FDL) (14/9/2022-16/9/2022), Publication Chair
- Embedded Operating System Workshop - EWiLi (part of the Embedded System Week), Publicity Chair
Roles as evaluator or expert
- Fondo Integrativo Speciale per la Ricerca (FISR). 2020
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca - MUR
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettronica, delle Telecomunicazioni e Fisica. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Ingegneria Informatica, del Cinema e Meccatronica. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Pianificazione e Progettazione. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Optimized Execution of Neural Networks at the Edge and Neuromorphic Computing Systems. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Teaching assistant
- Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
- Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
- Optimized execution of neural networks at the edge. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Teaching assistant
- Computing Paradigms for Error-Tolerant Applications. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Teaching assistant
Master of Science
- System-on-chip architecture. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Computer programming in Python. A.A. 2025/26, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Applied AI and machine learning. A.A. 2025/26, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Brain-inspired computing and devices. A.A. 2025/26, NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR ICTs. Collaboratore del corso
- Machine learning in applications. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- System-on-chip architecture. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Machine learning in applications. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Computer programming in Python. A.A. 2024/25, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Applied AI and machine learning. A.A. 2024/25, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Computer programming in Python. A.A. 2023/24, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Applied AI and machine learning. A.A. 2023/24, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- System-on-chip architecture. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Machine learning in applications. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- System-on-chip architecture. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Machine learning in applications. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Computer programming in Python. A.A. 2022/23, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Applied AI and machine learning. A.A. 2022/23, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- System-on-chip architecture. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Machine learning in applications. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Computer programming in Python. A.A. 2021/22, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Applied AI and machine learning. A.A. 2021/22, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- System-on-chip architecture. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Informatica. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Informatica. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Supporto allo sviluppo di un smart digital water distributor monitoring system, (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Modelli statistici, Data Analytics e Machine Learning, (2022-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - “Modelli statistici, data analytics e machine learning (year 2020)”, “Fog computing e opportunistic networking (year 2020)” e “Design e implementazione di funzionalità firmware avanzate (year 2020)”, (2020-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - MODELLI STATISTICI, DATA ANALYTICS E MACHINE LEARNING”, “FOG COMPUTING E OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORKING” e “DESIGN E IMPLEMENTAZIONE DI FUNZIONALITÀ FIRMWARE AVANZATE”, (2019-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Giuseppe Fanuli. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (41st cycle, 2026-in progress)
Research subject: Designing a cloud-based heterogeneous prototyping platform for the development of AIoT apps
Controls and system engineering Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing - Filippo Aisa. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Dana Al Mamlouk. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Walter Gallego Gomez. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Design of bioinformatics algorithms and their implementation on a heterogeneous neuromorphic computing platform
Computer architectures and Computer aided design Data science, Computer vision and AI Life sciences Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing - Andrea Pignata. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Development framework for the engineering process of edge-based AIoT sensor solutions
Computer architectures and Computer aided design Data science, Computer vision and AI - Michelangelo Barocci. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (38th cycle, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Design of digital/neuromorphic computing systems and SDK
Computer architectures and Computer aided design Data science, Computer vision and AI Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing - Riccardo Pignari. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (38th cycle, 2022-2026)
Thesis: From Neuron Models to Edge Intelligence: A Multi-Level Exploration of Neuromorphic Computing
Computer architectures and Computer aided design Data science, Computer vision and AI Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Pignari, Riccardo; Leto, Bendetto; Quer, Stefano; Macii, Enrico; Urgese, Gianvito; Fra, ... (2026)
The Smart Inertial Device Data from Human Activities dataset. In: SCIENTIFIC DATA. ISSN 2052-4463
Contributo su Rivista - Urgese, Gianvito; Fra, Vittorio; Pignata, Andrea; Fanuli, Giuseppe; Gomez, Walter ... (2026)
The inNuCE Research Infrastructure and the Neuromorphic MLOps for AIoT prototyping. In: IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, vol. 13, pp. 19286-19299. ISSN 2327-4662
Contributo su Rivista - Grassi, Elena; Vurchio, Valentina; Cresswell, George D.; Catalano, Irene; Lupo, Barbara; ... (2025)
Heterogeneity and evolution of DNA mutation rates in microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. In: SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, vol. 17. ISSN 1946-6242
Contributo su Rivista - Tilocca, Salvatore; Fra, Vittorio; Pignata, Andrea; Macii, Enrico; Urgese, Gianvito (2025)
Positioning and tracking enhancement through a spiking Legendre memory unit. In: 7th IFAC Conference on Intelligent Control and Automation Sciences (ICONS 2025), Padua (ITA), September 15-18, 2025, pp. 235-240. ISSN 2405-8971
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Leto, Benedetto; Urgese, Gianvito; Macii, Enrico; Fra, Vittorio (2025)
A LIF-based Legendre Memory Unit as neuromorphic State Space Model benchmarked on a second-long spatio-temporal task. In: IEEE Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements Conference, NICE 2025, Heidelberg (DE), 2025, pp. 1-9. ISBN: 979-8-3315-0302-4
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)