Laurea Electronic Engineering, Politecnico Torino, 1981. Master Computer and System Engineering, Sapienza Univ. Roma, 1984. Assistant Professor (Ricercatore), DIS, Sapienza Univ. Roma, 1988. Associate Professor, DIS, Sapienza Univ. Roma, 1992. Full Professor, DIS, Sapienza Univ. Roma, 2000-present. Coordinator of the Curricula in Computer Engineering 2004-present. Co-chair of the IEEE Technical Commitee on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics 2005-2008. President of RoboCup Federation -present2011. Head of the research laboratory "Cognitive Robot Teams".
Research interest
Cognitive Robotics Robotic Soccer Search and Rescue Robotics Robotics for the home and the elderly
Awards
IJCAI Publisher's Prize 1991 Intelligenza Artificiale 1993 RoboCup Mid-Size II Place 1998 AAMAS Best Robotic Demo 2008 ECCAI Fellow 2009