Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society

Alessandro De Gloria is full professor in Electronics at the University of Genoa, Italy. His main research interests concern computer architecture, embedded systems, vehicular cooperation and safety, Human-Computer Interaction (HMI), neuro-physiological signal processing, Technology-Enhanced Learning, modeling and simulations, Virtual Reality and Serious Games.

• Developments and Applications of Electronic Nose Systems for Gas Mixtures Classification and Concentration Estimation.- Machine learning-based system for detecting unseen malicious software.- Implementation of a spread-spectrum-based smart lighting system on an embedded platform.- Self-powered active cooling system for high performance processors.- High Speed VLSI architecture for finding the first W maximum/minimum values.- Design and implementation of a portable fNIRS embedded system.- Advancements on Silicon Ultrasound Probes (CMUT) for Medical Imaging Applications.- Open platforms for the advancement of ultrasound research.- A robust tracking algorithm for super-resolution reconstruction of vehicle license plates.- c-Walker: a Cyber-Physical System for Ambient Assisted Living.- 2D and 3D Palmprint extraction by an Automated Ultrasound System.- AA-Battery Sized Energy Harvesting Power Management Module for Indoor Light Wireless Sensor Applications.- A Framework for Network-On-Chip comparison based on OpenSPARC T2 processor.- A GPU 3D segmentation framework for medical imaging.- Augmented Reality tools for Structural Health Monitoring applications.- Squeeze the lemon: balancing as a way to use every drop of energy in a Lithium-ion battery.- Fully Integrated 60 GHz Transciever for Wireless HD/WiGig Short-range Multi-Gbit Connections.- Low cost FMCW radar design and implementation for harbour surveillance applications.- Healthcare System for Non-invasive Fall Detection in Indoor Environment.- Analysis of Spread-Spectrum Clocking Modulations Under Synchronization Timing Constraint.- Towards a Frequency Domain Processor for Real-Time SIFT-based Filtering.- A real-time FPGA-based solution for binary image thinning.- Low cost electrical current sensors with extremely wide measurement range.- Pathological Voice Analysis via Digital Signal Processing.- A Platform-based Emulator for Mass-storage Flash Cards Evaluation in Embedded Systems.- A Model-Based Methodology to Generate Code for Timer Units.