ICAR-CNR Palermo	Ignazio Infantino - Biography and CV Home | Bio | Research | Projects | Courses | Links
	Research Interests
	- computer vision and artificial vision; - cognitive robotics (supervised control, planning and navigation in unstructured environment) - human-computer interfaces - image processing and analysis (segmentation, active contours, optical flow, symmetry detection, edge detection) - 3D object recognition and reconstruction (blobs, superquadrics) Complete List of Publications
	Education & Professional Notes Education [1997] Laurea degree on Electronic Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy [2001] PhD degree on Computer Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy Professional Current position held: Computer Engineering Researcher from 2001 at Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ICAR-CNR), branch of Palermo. [1999-2000] Visiting researcher at Computer Vision & Robotics Lab of Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge (UK) [from 2000] Teacher of various courses, seminars, and exercitations at the University of Palermo (fundamentals of computer science, laboratory of computer science, image processing, multi-medial database and video compression, Matlab programming) [from 2004 Research coordinator of the topic “F.A.C.I.L.E. - Framework ad agenti cognitivi per la gestione e fruizione intelligente di informazioni sensoriali, conoscenze e servizi avanzati” – Framework based on cognitive agents for the intelligent management and fruition of sensorial data, knowledge, and innovative services. This topic is a research institutional activity approved by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR). [2005-2008] Elected delegate of the researchers of ICAR-CNR Relevant Publications A. Chella, H. Dindo, I. Infantino, “Imitation Learning and Anchoring through Conceptual Spaces”, Applied Artificial Intelligence, vol. 21, issue 4 & 5, pp. 343-359, 2007; A. Chella, H. Dindo, I. Infantino, “A Cognitive Framework for Imitation Learning”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, special issue on “Robot Programming by Demonstration”, vol. 54, n.5, pp. 403-408, 2006; I. Infantino, A. Chella, H. Dindo, “A Cognitive Architecture for Robotic Hand Posture Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Part C, vol. 35, n.1, pp. 42-52, 2005; A. Chella, H. Dindo, I. Infantino, I. Macaluso, “A Posture Sequence Learning System for an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, special issue on "Robot Learning by Demonstration", vol. 47, n. 2-3 pp. 143-152, 2004. ; R. Pirrone, I. Infantino, D. Guarino, A. Chella, “A Vision System for Symbolic Interpretation of Dynamic Scenes Using ARSOM”, Applied Artificial Intelligence, special issue on "Machine Learning in Computer Vision", vol.15, n.8, pp. 723-734, 2001. Complete List of Publications
	Last update: 11 May 2007 computer vision, robotics, artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, artificial vision, umanoids, robotic hand