Curriculum Vitae(not yet available for download)

Education

• B.Sc. Computer Science (cum laude), Department of Phisics, Faculty of Mathematics, Phisics and Natural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II.
  Thesis title: "Sisma: applicazione di controllo e monitoraggio di una Server Farm" (Server Farm monitoring and control application).
• M.Sc. Computer Science (cum laude), Department of Phisics, Faculty of Mathematics, Phisics and Natural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II.
  Thesis title: "Interazione Uomo-Robot mediante gesti" (Human-Robot interaction through gestures).
• Ph.D. Student Computer Systems Engineering, Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, University of Naples Federico II.

Research Interests with some demos

• Human-Robot Interaction
  * Gestures based interaction (using Nintendo Wiimote)
• Probabilistic (Mobile) Robotics
  * SLAM problem: EKF on Pioneer P3DX robot using Sick LMS200 range finder
  * Light-follower Lego NXT robots (behavior based)
  * Ball finder LINABOT (LINABOT Is Not Another Blind roBOT)
• Computer vision
  * SIFT (SURF) based visual landmark extraction, for 6D pose estimation tasks using Microsoft Kinect device
• Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
  
• Operating Systems
  * aiorOS, 32bit operating system.

Teachings

• 2011 - Teaching assistant for "Mobile Robots Lab", Master RIS, University of Naples Federico II
• 2011 - Teaching assistant for "Sistemi per il Governo dei Robot I/II" (in italian), Computer Science Programme, University of Naples Federico II
• 2012 - Teaching assistant for "Programmazione II" (in italian), Computer Science Programme, University of Naples Federico II

Publications

• Alessandra Doria, Gianpaolo Carlino, Salvatore Iengo, Leonardo Merola, Sergio Ricciardi and Mariacarla Staffa. 2010. "Powerfarm: A power and emergency management thread-based software tool for the ATLAS Napoli Tier2". 2010 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 219 052018

Other Informations and Extracurricular Activities

• Sport: FIN (Federazione Italiana Nuoto) Master Swimmer. Competitor in 200m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle and Open Water.
  Last result: 3th at 5km open water "4° Traversata del Golfo di Castellabate 2011, Campionato regionale" Competition, Master 25.
  
• Volunteer: AVIS (Associazione Volontari Italiani Sangue) blood donor.
• Favorite soccer team: Football Club Juventus (crowned Italian Champion for the thirtieth time in May 2012).
  Here's the goal of Bianconeri I'll never forget!