Dati Personali,Nasce a Roma il 17 luglio 1974.
Titoli e borse di studio:laurea con lode in Ingegneria Elettronica, l’Univ. di Roma “Tor Vergata” (2000), Borsa Giovani Ricercatori (2001), titolo di Dottore di Ricerca in Ingegneria delle Telecomunicazioni, Univ. di Roma “Tor Vergata” con tesi dal titolo “Fuzzy logic systems for modelling. Theory and applications in the field of engineering” (2004); Borsa di studio TARGET (VI programma quadro della Comunità Europea), Univ. di Roma “Tor Vergata” (2004-2005); ricercatrice presso il Dip. di Ing. Elettronica dell’Univ. di Roma “Tor Vergata” (2006). E’ membro della IEEE society e dell’Associazione Italiana Gruppo Misure Elettriche ed Elettroniche Didattica
Dal 2004 è titolare del corso di “Elaborazione dei Segnali di Misura” per Ing. Elettronica, Univ. di Roma “Tor Vergata”.
Congressi:International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE-9) (2003), Integrated Non-linear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits Workshop (INMMIC 2004), “First International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interface” (IWASI 2005), International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2005), IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement (AMUEM), Sardagna (TN), Italy (2006 – 2008), Proceedings of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, IMTC 2006, Sorrento, Italy, EFOMP European Conference on Medical Physics (EFOMP 2007), Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy.
Settori e temi di ricerca - Algoritmi di processamentodi segnali: algoritmi iterativi (region growing, template matching) e loro ottimizzazione, trasformate wavelet per l’analisi multi risoluzione di segnali e immagini, algoritmi di denoising e aumento del contrasto di immagini, features extraction, classificazione (reti neurali, alberi decisionali, sistemi in logica fuzzy, classificatori di Bayes). Campi Applicativi: modellizzazione di dispositivi attivi, approssimazione di funzioni, implementazione di generatori di segnale, analisi di immagini digitali. - Ambito Metodologico:metodi non convenzionali di processamento, sistemi in logica fuzzy (tipo-1 e tipo-2). Campi Applicativi: previsione di serie temporali con applicazione alla realizzazione di un previsore di nebbia in collaborazione con il Politecnico di Torino. Implementazione di sistemi decisionali per l’assegnazione di un indice di rischio. - Ambito Metrologico: metodi di propagazione dell’incertezza di misura in sistemi di elaborazione complessi. Metriche per la valutazione delle prestazioni di un blocco di elaborazione.
- Area applicativa di principale interesse: sviluppo di un sistema di diagnosi assistita da calcolatore per l’identificazione in fase precoce del carcinoma mammario.
Pubblicazioni:
- E’ autrice di 22 pubblicazioni su riviste, di 44 su congressi internazionali, e di due capitoli su libro.
- E' coautrice del Capitolo A. Mencattini, M. Salmeri, "Meteorological Forecasting using Type-2
Fuzzy Logic Systems", in Forecasting Models - Methods and Applications, pp. 254, iConcept
Press. 2010.
- È autrice della monografia didattica: A. Mencattini, “Elaborazione del segnali di misura” ,
TEXMAT, 2005.
E’ referee delle rivisteIEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, Pattern Recognition. Incarichi professionali
2000, collabora con il Dip. di Ing. Elettronica, Univ. di Roma “Tor Vergata” sul tema “Sviluppo di nuovi algoritmi per il processamento di segnali attraverso sistemi in logica fuzzy”.
2003 collabora con il Dip. di Ing. Elettronica, Univ. di Roma “Tor Vergata” sul tema “Modellizzazione di dispositivi elettronici con correzione degli effetti dei fenomeni dispersivi”.
Nel 2002 collabora come consulente con la società Arista & Partners per la stesura del Piano Operativo per l’adeguamento in sicurezza del sistema informativo del Dipartimento di Amministrazione Penitenziaria e per il progetto SW Engineering 3i.
Nel 2005 è consulente con la società Pragma riguardo il progetto “Indagine di mercato - Sviluppo di un linearizzatore a predistorsione a radio frequenza” per conto di Filas S.p.A. Progetto Business Lab.
VITAE
She receives her High school diploma in July 1993 with a score of 60/60. She graduates in Electronic Engineering on July 4, 2000 with the thesis "Processing of signals in fuzzy logic: applications in approximation of nonlinear functions and filtering of SAR images" (supervisor Prof. Marcello Salmeri and Prof. Adelio Salsano) with a final vote of 100/100 cum laude at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. In 2000-2001 she attends a graduate course in "Principles and Methods for Engineering Microstructures", at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. In 2001 she wins the competition for the award of a Young Researchers Grant by presenting a research topic entitled "Fuzzy Logic Systems. Approximation of functions for filtering images" at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. On February 16 2004, she discusses the Ph.D. thesis "Fuzzy logic systems for modeling. Theory and applications in the field of engineering" and takes the PhD degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Microelectronics (supervisor Prof. Marcello Salmeri) at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. From September the 1st 2004 to July 31st 2005 she has a scholarship within the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community on a theme entitled "Study of methods for reducing the effects of dispersion phenomena in semiconductor devices such as GaAs" at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. From October 2, 2006 she is a researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. She has been a member of the IEEE Society and of the Italian Electrical and Electronic Measurement Group.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
From A. A. 2000-2001 to 2004-2005 she holds exercises and participates in the examination of the course of Synthesis of Complex Embedded Systems, Master of Science in Engineering. From A. A. 2000-2001 to 2004-2005 she holds exercises and participates in the examinations of the course Simulation of Electronic Circuits and Systems, Master Degree in Electronic Engineering. In the A. A. 2004-2005 she teaches Signal Processing in Measurements 1, Master Degree in Environmental Engineering and Land. From A. A. 2003-2004 to 2004-2005 she holds exercises and participates in the examinations of the course of Metrology - Electrical Measurements, Master Degree of Mechatronics Engineering. From A. A. 2003-2004 to 2004-2005 she holds exercises and participates in the examination of the course of Measurements for Telecommunications 1, Master Degree of Telecommunication Engineering. In A.A. 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 she is responsible for the courses of Signal Processing in Measurements 1 and 2, Master degree of Environmental Engineering and Land. In the A. A. 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 she is responsible for the course of Signal Processing in Measurement, Master Degree of Electronic Engineering. From A. A. 2010-2011 she is responsible for the course of Signal processing in measurements and Images, Master Degree in Electronic Engineering. In the A. A. 2012-2013 she is co-teacher of the course of Measurements and Data Analysis, Master Degree in Electronic Engineering. From A. A. 2013-2014 she will be co-teacher of an Image Processing Course, Master Degree in Electronic Engineering.
She is co-tutor of 29 Master Thesis in Engineering (Medical and Electronics Engineering) and tutor of 11. She is currently co-tutor of three PhD theses in different image processing field.
SEMINARS On November 16 2000 she holds a seminar entitled “Fuzzy logic systems as approximators of functions” at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. On September 25 2002 she holds a seminar entitled “Approximations of functions by means of fuzzy logic systems. Theoretical and applied aspects” at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. On April 15, 2004 she holds a seminar entitled “Fuzzy logic systems for modeling: theory and applications” at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
From 13 to 16 June 2001, she attends the Annual Meeting of the Group of Electronics GE2001 in Mondello (PA) presenting a paper entitled “Noise estimation in digital images”. From 3 to 8 June 2002 she takes part to the Annual Meeting of the Group of Electronics GE2002 in Trieste presenting a paper entitled “Applications in engineering of the approximation of functions by means of fuzzy systems.” She received the award for the best presentation. From 25 to 28 May 2003 she participates in the International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE-9) presenting a paper entitled “Physics-based correction of extracted conductance parameters of nonlinear microwave semiconductor devices.” From 9 to 14 June 2003 she participates in the Annual Meeting of the Group of Electronics GE2003 in Passignano (PG). From 16 to 18 September 2004 she takes part in the XXI National Congress of Electrical and Electronic Measurements Group GMEE2004 in Crema (CR). From 15 to 16 November 2004 she attends the Integrated Non-linear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits Workshop (INMMIC 2004) presenting a paper entitled “Extraction of physically consistent characteristics of nonlinear microwave semiconductor devices multibias from S-parameter measurements.” From 19 to 20 April 2005 she attends the First International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interface (IWASI 2005) presenting a paper entitled “Temperature Independent Vibrating Wire Displacement Transducers.” From 4 to 7 September 2005 she attends the XXII National Congress of Electrical and Electronic Measurements Group GMEE2005 in Altavilla Milicia (PA). From 10 to 14 September 2005 she attends the International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2005) presenting a paper entitled “Wavelet Based Adaptive Algorithm for Mammographic Images Enhancement and Denoising.” In April 2006, she participates in IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement (AMUEM '06), Sardagna, Italy, April 2006, presenting a paper entitled “Type-2 Fuzzy Sets for Modeling Uncertainty in Measurement.” In April 2006, she participates in IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IMTC '06), Sorrento, Italy, presenting a paper entitled “Mammographic Images Enhancement and Denoising for Detection Using Dyadic Wavelet Microcalcification Processing.” In June 2007, she attends the IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement (AMUEM '07), Sardagna, Italy, July 2007, presenting a paper entitled “On a generalized T-norm for the representation of uncertainty propagation in statistically correlated measurements by means of fuzzy variables.” In September 2007 she attends the EFOMP European Conference on Medical Physics (EFOMP '07), Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy. In July 2008, she attends the IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement (AMUEM '08), Sardagna, Trento, Italy, presenting two works entitled “A comparison between different methods for processing the random part of Random-Fuzzy Variables Representing measurement results” and “Uncertainty handling and propagation in X-ray images analysis systems by means of Fuzzy Random Variables.” In November 2010, she participates in the 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL 2010) as an invited speaker with a work entitled “A Study on the automatic detection of clustered microcalcifications in mammograms.” Since 2006 she participates in the National Meeting of Electrical and Electronic Measurements Group (GMEE).
RESEARCH TOPICS
She spendsthe early years of her research, during the PhD, in studying new techniques of analysis, prediction, and estimation of data using fuzzy logic systems, investigating both theoretical aspects with particular reference to the approximation of functions, and new applications in the context of signal generators, noise power estimation in digital images, models of GaAs active devices. She also investigates the use of type-2 fuzzy logic systems for fog prediction in time series forecasting. Recently, she applies type-2 fuzzy logic systems to Respiratory motion prediction.
Afterher PhD program, her research interests are focused more on the development of algorithm for digital image processing. Initially, she signes a new algorithm for estimating the power of noise in not- stationary noisy signal; then, she focuses on methods for image decomposition using undecimated wavelet transform for the denoising and the enhancement of digital images in the medical field, following the result of studies of Mallat.
As amember of the Italian scientific field “Electrical and Electronic Measurements“ she also conducted some research in the field of the development of new methodologies for the representation of uncertainty in measurement using fuzzy logic, and, at present, she is investigating the possibility of proposing a novel and more general definition of ‘sensitivity’ in a metrological context.
Since 2005,her research interests are in the analysis of mammographic images and in the development of a CAD system for the automatic identification and characterization of breast cancer in mammographic images. She has developed a new system for the identification of tumors, and she is studying along with her collaborators, new indices for the characterization of the masses identified to support the diagnosis. Her research group is developing a software platform to acquire, enhance, mark, and identify mammographic images, for clinicians.
In 2010she developes a new classification system based on fuzzy logic, applied to the classification of calcifications and to the automatic extraction of rules for the texture segmentation of HRCT lung images.
Since 2011, she also deals with automatic recognition of emotions from the analysis of prosodic features of emotional speech and the analysis of facial expressions on the faces, for applications in neuropsychology.
APPLICATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
- Developed of a system for the respiratory motion prediction in collaboration with Dr. Manish Kakar, Oslo University Hospital.
-Development of a system for computer-aided detection and diagnosis for the early identification of breast cancer. The study is carried out in collaboration with Prof. Rangaraj Rangayyan, University of Calgary and the Department of Radiology, Hospital San Paolo in Bari.
- Development of algorithms for the automatic detection of deposits of calcium carbonate in valuable paintings by analysis of image laser scanning. The study is carried out in collaboration with the Artificial Vision Laboratory of ENEA Frascati.
- Development of an automatic emotion recognition system through the analysis of face and speech. The study is carried out in collaboration with the laboratory of circuit techniques for the sound Tor Vergata University.
- Development of an automated methods for pain assessment in collaboration with the Department of Neurology of the Policlinico Umberto I.
- She is currently involved in a study on the development of software for automatic analysis of wine bottle labels.
- She is currently involved in a study on the application of image processing algorithms in the field of characterization of nanowires in SEM images. The study is carried out in collaboration with the sensors group of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
- In 2012 she presented a research proposal to National FIRB project regarding the Development and metrological characterization of a platform for the automatic identification of faces, facial expressions, and emotions aimed to the study of neuropsychiatric disorders. The proposal passed the pre-selection phase with a score of 93.5/100. The project was one of the six pre-selected ones at University of Rome Tor Vergata.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- From October 17 2000 to December 16 2000 she has a fellowship at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata for the development of new algorithms for signal processing systems through logic fuzzy.
- From December 4, 2000 to January 13, 2001, she is employed in Telecom Italia Mobile.
- From November the 1st 2003 to December 31st 2003, she is a contract researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata for the development of a research topic entitled Modelling of electronic devices with correction of the effects of dispersive phenomena.
- In 2002, together with the Italian company Arista & Partners she has a contract to assist the drafting of the Operational Plan for the update of the information system security of the Department of Penitentiary Administration and she is also consultant for the project SW Engineering 3rd.
- In 2005, together with the Italian company Pragma, she is consultant for the survey of a project on the Development of a radio frequency predistortion linearizer on behalf of Filas SpA Business Project Lab - She is currently consultant in criminal proceedings for the extraction of information from surveillance videos. PUBLICATIONS
She is referee of several international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, Pattern Recognition, Journal of Digital Imaging, Neurocomputing, Fuzzy sets and systems, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
She is co-editor in chief for the Indonesian Telkomnika journal.
She is the co-author and the author respectively of the two teaching monographs.
She is co-author of 22 journal papers, of 44 conference papers, and of two book chapters.