Short Bio

Fabio Solari received the MSc in Electronic Engineering (1995) and the Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering  and Computer Science (1999) from the University of Genoa. From 2005 to 2018, he was Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering of the University of Genoa, and since 2018 he is Associate Professor of Computer Science at the same department. 

He has got the Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor of Computer Science (SSD 01/B1) and Computer Engineering (SSD 09/H1).

His research activity concerns the study of visual perception with the aim to design novel bio-inspired artificial vision systems and to develop natural human-computer interaction techniques in virtual and augmented reality. In particular, his research interests are related to: (i) neural algorithms for motion and depth estimation, space-variant visual processing and scene interpretation; (ii)  perceptual assessment of virtual/augmented reality systems and the development of systems that allow a natural experience and ecological human-computer interactions in mixed reality environments.

He teaches ``Augmented Reality'' for the master of Computer Science, ``Software Technologies for HCI'' for the master of Bioengineering, and ``Computer Vision'' for the Japan-Europe Master on Advanced Robotics.  He is Member of the Board of the Doctoral Course in Bioengineering and Robotics at University of Genoa, and Member of the Faculty Joint Commission for teaching and the right to study.

He has participated to nine European projects: Interreg Alcotra INTEVIDI; Interreg Alcotra CLIP ``E-Santé/Silver Economy'', PROSOL ``Jeune'' and PROSOL ``Senior''; FP7-ICT, EYESHOTS and SEARISE; FP6-IST-FET, DRIVSCO; FP6-NEST, MCCOOP; FP5-IST-FET, ECOVISION. He is a reviewer for Italian PRIN and FIRB projects, ERC, Horizon EIC, and Marie Curie fellowships. He has a pending International Patent Application (WO2013088390) on augmented reality; two Italian Patent Applications on virtual (No. 0001423036)  and augmented (No. 0001409382) reality;  pending International (PCT/IB2023/059732) and Italian (No. 102022000022278) Patent Applications on virtual and mixed reality.