Organizers

Francesca Cordella is Assistant Professor with tenure track (RTDb) in Bioengineering at Unit of Advanced Robotics and Human-centred Technologies (Creo Lab) of Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy (UCBM). She received the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. in Computer and Automation Engineering both from the University of Naples Federico II. In 2011, she was visiting student at the Institut fur Robotik und Mechatronik, Deutsche Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). Until June 2013 she has been Assistant Researcher at the University of Naples Federico II. From 2013 to 2018 she was Assistant Researcher and from November 2018 she is Assistant Professor both in the Creo Lab at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome. She has obtained the National Scientific Qualification for 2nd level Professor in the competition sector 09/G2. Her research interests are mainly in the field of biomechanics, biomedical robotics and human-machine interfaces. She is member of the Technical Program Committee and associate editor for several International Conferences and Workshops. She is guest Editor of several journals and Associate editor for the journal Applied Bionics and Biomechanics. Since 2015 she is an expert and reviewer for the European Commission within H2020- ICT research program. She was and is involved in the role of Co-PI, Project Manager and scientific manager of Work Package for various European and national projects in her fields of interest.

Dario Farina received Ph.D. degrees in automatic control and computer science and in electronics and communications engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France, and Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 2001 and 2002, respectively, and an Honorary Doctorate degree in Medicine from Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2018. He is currently Full Professor and Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering at the Department of Bioengineering of Imperial College London, UK. He has previously been Full Professor at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, (until 2010) and at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University, Germany, where he founded and directed the Department of Neurorehabilitation Systems (2010-2016). Among other awards, he has been the recipient of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Early Career Achievement Award (2010), The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2016), and has been elected Distinguished Lecturer IEEE (2014). He has also received continuous funding by the European Research Council since 2011. His research focuses on biomedical signal processing, neurorehabilitation technology, and neural control of movement. Professor Farina has been the President of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK) (2012-2014) and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the official Journal of this Society, the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. He is also currently an Editor for Science Advances, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Wearable Technologies, the Journal of Physiology, and IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. Professor Farina has been elected Fellow IEEE, AIMBE, ISEK, EAMBES.

Prof. Loredana Zollo is Full Professor of Bioengineering at UCBM and head of the CREO Lab — Advanced Robotics and Human-Centred Technologies — at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. She presently is the Director of the Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering in the same university. In 2000 she joined ARTS Lab (Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory) of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, where she got the PhD in Bioengineering in 2004. In 2003 she was visiting student in the Laboratory of Neuroscience INSERM483, at the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, investigating issues of neuroscience related to biological motor control and applicable to robotic platforms. In 2008 she was appointed assistant professor at UCBM. Her research interests are mainly in the fields of rehabilitation and assistive robotics, bio-robotics and bionics, human-machine interfaces, collaborative robotics. In 2009-2012 she was co-chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation’s Technical Committee on Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics and is presently member of the IEEE-EMBS TC on Biorobotics. In 2012-2015 she was member of the editorial board as Associate Editor of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine and is presently Chief Editor for the Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, and Topic Editor for the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems.