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. 

Prof. Silvestro Micera received the University degree (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pisa, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, in 2000. From 2000 to 2009, he has been an Assistant Professor of BioRobotics at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna where he is now the Head of the Neural Engineering group. In 2007 he was a Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA with a Fulbright Scholarship. From 2008 to 2011 he was the Head of the Neuroprosthesis Control group at the Institute for Automation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, CH. He was the recipient of the Early Career Achievement Award and of the Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in 2009 and 2021, respectively. From 2011 to 2018 he was Associate Professor and Head of the Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), CH. He is the author of several scientific papers and international patents. He served as Guest Editor of several biomedical engineering journals. His main goal is to develop implantable neural interfaces and robotic systems aimed at restoring sensorimotor function in people with different kind of disabilities (spinal cord injury, stroke, amputation, etc...), starting from basic scientific knowledge in the field of neuroscience, neurology and geriatrics, and investigating further to gain new information by using advanced technologies and protocols.

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.