The PRIN project 2022 - Inverse Problems in the Imaging Sciences (IPIS) focuses on pushing forward the state-of-the-art of imaging sciences, with specific focus on approaches inspired by inverse problems (IPs) theory.
The Principal Investigator is Prof. Michele Piana which leads the local unity of the Università di Genova.
There are other four local units at Università di Bologna, Università di Cagliari, Università dell'Insubria and Università di Modena and Reggio Emilia, coordinated respectively by Prof.ssa Serena Morigi, Prof. Giuseppe Rodriguez, Prof. Marco Donatelli and Prof.ssa Silvia Bonettini. For more details, see the People page.
Start date: 28 September 2023
End date: 27 September 2025 -> 28 February 2026
IPIS is a Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) 2022 (PRIN 2022 ANC8HL - CUP J53D23003670006) funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) and by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Mission 4 Education and research - Component 2 From research to business - Investment 1.1 Notice Prin 2022 - DD N. 104 del 2/2/2022.
Inverse problems, machine learning, regularization theory, image reconstruction, medical imaging, astronomical imaging
IPIS proposes to gather five research groups (see People page) of applied mathematicians with two strategic objectives:
In the short term, to push forward the state-of-the-art of imaging sciences, with specific focus on approaches inspired by inverse problems (IPs) theory.
In the medium term, to make the IPIS network as a first embryo for a computational imaging center, diffused across Italy and open to contributions from all mathematicians interested in imaging applications.
IPIS will rely on the collaboration of five research units with a long-term experience in the formulation and applications of inversion and AI methods in imaging. The systematic connections of these groups with hospitals, space and ground telescope missions, and high-tech companies will ease the validation of the numerical solutions developed within the project and will increase the impact of IPIS as a ToK setting at both a national and an international level.
The objectives and research directions are outlined and organised into six Work Packages (WPs). For more details, see the dedicated page.