GAII 2027

Danilo Avola

Time: 2026-08-14

Danilo Avola (IEEE Member) received his M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (2002) and his Ph.D. in Molecular and Ultra-Structural Imaging from the University of L'Aquila (2014); he has worked at the Italian National Research Council (M&M Lab), the University of Rome (PCL and AV Labs), and the University of Udine (DMIF and AVIRES), and has consulted for various companies since 2010. In 2018 he joined W•SENSE s.r.l. as Senior R&D Engineer and head of the Computer Vision Team, then became Assistant Professor at the University of Rome in 2021 (leading TITAN Lab and VisionLab, also Scientific Director for R&D at VisionLab), and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2024; he also co‑founded and heads Prometheus Lab and is co‑founder of the spin‑off 4AI. As Principal Investigator he has led projects on Wi‑Fi sensing for person re‑identification/synthesis, EEG‑based emotion transfer on humanoid robots, vision‑based UAV navigation, and the LieToMe system. He received the 2020 Outstanding Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, and serves as reviewer for top journals (e.g., Pattern Recognition, TII, TCSVT, IJCV) as well as Associate/Guest Editor for several international journals.