Antonio Candelieri

Antonio Candelieri
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Antonio Candelieri
Born in Catanzaro, 20 July 1979
Nationality: Italian
Resident in via Lungomare 43, Catanzaro Lido, 88100
Telephone: 339-4652297
e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
EDUCATION
 PhD in Operation Research – XXII° Ciclo – Università della Calabria, Italy.
(November 2006 – November 2009)
PhD Thesis: A Hyper-Solution Framework for Classification Problems via Metaheuristic Approaches.
 Master Degree in Computer Engineering – Università della Calabria, Itlay.
(November 1998 – October 2005)
Date: 12 October 2005. Voting: 108/110
Thesis: (trad. “Data Mining in Medicine: application to the prediction of cardiovascular events and the
prognosis of cutaneous melanoma”) “Data Mining in Medicina: applicazione alla prevenzione degli
eventi cardiovascolari e alla prognosi del melanoma primitivo cutaneo”.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
 Admitted to the engineering profession (voting: 102/120), November 2005.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 March 2010 – February 2011, post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Electronics,
Informatics and Systems, University of Calabria, Italy (S.S.D MAT/09 - Ricerca Operativa). Activities:
design, development, implementation and validation of Data Mining methodologies, applications and
tools for advanced analyses of biomedical and clinical data and information in the neurology and neurorehabilitation fields.
 January – February 2010, occasional cooperation agreement, at the Istituto S. Anna di Ezio Pugliese
s.r.l, via Siris 11, Crotone, Italy. Activities: analysis of clinical and biomedical data through Data Mining
techniques in the neurology and neuro-rehabilitation fields.
 October – November 2008, collaboration agreement, at Università degli Studi Magna Graecia,
Catanzaro, Italy. Activities: technical support for the clinical validation of ICT services for the Chronic
Heart Failure patients management. Services were realized within the EU FP6 Project HEARTFAID
(www.heartfaid.org).
 May – October 2007, collaboration agreement, at Department of Electronics, Informatics and Systems,
University of Calabria, Italy. Activities: Knowledge Discovery tasks within the EU FP6 Project HEARTFAID
(www.heartfaid.org).
 May 2006 – January 2007, Research Fellow, at the Department of Electronics, Information and Systems,
University of Calabria, Italy (S.S.D MAT/09 - Ricerca Operativa). Activities: Knowledge Discovery tasks,
design and development of a Decision Support System within the MIMERICA project (a Research &
Development project co-founded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research). MIMERICA was for
Metodologie e Strumenti Innovativi nella MEdicina della RIabilitazione degli esiti di gravi Cerebrolesioni
Acquisite (trad: novel methodologies and tools for the rehabilitation of severe acquired brain injured
patients).
PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
2011
 Bandinelli F, Milla M, Genise S, Giovannini L, Bagnoli S, Candelieri A, Collaku L, Biagini S, Cerinic MM.
Ultrasound discloses entheseal involvement in inactive and low active inflammatory bowel disease
without clinical signs and symptoms of spondyloarthropathy. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Feb 10.
[Epub ahead of print].
 Candelieri A, Conforti D. A Hyper-solution Framework for Classification Problems via Metaheuristic
Approaches DOI : 10.1007/s10288-011-0166-8. [Epub ahead of print].
2010
 Tonacchera M, Agretti P, Rago T, De Marco G, Niccolai F, Molinaro A, Scutari M, Candelieri A, Conforti D,
Musmanno, R, Di Cosco, G, Basolo F, Iacconi P, Miccoli P, Pinchera A, Vitti P. Genetic markers to
discriminate benign and malignant thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology in an area of borderline
iodine deficency. Journal of Endocrinology [submitted].
 Dolce G, Lucca LF, Rogano S, Candelieri A, Pignolo L, Sannita WG. VISUAL PURSUIT in the SEVERE
DISORDER of CONSCIOUSNESS. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2010 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print]
 Riganello F, Candelieri A, Dolce G, Sannita WG. Residual emotional processing in the vegetative state: A
scientific issue? Clinical Neurophysiology. 2010 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print]
 Candelieri A, Conforti D. A Hyper-Solution Framework for SVM Classification: Application for Predicting
Destabilizations in Chronic Heart Failure Patients. The Open Medical Informatics Journal. 2010;4:135139.
 Riganello F, Candelieri A, Quintieri M, Dolce. Heart Rate Variability, Emotions, and Music. Journal of
Psychophysiology. 2010;24(2):112-119.
 Riganello F, Candelieri A, Quintieri M, Conforti D, Dolce G. Heart rate variability: an index of brain
processing in vegetative state? An artificial intelligence, data mining study. Clinical Neurophysiology.
2010 Dec;121(12):2024-34. Epub 2010 Jun 20.
 Amanzi L, Braschi F, Fiori G, Galluccio F, Miniati I, Guiducci S, Conforti ML, Kaloudi O, Nacci F, Sacu O,
Candelieri A, Pignone A, Rasero L, Conforti D, Matucci-Cerinic M. Digital ulcers in scleroderma: staging,
characteristics and sub-setting through observation of 1614 digital lesions. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010
Jul;49(7):1374-82. Epub 2010 Apr 16.
 Bandinelli F, Kaloudi O, Candelieri A, Conforti ML, Casale R, Cammarata S, Grassiri G, Miniati I,
Melchiorre D, Matucci-Cerinic M. Early detection of median nerve syndrome at the carpal tunnel with
high-resolution 18 MHz ultrasonography in systemic sclerosis patients. Clinical and Experimental
Rheumatology. 2010 Sep-Oct;28(5 Suppl 62):S15-8. Epub 2010 Nov 3.
2009
 Fiori G, Galluccio F, Braschi F, Amanzi L, Miniati I, Conforti ML, Del Rosso A, Generini S, Candelieri A,
Magonio A, Goretti R, Rasero L, Matucci-Cerinic M. Vitamin E gel reduces time of healing of digital ulcers
in systemic sclerosis. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 2009 May-Jun;27(3 Suppl 54): 51-54 .
 Kaloudi O, Bandinelli F, Filippucci E, Conforti ML, Miniati I, Guiducci S, Porta F, Candelieri A, Conforti D,
Grassiri G, Grassi W, Matucci-Cerinic M. High frequency ultrasound measurement of digital dermal
thickness in systemic sclerosis. Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. 2010 Jun;69(6):1140-3. Epub 2009 Sep 17.
2008
 Damjanov N, Ostojic P, Kaloudi O, Alari S, Guiducci S, Stanflin N, Nestorovic B, Knezevic J, Camiciottoli G,
Porta F, Pistolesi M, Ibba-Manneschi L, Conforti ML, Candelieri A, Matucci Cerinic M. Induced sputum in
systemic sclerosis interstitial lung disease: comparison to healthy controls and bronchoalveolar lavage.
Respiration. 2009;78(1):56-62. Epub 2008 Oct 16.
 Riganello F, Quintieri M, Candelieri A, Conforti D, Dolce G. Heart Rate Response to Music: An Artificial
Study on Healthy and Traumatic Brain-Injured Subjects. Journal of Psychophysiology. 2008; 22(4):166174.
 Dolce G, Riganello F, Quintieri M, Candelieri A, Conforti D. Personal interaction in vegetative state: the
Mom effect. Journal of Psychophysiology. 2008; 22(3):150-156.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
 Lucca LF, Candelieri A and Pignolo L (2011). Application of Virtual Reality in Neuro-rehabilitation: An
Overview, Virtual Reality, Jae-Jin Kim (Ed.), ISBN 978-953-307-518-1, InTech, Available from:
http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/application-of-virtual-reality-in-neuro-rehabilitation-anoverview.
 Candelieri A, Dolce G, Riganello F and Sannita WG (2011). Data Mining in Neurology, KnowledgeOriented Applications in Data Mining, Kimito Funatsu (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-154-1, InTech, Available
from: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/data-mining-in-neurology.
CONFERENCES AND PROCEEDINGS
2011
 Bandinelli F, Delle Sedie A, Possemato N, Giovannini L, Salvadorini G, Riente L, Candelieri A, Scazzariello
F, Bombardieri S, Matucci Cerinic M. Influence of demographic, psychological and clinical features on
sleep disturbance in spondiloarthritis. EULAR 2011, the European League Against Rheumatism, 25-28
May 2011, London. [abstract submitted].
 Bandinelli F, Bijlsma JW, Ramiro MS, Elfving P, Goekoop-Ruiterman Y, Sivera F, Molto Revilla A,
Marinescu C, Rimar D, Norkuviene E, Mayer M, Duarte CCM, Candelieri A, Da Silva J, Cutolo M.
Education of young European rheumatologists: analysis of differences between west and east Europe.
EULAR 2011, the European League Against Rheumatism, 25-28 May 2011, London. [abstract submitted].
 Candelieri A, Riganello F, Cortese D, Sannita WG. Functional status and the eye tracking response. A
data mining classification study in the vegetative and minimally conscious state. In the Proceedings of
the International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2011, Rome, 26-29 January 2011, 138141.
2010
 Candelieri A, Conforti D, Riganello F, Sannita WG. Data Mining for the analysis of Psycophysiological
variations to stimuli in Vegetative State patients. In Proceedings of AIRO 2010, XLI Giornate di Lavoro
AIRO 2010, Villa San Giovanni (RC), 2010 Sep.
 Candelieri A, Conforti D. A Hyper-Solution Framework for SVM classification based on Metaheuristic
approaches. In Proceedings of AIRO 2010, XLI Giornate di Lavoro AIRO 2010, Villa San Giovanni (RC),
2010 Sep.
 Riganello F, Candelieri A. Data mining and the functional relationship between heart rate variability and
emotional processing - Comparative Analyses, Validation and Application. In Proceedings of HEALTHINF
2010, Third Conference on Health Informatics, 20-23 January 2010, 159-165.
 Bandinelli F, Bonciani D, Prignano F, Giovannini L, Salvadorini G, Collaku Ledio, Candelieri A. Ultrasound
(US) and Rays (XR) Entheseal, Synovial and Sacroiliac Abnormalities in Early Psoriatic Arthritis (ePsA).
[abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :1962. DOI: 10.1002/art.29727.
 Salvadorini G, Bandinelli F, Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Candelieri A, Generini S, Possemato N. Variation
during Different Decades of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Delay in Patients of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).
[abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :558. DOI: 10.1002/art.28327.
2009
 Candelieri A, Conforti D, Sciacqua A, Perticone F. Knowledge Discovery Approaches for Early Detection of
Decompensation Conditions in Heart Failure Patients. Intelligent Systems Design and Applications 2009,
ISDA’09, IEEE Xplore, Pisa (Italy), November 30 – December 2, 2009. DOI:10.1109/ISDA.2009.204
 Bandinelli F, Bartoli F, Bonciani D, Prignano F, Generini S, Lotti T, Candelieri A. Entheses Ultrasound (US)
Evaluation in Early Psoriatic Arthritis (ePsA) Patients Is Independent of Psoriasis Extension and Clinics
[abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2009;60 Suppl 10 :1782. DOI: 10.1002/art.26856
 Bandinelli F, Kaloudi O, Miniati I, Conforti ML, Candelieri A, Melchiorre D, Matucci-Cerinic M. HighResolution 18 MHz Ultrasonography(US) of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc).
[abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2009;60 Suppl 10 :1716. DOI: 10.1002/art.26790.
 Kaloudi O, Bandinelli F, Filippucci E, Conforti ML, Miniati I, Guiducci S, Candelieri A. High Frequency
Ultrasound Measurement of Digital Dermal Thickness in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc.) [abstract]. Arthritis
Rheum 2009;60 Suppl 10 :1721. DOI: 10.1002/art.26795.
 Riganello F, Lagani F, Pignolo L, Candelieri A. Data-mining approaches for the Study of Emotional
Responses in Healthy Controls and Traumatic Brain Injured Patients: Comparative Analysis and
Validation. In Proceedings of ICINCO 2009 – 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATICS IN
CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS: 5TH International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and
Intelligent Information Processing (ANNIIP). Milan, Italy, July 2-5, 2009, 125-133.
 Pignolo L, Riganello F, Candelieri A, Lagani V. Vegetative State: Early Prediction of Clinical Outcome by
Artificial Neural Network. In Proceedings of ICINCO 2009 – 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
INFORMATICS IN CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS: 5TH International Workshop on Artificial
Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing (ANNIIP). Milan, Italy, July 2-5, 2009, 91-96.
2008
 Candelieri A, Conforti D, Perticone F, Sciacqua A, Kawecka-jaszcz K, Styczkiewicz K. Early Detection of
Decompensation Conditions in Heart Failure Patients by Knowledge Discovery: The HEARTFAID
Approaches. Computers in Cardiology, Bologna, 14-17 Settembre, 2008, Vol. 35, pp. 893-896.
 Colantonio S, Martinelli M, Moroni D, Salvetti O, Candelieri A, Conforti D, Perticone F, Sciacqua A,
Biniaris C, Marsh A. A Decision Support Resource as a Kernel of a Semantic Web based Platform oriented
to Heart Failure. SWWS'08 - The 2008 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services, Las
Vegas (USA), 14-17 July, 2008.
 Gamberger D, Porcela M, Jovic A, Smunc T, Parati G, Valentini M, Kawecka-jaszcz K, Styczkiewicz K,
Kononowicz A, Candelieri A, Conforti D, Guido R. Medical Knowledge Representation within HEARTFAID
Platform. International Conference on Health Informatics, IEEE EMB, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 2008,
2008.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 January – March 2008, Teaching Assistant in “Metodi e Modelli di Supporto alle Decisioni Mediche”
(trad. methods and models for supporting medical decisions) for MSc in Ingegneria Gestionale (trad.
management engineering), Faculty of Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy.
 October – November 2007, Teaching Assistant for Master course (level II) at CeSIC, “Centro di
Supercalcolo per l’Ingegneria Computazionale” (trad. supercomputing center for computational
engineering), industrial research project, University of Calabria and NEC-Italia. Covered issues:
theoretical and practical aspects of Data Mining techniques for Healthcare.
 Supervisor of Master Degrees in Engineering at University of Calabria, Italy:
 Gestione ottimale dell’Heart Failure: strumenti avanzati di analisi intelligente dei dati (trad.
optimal management of Heart Failure: advanced tools for intelligent data analysis), 2007-2008,
examinee: Avena AM, supervisors: Prof. Conforti M, Dr. Candelieri A.
 Gestione ottimale del follow-up di pazienti con trapianto renale: strumenti di analisi di dati clinici –
parte I, (trad. optimal follow-up management of renal transplant patients: tools for clinical data
analysis – part I), 2007-2008. examinee: Maestripieri S, supervisors: Prof. Conforti M, Prof.
Bonofiglio R, Dr. Candelieri A.
 Gestione ottimale del follow-up di pazienti con trapianto renale: strumenti di analisi di dati clinici –
parte II, (trad. optimal follow-up management of renal transplant patients: tools for clinical data
analysis – part II) AA 2007-2008. examinee: Lofaro D, supervisors: Prof. Conforti M, Prof.
Bonofiglio R, Dr. Candelieri A.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
 HEARTFAID Project Steering Meeting 8-9/11/2007 – Kracow
 Personal Health System 12-13/02/2007 – Brussels
ATTENDED COURSES
 Short Intensive Corse on Models and algorithms for Optimal Vehicle Routing, Prof. VIGO D, Department
of Electronics, Informatics and Systems, University of Bologna. 2009, July, 13-14, Cetraro (Cosenza), Italy
 ADVANCED COURSE ON DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION, Prof. Egon Balas, Tepper School of Business,
Carnegie-Mellon University. 2008, June, 3-6, Scuola Superiore Santa Chiara, Siena, Italy.