Maria Grazia Albanesi-Brief curriculum vitae Maria Grazia Albanesi

Maria Grazia Albanesi-Brief curriculum vitae
Maria Grazia Albanesi was born in Pavia (Italy) on March 13, 1962.
High School: Scientific High School (Liceo N. Copernico of Pavia),
Musical School F. Vittadini, Pavia and the Musical Conservatory G. Verdi,
Milan, Italy (theory, harmony and piano).
Master Degree: magna cum laude in Electronic Engineering from the
University of Pavia (October 30, 1986) with a thesis entitled Percezione visiva
e compressione delle immagini (Image compression and human visual
perception) Tutor: Prof. Ivo de Lotto.
PhD: PhD in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Pavia (1992) with
a thesis entitled Architetture VLSI integrate per l’elaborazione di segnali e immagini (VLSI
Architectures for signal and image processing) Tutor: Prof. Ivo De Lotto.
Actual Position: Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, Dipartimento di Ingegeria
Industriale e dell’Informazione, since November 1998.
Educational activity
Maria Grazia Albanesi has been teaching at University of Pavia since 1987. Here is a brief
description:
In the present academic year:
Course Multimedia Databases (12 credits) for Master Degree in Computer engineering
(International degree, in English).
Project, realization and managing of Educational Web site Centro Didattico On Line (on line since
1998).
In the past academic years:

Sistemi Operativi (since 1998-1999), 5 credits

Basi di dati LS (since 2003-2004), 5 and 6 credits.

Member of commission for admission exams to the faculty (2001-2002).

Member of commission for Italian Esame di Stato.

Teacher of the course Sistemi Informativi at the Faculty of Economia (university of
Pavia, academic years 1995-1996, 1996-1997,1997-1998, and 1998-1999.

Lessons and exercitation for the courses:
Informatica industriale e robotica (Corso di Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica). a.y. 90-91, 91-92.
Sistemi informativi (Corso di Laurea in Ingegneria Informatica, Corso di Diploma in Ingegneria
Informatica). a.y 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97 e 97-98.
Basi di dati (Scuola diretta ai fini speciali in informatica ed elettronica). a.y. 90-91, 91-92, 92-93.
Calcolatori elettronici (Corso di Diploma in Ingegneria Informatica). a.y. 93-94.
Fondamenti di informatica (Corso di Laurea in Ingegneria Informatica). a.y. 92-93.
Research activity
Maria Grazia Albanesi works in Computer Science, in the field of multimedia theory and
applications. The cultural background of Image Processing (Pattern Recognition and Signal
Processing) is the base for developing efficient algorithms, techniques and solutions for image and
video-based systems.
The main research areas are:

Image and video quality assessment using models of Human Vision Perception and
multiresolution

Image
and
video
compression:
efficient
use
of
standards
by
preprocessing
and
postprocessing optimization of the coding chain

Multimedia content analysis for metadata extraction for efficient search and retrieval.

Analysis of multimedia data for ecology applications and environment preservation.
Most relevant publications (period 2006-2013):
Educational works, essay books:
Maria Grazia Albanesi, Roberto Albanesi: “Guida al lavoro migliore”, Ed. Thea s.r.l., Pavia, 2010.
Available also as Amazon e-book (February 2013)
Maria Grazia Albanesi: "Donne di corsa", Ed. Thea s.r.l., Pavia, 2007. Available also as Amazon ebook (June 2013)
Research publications:
M. G. Albanesi, R. Albanesi: “A New Approach Based on Computer Vision and Collaborative Social
Networking for Environmental Preservation: Theory, Tools and Results of Italian ACI Project”, to
be appeared on Proceedings of The Eighth International Multi-Conference on Computing in the
Global Information Technology, Nice (France), July 2013.
M. G. Albanesi, R. Amadeo: “Impact of Fixation Time on Subjective Video Quality Metric: a New
Proposal for Lossy Compression Impairment Assessment”, Engineering and Technology , n. 59,
pp. 1604-1611, World Academy of Science ed. , 2011.
M. G. Albanesi, R. Gatti, M. Porta, A. Ravarelli, Towards Semi-Automatic Usability Analysis
through Eye Tracking. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Systems
and Technologies (CompSysTech 2011), Vienna, Austria, June 16-17, 2011.
Albanesi Maria Grazia, Danese Giovanni, Leporati Francesco, Majani Alessandra, Vecchio Giovanni:
“Interactive learning environment for engineering courses”, 2010 HP Innovations in Education
Worldwide
Summit
(San
Francisco,
CAL
USA),
2010,
electronic
format,
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/socialinnovation/hpiie2009recipients.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN#3
M.G. Albanesi, S. Panzarasa, B.Cattani, S. Dezza, M. Maggi, S. Quaglini:
Techniques
for
Automatic
Region
Extraction:
An
Application
to
Aphasia
“Segmentation
Rehabilitation”,
Proceedings of AIME, 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine,
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands), R. Bellazzi, A. Abu-Hanna, and J. Hunter Eds., LNAI 4594, pp.
367–377, 2007.
Marco Aguzzi, Maria Grazia Albanesi, Marco Martelli: “A new algorithm for the embedding of a
prediction mechanism into the JPEG 2000 coding chain”, Pattern Recognition, Volume/Issue: vol
39/8, pp. 1492-1508, 2006.
Marco Aguzzi, Maria Grazia Albanesi, Marco Ferretti , Mauro Garlaschelli: “Query translation based
on equivalence classes for heterogeneous multimedia repositories using XML and semantic
annotation”, Proceedings of ICIAP 2007, 14th International Conference on Image Analysis and
Processing, (Modena, Italy ), pp. 813-818, 2007.
Marco Aguzzi, Maria Grazia Albanesi: “A novel approach to sparse histogram image lossless
compression using JPEG2000”, Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis
(ELCVIA), 5 (4), pp. 24-46, 2006.
Marco Aguzzi, Maria Grazia Albanesi, Marco Ferretti : "A novel CBIR system based on JPEG 2000
wavelet transform scheme." Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Computer
Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing (CAMPS06, Lafayette, Lousiana , USA ), pp. 165170, 2006.
Marco Aguzzi, Maria Grazia Albanesi, Marco Ferretti : “A web service architecture for image
compression, indexing, annotation, and XML metadata validation", Proceedings of the IEEE
International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing (CAMPS06
Lafayette, Lousiana, USA), pp. 213-217, 2006.
Marco Aguzzi, Maria Grazia Albanesi, Alessandro Brambilla: "Managing Web Service standards and
technologies: a comprehensive graphical composer." Proceedings of the IEEE International
Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing (CAMPS06 Lafayette ,
Lousiana, USA ), pp. 113-118, 2006.