Alessandro Saffiotti:

the Researcher

I am a full professor of Computer Science at the University of Örebro, Sweden, where I head the AASS Cognitive Robotic Systems Lab since 1998 (formerly "Mobile Robotics Lab"). I hold a MSc in computer science from the University of Pisa, Italy, and a PhD in applied science from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. My research interests encompass artificial intelligence, autonomous robotics, soft computing, and technology for elderly people. I was a main contributor to the Saphira architecture for autonomous robots. More recently, I have invented the concept of "Ecology of Physically Embedded Intelligent Systems", a new approach to include robotic technologies in everyday life based on the combination of cooperative robotics and ambient intelligence. This approach is currently used in several EU projects, and it is applied to the domain of elderly assistance. I have published more than 180 research papers in international journals, books and conferences, with almost 4,000 citations and an H-index of 32 (data from Google Scholar). I have served in the organization of many conferences and scientific events. In 2005 I was a program chair of IJCAI, the premier conference on Artificial Intelligence. I am currently involved in five EU FP7 projects, in several EU networks, and in many national projects. I am a member of AAAI, of ECAI, and a senior member of IEEE. My Erdös number is 4. [Full CV]

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