Education
* Laurea Degree, 1990, Electronic Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy.
* Ph.D., 1994, Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Departement
of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering (DIBE), University of Genoa,
Genoa, Italy.
Biographical Sketch
Gian Luca Foresti was born in Savona, Italy, in 1965. He received the
Laurea degree cum laude in Electronic Engineering in 1990 and the Ph.D
degree in Computer Science in 1994 from University of Genoa. In 1994 he
was visiting Professor at Trento University in an Electronic
Engineering course. Currently, he is Full Professor at the Department
of Computer Science (DIMI) of the University of Udine. Immediately
after the Laurea degree, he worked with the Departement of Biophysical
and Electronic Engineering (DIBE) of University of Genoa in the area of
Computer Vision, Image Processing and Image Understanding. His Ph.D
thesis dealt with distributed systems for analysis and interpretation
of real video sequences. He worked at several National and
International projects founded by the European Commission, especially
in the fields of autonomous vehicle driving and active surveillance
systems for outdoor environments. Prof. Foresti is author or co-author
of more than 200 papers published in International Journals, Book
Chapters and Refereed Conference Proceedings. Prof. Foresti serves as
reviewer for several International Journals and he is Senior Member of
the IEEE, and Member of IAPR and GRIN. He has been also involved as
evaluator of project proposals in several Research Programs founded by
the European Union.
Director of the ARTIFICIAL VISION and REAL-TIME SYSTEM Laboratory (AVIRES)
Dean of Faculty of Educational Sciences