Rita Cucchiara

Direttore del Laboratorio nazionale di Intelligenza Artifi ciale e Sistemi Intelligenti / CINI

Rita Cucchiara (Electronic Engineering Degree, 1989 – Phd in Computer Engineering at University of Bologna, 1993) is Full Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in the Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, since 2005. She heads the AImage Lab (www.aimagelab.unimore.it), gathering 25 researchers, working in different research fields of Artificial Intelligence such as Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Deep Learning and Multimedia, as well as surveillance, automotive and robot-human interaction. She heads the co-funded RedVision Lab with Ferrari. Currently, she is the Director of the CINI National Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems (Lab AIIS), with the endorsement of the Italian Presidency of Minister Council. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Institute of Technology. She was President of the Italian Association CVPL, published more than 400 papers and keynote speaker in many scientific conferences