Welcome to the personal website of Francesco Bianconi
I am an Associate Professor with the Department of Engineering at the Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy, where I teach Engineering Graphics & CAD to undergraduate students in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering. I conduct research in image processing with particular focus on texture and colour analysis. I am a member of the editorial board of Applied Sciences (section Computing & Artificial Intelligence) and serve as academic editor for PLOS One.
Recent activities
- Keynote speaker at the 2nd International Congress on Engineering Sciences and Multidisciplinary Approaches (Istanbul, Turkey, 18-19 September 2021)
- Managing guest editor of the special issue Visual dEscriptors for TexturE Recognition: from Gabor to deep leArNing (VETERAN), Pattern Recognition Letters (submission period: 01 January 2022 – 20 January 2022)
- Co-guest editor of the special issue Artificial intelligence in Image-Based Diagnostics of Oncological and Neurological Disorders, Diagnostics (submission deadline: 31 October 2021)
Research interests (more in Research)
- Colour and texture descriptors for visual recognition
- Computer vision for industrial and biomedical applications
- Machine learning
- Pattern recognition
- Radiomics
External cooperations
- Prof. Antonio Fernández and Prof. Elena González (Universidade de Vigo, Spain) on colour and texture descriptors for visual recognition
- Prof. Fernando J. and Manuel Á. Aguilar (Universidad de Almería, Spain) on remote sensing
- Prof. Richard W. Harvey (University of East Anglia, United Kindom) on image processing
- Prof. Perry Xiao (London South Bank University, United Kingdom) on image processing applied to skin analysis
- Prof. Angela Spanu and Dr. Susanna M. Nuvoli (Università degli Sudi di Sassari, Italy) on applications of machine learning to computer-assisted diagnosis and prognostication (radiomics)
- Dr. Fabrizio Smeraldi (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom) on on colour and texture descriptors for visual recognition
- Dr. Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro (City, University of London, United Kingdom) on biomedical image analysis
- The Imaging and Vision Laboratory group (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy) on colour and texture descriptors for visual recognition
Visiting positions
- Academic Visitor, School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering (City, University of London), Sep.-Dec. 2018
- Academic Visitor, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (Queen Mary, University of London), Sep.-Dec. 2015
- Visiting Professor, School of Computing Sciences (university of East Anglia, United Kingdom), Oct.-Dec. 2010
- Visiting Researcher, Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial (Universidade de Vigo, Spain), Sep. 2005, Sep. 2006, Sep. 2007 and June-July 2009
Visiting scholars (incoming)
- Prof. Antonio Fernández (Universidade de Vigo, Spain)
- Prof. Elena González (Universidade de Vigo, Spain)
- Prof. Manuel Á. Aguilar (Universidad de Almería, Spain)
- Dr. Fabrizio Smeraldi (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
Professional affiliations
- Senior member IEEE since 2013
- Chartered engineer since 1997
- Court-appinted expert since 1998
Keywords
Colour, Computer vision, Engineering graphics, Image processing, Machine learning, Pattern recognition, Radiomics, Texture