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. Full CV available here.
News
- Glad to announce that my former PhD student Muhammad Usama Khan has earned the Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Information Engineering by passing his final viva examination on 16 Apr. 2026 with a dissertation on Radiomics as a tool to differentiate benign vs. malignant lesions in different imaging modalities
- Results of the ITA-mIBG multi-centre study published on the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and molecular imaging (paper, summary post on Linkedin)
- Special Issue Radiomics in cancer Imaging: Theory and applications in solid tumours. MDPI Cancers, extended deadline for submission: 31 Oct. 2026.
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)
- Prof. Luca Filippi (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, 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
Keywords
Colour, Computer vision, Engineering graphics, Image processing, Machine learning, Pattern recognition, Radiomics, Texture