The research activity of the Methods and systems for signal processing and recognition operational unit can be traced back to the area of signal and image processing and will be divided into three lines of research:

1) Processing of multidimensional and multiparametric signals. The activities in this line of research, developed at the NUMIP laboratory, concern the extraction of information for analysis and recognition support starting from images and signals coming from telerehabilitation systems. Adaptive Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence methods will be developed for diagnostic images (for example for Adaptive Hanging Viewer Protocols) and for Anomaly Detection in evaluation activities and support for rehabilitation therapies.

2) Processing and recognition of remote sensing images of the territory. The topics associated with this line of research will be developed at the Genoa and Savona locations and will involve the IPRS and RIOS laboratories. We will focus on environmental monitoring applications, prevention of natural and industrial disasters, climate change
monitoring, mapping of renewable energy sources.

3) Processing of acoustic signals and generation of acoustic images. The study topics will concern underwater acoustics and sonar systems, medical ultrasound imaging, hearing aids, microphone arrays. Research will also
be launched aimed at the diagnosis and prognosis of faults in industrial systems through pattern recognition techniques.

An application of particular interest, both from the industrial point of view and from the European programmes, with possible strong repercussions from the aforementioned lines of research (as well as from other sectors)
is security, with reference to e.g. to video surveillance, earth observation, underwater acoustics.
 

Contact person: Prof. Sebastiano Bruno Serpico