People Involved
Pericle Perazzo received the Master degree cum laude in Computer Engineering in 2010 and the Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering in 2014, both from the University of Pisa, Italy. During his Ph.D. studies, he had been Visiting Researcher in the Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems (IPVS) of Stuttgart, Germany. Since 2017, he has been Researcher at the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Pisa. His research interests include the area of security and privacy in the Internet of Things, with special emphasis on attribute-based encryption, post-quantum cryptography, and blockchain technologies.
E-Mail: pericle.pierazzo@unipi.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3qnN1ZQAAAAJ
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pericle-perazzo-179332a1
Stefano Tubaro completed his studies in Electronic Engineering at the “Politecnico di Milano”, Italy, in 1982. He then joined the “Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria” (DEIB) of the “Politecnico di Milano” (PoliMi), first as a researcher of the National Research Council, and then (in November 1991) as an Associate Professor. Since December 2004 he has been appointed as Full Professor of Telecommunication at DEIB-PoliMi. From 2016 to 2022 he has covered the role of DEIB Chairman and of the PoliMi Academic Senate member.
E-Mail: stefano.tubaro@polimi.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=wBlpHtIAAAAJ
Mauro Barni graduated in electronic engineering at the University of Florence in 1991. He received the PhD in Informatics and Telecommunications in October 1995. He has carried out his research activity for more than 20 years, first at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication of the University of Florence, then at the Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Siena where he works as Full Professor. His activity focuses on digital image processing and information security, with particular reference to the application of image processing techniques to copyright protection (digital watermarking) and authentication of multimedia (multimedia forensics).
E-mail: mauro.barni@unisi.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ntRScY8AAAAJ&hl=it&oi=sra
Roberto Caldelli obtained a PhD in “Computer and Telecommunications Engineering” in 2001 from the University of Florence. From 2005 to 2013 he was a researcher at the MICC (Media Integration and Communication Center) of the University of Florence. In 2014 he became a permanent researcher at the CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications) and coordinates the Multimedia Forensics and Security Laboratory of the Florence Research Unit. In 2018 he became Associate Professor at Mercatorum University and since 2023 he has assumed the role of Full Professor.
E-mail: roberto.caldelli@cnit.it, roberto.caldelli@unifi.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=it&user=06VfYpQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Gian Luca Marcialis received his M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Cagliari, Italy, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. He is currently Associate Professor at University of Cagliari, and Research director of the Biometric Unit of the Pattern Recognition and Applications Laboratory – PRA Lab at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His research interests are in the fields of biometrics, namely, fingerprint presentation attack detection, fingerprint classification, multiple classifiers for biometric identification, self update-based biometric systems, facial deepfake detection and anomaly group behavior in crowds.
E-mail: marcialis@unica.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7pMEyo4AAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao
Paolo Bestagini received the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. He is currently Associate Professor with the Image and Sound Processing Lab (ISPL) at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) of the Politecnico di Milano. His research interests focus on multimedia forensics and acoustic signal processing for microphone arrays. He is an elected member of the IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee for the second time.
E-mail: paolo.bestagini@polimi.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=bUeIWEMAAAAJ
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolo-bestagini-390b461b4/
Irene Amerini received Ph.D. degree in computer engineering, multimedia, and telecommunication from the University of Florence, Italy, in 2010. She is currently Associate Professor with the Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering A. Ruberti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Her main research activities include digital image processing, computer vision and multimedia forensics. She is a member of the IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee, the EURASIP TAC Biometrics, Data Forensics, and Security, and the IAPR TC6 – Computational Forensics Committee.
E-mail: amerini@diag.uniroma1.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4ZDhr6UAAAAJ&hl=en
Sebastiano Battiato received his Ph.D. in computer science and applied mathematics from the University of Naples in 1999, after earning his degree from the University of Catania in 1995. He became a Full Professor at the University of Catania in 2016 and has held key academic and research leadership roles. His research focuses on computer vision, imaging technology, and multimedia forensics. Recognized for his contributions, he received the 2017 PAMI Mark Everingham Prize and the 2011 Best Associate Editor Award from IEEE. He also plays key roles in international events and serves as an Associate Editor for the SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging. Additionally, he is the Director and Co-Founder of the International Computer Vision Summer School (ICVSS) and the International Forensics Summer School (IFOSS).
E-mail: sebastiano.battiato@unict.it
Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OplbtHgAAAAJ&hl=it
