{"id":236,"date":"2021-09-15T20:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/medsp\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:11:50","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/medsp\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MeDSP Lab<\/strong> participates in several research projects, at regional, national, and international levels, either as the PI’s group, or Unit coordinator’s group.<\/p>\n

Active projects<\/strong><\/h1>\n

VITA<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: September 1, 2025
\nRole: PI’S Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

The VITA (Advanced AI-powered methods for optimal personalized treatment of VentrIcular TAchycardias) project is funded by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia and supported by Sardegna Ricerche under the public call “PROOF of CONCEPT 2024<\/a> – Enhancing the value of research results in biomedicine”.
\nThe project aims to develop innovative methodologies based on advanced signal processing and artificial intelligence to make the treatment of post-ischemic ventricular tachycardias increasingly personalized\u00a0and\u00a0effective.<\/p>\n

COMETA<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: February 13, 2023
\nRole: PI for the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

COMETA is a project belonging to the Italian Piano di Sviluppo e Coesione – Salute, Traiettoria 4 \u201cBiotecnologie, bioinformatica e sviluppo farmaceutico\u201d.<\/p>\n

The ambition of \u201cCOMETA – Hybrid Hub (H2UB): Modelli cellulari e COMputazionali, micro e nanotEcnologie per la personalizzazione di Terapie innovAtive” is to create a Life Science infrastructure aimed at fostering new drug development through a network of laboratories capable of providing basic, translational, and preclinical research support using cutting-edge technologies. H2UB meets the need to manage and develop a research infrastructure of high complexity. Its value is measured not only in the list of resources and services made available but also as a space where researchers can be stimulated to improve their research by providing expertise, technology, and managerial support.<\/p>\n

MYRTUS<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: January 1, 2024
\nRole: Unit Coordinator’s Team, UC leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n

MYRTUS is a Horizon Europe\u00a0<\/strong>project, financed with 6M\u20ac in the call: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-04\u2014Cognitive Computing Continuum: Intelligence and automation for more efficient data processing.
\nThe ambition of “MYRTUS – Multi-layer 360\u00b0 dYnamic orchestrion and interopeRable design environmenT for compute-continUum Systems” is to provide the technology to enable the evolution of CPS into CPS with a living dimension. MeDSP Lab will lead the Healthcare use case, which uses MYRTUS technologies to scale-up collaborative cognitive and neuromotor (tele)rehabilitation, by defining novel intervention methods\u00a0adopting visuo-haptic interactions in challenging virtual reality (VR) scenarios.<\/p>\n

HEAL<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: November, 2022
\nRole: Critical mass and team members<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heal represents the first project of the Heal Italia Foundation, born from the idea of \u200b\u200bcoordinating a qualified multidisciplinary network of universities, IRCCS (research institutes), businesses, scientists, technologists, and young researchers. The project\u2019s total funding amounts to \u20ac11,765,450, and the MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) grant amounts to \u20ac114,700,000. The project aims to strengthen the research and innovation pipeline in Precision Medicine. The Spokes represent the project\u2019s incubator, the place where its activities are carried out. In the Spoke 6, the main activities for the MeDSP Lab are the development of a technological toolbox of devices for applications both in precision diagnostics including biosensors, electronic and optical devices, and the signal processing for the extraction of digital biomarkers.<\/p>\n

Past projects<\/strong><\/h1>\n

VISIONARY<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: September 28, 2023
\nRole: PI’S Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

VISIONARY is a PRIN <\/a>2022 <\/strong>project, financed by the Ministry of University and Research.
\nThe project “Advanced VISual feedback for neurorehabilitatION systems based on virtuAl RealitY – VISIONARY” aims at bringing bodyweight neuromotor rehabilitation beyond the conventional approaches, by conceiving a new generation of bidirectional body-computer interfaces in which the information collected in real-time about upper-limb biomechanics and muscular activity, becomes a hidden actuator of the controlled virtual object in the VR.<\/p>\n

STOPme<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: June 10, 2024
\nRole: PI’S Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

STOPme is a cascade PNRR project, realized in the framework of the project “RAISE \u2013 Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment”, funded by the EU \u2013 Next Generation EU RAISE \u2013 on funds by PNRR MUR \u2013 M4C2 Investimento 1.5
\nThe project “Supporting Termination Of stereotyPies in patients with rett syndroME by advanced ambient intelligence – STOPme” aims to evaluate in real time the state of psychomotor activation of the patient with RETT syndrome, monitoring the onset of neuromotor stereotypies and patterns of hypo- and hyper-ventilation and then conditioning the patient to interrupt the stereotypies by environmental activation. The approach could be easily extendable to other neurodevelopment disorders with similar symptoms.<\/p>\n

ICT4MOMs<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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\nKick-Off: 2020
\nRole: Unit Coordinator’s Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

ICT4MOMs is a PRIN 2017<\/a><\/strong> project, financed by the Ministry of University and Research.
\nThe project aims to realize a new ICT service for remote pregnancy monitoring, based on the integration of sensors and wearable devices, connected through an Android App on smartphones to a telemedicine infrastructure managed by gynecologists and obstetricians.<\/p>\n

RiPARTO<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: June 2022<\/strong>
\nRole: PI’S Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

RiPARTO is\u00a0a Proof of Concept financed by\u00a0<\/span>Sardegna Ricerche<\/span>\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span>PO FESR 2014\/2020<\/a>\u00a0funds and driven by the Department of Electrical\u00a0and Electronic Engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The project aims to achieve an innovative system of advanced tele-rehabilitation for the upper limb, at home and with the integration of low-cost technologies, for patients with neuromotor deficits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

SEARCH & RESCUE<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: 2021<\/strong>
\nRole: Collaboration with the DEALAB\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Search & Rescue is a Horizon 2020<\/strong><\/a> project, H2020-SU-SEC-2019, Topic: SU-DRS02-2018-2019-2020 \u2013 Technologies for first responders, Grant agreement ID: 882897<\/p>\n

The Search and Rescue project (Emerging technologies for the Early location of Entrapped victims under Collapsed Structures and Advanced Wearables for risk assessment and First Responders Safety in SAR operations), with a partnership that includes 29 partners, including 10 end-users, aims to design, implement and validate through a series of large-scale pilots representing different operational scenarios, an open, modular and interoperable architecture for first responders.<\/p>\n

TEX-STYLE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Kick-Off: February, 2019 – duration: 42 months<\/strong>
\nRole: Collaboration with the DEALAB\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tex-Style is a project funded by the National Operational Program Research and Innovation 2014 – 2020 (PON 2014-20<\/a><\/strong>), managed by the Ministry of University and Research.<\/p>\n

TEX-STYLE has the ambitious goal of producing large-scale intelligent multifunctional fabrics and coverings made with sustainable materials by combining innovative aesthetic effects and integrated electronics to offer stylists new possibilities for creative design and made-in-Italy style. Sustainability and functionality will be integrated into innovative solutions for industrial production in various sectors: transport, technical fabrics, fashion, and furniture. Starting from the combination of sustainable and intelligent materials, TEX-STYLE will pave the way for the design of high-quality creative products with a distinctive Made in Italy label. Intelligent materials will be coupled with sustainable ones through new nanotech technologies and new low environmental impact processes to endow fabrics with multifunctionality and electrical conductivity in order to obtain “hyper-functions” such as sensors, actuators, lighting and connectivity that will allow stylists extreme flexibility of form to better highlight their creativity towards interactive products with high added value.<\/p>\n

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DoMoMEA<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Kick-Off: 2018<\/strong>
\nRole: PI’s Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

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DoMoMEA<\/strong> is a Top-Down Cluster financed by <\/span>Sardegna Ricerche<\/a><\/strong> with POR FESR 2014\/2020<\/strong> funds and driven by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, in collaboration with the Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health and the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Sassari.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project proposes high value-added technological solutions for Home NeuroMotor tele-rehabilitation in favor of subjects with Moderate disability stroke outcomes by means of Advanced Electronic Devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

CONVERGENCE<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Kick-Off: 2017<\/strong>
\nRole: Unit Coordinator’s Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Convergence<\/strong> is a project funded by <\/span>ERA-NET<\/b><\/a>, a Horizon 2020<\/strong><\/a> tool designed to support public-public partnerships in their preparation, networking, design, implementation and coordination of joint activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project focuses with “Frictionless energy efficient convergent wearables for healthcare and lifestyle applications”. The goal is to build systems to enable personalized health and environmental advice and assistance beyond today’s wireless sensor networks.<\/p>\n

INSIEME<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Kick-Off: 2017<\/strong>
\nRole: Collaboration with the EOLAB<\/strong><\/p>\n

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INSIEME<\/strong>, acronym of “<\/span>IN<\/b>telligent <\/span>S<\/b>ystems for <\/span>I<\/b>ntegrated health <\/span>M<\/b>anagement”, is a project that has received funding under the National Operational Program “Imprese e Competitivit\u00e0” 2014 – 2020 (PON 2014-20<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Axis I – Innovation, Action 1.1.3<\/strong>), managed by the Ministry of Economic Development.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project, aimed at the creation of an integrated network of embedded type devices, communicating autonomously, according to the IoT paradigm, to be used for monitoring and traceability of medical processes in hospitals or healthcare in general.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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