BIOGRAPHY
		Education
		Ph.D., University of Bologna, February 1990. Thesis: "Supervised Learning in Multilayer Neural Networks.''
		Visiting student at the School of Computer Science of McGill University, Montreal. (October 1988- June 1989)
		Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica, University of Florence, on February 1984. Thesis: "Design and implementation of a global memory multiprocessor system''.
		Membership Societies
		Fellow of the IEEE and of the ECCAI.
		Awards (as a student)
		Winner of the "competition for the 100 best Italian students'', organized by Fondazione G.Galilei on 1985.
		Best thesis award at University of Florence on 1984.
		Work experience in industries
		Hardware and software designer of microprocessor-based systems for the design of an automatic toll-collection machine, c/o Research and Development Società Autostrade (Florence), (1984-1986).
		Collaboration with Olivetti concerning "the Fiore office automation system'' (1986).
		Academic Positions
		Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Florence  (May 1991- October 1992)
		Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Florence (November 1992 - October 1995).
		Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Siena (November 1995 - January 2000) Full Professor.of Computer Science  at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Siena (February 2000 -)