Andrea Demofonti

Workshop Co-Chair

Andrea Demofonti received the BSc in Industrial Engineering, the MSc in Biomedical Engineering, and PhD degree in bioengineering from University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome (UCBM), Rome, Italy, in 2015, 2017, and 2022, respectively. He is currently a Post-Doc Research Fellow at the Research Unit of Advanced Robotics and Human-Centred Technologies-CREO Lab in UCBM and research assistant at the Research Unit SYNERGIA, Centro Santa Maria della Provvidenza, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS. His research interests are the sensory feedback restoration systems based on Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for prosthetics; the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) systems for rehabilitation/assistance; robotic systems for prosthetics and rehabilitation, human biomechanics. He was involved 10+ national projects, he has authored/coauthored 10+ peer-reviewed publications and one patent.

Francesca Cordella

Workshop Co-Chair

Francesca Cordella received the MS degree in Electronic Engineering and the PhD in Computer Science and Automation Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II. She is currently Assistant Professor with Tenure Track (RTDb) at the CREO Lab of University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. She obtained the National Scientific Qualification for second level Professor in the sector 09/G2. Her research interests are mainly in biomechanics, biomedical robotics, vision-based motion reconstruction, and human–robot interaction, closed loop systems, sensory feedback. She was/is involved as Co-Principal Investigator, Project Manager, and WP scientific manager for 20+ European/National projects. She authored/coauthored 100+ peer-reviewed publications.

Fabrizio Taffoni

Workshop Co-Chair

Prof. Fabrizio Taffoni received a BS degree, an MS degree, and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy, in 2003, 2005, and 2009, respectively. He is an Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Advanced Robotic and Human-Centred Technologies of Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. His research interests include the non-obtrusive and quantitative assessment of motor development in children, as well as motion analysis of adults and patients for research purposes and for the design of human-centered mechatronic devices for assistance and support.