Marco Paleari was born in Turin (Italy) in 1981. He studied telecommunications engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy) where he obtained a bachelor degree (ISCED 4A) in 2003 and a master degree in 2006.
In 2004/2005 Marco spent a year at EURECOM (Sophia Antipolis, France) and he received an engineering diploma in computer science. During this time Marco also obtained a master degree from the Ecole Politechnique de l'universitè de Nice Sophia Antipolis in computer science with a specialization on multimedia. For his Master thesis, Marco spent 6 months as intern in the Affective Computing Social Group (Sophia Antipolis, France), where he worked on the interactions between artificial intelligence and emotions.
In January 2006 he joined the EURECOM institute as Ph.D. Candidate at the Multimedia Information Processing Group in the Corporate Communication Departement under the supervision of prof. Benoit Huet.
In October 2009 Marco obtained his Ph.D. degree presenting a thesis titled "Affective Computing: Display, Recognition, and Computer Synthesis of Emotions".
In January 2010 Marco moved to Genova to work as a Post Doc at the TEleRobotics and Applications Department at IIT.
Since January 2011 Marco is employed in IIT@Polito Center for Sustainable Future Technologies
His research interests includes bioelectric signal acquisition and processing, electronic design, robotics, rehabilitation and neurorehabilitation, affective computing (recognition, generation/simulation, and display), ubiquitous computing, multimedia indexing and retrieval, artificial intelligence, and computer vision.
At IIT@PoliTo we have been working on the development of a mechatronic rehabilitative device for the hand. In 2015 we participated to Start-Cup Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta with a device (called ReHand) which does so with a particular under-actuated (patent pending) technique. I'm acting as CEO of this venture.
In 2016 ReHand Technologies obtained the third prize at the Daejeon (South Korea) 2016 IROS StartUp contest. In 2017 ReHand Technologies participated to the Entrepreneurship Award at the European Robotic Forum in Edinburgh (Scotland - UK) and was awarded with the third price. in 2017 it was also featured in several printed, TV and Radio programs.
ReHand is currently a working prototype at TRL 4/5: we have demonstrated the principle under patent and tested the device in controlled environments. Currently we are seeking seed funding to bring the device to market.
In 2014 IIT and INAIL launched a partnership, financed by INAIL itself, for the development of upper and lower limb prosthetic and rehabilitative devices. In Turin, IIT is responsible for the develompment of the electronic sEMG interfaces (single electrodes, multi-electrodes, ...) and for the control software. I am helping coordinating the technical team (with Paolo Ariano) and cooperating in this project as advisor for the control software (mainly developing pattern recongnition techniques).
The MoRA feasibility study is a Regional project financed by the Mechatronic Pole of Piedmont region with the objective of studying a novel human computer interface in the shape of an electromyography - accelerometer wireless wearable armband.
IIT is in partnership with OTBioelettronica for this project and I am the principal investigator for the scientific part.
The HExEC project is about building and controlling a soft exoskeleton for the human hand. IIT CSHR is collaborating on this project with Politecnico di Torino and various companies from the Piedmont region.
Marco, is working on this project as scientific coordinator (together with Paolo Ariano) as well as on most of the technical parts regarding challenging control of the soft exoskeleton via forearm EMG (ElettroMyoGraphy).
The aim of such a device is to help people performing everyday activity by fostering and promoting the natural hand movements. This project has a huge impact to domains such as helderly care and stroke rehabilitation but its outcomes are in line with the center for space human robotics project on EVA (space Extra Vehicular Activities) glove exoskeleton and could be also used for prostetics and many other terrestrial applications.
CaDeT main objective is to conceive, build, and demonstrate CApture and DEorbiting Technologies such as a spaceship with integrated 3D vision capabilities approach the space debris, capture it and finally safely deorbit it. I took in charge the selection of the 3D vision technologies to be used in the close spaceship approach phase.
Marco, is working on this project together with Paolo Ariano and Alain Favetto on most of the technical parts regarding the selection and customisation of appropriate vision technologies.
Best Student Paper Award). (poster)
Best Poster Award: 2nd Price). (poster)IROS 2016 - Start-Up competition, third place
European Robotic Forum 2017 - Entrepreneurship Award, third place
L’Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) è una fondazione di diritto privato - cfr. determinazione Corte dei Conti 23/2015 “IIT è una fondazione da inquadrare fra gli organismi di diritto pubblico con la scelta di un modello di organizzazione di diritto privato per rispondere all’esigenza di assicurare procedure più snelle nella selezione non solo nell’ambito nazionale dei collaboratori, scienziati e ricercatori ”.
IIT è sotto la vigilanza del Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca e del Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze ed è stato istituito con la Legge 326/2003. La Fondazione ha l'obiettivo di promuovere l'eccellenza nella ricerca di base e in quella applicata e di favorire lo sviluppo del sistema economico nazionale. La costruzione dei laboratori iniziata nel 2006 si è conclusa nel 2009.
Lo staff complessivo di IIT conta circa 1440 persone. L’area scientifica è rappresentata da circa l’85% del personale. Il 45% dei ricercatori proviene dall’estero: di questi, il 29% è costituito da stranieri provenienti da oltre 50 Paesi e il 16% da italiani rientrati. Oggi il personale scientifico è composto da circa 60 principal investigators, circa 110 ricercatori e tecnologi di staff, circa 350 post doc, circa 500 studenti di dottorato e borsisti, circa 130 tecnici. Oltre 330 posti su 1400 creati su fondi esterni. Età media 34 anni. 41% donne / 59 % uomini.
Nel 2015 IIT ha ricevuto finanziamenti pubblici per circa 96 milioni di euro (80% del budget), conseguendo fondi esterni per 22 milioni di euro (20% budget) provenienti da 18 progetti europei, 17 finanziamenti da istituzioni nazionali e internazionali, circa 60 progetti industriali
La produzione di IIT ad oggi vanta circa 6990 pubblicazioni, oltre 130 finanziamenti Europei e 11 ERC, più di 350 domande di brevetto attive, oltre 12 start up costituite e altrettante in fase di lancio. Dal 2009 l’attività scientifica è stata ulteriormente rafforzata con la creazione di dieci centri di ricerca nel territorio nazionale (a Torino, Milano, Trento, Parma, Roma, Pisa, Napoli, Lecce, Ferrara) e internazionale (MIT ed Harvard negli USA) che, unitamente al Laboratorio Centrale di Genova, sviluppano i programmi di ricerca del piano scientifico 2015-2017.
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is a public research institute that adopts the organizational model of a private law foundation. IIT is overseen by Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca and Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze (the Italian Ministries of Education, Economy and Finance). The Institute was set up according to Italian law 326/2003 with the objective of promoting excellence in basic and applied research andfostering Italy’s economic development. Construction of the Laboratories started in 2006 and finished in 2009.
IIT has an overall staff of about 1,440 people. The scientific staff covers about 85% of the total. Out of 45% of researchers coming from abroad 29% are foreigners coming from more than 50 countries and 16% are returned Italians. The scientific staff currently consists of approximately 60 Principal Investigators, 110 researchers and technologists, 350 post-docs and 500 PhD students and grant holders and 130 technicians. External funding has allowed the creation of more than 330 positions . The average age is 34 and the gender balance proportion is 41% female against 59% male.
In 2015 IIT received 96 million euros in public funding (accounting for 80% of its budget) and obtained 22 million euros in external funding (accounting for 20% of its budget). External funding comes from 18 European Projects, other 17 national and international competitive projects and approximately 60 industrial projects.
So far IIT accounts for: about 6990 publications, more than 130 European grants and 11 ERC grants, more than 350 patents or patent applications, 12 up start-ups and as many which are about to be launched. The Institute’s scientific activity has been further strengthened since 2009 with the establishment of 11 research nodes throughout Italy (Torino, Milano, Trento, Parma, Roma, Pisa, Napoli, Lecce, Ferrara) and abroad (MIT and Harvard University, USA), which, along with the Genoa-based Central Lab, implement the research programs included in the 2015-2017 Strategic Plan.
