PatiMon Patient Monitoring Pu

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione
Politecnico di Milano
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32
I-20133 Milano (MI)

The Artificial Intelligence and Robotics research activities at the Politecnico di Milano are performed within the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab (AIRLab), founded by Marco Somalvico in 1971. The general covered areas in Artificial Intelligence are knowledge representation and acquisition, reasoning, and machine learning. The general covered areas of Robotics are manipulation, navigation, and perception. Since many years, AIRLab has industrial AI applications (expert systems, intelligent tutoring systems, and fuzzy control systems) and robotics industrial applications (artificial perception and vision, automation systems for factory, home and city, and human body artificial systems). More recently, AIRLab has put attention to the development of autonomous agent systems, and has broadened its field to include subsimbolic approaches such as neural networks, genetic algorithms, data mining, and evolutionary computation methods.

- Suggestion about the PatiMon proposal. We suggest to include also the "development of new regulation devices" among the possible uses of the information collected in the KMS of the PatiMon framework. In this way, we think it is possible to exploit the stored data to assess (e.g., by simulation) the properties of regulation devices, such as pace-makers, under development. This will allow some companies interested in such devices to join PatiMon incresing its coverage and strength.

- Short description of the skills of AIRLab. Our basic areas of interest in artificial intelligence are knowledge representation and acquisition, reasoning, machine learning, and computer vision. Moreover, we put attention to development of autonomous agent systems and to subsimbolic approaches including neural networks, genetic algorithms, data mining, and evolutionary computations (more information at http://www.elet.polimi.it/page3.jsp?5,,,,,,,,,,,,,0,0,,2672601134).

- Short description of possible AIRLab contributions to PatiMon. AIRLab can provide considerable know-how and expertise in activities A3 and S2 (agent communication languages for exchange knowledge about patients, coordinated agent interactions to provide effective cooperation among the components of each CAMS and among different CAMS, multiag6ent architectures for structuring the CAMS and their network) and in activities T2 and T4 (signal analysis and data mining to extract high-level knowledge from low-level data).

- Number and names of participants. 14 researchers from AIRLab are willing to give their contribution to PatiMon. Their names and roles follow, while the short CVs are in the attached file.

Born in 1951, Dr. Ing. degree in Electronics Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, 1976. Full Professor of Knowledge Engineering and Expert Systems. Main research interests in artificial intelligence, in particular in the field of multiagent systems

Rosamaria Morpurgo, born in 1939, since 1978 she is Full Professor of Computer Science at the Politecnico di Milano. Her current research interest is centered on problems of artificial intelligence and in particular in the area of knowledge acquisition and its representation in the knowledge base of expert systems.

Born in 1957, PhD in Computer Engineering, in 1989 from Politecnico di Milano. Master in Neuro-Linguistic Programming in 1993, from IIPNL. He has participated in several EU projects (ESPRIT, PROMETHEUS), national projects (Ministry of University and Research, National Research Council, Italian Space Agency), and industrial projects. He is among the founders of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA) and the Italian Regional Interest Group of the IEEE Neural Network Council. He is coordinator of the Working Group on Robotics of the AI*IA. He participates since 1997 to the Robocup initiative (member and past president of the Technical Committee for Medium-Size League, Co-coordinator of the Vision SIG). Main research interests: soft computing (fuzzy systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms), reinforcement learning, autonomous robots, behavior engineering, omnidirectional vision, edutainment robotics.

Vincenzo Caglioti is an Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Milano. He got his “laurea” degree (1987) and his PhD degree (1992) both at the Politecnico di Milano. His research interests are in the field of Computer and Robot Vision. His main research results are relative to Object recognition and localization, Mobile robot self-localization, Minimum-uncertainty sensory explorations for various applications including recognition and localization, 3D reconstruction through the use of (nonperspective) panoramic cameras. He is author of twelve papers in the main International Journals in this research field. His teaching activity is centered on the courses of Robotics, Foundations of Computer Science, Signal Processing.

Giuseppina Gini received a Laurea in Physics from the University of Milano in 1972. Between 1972 and 1976 she specialized in Computer Science and AI at the Politecnico di Milano, Institute of Electrotechnics and Electronics. Since 1987 she is an Associate Professor of Robotics at Politecnico di Milano.

She is a National Delegate in the Management Committe of the EU COST Action 282 on Knowledge Exploration in Science and Technology. Research themes: Knowledge representation and reasoning with an emphasis on biologically inspired solutions, hybrid intelligent systems, and multiple classifiers, in the areas of robotics, planning, vision, spatial reasoning, constraint-based reasoning, scheduling, and prediction.

Francesco Amigoni born in Soresina (CR), Italy, on December 2nd 1971, he got the Laurea degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 1996 and the PhD degree in Computer Engineering and Automatica from Politecnico di Milano in 2000. From December 1999 to September 2000 he has been visiting scholar at the Computer Science Department of Stanford University (USA). From February 2002 he is assistant professor at the Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione of Politecnico di Milano. His main research interests include: agents and multiagent systems, mobile robotics, and the philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence. He is author of about 20 papers published in international journals, books, and conference proceedings.

Pier Luca Lanzi had his PhD degree at the Politecnico di Milano in 1999. He is research professor at the Politecnico di Milano since 2001. His interests include Machine Learning techniques for Data Mining, Evolutionary Computation approaches to data analysis, and Autonomous Information Agents.

Piera Sassaroli, born in 1952, Doctor Degree in Physics from the Universita' la Sapienza in Roma in 1977. Main research interests: multi-modeling knowledge representation, abductive and consistency diagnostic reasoning and time representation. Application of diagnosis and production scheduling to the industrial domain.

Matteo Matteucci main interests are Robotics and Machine Learning. In April 1999 he got his Laurea (Master) Degree in Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), in August 2002 he got a Master of Science in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA). He is actually a PhD Student in Computer Engineering and Automation at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy). His research interests include: soft computing (e.g., fuzzy systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms), reinforcement learning, statistical approaches to learning and discovery, adaptation in autonomous robots, behavior engineering, and computer vision.

He is member of the Artificial Intelligence Italian Association (AI*IA) and member of the Politecnico di Milano Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Project (PM-AI&R Project).

Folgheraiter Michele is currently Ph.D student at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in Information Engineering, at Department of Electronic and Information. He got MS degree in Informatics Engineering and Automation at Politecnico di Milano. He attended the High School Technical Institute of Electronic and Telecommunication.

His Research Interests are Humanoid Robotics, Artificial hands and prosthesis, Emulation of human Reflex Control using bio-inspired neurons, Haptic Interfaces (electro-tactile stimulation) and integration with VR environments.

Nicola Gatti born in Milan, Italy, on 18th December 1976, his main interests are Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing. In June 2001 he got his Laurea (Master) Degree in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy). He is actually a PhD Student in Information Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy). His research interests include: multiagent systems (distributed control systems architectures, agents negotiation, real-time for multiagent systems), ubiquitous computing, computer applications for disabled people.

He is member of the Politecnico di Milano Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Project (PM-AI&R Project).

Marcello Restelli is a PhD student in Computer Engineering at the Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, where he got a master degree in Computer Engineering in 2000. His research interests are focused on: learning and adaptation in multi-agent system, multi-robot coordination, cooperative perception and self-localization. Since 1999 is member of the Politecnico di Milano Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Project (PM-AI&R Project). Currently, he is a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.

After getting a master degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2000, he worked for EBLab (e-business laboratory) in Politecnico's Accelerator of Enterprises. From March 2001 he is a PhD student in Information Engineering and works with the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics group, in which he mainly deals with agent communication.

Viola Schiaffonati has got a Laurea degree in philosophy from Università degli Studi di Milano in 1999. From March 2000 she has been a Ph.D. student in philosophy of science at Università degli Studi di Genova and Università degli Studi di Milano, doing her research mainly in the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Group of Politecnico di Milano. From September 2000 to May 2001 she has been visiting scholar at the Department of Philosophy of UC Berkeley. Her main research interests regard the foundations of the philosophy of artificial intelligence, the application of artificial intelligent paradigms to problems of creativity and scientific discovery, and virtual museums.