At the University of Padova. It was established in October 2000. Our research is generously funded by the European Research Council.

I am a the Co-PI and Executive Director of the NSF-funded CELEST Center. My research focuses on speech modeling, remote sensing, analysis of learning and homeostasis in neural network systems, and technology transfer of brain-based. Science of Learning Center as the co-director of technology outreach and a member of the governing board to facilitate technology transfer from the models that we build to private industries and labs. In the second project, I.

My goal is to change the way robots are designed. Biological systems are powerful learning machines that do not need to be programmed to execute a task. They learn how to perform it. To allow robots to learn similarly to the way biological systems do, one needs to combine the design of multi-system, biologically-inspired neural models, high-density, low-power neuromorphic hardware, and robots capable of interacting and learning in real time in complex natural environments.