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IEEE Activities

... major most-recent activities (for the full list, please visit the curriculum vitae).
IEEE Committees/Boards
  • IEEE TAB Strategic Planning Committee (2011-13, Member)
  • IEEE TAB-SPC Global Perspectives Ad-Hoc Committee (2013, Member)
  • IEEE TAB-SPC Subcommittee on Community Initiation (2013, Chair)
  • IEEE TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee (2013, 2008-09, 2005-06, Member)
  • IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (2013-15, Member)
  • IEEE PSPB Strategic Planning Committee (2013, 2009-11, Member)
  • IEEE Public Visibility Committee (2012-13, Member)
  • IEEE Board of Directors (2010-12, Division X Director/Delegate)
  • IEEE Technical Activities Board (2010-12, 2006-07, Member)
  • IEEE RAB Transnational Committee (2005, Member)
IEEE Technical Activities
  • IEEE Society Management
  • IEEE Systems Council Administrative Committee (2008-11, Member)
  • IEEE Biometrics Council Administrative Committee (2008-09, Member)
  • President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2006-2007)
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Administrative Committee (2006-07, Chair; 2008, 2002-05, Member)
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Administrative Committee (1998-2005, Member)
  • Technical Activities Management
  • Technical Committee on Security and Contraband Detection of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (2002-13, Founding Co-Chair)
  • IEEE TAB NTDC Technical Committee on Biometrics (2005-08, Vice Chair)
  • Technical Activity Committee on Defect Tolerance of the IEEE Computer Society Test Technology Technical Committee (1995-2006, Co-Chair)
  • Technical Committee on Intelligent Measurement Systems of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (1997-2002, Founding Co-Chair)
  • Publications Management
  • Vice-President for Publications of the IEEE Systems Council (2008-11)
  • Vice-President for Publications of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (2002-04)
  • Educational Activities Management
  • IEEE Biometrics Certification Committee (2008-13, Chair)
  • Vice-President for Education of the IEEE Biometrics Council (2008-2010)
  • Members Activities Management
  • Vice-President for Members Activities of the IEEE Neural Networks Society (2003-04)
IEEE Publications
  • Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Systems Journal (2013-15)
  • Editor-at-Large of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine (2010-13)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE eLearning Library, formerly called IEEE Expert Now (2008-13)
  • Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (2001-04)
  • Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (1997-2002)
IEEE Conferences
  • IEEE-RIVF International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Future in Information and Communication Technologies, Vietnam (2012, Program Co-Chair)
  • IEEE-INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (2010, Program Chair)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Austin, TX, USA (2010, Program Co-Chair)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (2009, General Chair)
  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (2009, General Chair)
  • IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (2004, General Co-Chair)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (2000, General Co-Chair)
  • IEEE-INNS-ENNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (2000, Program Co-Chair)
IEEE Members and Geographical Activities
  • IEEE Systems Council Italy Chapter (2008-09, Founding Chair)
  • IEEE Biometrics Council Italy Chapter (2009, Founding Chair)
  • IEEE Student Branch at Politecnico di Milano (1993-2004, Counselor)
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society North-Italy Chapter (1993-2000, Secretary)
  • IEEE Computer Society North-Italy Chapter (1991-2000, Secretary)
IEEE Awards
  • IEEE Ambassador (2012), to increase the awareness about IEEE in scientific and technological communities and the general public, in recognition of excellence in research, education, and service
  • Admitted to the IEEE-HNK (2011), the honor society of the IEEE, for excellence in research, education, and service to the communities of information and communication technology and the related disciplines
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Meritorius Service Award (2009)
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award (2008)
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award (2002)
  • IEEE Fellow (2001)
IEEE Memberships and Service
  • IEEE Biometrics Council
  • IEEE Communications Society
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
  • IEEE Computer Society
  • IEEE Control Systems Society
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
  • IEEE Photonics Society (formerly IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
  • IEEE Signal Processing Society
  • IEEE Systems Council
  • IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
  • IEEE Women in Engineering