Graduated in Physics at the Università di Milano in 1972, since 1978 his

research at the Department of Information Sciences of the Università di

Milano encompasses several areas of graphics and image processing, with

specific reference to visual simulation, realistic visualization,

classification, image recognition and compression. In Italy he pioneered

the image synthesis; in 1980 he contributed to the foundation of the

journal PIXEL as member of the editorial board and, in 1981, he was one of

the founders of the Aicographics association. In 1982 he founded Eidos, a

company that was the first Italian company specialized in the advanced

image processing till 1988, thus performing a primary pilot role in

disseminating computerized animation technologies in the Italian market. In

1989 he created the Laboratory of Eidomatics at the Department of

Information Sciences. He was scientific secretary of the Study Commission

"Conoscenza per Immagini" (Knowledge by Images) at the National Committee

of Science and Information Technology of CNR, directed to develop the

research activities in the areas of computer imaging, to which creation he

gave a fundamental contribution. For several editions he was member of the

Commission for the SMAU Prize for Software Industrial Design since 1990; in

1996 he was member of the Jury. Since 1997 he is member of the National

University Council. In 1998 he was nominated supervisor and coordinator of

the initiatives on multimedia at Triennale di Milano. He published more

than 120 scientific and dissemination papers as well as two books. From

1995 to 1997 he taught Computer Graphics for the Graduation Program on

Industrial Design at the Architecture Faculty of Politecnico di Milano;

presently, he is teaching Computer Graphics and Image Processing for the

Graduation Program on Informatics at the Crema Campus of the Università

degli Studi di Milano.