Marcello Ferro

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 Marcello Ferro was born in Messina, Italy, in 1974. He graduated in electronic engineering with specialization in informatics and microelectronics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, in 2001, with the thesis “Design and realization of a software architecture for the management of real-time autonomous agents: OpenAI”. He received the Ph.D. degree in “Automatics, Robotics and Bioengineering” from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2006, with the thesis “High efficiency real-time sensor and actuator control and data processing: a framework solution for control systems in biomimetic autonomous robots”.
 From 2006 to 2009 he was post-doc fellow in bioengineering at the “E. Piaggio” Bioengineering and Robotics Research Center of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Pisa, Italy.
 Since 2009 he is with the “Antonio Zampolli” Institute for Computational Linguistics (ILC) of the National Research Council (CNR) of Pisa, Italy, where he is involved in the analysis and modeling of linguistic tasks related to word reading, word segmentation from speech and noun-noun compound interpretation.
 His scientific areas of interest include artificial intelligence for biomimetic robotics, computational neurosciences, artificial neural networks, sensing and actuation interfaces, biometrics, data analysis and signal processing. His skills are also related to software architectures and parallel programming with experience in different operating systems, programming languages and development environments. He collaborates with the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) of CNR of Rome, with the Institute for Clinical Physiology (IFC) of CNR of Pisa, and with the “Stella Maris” IRCCS Foundation of the University of Pisa.

Publications

ORCID 0000-0002-1324-3699

h-index on Google Scholar 22

h-index on Scopus 17

h-index on Web Of Science 14

• Papers in International Journals
			1.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Pirrelli V. (2019), “A processing-oriented investigation of inflectional complexity”, Frontiers in Communication, Jarema G. (ed.), ISSN 2297-900X, DOI 10.3389/fcomm.2019.00048, vol. 4(48), pag. 1-23.
			2.		Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V. (2018), “Discriminative word learning is sensitive to inflectional entropy”, Lingue e Linguaggio - special issue on "Paradigms in Word Formation", Namer F. and Hathout N. (eds.), ISSN 1720-9331, DOI 10.1418/91871, published by Il Mulino, Bologna (Italy), vol. XVII/2, pag. 307-327.
			3.		Cardillo F.A., Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V. (2018), “Deep Learning of Inflection and the Cell-Filling Problem”, Italian Journal of Computational Linguistics (IJCol), Basili R. and Montemagni S. (eds.), ISSN 2499-4553, published by aAccademia University Press, Torino (Italy), vol. 4(1), pag. 57-75.
			4.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Nahli O. (2017), “Arabic word processing and morphology induction through adaptive memory self-organisation strategies”, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Pirrelli V. and Zarghili A. (eds.), ISSN 1319-1578, DOI 10.1016/j.jksuci.2016.11.006, published by Elsevier, vol. 29(2), special issue on Arabic Natural Language Processing: Models, Systems and Applications, pag. 179-188.
			5.		Bompolas S., Ferro M., Marzi C., Cardillo F.A., and Pirrelli V. (2017), “For a performance-oriented notion of regularity in inflection: the case of Modern Greek conjugation”, Italian Journal of Computational Linguistics (IJCol), Basili R. and Montemagni S. (eds.), ISSN 2499-4553, published by aAccademia University Press, Torino (Italy), vol. 3(1), pag. 77-92.
			6.		Marzi C., Ferro M., Cardillo F.A., and Pirrelli V. (2016), “Effects of frequency and regularity in an integrative model of word storage and processing”, Italian Journal of Linguistics, Bertinetto P.M., Aronoff N., and Loporcaro M. (eds.), ISSN 1120-2726, published by Pacini Editore, Pisa (Italy), vol. 28(1), pag. 79-114.
			7.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Keuleers E. (2014), “Perception of typicality in the lexicon: wordlikeness, lexical density and morphonotactic constraints”, Suvremena lingvistika, Raffaelli I. and Pirrelli V. (eds.), ISSN 0586-0296, published by Hrvatsko filološko društvo, Zagreb (Croatia), vol. 40(78), pag. 171-191.
			8.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Pirrelli V. (2014), “Morphological structure through lexical parsability”, Lingue e Linguaggio, ISSN 1720-9331, DOI 10.1418/78410, published by Il Mulino, Bologna (Italy), vol. XIII/2, pag. 263-290.
			9.		Chersi F., Ferro M., Pezzulo G., and Pirrelli V. (2014), “Topological self-organisation and prediction learning support both action and lexical chains in the brain”, Topics in Cognitive Science (topiCS), ISSN 1756-8757, DOI 10.1111/tops.12094, published by Cognitive Science Society, Wheat Ridge (CO, USA), vol. 6(3), pag. 476-491.
			10.		Marzi C. and Ferro M. (2013), “Adaptive strategies in lexical acquisition”, Lingue e Linguaggio, ISSN 1720-9331, DOI 10.1418/75045, published by Il Mulino, Bologna (Italy), vol. XII/2, pag. 307-328.
			11.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Pirrelli V. (2012), “Word alignment and paradigm induction”, Lingue e Linguaggio, Marzi C. and Pirrelli V. (eds.), ISSN 1720-9331, DOI 10.1418/38789, published by Il Mulino, Bologna (Italy), vol. XI/2, pag. 251-274.
			12.		Terranova G., Ferro M., Carpeggiani C., Recchia V., Braga L., Semelka R., and Picano E. (2012), “Low Quality and Lack of Clarity of Current Informed Consent Forms in Cardiology - How to Improve Them”, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Cardiovascular Imaging, ISSN 1936-878X, DOI 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.03.007, published by Elsevier inc., vol. 5(6), pag. 649-655.
			13.		Tartarisco G., Baldus G., Corda D., Raso R., Arnao A., Ferro M., Gaggioli A., and Pioggia G. (2012), “Personal Health System architecture for stress monitoring and support to clinical decisions”, Computer Communications, ISSN 0140-3664, DOI 10.1016/j.comcom.2011.11.015, published by Elsevier, vol. 35(11), pag. 1296-1305.
			14.		Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V. (2011), “A self-organizing model of word storage and processing: implications for morphology learning”, Lingue e Linguaggio, Grandi N., Montermini F., and Tamburini F. (eds.), ISSN 1720-9331, DOI 10.1418/35840, published by Il Mulino, Bologna, vol. X/2, pag. 209-226.
			15.		Chersi F., Ferro M., Pezzulo G., and Pirrelli V. (2011), “Time, Language and Action - A Unified Long-Term Memory Model for Sensory-Motor Chains and Word Schemata”, ERCIM News, Peter Kunz (ed.), ISSN 0926-4981, published by ERCIM EEIG, Sophia Antipolis Cedex (France), vol. 84, pag. 27-28.
			16.		Valenza G., Pioggia G., Armato A., Ferro M., Scilingo E.P., and De Rossi D. (2011), “A neuron-astrocyte transistor-like model for neuromorphic dressed neurons”, Neural Networks, ISSN 0893-6080, DOI 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.03.013, published by Elsevier, vol. 24(7), pag. 679-685.
			17.		Ferro M., Pezzulo G., and Pirrelli V. (2010), “Morphology, Memory and the Mental Lexicon”, Lingue e Linguaggio, Pirrelli V. (ed.), ISSN 1720-9331, ISBN 13504, DOI 10.1418/33327, published by Il Mulino, Bologna, vol. IX/2, pag. 199-238.
			18.		Ferro M., Ognibene D., Pezzulo G., and Pirrelli V. (2010), “Reading as active sensing: a computational model of gaze planning in word recognition”, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, ISSN 1662-5218, DOI 10.3389/fnbot.2010.00006, vol. 4(6), pag. 1-16.
			19.		Ferro M., Pioggia G., Tognetti A., Carbonaro N., and De Rossi D. (2009), “A Sensing Seat for Human Authentication”, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, ISSN 1556-6013, DOI 10.1109/TIFS.2009.2019156, vol. 4(3), pag. 451-459.
			20.		Pifferi M., Ragazzo V., Previti A., Pioggia G., Ferro M., Macchia P., Piacentini G.L., and Boner A.L. (2009), “Exhaled Breath Temperature: a key feature to discriminate asthmatic children”, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Letter, ISSN 1399-3038, DOI 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00839.x, vol. 20, pag. 202-203.
			21.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Di Francesco F., Ahluwalia A., and De Rossi D. (2008), “Assessment of Bioinspired Models for Pattern Recognition in Biomimetic Systems”, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, ISSN 1748-3182, DOI 10.1088/1748-3182/3/1/016004, vol. 3(1), 016004.
			22.		Pioggia G., Di Francesco F., Ferro M., Sorrentino F., Salvo P., and Ahluwalia A. (2008), “Characterization of a Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composite Sensor for an Impedimetric Electronic Tongue”, Microchimica Acta, ISSN 0026-3672, DOI 10.1007/s00604-008-0952-y, vol. 163(1-2), pag. 57-62.
			23.		Pioggia G., Igliozzi R., Sica M.L., Ferro M., Muratori F., Ahluwalia A., and De Rossi D. (2008), “Exploring Emotional and Imitational Android-based Interactions in Autistic Spectrum Disorders”, Journal of CyberTherapy and Rehabilitation, ISSN 1784-9934, vol. 1(1), pag. 49-62.
			24.		Pifferi M., Ragazzo V., Previti A., Pioggia G., Ferro M., Macchia P., Piacentini G.L., and Boner A.L. (2008), “Exhaled Air Temperature in Asthmatic Children: a Mathematical Evaluation”, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, ISSN 0905-6157, DOI 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00742.x, vol. 20(2), pag. 164-171.
			25.		Di Francesco F., Loccioni C., Fioravanti M., Russo A., Pioggia G., Ferro M., Roehrer I., Tabucchi S., and Onor M. (2008), “Implementation of Fowler's method for end-tidal air sampling”, Journal of Breath Research, ISSN 1752-7155, DOI 10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037009, vol. 2(3), 034009.
			26.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., and Di Francesco F. (2007), “Towards a Real-time Transduction and Classification of Chemoresistive Sensor Array Signals”, IEEE Sensors Journal, ISSN 1530-437X, DOI 10.1109/JSEN.2006.886893, vol. 7(2), pag. 237-244.
			27.		Pioggia G., Di Francesco F., Marchetti A., Ferro M., and Ahluwalia A. (2007), “A composite sensor array impedentiometric electronic tongue - Part I. Characterization”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, ISSN 0956-5663, DOI 10.1016/j.bios.2006.10.031, vol. 22(11), pag. 2618-2623.
			28.		Pioggia G., Di Francesco F., Marchetti A., Ferro M., Leardi R., and Ahluwalia A. (2007), “A composite sensor array impedentiometric electronic tongue - Part II. Discrimination of basic tastes”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, ISSN 0956-5663, DOI 10.1016/j.bios.2006.10.025, vol. 22(11), pag. 2624-2628.
			29.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Di Francesco F., and De Rossi D. (2006), “A Processing Architecture for Associative Short-term Memory in Electronic Noses”, Measurement Science and Technology, ISSN 0957-0233, DOI 10.1088/0957-0233/17/11/027, vol. 17, pag. 3066-3072.
			30.		Pioggia G., Igliozzi R., Ferro M., Ahluwalia A., Muratori F., and De Rossi D. (2005), “An Android for Enhancing Social Skills and Emotion Recognition in People with Autism”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, ISSN 1534-4320, DOI 10.1109/TNSRE.2005.856076, vol. 13(4), pag. 507-515.
			31.		Pioggia G., Ahluwalia A., Carpi F., Marchetti A., Ferro M., Rocchia W., and De Rossi D. (2004), “FACE: Facial Automaton for Conveying Emotions”, Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, ISSN 1176-2322, DOI 10.1533/abib.2004.1.2.91, vol. 1(2), pag. 91-100.
• Papers in Italian Journals
			32.		Fornai A., Casalini S., Ferro M., Pioggia G., Sica M.L., and De Rossi D. (2007), “Robotic Action Learning - F.A.C.E.: the Responsibility of Learning from Action”, Teoria, ISSN 1122-1259, published by ETS, Pisa (Italy), vol. XXVII/2007/2, Terza serie II/2, pag. 73-82.
• Books & Monographs
			33.		Ferro M. (2010), “High Efficiency Real-Time Sensor and Actuator Control and Data Processing: A Framework Solution for Control Systems in Biomimetic Autonomous Robots”, ISBN 978-3-639253-566, published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft and Co. KG, Saarbrücken (Germany).
• Editorials
			34.		Pirrelli V., Marzi C., and Ferro M. (eds.) (2020), “Implications of psycho-computational modelling for Morphological Theory (PsyComMT 2020), in 19th International Morphology Meeting (IMM'20)”, pag. 1-46.
			35.		Pirrelli V., Marzi C., and Ferro M. (eds.) (2015), “Proceedings of the NetWordS Final Conference on Word Knowledge and Word Usage: Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon”, ISSN 1613-0073, published by CEUR-WS online proceedings, Aachen (Germany), vol. 1347, pag. 1-189.
• Chapters & Papers in Books
			36.		Crepaldi D., Ferro M., Marzi C., Nadalini A., Pirrelli V., and Taxitari L. (2022), “Finger movements and eye movements during adults' silent and oral reading”, in Developing language and literacy: Studies in honor of Dorit Diskin Ravid, Levie R., Bar-On A., Ashkenazi O., Dattner E., and Brandes G. (eds.), ISBN 978-3-030-99890-5, published by Springer, Dordrecht (Netherlands), vol. 23, pag. 443-471.
			37.		Giulivi S., Cappa C., and Ferro M. (2021), “Le difficoltà di lettura. Limiti o soglie calpestabili?”, in Scuola Ticinese, Biffi C. and Falconi R. (eds.), published by Salvioni arti grafiche, Bellinzona (Italy), vol. 339, Anno XLIX, Serie IV, 1/2021, pag. 31-37.
			38.		Cappa C., Ferro M., and Giulivi S. (2021), “Valutare l'efficienza di lettura in classe, fra "ecologia" e tecnologie”, in Didattica dell'italiano, Garulli V., Pasetti L., and Viale M. (eds.), ISSN 2612-1859, ISBN 978-88-6923-829-1, published by Bononia University Press, Bologna (Italy), vol. 3, pag. 49-69. EISBN: 978-88-6923-970-0
			39.		Pirrelli V., Marzi C., Ferro M., Cardillo F.A., Baayen H.R., and Milin P. (2020), “Psycho-computational modelling of the mental lexicon: a discriminative learning perspective”, in Word Knowledge and Word Usage: a Cross-disciplinary Guide to the Mental Lexicon, Pirrelli V., Plag I., and Dressler W.U. (eds.), ISBN 9783110440577, DOI 10.1515/9783110440577-002, published by De Gruyter, Berlin (Germany), pag. 23-82.
			40.		Pirrelli V., Ferro M., and Marzi C. (2015), “Computational complexity of abstractive morphology”, in Understanding and measuring morphological complexity, Baerman M., Brown D., and Corbett G.G. (eds.), ISBN 978-0-198723-769, published by Oxford University Press, Oxford (United Kingdom), pag. 141-166, references at pages 205-215.
			41.		Ioannidis D., Tzovaras D., Dalle Mura G., Ferro M., Valenza G., Tognetti A., and Pioggia G. (2012), “Gait and Anthropometric Profile Biometrics: A Step Forward”, in Second Generation Biometrics: The Ethical, Legal and Social Context, Mordini E. and Tzovaras D. (eds.), ISBN 978-9-400738-911, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3892-8_5, published by Springer-Verlag, New York (USA), vol. 11, pag. 105-127, in series of The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology.
			42.		Pirrelli V., Ferro M., and Calderone B. (2011), “Learning paradigms in time and space. Computational evidence from Romance languages”, in Morphological Autonomy: Perspectives from Romance Inflectional Morphology, Maiden M., Smith J.C., Goldbach M., and Hinzelin M.O. (eds.), ISBN 978-0-199589-982, DOI 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589982.001.0001, published by Oxford University Press, Oxford (United Kingdom), pag. 135-157 (references at pages 436-470).
			43.		Ferro M. and Pioggia G. (2009), “A biologically-based framework for distributed sensory fusion and data processing”, in Sensor and Data Fusion, Nada Milisavljevic (ed.), ISBN 978-3-902613-523, DOI 10.5772/6586, published by I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna (Austria), pag. 337-364.
			44.		Fornai A., Armato A., Nardini E., Pioggia G., Ferro M., Igliozzi R., Muratori F., and De Rossi D. (2009), “Autismo ed Empatia: un androide ipodotato per l'interazione non verbale con il bambino autistico”, in Anatomia del corpo, anatomia dell'anima, ISBN 978-8-874622-351, DOI 10.1400/179459, published by Quodlibet Studio, Roma (Italy), pag. 105-116.
			45.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., De Rossi D., Lorussi F., Carpi F., Labbozzetta E., and Di Francesco F. (2008), “A biomimetic sensing skin: characterization of piezoresistive fabric-based elastomeric sensors”, in Sensors and Microsystems, 10th Italian Conference, Mignani A.G., Falciai R., and Di Natale C. (eds.), ISBN 978-9-814470-254, published by World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pag. 584-589.
			46.		Pioggia G., Sica M.L., Ferro M., Casalini S., Igliozzi R., Muratori F., Ahluwalia A., and De Rossi D. (2007), “Facial Automaton for Conveying Emotions as a Social Rehabilitation Tool for People with Autism”, in Rehabilitation Robotics, Sashi S Kommu (ed.), ISBN 978-3-902613-011, DOI 10.5772/5174, published by I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna (Austria), pag. 431-452.
			47.		Casalini S., Pioggia G., Ferro M., Caudai C., and De Rossi D. (2006), “FACE e la sua mente”, in Bioingegneria della Mente, Biondi E. and Cobelli C. (eds.), ISBN 8-8555-2883-1, published by Patron, Bologna (Italy), in series of Ingegneria Biomedica.
			48.		Pioggia G., Marchetti A., Ferro M., De Rossi D., Di Francesco F., and Gerovasi L. (2005), “A Human-like Chewing Measurement System for the Assessment of the Perception of Food Consistence”, in Sensors and Microsystems, 9th Italian Conference, Di Natale C. and D'Amico A. (eds.), ISBN 9-8125-6386-5, published by World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pag. 484-488.
• Proceedings of International Conferences, referred papers in extenso
			49.		Bruno E., Giulivi S., Cappa C., Marini M., and Ferro M. (2021), “Evaluating the accuracy of decoding in children who read aloud”, in proceedings of 12th International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA'21), Dec. 14-16, Manfredi C. (ed.), ISSN 2704-5846, ISBN 978-88-5518-449-5, DOI 10.36253/978-88-5518-449-6, published by Firenze University Press, Firenze (Italy), pag. 145-148.
			50.		Taxitari L., Cappa C., Ferro M., Marzi C., Nadalini A., and Pirrelli V. (2021), “Using mobile technology for reading assessment”, in proceedings of 6th IEEE Congress on Information Science & Technology (IEEE CIST'20), ISBN 978-1-728166-469.
			51.		Ferro M., Giulivi S., and Cappa C. (2020), “The AEREST Reading Database”, in proceedings of 7th Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLIC-IT'20), Monti J., Dell'Orletta F., and Tamburini F. (eds.), ISBN 979-1-280136-282, published by aAccademia University Press, Torino (Italy).
			52.		Marzi C., Ferro M., Nahli O., Belik P., Bompolas S., and Pirrelli V. (2018), “Evaluating Inflectional Complexity Crosslinguistically: a Processing Perspective”, in proceedings of 11th international conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2018), May 7-12, Miyazaki (Japan), Calzolari N., Choukri K., Cieri C., Declerck T., Goggi S., Hasida K., Isahara H., Maegaard B. Mariani, J., Mazo H., Moreno A., Odijk J., Piperidis S., and Tokunaga T. (eds.), ISBN 979-1-095546-009, published by European language resources association (ELRA), Paris (France), pag. 3860-3866.
			53.		Ferro M., Cappa C., Giulivi S., Marzi C., Nahli O., Cardillo F.A., and Pirrelli V. (2018), “ReadLet: Reading for Understanding”, in proceedings of 1st IEEE Conference on LEarning Disabilities & ICT Support (IEEE LED-ICT'18) - 5th IEEE International Congress on Information Science and Technology (IEEE CIST'18), Oct. 21-24, Marrakech (Morocco), El Mohajir M., Al Achhab M., El Mohajir B.E., and Jellouli I. (eds.), ISBN 978-1-538643-853, pag. 404-409.
			54.		Cardillo F.A., Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V. (2017), “How “deep” is learning word inflection?”, in proceedings of 4th Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLIC-IT'17), Basili R., Nissim M., and Satta G. (eds.), ISBN 978-8-899982-942, DOI 10.4000/books.aaccademia.2372, published by aAccademia University Press, Torino (Italy), pag. 77-82.
			55.		Bompolas S., Ferro M., Marzi C., Cardillo F.A., and Pirrelli V. (2016), “Reassessing inflectional regularity in Modern Greek conjugation”, in proceedings of 3rd Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLIC-IT'16), Basile P., Corazza A., Cutugno F., Montemagni S., Nissim M., Patti V., Semeraro G., and Sprugnoli R. (eds.), ISBN 978-8-899982-546, DOI 10.4000/books.aaccademia.1721, published by aAccademia University Press, Torino (Italy), pag. 72-77. NOTES: Distinguished Young Paper Award
			56.		Ferro M., Cardillo F.A., Pirrelli V., Gagné C.L., and Spalding T.L. (2016), “Written word production and lexical self-organisation: evidence from English (pseudo)compounds”, in proceedings of 3rd Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLIC-IT'16), Corazza A., Montemagni S., and Semeraro G. (eds.), ISBN 978-8-899982-546, DOI 10.4000/books.aaccademia.1775, published by aAccademia University Press, Torino (Italy), pag. 146-151.
			57.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Pirrelli V. (2015), “Lexical emergentism and the frequency-by-regularity interaction”, in proceedings of NetWordS Final Conference on Word Knowledge and Word Usage: Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon (NetWordS 2015), Pirrelli V., Marzi C., and Ferro M. (eds.), ISSN 1613-0073, published by CEUR-WS online proceedings, Aachen (Germany), vol. 1347, pag. 37-41.
			58.		Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V. (2015), “Lexical parsability and morphological structure”, in proceedings of 9th Mediterranean Morphology Meeting (MMM9), Audring J., Koutsoukos N., Masini F., and Raffaelli I. (eds.), ISSN 1826-7491, Dubrovnik (Croatia), pag. 22-37.
			59.		Marzi C., Nahli O., and Ferro M. (2014), “Word Processing for Arabic Language: A reappraisal of morphology induction through adaptive memory self-organisation strategies”, in proceedings of 3rd International IEEE Colloquium on Information Science and Technology (CiSt'14), International Workshop on Arabic Natural Language Processing (ANLP), El Mohajir M., Al Achhab M., Chahhou M., Mounir A., El Mohajir B., Pirrelli V., Zarghili A., and ElFar M. (eds.), ISBN 978-1-479959-785, DOI 10.1109/CIST.2014.7016626, published by IEEE, Tetuan (Morocco), vol. CFP1467R-ART, pag. 241-247. NOTES: Best Doctoral Paper Award
			60.		Pirrelli V., Marzi C., and Ferro M. (2014), “Two-dimensional wordlikeness effects in lexical organisation”, in proceedings of 1st Italian Computational Linguistics Conference (CLIC-IT'14), ISBN 978-8-867414-727, Pisa (Italy), vol. 1, pag. 301-305.
			61.		Gaggioli A., Cipresso P., Serino S., Pioggia G., Tartarisco G., Baldus G., Corda D., Ferro M., Carbonaro N., Tognetti A., De Rossi D., Giakoumis D., Tzovaras D., Riera A., and Riva G. (2014), “A decision support system for real-time stress detection during virtual reality exposure”, in proceedings of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR21), Westwood J.D. (ed.), ISBN 978-1-614993-742, DOI 10.3233/978-1-61499-375-9-114, published by IOS Press, Newport Beach (CA, USA), vol. 196, pag. 114-120.
			62.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Pirrelli V. (2012), “Prediction and Generalization in Word Processing and Storage”, in proceedings of 8th Mediterranean Morphology Meeting (MMM8), Ralli A., Booij G., Scalise S., and Karasimos A. (eds.), ISSN 1826-7491, Cagliari (Italia), pag. 114-131.
			63.		Marzi C., Ferro M., Caudai C., and Pirrelli V. (2012), “Evaluating Hebbian Self-Organizing Memories for Lexical Representation and Access”, in proceedings of Eighth international conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2012), Calzolari N., Choukri K., Declerck T., DoAYan U., Maegaard B., Mariani J., Odijk J., and Piperidis S. (eds.), ISBN 978-2-951740-877, published by European Language Resources Association (ELRA), Istanbul (Turkey), pag. 886-893.
			64.		Gaggioli A., Pioggia G., Tartarisco G., Baldus G., Ferro M., Cipresso P., Serino S., Popleteev A., Gabrielli S., Maimone R., and Riva G. (2012), “A System for Automatic Detection of Momentary Stress in Naturalistic Settings”, in proceedings of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2012 - Advanced Technologies in the Behavioral, Social and Neurosciences, Wiederhold B. and Riva G. (eds.), ISBN 978-1-614991-205, DOI 10.3233/978-1-61499-121-2-182, Brussels (Belgium), vol. 181, pag. 182-186.
			65.		Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V. (2011), “T2HSOM: Understanding the Lexicon by Simulating Memory Processes for Serial Order”, in proceedings of First International Workshop on Lexical Resources (WoLeR 2011), 23rd European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2011), ISBN 978-3-642314-674, Ljubijana (Slovenia), pag. 32-41.
			66.		Pioggia G., Carbonaro N., Anania G., Tognetti A., Tartarisco G., Ferro M., De Rossi D., Gaggioli A., and Riva G. (2010), “Interreality: The use of advanced technologies in the assessment and treatment of psychological stress”, in proceedings of 2010 Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA'10), ISBN 978-1-424481-354, DOI 10.1109/ISDA.2010.5687047, published by IEEE Computer Society, Washington DC (USA), pag. 1047-1051.
			67.		Ferro M., Pioggia G., Tognetti A., Dalle Mura G., and De Rossi D. (2008), “Event Related Biometrics: Towards an Unobtrusive Sensing Seat System for Continuous Human Authentication”, in proceedings of Computers in Cardiology (CinC'08), ISSN 0276-6574, ISBN 978-1-424437-061, DOI 10.1109/CIC.2008.4749226, published by IEEE Computer Society, Bologna (Italy), pag. 1053-1056.
			68.		Di Francesco F., Loccioni C., Pioggia G., Ferro M., and Tabucchi S. (2007), “Alveolar Air Sampling for Breath Analysis”, in proceedings of Micro-nano-bio Systems and Medical Information Networks Enabling Quality and Efficient Healthcare (pHealth), Chalkidiki (Greece).
			69.		Di Francesco F., Tabucchi S., Loccioni C., Ferro M., and Pioggia G. (2007), “Development of a CO2 Triggered Alveolar Air Sampler”, in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE'07), ISBN 978-1-4244-0754-5, Vigo (Spain).
			70.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Zupone G., Chirulli L., and De Rossi D. (2007), “Development of a Sensing Seat for Human Authentication”, in proceedings of 3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE07), ISSN 0537-9989, ISBN 978-0-863418-532, Ulm (Germany), pag. 481-485.
			71.		Di Francesco F., Loccioni C., Pioggia G., Ferro M., Tabucchi S., and Onor M. (2007), “Implementation of Fowler's method for alveolar air sampling”, in proceedings of Breath Analysis Summit 2007: Clinical Applications of Breath Testing (IABR 2007), Cleveland (USA).
			72.		Pioggia G., Sica M.L., Ferro M., Igliozzi R., Muratori F., Ahluwalia A., and De Rossi D. (2007), “Human-Robot Interaction in Autism: FACE, an Android-based Social Therapy”, in proceedings of 16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN), ISBN 978-1-424416-349, Jeju Island (Korea).
			73.		Sgambelluri N., Valenza G., Ferro M., Pioggia G., Scilingo E.P., De Rossi D., and Bicchi A. (2007), “An Artificial Neural Network Approach for Haptic Discrimination in Minimally Invasive Surgery”, in proceedings of 16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN), ISBN 978-1-424416-349, Jeju Island (Korea).
			74.		Casalini S., Dalle Mura G., Sica M.L., Fornai A., Ferro M., Pioggia G., Igliozzi R., Ahluwalia A., Muratori F., and De Rossi D. (2007), “Roboethics: Human-Robot Interaction in Autism”, in proceedings of ICRA'07, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Workshop on Roboethics, ISBN 1-4244-0601-3, Rome (Italy).
			75.		Carpi F., Pioggia G., Ferro M., and De Rossi D. (2006), “Robotic eyes driven by dielectric elastomer actuators”, in proceedings of 3rd World Congress on Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio, Lausanne (Switzerland).
			76.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Sica M.L., Carpi F., Ahluwalia A., and De Rossi D. (2006), “FACET: an android-based therapeutical approach for treatment of autistic disorders”, in proceedings of 3rd World Congress on Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio, Lausanne (Switzerland).
			77.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Sica M.L., Dalle Mura G., Casalini S., Igliozzi R., Ahluwalia A., Muratori F., and De Rossi D. (2006), “Imitation and Learning of the Emotional Behaviour: Towards an Android-based Treatment for People with Autism”, in proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (Epirob06), Paris (France).
			78.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Di Francesco F., Dalle Mura G., and De Rossi D. (2005), “An Architecture for High Efficiency Realtime Sensor and Actuator Data Processing”, in proceedings of Eurosensors XIX - The 19th European Conference on Solid State Transducers, ISBN 978-8-447529-841, Barcelona (Spain), pag. 11-14.
			79.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Caudai C., Casalini S., Ahluwalia A., and De Rossi D. (2005), “Sensory Fusion and Emerging Behaviours in an Anthropomorphic Robot as a Man-machine Interface”, in proceedings of International SenseMaker Workshop on Life Like Perception Systems, Derry (North Ireland).
			80.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., Kozlowski J., Marchetti A., Di Francesco F., Ahluwalia A., and De Rossi D. (2004), “Automatic facial expression recognition by means of a neural approach”, in proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions ISHF2004, ISBN 8-8901-3440-2, Genova (Italy), pag. 121-124.
• Proceedings of International Conferences, referred short papers
			81.		Lento A., Marzi C., Nadalini A., Pirrelli V., and Ferro M. (2022), “Reading at one's finger tips: inferring reading proficiency from finger-tracking patterns”, in proceedings of International Conference on the Mental Lexicon (ML'22), 11-14/10/2022.
			82.		Nadalini A., Ferro F., Lento A., Pirrelli V., and Marzi M. (2022), “Evidence for saccadic reading dynamic with finger-tracking speed rates”, in proceedings of International Conference on the Mental Lexicon (ML'22), 11-14/10/2022.
			83.		Marzi C., Narzisi A., Ferro M., Masi G., Milone A., Viglione V., Pelagatti S., Tomassini I., and Pirrelli V. (2022), “Patterns of finger-tracking in Italian early readers with Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in proceedings of 2022 annual meeting abstract book, INSAR'22, 11-14/05/2022, International Society for Autism Research (ed.), Austin (TX, USA), pag. 192.
			84.		Pirrelli V., Cappa C., Crepaldi D., Del Pinto V., Ferro M., Giulivi S., Marzi C., Nadalini A., and Taxitari L. (2020), “Tracking the pace of reading with finger movements”, in proceedings of International Conference Words in the World (WOW'20), Oct. 16-18, Montreal (Canada).
			85.		Marzi C., Ferro M., and Pirrelli V. (2018), “Is inflectional irregularity dysfunctional to human processing?”, in proceedings of 11th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Sept. 25-28, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), pag. 60.
			86.		Leoni F., Muzio C., Cappa C., Ferro M., and Giulivi S. (2018), “Il progetto AEREST: primi risultati in Italia e in Canton Ticino”, in proceedings of XXVII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Sept. 28-29, Arezzo (Italy).
			87.		Pirrelli V., Ferro M., Marzi C., Gagné C., Spalding T., and Marelli M. (2018), “Processing compounds: what frequency (alone) cannot explain”, in proceedings of 11th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Sept. 25-28, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), pag. 60.
			88.		Ferro M., Cappa C., Giulivi S., Marzi C., Cardillo F.A., and Pirrelli V. (2018), “ReadLet: an ICT platform for the assessment of reading efficiency in early graders”, in proceedings of 11th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Sept. 25-28, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), pag. 61.
			89.		Cappa C., Ferro M., Giulivi S., Marzi C., Nahli O., Cardillo F.A., and Pirrelli V. (2018), “ReadLet: piattaforma ICT per valutare l'efficienza di lettura”, in proceedings of XXVII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Sept. 28-29, Arezzo (Italy).
			90.		Pirrelli V., Marzi C., Ferro M., and Cardillo F.A. (2017), “Paradigm Relative Entropy and Discriminative Learning”, in proceedings of 1st Workshop on Paradigmatic Word Formation Modeling (ParadigMo 2017), June 19-20, Toulouse (France), pag. 70 - 74.
			91.		Bombolas S., Marzi C., Ferro M., Cardillo F.A., Pirrelli V., and Ralli A. (2017), “Transparency and predictability in Modern Greek conjugation: Implications for models of word processing”, in proceedings of 11th Mediterranean Morphology Meeting (MMM11), June 22-25, Nicosia (Cyprus), pag. 17-19.
			92.		Recchia V., Ferro M., Maglie R., and Dodaro A. (2016), “Readability of current patient information leaflets for informed consent in UK radiotherapy centers”, in proceedings of 14th International Communication, Medicine and Ethics Conference (COMET 2016), July 4-6, Aalborg (Denmark).
			93.		Ruta L., Siracusano R., Tortorella G., Boncoddo M., Colombi C., Crifaci G., Billeci L., Tartarisco G., Ferro M., Narzisi A., Muratori F., and Pioggia G. (2013), “The PRIMA-PIETRA Project: A Web-Based Platform for Early Autism Risk Assessment”, in proceedings of International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR 2013) - International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), May 2, San Sebastian (Spain).
			94.		Pioggia G., Billeci L., Narzisi A., Farruggio V., Arnao A., Tartarisco G., Ferro M., Siracusano R., Germanò E., Deodato M., Tortorella G., and Muratori F. (2012), “PRIMA PIETRA: Research, Integration, Enhancement, Assistance and Education Program for Autism Services and Rehabilitation Technologies”, in proceedings of International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR 2012) - International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), May 18, Toronto (Canada).
			95.		Terranova G., Ferro M., Carpeggiani C., Recchia V., Dodaro A., Gioffrè D., Semelka R., and Picano E. (2011), “Unreadability of current informed consent forms in cardiology - and how to improve it”, in proceedings of European Society of Cardiology (ESC 2011) - European Hearth Journal (abstract supplement), Aug. 27-31, Paris (France), vol. 32, pag. 69-70.
			96.		Valenza G., Lanatà A., Ferro M., and Scilingo E.P. (2008), “Real-Time Discrimination of Multiple Cardiac Arrhythmias for Wearable Systems Based on Neural Networks (poster)”, in proceedings of Computers in Cardiology (CinC'08), ISSN 0276-6574, published by IEEE Computer Society, Bologna (Italy).
			97.		Neri G., Micali G., Ipsale S., Donato N., Di Francesco F., Loccioni C., Pioggia G., Ferro M., Tabucchi S., and Onor M. (2008), “Developments of solid state analyzer for breath analysis”, in proceedings of Atti della 13a Conferenza Nazionale su Sensori e Microsistemi, Roma (Italy).
			98.		Casalini S., Ferro M., Fornai A., Pioggia G., Sica M.L., and De Rossi D. (2007), “An android for non verbal interaction with autistic patients”, in proceedings of Human-Machine Interaction: Ethical and Social Issues, Workshop, Pisa (Italy).
			99.		Casalini S., Dalle Mura G., Sica M.L., Fornai A., Ferro M., Pioggia G., Igliozzi R., Ahluwalia A., Muratori F., and De Rossi D. (2006), “Human-robot interaction in autism”, in proceedings of Human-robot interaction in autism, Ethics of Human Interaction with Robotic, Bionic, and AI Systems Concepts and Policies, Workshop supported by the ETHICBOTS European Project International Workshop, Naples (Italy).
			100.		Pioggia G., Ferro M., De Rossi D., Lorussi F., Carpi F., Labbozzetta E., and Di Francesco F. (2005), “A biomimetic sensing skin: characterization of piezoresistive fabric-based elastomeric sensors”, in proceedings of Atti della 10a Conferenza Nazionale su Sensori e Microsistemi, Firenze (Italy), pag. 131.
			101.		Pioggia G., Marchetti A., Ferro M., De Rossi D., Di Francesco F., and Gerovasi L. (2004), “A human-like chewing measurement system for the assessment of the perception of food consistence and crispiness”, in proceedings of Atti della 9a Conferenza Nazionale su Sensori e Microsistemi, Ferrara (Italy), pag. 168.
• Electronic Papers & Newsletters
			102.		Mazzoldi A., Carpi F., Pioggia G., Ferro M., and De Rossi D. (2004), “EAP activity in Italy”, in World Wide ElectroActive Polymers EAP (Artificial Muscles), Newsletter, Bar-Cohen Y. (ed.), vol. 6(2), pag. 7-10.
• Proceedings of Research Institutions
			103.		Pirrelli V., Ferro M., and Calderone B. (2012), “Cosa impara un bambino quando impara una lingua”, in CNR.IT Highlights 2010-2011, published by CNR - Ufficio PSC, Rome (Italy), pag. 174.
• Manuscripts under development
			104.		Nadalini A., Ferro M., Marzi C., Taxitari L., Lento A., Crepaldi D., and Pirrelli V. (2023), “Eye-voice and finger-voice spans in adults' oral reading of connected texts. Implications for reading research”, Journal of Open Humanities Data.
• Software and database
			105.		Ferro M. (2017), “ReadLet: reading to understand”. DESC: Architettura software per la valutazione automatica dell'efficienza di lettura misurando la velocità e la qualità di decodifica (da ascolto, lettura silente o da lettura ad alta voce) e valutando la comprensione del testo. Mediante un dispositivo tablet con touchscreen che rileva il testo segnato dal bambino durante la lettura, ReadLet ne misura la velocità ed il livello di comprensione, potendo così valutare l'efficienza di lettura in modo automatizzato. Strumenti automatici per l'analisi e l'interpretazione del parlato, unitamente all'analisi dello scorrimento del dito sullo schermo, permettono a ReadLet di associare la voce e le azioni del bambino al testo sottostante. Tecniche automatizzate di analisi del testo vengono poi utilizzate per individuare i luoghi di complessità e gli indici di leggibilità e complessità del testo, consentendo così di progettare un percorso di potenziamento personalizzato per favorire l’autonomia nella lettura, sia orientata al raggiungimento di scopi educativi o legati al quotidiano [rif. pubb. Nr. 5,8,9,10]. - LABEL: SOFTWARE e BANCA DATI - YEARS: 2017-oggi - TECH: Cloud Computing; Linux; Docker; database MySQL; web server Apache; PHP, JavaScript, Matlab, bash - MISC: 778 utenti, 2412 sessioni di lettura, 500MB di dati al 31/12/2019
			106.		Ferro M. (2015), “Pipol”. DESC: Database e servizi web per la gestione, indicizzazione, interrogazione ed esportazione di metadati e informazioni bibliografiche estratte dal sistema di gestione dei prodotti della ricerca (People) del CNR. - LABEL: SOFTWARE e BANCA DATI - YEARS: 2015-2019 - TECH: Linux; database MySQL; web server Apache; PHP + bash - MISC: 318K pubblicazioni da 130 istituti CNR; 35M token tra titoli, parole chiave e abstract; 0.4GB di dati al 31/12/2019
			107.		Ferro M. (2011), “PrimaPietra”. DESC: Applicazione web per la gestione, screening e monitoraggio di pazienti con autismo. Consentendo l'accesso alla piattaforma a ricercatori e clinici da un lato e a pediatri dall'altro, l'applicazione ha consentito di eseguire lo screening precoce di disturbi dell'età evolutiva su oltre 1000 bambini di età tra i 18 e 24 mesi mediante la somministrazione del test Early Start Denver Model [rif. pubb. nr. 33,41]. - LABEL: SOFTWARE e BANCA DATI - YEARS: 2011-2013 - TECH: Linux; database MySQL; web server Apache; PHP, JavaScript - MISC: 220 utenti, 2000 test, 50MB di dati al 31/12/2013
			108.		Ferro M. (2010), “Protein Molecular Actuation (MolWalker)”. DESC: Libreria e applicazione software multi-thread realizzata in linguaggio di programmazione C++ per la simulazione di movimenti di catene molecolari, mediante applicazione di algoritmi di pathfinding operanti su spazi N-dimensionali. - LABEL: SOFTWARE - YEARS: 2010-2011 - TECH: Windows; C++, OpenGL
			109.		Ferro M. (2010), “TextTools”. DESC: Applicazione web realizzata per l'interrogazione di servizi web di terze parti per l'analisi linguistica del testo (estrazione di informazioni lessicali e morfo-sintattiche, analisi della leggibilità, estrazione terminologica) [rif. pubb. Nr. 20,35,47]. - LABEL: SOFTWARE - YEARS: 2010-2011 - TECH: Linux; PHP + Python + bash
			110.		Ferro M. (2009), “Topological Temporal Hebbian Self-Organizing Map (TSOM)”. DESC: Librerie software e interfaccia utente realizzati in linguaggio di programmazione C++ e Matlab per la simulazione di diverse varianti di mappe neurali artificiali auto-organizzanti (Recurrent Kohonen maps, Recurrent Neural Gas maps, Recurrent Hebbian maps), per l'analisi di sequenze temporali applicata a fenomeni legati all'uso linguistico ed extra-linguistico [rif. pubb. Nr. 1,2,4,6,7,11,12,14,15,17,18,19,22,23,24,26,27,28,29,30,32,34,38,40,42,44,45,46,49]. - LABEL: SOFTWARE - YEARS: 2009-2017 - TECH: Paralleld Computing; Windows; C++, MPI, Matlab
			111.		Ferro M. (2003), “Library for Artificial Reasoning Interface (LibARI)”. DESC: Libreria software realizzata in linguaggio di programmazione C++ per la gestione parallela di sistemi di trasduzione/controllo e di processi concorrenti per il calcolo distribuito [rif. pubb. Nr. 51,57,73,74,79,82,84,87,88,89,91,92,94]. - LABEL: SOFTWARE - YEARS: 2003-2011 - TECH: Windows; C++

Lectures, seminars and dissemination

1.

Ferro M., Marzi C., Pirrelli V., Nadalini A., and Lento A., “ReadLet: un tablet per comprendere le strategie di lettura in bambini e adulti”, CENTENARIO CNR, CNR, Pisa (Italy), May 12th, 2023.

2.

Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V., “READLET - piccoli lettori crescono”, AREAPERTA 2021, CNR, Pisa (Italy), June 3rd, 2021.

4.

Ferro M. and Cappa C., “READLET - vediamo come leggi!”, BRIGHT 2019, CNR, Pisa (Italy), September 27th, 2019.

5.

Ferro M. and Cappa C., “Leggere per capire: Readlet e AEREST, due progetti che si integrano”, DSA e didattica dell'italiano e delle lingue classiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna (Italy), March 26th, 2019.

6.

Cardillo F.A., Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V., “How "deep" is learning word inflection?”, 4th Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it'17), CNR, Rome (Italy), December 12nd, 2017.

7.

Pirrelli V. and Ferro M., “The Readlet project: Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing platform for detecting child reading deficiencies”, International Workshop on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez (Morocco), November 25th, 2017.

8.

Ferro M., Cappa C., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V., “READLET - leggere per capire: il prototipo”, BRIGHT 2017, CNR, Pisa (Italy), September 29th, 2017.

9.

Ferro M., Cardillo F.A., Pirrelli V., Gagné C.L., and Spalding T.L., “Written word production and lexical self-organisation: evidence from English (pseudo)compounds”, 3rd Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2016), Università di Napoli, Napoli (Italy), December 5th-6th, 2016.

10.

Marzi C. and Ferro M., “Due lingue in una: interazione bilingue in una rete neurale artificiale”, BRIGHT 2016, CNR, Pisa (Italy), September 30th, 2016.

11.

Ferro M. and Marzi C., “Una parola tira l'altra: lessico e reti neurali”, BRIGHT 2015, CNR, Pisa (Italy), September 25, 2015.

12.

Marzi C. and Ferro M., “Connectionist architectures for lexical modelling”, 2nd NetWordS summer school - Words: structure, meaning, acquisition, processing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim (Norway), August 3rd-10th, 2014.

14.

Keuleers E. and Ferro M., “A psycho-computational view on wordlikeness”, 3rd NetWords Workshop, University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik (Croatia), September 20th, 2013.

15.

Marzi C., Ferro M., and Pirrelli V., “Lexical parsability and morphological structure”, 9th Mediterranean Morphology Meeting (MMM9), University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik (Croatia), September 17th, 2013.

17.

Ferro M., Marzi C., and Pirrelli V., “Il computer che impara le parole”, Festival della Scienza - Internet Festival 2011, CNR, Pisa (Italy), May 5th-6th, 2011.

18.

Terranova G., Ferro M., Carpeggiani C., Recchia V., Dodaro A., Gioffrè D., Semelka R., and Picano E., “Informed consent for radiological and nuclear imaging: a patient centered approach”, II Congresso Cardio-IFC, Auditorium CNR, Pisa (Italy), April 7th, 2011.

19.

Ferro M., “Le parole nel cervello”, II ciclo di conferenze areaperta: “La mente e l'uomo”, Auditorium CNR, Pisa (Italy), November 3rd, 2010.

Participation in national and international research projects

2.

Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza - Next Generation EU, “Age-IT: Conseguenze e sfide dell'invecchiamento”, Age-IT spoke 8, PNRR 2022, Dec 2022 - Nov 2025.

3.

CNR project, “ReadGround: Piattaforma cloud per il monitoraggio e il potenziamento a distanza delle capacità di lettura del bambino con videogiochi educativi”, ReadGround, CNR, Dec 2021 - NOV 2023.

4.

Progetto Italiano di “rilevante interesse nazionale”, “ReadLet: Reading to understand. An ICT-driven, large-scale investigation of early grade children's reading strategies.”, ReadLet, PRIN 2017, Dec 2019 - Dec 2023.

5.

European Project “European Science Foundation (ESF)”, “The European Network on Word Structure. Cross-disciplinary approaches to understanding word structure in the languages of Europe”, NetWordS, ESF Humanities (SCH) 2010, May 2011 - June 2015.

6.

Progetto interregionale, “Programma di ricerca, Integrazione, Miglioramento, Assistenza e formazione Per l'Innovazione dei servizi E delle Tecnologie di Riabilitazione dell'Autismo”, PRIMAPIETRA, Con il patrocinio di: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), IRCCS Fondazione “Stella Maris”, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria del Policlinico “G. Martino” di Messina, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Messina, Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca “E. Piaggio” dell'Università di Pisa, Fondazione “Stella Maris” Mediterraneo ONLUS, 2011 - 2013.

7.

Progetto Italiano “Istituto Toscano Tumori”, “Stop Useless Imaging Testing in Heart Disease: primary prevention of cancer through reduction of inappropriate ionizing testing”, SUIT-Heart, bando 2008, Ottobre 2010 - Settembre 2013.

8.

European Project FP7 “Collaborative project”, “Interreality in the Management and Treatment of Stress-Related Disorders”, INTERSTRESS, FP7-ICT-2009.5.1 - Contract n. 247685, March 2010 - November 2013.

9.

European Project FP7 “Collaborative project”, “Humanoids That Learn Socio-Communictative Skills Through Observation”, HUMANOBS, FP7-ICT-2007.2.2 - Contract n. 231453, January 2009 - December 2011.

11.

European Project FP7 “Collaborative project”, “Unobtrusive authentication using activity related and soft biometrics”, ACTIBIO, FP7-ICT-2007.1.4 - Contract n. 215372, March 2008 - March 2011.

12.

European Project FP6 “Collaborative project”, “Open architecture for accessible services integration and standardisation”, OASIS, FP7-ICT-2007.7.1 - Contract n. 215754, January 2008 - December 2011.

13.

Progetto Italiano di “rilevante interesse nazionale”, “Sistemi innovativi basati su un array di sensori di gas per il monitoraggio di biomarker a fini diagnostici”, PRIN 2005, Febbraio 2006 - Gennaio 2008.

14.

European Project FP6 “Specific targeted research project”, “Human monitoring and authentication using biodynamic indicators and behavioural analysis”, HUMABIO, FP6-IST-2004-2.4.3 - Contract n. 026990, January 2006 - June 2008.