Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information Surname(s) / First name(s) Address(es) Via Roma n.45, 06029, Valfabbrica, PG, Italy Telephone(s) +39 3287324456 Email(s) marcello.calisti@sssup.it Nationality(-ies) Italian Date of birth 18/08/1983 Gender Male Work experience Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and Name and address of employer Sector and supervisor from December 2012 till now Post-doc Fellow Together with his research work in bioinspiration, locomotion and morphological computation, he started super visioning Ph.D. and undergraduates students. He recently wrote, in collaboration with Dr. Francesco Giorgio Serchi, Prof. Cecilia Laschi and Prof. Paolo Dario, a national project, PoseiDRONE, co-funded by Fondazione Livorno and Scuola Superiore Sant Anna. He also give significant contribution to the conceiving and the writing of a recently submitted European project proposal SymbioSEAS in the Call for Blue Growth. Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, The BioRobotics Institute Academia Prof. Cecilia Laschi Dates from November 2009 to December 2012 Occupation or position held Research assistant Main activities and The work, carried out in collaboration with international experts, regarded the analysis of a biological model to design and develop a soft-limbed robot with locomotion and grasping capabilities. The work was part of an European Integrating Project (OCTO- PUS IP). Currently he is also involved in a local project funded by Cassa dei Risparmi di Livorno, PoseiDRONE, where he is responsible for the design and development of the underwater legged locomotion system of the robot. Name and address of employer Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, The BioRobotics Institute Sector and supervisor Academia Prof. Cecilia Laschi Dates from April 2008 to October 2009 Occupation or position held Research assistant Page 1 / 5 - Curriculum vitæ of
Main activities and Name and address of employer Sector and supervisor The research role regarded the analysis of Videokimographic images and of acoustic signals, for the diagnosis of vocal cord disorders and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. Both works were carried out in collaboration with clinicians and international experts. The works were presented in several conferences in Europe. University of Florence, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronic and Telecommunications Academia Prof. Claudia Manfredi Dates from September 2007 to December 2007 Occupation or position held Thesis internship Main activities and Development of two features extraction algorithms to improve a 3D reconstruction software. Name and address of employer European Centre for Soft Computing (ECSC), Gonzalo Guitierrez Quiros S/N, 33600, Mieres, Asturia, Spain Sector and supervisor Private research centre Prof. Serjo Damas Education and training Dates from November 2009 to December 2012 Title of qualification awarded Ph.D. in Biorobotics (100/100 with honours) Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Biomimetic investigation for locomotion of soft robots, image analysis for 3D reconstruction and gait analysis. Name and type of organisation Scuola Superiore Sant Anna di Pisa Dates from September 2005 to April 2008 Title of qualification awarded M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering (110/110) with the thesis: 3D skulls registration from clouds points for forensic purpose Name and type of organisation University of Florence, Faculty of Engineering Dates from September 2002 to July 2005 Title of qualification awarded B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Name and type of organisation University of Perugia, Faculty of Engineering Personal skills and Mother tongue(s) Other languages Italian English, Spanish Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production C1 Proficient C2 Proficient C1 Proficient C1 Proficient C1 Proficient English Spanish A1 Basic A2 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic (*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level Page 2 / 5 - Curriculum vitæ of
Social skills and Organisational skills and Technical skills and Group working attitude, also in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams, obtained working in international project, short term scientific missions and works with clinicians. He undertook several international collaborations within leading foreign Universities such as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Zurich. These collaborations enabled him to develop not only specific research experience, but also the valuable and transferable skill of exploiting different scientific specialisations, i.e. biology and robotic control. He also developed and maintained successful working relationships with both internal and external collaborators, leading interdisciplinary research activities (proved by joint papers) or offering collaboration to other authors. He designed and developed dissemination prototypes, presenting the results of his own research and of the other projects in important scientific and innovation conventions (The Times Cheltenham Science Festival, Innovation Convention 2011, etc...). Good organisational skills obtained during European Project collaborations (experimental trials organisation), undergraduate student tutoring and courses teaching. He recently conceived and wrote, in collaboration with other colleagues, national and European project proposals, where the Scuola Superiore Sant Anna acted as coordinator. Utilising excellent leading and organisational skills, I supervised Ph.D. and undergraduate students during their research planning or thesis works. He undertook collaborations with local companies. Learning to connect academic research work to industries requirements, he acquired the necessary skills to maximise the impact of cutting edge scientific research. He wrote one national and one international patent, thus he acquired the necessary skills to transfer scientific results in technological innovations. He also posses key in the robotic field, which can be exploited in leading position. Just to cite a few: Bioinspired functional synthesis Robot and mechanism design (Award won in 2012) Image and signal analysis 3D reconstruction of objects by using Direct Linear Transformation (DLT) Computer skills and C/C++, Matlab, Fortran77 and basic knowledge of Java language. LaTex editors (LEd and MikTex) 3D Modelling and printing (SolidWork, Inventor) (Award won in 2014) V-Rep robot simulation environment, bullet physic engine. OpenCV library, and basic knowledge of OpenGL MFC, Qt interface. Basic knowledge of Unix system. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office package. Selected publications and awards Awards M. Calisti (2014) TOW Gear of Innovation Challenge, placement: 4th, sponsor: Go- Engineer, 3D PrinterWorld and GrabCAD M. Calisti, A. Arienti (2012) Kraken project Finalist at the 2012 ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition, final placement: 4th, Chicago, IL Journals with peer review M. Giorelli, F. Renda, M. Calisti, A. Arienti, G. Ferri and C. Laschi (2014) Neural Network and Jacobian Method for Solving the Inverse Statics of a Cable-Driven Soft Arm with Non-Constant Curvature, submitted to T-RO Page 3 / 5 - Curriculum vitæ of
Page 4 / 5 - Curriculum vitæ of M. Cianchetti, L. Margheri, M. Kuba and C. Laschi (2014) Bioinspired locomotion and grasping in water: the soft eight-arm OCTOPUS robot Bioinsp. Biomim., accepted for pubblication F. Renda, M. Giorelli, M. Calisti, M. Cianchetti and C. Laschi (2014) Dynamic Model of a Multi-Bending Soft Robot Arm Driven by Cables IEEE Transaction on Robotics, accepted for pubblication M. Calisti, M. Giorelli, G. Levy, B. Mazzolai, B. Hochner, C. Laschi and P. Dario (2011) An octopus-bioinspired solution to movement and manipulation for soft robots Bioinsp. Biomim., Vol.6 no.3 Conferences and book chapters with peer review M. Calisti, F. Corucci, A. Arienti and C. Laschi (2014) Bipedal Walking of an Octopus- Inspired Robot LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, Vol. 8608, Biomimetic and biohybrid sysyems, Prescott; Lepora; Mura; Verschure (Eds.), pp. 35 46 A. Arienti, M. Calisti, F. Giorgio-Serchi, C. Laschi (2013) PoseiDRONE: Design of a soft-bodied ROV with crawling, swimming and manipulation ability Oceans 2013, San Diego, CA M. Giorelli, F. Renda, A. Arienti, M. Calisti, M. Cianchetti, G. Ferri and C. Laschi (2012) Inverse and direct model of a continuum manipulator inspired by the octopus arm LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, Vol.7375, Biomimetic and biohybrid sysyems, Prescott; Lepora; Mura; Verschure (Eds.), pp. 347 348 M. Calisti, A. Arienti, F. Renda, G. Levy, B. Mazzolai, B. Hochner, C. Laschi and P. Dario (2012) Design and development of a soft robot with crawling and grasping capabilities Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, Minnesota, pages 4950 4955 M. Giorelli, F. Renda, M. Calisti, A. Arienti, G. Ferri and C. Laschi (2012) A two dimensional inverse kinetics model of a cable driven manipulator inspired by the octopus arm Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, Minnesota, pages 3819 3824 T. Li, K. Nakajima, M. Calisti, C. Laschi and R. Pfeifer (2012) Octopus-inspired sensorimotor control of a multi-arm soft robot Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation, pages 948 955 M. Calisti, M. Giorelli and C. Laschi (2012) A locomotion strategy for an octopus-bioinspired robot LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, Vol.7375, Biomimetic and biohybrid sysyems, Prescott; Lepora; Mura; Verschure (Eds.), pp. 337 338 M. Calisti, A. Arienti, M. E. Giannaccini, M. Follador, M. Giorelli, M. Cianchetti, B. Mazzolai, C. Laschi and P. Dario (2010) Study and fabrication of bioinspired octopus arm mockups tested on a multipurpose platform Proc. IEEE/RAS-EMBS Int. Conf. on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pages 461 466 M. Calisti, L. Bocchi, C. Manfredi, I. Romagnoli, F. Gigliotti, G. Donzelli (2009) Automatic detection of snore episodes from full night sound recordings: home and clinical application Advanced Voice Function Assessment International Workshop, AVFA09 M. Calisti, L. Bocchi, C. Manfredi, I. Romagnoli, F. Gigliotti, G. Donzelli (2009) Automatic detection of post-apnoeic snore events from home and clinical full night sleep recordings Int. workshop on models and analysis of vocal emissions for biomedical applications, MAVEBA09 S. Orlandi, L. Bocchi, M. Calisti, G. Donzelli and C. Manfredi (2009) Recovery of oxygen level in newborns Int. workshop on models and analysis of vocal emissions for biomedical applications, MAVEBA09 L. Ballerini, M. Calisti, S. Damas, O. Cordon, J. Santamaria (2008) Automatic feature extraction from 3D range images of skulls Computational Forensics, Vol.5158, pages 58 69 C. Manfredi, L. Bocchi, S. Orlandi, M. Calisti, L. Spaccaterra, G. Donzelli (2008) Noninvasive distress evaluation in preterm newborn infants International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS08 C. Manfredi, T. Bruschi, A. Dallai, A. Ferri, P. Tortoli, M. Calisti (2008) Voice quality monitoring: a portable device prototype International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS08 Patents
Page 5 / 5 - Curriculum vitæ of M. Calisti, A. Arienti, M. Giorelli, B. Mazzolai, C. Laschi and P. Dario (2012) Robot having soft arms for locomotion and grip purposes WO Patent 2.012.150.551 M. Calisti, A. Arienti, M. Giorelli, B. Mazzolai, C. Laschi and P. Dario (2011) Robot ad arti morbidi adibiti a locomozione e presa Domanda di brevetto no. FI2011A000091, data deposito: 03/05/2011, CCIA di deposito: FIRENZE