Dr. Vito Di Maio

Institute of Cybernetics of CNR
Via Campi Flegrei 34, I-80078 Pozzuoli (NA), ITALY
Tel. +39 81 8675142 Fax +39 81 8042519
e-mail vdm@biocib.cib.na.cnr.it

Curriculum vitae et studiorum

Born: 4^th March 1956 in Casamicciola (NA), Italy

1982

• Degree in Biological Sciences University of Naples

1983-1986

• Post graduate Fellow at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Naples Federico II

From 1986

•  Researcher at the Institute Cybernetics of Italian National Research Council (CNR)

From 1989

• Co-operate in a joint project between Italian National Research Council and the Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovak republic (from 1992 Czech Republic).

from 1990

• Principal investigator of the research project "Correlation analysis of electrophysiological cortical signals: neural models and visual perception"

1994

•  Invited Lecturer at the international school "Biocybernetics of Vision: Integrative mechanisms and cognitive processes " organized by GNCB-CNR in honor of professor E. Caianiello (16-22th October, Ischia, Italy).

1996

• From February to July Guest Professor at the Dept. Of Physiology of University of Bologna

1998

• From April to July Guest Professor at the Dept. Of Physiology of University of Bologna

2001-2003

• Italian-side leader researcher of the International Joint Research Project between Italian National Research Council and Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic entitled "Modeling of synaptic integration in a single neuron: neurotransmitter diffusion and post-synaptic events"

2002-2003

• Contract Professor of "Probability Computation and Mathematical Statistics" at Faculty of Sciences Mat. Phys. and Natural of University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.

2005

• General Chair of the Symposium “1^st International Symposium on Brain Vision and Artificial Intelligence “ (BVAI2005), Napoli, Palazzo Serra di Cassano, 19-21^st October 2005.

2007

• Member of the Steering Committee of the Symposium “2^nd International Symposium on Brain Vision and Artificial Intelligence”, Napoli, Palazzo Serra di Cassano, 10-12 October 2007.

Teaching

• 2002-2003 "Probability Computation and Mathematical Statistics" at Faculty of Sciences Mat. Phys. and Natural of University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.

Editorial Boards and Editorial Activity

• M. De Gregorio, V. Di Maio, M. Frucci and C. Musio (Eds., 2005) “Brain Vision and Artificial Intelligence”, Lecture Notes In Computer Sciences (LNCS 3704), Springer.

• From 2007 - Member of the Advisory and Editorial Board of “The open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal”, Bentham Publisher LTD, Holland.

• 2007-2008- Guest Editor of Brain Researcher for the Special Issue “Vision and Brain”, Elsevier.

Activity as International Referee

• Biosystems

• Mathematical Biosciences

• Physica D

• Medical Sciences Monitor

• Brain, Vision and Artificial Intelligence (BVAI 2005), Lectur Notes In Computer Sciences (LNCS 3704), Springer Verlag

• Advances in Brain, Vision and Artificial Intelligence (BVAI 2007), Lectur Notes In Computer Sciences (LNCS 4729), Springer Verlag

• Perceptual and Motor Skills, Ammons Editor, LTD

Experienced in :

Scientific:

• Visual Perception of Geometrical Figures

• Electrophysiology of Hippocampus

• Models of synaptic transmission


Tecnical:

• Extracellular electrophysiological recordings and signal analysis

• Computer programming: Basic, Visual basic Professional, C++

• Computer system Management: Linux and Windows 95/98/NT


since 29th March 2002