Sebastiano Battiato received his degree in computer science (summa cum laude) in 1995 from University of Catania and his Ph.D. in computer science and applied mathematics from University of Naples in 1999. From 1999 to 2003 he was the leader of the “Imaging” team at STMicroelectronics in Catania. He joined the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Catania as assistant professor in 2004 and became associate professor in the same department in 2011. His research interests include image enhancement and processing, image coding, camera imaging technology and multimedia forensics. He has edited 4 books and co-authored more than 120 papers in international journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. He is a co-inventor of about 15 international patents, reviewer for several international journals, and he has been regularly a member of numerous international conference committees. Prof. Battiato has participated in many international and national research projects. Chair of several international events (ECCV2012, VISAPP2012, ICIAP 2011, ACM MiFor 2010-2011, SPIE EI Digital Photography 2011-2012, etc.). He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System for Video Technology and of the SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging. Guest editor of the following special issues: "Emerging Methods for Color Image and Video Quality Enhancement" published on EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (2010) and "Multimedia in Forensics, Security and Intelligence" published on IEEE Multimedia Magazine (2012). He is director (and co-founder) of the International Computer Vision Summer School (ICVSS), Sicily, Italy. He is a senior member of the IEEE.
Main Research Topics: ISP Algorithm for Embedded Devices, Adaptive Techniques for Image Enhancement and Coding, Raster to Vector Conversion, Medical Imaging, Image and Video Forensics.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI) co-published by SPIE and IS&T
Director of ICVSS - International Computer Vision Summer School (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
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| Program Chair (Computational Colour) CGIV2012 - 6th European Conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision - Amsterdam (The Netherlands)- 2012; |
| Program Chair (Image Formation and Preprocessing) VISAPP 2012 – International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications –Rome (Italy) – February 2012; |
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| Program Chair (Image Analysis and Processing) ICIAP 2011 – International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing - Ravenna (Italy), September 2011; |
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| Co-chair together with S. Emmanuel, A. Ulges and M. Worring of Workshop ACM Multimedia in Forensics, Security and Intelligence - MiFor2010 – Florence (Italy), 2010. |
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Co-chair “Image Analysis Methods for Cultural Heritage”, SIMAI 2010, Cagliari(Italy) –2010; |
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Chair Workshop “Medical and Industrial Imaging” , June 2008 Catania (Italy); |
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Co-chair “Image Analysis Methods for Cultural Heritage”, SIMAI 2008, Roma (Italy) –2008; |
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Co-chair “Image Analysis Methods for Industrial Applications” SIMAI 2006, Ragusa (Italy) , 2006; |
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Co-chair and local organizer of 4° Convegno EUROGRAPHICS Italian Chapter (EG_IT) (http://www.dmi.unict.it/~eg06), February 2006; |
IPC Member of:
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International Workshop on Multimedia for Cultural Heritage (MM4CH 2011) – Modena, Italy, 2011; |
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ECV – IEEE Workshop on Embedded Computer Vision (Colorado Springs, USA 2011); |
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IMAGAPP – International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications (Algarve, Portugal 2011); |
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Special session on Video and Image Analysis (VIA) at the 3rd Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (ACIIDS), 2011; |
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EUVIP – European Workshop on Visual Information Processing (Paris, France 2011); |
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International Workshop on Content Protection & Forensics (CPAF 2011) – Satellite Event of ICME 2011 (Barcelona, Spain); |
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Special Track on Low-Level Color Image Processing - 6th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC10), 2010; |
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2nd Workshop on Soft Computing in Image Processing and Computer Vision – SCIPCV 2010; |
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IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging - Digital Photography 2010; |
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ICISP 2010 – International Conference on Image and Signal Processing, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada; |
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AVSS’09 – 6th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance; |
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ACM SCCG (Spring Conference on Computer Graphic), Budmerice (SK) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009; |
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IAPR - Computational Color Imaging Workshop - First Edition (Satellite workshop of IEEE ICIAP International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing 2007 – Modena (Italy), 2007), Second Edition (Saint Etienne, March 2009), Third Edition (Milan, April 2011); |
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International Workshop on Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling– ICCS International Conference on Computational Science (2007, China - 2008, Poland) – Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Vol. 4488, 2007 – Vol 5102, 2008, Vol. 5544, 2009) Springer; |
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Track Scalable Pattern Recognition - Mexican Computer Science Society, 2007. |
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VISAPP – International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. |
Program and Scientific Committee Member of 4° Conference EUROGRAPHICS Italian Chapter (EG_IT), February 2006 (www.dmi.unict.it/~eg06)
Invite Reviewer @ International Journals:
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (since July 2003) ;
- EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing (since September 2003);
- IASTED Journal of Modelling and Simulation (since November 2003);
- IST/SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging (since January 2004);
- IEE Proceedings, Vision, Image & Signal Processing (since May 2004);
- IST/SPIE Optical Engineering (since July 2004);
- IEEE Signal Processing Letters (since July 2004);
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for VideoTechnology (since November 2004);
- IEE Electronic Letters (since December 2004);
- Elsevier, Image Vision and Computing Journal (since July 2005);
- EUROGRAPHICS – Computer Graphics Forum (since December 2005);
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (since April 2006);
- International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology; Special Issue on "Applied Color Image Processing" (since May 2007);
- ELSEVIER Signal Processing: Image Communication; Special Issue on Semantic Analysis for Interactive Multimedia (November 2007);
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part B: Cybernetics (since 2009);
- Springer - Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision (since 2009);
- IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (since 2009);
- IS&T/SPIE Journal of Imaging Science and Technology (since 2010).
- IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting (since 2010);
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (since 2010).
- IAPR ICPR 2010 – International Conference on Pattern Recognition;
- European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO 2010;
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- IEEE ISCS’10 - International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
- ACM Multimedia 2009 – Workshop on Multimedia Forensics;
- IEEE ISCE –International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (2009,2010)
- SIGGRAPH 2009, 2011;
- IEEE ICIP 2005, 2008, 2009,2010, 2011 - International Conference on Image Processing;
- 3DTV- CON 2009, 2010: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission, and Display of 3D Video International Conference;
- ICCSA 2008 - International Conference on Computational Science and Its Application;
- Eurographics 2008, 2010;
- IEEE ICME 08 – International Conference on Multimedia ed Expo;
- WSCG (International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision) 2004-2010;
- IEEE ISCC’02 – International Symposium on Computer and Communication;
- Security Track@ACM SAC 2004.
Senior Member IEEE (Signal
Processing Society).