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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name SERGIO BENINI Address DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION ENGINEERING,

OFFICE 5, VIA BRANZE 38, 25123, BRESCIA (BS), ITALIA Phone +39 030 3715528

Fax +39 030 380014 E-mail sergio.benini@unibs.it

Nationality Italian

Birth date 27, AGOSTO, 1975 Birth place Verona

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Time period March 2012 - today • Company / Institution Yonder s.r.l., via Praga 5, 38121, Trento, Italy

• Sector Software Company • Role Co-founder, Senior Analyst

• Description Yonder is a spin-off of University of Brescia specialized in Natural Language Processing

• Time period March 2005 - today • Company / Institution University of Brescia, Engineering Faculty, Department of Information Engineering

• Sector Academy • Role Assistant Professor – Telecommunications

• Description I am teaching various subjects in the area of Signal Processing. My research interests are in Image and Video Processing, especially for what concerns Automatic Content Analysis and Understanding, Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

• Time period September 2003 - September 2004

• Company / Institution British Telecom BTexact, Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk IP5 3RE United Kingdom

• Sector Telecommunications • Role Visiting researcher

• Description Working in the “Content & Coding Lab” of BT on Automatic Video Content Analysis

• Time period May 2001 - May 2003 • Company / Institution Siemens Mobile Communication s.p.a. – via Gorki, Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, Italy

• Sector Telecommunications • Role Junior system analyst

• Description Operation & Maintenance SW project for the supervision of 3G mobile networks

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EDUCATION

• Time period May 2003 - October 2007 • School/Institute University of Brescia, Engineering Faculty

• Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Information Engineering • Description Multimedia Content Representation for Information Modeling

• Time period September 1994 - October 2000

• School/Institute University of Brescia, Engineering Faculty • Degree Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering • Grade 110 / 110 magna cum Laude

• Time period September 1989 - June 1994

• School/Institute Liceo Scientifico Statale “Galileo Galilei”, Verona • Degree High School grade - Maturità scientifica • Grade 60 / 60

MOTHERTONGUE ITALIAN

OTHER LANGUAGES

ENGLISH • Reading EXCELLENT

• Writing GOOD • Oral expression GOOD

SERBIAN

• Reading ELEMENTARY • Writing ELEMENTARY

• Oral expression ELEMENTARY

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TEACHING (MAIN INSTRUCTOR) 2016-17 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (3 crediti) Principi di Trasmissione dell’Informazione (6 crediti) – in Italian 2015-16 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (3 crediti) Principi di Trasmissione dell’Informazione (6 crediti) – in Italian 2014-15 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (3 crediti) Principi di Trasmissione dell’Informazione (6 crediti) – in Italian 2013-14 Surface and Volumetric Data Rendering and Visualization (3 crediti) Principi di Trasmissione dell’Informazione (6 crediti) – in Italian 2012-13 Surface and Volumetric Data Rendering and Visualization (3 crediti) Principi di Trasmissione dell’Informazione (6 crediti) – in Italian 2011-12 Principi di Trasmissione dell’Informazione (6 crediti) – in Italian 2010-11 Surface and Volumetric Data Rendering and Visualization (3 crediti) Principi di Trasmissione dell’Informazione (6 crediti) – in Italian 2009-10 Comunicazioni Elettriche C (5 crediti) – in Italian 2008-09 Comunicazioni Elettriche A (5 crediti) – in Italian 2007-08 Comunicazioni Elettriche A (5 crediti) – in Italian 2006-07 Laboratorio di Campi e Telecomunicazioni (5 crediti) – in Italian 2005-06 Laboratorio di Campi e Telecomunicazioni (5 crediti) – in Italian

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PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)

2017 M. Mauro, S. Benini, N. Adami, A. Signoroni, R. Leonardi, L. Canini, "A free Web API for single and multi-document summarization", in Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI 2017), Florence, Italy, June 19-21, 2017. S. Benini, "Movies and meaning: from low-level features to mind reading", (invited) Human Vision and Electronic Imaging (HVEI 2017), Burlingame, CA, January 29-February 2, 2017. 2016 M. Svanera, S. Benini, G. Raz, T. Hendler, R. Goebel, and G. Valente, "Deep driven fMRI decoding of visual categories", in NIPS Workshop on Representation Learning in Artificial and Biological Neural Networks (MLINI 2016), Barcelona, Spain, December 9, 2016. M. Svanera, U. R. Muhammad, R. Leonardi and S. Benini, "Figaro, hair detection and segmentation in the wild", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2016), Phoenix, Arizona, USA, September 25-28, 2016. S. Benini, M. Svanera, N. Adami, R. Leonardi, and A.B. Kovács, ``Shot scale distribution in Art Films,'' Multimedia Tools and Applications, 1-29, 2016. A. Gordiychuk, M. Svanera, S. Benini, and P. Poesio, ``Size distribution and sauter mean diameter of micro bubbles for a venturi type bubble generator,'' Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2015. Available: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0894177715002149. 2015 M. Svanera, S. Benini, N. Adami, R. Leonardi, and A. B. Kovács, “Over-the-shoulder shot detection in art films,” in Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI 2015), June 2015. 2014 F. Pedersoli, S. Benini, N. Adami, and R. Leonardi, ``XKin: an Open Source Framework for Hand Pose and Gesture Recognition Using Kinect,'' in The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics, pp. 1-16, published online on January, 2014. 2013 L. Canini, S. Benini, and R. Leonardi, ``Affective Recommendation of Movies Based on Selected Connotative Features,'' in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technologies, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 636-647, 2013. L. Canini, S. Benini, and R. Leonardi, ``Classifying Cinematographic Shot Types,'' in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Volume 62, Issue 1, page 51-73, Springer, 2013. N. Adami , S. Benini , A. Boschetti , L. Canini , F. Maione, and M. Temporin, ``Markers of unsustainable gambling for early detection of at-risk online gamblers,'' in International Gambling Studies, 2013. 2011 S. Benini, L. Canini, and R. Leonardi, ``A Connotative Space for Supporting Movie Affective Recommendation,'' in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol.13, no.6, pp.1356-1370, 2011. D. Cardillo, A. Rapp, S. Benini, L. Console, R. Simeoni, E. Guercio, and R. Leonardi, ``The art of video MashUp: supporting creative users with an innovative and smart application'' in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 1-23, Springer, 2011. 2010 T. Janjusevic, S. Benini, E. Izquierdo, and R. Leonardi, ``Random Assisted Browsing of Rushes Archives,'' in Journal of Multimedia, Vol 5, No 2 (2010), 142-150, Apr 2010. O. Schreer, I. Feldmann, I.A. Mediavilla, P. Concejero, A.H. Sadka, M.R. Swash, S. Benini, R. Leonardi, T. Janjusevic, and E. Izquierdo, ``RUSHES - An Annotation and Retrieval Engine for Multimedia Semantic Units,'' in Multimedia Tools and Applications, Volume 48, Issue 1, page 23,

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2010. S. Benini, P. Migliorati, and R. Leonardi, ``Statistical Skimming of Feature Films'' in International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, Hindawi, 2010. S. Benini, P. Migliorati and, R. Leonardi, ``Hierarchical Structuring of Video Previews by Leading-Cluster-Analysis,'' in Signal, Image and Video Processing, Springer, January, 2010.

PATENTS G. Francini, N. Adami, S. Benini, and R. Leonardi ``Method and System for Synchronizing

Electronic Program Guides,'' International Patent Application (No. PCT/EP2010/070865), filed December 29th 2010. T. Janjusevic, S. Benini, E. Izquierdo, and R. Leonardi, ''Random Assisted Methodology for Browsing Huge Archives of Un-edited Videos,'' European Patent Application (No. 09425254.1), filed July 1st 2009. L.-Q. Xu, and S. Benini,''Method and System for Detecting Audio and Video Scene Changes,'' European Patent (Pub. No. WO2005/093752), Publication 06 October, 2005. L.-Q. Xu, and S. Benini,''Method and System for Semantically Segmenting Scenes of a Video Sequence,'' European Patent (Pub. No. WO/2005/093638), Publication 06 October, 2005.

RESEARCH PROJECTS Leader of workpackage "WP2: Low-level AV Media Processing and Content Organisation" in the

EU funded project named "RUSHES - Retrieval of mUltimedia Semantic units for enHanced rEuSability" FP6 EU Project - Contract no. FP6-045189 (https://cordis.europa.eu/ist/kct/rushes_synopsis.htm) from 14-02-2007 to 30-09-2009 Member of workpackage "WP2: Artificial Intelligence Tools and Techniques" in the EU funded project named "IRIS - Integrating Research in Interactive Storytelling" FP7 EU Project - Contract no. FP7-ICT-2007-3-231824 (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/content-knowledge/iris_en.html) dal 01-01-2009 al 31-12-2011

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION References:

riccardo.leonardi@ing.unibs.it Websites: http://sergio-benini.unibs.it https://it.linkedin.com/pub/sergio-benini/8/490/b59 http://yonderlabs.com/

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