The University of Insubria

		Elisabetta Binaghi

	Contact data	Associate Professor Department of Computer Science and Communication Via Mazzini 5, 21100 Varese Tel: +39 0332 218941 Fax: +39 032 218909 E-mail: elisabetta.binaghi@uninsubria.it
	Biography	Received the degree in Physics from the University of Milan, Italy, in 1982. From 1985 to 1993, she worked at the Institute of Cosmic Physics of the National Research Council of Milan within the group of Image Analysis. In 1994 she joined the Institute for Multimedia Information Technology of National Research Council of Milan developing research in the field of Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis and Soft Computing. She coordinated research activities of the “Artificial Intelligence and the Soft Computing Laboratory” of the Institute. Since March 2002, she has been Associate Professor of Image Processing at the University of Insubria of Varese, Italy. In 2004 she was named Director of the Center of Research in Image Analysis and Medical Informatics.
	Research interests	Her research interests include Pattern Recognition, Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision. Methods of image classification based on fuzzy set theory have been developed and applied to the field of remote sensing addressing land cover classification problems using imagery with different spatial and spectral resolution. Neural adaptive techniques have been investigated and hybrid approaches integrating fuzzy logic, dempster shafer theory and neural networks have been proposed and applied in different real domains such as environmental multisource data analysis, biomedicine and cultural heritage. Current research interests include Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Applied Research has been developed within national and international projects. Main Projects in Medical Informatics– Role Scientific Responsible Decision Support Systems in the Diagnosis of Postmenopausal and Senile Osteporosis in collaboration with II°Clinica Ostetrico Ginecologica-Università degli Studi di Milano, Period: 95-97 Stereoscopic Analysis of Electron Scanning Microscopy Imagery In collaboration with Human Morphology Laboratory of the University of Insubria Period: 2003- Distributed Decision Support Systems for the Diagnosis of Temporo- Mandibular Disorders in collaboration with Department of Clinical and Biological Science of the University of Insubria 2003- Projects in Remote Sensing and Environmental Science – Role Scientific Responsible FI.R.E.M.EN.: Knowledge-Based System for Fire Risk Evaluation in Mediterranean Environment, ECC Program Environment (contratto CEE EV5VCT94-0521- ITIM-CNR prime contractor) 1994-1996 Development of neural predictive models for Landslides risk evaluation Supported by SNAM-E.N.I. Italy, 2000 Remote Sensing Image Analysis in Pipeline Surveillance Supported by SNAM-E.N.I. Italy, 2000 Neural Classification of Remote Sensing Data for Power Lines Surveillance Supported by Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano (CESI-S.p.A.) 2000 Classification of high resolution imagery for vegetation understory analysis in collaboration with National Research Council of Milan, Italy 2003- Since 1998, She collaborates with the SPIE conference ”Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing” in the role of member of the scientific committee. In 2001 participated to a working group within the GBA2000 project (Global Burnt Area Project 2000) coordinated by European Commission-Joint Research Center aimed to define methodological and operational standards for monitoring burnt areas at global scale using low resolution satellite imagery.
	Teaching experience and appointments	Director of the Center of Research in Image Analysis and Medical Informatics Courses: Digital Image Processing Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, School of Sciences, University of Insubria, credits 6. Since 2001 Intelligent Systems Graduate Degree in Computer Science, School of Sciences, University of Insubria, credits 6. Since 2002 Multimedia Systems Undergraduate Degree in Communication Sciences, School of Science University of Insubria, credits 6 Since 2002 Medical Informatics Degree in Dentistry School of Medicine University of Insubria, credits 6 Since 2003
	Representative publications	Binaghi E., A fuzzy logic inference model for a rule-based system in medical diagnosis, International Journal of Knowledge Engineering: Expert Systems, Learned Information, 7(3), pp.134-141,1990. Binaghi E., De Giorgi O., Maggi G., Motta T., Rampini A., Computer assisted diagnosis of postmenopausal osteoporosis using a fuzzy expert system shell, Computers and Biomedical Research, 26, pp. 498-516, 1993. Binaghi E., Della Ventura A., Rampini A., Schettini R., Fuzzy reasoning approach to similarity evaluation in image analysis, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 8(7), pp. 749-69, 1993. Binaghi E., Rampini A., Fuzzy decision making in classification of multisource remote sensing data, Special issue of Optical Engineering From numerical to symbolic Image Processing: Systems and Applications, G. Vernazza ed., 3(6), pp. 1193-1204, 1993. Binaghi E., Gagliardi I., Schettini R., Image retrieval using fuzzy evaluation of color similarity, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 8(4), pp. 945-968, 1994. Binaghi E., Brivio P.A., Ghezzi P., Rampini A., Zilioli E., A hybrid approach to fuzzy land cover mapping, Pattern Recognition Letter, Vol. 17, n.13, pp.1399-1410, 1996. Binaghi, P.A. Brivio, A. Rampini, Showengerdt R., Editorial of the Special Issue of Pattern Recognition Letters: Non conventional Pattern Analysis in Remote Sensing, Vol. 17, n.13, pp. 1323-1324, 1996. Binaghi E., Madella P., Montesano M.G., Rampini A., Fuzzy contextual classification of multisource remote sensing images, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 35, n 2, pp.326-340, 1997. Binaghi E., Luzi L. Madella P. Pergalani F. Rampini A., Slope Instability Zonation: A comparison Between Certainty Factor and Fuzzy Dempster-Shafer Approaches, Natural Hazards,17, pp. 77-97, 1998. Binaghi E., Madella P., “Fuzzy Dempster-Shafer Reasoning for Rule-Based Classifiers”, Intelligent Systems, 14(6), pp. 559-583, 1999. Binaghi E., Rabagliati R., Rampini A. Serandrei Barbero R., Glacial Retreat in the 1980s in the Breonie, Aurine, and Pusteresi Groups (Eastern Alps, Italy) in Landsat TM images, International Journal of Hydrology, 44 (2), pg 279-295, 1999. Binaghi E., Brivio P.A., Ghezzi P., Rampini A., Zilioli E., Investigating the Behaviour of Neural and Fuzzy-Statistical Classifiers in Sub-Pixel Land Cover Estimation, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (2), pp.171-188, 1999. Binaghi E., Brivio P.A., Ghezzi P., Rampini A., A Fuzzy Set-Based Accuracy Assessment of Soft Classifications, Pattern Recognition Letters, 20, 935-948, 1999 Binaghi E., Gallo I, Madella P., A Neural Model for Fuzzy Dempster-Shafer Classifiers, Int. Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 25, pp. 89-121, 2000. Baraldi A., Binaghi E., Blonda P., Brivio P.A., Rampini A., Comparison of the Muli-layer Perceptron with Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques in the Estimation of Cover Class Mixture in Remotely Sensed Data, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39 (5), 994-1004, 2001. P. A. Brivio, M. Maggi, E. Binaghi and I. Gallo, Mapping burned surfaces in Sub-Saharan Africa based on multi-temporal neural classification, Int. Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 24, n.ro 20, 2003. E. Binaghi, I. Gallo and M. Pepe A neural adaptive model for feature extraction and recognition in high resolution remote sensing imagery, Int. Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 24, n.ro 20, pp.3947-3959, 2003 E. Binaghi, I. Gallo, M. Pepe, A Cognitive Pyramid for Contextual Classification of Remote Sensing Images, IEEE Trans. On Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol.41, n.12, pp.2906-2922, 2004 Tansey, K.; Grégoire, J-M; Stroppiana, D; Sousa, A; Silva, J; Pereira, J M. C.; Boschetti, L; Maggi, M; Brivio, P A; Fraser, R; Flasse, S; Ershov, D; Binaghi, E; Graetz, D; Peduzzi, P. "Vegetation burning in the year 2000: Global burned area estimates from SPOT VEGETATION data "Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, D14S03, doi:10.1029/2003JD003598, 2004 E.Binaghi, M. Boschetti, P.A. Brivio, F. Pergalani, A Neural Model for the Prediction of Landslides Displacement in Lifelines Management, Natural Hazard 32/1, pp. 137-156 (May 2004) E.Binaghi, I.Gallo, G.Marino, M.Raspanti, Neural Adaptive Stereo Matching, Pattern Recognition Letters, 25 1743-1758 2004. Binaghi E., Della Ventura A., Rampini A., Schettini R., A fuzzy knowledge-based system for biomedical image interpretation, in Uncertainty in Knowledge Bases (L. Zadeh R. Yager and B. Bouchon eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, n. 521, Springer-Verlag, pp. 488-497, 1991. Binaghi E., Fuzzy logic-based tools for the acquisition and representation of knowledge in biomedical applications, in Fuzzy Reasoning in Information, Decision and Control Systems (A.N. Venetsanopulos and S. Tzafestas eds.), MBISE series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 523-547, 1993 (invited). Binaghi E., Cerrani I., Montesano M.G., Rampini A., An hybrid fuzzy expert system shell for automated medical diagnosis, in Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network Handbook (C.H. Chen ed.), McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing Group, 1996, pp.25.1-25.17 (invited). Binaghi E.., Cirla M.L., Rampini A., A fuzzy logic based system for a computer-assisted clinical assessment, Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing (L. A. Zadeh, B. Bouchon Meunier eds.), World Scientific, 1996, pp.379-385. Binaghi E., Gallo I., Madella P. Rampini A., Approximate Reasoning and Multistrategy Learning for Multisource Remote Sensing Data Interpretation, in Information Processing for Remote Sensing, C.H. Chen (ed.), World Scientific Publishing Co., pp. 397-429, 1999 (invited). Binaghi E., Brivio P.A., Gallo I., Pepe M., Rampini M., Soft Computing Techniques for High Accuracy Remote Sensing Data Classification, in Recent Developments in Pattern Recognition Research B. Chandrasekaran, M.D. Levine, C.H. Chen (eds.), Transworld Research Network Publishing, 89-112, 2000, B. Chandrasekaran, M.D. Levine, C.H. Chen (eds.), Transworld Research Network Publishing, 89-112, 2000, (invited) Binaghi E., Gallo I., G.A. Lanzarone, Pepe M, A Cognitive-Pyramid for Contextual Classification of Remote Sensing Images in Geospatial Pattern Recognition E. Binaghi, S. B. Serpico, P.A. Brivio (eds), Transworld Research Network, 2002. P. A. Brivio, E. Binaghi, I. Gallo, M. Maggi, Contextual Multitemporal Classification of Burned Areas in Coarse Resolution Imagery, in Geospatial Pattern Recognition E. Binaghi, S. B. Serpico, P.A. Brivio (eds), Transworld Research Network, 2002 Binaghi E., Gallo I., Pepe M., Application of Multiresolution Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Neural Techniques to Power Lines Surveillance in Frontiers in Remote Sensing, C.H. Chen Editor, World Scientific Publishing, 2003

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