Curriculum

Luigi Raffo è professore ordinario presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica dell’Università di Cagliari. Ha ottenuto, con lode, la Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica dall’Università di Genova, e il Dottorato in Ingegneria Elettronica ed Informatica presso la stessa Università nel 1994.
Nel 1994 ha iniziato la sua attività presso l’Università di Cagliari in qualità di Ricercatore Universitario e poi, dal 1998 come Professore Associato. Dal 2006 è professore ordinario. Insegna corsi sulla progettazione di sistemi e circuiti digitali sia per il cordo di laurea in ingegneria elettronica che per quello di ingegneria biomedica. Dal 2012 è Delegato per l’Università di Cagliari in materia di progetti di ricerca internazionali. In questo ruolo è coordinator del progetto europeo H2020 Supera che ha portato l’Università di Cagliari a dotarsi di un Piano di Uguaglianza di Genere. Dal 2006 al 2012 e dal 2017 al 2018 è stato inoltre coordinatore del corso di studio in Ingegneria Biomedica. Dal 2014 al 2019 è stato membro del Consiglio Direttivo dell’Istituto Superiore di Studi in Tecnologie dell’Informazione e della Comunicazione (ISICT) quale rappresentante del Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca.
I suoi campi di ricerca sono lo studio, il progetto e lo sviluppo di piattaforme, sistemi e circuiti integrati per applicazioni in particolare nel campo della ingegneria biomedica. Elevate performance, efficienza, adattabilità, ma anche usabilità ed impatto sociale sono i principali vincoli con i quali ci si confronta in questi campi. Le sue attività sono ben descritte dai diversi progetti europei in cui ha avuto il ruolo di coordinatore globale (HEREiAM, MADNESS, BEST) o locale. Nei progetti HEREIAM and TURNTABLE è stata sviluppata una piattaforma per remote-monitoring e empowerment. In NEBIAS è stata sviluppata una interfaccia neurale per una protesi d’arto innovativa. MADNESS, ASAM, CERBERO, FITOPTIVIS, SHAPES si concentrano sull’ottimizzazione del progetto digitale. BEST ha portato alla brevettazione di un DNA-chip. L’insieme dei progetti europei plasmano la vasta rete di relazioni internazionali (accademiche e di ricerca) del suo Gruppo di ricerca.
È autore di 3 brevetti internazionali e più di 200 articoli scientifici. SCOPUS (1/1/2021) registra 217 papers, 1889 citazioni, h-index 20. WEBOFKNOWLEDGE (1/1/2021) registra 174 papers, 1008 citazioni, h-index 16. GOOGLE SCHOLAR (1/1/2021) 3279 citazioni, h-index 26

PROGETTI EUROPEI (GLOBAL COORDINATION)

AAL-2012-5 HEREiAM – An interoperable platform for self care, social networking and managing of daily activities at home – https://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/hereiam/
HEREiAM aims to improve the autonomy and quality of life of older adults providing them with a user-friendly interoperable integrated platform that enable access to all the services that can be implemented in ICT terms: support for self-care at home, social networking, goods remote-shopping, tele-assistance, e-learning, healthcare related services and many others.
The interoperability of the system allows all the service providers and carers to access this platform through all the available technologies (broadband internet, new generation mobile).
At the same time it provides the elderly with a user-friendly technology that will help them during daily activities simply using the TV-set as terminal at home.

FP7-ICT-2009-4 – 248424 MADNESS – Methods for predictAble Design of heterogeNeous Embedded System with adaptivity and reliability Support – https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/248424
The MADNESS project aims at the definition of innovative system-level design methodologies for embedded systems, able to drive the optimal composition of an heterogeneous MPSoC architecture, according to the requirements and the features of a given target application field.
The proposed methodologies will extend the classic concept of design space exploration, to cope with high heterogeneity, technology scaling, system reliability and multi-application demands.

FP5-2001-39266 BEST – Biomolecular rEcognition by integrated Smart-sensor Technology – https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/IST-2001-39266
The goal of the research in which this assessment project is framed, is the design, realization on standard CMOS technology and testing of a field-effect based integrated electronic device suitable for the detection of bio molecular recognition processes on a sensing surface where analysis takes place. The application domain is the medical self-test for many diseases related to DNA and proteins.

PROGETTI EUROPEI (UNIT COORDINATION)

H2020-787829 SUPERA Supporting the Promotion of Equality in Research and Academia – https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/787829
The main aim of the SUPERA project is to implement 6 fully-fledged Gender Equality Plans to articulate a structural understanding of gender inequalities, stereotypes and biases in research as a cross-cutting issue to tackle in their complex, multi-layered dimensions and the inclusion of a gender perspective in research and academia, with a holistic set of measures addressing the above-mentioned objectives of the European Commission’s strategy.

AAL-2018-TURNTABLE – PLATFORM SUPPORTING VITALITY AND ABILITY OF ELDERLY – https://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/turntable/
TURNTABLE is a white label, extendable ICT platform addressed to 65+ years old users, supporting healthy and active ageing. The idea merges two ways of how to approach active aging: a bottom up approach from concrete, existing building blocks (a gardening and a nutrition application) that can be integrated in a single digital solution; and a top down long-term vision of a platform covering up to 60% of the elderly’s daily needs. For this reason, the TURNTABLE solution will integrate various ICT tools into one intuitive, personalized, extensible AAL platform, with the aim to support vitality and ability of the elderly starting with the prevention of social isolation, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating behaviours. The reach of European dimensions of the platform, co-creation and testing sessions will be held in 4 EU states. The solution will be introduced in 200 actual users’ real lives for a period of 12 months.

H2020 CERBERO Cross-layer modEl-based fRamework for multi-oBjective dEsign of Reconfigurable systems in unceRtain hybRid envirOnments https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/732105
The Cross-layer modEl-based fRamework for multi-oBjective dEsign of Reconfigurable systems in unceRtain hybRid envirOnments (CERBERO) project aims at developing a design environment for CPS based of two pillars: a cross-layer model based approach to describe, optimize, and analyze the system and all its different views concurrently; an advanced adaptivity support based on a multi-layer autonomous engine.

H2020 FITOPTIVIS From the cloud to the edge – smart IntegraTion and OPtimization Technologies for highly efficient Image and VIdeo processing Systems – https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/783162
The objective of FitOptiVis is to develop an integral approach for smart integration of image- and video-processing pipelines for CPS covering a reference architecture, supported by low-power, high-performance, smart devices, and by methods and tools for combined design-time and run-time multi-objective optimisation within system and environment constraints.

FP7-ICT-2013-10 NEBIAS – NEurocontrolled BIdirectional Artificial upper limb and hand prosthesiS – https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/611687
The NEBIAS (“NEurocontrolled BIdirectional Artificial upper limb and hand prosthesiS”) proposal aims at developing and clinically evaluating (in selected amputees) a neuro-controlled upper limb prosthesis intuitively controlled and felt by the amputee as the natural one. This will be possible by means of a novel neural interface able to provide a stable and very selective connection with the nervous system..

ARTEMIS-2009-100265 ASAM – Automatic Architecture Synthesis and Application Mapping – ttps://artemis-ia.eu/project/16-asam.html
The ASAM project will deliver new capabilities to automate the design and the construction Application-specific Instruction Set Processors and ASIP-based Multiprocessor Systems on Chip (MPSocs). This will be achieved through a holistic design-space exploration, involving a combined micro- and macro-architecture exploration and selection, at the MPSocC system level and at the ASIP processor level respectively.

FP6-2004-IST-4 2.3.4 SHAPES – Scalable Software Hardware Architecture Platform for Embedded Systems – https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/026825
The challenge is to find a scalable HW/SW design style for future CMOS technologies. The main problem is wiring, which threats Moore’s law. Tiled architectures suggest a possible HW path: “small” processing tiles connected by “short wires”.

PROGETTI LOCALI

È (stato) coordinatore di diversi progetti nazionali e locali. Tra gli altri:
-MISE- INSIEME: INtelligent Systems for Integrated hEalth ManagEment – PON 2014 – 2020.
-MS- NEMESIS: NEurocontrolled MEchatronic hand prosthesis
-MIUR-PRIN-2012-HANDBOT
-MIUR-PRIN-2009-OPENHAND
-MIUR-PRIN-2007-SAFEHAND
-MIUR-FAR-ALBA
-RAS-LR7-RPCT
È stato coordinatore locale di progetti industriali in diversi campi. Tra gli altri: ST-Microelectronics – Extension of ST200 architecture for ARM binary compatibility, ST-Microelectronics – Network on chip. È responsabile per programmi di cooperazione con diverse Università Europee.

BREVETTI

Pani D, Barabino G, Dessì A, Mathieu A, Raffo L (2013) Apparatus for performing local or remote rehabilitation and functional evaluation of right and left hands of patient, has patient interface which guides patient in use of gym tool, and provides feedbacks to sequence of patient actions. US2013143718-A1, UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI

Carta SM, Meloni P, De Micheli G, Raffo L (2008) Methods for hardware reduction and overall performance improvement in communication systems. WO/2008/031851, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE

Barbaro M., Bonfiglio A., Raffo L (2005) A field-effect device for the detection of small quantities of electric charge, such as those generated in bio-molecular processes, bound in the vicinity of the surface. PCT/EP2005/052655, CNR-INFM