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Curriculum Vitae Europass – MICHELE BARSOTTI
General Information
Michele Barsotti via Rotina 143, 56021, Pisa, Italy +39 370 325 1985 [email protected]
Citizien Italian
Date of birth 14 December 1984
Sex Male
Brief Bio Michele Barsotti received the bachelor and master degree (M.Sc.) in Biomedical Engineering from the University
of Pisa in 2009 and 2011 respectively. He obtained his PhD degree in Emerging Digital Technologies from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa on October 27th, 2016 with a dissertation on "Human-Machine interfaces based on electro-biological signals for robotic application and neurorehabilitation" with the final evaluation score of full marks and honor. In 2016 he was a visiting student at the Institute of Neurorehabilitation Systems at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University, Germany. He is currently working as a post-doc researcher at the PercRo laboratory and his research interests include bio-signal processing, robotic, wearable robots, neuro-rehabilitation and neural control of movements.
Work Experience
Dates November 2016 – present
Position Post-doctoral researcher
Name of employer Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, TeCIP Istitute, PERCRO lab, Pisa - Italy
Main Activities and reponsibilities
Research fellowship, “applied mechanics and machines” sector.
Since 2016 he works as a senior researcher (post-doctorate) in the PERCRO laboratory. His main activities relate to the study of biosignals for human machine interfaces and to the development and evaluation (through clinical trials) of novel neuro-rehabilitation robotic systems.
Dates February 2016 – August 2016
Position held Visiting researcher
Name of employer Prof Dr. Dario Farina, Institute of Neurorehabilitation Systems at the University Medical Center Göttingen, GERMANY
Tipo di attività Periodo di ricerca all'estero
Main Activities and reponsibilities
At the laboratory of Neurorehabilitation Systems of the University of Goettingen, under the supervision Prof Dario Farina, he studies and investigates the high-density EMG signal for the articulated myocontrol of hand-prosthesis and hand-exoskeletons.
Dates November 2011 – October 2016
Position held PhD student
Name of employer Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, TeCIP Institute, PERCRO lab, Pisa – Italy
Main Activities and reponsibilities
PhD program in “Emerging Digital Technologies”
He starts the doctoral programme in November 2011 in the laboratory of Perceptual Robotics (PercRo), and he is conferred the PhD Degree in Emerging
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Digital Technologies on October 27th, 2016 with a dissertation on: “Human robot interaction based on electrobiological signals for robotic application and neurorehabilitation” with the final evaluation score of full marks and honor (100/100 cum laude).
Dates 20/01/2012 – 05/11/2012
Position held Research Fellowship
Name of employer Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, TeCIP Institute, PERCRO lab, Pisa – Italy
Main Activities and reponsibilities
Research Fellowship, “Biomedical Engineering” sector
From January 2012 to November 2012 he works at the PERCRO laboratory whithin the European Project “VERE”. His research activity had as title “Analisys of bio-medical signals and multi-sensorial feedback in healthy volunteers” and the main objective was the development and testing of a Motor Imagery based Brain Computer Interface (BCI) system based on novel algorithms and different feedback conditions (such as proprioceptive tendon vibration for movement illusion)
Education and Training
05/11/2012 – 27/10/2016 Doctoral Degree (PhD) score: 100/100 cum laude EQF level: 8 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – TeCIP Institue, Pisa (Italy) Thesis title: “Human robot interaction based on electro-biological signals for robotic application and Neurorehabilitation”
2/10/2012 Abilitazione alla Professione di Ingegnere – settore ingegneria dell’informazione
15/12/2009–6/12/2011 Laurea Specialistica in Ingegneria Biomedica score: 110/110 EQF level: 7 University of Pisa Thesis title: “Development of an EEG based Motor Imagery - Brain Computer Interface for neuro-rehabilitation”
05/11/2004 – 15/12/2009 Laurea triennale in Ingegneria Biomedica score 96/110 University of Pisa Thesis title: “riconoscimento della postura della mano Attraverso la classificazione di segnali Elettromiografici”
01/10/1998 – 07/07/2003 Scientific High school licence –“Liceo scientifico”
CONFERENCES AND GIVEN PRESENTATIONS Descrizione 1. 2018 June – Eurohaptics conference (Pisa)
Co-organizer of the conference 2. 2017 May 06 – Cava De’ Tirreni (Salerno)
Plenary talk “Tecnologie Robotiche E Di Realtà Virtuale Per La Riabilitazione Neuro-Motoria; conference “La sfida tecnologica per la persona disabile tra inclusione e isolamento”; Organizer “Fondazione Sinapsi”
3. 2015 August 06 -- National University Of Singapore (NTU) – Singapore Paper Presentation “A full upper limb robotic exoskeleton for reaching and
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grasping rehabilitation triggered by Motor Imagery-Brain Computer Interface” , ICORR-2015 - International Conference On Robotic Rehabilitation IEEE
4. 2015 – CNR Milano plenary talk “NeuroRobotics for Neurorehabilitation”; Workshop “V Workshop in NeuroInformatica”; organizer Prof. Dr. Francesco Sicurello.
5. 2014 – Huston – Texas (USA) Lecture at the WorkShop “Brain Computer Interfaces and Haptics”; conference IEEE Haptic Symposium 2014 Huston (USA)
6. 2013 March– Fondazione Santa Lucia – ROMA Given lecture and demonstration at the workshop “Body and Brain computer Interfaces for communication and control”; event Brain Awarness Week
TEACHING EXPERIENCES Main Activities During the doctoral programme and after the PhD, Michele Barsotti has teaching
experieces as assistant professor in university courses, workshops, conferences and summer-schools.
Descrizione 1. 10-May-2018: Plenary lecture titled “Nuove tecnologie robotiche indossabili per la riabilitazione e l'assistenza motoria” at the ECM (Continous Medical Education) course titled “Riabilitazione tra presente e futuro” held during the national event of the UILDM (Unione Italiana Lotta alla Distrofia Muscolare)
2. 2014 / 2015 - 2015 / 2016 - 2016 / 2017 - 2015 / 2016 For four consecutive years he covers the role of assistant professor for the class of “Bio ingegneria Elettronica ed Informatica” (Modulo dell'insegnamento Bioingegneria Elettronica e Economia Aziendale – Cod. 002IP) CdS Fisioterapia e CdS Terapia della neuro e Psicomotricità dell’età evolutiva tenuto dal prof. Antonio Frisoli presso l'Università di Pisa
3. 2015 Given lectures at the Master “Master In Scienze e Tecnologie di alta specializzazione e riabilitazione” sponzorized by Telecom and directed by professors Giulio Guido and Bruno Rossi from the “Unità Operativa di Neuroriabilitazione Universitaria”, and with the partecipation of Prof. Antonio Frisoli from PERCRO laboratory of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.
4. 2015 Given lectures at the post-lauream Master course “Digital Life & Smart Living” - (Master 2nd level)
Awards ICORR 2015 The paper "A Full Upper Limb Robotic Exoskeleton for Reaching and Grasping
Rehabilitation Triggered by MI-BCI" has been short-listed for the "Best Conference Paper Award" of ICORR 2015.
Personal skills and Competences
Mother tongue Italian
Other languages Understanding Speaking Writing
Listening Reading Spoken interaction
Spoken production
English C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 Certificato dalla Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Esperienza di quattro mesi all’estero presso Institute of Neurorehabilitation Systems at the University Medical Center Göttingen (Germania)
Spanish A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
French B1 B1 A2 A2 A2
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Relevant Competences Signal analysis (with particular regards to biologiacal signals such as EMG, EEG, Heart Rate, Galvanic Skin Response, etc.)
Expert in Statistical analysis (softwares R, SPSS)
Excellent programming skills in Matlab and Simulink.
Expert user of Word, Power Point and Excel
Electronic circuit reader
Programming Virtual Reality scenes in XVR (vr-media)
Driving Licence A1, B
Publications On peer-reviewed
journals
1. Barsotti, M; Leonardis, D; Vanello, N; Frisoli, A Bergamasco, M ”Continuous
kinaesthetic feedback based on tendon vibration can improve performance of Motor
Imagery BCI”. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 2018
2. M A Padilla-Castañeda, E Sotgiu, M Barsotti, A Frisoli, P Orsini, A Martiradonna, C
Laddaga and M Bergamasco ,"An Orthopaedic Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation Method
of the Forearm in Virtual Reality Physiotherapy", Journal of healthcare and Engineering,
hindawi 2018
3. A Frisoli, M Solazzi, C Loconsole, M Barsotti. “New generation emergin technologies
for neurorehabilitation and motor assistance”, Acta Myologica, 2016
4. D.Leonardis, M.Barsotti, C. Loconsole, M. Solazzi, A. Frisoli , “An EMG-Controlled
Robotic Hand Exoskeleton for Bilateral Rehabilitation”, IEEE Trans On Haptics, vol 8, n
2, year 2015
5. D Leonardis, A Frisoli, M Barsotti, M Carrozzino, M Bergamasco. “Multisensory
Feedback Can Enhance Embodiment Within an Enriched Virtual Walking Scenario”.
Presence Teleoperators & amp Virtual Environments 10-2014; 2014
6. Frisoli, A., Loconsole, C., Leonardis, D., Banno, F., Barsotti, M., Chisari, C., &
Bergamasco, M.. A new gaze-BCI-driven control of an upper limb exoskeleton for
rehabilitation in real-world tasks. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
Part C (Applications and Reviews), 42(6), 1169-1179, 2012.
On book chapters
6. Barsotti M., Sotgiu E., Leonardis D., Sgherri G., Lamola G., Fanciullacci C, Caterina
P., Chisari C., Frisoli A Novel mixed active hand exoskeleton and assistive arm device for
intensive rehabilitative treatment for stroke patients. ICNR 2016, Segovia, Spain Date:
October 2016
7. Sgherri G., Lamola G., Fanciullacci C., Barsotti M., Sotgiu E., Leonardis D. Procopio
C., Rossi B., Frisoli A, Chisari C. “ Rationale of an integrated robotic approach for
upper limb functional rehabilitation”, ICNR 2016, Segovia, Spain Date: October 2016
On peer-reviewed conferences
8. Murciego, L. P., Barsotti, M., & Frisoli, A. (2018, June). “Synergy-Based Multi-fingers
Forces Reconstruction and Discrimination from Forearm EMG.” In International
Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications (pp.
204-213). Springer, Cham.
9. Loconsole, C., Leonardis, D., Barsotti, M., Solazzi, M., Frisoli, A., Bergamasco, M.
(2013, April). “EMG-based robotic-assisted system for bilateral reahabilitation”. In
World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2013 (pp. 537-542). IEEE
10. Leonardis, A Frisoli, M Barsotti, N Vanello, M Bergamasco, “A comparison of
algorithms for motor imagery for BCIunder different sensory feedback conditions”. 2012
4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics
11. G Tattoli, D Buongiorno, C Loconsole, D Leonardis, M Barsotti, V Bevilacqua, M.
Bergamasco. A Frisoli. ”A novel BCI-SSVEP based approach for control of walking in
Virtual Environment using a Convolutional Neural Network”. : International Joint
Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) 2014
12. E.Ruffaldi, M. Barsotti, D. Leonardis, Giulia Bassani, Antonio Frisoli, Massimo
Bergamasco. “Evaluating Virtual Embodiment with the ALEx Exoskeleton”. EuroHaptics
2014 Conference, Versailles, 2014
13. Buongiorno D., Barsotti M., Sotgiu E., Loconsole C., Solazzi M., Bevilacqua V., Frisoli
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A, Bergamasco M.”A neuromusuloskeletal model of the human upper limb for a
myoelectric exoskeleton control using a reduced number of muscles”. IEEE World
Haptics Conference (WHC), Chicago,2015 IEEE, 273-279
14. Barsotti M., Leonardis D., Loconsole C., Solazzi M., Sotgiu E., Procopio C., Chisari C.,
Bergamasco M., Frisoli. ”A full upper limb robotic exoskeleton for reaching and
grasping rehabilitation triggered by Motor Imagery-Brain Computer Interface, ICORR,
Singapore 2015
15. Lorenzini C., Faita C., Barsotti M., Carrozzino M., Tecchia F., Bergamasco
M.”ADITHO - a Serious Game for Training and Evaluating Medical Ethics Skills”. IFIP-
ICEC Conference, Trondheim, Norvey 2015
16. Barsotti M., Sotgiu E., Leonardis D., Sarac M., Sgherri G., Lamola G., Fanciullacci C.,
Caterina P., Chisari C., Frisoli A “A novel approach for upper limb robotic rehabilitation
for stroke patients, 2016
Projects: Projects in which he actively took part
VERE, "Virtual Embodiment and Robotic Re-Embodiment" - European Seventh
Framework Program, Future and Emerging Technologies (FET), Grant Agreement Number
257695.
BRAVO "Brain computer interfaces for Robotic enhanced Action in Visuo-motOr tasks",
funded by the Italian Institute of Technology within the Seed research program
WEARHAP - "WEARable HAPtics for humans and robots" has received funding from the
European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement
n°601165.
CENTAURO - Robust Mobility and Dexterous Manipulation in Disaster Response by
Fullbody Telepresence in a Centaur-like Robot" - European Union's Horizon 2020
Programme under Grant Agreement 644839 (ICT-23-2014 Robotics)
MODULIMB - Probing the modular organization of the neuromuscular control of limb
movements: an inter-disciplinary approach, PRIN 2015HFWRYY
RONDA - wearable RObots customized for upper-limb rehabilitatioN of neurological
patients - Tuscany Region FAS project
