Special Sessions proposed at MeMeA 2020
Measurements and Data Analysis in Microfluidics Devices
Instrumentation and Measurements for Movement Analysis in Clinical Settings
Advances in biomedical sensors and non-invasive sensor-based diagnostic techniques
Chemical Sensors for Biomedical Applications
Instrumentation and Measurements for Augmented Reality and Brain Computer Interface in Medicine
Impedance spectroscopy methods and systems at the forefront of medical field innovations
Identifying paths to promote quality of life and well-being in the life span
Raman spectroscopy for medical diagnostics
Measurements for medicine in the past, an interdisciplinary approach
Measurements and Data Analysis in Microfluidics Devices
Abstract
Microfluidics devices have gained increasing interest thanks to the opportunity they offer to mimic the organ-level function of human physiology or disease using cocktail of cells and chemicals inside a microfluidic chip. Such a system, (often named Lab-on-chip or Organ-on-chip) in conjunction with a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model has the potential to supplement animal studies and serves as a human surrogate for the prediction of clinical outcomes. Computer vision technology and integrated sensors allow exploiting these devices in order to extract quantitative information about cell environment reconstituted.
Such a novel platform requires a standardization procedure based on a multi-expert effort crucial for its reliability and effectiveness of use.
To this scope, this special session aims at implementing a worthwhile and synergic research meeting from the biological, metrological, sensorial, and mathematical modelling fields. The debate serves to harmonize the understanding and the exploitation of these tools in terms of potential, repeatability conditions, as well as limitations, but also to provide practical usage guidance.
Topics
- Microfluidic Devices Fabrication
- Sensors for Microfluidic Devices
- Machine Learning for Image and Sensor Data
- Biological and Clinical Application of Microfluidic Devices
Organizers
Eugenio Martinelli
Eugenio Martinelli is Associate Professor at the Dept. Electronic Engineering of the university of Rome Tor Vergata. His research activities are mainly focused to design and fabrication of sensors, their interface and microfluidic devices for industrial and medical applications. He published more than 188 publications on international journals and congresses (with more than 3400 citations and H index equal to 31). He was responsible of several nation and international research projects.
Email: [email protected]
Arianna Mencattini
Arianna Mencattini is Assistant Professor, at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. She is member of the Italian Electrical and Electronic Measurement Group. She authored 96 scientific papers, 15 h-index, 849 citations (scopus), three book-chapters, and a book. At present, her main research interests relies on image analysis for medical applications and on the development of algorithms for the study of moving cells in biological experiments on microfluidic devices.
Email: [email protected]
Instrumentation and Measurements for Movement Analysis in Clinical Settings
Abstract
Human movement's studies are gaining a growing emerging interest in several diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative medical settings. Biomedical measures’ reliability of kinematic, biomechanical and electromyographic parameters related to movement analysis, not only in normal but especially on pathological subjects, require high level engineered techniques.
Electronic instrumentation, protocols and measurement methods are playing a relevant role identifying diagnostic indexes and outcome parameters of meaningful clinical value in medical decision support. Wearable sensors for movement analysis have shown great prospects in recent years, as these devices are inexpensive and can be applied outside the laboratory environment, enabling to perform the analysis in different scenarios (from hospital settings to home and daily environments). Other important trends are represented by the development of e-textile technologies and IoT m-health platform for remote patient monitoring.
The aim of this special session is to gather scientific contributions in the field of instrumentation and measurements of movement analysis in clinical settings.
Special session on Instrumentation and Measurements for Movement Analysis in Clinical Settings include, but it is not limited to, the topics:
- Posturographic Measurements
- Gait Analysis Measurements
- Upper Arms Movements Measurements
- Movement Analysis with Wearable Sensors
- Robot Mediated Movement Measurements
- Functional Outcome Measures in Mobility
- Sensor Miniaturization and Manufacturing Techniques
- Sensor Signal Processing
- International of Things for Wearable Monitoring Systems
- E-textile Systems for Movement Analysis
Organizers
Giovanni D'Addio
Giovanni D’Addio since 1995 he works in the Biomedical Dpt of IRCCS Maugeri, leading the Movement Analysis Lab of the Rehabilitation Institute of Telese Terme (BN, Italy). He is Contract Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University Federico II of Naples (IT) and his main scientific interest area are in the field of gait analysis, telemedicine and serious exergaming, wearable devices in e-textile technology in home care and chronic care management settings, methods of analysis of electromyographic signals of the lower and upper limb. He published more than 90 scientific papers in journals and national and international conference proceedings and led several Research Project by Italian Ministry of Health and of Economic Development.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Mario Cesarelli
Mario Cesarelli since 1992 is professor in “Bioengineering” at University “Federico II” of Naples (IT) where from 2013 to 2019 he served as Degree Course Chair. He has been faculty member of several PhD Teaching Board at University of Naples “Federico II” and at University of Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum". He was visiting professor at the Institute for Rehabilitation Research (I.R.V.) in Hoensbroek, The Netherlands in 1995. His main fields of scientific interests are biomedical instrumentation, bio-signal and image analysis, health care information system. He published more than 200 scientific papers in journals and national and international conference proceedings.
Email: [email protected]
Advances in biomedical sensors and non-invasive sensor-based diagnostic techniques
Abstract
This Special Session intends to encourage submission of original research papers concerning biomedical sensors, non-invasive sensor-based diagnostic techniques and health monitoring applications. Nowadays, transducers and sensors are widely used for monitoring patient vital signs or diagnosing non-invasively pathologies. Sensors can be even integrated into clothes or implanted in human body to monitor patient health status during daily life. This represents an interesting frontier in healthcare, nevertheless several perspectives and open research problems have to be investigated such as bio-signals and data processing, sensor failure and reliability, interface and signal treatment standards, fault-tolerance, maintenance, calibration and traceability issues.
Therefore, this Special Session aims to collect manuscripts that will give significant contributions in the field of biomedical sensors, body sensor networks and bio-signals processing addressed to reliable and non-invasive diagnosis or treatment of pathologies and diseases. Further topics concern the definition of procedures for maintenance and calibration, reliability and failure assessment.
Main topics include:
- Biomedical transducers and sensors
- Wearable sensing systems
- Non-invasive sensor-based diagnostic techniques
- Sensor-based pathology treatment
- Non-invasive monitoring of human physiological data
- Sensor array for health monitoring
- Body sensor networks
- Sensor data fusion
- Fault-tolerance and reliability in BSN
- Maintenance and calibration
- Failure assessment
- Thermal and mechanical bio-signals analysis
- Standards for smart biomedical transducers and sensors
The Special Session aims to provide an overview of advances and the latest novel and emergent technologies, implementations and applications concerning biomedical sensors and non-invasive diagnosis by using transducers and sensors, body sensor networks and bio-signals analysis.
Organizers
Rosario Morello
Dept. DIIES – University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Rosario Morello was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy, in 1978. He received the M.Sc. Degree (cum laude) in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. Degree in Electrical and Automation Engineering from the University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Since 2005, he has been Postdoctoral Researcher of Electrical and Electronic Measurements at the Department of Information Engineering, Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy of the same University. At the present he is an Assistant Professor and is Scientific Director of the Advanced Thermography Center at University Mediterranea. His main research interests include the design and characterization of distributed and intelligent measurement systems, advanced thermography, wireless sensor network, environmental monitoring, decision-making problems and measurement uncertainty, process quality assurance, instrumentation reliability and calibration, energy, smart grids, battery testing, biomedical applications and statistical signal processing, non-invasive systems, biotechnologies and measurement, instrumentation and methodologies related to Healthcare.
Email: [email protected]
Ruqiang Yan
Ruqiang Yan received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 2007, the M.S. degree in Precision Instrumentation and the B.S. degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering both from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2002 and 1997, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. Dr. Yan’s research expertise and interests are in the areas of biomedical instrumentation, data analytics for engineering system health monitoring, and energy-efficient sensor networks for collaborative information acquisition.
Email: [email protected]
Chemical Sensors for Biomedical Applications
Abstract
One of the main challenges in biomedical applications is the development of low-invasive instrumentation for early diagnosis of pathologies and illness state. In such a context, chemical sensors play a key role, being many metabolites considered target substances to be detected and evaluated in terms of their concentration in human physiological fluids (blood, urine, breath, sweat). Their anomalous concentration can be the indication of the presence of specific pathologies. Well consolidated examples are found in the field of electrochemical sensors, were analyses are simply performed by putting a micro-drop of blood directly on the device, or the detection of biomarkers and their concentration directly from the exhaled breath by means of chemical gas sensors. The improvements in the field of nanomaterial technology and its compatibility with electronic industry bring to new devices able to spread up the number of applications. This special issue is devoted on the development and metrological evaluation of chemical sensors and related instrumentation for low-invasive medical applications. Papers regarding devices, systems and instrumentation for health and patient care are also welcome.
Topic of interest include but are not limited to:
- Chemical gas sensors for health and patient care.
- Sampling and measurement procedures for low-invasive applications.
- Chemical sensors for wellness and active aging.
- Biochemical sensors.
Organizers
Luca Lombardo
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
Politecnico di Torino
Luca Lombardo was born in Italy in 1986. He received his B.D. and M.S. degree in electronic engineering from the Università di Messina, Italy, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Currently he is a PhD Student in Metrology with the Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino. His research interests include the development of innovative sensors and systems especially for environmental monitoring and biomedical applications, embedded systems and instrumentation in general.
Email: [email protected]
Nicola Donato
Department of Engineering
University of Messina
Nicola Donato received the M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Messina, Messina, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Electronic Measurements and the head of the laboratories of “Electronics for Sensors and for Systems of Transduction” and of “Electrical and Electronic Measurements” at Dept. of Engineering of University of Messina. He has authored over 150 papers on international journals and conference proceedings (Scopus). His current research interests include sensor characterization and modeling, development of measurement system for sensors, and characterization of electronic devices up to microwave range and down to cryogenic temperatures.
Email: [email protected]
Instrumentation and Measurements for Augmented Reality and Brain Computer Interface in Medicine
Abstract
In spite of their high level of maturity, the continuous technological advancements constantly lead to discover unexploited potential of Augmented Reality (AR) in a number of fields, and especially in the medical one, with applications that range from medical training to patient’s monitoring, remote surgery, Health 4.0, rehabilitation, etc. On the other hand, also Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) are becoming increasingly accessible for daily-use applications. In fact, thanks to the availability of new hardware and software solutions, BCI systems are now more affordable and robust in terms of accuracy and latency efficiency. Indeed, a recent and challenging research trend is to combine the use of AR and BCI, so as to exploit the specific advantages of both technologies: while AR could increase wearability (hands free), BCI could improve the robustness (exogenous BCI) and the applicability. Starting from these considerations, this special session is open to research or review contributions related to the most recent advancements in the multidisciplinary approach to research in AR for medical applications and in BCI.
The list of topics includes (but it is not limited to) the following:
- Instrumental solutions and measurement principles for enhancing the accuracy and robustness of AR and BCI systems
- Display technologies and human vision
- Wearable sensors
- Object recognition and image registration in medicine
- Computer graphics and animation in medicine
- Speech, gestures, tracking, and calibration techniques
- User experience, perception, and interactions in AR and BCI
- Multisensory experiences and improved immersion
- Applications and case-studies
- Accuracy latency vs wereability
- BCI paradigms (EP, ERP, Motor imagery)
- Psychophysical condition monitoring
- Deep learning based classification
Organizers
Egidio De Benedetto
Università del Salento, Italy
Egidio De Benedetto received the M.S. degree in materials engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information engineering from the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, in 2006 and 2010, respectively. From 2010 through 2012, he has been with the Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems of the National Research Council (CNR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). Since 2012, he is a research fellow with the Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento.
His major research interests relate to the research, development and metrological characterization of innovative augmented reality (AR) solutions for the medical and industrial fields.
Email: [email protected]
Nicola Moccaldi
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Nicola Moccaldi received the M.S. degree in communication science from the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy, in 1999, and the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, in 2018. Since 1999, he has carried out numerous professional assignments in the social and health sector policies. Since 2015, he has been a Researcher in electronic engineering applied to biomedical field with Innovum S.R.L., Naples. He is currently a Research Fellow with Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Federico II, Naples. His current research interests include biomedical instrumentation and measurement in Brain Computer Interface (BCI) solutions for the medical and industrial fields.
Email: [email protected]
Impedance spectroscopy methods and systems at the forefront of medical field innovations
Abstract
Impedance is not only a fundamental parameter associated with components and circuits, but it is suitable to analyze the electrical behavior of organic material as well. Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is in fact widely adopted for non-invasive analysis of biological organisms and foods. Namely, IS represents a clinical practice for evaluating the total water content and free fat mass in human body; recent proposals have highlighted IS suitability to measuring transdermal drug delivery as well as characterizing muscular tissues in terms of equivalent electrical parameters; IS allows measuring the moisture content in foods like fruits, bread, meat, fish, and detecting adulterants in vegetable oils and dairy products; IS of dairy products can even provide early warnings of mastitis in cows. Nonetheless, medical ultrasound IS is routinely adopted to investigate physical properties of tissues characterized by different acoustic impedances. IS can be carried out relying on different approaches based on single frequency or multi-frequency comb-line stimuli or even other broadband excitations. Each method differs for hardware and software requirements and, accordingly, for accuracy and measurement time performances as well as costs. Laboratory impedance analyzers are bulky and expensive and therefore unsuitable for traveling points of care and unsustainable for limited-budget applications. Embedded solutions, relying on low cost microprocessors and equipped with network interfaces, like those found in the most recent IoT devices, on the counterpart, are leaning on the market and seem feasible as clinically portable solutions or even wearable devices. This special issue aims at collecting original proposals concerning measurement methods, designs, and metrological characterization of IS instruments that address, but are not limited to, the applicative scenarios and requisites enlisted above.
Organizers
Pasquale Arpaia
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Pasquale Arpaia took Master Degree and PhD in Electrical Engineering at University of Napoli Federico II (Italy), where he is full professor of Instrumentation and Measurements. He is Team Manager at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). He was also professor at University of Sannio, scientific associate at Institutes of Engines and Biomedical Engineering of CNR, and now of INFN Section of Naples. He is Associate Editor of the Institute of Physics Journal of Instrumentation, Elsevier Journal Computer Standards & Interfaces, MDPI Instruments, and in the past also of IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging and Manufacturing. He is Editor at Momentum Press of the Book Collection “Emerging Technologies in Measurements, Instrumentation, and Sensors”. In last years, he was scientific responsible of more than 30 awarded research projects in cooperation with industry, with related patents and international licences, and funded 4 academic spin off companies. He acted as scientific evaluator in several international research call panels. He has served as organizing and scientific committee member in several IEEE and IMEKO Conferences. He is plenary speaker in several scientific conferences. His main research interests include digital instrumentation and measurement techniques for magnets, superconductors, power converters and cryogenics of particle accelerators, evolutionary diagnostics, distributed measurement systems, ADC modelling and testing. In these fields, he published several book chapters, and about 280 scientific papers in journals and national and international conference proceedings. His PhD students were awarded in 2006 and 2010 at IEEE I2MTC, as well as in 2016 and 2012, 2018 at IMEKO TC-10 and World Conferences, respectively.
Email: [email protected]
Mauro D’Arco
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Mauro D’Arco is Associate Professor at the University of Naples Federico II. He has been a member of the Administration Council of Sciences and Technologies Division of the University of Naples Federico II. He was the coordinator of a small task force at CERN in the Equipment Control and Electronic section where he spent a short period as Unpaid Associate in 2010, and was appointed Visiting Scientist at CERN by the Technology Department TE-MSC-MM for year 2014. He has covered the role of Technical Program Chairman for the IEEE Workshop EESMS 2014. His research activity is related to the study and characterization of noise sources, the setting up of innovative methods for phase noise measurements, the study and setting up of innovative methods for performance assessment of the transmitters of telecommunication systems, the definition of descriptive models for digital-to-analog converters (D/A), the use of arbitrary waveform generators to play critical waveforms, and the investigation of innovative acquisition modes to improve the vertical resolution of high speed digitizers. He has been teaching at the University of Naples Federico II “Fundamentals of Measurements” and "Automatic Test Equipment and Signal Processing". He has initialized and oriented the activities of four PhD students. He took part to various national and local research projects, and consulted with several national and local enterprises giving support to research and innovation actions.
Email: [email protected]
Identifying paths to promote quality of life and well-being in the life span: The assessment of human functions in neurosciences, psychology and psychiatry
Abstract
This session will be a focused discussion on scientific approaches to the measurement in clinical and psychological contexts, which are applied to promote the quality of life. Central to this discussion will be the issues related to the enhancement of well-being in the life span, starting from the essential data obtained from the measurement of behaviour, perception and physiology. This session will evaluate different methods of measurement used in different areas of health promotion. They will be compared in relation to their usefulness to improve the management of health risk factors in the life span. A specific point of reflection will be related to the integration of different points of view, devoted to deepen human perception and cognition. These assessments refer to the application in different fields of knowledge (psychiatry, psychology and clinical neuroscience), pointing to the opportunity of dissemination of best practices into everyday clinical experience.
Topics
- Well-being in the life span
- Health attitudes and promotion
- Uncertainty, health risk awareness and management, decision-making
- Attention and perception
- Social and emotional dimensions in behaviour
- Assessment, measurement, psychometrics and testing
Organizers
Maria Pietronilla Penna
University of Cagliari, Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy
Maria Pietronilla Penna is Full Professor in Experimental Psychology at the University of Cagliari. She is mainly involved in the investigation and assessment of brain functions and cognitive processes in the life span. One of her research topics concerns the investigation of the factors underpinning well-being in adulthood.
Email: [email protected]
Pier Luigi Marconi
Artemis Neurosciences, Roma
Pier Luigi Marconi is a psychiatrist and holds a PhD in dynamic and clinical psychology at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the ARTEMIS Neuropsychiatric, which is a medical association for observation, evaluation and intervention in neurology, psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Email: [email protected]
Eraldo Francesco Nicotra
University of Cagliari, Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy
Eraldo Francesco Nicotra is Associate Professor in Psychometrics at the University of Cagliari. His academic activity is related to statistical data analysis; he is mainly involved in the investigation of behaviour and perception and in the assessment of well-being in the life span.
Email: [email protected]
Mirian Agus
University of Cagliari, Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy
Mirian Agus is a psychologist and holds a PhD at the University of Barcelona. Since 2001, she has been working at the University of Cagliari. Her research interests include the study of research methodology, the construction of assessment instruments and the statistical data analyses applied to behavioural sciences.
Email: [email protected]
Raman spectroscopy for medical diagnostics
Abstract
Raman techniques have useful properties that satisfy many of the criteria required in medical diagnostics. It has a high chemical specificity and it is possible obtain molecular information non-invasively and non-intrusively. A Raman spectrum represents a molecular fingerprint of the sample and provides qualitative information in real time regarding changes in cells, tissues, bloods, saliva etc. that could be due or could be themselves the cause of a disease. Therefore, the analysis of Raman spectra and of their changes can efficiently determine the presence and cause of diseases. This ability to detect biochemical changes at a molecular level can be used for diagnostics, prognostics or as a tool for evaluating new therapies. This special session will focus on the considerations of the efficiency and on the new implementations of Raman spectroscopy technique for medical diagnostic applications and for the dissemination of the results.
Topics
- Raman measurements and innovative diagnostic approaches
- Raman spectroscopies in medical and biomedical applications
- Raman spectroscopy and regenerative measurements
Organizers
Tilde de Caro
Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, Montelibretti, Italy
Tilde de Caro took a degree in Geology at the First University of Rome “Sapienza” in 1997 and then the Ph.D. degree in ‘Materials Science and Technology’ at the ‘Politecnico of Turin’. She works as researcher at the Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials of the National Research Council of Italy (ISMN-CNR). Adjunct professor at the University Sapienza of Rome (Science Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage). Responsible of micro Raman spectroscopy Lab at ISMN-CNR. Author of more of 90 articles in international journals with more than 1200 citations and a H-index 18 (source Google Scholar) and numerous communications in national and international conferences.
Email: [email protected]
Leonardo Iannucci
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Leonardo Iannucci received the M.S. degree in Materials Engineering in 2016, and then the Ph.D. degree in Metrology in 2019 from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin. He is currently with the Department of Applied Science and Technology of Politecnico di Torino and his research interest include corrosion science, coatings for corrosion protection and materials for biomedical applications.
Email: [email protected]
Measurements for medicine in the past, an interdisciplinary approach
Abstract
This Special Session represents an interesting opportunity for historians, engineers, doctors and researchers to provide an increase of knowledge and an interdisciplinary vision of the measurements for medicine in the past. As a matter of facts Measurement is an integral part of science as well as of engineering, commerce, daily life, health. Measurement may be considered a hallmark of the scientific enterprise and a privileged source of knowledge relative to qualitative modes of inquiry. Measurement is an activity that involves interaction with concrete systems with the aim of representing aspects of these systems in abstract terms. The systems considered in this session are scientific instruments tools, developed for scientific purposes in the past in the field of medicine. These artefacts are important witnesses of the human culture as well as of the partnership between medicine, science and craft.
Topics
This Special Session represents an interesting opportunity for historians, engineers, doctors and researchers to provide an increase of knowledge and an interdisciplinary vision of the measurements for medicine in the past. As a matter of facts Measurement is an integral part of science as well as of engineering, commerce, daily life, health. Measurement may be considered a hallmark of the scientific enterprise and a privileged source of knowledge relative to qualitative modes of inquiry. Measurement is an activity that involves interaction with concrete systems with the aim of representing aspects of these systems in abstract terms. The systems considered in this session are scientific instruments tools, developed for scientific purposes in the past in the field of medicine. These artefacts are important witnesses of the human culture as well as of the partnership between medicine, science and craft.
- Measurements in different medical fields
- Medical measurements in different historical periods
- Ancient medical instruments
Organizers
Emma Angelini
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Emma Angelini, graduated in Chemistry at Torino University, is Full Professor of Applied Physical Chemistry in the Faculty of Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. She is Vice-President of the ICC - International Corrosion Council. Her research areas are: Biomaterials, on dental materials in environments simulating the oral cavity, for the evaluation of the corrosion resistance and ion release; Cultural Heritage protection and conservation, degradation processes of ancient metals, monitoring of museum environments by smart button sensors, innovative coatings for the protection of metallic artefacts; Plasma chemistry - PECVD techniques for surface modifications; corrosion and protection of metallic materials. She cooperates with the Museo Galileo of Florence for the didactic activity and with the Museo della Lana di Stia (Arezzo) as member of the scientific committee. She is member of: EFC - European Federation of Corrosion, W.P. “Surface Science: Corrosion Mechanisms” , AIM - Italian Association of Metallurgy, SCI - Italian Chemical Society, AIAr – Associazione Italiana Archeometria.
Email: [email protected]
Giulia Belgioioso
University of Salento, Italy
Giulia Belgioioso, graduated in Philosophy at Lecce University, is Full Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Salento. She is director since the foundation (1998) of the Interdepartmental Center of Studies on Descartes and the seventeenth century (in agreement with the Center d’études cartésiennes, Ecole doctorale: Concepts et langages de Paris-IV Sorbonne, EA 3552, membre fondateur) She is director of the Aurifodina philosophica series (15 volumes) and, since 1987, of the Descartes series and his works (published volumes: Discours de la méthode (1637); Meditationes de prima philosophia (1642); Principia philosophiae (1644); Les Passions de l'âme (1649), Passiones animae (1650), Specimina Philosophiae (1644), Lettres de Monsieur Descartes par Claude Clerselie, Paris, 1666-1667 ). She edited for Georg Olms in 2009 De Abusu philosophiae cartesianae, by Desmarets Samuel.
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