Massimo TistarelliMassimo Tistarelli was born on November 11, 1962 in Genoa, Italy. He received the PhD in Computer Science and Robotics in 1991 from the University of Genoa. He is Full Professor in Computer Science (with tenure) and director of the Computer Vision Laoratory at the University of Sassari, Italy. Since 1986, he has been involved as project coordinator and task manager in several projects on computer vision and biometrics funded by the European Community. Since 1994, he has been the director of the Computer Vision Laboratory at the Department of Communication, Computer and Systems Science of the University of Genoa, and now at the University of Sassari, leading several National and European projects on computer vision applications and image-based biometrics. He is a founding member of the Biosecure Foundation, which includes all major European research centers working in biometrics. He is the Chair of the Management Committee of the European Union COST Action IC1106 “Integrating Biometrics and Forensics for the Digital Age.” His main research interests cover biological and artificial vision (particularly in the area of recognition, three-dimensional reconstruction, and dynamic scene analysis), pattern recognition, biometrics, visual sensors, robotic navigation, and visuo-motor coordination. He is co-author of more than 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed books, conferences, and international journals. He is the principal editor for the Springer book Handbook of Remote Biometrics , published in June 2009. Prof. Tistarelli is one of the world-recognized leading researchers in the area of biometrics, especially in the field of face recognition and multimodal fusion. He is the Scientific Director of the Italian Platform for Biometric Technologies (established from the Italian Ministry of the University and Scientific Research), chair of the IAPR Technical Committee 4 on Biometrics, President of the Italian Chapter of the IEEE Biometrics Coucil, Member of the IEEE Biometrics Professional Certification Committee, Fellow member of IAPR, and Senior member of IEEE. Read More Read Less