Riccardo Barbieri received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, in 1992, and the Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, Boston, MA, in 1998. After his studies, he has continued his academic career and research studies at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University in Boston. He is currently Full Professor in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering at the Politecnico di Milano.
Prof. Barbieri’s research activity is in the field of modeling of biological systems, biomedical data processing, and computational neurosciences.
His research interests include the development of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based statistical learning algorithms for the analysis of biological systems, with focuses on computational modeling of neural information encoding and on signal and image processing of the human body. Specific applications of nonlinear and multivariate statistical models have been aimed at characterizing cardiovascular control dynamics, and important studies have been produced for physio-pathological assessment in the intensive Care Unit (ICU) and in the Operating Room (OR), as well as during Sport and open environment activities, using noninvasive signals such as the EEG, pupillometry, heart rate variability derived from either Electrocardiography (ECG) or Photoplethysmography (PPG), Respiration, and Galvanic Skin Response. Other relevant studies have focused on quantitative evaluation of human emotional states (Affective Computing) and Hearing Effort. Further investigations are motivated by the goal of providing accurate biomarkers of several pathological states such as depression, bipolar disorder, autism, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Most recently, ongoing funded projects are aimed at developing AI-based oncological assessments through computer tomography radiomics and ultrasound imaging. Prof. Barbieri is the author of more than 150 peer reviewed papers on international journals and more than 150 conference papers (Scopus h–index: 41), he is a Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the European Society of Hypertension, the Society for Neuroscience, and Senior Member of IEEE and the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.