About the author
Francesco Bianconi (M.Eng., Ph.D.) is Associate Professor of Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Perugia, Italy. He has held visiting positions with the University of Vigo (Spain), the University of East Anglia (U.K.), Queen Mary University of London (U.K.) and City University of London (U.K.). He conducts research on computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition with a particular focus on texture and colour analysis for industrial and biomedical applications. Prof. Bianconi is IEEE senior member, chartered Engineer and court-appointed expert.