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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Fabrizio Taffoni Birthplace: San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy Birthdate: August 16th, 1981 Home address: Via Mauro de Mauro, 2

04013 Sermoneta (LT), Italy Personal Phone: +39 328 2521535 Business Phone: +39 06 22541 9464 E-mail: f.taffoni@unicampus.it

EDUCATION

2006-2009 PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy. 2003-2005 Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering, (110/110 cum Laude), Università Campus

Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy. 2000-2003 Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering, (110/110 cum Laude), Università

Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy. PROFESSIONAL HYSTORY

July 2017-present

Post-Doctoral fellowship at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy, Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems.

Oct. 2017-present

Foreing research, expert in the designing of mechatronic systems for human behavioral analysis at Telematics Services Engineering Research Group, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain.

Jan. 2018- Feb. 2018

Research Associate at Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC) with Associated Personnel access at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), USA.

July 2012-June 2017

Assistant Professor of Bioengineering (Italian academic sector of Biomedical Engineering, ING-IND/34) in the Engineering department of Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems (art. 24, coma 3, lettera a).

April 2012-May 2012

Research Assistant at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy, Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems

March 2009-March 2012

Post-Doctoral fellowship at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy, Laboratory of Developmental Neuroscience (art. 51, comma 6, legge 27 Dic. 1997, n° 449).

FABRIZIO TAFFONI Curriculum Vitae Et Studiorum

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January 2008 Visiting Student at the Perception in Action Laboratory, Perception-Movement-Action Research Consortium (PMARC), Edinburgh University (UK). I joined the group of Prof. Dave N. Lee, working on wearable sensors to study spontaneous and goal directed movements in newborns.

ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Tutoring Service Coordinator for the Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Engineering department of the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, from October 2015. International mobility of students, Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, since October 2015. Faculty Board of Ph.D course in “Bioingegneria e Bioscienze”, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, from January 2013 to December 2015. PhD defence Board Member in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the Università La Sapienza di Roma, June 2015- Master and Bachelor graduation Board Member respectively in Biomedical and Industrial Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (at least two times per year since 2012). TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Academic teaching:

Course of Biodesign (4 of 6 ECTS) at the School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy (October 2017-present).

Course of “Mechatronics for Biomedical systems” (12 out of 18 ECTS) at the School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy (November 2016-present).

Course of “Biomechatronics” (12 ECTS) at the School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy (November 2012 – October 2016).

Tutor/Teaching Assistant of the “Biomechatronics” class at the School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy (November 2011 – October 2012).

Tutor/Teaching Assistant of the “Rehabilitation Bioengineering” class at the School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy (September 2008 - October 2010).

Tutor/Teaching Assistant of the “Anatomy and Physiology” class at the School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy (September 2007 – 2009).

Tutoring and supervision of students

2012-2015: Supervision/co-supervision of 2 PhD students in Biomedical Engineering: Dr. Luca Ricci (currently Lead System Engineer at Xsens Technologies BV) and Dr. Eleonora Tamilia (currently post-doc at Harvard Medical School). The supervised PhD candidates have co-authored 6 papers on ISI journals and 6 on peer-reviewed international conferences. Moreover, Eleonora Tamilia has been awarded with the second place of the "best student paper competition" at The 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2015), Milan, Italy, 2015. Her Ph.D Thesis has been awarded with Premio Mazzoldi 2016 from the Italian National Bioengineering Group.

2008-2017: Supervision/co-supervision of 15+ master students' and 8 bachelor students' theses from the School of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy. Several of these led to peer-reviewed publications, co-authored by the supervised students (i.e. Taffoni et al., Journal of Healthcare Engineering 2018, in press; Rosi et al., Journal of Sensors 2016; Giorgino et al., IEEE Sensors 2014; Cavaiola et al. EMBC 2014; Di Pino et al BIOROB

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2012; Piervirgili et al., EMBC 2011), and to Mater thesis Award (Miglior Tesi di Laurea CEI, 2017, Premio di Laurea "Novel Trends in Biomedical Engineering", GNB 2017).

Current supervised post-doc and Ph.D:

Dr. Valentina Focaroli;

Jacopo Tosi. FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS

Grant Program at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma 2017-2018. Awarded for a short term visiting period at Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC), Boston Children Hospital, Boston.

Post Doctoral fellowship at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy, Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, from July 2017 to June 2018.

Elected IEEE senior member by the IEEE Senior Member Review Panel in December 2016 (less than 9% of the IEEE members achieve this level of professional recognition).

Awarded by the Italian Ministry for the Economic Development with the Smart&Start funds to support industrial exploitation of scientific results in April 2014 by young researchers.

Post Doctoral fellowship at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy, Laboratory of Developmental Neuroscience, from March 2009 to March 2012

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Research interests

Sensor calibration and modelling;

Data fusion for motor behaviour assessment

Design and development of mechatronic systems for: o Non-obtrusive and quantitative assessment of motor development in children. o Assessment of motion performance in neurological patients o Assessment of motion performance in athletes

Bibliometric Data

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Figure 1: Trend of the scientific production: Scopus source on the left; Google Scholar source, on the right.

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Research Projects:

Principal Investigator of the Industrial Research Project: Valutazione sperimentale delle capacità di alimentazione del neonato: impatto delle tettarelle”, funded by Chicco (Artsana s.p.a). Overall funding: 30000 €. (since December 2016).

Key person of the Research Project: MEDIA- Music: EmboDiment In Action, funded by FAST Grant, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. Overall funding 150000 € (since October 2016).

Co-Investigator of the NIH-R01 Research Project: Reaching, posture, object exploration, and language in high - and low-risk infants, funded by NIH (contract number: HD073255-01A1). Overall funding: 1500000 $ (since April 2013)

Post-Doc Research Assistant in the NIH-R21 Research Project: Sensor-based technology in the study of motor skills in infants at risk for ASD, funded by NIH (contract number HD068584). Overall funding: 95948 $ (from January 2011 to December 2013)

Post-Doc Research Assistant in the Research Project Intrinsically Motivated Cumulative Learning Versatile Robots, funded by the European Commission in the FP7-EU-ICT programme, under contract n. 231722. Overall funding: 5899884 € (from May 2009 to April 2013).

Member of the Team at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma in the following research projects:

TOUM- The Other Understanding in Movement, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research under the “FIRB - Futuro in Ricerca” program for “young researchers”. Total budget: 605000€ (from December 2010 to December 2014)

TACT-Though in ACTion, funded by the European Commission in the FP6-EU-NEST-ADVENTURE programme, under the cotract n. 15636. Overall funding: 1999442 € (from January 2006 to December 2008).

Evaluations and Reviewing Activities:

Member of the Review Panel of the Educere Project- An Ecosystem for Ubiquitous Detection and Early Stimulation of Children with Developmental Disorders, funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad del Gobierno de España, Universidad de Alcalà, March 2017.

Member of the Committee for PhD Best Thesis Award of the Italian Group of Biomedical Engineering (GNB), 2016.

Expert Reviewer for the French VII IBiSA program, Infrastructure in Biology, Health and Agronomy http://www.ibisa.net, 2014.

Expert Reviewer for the French V IBiSA program, Infrastructure in Biology, Health and Agronomy http://www.ibisa.net, 2011

Reviewer for several scientific International journals, among others IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Sensors, Journal of Computer Applications and Technologies, Journal of Healthcare Engineering.

Reviewer for several prestigious international Conferences, among others IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)

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Invited Talks:

EDUCERE project, Alcalà de Henares, 2-3 March 2017. New tools to study development in children and newborns.

Etica in Riabilitazione, tra esperienza e innovazione al servizio della persona, Istituto Vaccari, Rome, Italy, February19th 2016. Tecnologie Biomeccatroniche per la diagnosi precoce e l'intervento sui disordini del neurosviluppo

Giornata internazionale delle persone con disabilità, Rome, Italy, December 3rd 2014. Tecnologie meccatroniche e robotiche per la riabilitazione e l’assistenza alle persone con disabilità

International workshop European Project CareToy, Pontedera, Italy, November 7th, 2014, Assessment of newborns’ feeding: new perspectives and applications

Scuola di Formazione e Ricerca su “Aspetti pluri-disciplinari delle dinamiche di relazione multi-agente”, Perugia, Italy, June, 15-18, 2014: Tecnologie per l’analisi Ecologica del comportamento

International Symposium on “Perception Action and Learning in Early Development”, Rome, Italy, Nov. 22, 2013: Learning strategies: new tools and experiments

International Workshop on ''Intrinsic Motivations and Open-Ended Development in Animals, Humans, and Robots (IMOD-2013)'', Rome, Italy, June 6, 2013: A mechatronic Platform for empirical experiments on intrinsic motivations and skill acquisition. Experiments with children and monkeys

International Workshop “Biomechatronic techniques for early detection and Intervention of Neurodevelopmental disorders”, MechTOY; Pisa (Italy) May 22, 2013: Mechatronic Platforms for behavioural analysis

Seminars on Intrinsic Motivation and Cumulative Learning: A mechatronic platform for empirical experiments on intrinsic motivations and skill acquisition: experiments with children. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologia della Cognizione (ISTC-CNR), Rome, Oct. 25, 2012.

Invited Speaker at Infants Communication Lab, university of Pittsburgh, May 21, 2012: “Analysis of Kinematic data: a Tutorial”.

MedSeminar 2012: Robotica e Meccatronica al servizio della scienza medica. Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Mar. 16, 2012

Invited speaker at Infants Communication Lab, University of Pittsburgh, July 27, 2011: "Intrinsic Motivation: A Mechatronic Approach"

IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Aug, 24-27, 2011: " A Mechatronic Board For Studies On Intrinsic Motivation Driven Learning".

Seminar: “Movement in development”, Rome, Italy, Nov, 15-19, 2010 Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma: "Technology for movement analysis "

International Symposium on “Perception and Action in Early Development”, Rome, Italy, Dec 11, 2008: "Sensorized Toys For Early Diagnosis Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders".

Editorial Board memberships:

EC Paediatrics journal International Scientific Societies:

IEEE Senior Member, since December 2016.

Member of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, since 2015. Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), since 2012.

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Conferences and other scientific events:

Associate Editor for the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems, Madrid, Spain, 2018.

Associate Editor for the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2017.

Co-Organizer of the workshop entitled “Research on children development: new perspectives and tools”, at the international conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Orlando, August 2016.

Organizer of invited session entitled “Beyond Classical Assessment: new technological platforms to study children development” at the International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Milan, August 2015.

Junior Program Co-chair of the International Symposium on “Perception Action and Learning in Early Development”, Rome, Italy, Nov. 22, 2013.

Student Activity Co-Chair of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Rome 24-29 June 2012.

Organizer of the invited session entitled “New Tools for research on children development”, at the International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Rome 24-29 June 2012.

Member of the organizing committee of the International Symposium on “Perception and Action in Early Development”, Rome, Italy, Dec 11, 2008.

ACTIVITIES OF EXPLOITATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

Co-Funder and partner of the spin-off Jumpo srl. The company operates in the field of human motion tracking, and provides hardware and software services for fitness applications. Jumpo srl has won the Smart&Start 2013 call promoted by the Italian Ministry for the Economic Development to support innovative start-up (May 2014-Feb. 2018). LANGUAGES

Italian (native language)

Fluent English (fluent) TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Extensive experience in system design from electronic design and firmware development to hardware manufacturing and electronic debug. Software Languages:

C/C++, basic knowledge of Assembler. Scientific Tools:

MATLAB/Simulink/SimMechanics, SolidWorks, EAGLE CadSoft, PIC microController environment (PICC by CCS, Inc.), Labview.

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PUBLICATIONS

Theses:

PhD Thesis: “A Technological Platform for Neurodevelopmental Studies”. "Laurea Magistrale" Degree Thesis (equivalent to MS): “Tecnologie per l'analisi

biomeccanica della spalla in persone affette da lesioni della cuffia dei rotatori”. "Laurea" Degree Thesis (equivalent to BSc): “Analisi Sperimentale del metodo oscillometrico

per la misura della pressione arteriosa”. International Journal papers (student authors are in italic):

1. E. Tamilia, E. H. Park, S. Percivati, J. Bolton, F. Taffoni, J. Peters, P. Grant, P. Phillip J. Madsen, C. Papadelis, “Surgical Resection of Ripple Onset Predicts Outcome in Pediatric Epilepsy”, submitted to Annals of Neurology, second revision, under review.

2. F. Taffoni, V. Focaroli, F. Keller, J.M. Iverson, “Motor Performance in a Shape Sorter Task: A Longitudinal Study From 14 to 36 Months of Age” submitted to Journal of experimental Child psychology, under review.

3. F. Taffoni, D. Rivera, A. La Camera, A. Nicolò, J. R. Velasco, C. Massaroni, “A Wearable System for Real-time Continuous Monitoring of Physical Activity.” Journal of Healthcare Engineering, vol. 2018, Article ID 1878354, 2018.

4. L. di Biase, L., S. Summa, J. Tosi, F. Taffoni, M. Marano, A. Cascio Rizzo, ... & M. Tombini, “Quantitative analysis of bradykinesia and rigidity in Parkinson’s disease.” Frontiers in Neurology, Vol. 9, p.121, 2018.

5. J. Tosi, F. Taffoni, M. Santacatterina, R. Sannino, D. Formica, “Performance evaluation of Bluetooth low energy: a systematic review.” Sensors, Vol. 17(12): 2898, 2017.

6. F. Taffoni, L. Di Perna, D. Formica, V. Focaroli, F.Keller, N. Di Stefano, “A Sensor-Based Approach To Study Sound Perception In Children.” Int. J. Computer Applications in Technology, Vol 53(3), pp. 173-182, 2017.

7. N. Di Stefano, V. Focaroli, D. Formica, F. Taffoni, F. Keller, “A new research method to test auditory preferences in young listeners: results from a consonant versus dissonance perception study”, Psychology of Music, Vol. 45(5), pp. 699-712, 2017.

8. F. Taffoni, E. Tamilia, M. Giorgino, G. Morbidoni, A. Rosi, A. Scaini, A. Visco, E. Schena, D. Formica, "A novel system to study the coordination of sucking and breathing in newborns during bottle feeding," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.16(23), pp.8589-8596, 2016.

9. L. Ricci, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, “The orientation error of IMU: investigating static and dynamic accuracy targeting human motion”, PloS one 11.9 (2016): e0161940.

10. V. Focaroli, F. Taffoni, S.M. Parson, F. Keller, J.M. Iverson, “Performance of motor sequences in children at heightened vs. low risk for ASD: A longitudinal study from 18 to 36 months of age”, Front. Psychol., 7, 2016.

11. A. Rosi, E. Schena, C. Massaroni, E. Tamilia, D. Formica, F. Taffoni, “A Device for Respiratory Monitoring during Nutritive Sucking: Response to Neonatal Breathing Patterns”, Journal of Sensors, vol. 2016, Article ID 7450859, 9 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/7450859.

12. V.C. Meola, D. Caligiore, V. Sperati, L. Zollo, A.L. Ciancio, F. Taffoni, E. Guglielmelli, G. Baldassarre, "Interplay of Rhythmic and Discrete Manipulation Movements During Development: A Policy-Search Reinforcement-Learning Robot Model," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems Vol.8(3), pp. 152-170, 2016.

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13. E. Tamilia, D. Formica, A. Scaini, F. Taffoni, “An Automated System for the Analysis of Newborns’ Oral-Motor Behavior”, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol.24, no.12, pp.1294-1303, 2016.

14. V. Focaroli, F. Taffoni, J. M. Iverson, “Abilità di pianificazione motoria nei bambini a sviluppo tipico e con Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico”, in Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo, Vol. 19(1), pp. 3-26, 2015.

15. M. Giorgino; G. Morbidoni; E.Tamilia; F. Taffoni; D. Formica; E. Schena, Design and characterization of a bidirectional, low cost flowmeter for neonatal ventilation, Sensors Journal IEEE; Vol 14(12), pp. 4354 – 4360, 2014.

16. F. Taffoni, E. Tamilia, F. Focaroli, D. Formica, L. Ricci, G. Di Pino, G. Baldassarre, M. Mirolli, E. Guglielmelli, F. Keller. Development of goal-directed action selection guided by intrinsic motivations: an experiment with children, Experimental Brain Research, Vol. 232(7), pp. 2167-2177, 2014.

17. E. Polizzi di Sorrentino, G. Sabbatini, V. Truppa, A. Bordonali, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, G. Baldassarre, M. Mirolli, E. Guglielmelli, E. Visalberghi, Exploration and learning in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): the role of action-outcome contingencies. Animal Cognition, Vol. 17(5), pp 1081-1088, 2014.

18. L. Ricci, D. Formica, L. Sparaci, F.R. Lasorsa, F. Taffoni, E. Tamilia, E. Guglielmelli, A New Calibration Methodology for Thorax and Upper Limbs Motion Capture in Children Using Magneto and Inertial Sensors. Sensors, Vol. 14, pp. 1057-1072, 2014.

19. E. Tamilia, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, L. Ricci, E. Schena, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, Technological Solutions and Main Indices for the Assessment of Newborns’ Nutritive Sucking: A Review. Sensors, Vol. 14, 634-658, 2014.

20. F. Taffoni, D. Formica, P. Saccomandi, G. Di Pino, E. Schena, " Optical Fiber-Based MR-Compatible Sensors for Medical Applications: An Overview", Sensors, Vol. 13, pp 14105-14120, 2013.

21. F. Taffoni, E. Tamilia, M.R. Palminteri, E. Schena, D. Formica, J. Delafield-Butt, F. Keller, S. Silvestri, E. Guglielmelli, "Ecological Sucking Monitoring of Newborns", Sensors Journal, IEEE , vol.13(11), pp.4561,4568, Nov. 2013.

22. F. Taffoni, M. Vespignani, D. Formica, G. Cavallo, E. Polizzi di Sorrentino, G. Sabbatini, V. Truppa, E. Visalberghi, M. Mirolli, G. Baldassarre, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, A mechatronic platform for behavioural analysis of non human primates, Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, Vol. 11(1): 87-101, 2012.

23. D. Campolo, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, J. Iverson, L. Sparaci, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, "Embedding Inertial-Magnetic Sensors in Everyday Objects: Assessing Spatial Cognition in Children", Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, Vol 11(1): 103-116, 2012.

24. G. Schiavone, D. Formica, F. Taffoni, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, F. Keller, "Multimodal Ecologica Technology: From Child's Social Behavior Assessment to Child-Robot Interaction Improvement", International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol. 3(1): 69-81, 2011.

25. D. Campolo, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, G. Schiavone, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, "Inertial-Magnetic Sensors for Assessing Spatial Cognition in Infants", Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Trans Biomed. Eng., Vol. 58(5):1499-503, 2011.

26. D. Campolo, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, G.Schiavone, F. Keller, E.Guglielmelli, "Instrumented Toys for Assessing Spatial Cognition in Infants", Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 6(1): 82-88, 2011.

27. F. Taffoni, C. von Hofsten, " TACT Glossary: Toys", Clin. Ter. 161(6): 573-574, 2010.

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Book chapters (student authors are in italic):

1. F. Taffoni, F., E. Polizzi di Sorrentino, G. Sabbatini, D. Formica, V. Truppa, “Primates’ Propensity to Explore Objects: How Manual Actions Affect Learning in Children and Capuchin Monkeys.” In The Hand (pp. 55-73). Springer, Cham, 2017.

2. F. Taffoni, D. Formica, F. Keller, “Tecnologie per l’analisi del neurosviluppo”, in “La Bioingegneria per il benessere e l’invecchiamento attivo”, a cura di M.C. Carrozza, E. Guglielmelli, R. Pietrabissa, Pàtron editore, pp.353-373, 2016.

3. F. Taffoni, D. Formica, G. Schiavone, M. Scorcia, A. Tomassetti, E. Polizzi di Sorrentino, G. Sabbatini, V. Truppa, F. Mannella, V. Fiore, M. Mirolli, G. Baldassarre, E. Visalberghi, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, “The 'Mechatronic Board': A Tool to Study Intrinsic Motivations in Humans, Monkeys, and Humanoid Robots”, in Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems, Gianluca Baldassarre and Marco Mirolli (Eds.), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, part IV, pp. 411-432, 2013.

4. D. Campolo, F. Taffoni, G. Schiavone, D. Formica, E. Guglielmelli, F. Keller, “Neuro-Developmental Engineering: towards early diagnosis of neuro-developmental disorders”, in New Developments in Biomedical Engineering, Domenico Campolo (Ed.), INTECH, 2010. ISBN: 978-953-7619-57-2, Available on-line: http://sciyo.com/books/show/title/new-developments-in-biomedical-engineering.

International Conference papers (student authors are in italic):

1. J. Tosi, S. Summa, F. Taffoni, M. Marano, A. Cascio Rizzo, M. Tombini, E. Schena, G. di Pino, D. Formica, “Feature Extraction in Sit-to-Stand Task Using M-IMU Sensors and Evaluation in Parkinson's Disease”, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA).

2. M. Del Fabbro Arcopitno, J. Tosi, D. Formica, F. Taffoni, “Monitoring Sucking Abilities in Newborns: Design and Validation on Adult of a Wearable System for Non-Invasive Deglutition Detection” 2018, accepted at the 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC).

3. C. Massaroni, E. Schena, M. Merone, F. Taffoni, S. Silvestri, “Measurement system based on RGB camera signal for contactless breathing pattern and respiratory rate monitoring”, 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA).

4. S. Summa, J. Tosi, F. Taffoni, L. di Biase, M. Marano, A. Cascio Rizzo, M. Tombini, G. Di Pino, D. Formica, “Feature extraction from magneto-inertial devices to detect bradykinesia in Parkinson’s Disease”, accepted to IEEE-ICORR 2017.

5. F. Cordella, F. Taffoni, L. Raiano, G. Carpino, M. Pantoni, L. Zollo, E. Schena, E. Guglielmelli, D. Formica, “Design and development of a sensorized cylindrical object for grasping assessment.”, in procs. of the 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 3366-3369, 2016.

6. P. Saccomandi, G. Frauenfelder, C. Massaroni, M.A. Caponera, A. Polimadei, F. Taffoni, F.M. Di Matteo, G. Costamagna, F. Giurazza, E. Schena, “Temperature monitoring during radiofrequency ablation of liver: In vivo trials.” In procs. of the 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 344-347, 2016.

7. L. Di Perna, N. Di Stefano, D. Formica, V. Focaroli, F. Taffoni, “The sound of actions: A new tool to study music perception in young children.” in procs. of the 38th Annual International

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Conference of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 2063-2066, 2016.

8. E. Tamilia, D. Formica, A.M. Visco, A. Scaini, F.Taffoni, "An Automated System for Quantitative Analysis of Newborns’ Oral-Motor Behavior and Coordination during Bottle Feeding", In procs. of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 7386-7389, 2015 (awarded as best student paper).

9. F. Taffoni, V. Focaroli, E. Tamilia, F. Keller, J. M. Iverson, "A Technological Approach to Studying Motor Planning Ability in Children at High Risk for ASD", EMBC 2014, 3638-41.

10. E. Tamilia, J. Delafield-Butt, S. Fiore, F. Taffoni, "An Automatized System for the Assessment of Nutritive Sucking Behavior in Infants: A Preliminary Analysis on Term Neonates", EMBC 2014, pp. 5752 – 5755.

11. C. Cavaiola, E. Tamilia, C. Massaroni, G. Morbidoni, E. Schena, D. Formica, F. Taffoni, "Design, Development and Experimental Validation of a Non-Invasive Device for Recording Respiratory Events During Bottle Feeding", EMBC 2014, pp. 2123-6.

12. M. Giorgino, G. Morbidoni, E. Tamilia, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, E. Schena, "A Transistors-Based, Bidirectional Flowmeter for Neonatal Ventilation: Design and Experimental Characterization", EMBC 2014, pp. 2131-4.

13. P. Saccomandi, M. A. Caponero, A. Polimadei, M. T. Francomano, D. Formica, D. Accoto, E. Tamilia, F. Taffoni, G. Di Pino, E. Schena, "A Force Sensor Based on FBG Technology for Biomedical Application During Magnetic Resonance Imaging Procedure", EMBC 2014, pp. 5731-4.

14. G. Assenza, C. Campana, D. Formica, E. Schena, F. Taffoni, S. Fiore, G. Di Pino, V. Di Lazzaro, "Efficacy of Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Proof of Principle", pp 530-3.

15. E. Tamilia, F. Taffoni, E. Schena, D. Formica, L. Ricci, E. Guglielmelli, "A New Ecological Method for the estimation of nutritive sucking efficiency in newborns: measurement principle and experimental assessment", Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 6720-23.

16. L. Ricci, D. Formica, E. Tamilia, F. Taffoni, L. Sparaci, O. Capirci, E. Guglielmelli, "An experimental protocol for the definition of upper limb anatomical frames on children using magneto-inertial sensor", Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 4903-06.

17. F. Taffoni, D. Formica, A. Zompanti, M. Mirolli, G. Baldassarre, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli (2012), “A Mechatronic Platform for Behavioral Studies on Infants”, in procs of the 4th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB 2012), pp. 1874-1878.

18. F. Taffoni, V. Focaroli, D. Formica, J. M. Iverson, F. Keller, E. Gugliemelli (2012), "Sensor-based technology in the study of motor skills in infants at risk for ASD”, in procs. of the 4th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB 2012), pp. 1879-1883

19. G. Di Pino, D. Formica, J.M. Melgari, F. Taffoni, G. Salomone, L. di Biase, E. Caimo, F. Vernieri and E. Guglielmelli, Neurophysiological bases of tremors and accelerometric parameters analysis, accepted for publication to the International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics BioRob 2012, Rome.

20. G. Baldassarre, F. Mannella, V. Fiore, V. Sperati, D. Caligiore, M. Mirolli, P. Shaw, J. Law, M. Lee, F. Taffoni, D. Formica, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, "An Experiment and a Bio-Constrained Model of Children's Action-Outcome Learning Driven by Intrinsic Motivations", special session in EpiRob 2011.

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21. F. Taffoni, G. Piervirgili, D. Formica and E. Guglielmelli,"An alignment procedure for ambulatory measurements of lower limb kinematic using magneto-inertial sensors" procs. of International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC '11), pp .1197-1200, Boston 2011.

22. D. Formica, D. Campolo, F. Taffoni, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, "Motor adaptation during redundant tasks with the wrist", procs of International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC '11), pp. 4046-4049, Boston 2011.

23. F. Taffoni, D. Formica, D. Campolo, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, "Block-box instrumented toy: a new platform for assessing spatial cognition in infants", International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2-6 September, 2009.

24. D. Campolo, F. Taffoni, G. Schiavone, C. Laschi, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, A Novel Technological Approach Towards the Early Diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 4875-4878, August 20-24, 2008.

25. F. Taffoni, D. Campolo, J. Delafield-Butt, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, Design and Assembling of a Magneto-Inertial Wearable Device for Ecological Behavioral Analysis of Infants, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 3832-3837, 2008.

26. D. Campolo, D. Accoto, F. Taffoni and E. Guglielmelli On the Kinematics of Human Wrist during Pointing Tasks with Application to Motor Rehabilitation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, California, USA, pp. 1318 - 1323, May 19-23, 2008.

Workshop papers & Abstracts:

1. A. Grieco, D. Paladini, A. Anselmo, G.P. Princigalli, V. D’Andria, F.Galasso, F. Taffoni, “Scompenso Cardiaco diastolico: una pagina web per diagnosticarlo e classificarlo”, Tecnica Ospedaliera, pp-14-18, Luglio 2017.

2. L. Ruta, F. Taffoni, L.Mazzone, N. Russo, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, F.Keller,"Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Diadochokinesia in Autism Spectrum Disorders", International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR'09), USA, 7-9, May, 2009.

3. F. Taffoni, L. Ruta, L. Mazzone, V. Mannino, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, F. Keller, Quantitative Assessment of Diadochokinesia in Neurotypical Subjects and in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, USA 2008.

4. F. Taffoni, D. Campolo, D. Formica, E. Guglielmelli, F. Cecchi, S.M. Serio, C. Laschi, P. Dario (2008) "Sensorized Toys for early diagnosis of neurodevelopmetal disorders" PAED 08.

5. F. Taffoni, G. Schiavone, D. Campolo, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli (2008) "Wearable Devices for infant behavioural analysis", 1st National Congress of Bioengineering, Pisa, Italy, 3-5 July 2008.

6. F. Taffoni, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, F. Cecchi, S.M. Serio, C. Laschi, P. Dario, Sensorized Ball for Early Diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 1st National Congress of Bioengineering, Pisa, Italy, 3-5 July 2008.

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