Transformative Robotic Methodologies in Healthcare
Marilena Vendittelli è risultata vincitrice della procedura valutativa di chiamata, indetta ai sensi dell’art. 24, commi 5 e 6, della Legge n. 240/2010, per n. 1 posto di professore di ruolo di prima fascia per il GSD 09/IINF-04 (ex SC 09/G1) – Settore scientifico-disciplinare IINF-04/A (ex SSD ING-INF/04) presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale “Antonio Ruberti” – Facoltà di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Informatica e Statistica della Sapienza Università di Roma, indetta con D.R. n. 1346/2024 del 13.06.2024 e i cui atti della commissione giudicatrice sono stati approvati con D.R. n. 2288/2024 del 24.09.2024.
Nell'ambito della procedura, ai fini della chiamata da parte del Consiglio di dipartimento, la Prof.ssa Marilena Vendittelli terrà un seminario pubblico sulle attività di ricerca da lei svolte e in corso di svolgimento.
Title
Transformative Robotic Methodologies in Healthcare
Abstract
The integration of robotics into healthcare has ushered in a new era of precision, efficiency, and improved patient outcomes. This talk explores the transformative role of control theory and advanced robotic methodologies in modern healthcare, including interaction force estimation and control, dynamic simulation, haptics and haptic rendering, and state estimation of infinite-dimensional systems. After providing a general overview of the topic and highlighting my contributions to the field, the presentation will offer a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of an innovative robotic system for superficial hyperthermia, from concept to experimental validation. Additionally, ongoing research related to this system will be discussed, focusing on the development of non-invasive temperature estimation of human body internal tissues through the combination of control theory and artificial intelligence methods.
Short bio
Marilena Vendittelli received the PhD in Systems Engineering in 1997 from Sapienza University of Rome. From April 1997 to October 1998 she held a post-doctoral position at LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse (France), supported by two Marie Curie Research Training Grants. From 1998 to 2016 she was with DIAG, first as post-doc and then as Assistant Professor (2001-2016). From 2017 to 2019 she was with the Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications Department as Associate Professor and in 2020 she (re)joined DIAG. She has been a Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University (2005), the Courant Institute of New York University (2012) and the Simons Institute at UC Berkeley (2016). From January 2010 to December 2013 she served as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. She was Registration Chair for ICRA 2007, and member of the National Organizing Committee of the 18th IFAC World Congress. She serves in the program committee of numerous international conferences, including the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) and the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). She was one of the two General Chairs of I-RIM 3D 2023, the annual scientific event of the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines. From 2021 to 2023 she was an appointed member of the Scientific Board of the Institut des Sciences de l'Information et de leurs Interactions (CNRS Sciences Informatiques, CNRS-INS2I), a research institute of the French CNRS. She was a member of various PhD committees in Italy and abroad, a member of the Scientific Research Committee for the evaluation of Sapienza research projects (2011-2012), a member of the panels for the evaluation of European projects within the H2020 program. Her research interests involve both control theory aspects of robotic systems and applications to the medical and service robotics fields.