CURRICULUM VITAE of - Egypt-Japan University of Science and ...

Nationality: Italian
Mobile Phone: (+81) 90-9952-1310 (JAPAN)
(+20) 18-6909-975 (EGYPT)
Email: s.sessa@aoni.waseda.jp
salvatore.sessa@ejust.edu.eg
EDUCATION
CURRICULUM VITAE of
Name: Dr. Salvatore SESSA
05/15/2005-07/17/2008 Ph.D. in Electronics and Automation Engineering at the Department
of Electric, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Catania University, Italy. Defending the thesis
titled: "Mobile Robots in Indoor Environments: Localization, Navigation and Enhanced Teleguide".
Scholarship awarded by Italian Ministry for Instruction, University and Research (funded by
STMicroelectronics) to attend the XX Cycle Ph.D. Course in Electronics and Automation
Engineering at Catania University.
10/01/1998-07/14/2004 Master Degree in Electronic Engineering at Catania University with
final mark 110/110 with lode (with highest honour). Defending an experimental thesis titled:
"Hardware/Software architecture design of Alicia 3, a modular climbing robot for wall inspection"
RESEACH AREAS
Human Motion Tracking systems using Inertial Sensors
Innovative methods on Navigation, Localization and Mapping of mobile Robots
Sensor fusion of Inertial Navigation Systems, Laser Scanner and Environmental Cameras
Mobile robot teleoperation using 3D facilities
EMPLOYMENT
15/12/2010-Current: Associate Professor at Egypt-Japan University for Science and
Technology (EGYPT) School of Innovative Design Engineering Mechatronics and Robotic Dept.
10/01/2010-Current: Assistant Professor at Waseda University (JAPAN) Graduate School
of Advanced Science and Engineering
10/01/2010-15/12/2010: Adjunct Professor at Egypt-Japan University for Science and
Technology (EGYPT) School of Innovative Design Engineering Mechatronics and Robotic Dept.
09/15/2008-09/15/2010: Visiting Researcher at Waseda University (JAPAN) Graduate
School of Advanced Science and Engineering.
07/18/2008-09/01/2008: Design & Development Expert in the research project funded by
Sicilian Region “RACAR: Study and design of a robot for the automatic harvesting of artichokes”
07/15/2004-05/14/2005: Design & Development Expert in the research project MIUR PRIN
PICTURE “Motion control for innovative locomotion systems and navigation in unstructured
environment"
TEACHING
Postgraduate Course taught at E-JUST (Mechatronics and Robotics dept.)
• MTR702: PBL (Project Based Learning)

PUBLICATION
1. Journals (last 5 articles regardless of the dates)
C. Brigante, N. Abbate, A. Basile, A Faulisi, S. Sessa, “Towards miniaturization of a MEMS
based wearable motion capture system”, IEEE transactions on Industrial Electronics, reference 09-
1648-TIE.R3.
Z. Lin, M. Zecca, S. Sessa, H. Ishii, A. Takanishi “Developement of an Ultra-Miniaturized
Inertial Measurement Unit for Jaw Movement Analysis during Free Chewing" Journal of Computer
Science 6 (8): 896-903, 2010 ISSN 1549-3636, Science Publications.
M. Zecca, S. Sessa, Z. Lin, T. Suzuki, T. Sasaki, K. Itoh, H. Iseki, A. Takanishi “Development of
the Ultra-Miniaturized Inertial Measurement Unit WB3 for Objective Skill Analysis and
Assessment in Neurosurgery: Preliminary Results”, MICCAI 2009, Part I; Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg 2009, LNCS 5761, pp. 443–450.
S. Livatino, G. Muscato, S. Sessa, V. Neri, “Depth-Enhanced Mobile Robot Teleguide based on
Laser Images”, MECHATRONICS Special Issue on Design and Control Methodologies in
Telerobotics, 2010.
S. Livatino, G. Muscato, S. Sessa, C.Koffel, C. Arena, A. Pennisi, D. Di Mauro and E.
Malkondu “Depth-Enhanced Mobile Robot Teleguide based on Video Images”, IEEE Robotic
and Automation Magazine, Special issue on New Vistas and Challenges in Telerobotics, Vol15,
N.4, pp.58-67, December 2008 (Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2008.929927).
2. Conferences (last 5 conferences regardless of the dates)
Z. Lin, M. Uemura, M. Zecca, S. Sessa, H. Ishii, L. Bartolomeo, K. Itoh, M. Tomikawa, M.
Hashizume, and A. Takanishi, “Waseda Bioinstrumentation System WB-3 as a Wearable Tool for
Objective Laparoscopic Skill Evaluation”, Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011) May 9 - 13, 2011 Shanghai, China.
FINALIST BEST SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD: S. Sessa, M. Zecca, Z. Lin, L. Bartolomeo, K.
Itoh, H. Ishii, Y. Mukaeda, Y. Suzuki, and A. Takanishi “Ultra-miniaturized WB-3 Inertial
Measurement Unit: performance evaluation of the attitude estimation”, Proceedings of the 2010
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), December 18 -22,
2010Tianjin, China
FINALIST BEST SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD: Z. Lin, M. Zecca, S. Sessa, H. Ishii, A.
Takanishi “Ultra-Miniaturized Inertial Measurement Unit WB-3 for Jaw Movement Analysis
during Free Chewing”, International Symposium on Robotic and Intelligent System (IRIS 2010)
Noyori Memorial Conference Hall, Nagoya University, Nagoya (Japan), March 8-11, 2010.
S. Sessa, M. Zecca, Z. Lin, T. Sasaki, T. Suzuki, K. Itoh, H. Iseki, and A. Takanishi “Objective
Skill Analysis and Assessment of Neurosurgery by using the Waseda Bioinstrumentation System
WB-3 -Pilot tests-” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems
(IROS2009) Hyatt Regency St. Louis, MO, USA, October 11-15, 2009.
BEST PAPER AWARD: Z. Lin, M. Zecca, S. Sessa, T. Kusano, K. Itoh and A. Takanishi
“Waseda Bioinstrumentation System WB-2R as a Wearable Tool for an Objective Analysis of
Surgeon’s Performance”, 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics(AIM2009). Singapore, July, 14-17, 2009.
3. Funded research (last 3 research proposals regardless of the dates)
Grant awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to conduct research in
Japan at Waseda University for 2 years (FY2008 - FY2010) under the leadership of Prof. Atsuo
TAKANISHI. Research title: "A wearable System for the Evaluation of Psyco-Physiological
Condition of Elderly/Disable People".