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2 General Information
2.1 Location
The location of DIS is the building known as Silvio Pellico, in Via Ariosto 25, Rome.
DIS is on the web at http://www.dis.uniroma1.it.
2.2 Facilities
Library
The DIS library was first established in 1970 at the Istituto di Automatica. In 2007 the
library moved to the building in Via Ariosto 25, where two reading rooms are available
for users. Approximately 11,000 books and conference proceedings, plus 392 journals
subscriptions (94 of which are currently active), and 784 on-line journals are currently
available. The DIS library provides the department with access to information in its
many formats in order to support teaching, learning, research, and service functions.
The library facilities are also available to non-members of the department and students.
During the year 2010, the DIS library continued the organization of the series of invited
lectures Incontri al Chiostro, under the supervision of professors Marilena VENDIT-
TELLI and Alberto MARCHETTI SPACCAMELA. The lectures of 2010 were:
Gianni ZANARINI Ghost in the machine: l’intelligenza artificiale al
cinema.
May 10, 2010
Gabriel RUGET What makes us move through artworks (under/above
storytelling)?
May 26, 2010
Paolo ZELLINI Numero e logos. Dec. 15, 2010
Laboratories
DIS hosts several research and educational laboratories. The following list reports name,
location, purpose, and the person in charge for each of them.
ALCOR - Cognitive Robotics Laboratory
Via Ariosto 25 - basement
The main thrust in this laboratory is the development and experimental validation of advanced
planning and control techniques for industrial and service robots.
Web: http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/˜alcor
Head: Fiora PIRRI
Algorithms Engineering Laboratory
Via Ariosto 25 - wing B1
The laboratory is devoted to the engineering and the experimental performance analysis
of combinatorial algorithms and their applications.
Web: http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/˜ae
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