Gianmarco Veruggio @ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Gianmarco VERUGGIO received the degree in electronic engineering from Genoa University, Italy, in 1980. He is Senior Research Scientist at IEIIT of Italian National Research Council. He has worked on real-time computer generated imagery (CGI) for a Ship Handling Simulator, control techniques for ship automation, marine and maritime data collection systems, Local and Regional Vessel Traffic Services (VTS). In 1990 he founded the CNR-IAN Robotlab, which he headed until 2003. His research interest focuses on Experimental Robotics in Extreme Environment, and he led several underwater robotics campaigns in Antarctica and in the Arctic. In 2000 he founded the association “School of Robotics” to promote this new science among young people and the society at large. In 2002 he coined the word, and proposed the concept of Roboethics, to which he is dedicating increasing resources. He is serving the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society as Corresponding Co-chair of the Technical Committee on Roboethics, as Co-Chair of the Human Rights and Ethics Committee, as a Distinguished Lecturer and as RAS representative in the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge. In 2006 he was presented with the Ligurian Region Award for Innovation and in 2009 he was presented with the title of Commander of the Order to the Merit of the Italian Republic.