Professor Alberto Broggi of Parma University will receive a large grant for his work in the vehicular robotics field. He has been selected by the ERC (European Research Council) as one of the best European researchers and will receive a grant of about €1.8 million to continue and strengthen his researches in the field of enhancing road safety by means of innovative driving assistance systems and automatic driving.
The European Community’s aim, through the ERC Advanced Grant, is to promote particularly innovative research streams with high scientific and strategic interest on themes proposed by the researchers themselves, who must have 10+ years of leadership in their research area.
The European Research Council received more than 2100 project proposals and, after a peer review handled by experts in the field, selected only a few projects that will be 100% founded by the European Community. In the field of computer engineering, only 3 Italian researchers have been selected.
Prof.Alberto Broggi chaired the session focused on pedestrian detection at VISION congress 2008.
