Michele Nappi was born in Naples, Italy, in 1965. He received the laureadegree (cum laude) in computer science from the University of Salerno,Salerno, Italy, in 1991, the M.Sc. degree in information andcommunication technology from I.I.A.S.S. E.R. Caianiello, Vietri sulMare, Salerno, and the Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics and computerscience from the University of Padova, Padova, Italy. He is currently anAssociate Professor of computer science at the University of Salerno.His research interests include Multibiometric Systems, PatternRecognition, Image Processing, Compression and Indexing, MultimediaDatabases, Human-Computer Interaction, VR/AR. He co-authored over 120papers in international conference, peer review journals and bookchapters in these fields (see http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hd/n/Nappi:Michele.html).He also served as Guest Editor for several international journals and asEditor for International Books. In 2014 He was one of the founders ofthe spin off BS3 (Biometric System for Security and Safety). Presidentof the Italian Chapter of the IEEE Biometrics Council (2015-2017),member of IAPR and IEEE, He is team leader of the Biometric and ImageProcessing Lab (BIPLAB). Dr. Nappi received several international awardsfor scientific and research activities.
