Francesco Masulli

Curriculum e Pubblicazioni

Valutazione Comparativa per 1 posto di professore universitario di ruolo di prima fascia - Universita' degli Studi di Torino -Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali- Settore scientifico-disciplinare  INF/01 - Informatica -Pubblicato nella G.U. n. 30 del 15/04/2005.

1. Curriculum dell' Attivita' Scientifica e Didattica (pdf)

2. Pubblicazioni scientifiche


[1] M. Anghinolfi, G. Ricco, P. Corvisiero, and F. Masulli,  The response of organic scintillators to fast neutrons , Nucl. Instr. Meth., vol. 165, pp. 217-224, 1979 (pdf).

[2] M. Scotto, P. G. Gagna, M. Nobile, L. Spadavecchia, and F. Masulli,  Computer assisted generation of time-compressed video signals for visual studies, IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 35 (3), pp. 210-214, 1988 (pdf).

[3] F. Masulli and M. Riani,  Ambiguity and structural information in the perception of reversible figures, Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 45 (6), pp. 501-513, 1989 (pdf).

[4] F. Masulli, D. Sona, A. Sperduti, A Starita, and G. Zaccagnini,  A system for the automatic morphological analysis of mediaeval manuscripts, Journal of Forensic Document Examination, vol. 9, pp. 45-55, 1996, (invited) (pdf).

5] A. Schenone, F. Firenze, F. Acquarone, M. Gambaro, F. Masulli, and L. Andreucci,  Segmentation of multivariate medical images via unsupervised clustering with adaptive resolution, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 20, pp. 119-129, 1996 (pdf).

[6] L. Studer and F. Masulli,  Building a neuro-fuzzy system to efficiently forecast chaotic time series, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A, vol. 389, pp. 264-667, 1997 (pdf).

[7] F. Casalino, F. Masulli, and A. Sperduti,  Rule specialization in networks of fuzzy basis functions, Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, vol. 4, pp. 73-82, 1998 (pdf).

[8] P. Bogus, A. M. Massone, F. Masulli, and A. Schenone,  Interactive graphical system for the segmentation of multimodal medical volumes using fuzzy clustering, Machine Graphics & Vision, vol. 7, pp. 781-791, ISSN 1230-0535, 1998 (pdf).

[9] P. Gurzi, A. Masulli, Spalvieri, M. L. Sotgiu, and G. Biella,  Rough annealing by two-step clustering, with application to neuronal signals, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol 85(1), pp. 81-87, 1998 (pdf).

[10] A. Zucchiatti, D. Moricciani, A. M. Massone, F. Masulli, M. Copogni, M. Castoldi, A. D Angelo, F. Ghio, B. Girolami, P. Levi Sandri, and M. Sanzone,  Optimization of clustering algorithms for the reconstruction of events started by a 1 GeV photon beam in a segmentated BGO calorimeter, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A, vol. 425, pp. 536-548, 1999 (pdf).

[11] F. Masulli and A. Schenone,  A fuzzy clustering based segmentation system as support to diagnosis in medical imaging, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, vol. 16, pp. 129-147, 1999 (pdf).

[12] F. Masulli, R. Parenti, and L. Studer,  Neural modeling of non-linear processes: Relevance of the Takens-Mane theorem, International Journal on Chaos Theory and Applications, ISSN 1453-1437, Vol. 4/2-3, pp. 59-74, 1999 (pdf).

[13] M. Pardo, G. Faglia, G. Sberveglieri, M. Corte, F. Masulli, and M. Riani,  A time delay neural network for estimation of gas concentrations in a mixture, Sensors and Actuators B, vol. 65/1-3, pp. 267-269, 2000 (pdf).

[14] M. Pardo, G. Faglia, G. Sberveglieri, M. Corte, F. Masulli, and M. Riani,  Monitoring reliability of sensors in an array by neural networks, Sensors and Actuators B, vol. 67, pp. 128-133, 2000 (pdf).

[15] Gb. Cicioni and F. Masulli, and D. Baratta,  A software toolbox for time series prediction and its application to daily rainfall forecasting in a geographic basin, Economics and Complexity, vol. 2 n.1, pp. 11-24, 2000, ISSN. 1398-1706, (invited) (pdf).

[16] R. Parenti, C. Penno, D. Baratta and F. Masulli,  Implementing very high Speed hierarchical MLP-based Classification Systems in real-time industrial environments, KES - International Journal of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems, vol. 5, pp. 179-186, 2001 (pdf).

[17] M. Pardo, G. Sberveglieri, F. Masulli, and G. Valentini,  Decompositive Classification Models for Electronic Noses, Analitica Chimica Acta, vol. 446, pp. 223 232, 2001 (pdf).

[18] N. Giusti, F. Masulli and A. Sperduti,  Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of a Two-Stage System for Classification, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 893-904, 2002 (pdf).

[19] G Valentini and F. Masulli,  NEURObjects: an object-oriented library for neural network development, Neurocomputing, vol. 48 no 1/4, pp. 623-646, 2002 (pdf).

[20] D. Baratta, Gb. Cicioni, F. Masulli, L. Studer,  Application of an Ensemble Technique based on Singular Spectrum Analysis to Daily Rainfall Forecasting, Neural Networks, vol. 16/3-4, pp.375-387, 2003 (pdf).

[21] F. Masulli, S. Rovetta,  Random Voronoi ensembles for gene selection, Neurocomputing, vol. 55/3-4, pp. 721 726, 2003 (pdf).

[22] P. Rosso, F. Masulli, D. Buscaldi,  Un Metodo Automatico para la Desambiguacion Lexica de Nombres, Revista Colombiana de Computacion, Vol.4/1, pp.57-64, ISSN 1657 2831, 2003 (pdf).

[23] F. Masulli, F. and G. Valentini,  Effectiveness of Error Correction Output coding decomposition Schemes in ensemble and monolithic learning machines, Pattern Analysis and Application Journal, vol. 6, pp. 285-300, 2003 (pdf).

[24] F. Masulli, G. Valentini,  An experimental analysis of the dependence among codeword bit errors in ECOC learning machines, Neurocomputing, 57C, pp. 189-214, 2004 (pdf).

[25] G.B. Ferrara, L. Delfino, F. Masulli, S. Rovetta, R. Sensi,  A Fuzzy Approach to Image Analysis in HLA Typing using Oligonucleotide Microarrays, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 152, pp. 37-48, 2005 (pdf).

[26] S. Rovetta, F. Masulli,  Fuzzy concepts in vector quantization training, Image and Vision Computing (in press) (pdf).

[27] F. Masulli and G. Valentini,  Effectiveness of error correcting output correcting output codes in multiclass learning problems, in Proceedings of MCS2000 - First International Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems, Cagliari (Italy), June 21-23, 2000, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 107-116, vol 1857, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany) (pdf).

[28] F. Masulli, and G. Valentini,  Dependence among Codewords Bits Errors in ECOC learning Machines: An Experimental Analysis, in MCS2001 International Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems, pp. 158 167, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Vol. 1857, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2001 (pdf).

[29] F. Masulli, M. Pardo, G. Sberveglieri, G. Valentini,  Boosting Classifiers in Electronic Noses, in MCS2002, Multiple Classifier Systems, Series Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Vol. 2364, pp. 262-271, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2002 (pdf).

[30] G. Valentini and F. Masulli,  Ensembles of Learning Machines, in M. Marinaro and R. Tagliaferri, editors, Neural Nets WIRN Vietri-02, Series Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Vol. 2486, pp.3 19, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2002 (invited review) (pdf).

[31] P. Rosso, F. Masulli, D. Buscaldi, F. Pla, and A.G. Molina,  Automatic Noun Disambiguation, in A. Gelbukh, editor, Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing 4th International Conference, CICLing 2003, Mexico City, Mexico, Series Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences,Vol. 2588, pp.273-276, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2003 (pdf).

[32] F. Masulli, S. Rovetta,  An Algorithm to Model Paradigm Shifting in Fuzzy Clustering, in B. Apolloni, M. Marinaro, R. Tagliaferri, editors, Neural Nets Wirn Vietri-03, Series Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences,Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), Vol. 2859, pp.70-76, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2003 (pdf).

[33] F. Masulli, S. Rovetta,  Gene selection using Random Voronoi Ensembles, in B. Apolloni, M. Marinaro, R. Tagliaferri, editors, Neural Nets Wirn Vietri-03, Series Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), Vol. 2859, pp. 302-307, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2003 (pdf).

[34] F. Masulli, S. Rovetta,  Fuzzy concepts in vector quantization training, in V. Di Gesu, F. Masulli, A. Petrosino, editors, WILF03 - International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications, Series Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), in press (pdf).

[35] D. Buscaldi, P. Rosso, F. Masulli,  Integrating Conceptual Density with WordNet Domain and CALD Glosses for Noum Sense Disambiguation, Advances in Natural Language Processing: 4th International Conference, EsTAL 2004, Alicante, Spain, October 20-22, 2004, Series Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, vol. 3230, pp. 183-194, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2004 (pdf).

[36] F. Masulli,  Bayesian classification by feedforward connectionist systems, in F. Masulli, P. G. Morasso, and A. Schenone, editors, Neural Networks in Biomedicine - Proceedings of the Advanced School of the Italian Biomedical Physics Association - Como (Italy) 1993, pp. 145-162, Singapore, 1994. World Scientific (pdf).

[37] F. Masulli, A. M. Massone, and A. Schenone,  Fuzzy clustering methods for the segmentation of multimodal medical volumes, in P. S. Szczepaniak, P. J. G. Lisboa, and S. Tsumoto, editors, Fuzzy Systems in Medicine. Series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, editor J. Kacprzyk, Springer-Verlag, pp. 335-350, Heidelberg (Germany), 2000, (invited) (pdf).

[38] F. Masulli and A. Sperduti,  Learning techniques for supervised fuzzy classifiers, in, L. K. Jain and M. Russo, editors, Fuzzy Learning, pp. 147-169 CRC Press, Cambridge, 2000, (invited) (pdf).

[39] F. Masulli and S. Rovetta,  Metodi Non Supervisionati nell'Analisi Esplorativa di Dati da DNA Microarray, in M. Ceccarelli, editor, Metodi Computazionali per la Bioinformatica, Franco Angeli, Italy, (invited), in press (pdf).

[40] F. Masulli and F. Casalino,  A neuro-fuzzy system for Bayesian classification, in Proceedings of EUFIT 95 Third European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing, pp. 1425 1429, Aachen (Germany), 1995. Verlag und Druck Mainz. (invited at the session on Fuzzy Classification Rules) (pdf).

[41] F. Firenze, A. Schenone, F. Acquarone, M. Gambaro, and F. Masulli,  Adaptive resolution analysis of multivariate medical images via unsupervised neural network based clustering, in Proceedings of EUFIT 95 Third European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing, pp. 1690-1694, Aachen (Germany), 1995. Verlag und Druck Mainz. (invited at the session on Image Processing by Soft Computing) (pdf).

[42] F. Masulli, A. Sperduti, and D. Alfonso,  A hybrid pattern recognition scheme, in B. Bosacchi and J. Bezdek, editors, Applications of Fuzzy Logic Technology III - SPIE Proceedings Series, vol. 2761, pp. 154-162, Orlando, Florida, 1996. SPIE - Bellingam, WA, USA. (invited paper) (pdf).

[43] A. Schenone, F. Masulli, and M. Artuso,  A neural bootstrap for the Possibilistic C-Mean algorithm, in F. C. Morabito, editor, Advances in Intelligent Systems, pp. 359-366, Amsterdam, 1997. IOS Press, (invited paper at the International Symposium on Intelligent Systems AMSE-ISIS 97, Reggio Calabria, Italy, September 11-13, 1997) (pdf).

[44] F. Masulli and L. Studer,  Neuro-fuzzy system for chaotic time series forecasting, in B. Bosacchi, J. C. Bezdek, and D. B. Fogel, editors, Applications of Soft Computing - SPIE Proceedings Series, vol. 3165, pp. 205-215, San Diego, CA, 1997. SPIE - Bellingam, WA, USA, (invited paper) (pdf).

[45] Gb. Cicioni and F. Masulli,  Computational intelligence in hydroinformatics: A review, in M. Marinaro and R. Tagliaferri, editors, Neural Nets WIRN Vietri-99, pp. 41-59, London, 1999. Springer, (invited review) (pdf).

[46] F. Masulli, M. Riani, and E. Simonotto,  A multilayer neural network modelling the perceptual reversal of ambiguous patterns, in M. Caudill, editor, Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Washington D. C., 1990 (IJCNN-90-WASH-DC), vol. 1, pp. 185-188, Hillsdale, 1990. Lawrence Erlbaum Associated Inc (pdf).

[47] R. Battiti and F. Masulli,  BFGS optimization for faster and automated supervised learning, in B. Widrow and B. Angeniol, editors, International Neural Network Conference, INNC 90 PARIS (International Neural Network Society and IEEE), vol. 2, pp. 757-760, Dordrecht, 1990. Kluwer Academic Publishers (pdf).

[48] M. Riani and F. Masulli,  Stochastic dynamics and input dimensionality in a two-layer neuronal network for modelling multistable perception, in B. Widrow and B. Angeniol, editors, International Neural Network Conference, INNC 90 PARIS (International Neural Network Society and IEEE), vol. 2, pp. 1019-1022, Dordrecht, 1990. Kluwer Academic Publishers (pdf).

[49] M. Riani, F. Masulli, and E. Simonotto,  Perceptual alternation of ambiguous patterns: A model based on an artificial neural network, in S. K. Roger, editor, Application of Artificial Neural Networks II - SPIE Proceedings Series, vol. 1469, pp. 166-177, Orlando, Florida, 1991. SPIE - Bellingam, WA, USA (pdf).

[50] F. Masulli, M. Riani, E. Simonotto, and F. Vannucci,  Boltzmann distributions and neural networks: Models of unbalanced interpretations of reversible patterns, in D. W. Ruck, editor, Science of Artificial Neural Networks- SPIE Proceedings Series, vol. 1710, pp. 267-277, Orlando, Florida, 1992. SPIE - Bellingam, WA, USA (pdf).

[51] F. Masulli, F. Casalino, and F. Vannucci,  Bayesian properties and performances of adaptive fuzzy systems in pattern recognition problems, in M. Marinaro and P. G. Morasso, editors, Proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN-94, pp. 189-192, Sorrento, Italy, 1994. Springer (pdf).

[52] F. Casalino, F. Masulli, A. Sperduti, and F. Vannucci,  Semantic phase transition in a classifier based on an adaptive fuzzy system, in Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE-FUZZ94, vol. 2, pp. 808-812, Orlando, FL, USA, 1994. IEEE (pdf).

[53] F. Masulli and M. Penna,  Improving learning speed and generalization in multi-layer perceptrons through principal component analysis, in S. K Roger and D. W. Ruck, editors, Applications and Science of Artificial Neural Networks II - SPIE Proceedings Series, vol. 2790, pp. 85-95, Orlando, Florida, 1996. SPIE - Bellingam, WA, USA (pdf).

[54] M. Castellano, F. Masulli, and M. Penna,  Fuzzy systems in High Energy Physics, in B. Bosacchi and J. Bezdek, editors, Applications of Fuzzy Logic Technology III - SPIE Proceedings Series, vol. 2761, pp. 162-171, Orlando, Florida, 1996. SPIE - Bellingam, WA, USA (pdf).

[55] F. Masulli, P. Bogus, A. Schenone, and M. Artuso,  Fuzzy clustering methods for the segmentation of multivariate images, in M. Mares, R. Mesia, V. Novak, J. Ramik, and A. Stupnanova, editors, Proceedings of the 7th International Fuzzy Systems Association Word Congress IFSA 97, vol. III, pp. 123-128, Prague, 1997. Academia (pdf).

[56] N. Giusti, F. Masulli, and A. Sperduti,  Competitive and hybrid neuro-fuzzy models for supervised classification, in Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks, INNC 97, pp. 516-519, Huston, USA, 1997. IEEE (pdf).

[57] F. Masulli and G. Valentini,  Parallel non linear dichotomizers, in Proceedings of IJCNN 20000, The IEEE-INNS-ENNS Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks, pp. 29-33, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2000 (pdf).

[58] F. Masulli and G. Valentini,  Comparing Decomposition Methods for Classification, in Proceedings of KES 2000-International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems and Allied Technologies, vol. 2, pp. 788-792, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2000 (pdf).

[59] A. M. Massone, L. Studer, F. Masulli, and G. Valentini,  Pattern Recognition in RICH Counters Using the Possibilistic C-Spherical Shell Algorithm, in Proceedings of KES 2000-International Conference on Knowledge- Based Intelligent Engineering Systems and Allied Technologies, vol. 2, pp. 791-795, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA (pdf).

[60] F. Masulli, and G. Valentini,  Quantitative Evaluation of Dependence among Outputs in ECOC Classifiers Using Mutual Information Based Measures, in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN 01, pp. 784-789, vol. 2, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2001 (pdf).

[61] F. Masulli, D. Baratta, Gb. Cicioni, Gb. and L. Studer,  Daily Rainfall Forecasting using an Ensemble Technique based on Singular Spectrum Analysis, in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN 01, pp. 263-268, vol. 1, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2001 (pdf).

[62] F. Beltrame, G. DeLeo, M. Fato, F. Masulli, and A. Schenone,  Threedimensional visualizzaztion and navigation tool for disgnostic and surgical planning applications, in Proceedings of SPIE - Medical Imaging 2001 - Visualizzation, Display and Image-Guided Procedure, pp. 507-514, vol. 4319, SPIE, Bellingam, Washington, USA, 2001 (pdf).

[63] F. Masulli, and S. Rovetta,  An ensemble approach to variable selection for classification of DNA microarray data in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN 03, Portland, Oregon, M. Hasselmo (Editor) pp. 3089-3094, IEEE Neural Network Society, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2003 (pdf).

[64] F. Masulli, and S. Rovetta,  The Graded Possibilistic Clustering Model in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN 03, Portland, Oregon, M. Hasselmo (Editor) pp. 791-796, IEEE Neural Network Society, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2003 (pdf).

[65] F. Masulli, and S. Rovetta,  HLA Typing Using a Fuzzy Approach in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks IJCNN 04, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 3235-3240, IEEE Neural Network Society, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2004 (pdf).

[66] D. Buscaldi, P. Rosso, and F. Masulli,  The upv-unige-CIAOSENSO WSD system in Rada Mihalcea and Phil Edmonds (Ed.s), Senseval-3: Third International Workshop on the Evaluation of Systems for the Semantic Analysis of Text, pp. 77-82, Association for Computational Linguistics, Barcelona, Spain, 2004 (pdf).

[67] F. Masulli, S. Rovetta,  A New Approach to Hierarchical Clustering for the Analysis of Genomic Data Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2005, Montreal - Canada, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Piscataway, NJ, USA (in press) (pdf).



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