Francesca Gasparini

Francesca Gasparini

e-mail: francesca.gasparini-at-unimib.it

DISCo (Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication)
University of Milan-Bicocca
Viale Sarca 336, Building U14

Room 1012, tel: +390264487856

Biography

Francesca Gasparini is an associate professor at the Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She took her Ph.D in Science and Technology in Nuclear Power Plants at the Polytechnic of Milan, and her master degree in Nuclear Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan.

She is the scientific coordinator of the Multimedia Signal Processing Laboratory. She is a scientific board member of NeuroMi Milan Center for Neuroscience and scientific coordinator of the research area of Computational and Systems Neuroscience.

Her research activity is focused on multimedia signal processing, analysis and understanding. From 2017 she enriched her research activity including affective computing, and brain computer interface, opening new fields of investigation in the Artificial Intelligence domain, extending her research activity on the field of the Ageing Society. She is currently coordinating several research activities in the area of electroencephalogram data processing and classification, BCI, and physiological data analysis.

Affiliations

Milan Center for Neuroscience, NeuroMI (https://neuromi.it).
Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence AIXIA (www.aixia.it).

Publications

Patents

3.Method For Correcting A Digital Image
(Alessandro Capra, Alfio Castorina, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Patent number US 7881554, 2011.

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2.Method for red eye detection in a digital image
(Claudio Cusano, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Patent number EP2143069, 2010.

1.Coded Aperture Imaging
(Roberto Accorsi, Francesca Gasparini, Richard Lanza) Patent number US 6737652, 2004.

Journal Articles

19. Ensemble learning on visual and textual data for social image emotion classification

(Silvia Corchs, Elisabetta Fersiani, Francesca Gasparini) In International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics, pp 1-17, 2017

18.Predicting Complexity Perception of Real World Images
(Silvia Corchs, Gianluigi Ciocca, Emanuela Bricolo, Francesca Gasparini) In PLoS ONE, volume 11, number 6, pp. e0157986, 2016.

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17.A Genetic Programming approach to evaluate complexity of texture images
(Silvia Corchs, Gianluigi Ciocca, Francesca Gasparini) In Journal of Electronic Imaging, volume 25, number 6, pp. 061408, SPIE, 2016.

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16.Adaptive Skin Classification Using Face and Body Detection
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, volume 24, number 12, pp. 4756-4765, 2015.

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15.No Reference Image Quality classification for JPEG-Distorted Images
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Digital Signal Processing, volume 30, pp. 86-100, Elsevier, 2014.

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14.How to assess image quality within a workflow chain: an overview
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In International Journal on Digital Libraries, volume 15, number 1, pp. 1-25, Springer, 2014.

13.A no-reference metric for demosaicing artifacts that fits psycho-visual experiments
(Francesca Gasparini, Fabrizio Marini, Raimondo Schettini, Mirko Guarnera) In EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, volume 2012, number 1, pp. 4868-4873, 2012.

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12.A contrast image correction method
(Alessandro Capra, Alfio Castorina, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Journal of Electronic Imaging, volume 19, number 2, pp. 1-11, 2010.

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11.A Review of Redeye Detection and Removal in Digital Images Through Patents
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Recent Patents on Electrical Engineering, volume 2, number 1, pp. 45-53, 2009.

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10.Consensus based framework for illuminant chromaticity estimation
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Journal of Electronic Imaging, volume 17, number 2, pp. 023013, 2008.

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9.Polynomial modeling and optimization for colorimetric characterization of scanners
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini, Leonardo Vanneschi) In Journal of Electronic Imaging, volume 17, number 4, pp. 043002, 2008.

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8.Recall or precision oriented strategies for binary classification of skin pixels
(Francesca Gasparini, Silvia Corchs, Raimondo Schettini) In Journal of Electronic Imaging, volume 17, number 2, pp. 1-15, 2008.

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7.A new method for RGB to XYZ transformation based on pattern search optimization
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Alessandro Russo, Raimondo Schettini) In IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume 53, number 3, pp. 1020-1028, 2007.

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6.Self-Adaptive Image Cropping for Small Displays
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Claudio Cusano, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, volume 53, number 4, pp. 1622-1627, IEEE, 2007.

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5.Low Quality Image Enhancement Using Visual Attention
(Francesca Gasparini, Silvia Corchs, Raimondo Schettini) In Optical Engineering, volume 46, pp. 040502 (1-3), 2007.

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4.A recall or precision oriented skin classifier using binary combining strategies
(Francesca Gasparini, Silvia Corchs, Raimondo Schettini) In Pattern Recognition, volume 38, number 1, pp. 2204-2207, 2005.

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3.{Color balancing of digital photos using simple image statistics}
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Pattern Recognition, volume 37, number 6, pp. 1201-1217, Elsevier, 2004.

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2.Optimal Coded Patterns for Improved SNR in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
(Roberto Accorsi, Francesca Gasparini, Richard Lanza) In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, volume 474, pp. 273-284, 2001.

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1.A Coded Aperture for High-Resolution Nuclear Medicine Planar Imaging with a Conventional Anger Camera: experimental results
(Roberto Accorsi, Francesca Gasparini, Richard Lanza) In IIEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science, volume 48, number 6, pp. 2411-2417, 2001.

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Book Chapter

5.Quality of Images
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Carlo Batini, Raimondo Schettini) Chapter in Data and Information Quality: Dimensions, Principles and Techniques, Springer, 2015.

4.Modeling Image Quality
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Chapter in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, pp. 569-580, IGI Global, 2014.

3.Color Coding for Data Visualization
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Chapter in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, pp. 85-95, IGI Global, 2014.

2.Applications of Spectral Imaging and Reproduction to Cultural Heritage
(Simone Bianco, Alessandro Colombo, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini, Silvia Zuffi) Chapter in Digital Imaging for Cultural Heritage Preservation: Analysis, Restoration, and Reconstruction of Ancient Artworks, pp. 183-213, CRC Press, 2011.

1.Automatic Red-Eye Removal for digital photography
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Chapter in Single-Sensor Imaging: Methods and Applications For Digital Cameras, pp. 429-457, CRC Press, 2008.

Conference Papers

42. A Multidistortion Database for Image Quality
(Corchs Silvia, Francesca Gasparini) In Computational Color Imaging: 6th International Workshop, CCIW 2017, Milan, Italy, March 29-31, 2017, Proceedings, pp. 95-104, Springer International Publishing, 2017.

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41. A Complexity-Based Image Analysis to Investigate Interference Between Distortions and Image Contents in Image Quality Assessment
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini) In Computational Color Imaging: 6th International Workshop, CCIW 2017, Milan, Italy, March 29-31, 2017, Proceedings, pp. 105-121, Springer International Publishing, 2017.

40.Human perception of image complexity: real scenes versus texture patches
(Silvia Corchs, Gianluigi Ciocca, Francesca Gasparini) In Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Abstracts for the Second International Meeting of the Milan Center for Neuroscience (Neuromi): Prediction and Prevention of Dementia: New Hope (Milan, July 6–8, 2016), volume 53, number s1, pp. s51, 2016.

39.Affective Audio Analysis using objective features
(Francesca Gasparini, Silvia Corchs, Grossi A.) In Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Abstracts for the Second International Meeting of the Milan Center for Neuroscience (Neuromi): Prediction and Prevention of Dementia: New Hope (Milan, July 6–8, 2016), volume 53, number s1, pp. s64, 2016.

38.Does color in infuence image complexity perception?
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Emanuela Bricolo, Riccardo Tebano) In Computational Color Imaging (CCIW\\\’15), Fifth International Workshop, volume 9016 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 139-148, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2015.

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37.Complexity Perception of Texture Images
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini) In New Trends in Image Analysis and Processing — ICIAP 2015 Workshops, volume 9281 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 119-126, Springer International Publishing, 2015.

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36.Noisy Images-JPEG Compressed: Subjective and Objective Image Quality Evaluation
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Image Quality and System Performance XI, volume 9016, pp. 90160-, SPIE, 2014.

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35.Video salient event classification using audio features
(Silvia Corchs, Gianluigi Ciocca, Massimiliano Fiori, Francesca Gasparini) In Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2014, volume 9027, pp. 90270P, SPIE, 2014.

34.Computational strategies for skin detection
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Computational Color Imaging, Fourth International Workshop, volume 7786 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 199-211, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2013.

33.Low-cost, high-quality spectral imaging for cultural heritage
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Giuseppe Claudio Guarnera, Raimondo Schettini) In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management, pp. 117-128, 2013.

32.Audio stream classification for multimedia database search
(Maria Teresa Artese, Simone Bianco, Isabella Gagliardi, Francesca Gasparini) In Multimedia Content and Mobile Devices, volume 8667, pp. 86670G, SPIE, 2013.

31.Grouping strategies to improve the correlation between subjective and objective image quality data
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Image Quality and System Performance X, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 8653, pp. 86530d(1-8), SPIE, 2013.

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30.Color transfer using semantic image annotation
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini, Claudio Cusano) In Digital Photography {VIII}, volume 8299, pp. 82990-, SPIE, 2012.

29.Bio-inspired framework for automatic image quality enhancement
(Andrea Ceresi, Francesca Gasparini, Fabrizio Marini, Raimondo Schettini) In Digital Photography VIII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 8299, pp. 82990g (1-8), SPIE, 2012.

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28.A sharpness measure on automatically selected edge segments
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Fabrizio Marini, Raimondo Schettini) In Image Quality and System Performance IX, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 8293, pp. 82930a(1-8), SPIE, 2012.

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27.Adaptive contrast enhancement for underexposed images
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Digital Photography VII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 7876, SPIE, 2011.

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26.Image quality: a tool for no-reference assessment methods
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Fabrizio Marini, Raimondo Schettini) In Image Quality and System Performance VIII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 7867, pp. 78760x (1-9), SPIE, 2011.

25.Enhancing underexposed images preserving the original mood
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini) In Third International Workshop on Computational Color Imaging, volume 6626 of Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, pp. 125-136, Springer, 2011.

24.No-reference metrics for demosaicing
(Francesca Gasparini, Mirko Guarnera, Fabrizio Marini, Raimondo Schettini) In Image Quality and System Performance VII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 7529, pp. 752911-752911, SPIE, 2010.

23.Region-Based Illuminant Estimation for Effective Color Correction
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Image Analysis and Processing- ICIAP, volume 5716 of Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, pp. 43-52, Springer, 2009.

22.An Evolutionary Framework for Colorimetric Characterization of Scanners
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini, Leonardo Vanneschi) In Applications of Evolutionary Computation: 10th European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Image Analysis and Signal Processing (EvoIASP), volume 4974 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 245-254, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2008.

21.Smart Photo Sticking
(Raimondo Schettini, Giovanni Puglisi, Francesca Gasparini, Gianluigi Ciocca, Sebastiano Battiato) In Adaptive Multimedial Retrieval: Retrieval, User, and Semantics, pp. 211-223, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007.

20.Content Aware Image Enhancement
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Claudio Cusano, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In {AI*IA 2007}: Artificial Intelligence and Human-Oriented Computing, volume 4733 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 686-697, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007.

19.Integrating imaging and vision for content-specific image enhancement
(Raimondo Schettini, Francesca Gasparini, Claudio Cusano, Gianluigi Ciocca) In 2nd International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications – {VISAPP} 2007, pp. 192-199, 2007.

18.Self-Adaptive Image Cropping for Small Displays
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Claudio Cusano, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Consumer Electronics, 2007. {ICCE} 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on, pp. 1-2, {IEEE}, 2007.

17.Matrixing, number of color channels, and color gamut of camera devices
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Digital Photography III, volume 6502, pp. 650208, SPIE, 2007.

16.Combining strategies for automatic white estimation in real images
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In 14th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing Workshops (ICIAPW), pp. 175-178, 2007.

15.Combining strategies for white balance
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Digital Photography III, volume 6502, pp. 65020D, SPIE, 2007.

14.Skin segmentation using multiple thresholding
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Internet Imaging VII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 6061, pp. 60610f-1, 60610f, SPIE, 2006.

13.Multidomain pixel analysis for illuminant estimation
(Arcangelo Bruna, Filippo Naccari, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Digital Photography II, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 6069, pp. 115-122, SPIE, 2006.

12.Dynamic Range Optimization by Local Contrast Correction and Histogram Image Analysis
(Alessandro Capra, Alfio Castorina, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronic, pp. 309-310, IEEE, 2006.

11.Image Annotation for Adaptive Enhancement of Uncalibrated Color Images
(Claudio Cusano, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Visual Information and Information Systems, volume 3736 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 216-255, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2005.

10.Adaptive edge enhancement using a neurodynamical model of visual attention
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, volume 3, pp. 972-975, IEEE, 2005.

9.Pixel based skin colour classification exploiting explicit skin cluster definition methods
(Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, volume 1, pp. 543-546), 2005.

8.Automatic redeye removal for smart enhancement of photos of unknown origin
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Proc.of the 8th International Conference on Visual Information Systems, volume 3736 of Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, pp. 226-233, Springer, 2005.

7.A modular procedure for automatic redeye correction in digital photos
(Fadi Chazli, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In Color Imaging IX: Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications IX, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, volume 5293, pp. 139-147, SPIE, 2004.

6.Color Correction for Digital Photographs
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) In 12th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, pp. 646-651, IEEE, 2003.

5.Tunable Cast Remover for Digital Photographs
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini, Paolo Gallina) In Color Imaging VIII: Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications, volume 5008, pp. 92-100, SPIE, 2003.

4.An Innovative Algorithm for Cast Detection
(Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini, Paolo Gallina) In Internet Imaging III, volume 4672, pp. 280-286, SPIE, 2003.

3.Coded Aperture Imaging with Application to Fast Neutron Analysis and to Nuclear Medicine Imaging: a Technique with Applicability to Supply Reduction and to Demand Reduction
(Roberto Accorsi, Francesca Gasparini, Richard Lanza) In {ONDCP} International Technology Symposium, SPIE, 2001.

2.Determination of a Gamma Source Distribution for Safeguard Purposes by Data Processing with a Coded Aperture Camera
(Roberto Accorsi, Francesca Gasparini, Richard Lanza, Marzio Marseguerra) In 28th Informal Meeting On Reactor Noise, 2000.

1.Tomographic Detection of a Missing Rod in an Irradiated Fuel Bundle
(Francesca Gasparini, Marzio Marseguerra) In 27th Informal Meeting On Reactor Noise, 1997.

Other Publications

5.Modeling Image Quality
(Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Atti del Sesto Convegno del Gruppo Italiano Ricercatori in Pattern Recognition, pp. 41, 2012.

4.Content aware color image processing
(Simone Bianco, Gianluigi Ciocca, Silvia Corchs, Claudio Cusano, Francesca Gasparini, Fabrizio Marini, Raimondo Schettini) Atti della VI Conferenza Nazionale del Colore, 2010.

3.Modular procedures for content aware image enhancement
(Simone Bianco, Gianluigi Ciocca, Claudio Cusano, Francesca Gasparini, Fabrizio Marini, Raimondo Schettini) Quaderni Disco: Emerging Paradigms in Informatics, Systems and Communication, number 1, pp. 17-22, 2009.

2.Metodi per la stima e la correzione di dominanti colore in immagini digitali
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Atti della IV Conferenza Nazionale del Colore, 2008.

1.Spectral based color imaging using RGB digital still cameras
(Simone Bianco, Francesca Gasparini, Raimondo Schettini) Atti della II Conferenza Nazionale del Colore, 2006.