Maurizio A. Spirito received
the MSc degree in Electronics Engineering in 1996 and the PhD in Electronics
and Telecommunications Engineering in 1999, both from Politecnico di Torino
(Italy). From October 1998 to October 2003 he was with the Nokia Research
Center in Helsinki (Finland) as a Senior Research Engineer and Project Manager.
He joined ISMB in November 2003, where he was first Head of the Radio
Technologies for Multimedia Lab then Head of the Pervasive Technologies (PerT)
Research Area. Since July 2013 he has been in charge of the Emerging Trends and
Opportunity Function which aims to strengthen ISMB capability to benefit from
various emerging research and innovation opportunities, proposing the most
appropriate positioning strategies for ISMB, also in light of the European
Research and Innovation priorities. Within this context, the Emerging Trends
and Opportunities Function is also in charge of setting up and coordinating
Research and Innovation projects that are considered strategic for ISMB.
Dr. Spirito has an extensive
experience in developing and managing international multicultural research and
development projects, especially in the area of Internet of Things (IoT)
technologies and applications. Along the years, he has gained a very solid
experience in the context of the European Commission Framework Programs (FP)
for research and development. He was Project Coordinator of two
successfully completed FP7 STREP projects; namely, GreenCom on smart
electricity grids (http://www.greencom-project.eu/) and ALMANAC
on IoT for Smart Cities (http://www.almanac-project.eu).
He is currently Project Coordinator of two H2020 RIAs; namely, Storage4Grid on
the integration of storage systems in smart electricity grids (http://www.storage4grid.eu/)
and MISTRAL on communications systems for next generation railways, funded by
the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking under the H2020 framework (http://www.mistral-s2r-project.eu/).
Dr. Spirito participated
and/or coordinated ISMB contributions in the following projects: CVIS and
SAFESPOT (FP6 IP), NEWCOM (FP6 NoE), NEWCOM++ (FP7 NoE), ebbits and BUTLER (FP7
IP), SEEMPubS (FP7 STREP), BEMO-COFRA and IMPRESS (FP7 STREPs for EU-Brazil
collaboration), SATISFACTORY (H2020 RIA). He participates and/or coordinates
ISMB contributions in the following projects funded under the Horizon 2020
framework: IoF2020 and MONICA (IoT Large Scale Pilot IA), UNIFY-IoT and
CREATE-IoT (IoT CSA), COMPOSITION, MONSOON and SHIP2FAIR (RIA in the industry
domain), ASTRail and ETALON (Shift2Rail RIA), GOEASY (IA on convergence between
GNSS and IoT).
Dr. Spirito has chaired the
Activity Chain 3 (IoT Demonstration and pilots) of the EU-supported Internet of
Things European Research Cluster (IERC). He represents ISMB in the EU-wide
initiatives EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association) and
AIOTI (Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation).
Dr. Spirito (co-)authored
nearly 100 publications (including book chapters, journal and conference
papers) and 13 international patent applications.