Received the degree in Computer Science in 1984 at University of Bari (Italy). In 1987 he was researcher of A.S.I. (Italian Space Agency) at C.G.S. (Space Geodesy Center) in Matera (Italy). Since 1990 he is researcher at Institute on Intelligent System for Automation (early Signal and Image Processing Institute). Since 2001 he became Senior Researcher at issia. His main interests are in fields of Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, Robotics and Machine Learning.