Silvio Giancola
Silvio Giancola is a Research Scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Ghanem in the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL), part of the Center of Excellence for Generative AI (GenAI).
Biography
Silvio Giancola received his Master Degree in Mechatronics Engineering Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Strasbourg in France in 2012. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Before joining KAUST, Silvio had academic experience in Politecnico di Milano in Italy. He was a teaching assistant for undergraduate and graduate students in Industrial and Information Engineering School, Politecnico di Milano in Italy from 2014 until 2017. In addition to teaching, he was a Research Fellow who later on became a Postdoctoral Fellow.
At KAUST, Silvio was a Postdoctoral Fellow from 2017 to 2020, then became a Research Scientist since 2020. In 2022, Silvio co-founded the start-up Thya Technology, with which he won the TAQADAM accelerator program.
Research Interests
Silvio Giancola is mainly interested in Computer Vision, Deep learning, Sports, and Robotics.
About
Silvio Giancola is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working with Professor Bernard Ghanem in the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL), part of the Center of Excellence for Generative AI (GenAI).
Education Profile
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2017
- M.Sc., Mechatronics Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), France, 2012
Professional Memberships
- Computer Vision Foundation (CVF)
- Europe Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
- Italian Association of Mechanical and Thermal Measurements (GMMT)
Professional Profile
Service Contributions
- Service to the Institution
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Organizer of the Rising Stars in AI Symposium, 2022 - 2024
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- Service to the Discipline or Profession
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Organizer of the SoccerNet Challenges, 2021 - 2024
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Organizer of the CVsports workshop at CVPR, 2024
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Reviewer for top-tier CV and AI conferences, 2024 - present
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Area Chair for ICIP and ICANN, 2024 - present
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Organizer of the 3DMV workshops at CVPR, 2023 - present
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Awards and Distinctions
- Computer Vision as a Service, Impact Acceleration Fund, 2020 - 2021
- CloudLabeling: Computer Vision as a Service, Research Translation Grant, 2022 - 2023
- Platform for Automated Analysis of Satellite Imagery, Impact Acceleration Fund, 2022 - 2023
- EarthLabeling: Computer Vision for Aerial Images, Research Translation Grant, 2023 - 2024
- Start up Acceleration Winner, TAQADAM, 2021 - 2022
- Best paper award, CVsports, 2022
- Best paper award, CVsports, 2021
- Sports+AI Competition 2nd place, Thakaa, 2022
- PhD Research Fellowship, 2014 - 2016
- Teaching Assistant Awards, 2014 - 2016
Professional Memberships
- Member, Computer Vision Fundation, 2017
Qualifications
Education
- PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
- Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2017
- Master of Engineering (MEng)
- Mechatronics Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), France, 2012
- English
- Full professional proficiency
- French
- Native or bilingual proficiency
- Italian
- Native or bilingual proficiency
