TECNOPOLO DI PARMA - Campus Universitario di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze - Parma (PR)
Future Technology (FT) Lab è un competence centre nell’ambito delle tecnologie abilitanti dell’industria 4.0, quali Augmented Reality, Radiofrequency & Identification, IOT, Cyber Physical Systems, Big Data & Analytics, Simulation, Horizontal/ Vertical Integration.
Il centro lavora su applicazioni in diversi settori industriali, in particolare nel largo consumo, tessile e abbigliamento, mobilità e logistica urbana intelligente.
Augmented Reality
Simulation and Cyber Physical Systems
Horizontal Vertical Integration
Industrial Internet of Things
Big data and analytics
Tecnologie per la salute e il benessere
Tecnologie e analisi per la sostenibilità
Microelettronica; impiantistica; largo consumo; fashion; industrie culturali; ICT; automotive; didattica e formazione
Design and development of new products / processes
Manufactur processes
- Unconventional welding processes (laser, plasma, ultrasound, electron beam, etc.)
- Non-conventional machining processes (laser, plasma, waterjet, chemical and electrochemical , ultrasonic, electrical discharge, etc.)
- Microprocessing (micro-milling, -drilling, -laser, -waterjet, etc.)
- Additive manufacturing processes (3D printing, SLA rapid prototyping, etc.)
- Production planning (cell and processing lines configuration, scheduling, reconfigurability, adaptivity, lean production, etc.)
- Processes of recovery and recycling of materials / products
- Reliability and quality of the finished product / process
Modeling of physical systems and simulation
- Discrete events mathematical modeling of systems and processes - Roberto Montanari
- Non-parametric modeling (neural networks, etc.) - Eleonora Bottani
- Simulation for discrete events models - Roberto Montanari
Machinery and plants
- Plant layout optimization - Roberto Montanari
- Optimization of logistical flows, interoperational buffer and stoking areas, managing policy of the logistic productive system - Eleonora Bottani
- Monitoring and predictive meintenance based on acoustic and vibration sensors, thermography, olography, ultrasound
Innovation and optimization of process/product
- Production flow chart, raw material HACCP and QFD, formulation, packaging and conservation conditions - Giuseppe Vignali
- Input-output correlations to assess operational parameters
- On-line product control feasibility for process optimization - Giovanni Romagnoli
- Product processing design: algorithms for automatic predictive control
- Statistical control of the process - Andrea Volpi
- Improvement of process efficiency for saving direct and indirect costs - Eleonora Bottani
Packaging
- Consultation for techniques of Design of experiments (DoE) - Giuseppe Vignali
Electronics devices and Component
- Digital Integrated circuits
- Radio frequency and microwave electronics
- Mixed signal electronic systems - Paolo Ciampolini
- Testing and functional characterization of devices and systems - Paolo Cova
- Hardware System integration - Paolo Cova
- Sensors - Ilaria De Munari
- Optoelectronic and LED components
- Antennas and propagation
- Power devices (power supply, inverter, driver) - Paolo Cova
- Device reliability - Paolo Cova
Green IT
- Solar cells and wind energy - Paolo Cova
Embedded systems
- Hardware Design Flow
- DSPs and Embedded Processors - Ilaria De Munari
- Programmable Devices (FPGA, GA, CPLD) - Ilaria De Munari
- Sensor-based systems
- Systems on Chips (SoC and ASIC)
- Sensor networks and WSN - Ilaria De Munari
Internet of things and CyberPhysical Systems
- Wearable Devices - Ilaria De Munari
Unmanned Technologies
- Unmanned Vehicles - Massimo Bertozzi
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, Drones) - Massimo Bertozzi
- Consumer Unmanned technologies - Massimo Bertozzi
- Robot and high level android Management
- Autonomous guidance and obstacle detection - Massimo Bertozzi
- Vehicle, motion and hybrid systems control
Communication and Network systems
- Wireless and mobile networking - Gianluigi Ferrari
- Optical networks and systems - Gianluigi Ferrari
High Performance Computing
- GPU computing - Michele Amoretti
Security and privacy
Computer Vision and Visual Computing
- Innovative and advanced vision sensors - Massimo Bertozzi
- Industrial and machine vision - Andrea Prati
- Image and video analysis - Andrea Prati
- Pattern recognition and clustering - Andrea Prati
- 3D vision - Andrea Prati
- Augmented / Virtual Reality
- Computer graphics
- Big Visual Data - Andrea Prati
Multimedia and human-computer interaction
- Human-computer interaction modeling
- Brain-computer interfaces - Ilaria De Munari
- User experience and usability
- HCI for assistive technologies - Ilaria De Munari