Prof. Andrea Lingua

Andrea Maria Lingua is full professor in Geomatics, at the Department of Environment, Land, and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI) at the Politecnico di Torino. He was a researcher in surveying at same department since 1999 and an associate professor since 2004. He graduated in Civil Engineering in 1994 at the Faculty of Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino and, obtained his Ph.D. in Geodetic and Topographic Sciences at the Politecnico di Milano in 1998. In 2017, he was a founding member of the PIC4SeR, the Polito Interdepartmental Centre of Service Robotics. He is author of more than 200 papers in national and international journals, books, and conference proceedings. Member of the “Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Surveying” (SIFET) since 1995 and the “Italian Society of University Teachers in Surveying and Cartography” since 1999, he is also a member of Management Board of SIFET (after 4 years as President of SIFET 2019-2022) and co-chairman of Working Group I/6 of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). His main research topics are related to research and innovation in photogrammetry, computer vision, unmanned aerial systems, laser scanning, outdoor/indoor positioning, robust model estimation, data fusion and integration using rigorous statistical approach, visual odometry/navigation in structured environment, and geomatics for emergencies.