Prof. Rocco Furferi (PhD) is an Associate Professor at
the Department of Industrial Engineering of Florence (DIEF), University of
Florence (Italy), where he teaches the Mechanical Drafting course at the School
of Engineering. His main research activities are computer-based methods and
tools, 2D and 3D machine vision for industrial processes and product control
and inspection, geometric modeling, CAD and computational graphics, and
computer-based methods for the modeling and simulation of industrial processes.
In June 2013, he was nominated Coordinator of the “Thematic Group WG2-Innovative
technologies and tools” for the European Cluster NanomeCH (Nano and Advanced
MATErials for Cultural Heritage). Prof. Furferi successfully participated in
several financed projects and is the author of more than 90 papers in the
fields of Computational Geometry, CAD, Textile, and Mechanical Engineering.
Prof. Furferi is on the Editorial Board of several journals such as the
“International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems” and “Applied Science,
MDPI”. He is also the General Chair of the HERI-TECH International Conference.
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