Full professor of Geomatics at the Department of Architecture and Design (Politecnico di Torino). Civil Engineer, he received the Ph.D. in Geodetic and Cartographic Sciences in 1990. Author of more than 280 scientific papers, his research activity is mainly oriented to the applications of photogrammetry and scanner systems, GIS and HBIM design with particular attention to Cultural Heritage assets. Since 2005 he is active member of CIPA-HD, and since 2008 chair of the "Data Acquisition and Processing in Cultural Heritage" Working Group of the International Photogrammetry Society (ISPRS). He teaches Architecture Metric Survey, and GIS and Modelling of Cultural Heritage at the Polytechnic of Turin and at the School of Specialization in Architectural Heritage and Landscape, Heritage Documentation at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and he is member of the Teaching’s Committee of the International Research Doctorate "Technicians for Culture" at the University of Turin.