Laura Giarré received her Laurea degree (summa cum laude) in Electronic Engineering from the University of Florence in 1986, and her Ph.D. degree in system engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1992. In 1987, she was a Researcher with the Research Laboratory of the Motorways Public Company. From 1988 to 1993, she was with the Department of Systems and Computer Science at the University of Florence, Italy. From 1993 to 1998, she was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer and Control Engineering at Turin Polytechnic, Torino, Italy. From 1998 to 2016, she was with the University of Palermo, Italy, as an Associate Professor, and, since 2016, she has been at the Department of Engineering (Enzo Ferrari) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, as a Full Professor. She spent several periods (Fall 1996, Fall 1997, Winter/Spring 1999, Winter and Fall 2006) as a Visiting Professor at CCDC, University of California at Santa Barbara, and at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT, Boston. She is currently a Control System Professor. Her research interests include identification, control of networked systems, and assistive technology with a focus on localization, navigation, and obstacle avoidance for assisting blind and low-vision people.