Bartolomeo Montrucchio received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in 1998, and 2002, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor of Computer Engineering with the Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino. His current research interests include image analysis and synthesis techniques, scientific visualization, sensor networks, RFIDs, and quantum computing.