Francesco Bianconi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Perugia, Italy. He has held visiting positions at the University of Vigo (Spain), the University of East Anglia (UK), Queen Mary University of London (UK), and City University of London (UK). He is the author of one book, two book chapters, one edited book, and over 120 Scopus-indexed scholarly papers. His research interests cover computer vision, visualisation, image processing, and pattern recognition, with a particular focus on texture and colour analysis for industrial and biomedical applications. Francesco is an IEEE senior member and Chartered Engineer.