Computer Vision & Multimedia Lab - Pavia

25/09/2026

Research builds knowledge across generations — and sometimes, its impact reaches much further than we can imagine.

Among the 168 technical experts from 38 countries who contributed to the evaluation of 30 breakthrough technologies for the “IEEE Technology Megatrends 2030 Report” is Ernesto Damiani, who carried out his thesis work during the 1987/88 academic year at the University of Pavia, under the supervision of Virginio Cantoni and Ottavio D’Antona.
It is particularly meaningful to see a former student of our laboratory contributing, decades later, to a global reflection on the technologies that will shape the future.

The report offers a global outlook on technological development, emphasizing that future progress will increasingly depend on the deep interdependence of artificial intelligence, energy grids, and physical systems, rather than on isolated breakthroughs.

🌍 From our laboratory’s academic history to the global technology landscape!

16/09/2026

We are delighted to share that our team from the CVML lab recently participated in ETFA 2026 — the 31st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation — held in Västerås, Sweden, from September 8th to 11th, 2026!

Marco Porta was Program co-chair and Hoàng Nam Lê (PhD student at University of Pavia - Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering) presented our latest research paper titled:

📄 Detecting Random-Like Human Behavior via Eye Tracking: A Deterministic Labeling and Sequence Modeling Approach

co-authored by Lê, Amiri, Dondi, and Porta.

IEEE ETFA is a forum focusing on the latest advancements in industrial automation, smart manufacturing, and human-technology interaction. Our paper introduces a novel method combining deterministic gaze-labeling techniques with sequence modeling to identify non-systematic, random-like human eye movements—a key step toward enhancing user attention analysis and safety monitoring in automated industrial environments.

It was a fantastic opportunity to exchange ideas with global experts at the intersection of computer vision, human-computer interaction, and smart automation.

A big thank you to the organizers and everyone who engaged with our presentation!

09/09/2026

We are proud to share that Hoàng Nam Lê (PhD student at University of Pavia - Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering) represented our laboratory at IJCB 2026, the IEEE/IAPR International Joint Conference on Biometrics, held in Rome from September 1–4, 2026, where he presented our latest research on gaze-driven biometric verification.

The conference provided a great opportunity to exchange ideas with researchers and professionals working at the forefront of biometric technologies.

The paper “Gaze-Driven Biometric Verification with Moving Text Stimuli”, authored by Hoàng Nam Lê, Davide Marco Mascheroni, Emanuel Aldea, Piercarlo Dondi, and Marco Porta, opens up interesting perspectives for more natural and unobtrusive biometric authentication.

A great experience of scientific exchange, discussion, and collaboration in the beautiful setting of Rome!

31/08/2026

📣 A new paper is online!
"D-Care 2.0: A Multi-tone Multi-LLM Chatbot Assistant for New Diabetes Patients"
coauthors: Awais Khan Nawabi, Elena Bianchi and Chiara Toffanin

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-34459-5_20

This study compares four state-of-the-art LLMs for supporting new diabetes patients through an AI-powered chatbot. Evaluation has been done through standard metrics and a user study with 40 participants.
The work is the result of a collaboration between University of Pavia - Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering and Neosperience Health.

🔎 Interested in the full results and methodology? Read the paper to discover how different LLMs perform in supporting new diabetes patients.

Effective management of diabetes requires patients to actively engage in self-care activities along with medical treatments. Providing on point information to new patients is thus of vital importance. In the last years, we have seen an increasing adoption of Large...

07/08/2026

🌞 Informiamo che il laboratorio e il dipartimento resteranno chiusi per la pausa estiva da lunedì 10 agosto a venerdì 21 agosto 2026, compresi.

Auguriamo a tutti un periodo di meritato riposo, ricco di serenità, relax e momenti da condividere con le persone care.
Ci rivedremo alla riapertura con entusiasmo, nuove idee e tanta energia positiva per affrontare insieme le sfide e i progetti che ci attendono.

Buone vacanze!

22/07/2026

📣 The program of ETTAC 2026 - 2nd Workshop on Eye Tracking Techniques, Applications and Challenges is online!

👉 You can view the full schedule and the list of accepted papers here: https://vision.unipv.it/ettac2026/program.html

ETTAC2026 is held in conjunction with ICPR2026 (28th International Confernce on Pattern Recognition).

📅 When: Friday, August 21, 2026 | 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM CEST
📍 Where: Louis Néel Building, Room 1 - Lyon, France
⚠️ Please note: This venue is different from the main ICPR 2026 conference location.

We look forward to seeing you there.

20/07/2026

📢 Happy to share that two of our papers have been accepted for publication and presentation at upcoming IEEE international conferences:

✅ Hoàng Nam Lê, Behnaz Amiri, Piercarlo Dondi, Marco Porta, “Detecting Random-Like Human Behavior via Eye Tracking: A Deterministic Labeling and Sequence Modeling Approach”, accepted at ETFA 2026 (31st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation), 8-11 September 2026, Västerås, Sweden
https://etfa2026.ieee-ies.org/

✅ Hoàng Nam Lê, Davide Marco Mascheroni, Emanuel Aldea, Piercarlo Dondi, Marco Porta, “Gaze-Driven Biometric Verification with Moving Text Stimuli”, accepted at IJCB 2026 (IEEE/IAPR International Joint Conference on Biometrics), 1-4 September 2026, Rome, Italy
https://ijcb2026.ieee-biometrics.org/

Looking forward to sharing these results with the research community and engaging in discussions around the presented work at both conferences in September.

29/06/2026

We are proud to share that Marco Porta, a member of our laboratory at Università degli studi di Pavia, was invited as a Keynote Speaker at the 27th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies (CompSysTech'26), held at the University of Ruse, Bulgaria, on 26–27 June 2026.

His keynote, entitled “Intelligent Interaction at a Glance: The Future of Gaze-Aware Systems”, explored the latest advances and future directions in gaze-aware technologies, highlighting how intelligent systems can leverage eye gaze to enable more natural, adaptive, and effective human-computer interaction.

We are delighted to see our research contributing to the international scientific community and fostering discussions on the future of intelligent interactive systems.

23/06/2026

🎉 We are delighted to share that Virginio Cantoni, the founder of the CVML Laboratory, has recently been elected as a **Fellow of the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences (IAAIS)**.

This distinguished honor recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence and its scientific advancement worldwide.

We congratulate him on this important milestone and look forward to continuing our mission of advancing cutting-edge research in AI, computer vision, and machine learning.

Università degli studi di Pavia

15/06/2026

Sabato 30 maggio 2026, in occasione dell’80° anniversario delle Spille d’Oro Olivetti, Virginio Cantoni ha presentato i primi tre volumi della “Storia dell’Informatica Italiana” promossa dall’AICA e dal CNR, in occasione dell’apertura del festival della lettura “La grande invasione” presso il Laboratorio-Museo Tecnologic@mente, ad Ivrea.

Per maggiori informazioni sull’opera: https://vision.unipv.it/events/StoriaInformaticaItaliana.html