Background
Nicola Capece was born in Potenza, Italy, on 23/04/1987. He received the Laurea degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Basilicata, Italy, in 2015.
In 2015 he joined the DiMIE Dipartimento di Matematica, Informatica ed Economia (DiMIE) at the University of Basilicata, Potenza (Italy) where he completed the Ph.D. in Computer Science under the supervision of Prof. Ugo Erra in 2019. From May 2019 to the June 2021 he joined the Scuola di Ingegneria (SI) at the University of Basilicata where he was a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher) under the supervision of Prof. Valerio Tramutoli and Prof. Giuseppe Scanniello. He is currently Postdoctoral Researcher at the DiMIE of the University of Basilicata. From November 2017 to April 2018 (six months) he joined the VCG-Lab at the ISTI-CNR Pisa for a visiting research period carrying out the role of principal investigator in the application of the Deep Learning for Computational Photography problems under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Scopigno. From May 2019 to February 2022 he was a member of the BASELab (BAsilicata Software Engineering) at the University of Basilicata. He is a member of the XR&AI Lab since 2014 at the same University. The full CV is available here
Research Activities
His research interests include:- Computer Graphics: Real Time and Offline Rendering
- Deep Learning and Computer Graphics
- Extended Reality XR (Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, and Augmented Reality)
- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Awards
- 2018 Leonardo Innovation Award, second place Ph.D. Students category: Cognitive Systems - Use of deep learning to support airport security checks.
- 2019 Best Paper Award in 10th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunication for the paper "A Deep Learning approach for the Motion Picture Content Rating", (23-25 October 2019 Naples)
- 2020 Best Presentation Award in 3rd IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (IEEE AIVR 2020) for the paper "A Preliminary Investigation into a Deep Learning Implementation for Hand Tracking on Mobile Devices", (17 December, 2020)
Editorial and Reviewing Activities
He is Reviewer for:
- SoftwareX from 2023 ongoing
- Computers in Human Behavior from 2023 ongoing
- Empirical Software Engineering from 2023 ongoing
- Expert System with Applications from 2023 ongoing
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence from 2023 ongoing
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics from 2022 ongoing
- ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage from 2022 ongoing
- International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction from 2022 ongoing
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics from 2021 ongoing
- Pattern Recognition Letters from 2021 ongoing
- Multimedia Tools And Application from 2020 ongoing
- Information Sciences from 2019 ongoing
- MDPI Applied Sciences (ASPCC7) from 2019 ongoing
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering from 2023 ongoing
He is Associate Editor for:
He is Topical Advisory Panel for:
from 2022 ongoing
He is Guest Editor for:
Reality in the New Social Era"
External References
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-3977
Contact Information
Nicola Capece, Ph.D.XR&AI Lab (3th floor 3D)
Dipartimento di Matematica, Informatica ed Economia
Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Via dell´Ateneo nº10, Macchia Romana
85100, Potenza - Italy
Office hours for students
Tuesday 15:00 - 18:00 (Potenza)
Laboratorio di Sperimentazione 3D Video Capture AR/VR e Mixed Reality (4th)
San Rocco Digital Hub
Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti di Matera
Via San Rocco, 1
75100, Matera - Italy
Phone: +39 0971 205864
Institutional Email: nicola-dot-capece-at-unibas-dot-it
Personal Email: capece-dot-nicolafelice-at-gmail-dot-it
Pec: nicolafelice-dot-capece-at-pec-dot-it
Home page: http://graphics.unibas.it/?ncapece
Skype: capece.n87
