Computer Science and Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering is a peer-reviewed journal that deals with all aspects of computer science. It publishes articles which contribute new theoretical results in all areas of the foundations of computer science. Papers reporting original research and innovative applications from all parts of the world are welcome.

Lapo Governi

Editorial Board Member of Computer Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

Research Areas

Computational Geometry and Graphics, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Artificial Neural Networks, Applications, Virtual Prototyping and Mechanical Reverse Engineering (3D scanning and data manipulation)

Education

2002Ph.D.Machine Design and Construction
1998MSc Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering, University of Florence-Italy).Qualification at the engineering profession

Experience

2005-presentAssistant Professor at the Department of Mechanics and Industrial Technologies, University of Florence, Italy
2003-2004Contract Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanics and Industrial Technologies, University of Florence, Italy
2001-2004Faculty of Engineering, University of Florence-Italy
2001-2003Research Grant Holder at Department of Mechanics and Industrial Technologies, University of Florence, Italy
2000Teacher of "Computer Aided Design" at the Professional High School "C. Chini" in Borgo San Lorenzo

Publications: Journals

[1]  Governi, L., D. Bongini, and M. Carfagni. "Hippin: A Semiautomatic Computer Program for Selecting Hip Prosthesis Femoral Components." Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 63, no. 2 (2000): 105-115.
[2]  Carfagni, M., L. Governi, and L. Pierini. "A Genetic Algorithm Method for Optimizing Rib Arrangements in Dynamically Excited Panels." Noise and Vibration Engineering, Vols 1-3, Proceedings (2001): 15-20.
[3]  Bandini, M., L. Governi, and M. Pierini. "Optimal Design of Damping Material Distribution in Dynamically Excited Panels." Proceedings of Isma 2002: International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, Vols 1-5 (2002): 441-449.
[4]  Bartolini, F., L. Governi, M. Carfagni, and F. Crispini. "Extracting Femoral Medulla Ducts from Radiographic Images Based on a Model of the Projection of Femur Section." 2002 International Conference on Image Processing, Vol II, Proceedings (2002): 965-968.
[5]  Carfagni, A., P. Citti, L. Governi, and M. Pierini. "Vibroacoustic Optimization of Stiffening Ribs and Damping Material Distribution on Sheet Metal Parts." Shock and Vibration 11, no. 3-4 (2004): 271-280.
[6]  Governi, L., F. Bartolini, and M. Carfagni. "Model-Based Extraction of Femoral Medulla Ducts from Radiographic Images." Image and Vision Computing 22, no. 3 (2004): 173-182.
[7]  Furferi, R., M. Carfagni, and L. Governi. "A Real-Time Machine-Vision System for Monitoring the Textile Raising Process." Computers in Industry 56, no. 8-9 (2005): 831-842.
[8]  Furferi, R., and L. Governi. "Machine Vision Tool for Real-Time Detection of Defects on Textile Raw Fabrics." Journal of the Textile Institute 99, no. 1 (2008): 57-66.
[9]  Furferi, R., and L. Governi. "The Recycling of Wool Clothes: An Artificial Neural Network Colour Classification Tool." International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 37, no. 7-8 (2008): 722-731.
[10]  Carfagni, M., L. Governi, D. Meiattini, and Y. Volpe. "A New Methodology for Computer Aided Design of Fine Porcelain Whiteware." Detc 2008: Proceedings of the Asme International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Informational in Engineering Conference, Vol 3, Pts a and B (2009): 151-158.
[11]  Furferi, R., and L. Governi. "Prediction of the Spectrophotometric Response of a Carded Fiber Composed by Different Kinds of Coloured Raw Materials: An Artificial Neural Network-Based Approach." Color Research and Application 36, no. 3 (2011): 179-191.
[12]  Furferi, R., L. Governi, and Y. Volpe. "Ann-Based Method for Olive Ripening Index Automatic Prediction." Journal of Food Engineering 101, no. 3 (2010): 318-328.
[13]  Furferi, R., Governi, L., Palai, M., Volpe, Y. The reconstruction problem: Integrating different approaches into a systematic procedure for pseudo wireframe retrieval (2011) Journal for Geometry and Graphics, 15 (1), pp. 79-91.
[14]  Carfagni, M., Governi, L., Nunziati, M. Offline continuous adaptation of templates for signature identification (2011) International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 5 (6), pp. 1003-1010.
[15]  Furferi, R., Governi, L. Prediction of the spectrophotometric response of a carded fiber composed by different kinds of coloured raw materials: An artificial neural network-based approach (2011) Color Research and Application, 36 (3), pp. 179-191.
[16]  Furferi, R., Governi, L., Palai, M., Volpe, Y. Multiple Incident Splines (MISs) algorithm for topological reconstruction of 2D unordered point clouds (2011) International Journal of Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 5 (2), pp. 171-179.
[17]  Furferi, R., Governi, L., Palai, M., Volpe, Y. 3D model retrieval from mechanical drawings analysis (2011) International Journal of Mechanics, 5 (2), pp. 91-99.
[18]  Furferi, R., Governi, L., Volpe, Y. Neural network based classification of car seat fabrics (2011) International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 5 (3), pp. 696-703.
[19]  Furferi, R., Governi, L., Volpe, Y. ANN-based method for olive Ripening Index automatic prediction (2010) Journal of Food Engineering, 101 (3), pp. 318-328.
[20]  Furferi, R., Governi, L. The recycling of wool clothes: An artificial neural network colour classification tool (2008) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 37 (7-8), pp. 722-731.
[21]  Furferi, R., Governi, L. Machine vision tool for real-time detection of defects on textile raw fabrics (2008) Journal of the Textile Institute, 99 (1), pp. 57-66.
[22]  Furferi, R., Governi, L. Development of an artificial vision inspection system for real-time defect detection and classification on circular knitting machines (2006) WSEAS Transactions on Computers, 5 (6), pp. 1186-1193.
[23]  Carfagni, M., Furferi, R., Governi, L. A real-time machine-vision system for monitoring the textile raising process (2005) Computers in Industry, 56 (8-9), pp. 831-842.
[24]  Tucci, S., Governi, L. Methods of measuring pile density [Metodologie per misurare la densità del pelo] (2005) Tinctoria, 102 (4), pp. 43-47.
[25]  Carfagni, M., Citti, P., Governi, L., Pierini, M. Vibroacoustic optimization of stiffening ribs and damping material distribution on sheet metal parts (2004) Shock and Vibration, 11 (3-4), pp. 271-280.
[26]  Bartolini, F., Carfagni, M., Governi, L. Model-based extraction of femoral medulla ducts from radiographic images (2004) Image and Vision Computing, 22 (3), pp. 173-182.
[27]  Chiesi, F., Governi, L. Tolerance analysis with eM-TolMate (2003) Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 3 (1), pp. 100-105.
[28]  Bongini, D., Carfagni, M., Governi, L. Hippin: A semiautomatic computer program for selecting hip prosthesis femoral components (2000) Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 63 (2), pp. 105-115.
[29]  S.Logozzo, G.Franceschini, A.Kilpela, L.Governi, M.Caponi, L.Blois (2011). A Comparative Analysis of Intraoral 3D Digital Scanners for Restorative Dentistry. INTERNET JOURNAL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, vol. 5, ISSN:1559-4610
[30]  R.Furferi;L.Governi;M.Palai;Y.Volpe (2010). From 2D Orthographic views to 3D Pseudo-Wireframe: an Automatic Procedure. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, vol. 5(6), pp. 18-24, ISSN:0975-888
[31]  M. Carfagni; L. Governi; Y. Volpe (2007). Comfort assessment of motorcycle saddles: a methodology based on virtual prototypes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON INTERACTIVE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING, vol. 1, pp. 155-167, ISSN:1955-2513
[32]  M.Carfagni, F.Chiesi, L.Governi (2003). The effect of flexibility in the tolerance analysis of mechanical assemblies. ATA Journal, vol. 56 n.7/8, pp. 260-269, ISSN:0001-2661

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Furferi, R., Governi, L., Palai, M., Volpe, Y. Artificial vision based inspection of marbled fabric (2011) Applications of Mathematics and Computer Engineering-American Conference on Applied Mathematics, AMERICAN-MATH'11, 5th WSEAS International Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications, CEA'11, pp. 93-98.
[2]  Furferi, R., Governi, L., Palai, M., Volpe, Y. From unordered point cloud to weighted B-spline-A novel PCA-based method (2011) Applications of Mathematics and Computer Engineering-American Conference on Applied Mathematics, AMERICAN-MATH'11, 5th WSEAS International Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications, CEA'11, pp. 146-151.
[3]  Carfagni, M., Furferi, R., Governi, L., Palai, M., Volpe, Y. "3D reconstruction problem": An automated procedure (2011) Applications of Mathematics and Computer Engineering-American Conference on Applied Mathematics, AMERICAN-MATH'11, 5th WSEAS International Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications, CEA'11, pp. 99-104.
[4]  Carfagni, M., Governi, L., Meiattini, D., Volpe, Y. A new methodology for computer aided design of fine porcelain whiteware (2009) 2008 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC 2008, 3 (PART A), pp. 151-158.
[5]  Bandini, M., Governi, L., Pierini, M. Optimal design of damping material distribution in dynamically excited panels (2002) Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, ISMA, pp. 441-449.
[6]  Bartolini, F., Governi, L., Carfagni, M., Crispini, F. Extracting femoral medulla ducts from radiographic images based on a model of the projection of femur section (2002) IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2, pp. II/965-II/968.
[7]  Carfagni, M., Governi, L., Pierini, M. A genetic algorithm method for optimizing rib arrangements in dynamically excited panels (2000) Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, ISMA, pp. 37-42.
[8]  R.Furferi, L.Governi, M.Nunziati (2011). On the performance of several stereo calibration methods and models. In: International conference on Innovative Methods in Product Design, Venezia (Italy), 15-17 June 2011, ISBN:9788877843289
[9]  M.Carfagni, L. Governi, Y. Volpe, D. Meiattini (2008). A new methodology for computer aided design of fine porcelain whiteware. In: ASME DETC/CIE 2008 Conference, New York, 3-6 August, pp. 1-8, ISBN:0-7918-3831-5
[10]  M. Carfagni, L. Governi, Y. Volpe (2008). Development of a software platform for collaborative MCAD based shoe design. In: International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising ICE 2008, Lisbon, Portugal, 23-25 June, pp. 734-742, ISBN:9780853582441
[11]  M. Carfagni; G. Gioli; L. Governi (2007). Sviluppo di un sistema di controllo della saldatura trasversale in confezioni di pasta lunga tramite elaborazione di immagini. In: XVI ADM-XIX INGEGRAF Conferences, Perugia, 6-8 June 2007, ISBN:9788846718327
[12]  M. Carfagni, L. Governi, Y. Volpe (2007). Sviluppo di procedure e strumenti computazionali innovativi per il disegno di sedute orientate al comfort. In: XVI ADM-XIX Ingegraf Conferences, Perugia-Italy, 6-8 June, ISBN:978-884671841-9
[13]  L. Governi, D. Meiattini, Y. Volpe (2007). Una metodologia per la progettazione assistita dal calcolatore di manufatti in porcellana fine. In: XVI ADM-XIX Ingegraf Conferences, Perugia-Italy, 6-8 June, ISBN:978-884671841-9
[14]  R.Furferi, L.Governi (2007). Sviluppo di un sistema di misura del colore di feltrini tessili mediante impiego di tecniche colorimetriche e reti neurali. In: XVI ADM-XIX INGEGRAF Conferences, Perugia-Italy, 6-8 June, pp. 235-242, ISBN:978-884671841-9
[15]  M.Carfagni, R.Furferi, L.Governi (2007). Progetto e realizzazione prototipale di un nuovo sistema basato su visione artificiale per la misura tridimensionale dell'assetto ruote di autoveicoli. In: XVI ADM-XIX INGEGRAF Conferences, Perugia-Italy, 6-8 June, pp. 471-478, ISBN:978-884671841-9
[16]  R.Furferi, L.Governi (2006). Machine vision tool for real-time defect detection and classification on circular knitting machines by using statistical parameters and Radon Transform. In: 5th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science, Hangzhou, China, April 16-18, 2006, pp. 590-595, ISBN:9608457432
[17]  R.Furferi, L.Governi (2005). A Neural Network based system for woollen clothes colour classification. INVITED LECTURE in: Fiber Society Spring 2005 Conference, St.Gallen, Switzerland, May 25 ' 27, vol. 2005 Spring Conference-Book of Abstract Technical Textiles from Fiber to Composites, pp. 45-45.
[18]  R.Furferi, L.Governi (2005). An Image Processing based method for monitoring the raising process. INVITED LECTURE in: Fiber Society Spring 2005 Conference, St.Gallen, Switzerland, May 25 ' 27, vol. 2005 Spring Conference-Book of Abstract Technical Textiles from Fiber to Composites, pp. 75-75.
[19]  A. Baldini, P. Aglietti, M. Carfagni, L. Governi, Y. Volpe (2005). Explicit finite element analysis of meniscal bearing knee under various simulated conditions. In: 7th EFOR (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology') Congress, Lisbon-Portugal.
[20]  M.Carfagni; R. Furferi; L.Governi; (2003). A non-intrusive procedure for measuring height and density of the fibers emerging from a raised cloth. In: XIII ADM-XV INGEGRAF International Conference on Tools and Methods evolution in engineering design, Napoli, 3-6 June 2003, ISBN:8890008164.
[21]  R. Furferi; L. Governi; (2003). A color classification tool based on neural networks. In: XIII ADM-XV INGEGRAF International Conference on Tools and Methods evolution in engineering design, Napoli, 3-6 June 2003, ISBN:8890008164
[22]  M. CARFAGNI; F.CHIESI; L.GOVERNI (2003). Tolerance Analysis in Mechanical Assemblies of Flexible Parts. In: XIII ADM-XV INGEGRAF International Conference on Tools and Methods evolution in engineering design, 3-6 June 2003, ISBN:8890008164
[23]  L. Governi (2001). Advanced Procedure for the Extraction of the Femoral Outlines via Radiographic Image Elaboration. In: XII ADM International Conference on Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering, 5-7 september, 2001.
[24]  M. CARFAGNI; L.GOVERNI; F.CHIESI (2001). Development of a Method for Automatic Tolerance Allocation . In: XII International ADM Conference, Rimini, 5-7 september 2001.