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.

Rocco Furferi

Editorial Board Member of Computer Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Florence, Italy

Research Areas

Image Processing and Computer Vision, Textile Engineering, Colorimetry, Simulation of industrial and cognitive processes by means of artificial intelligence-based techniques, Computer Aided Geometry

Education

2005PhDMachine design and Construction at the University of Florence, Italy
1974MSc Mechanical Engineering, University of Florence

Experience

2008-present Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Technologies Department, University of Florence, Italy
2006-2007Research Professor, University of Florence, Italy
2005-2006Research Professor, University of Florence, Italy
Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Mechanics and Industrial Technologies of the University of Florence

Publications: Journals

[1]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., PALAI M., VOLPE Y. (2011). Image Processing-based method for glass tiles colour matching. Accepted in: IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[2]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., PALAI M., VOLPE Y. (2011). Multiple Incident Splines (MISs) algorithm for topological reconstruction of 2D unordered point clouds. International Journal of Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. Volume 5 Issue 2, pp. 171-179. ISSN: 19980159. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[3]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., PALAI M., VOLPE Y. (2011). 3D model retrieval from mechanical drawings analysis. International Journal of Mechanics. Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 91-99. ISSN: 19984448. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[4]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., VOLPE Y. (2011). Neural network based classification of car seat fabrics. International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 696-703. ISSN: 19980140. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[5]  FURFERI R. (2011). Colour classification method for recycled mélange fabrics. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCES. ISSN: 1812-5654. Vol. 11(2). Pp.: 236-246. doi:10.3923/jas.2011.236.245. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[6]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2011) Prediction of the spectrophotometric response of a carded fibre composed by different kind of differently coloured raw materials: an artificial Neural Network based approach. COLOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATION. Volume 36, Issue 3, pages 179-191, June 2011ISSN 0361-2317. doi: 10.1002/col.20623. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[7]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M. (2011) Colour mixing modelling and simulation: optimization of colour recipe for carded fibres. MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN ENGINEERING. Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 487678 doi:10.1155/2010/487678 ISSN: 1687-5591. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[8]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., VOLPE Y. (2010). ANN-based method for olive Ripening Index automatic prediction. JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING. Vol. 101, pp. 318-328. ISSN 0260-8774. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.07.016. Indexed in Thomson ISI
[9]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M. (2010). Prediction of the colour and of the colour solidity of a jigger dyed cellulose based fabric: a Cascade Neural Network approach. TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL. Vol. 80(16). Pp:1682-1696 ISSN: 0040-5175. doi: 10.1177/0040517510365952. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[10]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M. (2010) An As-short-as-possible Mathematical Assessment of Spectrophotometric Color Matching. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCES. Vol. 10(18), pp. 2108-2114 . ISSN: 1812-5654. doi: 10.3923/jas.2010.2108.2114. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[11]  FURFERI R., GELLI M. (2010). Yarn strength prediction: a practical model based on Artificial Neural Networks. ADVANCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Vol. 2010, pp. 1-10. ISSN: 1687-8132. doi:10.1155/2010/640103 Indexed in SCOPUS and INSPEC.
[12]  FURFERI R., GELLI M. (2010). Copper and Cashmere: a winning combination for the textile sector?. JOURNAL OF TEXTILE ENGINEERING. Vol. 56 (5), pp. 159-161. ISSN: 1346-8235. Indexed in SCOPUS and COMPENDEX.
[13]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., PALAI M., VOLPE Y. (2010) From 2D Orthographic views to 3D Pseudo-Wireframe: An Automatic Procedure. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. Vol. 5(6), pp. 18-24. ISSN 0975-8887. doi:10.5120/918-1296. Indexed in DOAJ.
[14]  FURFERI R. (2010) Technical textiles based on regenerated wool: process and test of a new generation of fabrics. To be published in: ASIAN JOURNAL OF TEXTILE. ISSN: 1819-3358. doi:ajt.0000.17200.17200&org=11. Indexed in ASCI.
[15]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M. (2009). A Machine Vision system for real-time and automatic assessment of olives colour and surface defects. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER RESEARCH, Vol. 17 N°.3, 2009, pp. 68-79. ISSN: 1535-6698. Indexed in DOAJ.
[16]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2008). The recycling of wool clothes: an artificial neural network colour classification tool. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY. ISSN 0268-3768, Vol. 37, Nº. 7-8, 2008 , pp. 722-731. doi: 10.1007/s00170-007-1011-2 Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[17]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2008). Machine vision tool for real-time detection of defects on textile raw fabrics. JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE. vol. 99, pp. 57-66 ISSN: 0040-5000. doi:10.1080/00405000701556426 Issue 1, February 2008. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[18]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M., DAOU M. (2008), Real-time estimation of peroxides and acidity level of extra-virgin olive oil: an integrated approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION. Issue 2, Volume 2, 2008. Pp. 206-214. ISSN: 1998-0159. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[19]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M, DAOU M. (2007). Artificial neural network software for real-time estimation of olive oil qualitative parameters during continuous extraction. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE. vol. 2, pp. 115-131, 2007 ISSN: 0168-1699. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2006.12.006. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[20]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M. (2007). The colorimetric measurement of mélange woollen yarns: a new optical tool. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES. vol. 5, pp. 877-881 2007 ISSN: 1816-949X. doi:10.3923/jeasci.2007.877.881. Indexed in SCOPUS.
[21]  FURFERI R., CINI E, DAOU M, RECCHIA L. (2007). A modeling approach to extra virgin olive oil extraction. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. vol. 38, Issue 4, pp. 11-20. ISSN: 1974-7071. Indexed in British Library Direct.
[22]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2006). Development of an Artificial Vision Inspection System for Real-Time Defect Detection and Classification on Circular Knitting Machines. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS. vol. 5(6), pp. 1186-1194, 2006 ISSN: 1109-2750. Indexed in COMPENDEX, INSPEC(IEE), SCOPUS.
[23]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M., GOVERNI L. (2005). A real-time machine-vision system for monitoring the textile raising process. COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY. vol. 56/8, pp. 831-842 ISSN: 0166-3615. Special Issue on Machine Vision, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.compind.2005.05.010. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[24]  FURFERI R., GALASSO A. (2005). Measuring pile depth in real time. TINCTORIA. vol. 102, pp. 40-46 ISSN: 0040-7984, 2005. Indexed in COMPENDEX, INSPEC(IEE), SCOPUS.
[25]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M, MINIATI F. (2005). Design and optimization of a new range of low sound emission generating set. ELECTRONIC JOURNAL "TECHNICAL ACOUSTIC" (on line). vol. 2005 ISSN: 1819-2408.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M., CINI E., MIGLIORINI M.,DAOU M., CHERUBINI C., BONCINELLI P. (2010), Computers and Electronics in Innovative Olive Oil Mill Production Chain: Development of Integrated Hardware and Software Systems for Control, Simulation, Estimation and Enhancement of Olive Oil Quality. In: Agriculture Research and Technology. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Editors: Kristian Bundgaard and Luke Isaksen. First quarterly 2010. Series: Agriculture Issues and Policies. ISBN: 978-1-60741-850-4. Pp. 1-82.
[2]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M., DAOU M. (2008). Real-Time Estimation of Olive Oil Quality Parameters: a Combined Approach Based on ANNs. In: (Nikos E. Mastorakis, Valeri Mladenov, Zoran Bojkovic, Dana Simian, Stamatios Kartalopoulos, Argyrios Varonides, Constantin Udriste, Eugene Kindler, S. Narayanan, Jaime Lloret Mauri, Hamed Parsiani and Ka Lok Man), New Aspects of Computers Part: II, Recent Advances in Computing Engineering, A Series of Reference Books and Textbooks, WSEAS Press, www.wseas.org. Pp. 387-393. [ISSN:1790-5109, ISBN: 978-960-6766-85-5], 2008. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[3]  FURFERI R., BENNARDI D. (2007). Book. Il Restauro Virtuale: tra ideologia e metodologia. (pp. 1-107). ISBN: 978-88-7970-339-0. FIRENZE: EDIFIR (ITALY). 2007.
[4]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., PALAI M., VOLPE Y. (2011). From unordered point cloud to weighted B-spline-A novel PCA-based method. 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. ISBN: 978-960474270-7. Indexed in Thomson ISI. CONFERENCE BEST PAPER.
[5]  CARFAGNI M., FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., PALAI M., VOLPE Y. (2011). "3D reconstruction problem": An automated procedure. 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. ISBN: 978-960474270-7. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[6]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., PALAI M., VOLPE Y. (2011). Artificial vision based inspection of marbled fabric. 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. ISBN: 978-960474270-7. Indexed in Thomson ISI.
[7]  CARFAGNI M., FURFERI R., GOVERNI L., VOLPE Y. (2009). Esperienze di trasferimento tecnologico nei campi dell'innovazione di prodotto, del R.E. e del 3D collaborative Design. Convegno ADM di Trasferimento Tecnologico "Metodi di Sviluppo Prodotto per l'Innovazione". Torino, 8-9 settembre 2009. ISBN: 88-902096-7-4.
[8]  FURFERI R., CARFAGNI M., DAOU M. (2008). Real-Time Estimation of Olive Oil Quality Parameters: a Combined Approach Based on ANNs. In: Proceedings of the 12th WSEAS international conference on Computers. ISSN: 1790-5109. Indexed by Thomson ISI.
[9]  CARFAGNI M., FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2007). Progetto e realizzazione prototipale di un nuovo sistema basato su visione artificiale per la misura tridimensionale dell'assetto ruote di autoveicoli. Congresso Internazionale Congiunto XVI ADM-XIX INGEGRAF. Pp. 471-478. Perugia. 6-8 giugno 2007. ISBN: 978-884671841-9.
[10]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2007). Sviluppo di un sistema di misura del colore di feltrini tessili mediante impiego di tecniche colorimetriche e reti neurali. Congresso Internazionale Congiunto XVI ADM-XIX INGEGRAF. Pp. 235-242. Perugia. 6-8 giugno 2007. ISBN: 978-884671841-9.
[11]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2006). Machine vision tool for real-time defect detection and classification on circular knitting machines by using statistical parameters and Radon Transform. In: Proceedings of the 5th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science. 5th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science. Hangzhou, China. April 16-18, 2006. (pp. 590-595). ISBN: 960-8457-43-2.
[12]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2004). Controllo della difettosità su tubolari di maglia mediante tecniche di Image Processing. Convegno Nazionale XIV ADM-XXXIII AIAS-Bari 31 agosto-2 settembre 2004. ISBN: 88-900637-2-6.
[13]  CARFAGNI M, FURFERI R., MINIATI F. (2003). Implementation of an approach for reducing the sound power of a generating set. EURONOISE 2003-5TH European Conference on Noise Control. Napoli. May 19-21. ISBN: 88-88942-00-9.
[14]  CARFAGNI M, FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2003). A non-intrusive procedure for measuring height and density of the fibers emerging from a raised cloth. XIII ADM-XV INGEGRAF, Int. Conference on TOOLS AND METHODS EVOLUTION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN. Napoli. June 3-6. ISSN/ISBN: 88-90000-81-64.
[15]  FURFERI R., GOVERNI L. (2003). Colour classification tool devising using Neural Networks. XIII ADM-XV INGEGRAF, Int. Conference on TOOLS AND METHODS EVOLUTION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN. Napoli. 3-6 June. ISSN/ISBN: 88-90000-81-64.