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mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"> February 15<sup>th</sup>
2019<br>
(download the application form at: <u><span style="color:blue"><a
href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><span style="color:blue">http://biometrics.uniss.it</span></a></span></u>)</span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;text-align:
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">From the early days, when security was the
driving force behind biometric
research, today’s challenges go far beyond security. Machine
learning, Image
understanding, Signal analysis, Neuroscience, Forensic science,
Digital forensics
and other disciplines, converged in a truly multidisciplinary
effort to devise
and build advanced systems to facilitate the interpretation of
signals recorded
from individuals acting in a given environment. This is what we
simply call
today “Biometrics”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;text-align:
justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">For the last
sixteen years, the International Summer School on Biometrics
has been closely
following the developments in science and technology to offer
a cutting edge,
intensive training course, always up to date with the current
state-of-the-art.</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">What are the
most up-to-date core biometric technologies developed in the
field? What is the
potential impact of biometrics in forensic investigation and
crime prevention?
How to detect impersonation attacks and disguise? What can we
learn from human
perception? What is a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">biometric
recognition system</i>?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">This school
follows the successful track of the International Summer Schools
on Biometrics
held since 2003. In this 16<sup>th</sup> edition, the courses
will mainly focus
on new and emerging issues:</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"> </span>
</p>
<blockquote><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US"> </span><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">How
Biometrics can deal with emerging applications;</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-US">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"
lang="EN-US"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">How to
exploit new biometric technologies in forensic and security
applications;</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"
lang="EN-US"></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-US">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"
lang="EN-US"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Evaluation
and assessment of biometric and forensic applications.</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-US">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"
lang="EN-US"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Biometrics,
Forensic identification and deep learning: What is next?</span></b></font><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span><br>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">The courses
will provide a clear and in-depth picture on the
state-of-the-art in biometric
verification/identification technology, both under the
theoretical and
scientific point of view as well as in diverse application
domains. The
lectures will be given by 18 outstanding experts in the field,
from both
academia and industry.</span></p>
<b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New
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lang="EN-US">A
special keynote lecture will be given from:</span></b><br>
<div align="center"><b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New
Roman";color:blue;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"></span></b><br>
<b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New
Roman";color:blue;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><font size="+1">prof. Tomaso POGGIO </font></span></b><br>
<b><span
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lang="EN-US">
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mc Govern Institute for
Brain Research</span></b><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
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IT" lang="EN-US">An advanced feature of this summer school
will be some practical sessions
to better understand, “hands on”, the real potential of
today’s biometric
technologies.</span></b></p>
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style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">The school will be held in conjunction with
the International Conference on
Biometrics (ICB 2019 - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.icb2019.org">http://www.icb2019.org</a>)</span></b></p>
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Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
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application</span></u></b><span
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school will be open to
about 50 highly qualified, motivated and pre-selected
applicants. Phd students,
post-docs, researchers, forensic examiners, police officers and
professionals
are encouraged to apply. The expected school fees will be in the
order of 1,550
€ for Phd students and 2,100 € for others (subject to change).
The fees will
include full board accommodation, all courses and handling
material. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">A limited
number of scholarships, covering
a portion of the fees, will be awarded to Phd students</b>,
selected on the
basis of their scientific background and on-going research work.
Precedence
will be given to members of the EU H2020 IDENTITY consortium,
and active
members of IAPR and IEEE. The scholarship request form can be
downloaded from
the school web site </span><b
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pages maximum) for an oral presentation on their recent research
activity.
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Massimo Tistarelli –</span></b><span
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:IT"><a
href="mailto:biometricsummerschool@gmail.com"><span
style="color:blue">biometricsummerschool@gmail.com</span></a></span></u></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;text-align:center" align="center"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman \;
color\:red";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">Advance pre-registration is strictly
required by February 15<sup>th</sup> </span></u></b><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">2019</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">School location</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">The school will be hosted by Hotel</span><span
style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
Mincho";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US"> El Faro (</span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:blue;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"><a
href="http://www.elfarohotel.it/"><span
style="color:blue">http://www.elfarohotel.it/</span></a></span></u></i></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">) in the Capo Caccia bay,
near Alghero, Sardinia. This
is one of the most beautiful resorts in the Mediterranean sea. </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">The property
is beautifully immersed into the Capo Caccia bay. The hotel El
Faro has a
recently renovated conference center, fully equipped for
scientific events. The
school venue, as well as the surroundings, proved to be a
perfect environment
for the school activities.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">School
Committee:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Massimo
Tistarelli</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Computer
Vision Laboratory –
University of Sassari, Italy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Josef
Bigun </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Department
of Computer Science
– Halmstad University, Sweden</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Enrico
Grosso</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Computer
Vision Laboratory –
University of Sassari, Italy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Anil
K. Jain</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.1pt;
margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:
.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Biometrics
laboratory –
Michigan State University, USA </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-right:-57.65pt;text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Distinguished lecturers from
past school editions</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width:488.0pt;
mso-cellspacing:2.0pt;mso-padding-alt:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt"
border="1" cellpadding="0" width="651">
<tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Josef </span></b><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">Bigun</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Halmstad University – Sweden</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">Aldo
Mattei</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">Arma
dei Carabinieri – Italy</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Thirimachos Bourlai</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"
lang="EN-US">West Virginia University – USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">David Meuwly</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:-8.05pt;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:-8.05pt;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Netherlands Forensic Institute – NL</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Vincent Bouatou</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Safran Morpho – France</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Emilio Mordini MD</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Responsible Technologies – Italy</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: IT">Deepak
Chandra </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">Google Inc. –
USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">Mark Nixon</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">University of Southampton – UK</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Rama Chellappa</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">University of
Maryland – USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">Alice O’Toole</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">University of Texas – USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">John Daugman</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">University of Cambridge – UK</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Maja Pantic</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Imperial College – UK</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top"> <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Farzin Deravi</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">University of Kent – UK</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span><br>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Johnathon Phillips</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">NIST – USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:7">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">James Haxby</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Dartmouth University – USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Arun Ross</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Michigan State
University </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">– USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:8">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US">Anil K. Jain</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">Michigan State
University – USA</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">Tieniu
Tan </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">CASIA-NLPR
– China</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:9">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Joseph Kittler</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">University of Surrey – UK</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: IT">Massimo
Tistarelli</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">Università
di Sassari – Italy</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:10">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: IT">Davide
Maltoni</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">Università
di Bologna – Italy</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language: IT">Alessandro
Verri</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:IT">Università
di Genova – Italy</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:IT"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:11;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes">
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">John Mason</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">Swansea University – UK</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt" valign="top">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:.1pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;
text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:IT"
lang="EN-US">James Wayman</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
IT" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
.1pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.01gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:IT" lang="EN-US">University of San
Josè </span><span
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