Michele Rucci is an Italian born
neuroscientist and
biomedical engineer who studies
visual perception. He is a Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and member of the Center for Visual Science at the
University of Rochester.
Biography
Rucci received
Laurea (MA) and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from the
University of Florence and the
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
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in Pisa, respectively. He trained as a Postdoctoral Fellow at
The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego. He was then Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at
Boston University.
He is primarily known for his work on
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in humans and machines, particularly for his research on
eye movements and for developing robotic systems controlled by computational models of neural pathways in the brain.
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Selected works
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*Kuang X, Gibson M, Shi BE, Rucci M. (2012) Active vision during coordinated head/eye movements in a humanoid robot. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 99:1-8.
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External links
The University of Rochester pageThe Active Perception Laboratory
References
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University of Rochester faculty
Boston University faculty
Living people
American bioengineers
American neuroscientists
Italian emigrants to the United States
Visual perception
Year of birth missing (living people)
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