MATRELLA Guido

Guido Matrella graduated in Electronic Engineering at the University of Parma on 15 December 1999. In March 2003, at the same University, he received the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology for his work \\"Design and implementation of a radiation sensor integrated system based on a CMOS technology.” Since December 2002 until December 2006 he had been Contract Researcher for the Department of Information Engineering of Parma. Since 2007 is Researcher Assistant at the Faculty of Engineering of Parma. His scientific work is mainly based on the design of digital systems using VHDL descriptions for integrated circuits (standard cell design) or programmable logic circuits for FPGAs. In particular he worked on the development of active pixel based radiation sensor made in CMOS standard sub-micron technology. He has worked in projects RAPS (Radiation Active Pixel Sensor) and SHARPS (Self-resetting high-gain Radiation Active Pixel Sensors), supported by INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics), which were created innovative approaches aimed to optimize the use standard technologies in specific contexts such as experiments of high-energy physics (HEP). He also participates in the activities of the Center TAU (Assistive Technology University) of Parma and works on issues concerning the use and development of new technologies for assistive purpose, with particular reference to applications designed for the elderly and disabled people.