Pisa, Italy · Pisa: a “melting pot” of students, professors and scientists The University and Research System in Pisa Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche University of Pisa Established

Pisa, Italy

Pisa: a “melting pot” of students, professors and scientists The University and Research System in Pisa

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

University of Pisa

Established in 1343

2.100 professors

50.000+ students

Scuola Normale

Superiore

Established 1810

150 professors

283 students

Scuola SuperioreSant’AnnaEstablished in 1987100 professors220 students

National Institute of Nuclear PhysicsAbout 300 researchers

CNR National Research Council15 Research InstitutesAbout 1.500 researchers

http://www.cnr.it/

Scientists who studied in Pisa

Galileo Galilei

(1564 -1642)

Scientist, matematician and philosopher

Leonardo Fibonacci

(1170 -1250)

Matematician

Antonio Pacinotti

(1841 -1912)

Physicist

Giosué Carducci

(1935 - 1907)

Nobel Prize for Literature

in 1906

Enrico Fermi

(1901 - 1954)

Nobel Prize for Physics

in 1938

Carlo Rubbia

(1934)

Nobel Prize for Physics

in 1984

Scientists who studied at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

G. TononiUniversity of

WisconsinF. Michelassi, Surgeon,

Cornell University

E. Mugnaini, Northwest University

G. De Fraja, Leichester University

E. Schipani,Harvard University

M. Fabbri, Ohio State University

Statesman who studied in Pisa

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi(1921)

President of the Italian Republic from 1999 to 2006

Giuliano Amato(1938)

Twice Prime Minister

Giovanni Gronchi(1887 – 1978)

President of the Italian Republic from 1955 to 1962

Massimo D'Alema(1949)

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs andVice Prime Minister

Enrico Letta(1966)

Former Secretary to the Prime

Minister

Fabio Mussi(1948)

Former Minister of the University and

Research

Luciano Modica(1950)

Former Secretary to the Minister of University

and Research

Panorama EconomyNovember 2005

0,05 collaborations for each professor

0,68collaborations for each professor

0,17 collaborations foreach professor

Pisa: world record for investments in innovation (3.5% of the GDP)

Scuola Superiore Sant’AnnaThe College of Excellence

The main Campus

The library

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna is a public university, offering

Masters and PhD courses

At undergraduate level, it works as the Honors College of the

University of Pisa.

Potential undergraduates undergo a rigorous public examination,

and only the very best are creamed off to combine their studies at

the University of Pisa with the additional education received at the

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.

These students are called Honors College Students (Allievi

Ordinari)

Honors College Students live at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

and study totally free of charge. They have to get top marks in all

their exams and show proficiency in two foreign languages.

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna: “committed to excellence”

A few numbers...

More than 660 undergraduate, graduate and PhD students

220 undergraduate students

More than 1.134 participants to post-graduate courses and continuous education programmes

1:20 professors/students ratio

30% of foreign students in PhD Programmes

Around 20 million euro of research funds in 2009

446 research collaboration in 2008, of which 319 (70%) with foreign institutions

26 Spin-off companies incubated and 47 international patents

100 Faculty and Researcher

131 administrative staff

28.000 m2 total surface

The International RelationsUNIVERSITIES

RESEARCH CENTERS

The SSSA model: a smooth and systematic transition from high qualityeducation, to “frontier” research and to the exploitation of educated

human resources and research results

EDUCATION

RESEARCH

EXPLOITATION

• Ability to managelarge projects• Collaborations withindustry• Centers of Excellence• Spin-off companies

• Very high number of national/international research projects• Scientific publications in top international journals• A policy for IP protection

All SSSA students in history graduated with honours

Training programmes in EnglishINTERNATIONAL MASTER DEGREES

• Master of Science in Computer Science and Networking, up to 40 positions are reserved to EU candidates and 10 positions are reserved to non-EU candidates• Master of Science in Information Science and Technology, reserved to 5 EU candidates and 5 non-EU candidates

• Master of Science in Innovation Management, reserved to 25 candidates

INTERNATIONAL MASTER COURSES

International Master in Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Cardioanaesthesia, for 26 world-wide graduates;

Master in Information Technology, for 15 graduates from India;International Master in Communication Networks Engineering, http://imcne.sssup.it ;International Master Virtual Environment Technologies for Industrial Applications

http:://www.imve.sssup.itMaster of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management, 28 places for world-wide graduates;

Master in Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, 20 places for world-wide graduateErasmus Mundus Masters - MAsters on Photonic NETworks Engineering (MAPNET)

http://mapnet.sssup.it

International PhD programmes

● International Doctoral Scholarships in Agrobiodiversity, 6

scholarships for world-wide graduates;

● Innovative Technologies of ICT and Robotics, for 12 graduates

from EU Countries and from non-EU Countries;

● Management, Competitiveness and Development, for 4

graduates from EU Countries and 1 for non-EU Countries;

● International Doctoral Programme in Economics, 8 positions with

scholarship and 2 positions without scholarship.

PhD programmes for Italian and Foreign students

● Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability, 5 fellowships available

for students from EU Countries and 3 places for non EU Countries;

● Individual Person and Legal Protections, 6 fellowships available for

graduates from EU Countries and 2 places for non EU Countries;

● Innovative Strategies in Biomedical Research, 4 fellowships for

graduates from EU Countries and 3 for non EU Countries;

● Agriculture, Food and Environment, 3 fellowships available for

graduates from EU Countries, 2 for non EU graduates and 3

fellowships for the joint PhD Programmes with the Pisa University.

Facilities for advanced education

SIAF – International School for Advanced Education

Volterra (Pisa)

Research at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

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Average funding per researcher in Italian

universities

Source: MIUR

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

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Research: Social Sciences

Law

Economics & Management

Political Sciences

LEM - Laboratory of Economics and Management

Research in various areas of economics

• Organization theory and empirics

• Management and corporate strategies

• Public choice and other aspects of public policy

• Cognitive and artificial sciences

MAIN - Management & innovation laboratory

Research: Social Sciences - Laboratories

Describing the management of innovations

•Innovation and its management in private firms, research organizations,

public administrations and cities/regions

•Economic, technological, organizational, cultural and political-institutional

aspects of change management

•Empirical orientation and a commitment to theory building

MES – Management and Health

Needs and innovation of public healthcare system

• Managerial Training for “high-potential” players

• Applied research to support the subjects in the process

• of organizational change and managerial innovation

• Performance evaluation

Wiss - Welfare Innovation Services and Development


Health- and Social-care, Horizontal subsidarity

•Banking institoria and social planning

•Health society

•Immigration, disabled people

•Civilian duties

LIDER - International and Comparative Law Research Laboratory

CDG Laboratory - International Research Laboratory on Conflict,

Development and Global Politics


Empirical studies in private and comparative law

•Tort, contract, property, family law, legal issues of the

information age, both at the national and international level

•Private law as a cornerstone of contemporary regulation in

order to promote the protection and autonomy of individuals

•Conflict prevention and management

•Human rights

•Post-war reconstruction

•Sustainable development

Offering scientifical bases to effective decision-making processes

Research: Experimental Sciences

Microengineering

Telecommunications

Virtual Reality

Biotechnology

Robotics Sustainable Agriculture

Medicine

Laboratory of Physiological GenomicsPhysiological research - from molecular biology

Understanding the mechanisms underlying vascular control in the

fetus and the newborn

Developing therapeutic tools, being adopted worldwide

Central mechanism of fever

Scientific Research – Laboratories

Medicine

EXTREME CenterThe EXTREME Center aims to evaluate the

psycho-physical response of

human body

in extreme conditions.

The results of this research would contribute

to a better comprehension of the

mechanism of many diseases

PLANT LAB - Plant & Crop Physiology

Laboratory

All aspects of the physiology of higher plants

Responses to endogenous stimuli such as hormones and sugars

Adaptation to stress

Post-harvest physiology (physiology of fruits and flowers)

Molecular and post-genomic approach

Scientific Research – Laboratories

Agrobiosciences

BIO LABS - BIOlogical LABoratorieS (Polo Sant’Anna Valdera )

Interconnected res. units working on Crop Sciences

•Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Lab

•Cryo Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy-

•Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis Lab

•Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture Lab

•Soil, Water and Plant Analysis Lab; Landscape Entomology Lab

Agrobioscences

Land Lab - Laboratory of Agriculture, Environment

and Territory

Agricolture, environment, biodiversity, rural territory

• Cultivation systems with low environmental impact

• Agricolture-environment relations analysis

• Research metodologies for biodiversity studies on agro-ecosystems

• Agricoltural and forest species for non-food purposes

• High-quality food farming

Agrobioscences

ARTS LabAdvanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory

Coordinator: Paolo Dario

• Artificial hands• Hand prostheses• Tactile sensors• Neuro-robotics and bionics• Neural interfaces• Natural interfaces• Gerontechnologies

• Robotics for neuro-rehabilitation • Assistive robotics• Sensory information processing• Humanoid robotics• Neurodevelopmental engineering• Service robotics• Biomimetic robotics• Roboethics

Robocasa Humanoid

Prof. Paolo Dario

RoboCasa in Italy: Robot-AnProf. Paolo Dario

Official opening: March 23, 2007

CRIM LabCoordinator: Paolo Dario

•Biorobotics•MicroMechanics and Control•Health, Food and Environment

Robotics Systems for Quality of Life

•MicroRobotics•Endoscopy

Bio-inspired and/or bio-applied miniaturized and micro-robots and systems

Engineering

ReTiS LAB - Real Time Embedded Systems - CEEICP

In 2007, the ReTiS Lab (Real-Time Embedded Systems) joined the Centre establishing an

even more important Centre for information and telecommunication engineering.

ReTiS Lab works in the field of information engineering, especially referring to two main

application scopes: the systems dedicated to "real-time" applications and the systems for the

modelling, simulation, management and automation of procedures and documentary flows.

http://retis.sssup.it

Engineering

PERCRO LAB - Perceptual Robotics - CEEICP

In 2009 activities were further expanded with the confluence of the PERCRO Lab

(Perceptual Robotics), including the subject of Perception Engineering (perceptual

robotics). PERCRO’s mission is to conceive and develop Advanced Interaction Concepts and

Technologies for improving the communication between the humans and the reactive

environment, with special attention to Virtual Environments and Tele-Robotic Systems.

http://www.percro.org

Research Centers

CEIICP - Centre of Excellence for

Information, Communication and

Perception Engineering

PSV - Polo Sant'Anna Valdera

Advanced Robotics and

Microtechnology laboratories

Biological Laboratories

Research CentersCentre of Excellence for Information, Communication and Perception Engineering

CEIICP http://ceiicp.sssup.it

The Centre was established in 2001.

The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and its InReTe Lab in collaboration with Marconi Communications SpA (now Ericsson) and in partnership with CNIT (National

Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications), signed a ten-yearagreement for the creation of a research centre for photonic networks and

technologies, signal optical processing and communication systems and optical fibre sensors.

The integrated ensemble of InReTe (Telecommunication Network Engineering) lab with CNIT National Photonic Network Laboratory (LNRF) jointly presents

itself as the IRCPhoNeT – Integrated Research Centre on Photonic Networks and Technologies.

http://www.ircphonet.it

Research Center in Pontedera - Polo Sant’Anna Valdera

Research Centers

Polo Sant’Anna Valdera (PSV) is the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies’research park, an advanced structure that provides an ideal environment where research and university level education in high-tech sectors are conducted.

The goals that the Sant’Anna School hopes to attain through PSV can be ascribed tothree main intervention policies:- to boost research by creating an environment capable of stimulating cross-fertilisation between the various disciplines;- to exploit research results and build a bridge with international centers of learning; - to support local development policies through: collaboration with local and national partners, incentives for the birth of and start-up assistance for newhigh-tech companies and the offer of educational training and consulting.

● 6.300 m2 of surface

● 4 Laboratories and 1 research centre

● 2 clean rooms class 1.000 – 10.000

● 2 CAD laboratories for electronic and mechanical

design

● 1 precision machine shop

● 4 schoolrooms for a total of 184 seats

● 25 offices for the faculty

● Guest house with 10 bedrooms and 20 beds for

students and researchers

● 250 m2 devoted to meeting rooms and teaching

labs

Polo Sant’Anna Valdera: few figures

59 – 64 - 64

Total: 177 175 194 people

Permanent staff: 7,5%

31,5 – 30,9 - 30

Average age: 32 years

2007- 2008 - 2009

2007 – 2008 - 2009

2007- 2008 - 2009

67 – 60 - 5931,5 – 31,2 - 31

16 – 16 - 112007- 2008 - 2009

34,5 – 34,5 - 34,5

35 – 35 - 6034,5 – 34,5 - 34

2007- 2008 - 2009

Foreign researchers: 8,2%

Women: 30,7 %

PSV: few figures

4 laboratories and 1 research centre

People:

Average age:

ISI Papers

Source: ISI Web of Knowledge

December 31, 2009

Research Centre on SeaTechnologies and Marine Robotics

MRC

Livorno, Italy

Floating Sensorised Networked Robots for Water Monitoring

HydroNet (2008-2011)Objective: to design and develop a new technological platform for improving

the monitoring of water systems, based on a netwrok of sensorized floating

robots and buoys, integrated in an Ambient Intelligence infrastructure.

EU Programme: ENV.2007.3.1.1.2. Technologies for measuring and monitoring networks

Examples of industrial collaborations

• Collaboration withSTMicroelectronics, sponsoring one PhD fellowship and service robotics projects

• Collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation in humanoidrobotics

• Collaboration with SIEMENS VDO Continental on a piezoelectric injector

• Collaboration with Pirelli Tyreson energy scavenger

• Creation and training of the Azimut-Benetti Research & Development Team

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Optical mirror

sensorsProgramming

bus

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Optical mirror

sensorsProgramming

bus

• creation and training of the R&D Team of Azimut-Benetti(15 researchers)

• 4 research grants by Azimut-Benetti, from 2005 to today

• Research personnel recruitedby the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

• 8 patents

An example of collaboration

with a large company:

creation and training of the

R&D Team of Azimut-Benetti

Examples of products developed 1

Collaboration with Azimut-Benetti







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46 patents since

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Fonte: UVR – Ufficio Valorizzazione Ricerche Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Technology transfer

Scientia

Machina

le s.r.l.

1991

HUMANWARE

s.r.l.

I.D.E.A.

s.r.l.

1994

PRAGMA

s.r.l.

1995

SYNAPSIS

s.r.l.

1996

ICUBE

s.r.l.

1997

TechnoDeal

s.r.l.

2000

DOMOTICA

2000 s.r.l.MicroTech

s.r.l.

AEDIT

s.r.l.

2001

VR Media

s.r.l.

2002

EVIDENCE

s.r.l.

AMIC

s.r.l.

2003

ENCREA

s.r.l.

2004

ERA

ENDOSCOPY

s.r.l.

DEDALO

s.r.l.

PhoTrix

s.r.l.

2005

2006

ROBOTECH

s.r.l.

MEDEA

s.r.l.

ERGO

s.r.l.

MINT

Publishing

s.r.l.

Henesis

s.r.l.

FST

s.r.l.

FiberSens

s.r.l.

2007

2008

Fastenica

WIN

Prensilia

2009

Spin Off Companies

From 1991 to 2009…

29 Spin-off Companies

Club of the Spin-off Companies ofthe Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

For further information please visit ourwebsite www.sssup.it

or contact:

International Relations OfficeScuola Superiore Sant’Anna

[email protected]

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