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

Scuola Normale Superiore Established 1810 Scuola Superiore 150 professors Established in 1343 Sant’Anna 283 students Established in 1987 2.100 professors 100 professors 50.000+ students 220 students

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR National Research Council National Institute 15 Research Institutes of Nuclear Physics About 1.500 researchers About 300 researchers Scientists who studied in Pisa

Galileo Galilei Leonardo Fibonacci Antonio Pacinotti (1564 -1642) (1170 -1250) (1841 -1912) Scientist, matematician and philosopher Matematician Physicist

Giosué Carducci Enrico Fermi Carlo Rubbia (1935 - 1907) (1901 - 1954) (1934) Nobel Prize for Literature Nobel Prize for Physics Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906 in 1938 in 1984 Scientists who studied at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

G. Tononi E. Schipani, University of F. Michelassi, Surgeon, Harvard University Wisconsin Cornell University

E. Mugnaini, G. De Fraja, M. Fabbri, Northwest University Leichester University Ohio State University Statesman who studied in Pisa

Giovanni Gronchi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1887 – 1978) (1921) (1938) President of the Italian President of the Italian Twice Prime Minister Republic from 1955 to 1962 Republic from 1999 to 2006

Fabio Mussi Massimo D'Alema Enrico Letta Luciano Modica (1948) (1949) (1966) (1950) Former Minister of the Former Minister of Former Secretary Former Secretary to the University and Foreign Affairs and to the Prime Minister of University Research Vice Prime Minister Minister and Research Pisa: world record for investments in innovation (3.5% of the GDP)

Panorama Economy November 2005

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0,05 collaborations for each professor 0,68 collaborations for each professor Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna The 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”

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 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 Relations

UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH CENTERS The SSSA model: a smooth and systematic transition from high quality education, to “frontier” research and to the exploitation of educated human resources and research results

All SSSA students in history graduated with honours EDUCATION • Very high number of national/international research projects RESEARCH • Scientific publications in top international journals • A policy for IP protection • Ability to manage large projects EXPLOITATION • Collaborations with industry • Centers of Excellence • Spin-off companies Training programmes in English INTERNATIONAL 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.it Master 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 graduate Erasmus 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 Average funding per researcher in Italian universities K€ 175 Scuola

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Law Economics & Management Political Sciences Research: Social Sciences - Laboratories 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

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 Research: Social Sciences - Laboratories 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 Research: Social Sciences - Laboratories

LIDER - International and Comparative Law Research Laboratory

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

CDG Laboratory - International Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development and Global Politics

•Conflict prevention and management •Human rights •Post-war reconstruction •Sustainable development Offering scientifical bases to effective decision-making processes Research: Experimental Sciences

Biotechnology Medicine Microengineering

Telecommunications

Virtual Reality

Robotics Sustainable Agriculture Scientific Research – Laboratories Medicine Laboratory of Physiological Genomics Physiological 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

EXTREME Center The 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 Scientific Research – Laboratories Agrobiosciences 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 Agrobioscences

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 ARTS Lab Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory Coordinator: Paolo Dario

• Artificial hands • Robotics for neuro-rehabilitation • Hand prostheses • Assistive robotics • Tactile sensors • Sensory information processing • Neuro-robotics and bionics • Humanoid robotics • Neural interfaces • Neurodevelopmental engineering • Natural interfaces • Service robotics • Gerontechnologies • Biomimetic robotics • Roboethics Robocasa Humanoid

Prof. Paolo Dario RoboCasa in Italy: Robot-An Prof. Paolo Dario

Official opening: March 23, 2007 CRIM Lab Coordinator: Paolo Dario Bio-inspired and/or bio-applied miniaturized and micro-robots and systems

• Biorobotics • MicroMechanics and Control • Health, Food and Environment Robotics Systems for Quality of Life • MicroRobotics • Endoscopy 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 PSV - Polo Sant'Anna Valdera Information, Communication and Advanced Robotics and Perception Engineering Microtechnology laboratories Biological Laboratories Research Centers Centre 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-year agreement 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 Centers Research Center in Pontedera - Polo Sant’Anna Valdera

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 to three 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 new high-tech companies and the offer of educational training and consulting. Polo Sant’Anna Valdera: few figures

2 ● 6.300 m 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

2 ● 250 m devoted to meeting rooms and teaching labs PSV: few figures

4 laboratories and 1 research centre

2007- 2008 - 2009 2007- 2008 - 2009 2007- 2008 - 2009 2007- 2008 - 2009 People: 59 – 64 - 64 16 – 16 - 11 67 – 60 - 59 35 – 35 - 60 Average age: 31,5 – 30,9 - 30 34,5 – 34,5 - 34,5 31,5 – 31,2 - 31 34,5 – 34,5 - 34 2007 – 2008 - 2009 Total: 177 175 194 people Permanent staff: 7,5% Foreign researchers: 8,2% Women: 30,7 % Average age: 32 years ISI Papers

Source: ISI Web of Knowledge December 31, 2009 Research Centre on Sea Technologies 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 with STMicroelectronics, sponsoring one PhD fellowship and service robotics projects • Collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation in humanoid robotics • Collaboration with SIEMENS VDO Continental on a Programming piezoelectric injector sensors bus • Collaboration with Pirelli Tyres on energy scavenger • Creation and training of the Azimut-Benetti Research & Optical mirror Development Team fibres An example of collaboration with a large company: creation and training of the R&D Team of Azimut-Benetti • 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 recruited by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna • 8 patents Collaboration with Azimut-Benetti

Examples of products developed 1 Collaboration with Azimut-Benetti

Examples of products developed 2 Collaboration with Azimut-Benetti

Examples of products developed 3 Collaboration with Azimut-Benetti

Examples of products developed 4 Patents

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0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Fonte: UVR – Ufficio Valorizzazione Ricerche Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Technology transfer Spin Off Companies

Henesis From 1991 to 2009… s.r.l. PhoTrix Prensilia FST s.r.l. s.r.l. WIN 29 Spin-off Companies DEDALO AMIC s.r.l. 2008 s.r.l. ENCREA 2007 2009 VR Media s.r.l. 2006 Fastenica s.r.l. 2005 2004 FiberSens AEDIT ERGO TechnoDeal s.r.l. s.r.l. 2003 s.r.l. s.r.l. ICUBE 2001 ERA MEDEA ENDOSCOPY s.r.l. s.r.l. 2000 2002 SYNAPSIS s.r.l. s.r.l. 1997 EVIDENCE ROBOTECH PRAGMA s.r.l. s.r.l. s.r.l. DOMOTICA I.D.E.A. 1996 2000 s.r.l. Scientia s.r.l. 1995 MicroTech Machina 1994 s.r.l. le s.r.l. HUMANWARE MINT Club of the Spin-off Companies of s.r.l. Publishing 1991 s.r.l. the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

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