Luca Bartolomei

Luca Bartolomei, a 27 years old PhD candidate at the University of Bologna, is passionate about computer science, with an interest in computer vision and machine learning. In particular, he is delving into the field of guided stereo matching, a branch of depth estimation that fuses different kinds of depth sensors. Meanwhile, he also worked as an educational tutor for the courses of Foundations of Informatics and Logic Circuits at the Department of Industrial Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering. When he was six years old, he assembled his first PC and became fascinated by computers, and started acquiring experience with general computer usage. When he was thirteen years old, he first approached computer programming and decided to study computer science. During high school, he started to get interested in the field of computer vision and machine learning. In particular, his final school project was about a neural network that could classify images and receive feedback from users to improve itself. He delved into this field during his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer engineering, both earned with honours respectively in 2020 and 2022 from the University of Bologna. The former was earned by presenting an experimental thesis on an occlusion-aware augmented reality (AR) application, integrating cutting-edge embedded monocular depth estimation technologies. The latter was achieved through the presentation of an innovative thesis in the realm of depth estimation, focusing on a novel guided matching strategy. Currently enrolled in the EIT4SEMM doctoral program, Luca aspires to become a researcher in the field of depth estimation. He is actively expanding his research skills with the help of his supervisor and colleagues at CVLab in Bologna. After two years, Luca has demonstrated his commitment to research through the publication of papers at international conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, and 3DV. His passion for his work and his ambitions contribute to his success.