Scuola superiore sant'anna

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Alberto Mazzoni

Istituto di BioRobotica
alberto.mazzoni@santannapisa.it
Immobile Polo Valdera
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Computational Neuroengineering Lab

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2017 - now working as Assistant Professor and Head of the Computational Neuroengineering Lab @ The BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

2014 - 2017 working as Post-doc Researcher @ The BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in the Translational Neural Engineering group with Prof. Silvestro Micera and in the Human Machine Nexus laboratory with Dr. Calogero Oddo

2009-2013 Working in the Neural Coding group of Prof. Stefano Panzeri @ Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

2007-2009 Post-doc researcher in the Computational Neuroscience group of the Institute for Scientific Interchange of Torino - collaborating with Prof. Nicolas Brunel, CNRS Paris, France.

2007 - PhD in Neurobiology at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS) of Trieste in the lab of prof. Vincent Torre

2003 - Visiting student at the Neurobiology Department of University of California, San Diego in the lab of prof. William Kristan.

2002 - Degree in Theoretical Physics at University of Pisa with prof. Leone Fronzoni

1978 - Born in Firenze, Italy.

Contributo su Rivista

D’Anna, Edoardo; Valle, Giacomo; Mazzoni, Alberto; Strauss, Ivo; Iberite, Francesco; Patton, Jérémy; Petrini, Francesco M.; Raspopovic, Stanisa; Granata, Giuseppe; Di Iorio, Riccardo; Controzzi, Marco; Cipriani, Christian; Stieglitz, Thomas; Rossini, Paolo M.; Micera, Silvestro
A closed-loop hand prosthesis with simultaneous intraneural tactile and position feedback
14 SCIENCE ROBOTICS (2019)
Volume nr. : 4
Issue nr. : 1
Romeo, Rocco A.; Rongala, Udaya B.; Mazzoni, Alberto; Camboni, Domenico; Carrozza, Maria Chiara; Guglielmelli, Eugenio; Zollo, Loredana; Oddo, Calogero M.
Identification of slippage on naturalistic surfaces via Wavelet Transform of tactile signals
1260-1268 IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL (2019)
Volume nr. : 19
Issue nr. : 1
Sorgini, Francesca; Massari, Luca; D’Abbraccio, Jessica; Palermo, Eduardo; Menciassi, Arianna; Petrovic, Petar B.; Mazzoni, Alberto; Carrozza, Maria Chiara; Newell, Fiona N.; Oddo, Calogero M.
Neuromorphic vibrotactile stimulation of fingertips for encoding object stiffness in telepresence sensory substitution and augmentation applications
18 SENSORS (2018)
Volume nr. : 18
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, A.; Rosa, M.; Carpaneto, J.; Romito, L. M.; Priori, A.; Micera, S.
Subthalamic neural activity patterns anticipate economic risk decisions in gambling
39 ENEURO (2018)
Issue nr. : 1
Genna, C; Oddo, Cm; Mazzoni, A; Wahlbom, A; Micera, S; Jörntell, H
Bilateral tactile input patterns decoded at comparable levels but different time scales in neocortical neurons
38 THE JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE (2018)
Issue nr. : 1
Valle, G; Petrini, F M; Strauss, I; Iberite, F; D'Anna, E; Granata, G; Controzzi, M; Cipriani, C; Stieglitz, T; Rossini, P M; Mazzoni, A; Raspopovic, S; Micera, S
Comparison of linear frequency and amplitude modulation for intraneural sensory feedback in bidirectional hand prostheses
13 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2018)
Volume nr. : 8
Issue nr. : 1
Valle, Giacomo; Mazzoni, Alberto; Iberite, Francesco; D’Anna, Edoardo; Strauss, Ivo; Granata, Giuseppe; Controzzi, Marco; Clemente, Francesco; Rognini, Giulio; Cipriani, Christian; Stieglitz, Thomas; Petrini, Francesco Maria; Rossini, Paolo Maria; Micera, Silvestro
Biomimetic Intraneural Sensory Feedback Enhances Sensation Naturalness, Tactile Sensitivity, and Manual Dexterity in a Bidirectional Prosthesis
37-45.e7 NEURON (2018)
Volume nr. : 100
Issue nr. : 1
Rongala, Udaya B.; Spanne, Anton; Mazzoni, Alberto; Bengtsson, Fredrik; Oddo, Calogero M.; Jörntell, Henrik
Intracellular dynamics in cuneate nucleus neurons support self-stabilizing learning of generalizable tactile representations
25 FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE (2018)
Volume nr. : 12
Issue nr. : 1
Stellino, Flavio; Mazzoni, Alberto; Storace, Marco
Phase analysis method for burst onset prediction
13 PHYSICAL REVIEW. E (2017)
Volume nr. : 95
Issue nr. : 1
Tropea, Peppino; Mazzoni, Alberto; Micera, Silvestro; Corbo, Massimo
Giuliano Vanghetti and the innovation of "cineplastic operations"
7 NEUROLOGY (2017)
Volume nr. : 89
Issue nr. : 1
Rongala, Udaya Bhaskar; Mazzoni, Alberto; Oddo, Calogero Maria
Neuromorphic Artificial Touch for Categorization of Naturalistic Textures
819-829 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS (2017)
Volume nr. : 28
Issue nr. : 1
Sorgini, Francesca; Mazzoni, Alberto; Massari, Luca; Caliã², Renato; Galassi, Carmen; Kukreja, Sunil L.; Sinibaldi, Edoardo; Carrozza, Maria Chiara; Oddo, Calogero Maria
Encapsulation of piezoelectric transducers for sensory augmentation and substitution with wearable haptic devices
18 MICROMACHINES (2017)
Volume nr. : 8
Issue nr. : 1
Oddo, Calogero M; Mazzoni, Alberto; Spanne, Anton; Enander, Jonas M D; Mogensen, Hannes; Bengtsson, Fredrik; Camboni, Domenico; Micera, Silvestro; Jörntell, Henrik
Artificial spatiotemporal touch inputs reveal complementary decoding in neocortical neurons
17 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)
Volume nr. : 8
Issue nr. : 1
Vannini, Eleonora; Restani, Laura; Pietrasanta, Marta; Panarese, Alessandro; Mazzoni, Alberto; Rossetto, Ornella; Middei, Silvia; Micera, Silvestro; Caleo, Matteo
Altered sensory processing and dendritic remodeling in hyperexcitable visual cortical networks
2919-2936 BRAIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (2016)
Volume nr. : 221
Issue nr. : 1
Oddo, Calogero Maria; Raspopovic, Stanisa; Artoni, Fiorenzo; Mazzoni, Alberto; Spigler, Giacomo; Petrini, Francesco; Giambattistelli, Federica; Vecchio, Fabrizio; Miraglia, Francesca; Zollo, Loredana; Di Pino, Giovanni; Camboni, Domenico; Carrozza, Maria Chiara; Guglielmelli, Eugenio; Rossini, PAOLO MARIA; Faraguna, Ugo; Micera, Silvestro
Intraneural stimulation elicits discrimination of textural features by artificial fingertip in intact and amputee humans
25 ELIFE (2016)
Volume nr. : 5
Issue nr. : 1
Barardi, Alessandro; Garcia-Ojalvo, Jordi; Mazzoni, Alberto
Transition between functional regimes in an integrate-and-fire network model of the thalamus
26 PLOS ONE (2016)
Volume nr. : 11
Issue nr. : 1
Zuo, Yanfang; Safaai, Houman; Notaro, Giuseppe; Mazzoni, Alberto; Panzeri, Stefano; Diamond, Mathew E
Complementary contributions of spike timing and spike rate to perceptual decisions in rat S1 and S2 cortex
357-63-363 CURRENT BIOLOGY (2015)
Volume nr. : 25
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, Alberto; Lindén, Henrik; Cuntz, Hermann; Lansner, Anders; Panzeri, Stefano; Einevoll, Gaute T.
Computing the Local Field Potential (LFP) from Integrate-and-Fire Network Models
38 PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (2015)
Volume nr. : 11
Issue nr. : 1
F. Barbieri;A. Mazzoni;N. K. Logothetis;S. Panzeri;N. Brunel
Stimulus Dependence of Local Field Potential Spectra: Experiment versus Theory
14589-14605 THE JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE (2014)
Volume nr. : 34
Issue nr. : 1
Baroni, Fabiano; Mazzoni, Alberto
Heterogeneity of heterogeneities in neuronal networks
2 FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE (2014)
Volume nr. : 8
Issue nr. : 1
S. Cavallari; S. Panzeri; A. Mazzoni
Comparison of the dynamics of neural interactions in integrate-and-fire networks with current-based and conductance-based synapses
32 FRONTIERS IN NEURAL CIRCUITS (2014)
Issue nr. : 1
Magri, Cesare; Mazzoni, Alberto; Logothetis, Nikos K; Panzeri, Stefano
Optimal band separation of extracellular field potentials
66-78-78 JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS (2012)
Volume nr. : 210
Issue nr. : 1
Ince, Robin A A; Mazzoni, Alberto; Bartels, Andreas; Logothetis, Nikos K; Panzeri, Stefano
A novel test to determine the significance of neural selectivity to single and multiple potentially correlated stimulus features
49-65-65 JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS (2012)
Volume nr. : 210
Issue nr. : 1
Gytis Baranauskas;Emma Maggiolini;Elisa Castagnola;Alberto Ansaldo;Alberto Mazzoni;Gian Nicola Angotzi;Alessandro Vato;Davide Ricci;Stefano Panzeri;Luciano Fadiga
Carbon nanotube composite coating of neural microelectrodes preferentially improves the multiunit signal-to-noise ratio
13 JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING (2011)
Volume nr. : 8
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, Alberto; Brunel, Nicolas; Cavallari, Stefano; Logothetis, Nikos K; Panzeri, Stefano
Cortical dynamics during naturalistic sensory stimulations: experiments and models
2-15-15 JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY (2011)
Volume nr. : 105
Issue nr. : 1
Ince, Robin A A; Mazzoni, Alberto; Petersen, Rasmus S; Panzeri, Stefano
Open source tools for the information theoretic analysis of neural data
9 FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE (2010)
Volume nr. : 4
Issue nr. : 1
Alberto Mazzoni;Kevin Whittingstall;Nicolas Brunel;Nikos K Logothetis;Stefano Panzeri
Understanding the relationships between spike rate and delta/gamma frequency bands of LFPs and EEGs using a local cortical network model
956-972 NEUROIMAGE (2010)
Volume nr. : 52
Issue nr. : 1
Alberto Mazzoni;Stefano Panzeri;Nikos K. Logothetis;Nicolas Brunel
Encoding of Naturalistic Stimuli by Local Field Potential Spectra in Networks of Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons
20 PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (2008)
Volume nr. : 4
Issue nr. : 1
Floriana, Gargiulo; Alberto, Mazzoni
Can extremism guarantee pluralism?
9 JASSS (2008)
Volume nr. : 11
Issue nr. : 1
Garcia-Perez, Elizabeth; Mazzoni, Alberto; Torre, Vincent
Spontaneous electrical activity and behavior in the leech hirudo medicinalis
8 FRONTIERS IN INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE (2007)
Volume nr. : 1
Issue nr. : 1
Alberto Mazzoni;Elizabeth Garcia-Perez;Frédéric D. Broccard;Paolo Bonifazi;Maria Elisabetta Ruaro;Vincent Torre
On the Dynamics of the Spontaneous Activity in Neuronal Networks
12 PLOS ONE (2007)
Volume nr. : 2
Issue nr. : 1
Garcia-Perez, E.; Mazzoni, A; Zoccolan, D.; Robinson, P.C.H.; Torre, V.
Statistics of Decision Making in the Leech
2597-2608 THE JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE (2005)
Volume nr. : 25
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, A.; Garcia-Perez E.; Zoccolan, D.; Graziosi S.; Torre, V.
Quantitative Characterization and Classification of Leech Behavior
580-593 JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY (2004)
Volume nr. : 93
Issue nr. : 1

Contributo in Volume

Rongala, Udaya Bhaskar; Mazzoni, Alberto; Camboni, Domenico; Carrozza, Maria Chiara; Oddo, Calogero Maria
Neuromorphic Artificial Sense of Touch: Bridging Robotics and Neuroscience
617-630 SPRINGER PROCEEDINGS IN ADVANCED ROBOTICS Springer Nature Switzerland AG (2018)
Volume nr. : 3
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, Alberto
From single neuron activity to network information processing: Simulating cortical local field potentials and thalamus dynamic regimes with integrate-and-fire neurons
1-23 Springer INdAM Series Springer International Publishing (2017)
Volume nr. : 24
Issue nr. : 1
Dahiya, R; Oddo, C.; Mazzoni, A.; Jörntell, H.
Biomimetic tactile sensing
69-91 Biomimetic Technologies: Principles and Applications Elsevier Inc. (2015)
Volume nr. : 1
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, Alberto; Logothetis, N.K.; Panzeri, S.
Information Content of Local Field Potentials: Experiments and Models in Principles of Neural Coding
20 Principles in Neural Coding CRC press (2013)
Volume nr. : 1
Issue nr. : 1

Contributo in Atti Convegno (Proceeding)

Miehlbradt, Jenifer; Pierella, Camilla; Kinany, Nawal; Coscia, Martina; Pirondini, Elvira; Vissani, Matteo; Mazzoni, Alberto; Magnin, Cécile; Nicolo, Pierre; Guggisberg, Adrian G.; Micera, Silvestro
Evolution of Cortical Asymmetry with Post-stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study
1111-1115 Biosystems and Biorobotics Springer International Publishing (2019)
Volume nr. : 21
Issue nr. : 1
Saponati, M.; Ceccarelli, G.; Cataldo, E.; Mazzoni, A.
A simple and complete model of thalamocortical interactions for neuroengineering applications
58-63 Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III. ICNR 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics Springer (2019)
Volume nr. : 21
Issue nr. : 1
Barberi, Federica; Aprigliano, Federica; Gruppioni, Emanuele; Davalli, Angelo; Sacchetti, Rinaldo; Mazzoni, Alberto; Micera, Silvestro
Fast online decoding of motor tasks with single sEMG electrode in lower limb amputees
110-114 Biosystems and Biorobotics Springer International Publishing (2019)
Volume nr. : 22
Issue nr. : 1
Cesini, I.; Spigler, G.; Prasanna, S.; Taxis, D.; Dell’Agnello, F.; Martini, E.; Crea, S.; Vitiello, N.; Mazzoni, A.; Oddo, C.
A Wearable Haptic Feedback System for Assisting Lower-Limb Amputees in Multiple Locomotion Tasks
115-119 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics WeRob (2018)
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, Alberto; Rongala, Udaya B; Oddo, Calogero M
Decoding of naturalistic textures from spike patterns of neuromorphic artificial mechanoreceptors
2 BMC NEUROSCIENCE BioMed Central (2015)
Volume nr. : 16
Issue nr. : 1
Barardi, Alessandro; Mazzoni, Alberto; Garcia-Ojalvo, Jordi
Modeling thalamic dynamics with a network of integrate and fire neurons
2 BMC NEUROSCIENCE BioMed Central (2015)
Volume nr. : 16
Issue nr. : 1
Micera, Silvestro; Carpaneto, Jacopo; Raspopovic, Stanisa; Granata, Giuseppe; Mazzoni, Alberto; Oddo, Calogero M.; Cipriani, Christian; Stieglitz, Thomas; Mueller, Matthias; Navarro, Xavier; Del Valle, Jaume; Scherberger, Hans; Raffo, Luigi; Barbaro, Massimo; Pani, Danilo; Rossini, Paolo M.
Toward the Development of a Neuro-Controlled Bidirectional Hand Prosthesis
105-110 Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Springer Verlag (2015)
Volume nr. : 9359
Issue nr. : 1
Barbieri, F.; Mazzoni, A.; Logothetis, N.K.; Panzeri, S.; Brunel, N.
Input dependence of local field potential spectra: experiment vs theory
1 BMC NEUROSCIENCE Springer and Verlag (2013)
Issue nr. : 1
Mazzoni, Alberto; Yanfang, Zuo; Notaro, Giuseppe; Panzeri, Stefano; Diamond, Mathew E
Spike timing in rat somatosensory cortex contributes to behavior
1 BMC NEUROSCIENCE Springer and Verlag (2013)
Volume nr. : 14
Issue nr. : 1