About
Stefano Tortora is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padova, where he has worked since 2023. His interdisciplinary career bridges engineering and neuroscience, with a focus on human-machine interfacing (HMI) and multimodal sensor integration.
- Education: M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (Politecnico di Milano, 2017), Ph.D. in Information Engineering (University of Padova, 2021).
- Research Focus: Neurorobotics, computational neuroscience, and assistive technologies using EEG-EMG data fusion.
Tortora’s work involves developing hybrid HMI systems and shared-autonomy algorithms for lower-limb exoskeletons. He leads projects under the PNRR PE8 Age-IT and PNRR PE1 FAIR initiatives, applying machine learning to enhance mobility for motor-impaired individuals. His research includes pioneering recurrent neural networks for gait decoding from EEG data (2020) and probabilistic approaches combining brain-muscular activity.
Contributions & Recognition: As a team manager for the WHi Team at Cybathlon since 2019, he has earned 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal, culminating in the BCI Jury Award (2024). He serves as Associate Editor for the European Journal on AI and as Guest Editor for Frontiers in Neurorobotics and MDPI Applied Sciences.
