Mauro Prevostini

Mauro Prevostini is the Program Manager of the Faculty of Informatics at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) since 2004 and holds the academic rank of Lecturer. He previously managed the creation of the Faculty of Informatics from 2001 to 2004 and has been a staff member of the ALaRI institute until 2018. His roles include coordinating academic-industry collaborations and promoting computer science education in local schools.

Education:

• MSc in Electrical Engineering (ETH Zürich, 1994), Thesis: "On-Line Recognition of Masticatory Muscles Activity with Long-Time EMG Recorder"
• Secondary Education: Liceo Cantonale Lugano 1 (1984–1988)

Research Interests: Focuses on Wireless Sensor Networks applied to Precision Agriculture, particularly in pest monitoring systems like PreDiVine DSS. His work integrates UML-based design methodologies for embedded systems and cyber-physical systems. Collaborations include ALaRI and Agroscope research center.

Academic Contributions: Over 15 key publications from 2003–2022 emphasize system-level design, hardware/software co-design, and sensor network optimization. Recent articles address deep learning strategies for pest detection and adaptive decision support systems.

Professional Activities:

• Co-founder of Dolphin Engineering Sagl (2012–present), a Precision Agriculture startup
• Member of the academic senate (2017–2019; 2023–present)
• Former coordinator of the Ticino branch for the informatica08 initiative (2008)

Labs & Projects: Leads projects on wireless sensor networks for agricultural monitoring and collaborates with ALaRI on embedded system design tools and methodologies.