(13 July 2017) Strengthening links between science and technology is the goal of the Canada-Italy Innovation Award launched by the Canadian Embassy to Italy. The award is aimed at researchers, scientists, innovators, and ‘Italian startupers’ interested in developing and deepening their research with Canadian colleagues and counterparts in areas and sectors considered of priority by the Canadian government. One of the awards went to Antonio Caruso, Computer Science Researcher in the Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio De Giorgi” of the University of Salento. Professor Caruso was selected on the basis of a collaborative project with Professor Melike Erol-Kantarci from the University of Ottawa. After the G7 in Taormina, in late May, Caruso was invited (along with the other five winners from Bologna, Milan, Genova and Trento Universities and Research Centers) to the Office of the Canadian Ambassador in Rome, during Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit. After obtaining his degree and a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Pisa, Caruso has been employed at the University of Salento since 2005. He worked at the IIT and ISTI (CNR) and conducted research at the EPFL (Lausanne), UCLA (Los Angeles), UFMG, and UFP institutes (Belo Horizonte and Curitiba – Brazil). He has been involved in more than 15 years of design issues and reliability analysis of distributed systems. He is currently working on the Internet of Things as an ensemble of Smart Enabling Technologies (Smart Grids, Smart Cities, etc). Thanks to this award, Antonio Caruso will work as a visiting researcher at Ottawa University until next September, developing the project’s activities and laying the foundations for future collaborations between Italy and Canada on these issues. (Red)
