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The research group ES3 started its activity in late '90s about sensor interface ciruits and digital communications, with a special attention to industrial applications. More recently, the research activity is focused on the following four topics. A printable flyer of our research group activity is available here.
Since 2015, ES3 group has been involved in several financed research projects related to smart grids, micro grids, renewable energy sources with storage systems and metering, including electrical vehicles and smart living (see SCUOLA, Brescia Smart Living, BS202020, and Virtual-eGateway projects). The group has developed the first living lab of the University of Brescia, eLUX (Energy Laboratory	as University eXpo).
Among other topics, communications for smart grids have been investigated, with particular attention to synchronization and real-time behaviour. Indeed, members of	ES3 seat in the IEEE1588 working group, they organized the international IEEE conference on Sychronization in 2009, and their papers have been awarded.
In the last years, wearable sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) are of great interest and the ES3 group has been involved in many financed projects on these topics (see Smart Aging, Smart Break, Smart Break 2, Smart ECG, #studioxlavita, and W2P2 projects).
The wide use of mobiles (smartphone, tablet) as gateway for sensor networks has	yield to the project SAndroidE, where external sensors can be managed under Android OS as if they were embedded in the mobile device. SAndroidE is an open technology developed by the ES3 group (see Github) and it is supported by the Google Developer Group and IEEE Student Branch of Brescia.
The use of IoT sensors for monitoring the structural and energetic state of buildings has been exploited in ELISIR project, whereas an IoT-based control access system has been designed in S3 project.
ES3 group works in the industrial application field since its birth, thanks to the industrial experience acquired in the '80s by some components of the team. The group participates to standardization groups (IEC, CEI), manages the PROFIBUS-PROFINET Competence Center c/o CSMT, and developed patented solutions for industrial real-time Ethernet (RTE) in early 2000s. Now, attention is focused on recent RTE (see AIRnet project) and sensor networks for process control (e.g., Wireless HART, ISA100). Particular attention has been given to synchronization challenges (the group participates to the IEEE1588 study group) and has many contracts and projects on this topic.
The group is involved in research activities with software defined radios, in order to better study and exploit new low power technologies, as LoRaWAN, for smart cities and industrial applications.
ES3 group designs instruments and solutions for environment monitoring, such as artificial olfactory systems (electronic noses) with innovative electronic circuits for sensor interface, e.g., large-value sensor resistance measurement - from kΩ to over 100GΩ - small value sensor capacitance - few picofarads (see SWaRM-Net, and AQMASC project).
ES3 group has a lot of activities in the health care and ambient assisted living, especially for elderly. Smart ECG and Smart Aging are two financed projects concerning these topics. The same technologies have been used to monitor vital parameters and stress conditions of amatorial racecar and bike drivers.
Smart Security System - S3 (2017-2019) financed by Regione Lombardia (Smart Living Grant).
Energy, Life Styled & Seismic Innovation for Regenerated Buildings - ELISIR (2017-2019) financed by Regione Lombardia (Smart Living Grant), more info: project official website.
Virtual-eGateway (2015-2019) financed by MIUR (Social Innovation Grant), more info: project official website.
#studioxlavita (2016-2018) financed by University of Brescia, more info: project official website.
W2P2 - Work, Wealth, Production, Productivity (2016-2018) financed by University of Brescia.
SmartBreak 2 - Breaking bad Breakfast habits (2016-2018) financed by University of Brescia.
BS202020 - Brescia 202020 (2016-2018) financed by University of Brescia.
AQMASC - Air Quality Management in Smart Campus (2016-2018) financed by University of Brescia.
eLUX - Energy Laboratory as University eXpo (2016-2017) financed by University of Brescia (Strategical Laboratories - Health & Wealth), more info: project official website.
SWaRM-Net - Smart Water Resource Management - Networks (2016-2018) financed by MIUR (Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation Grant).
Brescia Smart Living: Energy and integrated public services to deliver well-being (2015-2018) financed by MIUR (Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation Grant), more info: project official website.
SCUOLA - Smart Campus as Urban Open LAbs (2014-2016) financed by Regione Lombardia (Smart Cities and Communities Grant), more info: project official website.
SMART BREAK - Smart Bialetti REstoration Adaptive Kit (2014-2016) financed by Regione Lombardia (Smart Cities and Communities Grant), more info: project official website.
Smart Aging (2013-2016) financed by MIUR (Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation Grant).
Smart ECG - A miniaturized instrument with high energetic efficiency for the very long time monitoring of electrocardiogram: technological, clinical and scientific aspects (2013-2015), financed by Fondazione EULO, more info: project official website.
AIRnet - Advanced Industrial Real-Time Ethernet Network Co-Simulation (2012-2014), financed by ABB (ABB Research Grant Program).
ES3 has collaborations with other research groups, both italians (e.g., University of Trento, University of Padova, University of Cagliari, University of L'Aquila, ENEA, CNR) and international (e.g., RWTH Aachen University, Hanyang University, University of Applied Sciences - Upper Austria). It is also deeply involved in projects with companies like A2A, STM, ABB, Pepperl+Fuchs and it is responsible of the first italian PROFIBUS-PROFINET Competence Center.
ES3 components partecipate to standard development and working groups (IEC - TC65C, IEC - SC 65C, CEI - SC 65C, IEEE 1588 WG).
Further information about courses in University of Brescia can be found here.
Further information about PhD programs in University of Brescia can be found here.
The ES3 group has more than 250 international publications since 1997. Some recent or significant examples are listed hereinafter, whereas the full publication list is available here.
S. Rinaldi, F. Bonafini, P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, E. Sisinni, D. Di Cara, N. Panzavecchia, G. Tine', A. Cataliotti, V. Cosentino, Characterization of IP-Based Communication for Smart Grid Using Software-Defined Networking, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, October, 2018, Vol. 67, N. 10, pp. 2410-2419, ISSN 0018-9456, DOI 10.1109/TIM.2018.2831318.
S. Rinaldi, M. Pasetti, E. Sisinni, F. Bonafini, P. Ferrari, M. Rizzi, A. Flammini, On the Mobile Communication Requirements for the Demand-Side Management of Electric Vehicles, Energies, May, 2018, Vol. 11, N. 5 pp. 1220, ISSN 1996-1073, DOI DOI 10.3390/en11051220.
S. Rinaldi, D. Della Giustina, P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, E. Sisinni, Time synchronization over heterogeneous network for smart grid application: Design and characterization of a real case, Ad Hoc Networks, November, 2016, Vol. 50, pp. 41-57, ISSN 1570-8705, DOI 10.1016/j.adhoc.2016.04.001.
P. Bellagente, A. Depari, P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, S. Rinaldi, E. Sisinni, M3IoT - Message-oriented middleware for M-health Internet of Things: Design and validation, 2018 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), Houston, TX, USA, May 14-17, 2018, pp. 1213-1218, ISBN 978-1-5386-2222-3 DOI 10.1109/I2MTC.2018.8409656.
P. Bellagente, C. Crema, A. Depari, P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, G. Lenzi, S. Rinaldi, E. Sisinni, An easy solution to use external sensors in Android: Experimental characterization, 2018 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), Houston, TX, USA, May 14-17, 2018, pp. 1219-1224, ISBN 978-1-5386-2222-3 DOI 10.1109/I2MTC.2018.8409818.
A. Depari, A. Flammini, D. Fogli, P. Magrino, Indoor Localization for Evacuation Management in Emergency Scenarios, 2018 Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT, Brescia, Italy, April 16-18, 2018, pp. 147-151, ISBN 978-1-5386-2497-5 DOI 10.1109/METROI4.2018.8428343.
M. Rizzi, P. Ferrari, E. Sisinni, A. Flammini, Evaluation of the IoT LoRaWAN Solution for Distributed Measurement Applications, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, December, 2017, Vol. 66, N. 12, pp. 3340-3349, ISSN 0018-9456, DOI 10.1109/TIM.2017.2746378.
A. Depari, A. Flammini, M. Lavarini, E. Sisinni, Enhanced software defined meter for smart utility networks, Computer Standards & Interfaces, November, 2016, Vol. 48, pp. 160-172, ISSN 0920-5489, DOI 10.1016/j.csi.2016.06.005.
S. Rinaldi, P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, E. Sisinni, A. Vezzoli, Uncertainty Analysis in Time Distribution Mechanisms for OMS Smart Meters: The Last-Mile Time Synchronization Issue, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, ISSN 0018-9456, DOI 10.1109/TIM.2018.2853839.
M. Rizzi, A. Depari, P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, S. Rinaldi, E. Sisinni, Synchronization Uncertainty Versus Power Efficiency in LoRaWAN Networks, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, ISSN 0018-9456, DOI 10.1109/TIM.2018.2859639.
E. Sisinni, A. Saifullah, S. Han, U. Jennehag, M. Gidlund, Industrial Internet of Things: Challenges, Opportunities, and Directions, IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics, November, 2018, Vol. 14, N. 11, pp. 4724-4734, ISSN 1551-3203, DOI 10.1109/TII.2018.2852491.
P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, E. Sisinni, S. Rinaldi, D. Brandao, M. Rocha, Delay Estimation of Industrial IoT Applications Based on Messaging Protocols, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, September, 2018, Vol. 67, N. 9, pp. 2188-2199, ISSN 0018-9456, DOI 10.1109/TIM.2018.2813798.
M. Rizzi, M. Lipinski, P. Ferrari, S. Rinaldi, A. Flammini, White Rabbit clock synchronization: ultimate limits on close-in phase noise and short-term stability due to FPGA implementation, IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, September, 2018, Vol. 65, N. 9, pp. 1726-1737, ISSN 0885-3010, DOI 10.1109/TUFFC.2018.2851842.
G. Barile, G. Ferri, F. R. Parente, V. Stornelli, E. Sisinni, A. Depari, A. Flammini, A CMOS full-range linear integrated interface for differential capacitive sensor readout, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, October, 2018, Vol. 281, pp. 130-140, ISSN 0924-4247, DOI 10.1016/j.sna.2018.08.033.
A. Padovani, A. Benussi, V. Cantoni, V. Dell'Era, M. S. Cotelli, S. Caratozzolo, R. Turrone, L. Rozzini, A. Alberici, D. Altomare, A. Depari, A. Flammini, G. B. Frisoni, B. Borroni, Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, August, 2018, Vol. 65, N. 1, pp. 221-230, ISSN 1875-8908, DOI 10.3233/JAD-180293.
A. Depari, E. Sisinni, A. Flammini, G. Ferri, V. Stornelli, G. Barile, F. R. Parente, Autobalancing Analog Front End for Full-Range Differential Capacitive Sensing, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, April, 2018, Vol. 67, N. 4, pp. 885-893, ISSN 0018-9456, DOI 10.1109/TIM.2017.2785160.
C. Crema, A. Depari, A. Flammini, E. Sisinni, A. Vezzoli, P. Bellagente, Virtual Respiratory Rate Sensors: An Example of A Smartphone-Based Integrated and Multiparametric mHealth Gateway, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, September, 2017, Vol. 66, N. 9, pp. 2456-2463, ISSN 0018-9456, DOI 10.1109/TIM.2017.2707838.
A. Benussi, F. Di Lorenzo, V. Dell'Era, M. Cosseddu, A. Alberici, S. Caratozzolo, M. S. Cotelli, A. Micheli, L. Rozzini, A. Depari, A. Flammini, V. Ponzo, A. Martorana, C. Caltagirone, A. Padovani, G. Koch, B. Borroni, Transcranial magnetic stimulation distinguishes Alzheimer's disease from Frontotemporal Dementia, Neurology, August, 2017, Vol. 89, N. 7, pp. 665-672, ISSN 0028-3878, DOI 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004232.
A. Benussi, B. Borroni, A. Depari, A. Padovani, Method of generation of a diagnostic index for Alzheimer disease, electronic apparatus for implementation of the method and system, UNIV. DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (IT), 2016-11-02, 2016, pending International Patent WO2018083580 (A1) - WO2017IB56715 20171030.
A. Benussi, B. Borroni, A. Depari, A. Padovani, Metodo di generazione di un indice diagnostico per malattia di alzheimer, apparato elettronico di implementazione del metodo e sistema, UNIV. DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (IT), 2016-11-02, 2016, pending Italian Patent 102016000110051 (UA2016A007861).
P. Bellagente, A. Depari, A. Flammini, S. Rinaldi, A. Vezzoli, Method and control device for managing remote sensor or actuators, UNIV. DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (IT), 2016-04-20, 2016, pending International Patent WO2017182960 (A1) - WO2017IB52239 20170419.
P. Bellagente, A. Depari, A. Flammini, S. Rinaldi, A. Vezzoli, Metodo e dispositivo di controllo per la gestione di sensori o attuatori remoti, UNIV. DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (IT), 2016-04-20, 2016, pending Italian Patent 102016000040916 (UA2016A002758).
C. M. De Dominicis, A. Flammini, D. Mazzotti, M. Piccinelli, S. Rinaldi, A. Vezzoli, Metodo e apparecchiatura per il monitoraggio dei parametri vitali di un utente, UNIV. DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (IT), 2014-06-13, 2014, Italian Patent 0001408273.
E. Piana, A. Flammini, E. Sisinni, Sistema di misurazione della temperatura in un ambiente ad atmosfera gravosa, GEFRAN S P A (IT), 2012-06-06, 2012, Italian Patent 0001394297.
A. Flammini, I. Novali, Network of wireless fan coils, INTEA ENGINEERING TECNOLOGIE E (IT), 2007-08-29, 2007, European Patent EP1826498.
P. Ferrari, A. Flammini, D. Marioli, A. Taroni, Magnetostrictive position sensor, GEFRAN SENSORI S R L (IT), 2006-08-16, 2006, European Patent EP1691173.
A. Flammini, D. Marioli, A. Taroni, Apparatus and method for conditioning signals produced by physico-chemical sensors, UNIV. DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (IT), 2006-02-23, 2006, International Patent WO2006018692.
A. Flammini, C. Cattaneo, Synchronization and communication protocol for remote process, GEFRAN S P A (IT), 2005-12-28, 2005, European Patent EP1610499.
A. Flammini, D. Marioli, A. Taroni, Apparecchiatura e metodo per il condizionamento di segnali provenienti da sensori fisico-chimici, UNIV. DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (IT), 2004-08-18, 2004, Italian patent 0001356820.

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