Giorgio Metta

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Since 2019 - SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR of the Italian Institute of Technology

2016-2019 - VICE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR of the Italian Institute of Technology

2012-2019 - DIRECTOR of the “iCub Facility” at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, coordinating a group of about 100 people

2012-2019 - PROFESSOR (20% FTE) of Cognitive Robotics at the University of Plymouth, UK

2012-2016 - DEPUTY DIRECTOR of the Italian Institute of Technology, delegate to the relations with the external funding agencies

2006-2011 - SENIOR RESEARCHER at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa

2005-2011 - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (with tenure) at the University of Genoa, Italy Teaching: “Operating systems”, “Natural & Artificial Intelligent Systems”

POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS

2003-2004 - POSTDOC at the University of Genoa including teaching duties, EU project coordination (FET project ADAPT) and laboratory coordination (shared with Prof. Giulio Sandini)

2001-2002 - POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, MIT, AI-Lab, Cambridge, USA