Gianluca De Novi

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Gianluca De Novi
Born(1975-07-17)July 17, 1975
Policoro, Italy.
Alma materUniversity of Bologna, Harvard University
Known forArtificial intelligence, Haptic technology,
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

Gianluca De Novi is an Italian-born scientist known for his contributions to computer haptics, robotics, medical simulation, and surgical robotics.[1]

He is the director of Medical Device and Simulation Laboratory at Mass General Brigham and professor and researcher of Radiology and Imaging at Harvard Medical School.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

He was born in Policoro, Basilicata, Italy, in 1975.[3] He was raised in Bernalda, a small town in the south of Italy.[4] After graduating at the IIS “G.B. Pentasuglia” high school in informatics.[5] He pursued his academic journey at the University of Bologna, where he earned a master's degree in Electronics Engineering and later obtained a PhD in Robotics and Control Systems.[6] During his PhD, De Novi has focused his research to the definition of new real-time soft tissue modeling suitable for surgery simulation with haptic feedback.[7]

Through his work De Novi was invited to the Biorobotics Laboratory at Harvard University for a postdoctoral fellowship, focusing on potential applications of his doctoral research in the medical field.[8] He accept a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.[9] After 9 months, De Novi became faculty and two years later Director of the Medical Device and Simulation Laboratory (formerly Simulation Group) at the Imaging department.[8]

While at the University of Bologna, De Novi embarked also on entrepreneurial ventures, founding DGTech Engineering Solutions, which provided him with early exposure to the global market developing and selling one of the first data gloves on the market the DG5-VHand.[10]

Career[edit]

Subsequently, he joined the Department of Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School for a postdoctoral fellowship in medical simulation.[2] In 2012 He founded Hintivision after patenting a technology for smart advertising, in 2014, He started working as a Scientific and Strategic Advisor at ADM Tronics Unlimited, Inc. a medical device manufacturing company.[11] In 2014 He founded Founder at Triotech Ventures, a consortium of medical device American companies.[2] In 2016, he worked as a Faculty Instructor of Augmented/Virtual Reality Rendering for Simulation and Gaming at Harvard Extension School.[12]

In 2018, De Novi co-founded XSurgical Robotics, a company focused on the development of surgical robots utilizing Artificial Intelligence to achieve autonomous surgical procedure capabilities.[13]

De Novi leads Circular Protocol, a blockchain framework designed for Web 3.0 advancement. The project, initiated in 2022, focuses on optimizing GameFI, DeFi, and Decentralized MedTech sectors.[14]

Research[edit]

De Novi's interest in general is high performance computing applied to converging technology such as VR/AR/MR, AI, computer vision, decentralized processing and simulation.[15] His academic research interests have mostly been focused on computer-based surgical simulation began with examining graphic rendering technologies and developing a virtual reality framework specialized for surgery simulation (2004–2013).[1] Since 2007, he has focused his research on the physical simulation of soft tissues, developing novel models and methodologies for haptic rendering (2007–2010).[16] During his postdoctoral fellowship, he concentrated his research on other critical areas of surgery simulation, including real-time gesture analysis, task recognition, and augmented reality.[12]

Selected publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "MediSim VR partners with Harvard simulation lab director to drive VR-based medical training globally". The Economic Times. February 24, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Maffei, Lucia. "Gianluca De Novi: The Italian engineer who turned down Ferrari". www.bizjournals.com.
  3. ^ "Dr Gianluca De Novi comes on board as Simulation Advisor for MediSim VR". www.biospectrumindia.com.
  4. ^ "Gianluca De Novi: talento lucano alla conquista dell'America". Policorotv.it (in Italian). February 15, 2020.
  5. ^ Pegina, Terza. "Celebrati i 50 anni dell'istituto industriale Pentasuglia di Matera: report e fotogallery". SassiLive.
  6. ^ "Gianluca De Novi, PhD - Chief Technology Officer at ULedger". THE ORG.
  7. ^ https://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3702/1/DeNovi_Gianluca_tesi.pdf Soft Tissue Modeling for Virtual Reality Surgery Simulator with Haptic Feedback
  8. ^ a b ""Surgical Robotics Deployable Directly to Those Who Need Them" w/ Gianluca De Novi of XSurgical - Radio Entrepreneurs". March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "XSurgical Robotics by XSurgical - StartEngine - Lustro". crowdlustro.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  10. ^ Marzovilli, Imma (March 1, 2019). "INTERVISTA A GIANLUCA DE NOVI LO SCIENZIATO LUCANO CHE HA CONQUISTATO HARVARD". Metis Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "ADM Tronics Unlimited Inc. Appoints Gianluca Denovi to its Corporate Advisory Board for Business Development -September 18, 2014 at 10:14 am EDT | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. September 18, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Gianluca De Novi, Ph.D. | Mass General Research Institute". Find a Researcher - Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  13. ^ "Surgical robotics company to open in Cambridge". Wicked Local.
  14. ^ Tomasicchio, Amelia (June 10, 2023). "Circular Protocol: interview with Gianluca de Novi to talk about the new blockchain project". The Cryptonomist. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  15. ^ "MediSim VR ropes in Dr. Gianluca De Novi as Simulation Advisor". Financialexpress. February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  16. ^ https://www.lirmm.fr/uee09/doc/Student_s_%20presentations/Gianluca_de_Novi.pdf Real-time surgery simulation with haptic rendering
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