SUN XR ECOSYSTEM
Here you can discover the significance of being an external stakeholder of the SUN project. Join our exclusive group and be at the forefront of the XR revolution. By joining us, you become a part of a community that is shaping the future of XR technology. You will stay connected and will be invited to dedicated virtual meeting to be the first to know about our latest activities and updates. Sometimes you will have the chance to answer brief surveys with your comments and together, we can create immersive experiences that redefine industries and empower individuals. Exciting developments await, including Post Rehab Stakeholders and Industry Stakeholders. Keep an eye out for more updates coming soon!


Users Community

Pilot 2 “Industry 5.0” is approaching
We are proud to announce the upcoming Pilot 2: Industry 5.0, part of the transformative SUN initiative, which will be conducted in collaboration with FACTOR! This pilot leverages Extended Reality (XR) to redefine safety, efficiency, and training in...
External Stakeholders

Pilot 2: external stakeholders meeting
Last week we had a fantastic external stakeholders meeting related to the industrial pilot, managed by Factor Ingeniería y Decoletaje, to discuss the potential of extended reality (XR) to transform industrial processes. Experts from diverse...

Current members:
Agnese Fruzzetti, Aliboni Sara, Armengaud Ingrid, Avgerinakis Konstantinos, Barsotti Martina, Bayer Devin, Benedetta Giannasio, Bertolucci Federica, Bolettieri Paolo, Bonato Paolo, Bosco Ferdinando, Callieri Marco, Camardella Cristian, Cavero Noelia, Cianferotti Valentina, Cignoni Paolo, Coccomini Davide, Dario Paolo, Di Benedetto Marco, Falchi Fabrizio, Farinella Giovanni Maria, Fiaschi Elena, Fossati Loredana, Galli Manuela, Garcia Arcadio, Gastaldo Amparo, Giménez Rodriguez Francisco, Gioioso Guido, GIORGI Daniela, Gordy Clayton, Greci Luca, Iannone Ilaria, Inguglia Alessandro, Ioannidis Georgios, Kasnesis Panagiotis, KOCER SERDAR, Koch Giacomo, Latanza Arianna, Leddi Filippo, Malasoma Chiara, Mayr Matthias, Mazzoleni Stefano, Muheim Jonathan, Odeleye Blessing, Orts Bernabeu Francisco, Oulad Ben Larbi Ayman, Pagani Alain, Palma Gianpaolo, Paraskevopoulos Ioannis, Pérez Bernabeu Elena, PICCININI LUIGI, Pinto Diogo, Ramiro Zafra Pedro José, Rubino Amedeo, Salmè Maria Antonietta, SANCHEZ ESCRIBANO ANA Mª, Scoglio Andrea, Shokur Solaiman, Soler Alvaro, Stentoumis Christos, Thaller Petra, Tkhor Svyatoslav, Wiese Michaela, Zabulis Xenophon, Ziemann Ulf.

ESAB Members
Name | Surname | Candidate brief curriculum |
Giovanni Maria | Farinella | Giovanni Maria Farinella is a Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Catania, Italy. His research interests lie in the fields of Computer Vision and Machine Learning with focus on Egocentric Vision. He is part of the EPIC-KITCHENS and EGO4D teams. He is Associate Editor of the international journals IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, International Journal of Computer Vision. He has been serving as Area Chair for CVPR/ICCV/ECCV/BMVC/WACV/ICPR, and as Program Chair of ECCV. He founded and currently directs the International Computer Vision Summer School (ICVSS) and Next Vision – Spinoff of the University of Catania. He was awarded the PAMI Mark Everingham Prize in 2017 and the Intel’s 2022 Outstanding Researcher Award. |
Paolo | Bonato | Paolo serves as Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston MA. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, and an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Harvard Medical School. He has held Adjunct Faculty positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Ireland Galway, and the University of Melbourne. At the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, he brings his experience in rehabilitation technology with special emphasis on wearable technology and robotics. |
Giacomo | Koch | Prof. Koch has conducted research in the field of clinical neurophysiology over the past decade, focusing on the motor system and cognitive functions with a strong translational approach for the rehabilitation of stroke, dementia, and movement disorders. Prof. Koch possesses extensive expertise in non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), applied within a multidisciplinary framework involving functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and electroencephalography (TMS/EEG). |
Ulf | Ziemann | Medical Director of the Department of Neurology with a focus on neurovascular diseases, Clinic for Neurology, University of Tuebingen |
Xenophon | Zabulis | Dr Xenophon Zabulis is a Research Director at the Institute of Computer Science – Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas. He received the BA, MSc, and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of Crete, Greece, in 1996, 1998 and 2001. From 2001 to 2003 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, at the Computer and Information Science Department and at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Informatics and Telematics, Centre of Research and Technology Hellas, Greece. From 2008 to 2020 he was a visiting professor at the Computer Science Department, of the University of Crete. His research interests are 3D and real-time reconstruction of static and dynamic scenes, image registration, pose estimation, and applications of Computer Vision in interactive environments, cultural heritage, and image analysis. |
Stefano | Mazzoleni | Associate Professor in Bioengineering Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEI), Polytechnic University of Bari, Via E. Orabona, 4 – Bari, 70125 – Italy (www.poliba.it) •Teaching “Rehabilitation Engineering”, PhD programme in Electrical and Information Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bari. •Teaching “Bioinformatics” and “Technologies for Bioengineering”, Bachelor and Master Degree in Medical Systems Engineering (SSD ING-INF/06- Electronic and informatics Bioengineering); Publications |
External Stakeholders’ Advisors

SUN – ESAB first meeting
The first ESAB meeting took place on March the 13th 2024. During the virtual meeting the SUN project was introduced by Giuseppe Amato (project coordinator CNR) and Fabio Perossini (ESAB coordinator KPRF) explained objective and planning for ESAB activities. Stefano...

Project advisors selected
The SUN project General Assembly selected first 3 advisors who will be members of SUN project Advisory Board (ESAB). We welcome Paolo Dario, Xenophon Zabulis and Stefano Mazzoleni as advisors in the SUN project. Advisory Board meeting will be organised soon.
Clustering with other initiatives
SUN presented at Stereopsia 2023
On October the 18th SUN was presented during the Stereopsia event in Brussels. It was a great opportunity to discuss about issues related to communication both internal and external and SUN representatives describe a possible innovative approach in...