Alessio Plebe

Current teaching

• Computer Science
• Artificial Intelligence Languages
• Theory and Techniques of Linguistic and Visual Recognition

Research Interests

• Neural Computation
• Vision
• Philosophy of Language
• Robotics

Selected Publications

• A. Plebe, V. De La Cruz and M. Mazzone, 2007, Synthetic learners of objects and names.
  in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, IEEE, pp.300-305  
  
  
• A. Plebe and R. G. Domenella, 2007, Object recognition by artificial cortical maps.
  Neural Networks, 20:763-780  
  
  
• A. Plebe, V. De La Cruz and M. Mazzone, 2007, Simulating the acquisition of object names.
  in Proceedings of the Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language Acquisition, Association for Computational Linguistics, Praha   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf]
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2007, A Model of Angle Selectivity Development in Visual Area V2.
  Neurocomputing, 70:2060-2066   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf]
  
  
• A. Plebe and R. G. Domenella, 2006, Early Development of Visual Recognition.
  BioSystems, 86:63-74   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf]
  
  
• A. Plebe and R. G. Domenella, 2005, The Emergence of Visual Object Recognition.
  in W. Duch et al. (eds.): ICANN 2005, LNCS 3696, pp. 507-512   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf]
  
  
• R. G. Domenella and A. Plebe, 2005, A Neural Model of Human Object Recognition Development.
  in De Gregorio et al. (eds): BVAI -- 1st International Symposium on Brain, Vision and Artificial Intelligence, LNCS 3704, pp. 116-125   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf]
  
  
• R. G. Domenella and A. Plebe, 2005, On Modeling Visual Object Recognition.
  Neurophilosophy: the state of the art, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CA)
  
  
• A. Plebe and R. G. Domenella, 2005, Using multiple self-organizing architectures for Visual Object Recognition.
  WSOM 2005: 5th Workshop on Self-Organizing Maps, pp. 489-497   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf]
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2004, Il linguaggio come calcolo - dalla logica di Boole alle reti neuronali.
  Armando Editore, Roma (ITALY), ISBN: 8883585208. index, preface, intro [ps.gz]    index, preface, intro [pdf.gz]
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2003, Riconoscimento linguistico e visivo - teoria e tecniche.
  I nuovi manuali delle scienze umane. Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli (ITALY), ISBN: 8849805780. index, ch. 1 [ps.gz]   index, ch. 1 [pdf.gz]
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2003, Le Matematiche del Linguaggio.
  PHD Thesis full-text [ps.gz]   full-text [pdf.gz]
  
  
• A. Plebe, A. M. Anile, and S. Rinaudo, 2002, Neural networks with higher level architecture for bipolar device modeling.
  In A. M. Anile, V. Capasso, and A. Greco, editors, Progress in Industrial Mathematics, pages 252-257, Berlin, 2002. Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3540425829.
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2002, An effective traveling salesman problem solver based on self-organizing map.
  In J. R. Dorronsoro, editor, Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2002 International Conference, Madrid, Spain, August 2002, pages 908-913, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3540440747.
  
  
• A. Plebe, A. M. Anile, and S. Rinaudo, 2001, Sub-micrometer bipolar transistor modeling.
  In U.van Rienen, M. Günter, and D. Hecht, editors, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering, volume 18 of Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, pages 259-266, Berlin, 2001. Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 0387989196.
  
  
• A. Plebe and G. Gallo, 2001, Filtering echocardiographic image sequences in frequency domain.
  In S. Loncaric and H. Babic, editors, Proceedings of the Second IEEE R8-EURASIP Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, June 19-21, 2001, Pula, Croatia, pages 238-249, Piscataway, NJ, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 9539676940.
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2001, Reti Neuronali Artificiali - Esempi di Applicazioni.
  Collana di Scienze Cognitive e Intelligenza Artificiale. E.D.A.S. Edizioni, Messina, Italia.   index, preface [ps.gz]   index, preface [pdf.gz]
  
  
• A. Plebe, A. M. Anile, and S. Rinaudo, 2001, Neural networks in circuit simulators. In G. Dorffner, H. Bischof, and K. Hornik, editors, Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2001 International Conference, Vienna, Austria, August 2001, pages 699-705, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3540424865.
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2001, Noise filtering of periodic image sequences.
  In E. Ardizzone and V. Di Gesù, editors, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, September 26-28, 2001, Palermo, Italy, pages 174-178, Los Alamitos, CA, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 076951183X.
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2001, Self-organizing map approaches to the traveling salesman problem.
  In M. Maggini, editor, Limitations and Future Trends in Neural Computation, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 22-24 October, 2001, Siena, Italy.
  
  
• A. Plebe and G. Grasso, 2001, Localization of spherical fruits for robotic harvesting.
  Machine Vision and Applications, 13(2):70-79.   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf.gz]
  
  
• A. Plebe and A. M. Anile, 2001, A neural-network-based approach to the double traveling salesman problem.
  Neural Computation, 14(2):437-471.   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf.gz]
  
  
• A. Plebe, 2000. Formazione a distanza degli insegnanti con tecnologia web: un esperimento europeo.
  In A. Andronico, G. Casadei, and G. Sacerdoti, editors, Atti del Convegno DIDAMATICA 2000, volume I. Lavori Scientifici, pp. 328-334, AICA, Societa` Editrice Il Ponte Vecchio.
  
  
• A. Plebe and M. Samperi, 2000, Multimedialita` in ambiente costruttivistico.
  In A. Andronico, G. Casadei, and G. Sacerdoti, editors, Atti del Convegno DIDAMATICA 2000, volume I. Lavori Scientifici, pages 335-342, AICA, Societa` Editrice Il Ponte Vecchio.
  
  
• A. Plebe, R. Belcastro, and M. Gennaro, 1999, Music and logo.
  In R. Nikolov, E. Sendova, I. Nikolova, and I. Derzhanski, editors, Proceedings of Seventh European Logo Conference, August 20-15 1999, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 285-294, 1999, ISBN: 9549582035.
  
  
• A. Plebe, 1999, On-line course for teachers.
  In R. Nikolov, E. Sendova, I. Nikolova, and I. Derzhanski, editors, Proceedings of Seventh European Logo Conference, August 20-15 1999, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 273-284, 1999, ISBN: 9549582035.
  
  
• M. Recce, A. Plebe, J. Taylor, and G. Tropiano, 1998, Video grading of oranges in real time.
  Artificial Intelligence Review, 12(1-3):117-136.   draft, full-text [ps.gz]   draft, full-text [pdf.gz]
  
  
• S. Cavalieri and A. Plebe, 1996, Manipulator adaptive control by neural networks in an orange picking robot.
  International Journal of Neural Systems, 7(6):735-755.
  
  
• M. Recce, J. Taylor, A. Plebe, and G. Tropiano, 1996, Vision and neural control for orange harvesting robot.
  In International Workshop on Neural Networks for Identification, Control, Robotics and Signal/Image Processing, August 21-23, 1996, Venice, Italy, Piscataway, NJ, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 0818674563.