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Gian Luca Foresti

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Computer Science
Italy
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
55
Citations
11610
World Ranking
4334
National Ranking
91

Gian Luca Foresti publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gian Luca Foresti sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 434 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Gian Luca Foresti D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gian Luca Foresti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) For contributions to image processing and pattern recognition in video surveillance systems

Overview

Gian Luca Foresti is affiliated with the University of Udine in Italy and has a substantial body of work focused on computer science and engineering. Their research contributions span multiple subfields, notably computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, aerospace engineering, signal processing, and computer networks and communications.

Foresti's work addresses a variety of technical domains with an emphasis on image and video analysis. Main topics of their research include:

  • Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
  • Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition

Foresti has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • VT-ADL: A Vision Transformer Network for Image Anomaly Detection and Localization (2021), published in Institutional Research Information System (University of Udine)
  • Few-Shot Object Detection: A Survey (2022), published in ACM Computing Surveys
  • MS-Faster R-CNN: Multi-Stream Backbone for Improved Faster R-CNN Object Detection and Aerial Tracking from UAV Images (2021), published in Remote Sensing
  • Deep generative adversarial residual convolutional networks for real-world super-resolution (2020), published in Institutional Research Information System (University of Udine)
  • Deep Pyramidal Pooling With Attention for Person Re-Identification (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Foresti include:

  • Luigi Cinque
  • Danilo Avola
  • Alessio Fagioli
  • Claudio Piciarelli
  • Daniele Pannone

Foresti has contributed articles to various scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • International Journal of Neural Systems
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Multimedia Tools and Applications
  • IEEE Access
  • Pattern Recognition Letters

The scientist's research interests integrate the development of advanced methodologies and systems for image processing, focusing on practical applications such as surveillance, medical diagnosis, and aerial tracking.

In 2010, Foresti was recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) for contributions to image processing and pattern recognition in video surveillance systems.

Best Publications

  • Trajectory-Based Anomalous Event Detection

    C. Piciarelli;C. Micheloni;G.L. Foresti

  • Ambient Intelligence: A New Multidisciplinary Paradigm

    P. Remagnino;G.L. Foresti

  • On-line trajectory clustering for anomalous events detection

    C. Piciarelli;G. L. Foresti

  • VT-ADL: A Vision Transformer Network for Image Anomaly Detection and Localization

    Pankaj Mishra;Riccardo Verk;Daniele Fornasier;Claudio Piciarelli

  • Wide-Slice Residual Networks for Food Recognition

    Niki Martinel;Gian Luca Foresti;Christian Micheloni

  • The Eighth Visual Object Tracking VOT2020 Challenge Results

    Matej Kristan;Aleš Leonardis;Jiří Matas;Michael Felsberg

  • Object recognition and tracking for remote video surveillance

    G.L. Foresti

  • Active video-based surveillance system: the low-level image and video processing techniques needed for implementation

    G.L. Foresti;C. Micheloni;L. Snidaro;P. Remagnino

  • A real-time system for video surveillance of unattended outdoor environments

    G.L. Foresti

  • Special issue on video communications, processing, and understanding for third generation surveillance systems

    Carlo S. Regazzoni;Visvanathan Ramesh;Gian Luca Foresti

  • A distributed probabilistic system for adaptive regulation of image processing parameters

    V. Morino;G.L. Foresti;C.S. Regazzoni

  • Exploiting Recurrent Neural Networks and Leap Motion Controller for the Recognition of Sign Language and Semaphoric Hand Gestures

    Danilo Avola;Marco Bernardi;Luigi Cinque;Gian Luca Foresti

  • Visual inspection of sea bottom structures by an autonomous underwater vehicle

    G.L. Foresti

  • Multimedia Video-Based Surveillance Systems: Requirements, Issues and Solutions

    Gian Luca Foresti;Petri Mahonen;Carlo S. Regazzoni

  • Exploiting Recurrent Neural Networks and Leap Motion Controller for Sign Language and Semaphoric Gesture Recognition.

    Danilo Avola;Marco Bernardi;Luigi Cinque;Gian Luca Foresti

  • Biometric Liveness Detection: Challenges and Research Opportunities

    Zahid Akhtar;Christian Micheloni;Gian Luca Foresti

  • Trajectory clustering and its applications for video surveillance

    C. Piciarelli;G.L. Foresti;L. Snidaro

  • Kernelized Saliency-Based Person Re-Identification Through Multiple Metric Learning

    Niki Martinel;Christian Micheloni;Gian Luca Foresti

  • Vehicle recognition and tracking from road image sequences

    G.L. Foresti;V. Murino;C. Regazzoni

  • Video Analysis in Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera Networks

    C Micheloni;B Rinner;G L Foresti

  • Distributed architectures and logical-task decomposition in multimedia surveillance systems

    L. Marcenaro;F. Oberti;G.L. Foresti;C.S. Regazzoni

  • Saliency Weighted Features for Person Re-identification

    Niki Martinel;Christian Micheloni;Gian Luca Foresti

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Micheloni
Christian Micheloni University of Udine
Luigi Cinque
Luigi Cinque Sapienza University of Rome
Carlo S. Regazzoni
Carlo S. Regazzoni University of Genoa
Paolo Remagnino
Paolo Remagnino Durham University
Vittorio Murino
Vittorio Murino University of Verona
Pramod K. Varshney
Pramod K. Varshney Syracuse University
Alberto Del Bimbo
Alberto Del Bimbo University of Florence
Tim Ellis
Tim Ellis Kingston University
Mohan M. Trivedi
Mohan M. Trivedi University of California, San Diego
Andrea Prati
Andrea Prati University of Parma

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