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Switzerland
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
81
Citations
55836
World Ranking
987
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Luca Maria Gambardella is affiliated with the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research in Switzerland. Their research spans several fields and subfields within computer science and engineering, focusing primarily on artificial intelligence and its applications.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Within these broader domains, they focus on specific subfields such as:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Aerospace Engineering

Their research topics reveal an emphasis on applied techniques and systems for detection, optimization, and interaction. The main topics covered are:

  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications

Publications by Gambardella have appeared in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Computers in Human Behavior Reports
  • eLife

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gambardella reflect a diversity of subjects from AI-powered robotics to optimization algorithms and neural network applications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Fully Onboard AI-powered Human-Drone Pose Estimation on Ultra-low Power Autonomous Flying Nano-UAVs, 2022, Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna)
  • A Tabu Search algorithm for the Probabilistic Orienteering Problem, 2020, Computers & Operations Research
  • Path Planning With Local Motion Estimations, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Measurement and inspection of electrical discharge machined steel surfaces using deep neural networks, 2020, Machine Vision and Applications
  • The CT-cube: A framework for the design and the assessment of computational thinking activities, 2022, Computers in Human Behavior Reports

Throughout their career, Gambardella has collaborated extensively, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Alessandro Giusti
  • Jérôme Guzzi
  • Dario Mantegazza
  • Roberto Montemanni
  • Giorgia Adorni

Best Publications

  • Ant colony system: a cooperative learning approach to the traveling salesman problem

    M. Dorigo;L.M. Gambardella

  • Ant algorithms for discrete optimization

    Marco Dorigo;Gianni Di Caro;Luca M. Gambardella

  • Ant colonies for the travelling salesman problem

    Marco Dorigo;Luca Maria Gambardella

  • Mitosis detection in breast cancer histology images with deep neural networks.

    Dan Claudio Ciresan;Alessandro Giusti;Luca Maria Gambardella;Juergen Schmidhuber

  • Flexible, high performance convolutional neural networks for image classification

    Dan C. Cireşan;Ueli Meier;Jonathan Masci;Luca M. Gambardella

  • Deep Neural Networks Segment Neuronal Membranes in Electron Microscopy Images

    Dan Ciresan;Alessandro Giusti;Luca M. Gambardella;Jürgen Schmidhuber

  • Deep, big, simple neural nets for handwritten digit recognition

    Dan Claudiu Cireşan;Ueli Meier;Luca Maria Gambardella;Jürgen Schmidhuber

  • MACS-VRPTW: a multiple ant colony system for vehicle routing problems with time windows

    Luca Maria Gambardella;Éric Taillard;Giovanni Agazzi

  • Ant-Q: a reinforcement learning approach to the traveling salesman problem

    Luca Maria Gambardella;Marco Dorigo

  • Ant colonies for the quadratic assignment problem

    Luca Maria Gambardella;Éric E.D. Taillard;Marco Dorigo

  • A survey on metaheuristics for stochastic combinatorial optimization

    Leonora Bianchi;Marco Dorigo;Luca Maria Gambardella;Walter J. Gutjahr

  • AntHocNet: an adaptive nature-inspired algorithm for routing in mobile ad hoc networks

    Gianni Di Caro;Frederick Ducatelle;Luca Maria Gambardella

  • Solving symmetric and asymmetric TSPs by ant colonies

    L.M. Gambardella;M. Dorigo

  • A Machine Learning Approach to Visual Perception of Forest Trails for Mobile Robots

    Alessandro Giusti;Jerome Guzzi;Dan C. Ciresan;Fang-Lin He

  • Deep Big Simple Neural Nets Excel on Handwritten Digit Recognition

    Dan Claudiu Ciresan;Ueli Meier;Luca Maria Gambardella;Juergen Schmidhuber

  • Max-pooling convolutional neural networks for vision-based hand gesture recognition

    Jawad Nagi;Frederick Ducatelle;Gianni A. Di Caro;Dan Ciresan

  • Effective Neighborhood Functions for the Flexible Job Shop Problem

    M. Mastrolilli;L. M. Gambardella

  • Convolutional Neural Network Committees for Handwritten Character Classification

    Dan Claudiu Ciresan;Ueli Meier;Luca Maria Gambardella;Jurgen Schmidhuber

  • ARGoS: a modular, parallel, multi-engine simulator for multi-robot systems

    Carlo Pinciroli;Vito Trianni;Rehan O’Grady;Giovanni Pini

  • Ant colony system for a dynamic vehicle routing problem

    Roberto Montemanni;Luca Maria Gambardella;Andrea Emilio Rizzoli;Alberto V. Donati

  • Time dependent vehicle routing problem with a multi ant colony system

    Alberto V. Donati;Roberto Montemanni;Norman Casagrande;Andrea Emilio Rizzoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianni A. Di Caro
Gianni A. Di Caro Carnegie Mellon University
Roberto Montemanni
Roberto Montemanni University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Marco Dorigo
Marco Dorigo Université Libre de Bruxelles
Andrea Emilio Rizzoli
Andrea Emilio Rizzoli Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research
Francesco Mondada
Francesco Mondada École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jürgen Schmidhuber
Jürgen Schmidhuber King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thomas Stützle
Thomas Stützle Université Libre de Bruxelles
Mauro Birattari
Mauro Birattari Université Libre de Bruxelles
Stefano Nolfi
Stefano Nolfi National Research Council (CNR)
Vito Trianni
Vito Trianni National Research Council (CNR)

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