SPECIAL SESSION #10

Gianluca Ciattaglia

Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Information Engineering, ME2SLab, Italy

• g.ciattaglia@staff.univpm.it

Susanna Spinsante

Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Information Engineering, ME2SLab, Italy

• s.spinsante@staff.univpm.it

Giacomo Peruzzi

University of Padua, Department of Information Engineering, Italy

• giacomo.peruzzi@unipd.it

Alessandro Pozzebonv

University of Padua, Department of Information Engineering, Italy

• alessandro.pozzebon@unipd.it

Valeria Bruschi

Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Information Engineering, Audio DSP Lab, Italy

• v.bruschi@staff.univpm.it

Stefania Cecchi

Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Information Engineering, Audio DSP Lab, Italy

• s.cecchi@staff.univpm.it

Alessandro Terenzi

Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Information Engineering, Audio DSP Lab, Italy

• a.terenzi@staff.univpm.it

As global industries pivot toward "Net Zero" goals, the tools we use to monitor progress must themselves be sustainable. Conventional measurement paradigms often overlook the environmental footprint of sensor manufacturing, the energy consumption of high-frequency data transmission, and the e-waste generated by obsolete instrumentation.

This special session aims to bridge the gap between Metrology and Ecological Responsibility. We seek to explore how a “green measurement” approach can be integrated into the three most critical sectors for human development: Industry 4.0, Digital Health, Smart Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring.

Sustainability of Measurement Systems: Methods, Instruments, and Lifecycles in Industrial, Health, and Agricultural Monitoring.

As global industries pivot toward "Net Zero" goals, the tools we use to monitor progress must themselves be sustainable. Conventional measurement paradigms often overlook the environmental footprint of sensor manufacturing, the energy consumption of high-frequency data transmission, and the e-waste generated by obsolete instrumentation.

This special session aims to bridge the gap between Metrology and Ecological Responsibility. We seek to explore how a “green measurement” approach can be integrated into the three most critical sectors for human development: Industry 4.0, Digital Health, Smart Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring.

We invite original contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Low-Power & Energy-Harvesting Instruments: development of self-powered sensors for remote agricultural and industrial monitoring;
• Circular Metrology: design-for-disassembly and recyclability of complex medical and industrial instruments;
• Efficient Measurement Methods for Quality and Production: design of innovative measurement approaches and methods to make production more efficient, reduce waste of resources by early defect identification, improve production line performances;
• Virtual & Soft Sensing: reducing physical hardware footprints through digital twins and AI-driven inferential measurements for applications such as always-on health monitoring, long-term observations of human behavior and health-related conditions;
• Sustainable Data Lifecycle: optimizing edge computing to reduce the carbon footprint of big data in health, home and environment monitoring;
• Resilient & Long-Life Calibration: techniques to extend the intervals between hardware maintenance and replacement;
• Measurements for Green Networks: Measurement techniques for monitoring the energy efficiency of advanced communication infrastructures (e.g. 5G/6G) and optical networks.

Papers addressing precision farming with minimal sensor density, biodegradable in-soil sensors, and water-management metrology, eco-friendly wearable devices, biodegradable biosensors, and energy-efficient medical imaging, emissions monitoring, energy-efficient manufacturing, and sustainable supply chain sensing, real-time energy profiling of base stations, communication networks, and data centers, carbon-aware routing metrics, and hardware longevity in network testing, are welcome.

This session intends to increase awareness on sustainable measurement processes, fostering a community of researchers with diverse backgrounds, dedicated to ensuring that the act of monitoring the planet does not inadvertently harm it.

Gianluca Ciattaglia received the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electronic engineering from Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, in 2014 and 2017, respectively, where he pursued the Ph.D. degree in information engineering in 2021. In 2018, he joined Ferrari S.p.A. Gestione Sportiva, Maranello, Italy, as an Electronic Support Engineer for Formula 1 test and support team. From January 2022 to August 2024, he has been a Research Fellow with Università Politecnica delle Marche where now he is Assistant Professor of electrical and electronics measurements. His work focuses on radar signal processing techniques and measurements with radar sensors. His scientific activity is related to develop measurement techniques and methods based on radar sensors.

Susanna Spinsante is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Electronic Measurements at the Information Engineering Department (DII) of the Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy. She received her PhD in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering in 2005 from the same University. Since 2012 her research interests are focused on the use of ambient (RGB-D, radar) and wearable sensors for the extraction of measurement signals applied to human monitoring, fall detection, motion-related measurements, action recognition. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE since 2013, member of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, GMEE, and CNIT. She servers as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, and Measurement by Elsevier.

Giacomo Peruzzi received the B.Sc. degree in information engineering, the M.Sc. degree in computer and automation engineering and the PhD in Information Engineering and Science from the University of Siena, Siena, Italy, in 2016, 2019 and 2023 respectively. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
His current research interests include the fields of the Internet of Things (IoT) and distributed measurement systems. In particular, he deals with wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for monitoring systems that are enabled by low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies, as well as embedded machine learning (ML) for measurement infrastructures.

Alessandro Pozzebon received the MSc in information engineering, with a focus on the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology applied to cultural heritage, and the PhD from the University of Siena, Siena, Italy, in 2006 and 2012, respectively. He is currently Associate Professor in Electronic Measurements with the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova. His main research interests include the development of applications based on Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), and Distributed Measurement Systems in several different application fields, from healthcare to cultural heritage and environmental monitoring.

Valeria Bruschi was born in Ancona, Italy, in 1994. She received the M.Sc. degree (cum laude) in electronic engineering in 2018 at Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, with a thesis on immersive sound reproduction in real environments. She obtained her PhD degree in 2023 at the Department of Information Engineering (DII) of the same university. She has been a postdoc researcher at DII since February 2023. Her current research interests are mainly focused on digital audio signal processing (DSP), with particular attention to adaptive DSP algorithms for linear/nonlinear systems identification, audio equalization, and immersive audio systems. She is an Associate Member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Stefania Cecchi was born in Amandola, Italy, in 1979. She received the Laurea degree (with honors) in electronic engineering from the University of Ancona (now University Politecnica delle Marche, Italy) in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy) in 2007. She was a Post Doc Researcher at DII (Department of Information Engineering) at the same university above, from February 2008 to October 2015, and Assistant Professor from November 2015 to October 2018. She is an Associate Professor at the same department since November 2018. She is the author or coauthor of numerous international papers. Her current research interests are in the area of digital signal processing, including adaptive DSP algorithms and circuits, speech, and audio processing. Prof. Cecchi is a member of the AES, IEEE, IEEE SPS and the Italian Acoustical Association (AIA).

Alessandro Terenzi was born in Senigallia, Italy, in 1991. He received the Laurea degree (with honors) in electronic engineering in July 2016 at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy), and the Ph.D degree in Electronic engineering on March 2021. He is now the Technician for the semi-anechoic chamber at DII (Department of Information Engineering) at the same university. His current research interests are in the area of digital signal processing, including nonlinear audio system identification, adaptive algorithms, equalization and immersive audio systems.