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Mr. Sartori has got his degree in Electronic Engineering at Politecnico of Torino in July 1972.Until June 1990 he has worked for CSELT (Centro Studi e Laboratori di Telecomunicazioni) of Torino as linear circuits designer to be used in data transmission systems both on cable and on optical fibers. After a one year stage in SGS he became responsible for the development of linear integrated circuits with the supervision of twelve researchers. From 1980 to 1986 he was involved as analogue and mixed signal ASIC designer inseveral projects with the Castelletto and Agrate design teams of ST Microelectronics. In June 1990 he left CSELT and joined COREP (Consorzio per la Ricerca e l'Educazione Permanente) di Torino, as R & D co-ordinator for the establishment of a new technological lab LETEO (Laboratorio di Eccellenza per le Tecnologie Elettroniche e Ottiche) where he was in charge for Packaging and Interconnection technologies. He was the co-ordinator of the North-West Microelectronic Competence Center (NWCCM) established in the MEPI Esprit Special Action (1992-1995), to support the companies in developing microelectronic demonstrators In the three years of MEPI activity he gave assistance for the realization of two ASICs for commercial usage. At the beginning of 1996, on behalf of COREP, he became co-ordinator of the Northern Italy Technology Transfer Node taking part in the network of the European TTNs, established in the ESPRIT-FUSE European action in the IV RTD framework, to stimulate the introduction of microelectronics technologies into European industrial products.During the FUSE activity (1996-2000), he was responsible for the successful execution of 26 Application Experiments carried out by as many companies in Northern Italy using microelectronics technologies.In 1999, COREP joined 10 other similar oganisations in establishing an ETI (Economic, Technology and Intelligence) network in the Innovation and SME program in framework V. The network has name SWEETS and has as main goal to favour the participation of SMEs in the European Research projects particularly in the microelectronics and information technology fields. Mr. Sartori is the coordinator of COREP activity in SWEETS. Since July 2001 COREP is also one of the Excellence Centres in the Take-Up Action VAMP (Voice Adapted Multipurpose Peripherals), where Mr. Sartori monitors and assists the development of a few user experiments carried out by some SMEs which want to introduce speech based facilities into their products. Mr. Sartori was also temporary professor at Politecnico of Torino where his lectures concern "Analog Integrated Circuits Design". He also has taught "Basic Digital Electronics" at the Aosta site of Politecnico from 1990 to 2001. He acted as an evaluator in the IV the V and the VI frameworks. Particularly in FP V he has been evaluator for RTD, Take-Up and CRAFT proposals in IST (Key Action 1 (health), Key Action 3 (software), key action 4 (microelectronics and microsystems), while in the VI FP he acted as an expert for biosensor technology in the 2^nd NMP-IST joint call in November 2004. Mr. sartori has also been asked to contribute to the 3rd edition of the Telemedicine Glossary edited by the IST Directorate for the definition of the terms "Technology Transfer" and "Microelectronics".He also was invited as trainer in the Summer and Winter schools held respectively in Brno (Rep Chekia) and in Warsaw in June and November 2004. The schools were organised by the European Proton network for the NAS Technology Tranfer Offices. Mr. Sartori is also the responsible for the innovation activity in the LISEM lab created for the recovery of the Mirafiori area with the support of the European Project PIC-URBAN2. Mr. Sartori has a long time running experience with the participation, coordination and organisation of RTD and technology transfer projects, particularly the one involving the SMEs. Since its involvement in the MEPI SUMIS and FUSE he offered its expertise to favour the introduction of innovative products in the Italian SMEs portfolio.He also covers an important role in the currently ongoing project DIADI aimed to favouring the diffusion of innovation in the Piedmont area where he is the responsible for the Innovation Projects action for SMEs. Mr. Sartori is author or coauthor of more than 20 technical papers and holds some international patents.

Abstract

RIUSA is part of the innovation activity of the economic and technological intervention lab LISEM, established, in the framework of the European PIC Urban 2 program, by some of the most important local actors in R&D and education in order to favour the economic and cultural growth of the population of Mirafiori, a city area which suffers from social and inclusion problems since many years and whose condition were recently worsened due to the crisis of the main Italian car manufacturer FIAT which caused the loss of many jobs in the local supply SMEs.LISEM is involved in supporting the industrial diversification by nursing, with dedicated education and training, hi-tech, mainly ICT, start-ups, and, at the same time it aims to reduce the cultural and social barriers faced by the Mirafiori inhabitants in accessing the usage and practice of these new technologies.