Monsieur Stefano MAFRICA / PhD


R&D Engineer position in Robotics or Automobile, with particular interest in real-time control and vision applications

Professional contact details

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Professional experience

Field of activity : Advanced driving assistance systems

Contract type : Entreprises

Function : Conception fonctions ADAS

Organization or company : PSA Groupe

Company size : 2000

City : Velizy-Villacoublay

Country : FRANCE

Field of activity : Advanced driving assistance systems

Contract type : Entreprises

Function : Thèse CIFRE

Organization or company : PSA Groupe

Company size : 2000

City : Velizy-Villacoublay

Country : FRANCE

Jobs

Availability : 5 2016

Additional information : Sport, music, photography, films, literature

Mobility : Tous les pays

Research : OUI

Skills

• Sociable, team worker, passionate, motivated, flexible • Capability of managing small projects and teams, and communicating effectively

Techniques

• Advanced modeling, identification and control of robotic systems from theory to real-time implementation • Advanced signal processing, artificial intelligence and computer vision techniques for real-time applications • Electronic and mechanical design of robotic systems, from the concept to the implementation and testing • Standard sensors: cameras, encoders, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, ultrasonic sensors, GPS • Custom sensor design, integrating on-the-shelf components with ad-hoc rigid and flexible PCBs • Real-time C/C++ on Windows and Linux OS, micro-controllers and DSP (using UART, SPI, I2C, Wi-Fi, USB, CAN) • Matlab/Simulink toolbox design for generating embedded applications for Linux-based computer-on-modules • Programming: Matlab/Simulink, C/C++ with Visual Studio and GCC (using OpenCV, ROS, Xenomai, etc…) • Electronic and mechanical design: LabVIEW, Cadence OrCAD, Solidworks CAD • Text and image editing: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher), LaTeX, Inkscape, Gimp

PhD

Title : Sciences du Mouvement Humain - MRS

First registration date : 15 April 2013 / 4A

Doctoral school : Sciences du Mouvement Humain

Thesis defense date : 12 July 2016

Subject : Capteurs Visuels Bio-Inspirés pour des Applications Robotiques et Automobiles

Thesis supervisor : RUFFIER Franck

Thesis co-supervisor :

Research unit : ISM - Institut des Sciences du Mouvement Etienne Jules Marey

Master's degree

Title : Laurea Magistrale (Master d'Ingénierie)

October 2012 - Université de Gênes

Publications

  • A bio-inspired analog silicon retina with Michaelis-Menten auto-adaptive pixels sensitive to small and large changes in light
    Optics Express, 2015
    Stefano Mafrica, Stéphanie Godiot, Mohsine Menouni, Marc Boyron, Fabien Expert, Raphaël Juston, Nicolas Marchand, Franck Ruffier, and Stéphane Viollet
    https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-23-5-5614
  • Towards an Automatic Parking System using Bio-Inspired 1-D Optical Flow Sensors
    IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety 2015, 2015
    Stefano Mafrica, Alain Servel and Franck Ruffier

  • Optic-Flow Based Car-Like Robot Operating in a 5-Decade Light Level Range
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2016, 2016
    S. Mafrica, A. Servel and F. Ruffier

  • Dispositif de détection à lentille intégrée dans un élément d'un véhicule, pour la mesure de flux optique
    nc, 2016
    S. Mafrica, F. Ruffier, A. Servel and J. Monnoyer

  • Dispositif d'aide à la conduite d'un véhicule, à capteurs de flux optique
    French Patent, 2016
    Stefano Mafrica, Alain Servel, Franck Ruffier

  • Optic flow sensors based on auto-adaptive pixels applied to visual odometry on a low-cost car-like robot
    Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2016
    Stefano Mafrica, Alain Servel, Franck Ruffier

Languages

Anglais : C2 - Courant

Français : C2 - Courant

Italien : C2 - Maternel