Dr Gaetano Di Caterina

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Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

I am an academic in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and Fellow of the HEA. In particular, I am the Leonardo Lecturer on a joint programme (2023-2027) between Strathclyde and the global security company Leonardo UK Ltd.

Having completed a PhD in video analytics for smart surveillance, in the Centre for Signal & Image Processing (CeSIP), within the EEE Department at Strathclyde, my background and areas of expertise reside in signal, image and video processing. My current research interests are Neuromorphic Engineering, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Digital Signal Processing and Embedded Systems.

I am Director of the Neuromorphic Sensor Signal Processing Lab, within the CeSIP group, supervising PhD students and PostDoc researchers working on various research projects and applications within these broad research areas.

I am Course Director of the MSc in Machine Learning and Deep Learning, which is a joint MSc programme between the EEE Department and the Computer and Information Sciences Department at Strathclyde.

And I am also Adviser of Studies for Year 1 of the undergraduate degree programme Computer and Electronic Systems, joint between EEE and CIS Departments.

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Prize And Awards

Best Paper Award: Recipient; 27/8/2022
IEEE Brain Data Bank Challenges and Competitions: Recipient; 31/10/2017

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Publications

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Publications

Improving classification accuracy in post-turbulence-mitigation tasks via perceptual loss optimization: Vint David, Di Caterina Gaetano, Lamb Robert; SPIE Sensors+Imaging 2025 (2025)
An embedded visual-inertial navigation system for mobile platforms using an event-based camera: Evans James, Ferguson Andrew, Foreman Shaun, Fraser Douglas, Kliskey Samuel, Mohseni Ehsan, Di Caterina Gaetano; IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (2025)
Diversity-sensitive brain clocks linked to biophysical mechanisms in aging and dementia: Coronel-Oliveros Carlos, Moguilner Sebastián, Hernandez Hernan, Cruzat Josephine, Baez Sandra, Medel Vicente, Cuadros Jhosmary, Santamaria-Garcia Hernando, Valdes-Sosa Pedro A, Lopera Francisco, Ochoa-Gómez John Fredy, González- Hernández Alfredis, Bonilla-Santos Jasmin, Gonzalez-Montealegre Rodrigo A, Aktürk Tuba, Yıldırım Ebru, Anghinah Renato, Legaz Agustina, Fittipaldi Sol, Yener Görsev G, Escudero Javier, Babiloni Claudio, Lopez Susanna, Whelan Robert, Fernández Alberto, Huepe David, Di Caterina Gaetano, Soto-Añari Marcio, Gonzalez-Gomez Raul, Herrera Eduar, Abasolo Daniel, Kilborn Kerry, Rubido Nicolás, Clark Ruaridh, Herzog Rubén, Yerlikaya Deniz, Güntekin Bahar, Deco Gustavo, Prado Pavel, Parra Mario A, Orio Patricio, Tagliazucchi Enzo, Lawlor Brian, Ibanez Agustin; Nature Mental Health (2025)
A biopsy/non-biopsy approach to voice disorder classification using deep learning: Conway Frank, Di Caterina Gaetano, Perry Ross, Cohen Wendy, Wynne David M; IEEE International Conference on ICT Solutions for eHealth (2025)
An approach to time series forecasting with derivative spike encoding and spiking neural networks: Manna Davide Liberato, Di Caterina Gaetano, Vicente Sola Alex, Kirkland Paul; Proceedings of the 58th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 7258-7267 (2025)
Spiking Neural Networks for event-based action recognition : a new task to understand their advantage: Vicente-Sola Alex, Manna Davide L, Kirkland Paul, Di Caterina Gaetano, Bihl Trevor J; Neurocomputing Vol 611 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2024.128657

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Research

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Research Interests

Neuromorphic Engineering and Technologies
Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Image and Video Processing
Video Analytics for Surveillance
EMG Signal Processing
Speech Processing
Medical Image Processing
DSP Embedded Systems

Professional Activities

Strategic Themes: Applied AI Workshop: Participant; 17/1/2025
Ian O'Neil: Host; 9/12/2024
Strathclyde researchers seek diagnostic tool for respiratory condition: Contributor; 26/11/2018
Faculty Robotics and Automation Users Group Discussion: Participant; 10/10/2017

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Projects

Leonardo Lab Phase 0 Activity: Di Caterina, Gaetano (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
Neuromorphic Sensor Fusion for Under Water Object Detection: Patil, Chaitanya (Principal Investigator) Di Caterina, Gaetano (Co-investigator); The project aims to develop a protocol of multimodal data collection through neuromorphic sensors for underwater object detection.
The underwater object detection is very tricky phenomenon due to variability of environmental
changes like wave motion, salinity as well as visibility under water. Various sensors with different
ranges and properties can be deployed to overcome the adverse environmental conditions for object detection. However, increasing number of sensors increases the data processing power, noise and uncertainty in the process rendering the data fusion from these sensors difficult. The proven neuromorphic methods introduce a paradigm shift in handling these sensor uncertainties through sensor fusion and increasing the autonomy of the data management and decision making within the operating envelope of all the sensors used for the object detection task.; 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
Neuromorphic sensor signal processing for spatio-temporal tracking in low SNR: Di Caterina, Gaetano (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
NEU4SST – Neuromorphic Processing for Space Surveillance and Tracking: Di Caterina, Gaetano (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) Macdonald, Malcolm (Co-investigator) Kirkland, Paul (Research Co-investigator); 15-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023
Photonic Spiking Neural Networks for Ultrafast Detection and Tracking: Hurtado, Antonio (Principal Investigator) Di Caterina, Gaetano (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2023
Neuromorphic and spiking neural network applications: Di Caterina, Gaetano (Principal Investigator) Soraghan, John (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024