Pasquale Daponte

PASQUALE DAPONTE (IEEE M’ 91 – SM’ 99 – FM’ 09) was born in Minori (SA), Italy, on March 7, 1957. He obtained his bachelor's degree and master's degree “cum laude” in Electrical Engineering in 1981 from University of Naples, Italy. He is a Full Professor of Digital Signal Processing and Measurement Information at University of Sannio – Benevento, Italy.

He is President of International Measurement KOnfederation (www.imeko.org).

He is member of: AdCom of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society; Editorial Board of the Measurement Journal - Elsevier Publisher; Past Editor of “IEEE 1658 Standard for Terminology and Test Methods of Digital-to-Analog Converter Devices”; Working Group for IEEE Std. P1696 on Terminology and Test Methods for Electronic Probes, IEEE Std. 181-2011 on “Transitions, Pulses, and Related Waveforms”, IEEE Std. IEEE 1057 for Digitizing Waveform Recorders, IEEE Std.1241 “Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Analog-to-Digital Converters”, IEEE Draft Std. “P1721 - Standard for Objective Measurement of Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure in Humans”, Project of a new IEEE Standard on Jitter Measurement; Working Group of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technical Committee N°10 Subcommittee of the Waveform Measurements and Analysis Committee; SC IEC 47A “Interface integrated circuits - Dynamic criteria for Analogue-Digital Converters (ADC)”; IEC/TC85 “Measuring equipment for electrical and electromagnetic quantities”; MT 18 Revision of publications IEC 60469-1 and IEC 60649-2, CENCLC_JWGNAWI; Italian Electrical Engineering Association; Societas Internationalis pro Diagnostica Ultrasonica in Opthalmologia; Vice President of the Italian Electrical and Electronic Measurements Association.

He has organised several national or international meetings in the field of Electronic Measurements and European co-operation and he was General Chairman of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technical Conference for 2006. 

He is the coorganizer of the 1st IEEE Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, www.metroaerospace.org

He was co-Editor of several Proceedings and Special Issues on international Journals.

He is founder and Head of the Laboratory of Digital Signal Processing and Measurement Information at University of Sannio, Italy (http://lesim1.ing.unisannio.it).

He organized and managed some research projects financial supported by international, national, and regional Institutions. These researches allowed some relevant collaborations with foreign Institutions and Industries to be activated. In particular, he managed projects for Italian Space Agency into field of remote education by satellite and the design of cytometer for satellite application.

He has published more than 250 scientific papers in journals and at national and international conferences on the following subjects: Digital Signal Processing, Distributed Measurement Systems, ADC and DAC Modelling and Testing, Biomedical instrumentations. 

He is reviewer for many IEEE journals and magazines, and other international scientific journals.

He is cofounder of spin-off LabMep s.r.l.. He developed research activities for several Italian and foreign industries.

In 1987 he received from the Italian Society of Oftalmology (SOI) the prize SOI for the studies on the digital signal processing of the ultrasounds in echo-oftalmology.

He received the Laurea Honoris Causa in Electrical Engineering from Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi" of Iasi (Romania).