Journal Articles
M. Poletti and M. Rucci (2008), Oculomotor Synchronization of Visual Responses in Modeled Populations of Retinal Ganglion Cells , Journal of Vision, in press.
M. Rucci, R. Iovin, M. Poletti, and F. Santini (2007), Miniature Eye Movements Enhance Fine Spatial Detail, Nature. 447(7146), 851-854.
M. Rucci, D. Bullock, and F. Santini (2007), Integrating robotics and neuroscience: brains for robots, bodies for brains, Advanced Robotics. 21(10), 1115-1129.
G. Desbordes and M. Rucci (2007), A model of the dynamics of retinal activity during natural visual fixation, Visual Neuroscience. 24(2), 1-14.
F. Santini and M. Rucci (2007), Active estimation of distance in a robotic system that replicates human eye movements, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 55, 107-121.
F. Santini, G. Redner, R. Iovin, and M. Rucci, EyeRIS: A general-purpose system for eye movement contingent display control, Behavior Research Methods. 39(3), 350-364.
A. Casile and M. Rucci (2006), A theoretical analysis of the influence of fixational instability on the development of thalamo-cortical connectivity, Neural Computation. 18(3), 569-590.
M. Rucci and A. Casile (2005), Fixational instability and natural image statistics: Implications for early visual representations Network: Computation in Neural Systems. 16(2-3), 121-138.
M. Rucci and J. Beck, (2005), Effects of ISI and flash duration on the identification of briefly flashed stimuli, Spatial Vision. 18(2), 259-274.
M. Rucci and A. Casile (2004), Decorrelation of neural activity during fixational instability: Possible implications for the refinement of V1 receptive fields, Visual Neuroscience. 21, 725-738.
M. Rucci and G. Desbordes (2003), Contributions of fixational eye movements to the discrimination of briefly presented stimuli, Journal of Vision. 3(11), 852-864.
M. Rucci, G.M. Edelman, and J. Wray (2000), Modeling LGN responses during free-viewing: A possible role of microscopic eye movements in the refinement of cortical orientation selectivity, Journal of Neuroscience. 20(12), 4708-4720.
M. Rucci, J. Wray, and G.M. Edelman (2000), Robust localization of auditory and visual targets in a robotic barn owl, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 30(1-2), 181-194.
M. Rucci, G.M. Edelman, and J. Wray (1999), Adaptation of orienting behavior: from the barn owl to a robotic system, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 15(1), 96-110.
M. Rucci and J. Wray (1999), Binaural cross-correlation and auditory localization in the barn owl: a theoretical study, Neural Networks. 12(1), 31-42.
M. Rucci, G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1997), Registration of neural maps through value-dependent learning: modeling the alignment of auditory and visual maps in the barn owl's optic tectum, Journal of Neuroscience. 17(1), 334-352.
I. Nicoletti, M. Rucci, D. Cheli, and G. Valli (1996), Computer assessment of skeletal maturity, Acta Medica Auxologica. 28, 61-63.
M. Rucci, G. Coppini, I. Nicoletti, D. Cheli, and G. Valli (1995), Automatic Analysis of Hand Radiographs for the Assessment of Skeletal Age: A Subsymbolic Approach, Computers and Biomedical Research. 28, 239-256.
M. Rucci and P. Dario (1994), Development of Cutaneo-Motor Coordination in an Autonomous Robotic System, Autonomous Robots. 1, 93-106.
C. Colombo, M. Rucci, and P. Dario (1994), Attentive Behavior in an Anthropomorphic Robot Vision System, Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 12, 121-131.
S. Cagnoni, G. Coppini, M. Rucci, D. Caramella, and G. Valli (1993), Neural Network Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Spin Echo Images of the Brain, Journal of Biomedical Engineering. 15, 355-362.
G. Coppini, R. Poli, M. Rucci, and G. Valli (1992), A Neural Network Architecture for Understanding Discrete 3D Scenes in Medical Imaging, Computers and Biomedical Research. 25, 569-585.
D. Caramella, R. Poli, M. Rucci, and G. Valli (1992), A Neural Network Approach to MR and CT Image Understanding, Radiologia Diagnostica (Springer-Verlag). 33(5), 341-344.
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Articles in Conference Proceedings
F. Santini and M. Rucci, Depth perception in an anthropomorphic robot that replicates human eye movements, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Orlando, FL, May 2006 - Best Vision Paper Award.
M. Rucci, Visual encoding with jittering eyes, in Y. Weiss and B. Scholkopf and J. Platt (Eds.), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 18. 1137-1144, 2006.
M. Rucci and A. Casile, Eye movements and the maturation of cortical orientation selectivity, in T. G. Dietterich, S. Becker and Z. Ghahramani (Eds.), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 14, 261-267, 2001.
M. Rucci, J. Wray, and G.M. Edelman, Spatial localization and the refinement of orienting behavior: What can be learned from the barn owl?. Proc. of ISIC/CIRA/ISAS'98, Gaithersburg, MD, September 1998.
M. Rucci, J. Wray, and G.M. Edelman, Adaptation of orienting behavior: from the barn owl to a robotic system, Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation. Monterey, CA, July 1997.
M. Rucci, J. Wray, G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman, A robotic system emulating the adaptive orienting behavior of the barn owl, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation. Albuquerque, NM, April 1997.
M. Rucci and R. Bajcsy, Learning Visuo-Tactile Coordination in Robotic Systems, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation. Nagoya, Japan, May 1995.
L. Bogoni, M. Rucci, and R. Bajcsy , Investigating functionality: The case of piercing operation , Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition. Jerusalem, October 1994.
P. Dario, C. Guadagnini, C. Laschi, and M. Rucci, An experimental multisensorial robotic system for disassembly automation, Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotic Systems. Munich, Germany, September 1994.
M. Rucci and P. Dario, Autonomous learning of tactile-motor coordination in robotics, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation. San Diego, CA, May 1994.
P. Dario, M. Rucci, C. Guadagnini, and C. Laschi, An investigation on a robot system for disassembly automation, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation. San Diego, CA, May 1994.
P. Dario, M. Rucci, C. Guadagnini, and C. Laschi, An experimental robot system for investigating disassembly problems, Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Advanced Robotics. Tsukuba, Japan, November 1993.
S. Pierotti and M. Rucci, A neural network system to aid the diagnosis of meniscus lesions (in Italian), Proc. 58th Conf. Società Italiana Anestesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva. Firenze, October 1993..
P. Dario, M. Rucci, C. Guadagnini, and C. Laschi, Integrating visual and tactile information in disassembly tasks, Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Advanced Robotics. Tokyo, Japan, November 1993.
P. Dario and M. Rucci, A neural network-based robotic system implementing recent biological theories on tactile perception, Proc. 3rd Int. Symposium. on Experimental Robotics. Kyoto, Japan, October 1993.
G. Valli, G. Coppini, M. Rucci, D. Cheli, and I. Nicoletti, A neural network system for estimating skeletal maturity from X-ray images of the hand (in Italian), 94a Riunione Annuale dell´Associazione Elettrotecnica Italiana. Ancona, October 1993.
M. Rucci, P. Dario, and M. Di Natale, Robotic tactile perception: a neural network-based approach incorporating sensorimotor strategies, Proc. 3rd Int. Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics. Torino, Italy, September 1993.
M. Rucci and P. Dario, Active exploration of objects by sensorimotor control procedures and tactile feature enhancement based on neural networks, Proc. Int. Conf. on Advanced Mechatronics. Tokyo, Japan, August 1993.
C. Colombo, P. Dario, M. De Micheli, and M. Rucci, space80-variant sampling and selective attention in a robot vision system, Proc. Int. Workshop on Intelligent Robotic Systems. Zakopane, Poland, July 1993.
M. Rucci and P. Dario, Active exploration procedures in robotic tactile perception, Proc. Int. Workshop on Intelligent Robotic Systems. Zakopane, Poland, July 1993.
M. Rucci and P. Dario, Selective attention mechanisms in a vision system based on neural networks, Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Yokohama, Japan, July 1993.
P. Dario and M. Rucci, An approach to disassembly problems in robotics, Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Yokohama, Japan, July 1993.
M. Rucci and E. Lorello, Organ segmentation by means of neural networks, Proc. 7th Int. Symposium on Computer Assisted Radiology. Berlin, June 1993.
M. Rucci, M. Spuri, and C. Perego, A neural network system for menisci surface estimation in MR discrete 3D scenes, Proc. 14th Ann. Int. Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Paris, October 1992.
R. Poli, D. Caramella, M. Rucci, and G. Valli, A neural network approach to MR and CT image understanding, Proc. 6th Symposium on Computer Assisted Radiology. Berlin, July 1991.
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Book Chapters
M. Rucci (2007), Behavioral influences on visual development: Insights from neural modeling, to appear in Santoianni F., Sabatano C. (Eds.), "Brain Development in Learning Environments: Embodied and Perceptual Advancements".
M. Salganicoff, M. Rucci and R. Bajcsy (1996), Unsupervised Visuo-Tactile Learning for Control of Manipulation, in S. Nyar and T. Poggio (Eds.), "Early Visual Learning", Oxford University Press.
C. Colombo, M. Rucci and P. Dario (1996), Integrating Selective Attention and space80-Variant Sensing in Machine Vision, in J.L.C. Sanz (Ed.), "Image Technology: Advances in Image Processing, Multimedia and Machine Vision", Springer Verlag.
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Abstracts and Extended Abstracts
M. Rucci, R. Iovin, M. Poletti, and F. Santini, Temporal encoding of spatial patterns by fixational instability, Society for Neuroscience - 37th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, October 2007.
A. Casile and M. Rucci, Time division multiplexing in the visual system, Society for Neuroscience - 37th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, October 2007.
M. Rucci, R. Iovin, M. Poletti, and F. Santini, Contributions of fixational eye movements to pattern vision, 30th European Conference on Visual Perception. Arezzo, Italy, August 2007.
M. Poletti and M. Rucci, Dependence of fixational saccades on the visual task and image fading conditions, Vision Sciences Society - 7th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2007.
R. Iovin, M. Poletti, F. Santini, and M. Rucci, Visual Discrimination during Controlled Retinal Image Motion, Vision Sciences Society - 7th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2007.
M. Rucci, R. Iovin, M. Poletti, and F. Santini, Visual Discrimination with and without Retinal Image Motion, Cosyne: Computational and Systems Neuroscience Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2007.
M. Rucci, G. Desbordes, R. Iovin, and F. Santini, Fixational eye movements and the perception of spatial detail, Society for Neuroscience - 36th Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, October 2006.
G. Desbordes and M. Rucci, Modeling the dynamics of retinal ganglion cells during natural viewing, 10th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, May 2006.
R. Iovin, G. Desbordes, F. Santini, and M. Rucci, Vision in the presence of Fixational Eye Movements: implications for neural models, 10th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, May 2006.
M. Rucci, G. Desbordes, R. Iovin, and F. Santini, Contributions of fixational eye movements to visual discrimination, Vision Sciences Society - 5th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2006.
M. Rucci, R. Iovin, and G. Desbordes, Fixational eye movements and the representation of natural scenes, Cosyne: Computational and Systems Neuroscience Conference. Salt Lake City, UT, March 2006.
M. Rucci and G. Desbordes, Influences of fixational eye movements on the statistics of visual input: Implications for early visual representations, Society for Neuroscience - 35th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, October 2005.
G. Desbordes and M. Rucci, A model of visual discrimination in the presence of fixational instability, Society for Neuroscience - 35th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, October 2005.
M. Rucci and A. Casile, Possible influences of fixational eye movements on the neural encoding of natural stimuli, European Conference on Visual Perception. A Coruna, Spain, August 2005.
M. Rucci, G. Desbordes, and A. Casile, Fixational eye movements and the neural encoding of natural visual stimuli: A theoretical perspective, Gordon Research Conference on Oculomotor System Biology. Lewiston, ME, June 2005.
M. Rucci and A. Casile, Fixational instability and the representation of natural scenes, Vision Sciences Society - 5th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2005.
F. Santini, G. Redner, R. Iovin, and M. Rucci, A general purpose system for eye movement contingent display control, Vision Sciences Society - 4th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2005.
G. Desbordes and M. Rucci, Modeling the responses of LGN neurons during fixational eye movements, Society for Neuroscience - 34th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, Oct 2004.
B. Ersoy, I. Kagan, D.M. Snodderly, and M. Rucci, Predicting the responses of V1 complex cells in alert monkeys, Society for Neuroscience - 34th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, Oct 2004.
M. Rucci and A. Casile, Fixational instability and natural image statistics: Implications for early visual representations, Society for Neuroscience - 34th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, Oct 2004.
G. Desbordes and M. Rucci, Modeling the response of geniculate neurons during fixational instability, 8th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, May 2004.
B. Ersoy, I. Kagan, D.M. Snodderly, and M. Rucci, Modeling the responses of V1 complex cells in alert monkeys, 8th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, May 2004.
G. Desbordes and M. Rucci, Discrimination of briefly presented stimuli in the presence and absence of fixational eye movements, Vision Sciences Society - 4th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2004.
B. Ersoy, I. Kagan, M. Rucci, and D.M. Snodderly, Modeling the responses of V1 complex cells to natural temporal input, Vision Sciences Society - 4th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2004.
F. Santini, J.D. Watts, G. Desbordes, and M. Rucci, A system for experiments of eye movements contingent display, Vision Sciences Society - 4th Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2004.
M. Rucci and A. Casile, Modeling the influences of eye movements on the statistical structure of neural activity in the LGN and V1, Society for Neuroscience - 33rd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, Nov 2003.
G. Desbordes and M. Rucci, Stimulus identification in the presence and absence of eye movements, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, May 2003.
F. Santini and M. Rucci, Active estimate of depth in a robotic system that replicates human eye movements, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, May 2003.
M. Rucci and A. Casile, Decorrelation of neuronal responses during eye movements: possible implications for the refinement of V1 receptive fields, Vision Sciences Society - 3rd Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2003.
O. Parsons and M. Rucci, A model of the possible influences of eye movements on the maturation of cortical direction selectivity, Vision Sciences Society - 3rd Annual Meeting. Sarasota, FL, May 2003.
O. Parsons and M. Rucci, Eye movements and the experience-dependent refinement of cortical direction selectivity, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, June 2002.
A. Casile and M. Rucci, Influences of eye movements in the experience-dependent refinement of cortical receptive fields, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston, MA, June 2001.
M. Rucci, E. Mingolla, and A. Casile, Modeling the refinement of cortical orientation selectivity during active exposure to natural visual input, Society for Neuroscience - 30th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, November 2000.
M. Rucci and A. Casile, A possible role of microscopic eye movements in the refinement of cortical orientation selectivity, Proceedings Symposium on Eye Movements and Vision in the Natural World. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2000.
M. Rucci, G.M. Edelman, and J. Wray, Modeling the influence of eye movements on the development of orientation selectivity, Society for Neuroscience - 28th Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, November 1998.
P. König and M. Rucci, A model of sensorimotor integration for the generation of saccades, Society for Neuroscience - 27th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, November 1997.
M. Rucci and J. Wray, A theoretical study of auditory azimuth localization in the barn owl, Society for Neuroscience - 27th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, November 1997.
M. Rucci, G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman, A computer model of the alignment of auditory and visual maps of space80 in the optic tectum of the barn owl, Society for Neuroscience - 26th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., November 1996.
M. Rucci, Neural Networks and Dynamic Vision, Proc. 15th European Conference on Visual Perception. Pisa, September 1992.
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Technical Reports
F. Santini, G. Redner, and M. Rucci (2005), EyeRIS User’s Manual. CAS/CNS-TR-2005-004.
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