Maria Concetta Maccarone

(nickname Cettina)

Senior Scientist (Primo Ricercatore)

Associate

IASF-Pa/INAF
Via Ugo La Malfa 153
90146 Palermo
Italy
Email:   Cettina.Maccarone at inaf.it
URL:     http://www.ifc.inaf.it/~maccarone

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this page are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the INAF or the IASF-Pa Institute.

Brief information:

  • Born in Palermo, Italy, August 20, 1953
  • Degree in Physics, University of Palermo, Italy, 1979
  • Post Doc. Diploma in Health Physics, University of Bologna, Italy, 1980

Professional Experience:

  • Post doctoral fellow – IFCAI/CNR, Palermo, Italy (1981-1984)
  • Visiting Scientist – European Southern Observatory ESO, Garching, Germany (January-June 1984)
  • Researcher, Permanent Staff – IASF-Pa (formerly IFCAI/CNR), Palermo, Italy (1984-2001)
  • Visiting Scientist – European Southern Observatory ESO, Garching, Germany (June-July 1985)
  • Visiting Scientist – Dept. of Statistics, University of Stanford, CA, USA (January-April 1986)
  • Visiting Scientist – Philips Research Laboratory, Bruxelles, Belgium (October-December 1987)
  • Chairperson – “Astronomical Images”, IAPR-Italian Chapter, Italy (1991-1996)
  • Chairperson – “CCMA European Scientific Network”, ESF, France (1995-1997)
  • Chairperson – TC13/IAPR Int’l “Pattern Recognition in Astronomy and Astrophysics” (1995-1998)
  • St.C.Member – TC13/IAPR Int’l “Pattern Recognition in Astronomy and Astrophysics” (1999-2012)
  • Chairperson – Data Analysis Working Group, BeppoSAX Mission (1992-2000)
  • Chairperson – Scientific Data Analysis Working Group, EUSO Mission (2000-2004)
  • Senior Scientist, Permanent Staff – IASF-Pa/INAF, Palermo, Italy (2001-2020)
  • Chairperson – Data Analysis Working Group, GAW Experiment (2005-2011)
  • Co.Responsible – UVscope Experiment (2007-2018)
  • Responsible – UVscope Experiment (2019-present)
  • Board.Member – “ASTRI Project Office, ASTRI Program” (2011-2019)
  • Chairperson – “End-to-End Calibration of the ASTRI SST-2M Prototype” (2011-2015)
  • Chairperson – “ASPO, ASTRI Speaker’s and Publication Office” (2012-2018)
  • Board.Member – “ASPO, ASTRI Speaker’s and Publication Office” (2019-present)
  • St.C.Member – “CTA-SAPO, CTA Speaker’s And Publication Office” (2013-2016)
  • Chairperson – “CTA-CCF, CTA Central Calibration Facilities – Array Calibration” (2013-2018)
  • Board.Member – “CTA-CCF, CTA Central Calibration Facilities” (2019-2020)
  • Associate Senior Scientist – IASF-Pa/INAF, Palermo, Italy (2020-present)

Main affiliations:

… and, in the recent past:

Research interests:

  • Pattern Recognition – Image Analysis – Data Analysis Systems – Applications to X, Gamma, and Cosmic Ray Astronomy Data – Atmosphere Monitoring – Calibration
  • My research interests mainly concerns retrieval and management of information in the experimental field, particularly on data with low signal-to-noise ratio and/or low statistics. Cluster analysis, k-nearest neighbours, deconvolution algorithms, computational geometry, fuzzy set theory, mathematical morphology, Hough transform, are some of the tools adopted to define new not-standard methods of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, in the application field of high-energy astrophysical data.
  • See also ASTRIUVscopeMuographyCTAFluCheULTRABeppoSAXEUSOJEM-EUSOMeDIAAuger pages at IASF-Palermo

Selected publications: