Emanuele Trucco
Also known as Manuel Trucco
Emanuele Trucco holds the NRP Chair of Computational Vision in Computing at the University of Dundee. His work on computer vision, the field that lets machines interpret images, spans 3-D vision, robotics and retinal image analysis. He earned a master's degree in electronic engineering at Genoa in 1984 and a PhD there in 1990. He worked at the Ispra research centre from 1984 to 1986, in Edinburgh's artificial intelligence department from 1988 to 1994, and at Heriot-Watt University until 2007. The International Association for Pattern Recognition named him a fellow in 2016, and the British Machine Vision Association gave him its Distinguished Fellow Award for 2020.
- Now at
- University of Dundee
- Works
- 454
- Citations
- 15,279
- h-index
- 55
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
-
1984–1990
A PhD on 3-D vision
He earns a master's degree in electronic engineering at the University of Genoa in 1984 and a PhD there in 1990, on geometric and functional models for 3-D vision.
-
1984–1986
Robotics research at Ispra
He works as a contract researcher at the EURATOM Joint Research Centre in Ispra from 1984 to 1986, in its robotics and artificial intelligence laboratory.
-
1988–1994
Visiting AI research in Edinburgh
He is a visiting researcher in the artificial intelligence department at the University of Edinburgh from 1988 to 1990. From 1991 to 1994 he works there and at Heriot-Watt University.
-
1994–2007
From Heriot-Watt to Dundee
He holds lecturer, senior lecturer and reader posts at Heriot-Watt University from 1994 to 2007. In 2007 he takes up the NRP Chair of Computational Vision at the University of Dundee.
-
June 2015
The VAMPIRE retinal software
In June 2015 Emanuele Trucco of Dundee's School of Computing describes the ultimate aim of VAMPIRE, a retinal software project with Edinburgh, as a practical tool for analysing large collections of retinal images.
-
2016
An IAPR fellowship
In 2016 the International Association for Pattern Recognition names him a fellow for contributions to computer vision and applications.
-
2020
A BMVA Distinguished Fellow
The British Machine Vision Association gives him its Distinguished Fellow Award for 2020.
-
As of October 2026
NRP Chair at Dundee
He is the NRP Chair of Computational Vision in Computing, School of Science and Engineering, at the University of Dundee.
Sources and credits
Photo: We have no published photo of Emanuele Trucco yet. Send us a free-licensed photo.
- Manuel Trucco - University of Dundee Discovery Portal
- Emanuele Trucco - The Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Professor Emanuele Trucco MSc PhD FRSA FIAPR – Inspired NIHR
- Eye Imaging Software Could Aid Disease Diagnosis Study Suggests : News : University of Dundee
- Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition
- The British Machine Vision Association : Emanuele Trucco