The advent of bio-inspired event-based vision has started introducing a paradigm shift in machine vision. Relying on asynchronous acquisition and processing of visual information, event-based vision systems outperform conventional frame-based technology in many respects, amongst them increased speed, ultra-high dynamic range, savings in computational cost and improved robustness. As a result, demanding machine vision tasks, such as real-time 3D mapping, complex multi-object tracking or fast visual feedback loops for sensory-motor action can run at kilohertz rates on cheap, battery-powered processing hardware. Prophesee develops proprietary event-based vision and image sensors, smart camera systems and complete machine vision solutions based on a frame-free, bio-inspired way of acquiring and processing visual information.

Dr. Lavizzari was born in Milano. BS ’04, MS ’06, PhD ’10 at Politecnico di Milano, with first class honors. Executive MBA ’18 at Politecnico di Milano business school, with first class honors. During his career, he worked on Phase Change Memory (PCM), 3D NAND, ferroelectrics, imagers, sensors and photonics. From 2010 to 2015 he has been with Micron R&D, Italy, as Device Engineer working on PCM and emerging memory development. He spent one year in Boise, USA at Micron headquarters. From 2015 to 2018 he has been with imec, Belgium working on memories, imagers and machine learning. Since 2018 he is currently with Prophesee, France were he is Product Marketing and Innovation Director. Dr. Lavizzari published more than 25 papers in peer-reviewed journals and filed 5 patents (3 granted, 2 pending).