Maria G. Signorini is Associate Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, since december 2003. In the same University she received a Master degree in Electric Engineering and in 1995, a PhD in Biomedical Engineering on nonlinear analysis and modelling of cardiovascular time series. Her teaching activities are in the field of Electronic Bioengineering and Biomedical Signal and Image Processing. Since 2004, she is the coordinator of the PhD Degree Program in Bioengineering, School of Doctoral Programs, Politecnico di Milano. Her main research interests are nonlinear analysis and modelling of biological signals and systems, development of advanced methods for the analysis of time series, soft computing and knowledge based systems, multiparametric approaches improving the diagnostic power of medical diagnostic tools and neuroengineering. She participates to national and international scientific programs. She is author of about 40 peer reviewed international papers in the field of nonlinear signal processing.