Technology Transfer and Patents

Patents

2020 A computing platform and method for synchronize the prototype execution and simulation of hardware devices, Date: 5/6/2020 n° patent 102020000013390 (ITA). Based on this patent an International PCT has been filed in 2021. Domanda di Brevetto Internazionale N. PCT/EP2021/062329, depositata in data 10-05-2021, a nome Politecnico di Milano, relativa a: "A computing platform and method for synchronize the prototype execution and simulation of hardware devices", Priorità: Italia - Nr.102020000010531 del 11-05-2020
2020 Una piattaforma informatica per prevenire attacchi ai canali laterali, Date: 11/5/2020, n° patent 102020000010531 (IT). Based on this patent an International PCT has been filed in 2021. Domanda di Brevetto Internazionale N. PCT/EP2021/064711, depositata in data 01-06-2021, a nome Politecnico di Milano relativa a: "A computing platform for preventing side channel attacks", Priorità: Italia - Nr.102020000013390 del 05-06-2020
2016 (PCT/IT2016/000037, WO2017/141277) Dispositivo elettronico per il controllo di temperatura e prestazioni di calcolo di almeno una unità di elaborazione e relativo sistema e metodo di controllo. 2016, 2017. In 2018 it has been filed the application for patenting in USA and EU (EP 16722713.1, 17.09.2018). Submitted patents to US and EU, on July 2021 the US patent has been granted.
2013 US 8,452,992 B2 [May 28, 2013] S. Bosisio, P. Bellasi, M. Carnevali, D. Siorpaes, William Fornaciari (inventors) Title: Power Management using constraints in multi-dimensional parameter space. Applicant: STMicroelectronics, IT.
2001 An encoder/decoder architecture for buses capable of minimizing power consumption by reducing the switching activity. EP1 150 467 A1, William Fornaciari, Donatella Sciuto, Cristina Silvano, Roberto Zafalon, Danilo Pau. Assegnee: STMicroelectronics srl
2002 US 2002/0019896 A1, ENCODER/DECODER ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED PROCESSING SYSTEM, Inventors: William Fornaciari, Donatella Sciuto, Cristina Silvano, Roberto Zafalon, Danilo Pau. Assegnee: STMicroelectronics srl

Startups and Spin-off

2013 Co-founded of the startup “IBT Solutions”
2016 Co-founder of the startup “IBT Systems srl”, www.ibtsystems.it whose focus is the design of products and embedded applications for automotive, industrial and environmental monitoring. It is one of the outputs of the CONTEX Eu-project.

Technology transfer at CEFRIEL

1992-2005. Head of the embedded systems unit at the CEFRIEL (www.cefriel.it) Technology Transfer center of Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Co-develpment of commercial and innovative products up to the level of pre-industrialization, with a yealy budget from projects in the range 300-800K€.

Industrial Research contracts and collaborations

2019-2020. Switch2Product - Corporate Grant for “S2P 2019 - Innovation Challenge”. e-Novia Spa.
2020-2021. Proof-of-Concept (POC) investment for the LAMP project. Poli360 Venture capital
2006-2009. Optimization of Linux and development of Hw/Sw MPSoC systems. Two contracts. STMicroelectronics.
2003-2007. Methodologies for the design of embedded systems. Three contracts. CEFRIEL.