Dr. Benedetto Vigna
Executive Vice President,
General Manager,Analog,MEMS & Sensors Group
Industrial & Multisegment Sector
STMicroelectronics
Profile
•2007: General Manager of MEMS, Sensors and High Performance Analog Division
•2001: Director of MEMS Business Unit
•1995: Joined STMicroelectronics’ R&D Lab in Castelletto
•Filed more than 150 patents on micromachining to date, authored numerous publications in this field, and delivered many invited speeches at international conferences.
•Served as industrial consultant for the President of the Italian Scientific Research Center and sits on the industrial board of several EU-funded programs.
•Graduated with a degree in Subnuclear Physics from the University of Pisa, Italy
Filling the universe with Sensors everywhere is the dream of all the sensor manufacturers. And the Sensorized Universe, when it exists, will enable a marvellous utopia where indoor lights and heating are adjusted as people enter or leave a room, street lighting adjusts to ambient conditions, services—or awareness of available services—are delivered to you as you need them, traffic moves at an optimized pace, and medical wellness technologies put us on a path to a healthier and longer life. That utopia is being made possible with the development of Integrated Smart Systems, stemming from a combination of Sensors, microcontrollers for sensor data processing and low power wireless transmission.
The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a seed for a new era that requires new sensor and connectivity technologies. The integrated smart sensor systems, which will be part of the IoT concept and include hardware and software solutions, will deliver the processing and analysis capabilities to extract raw data from multiple sensors in the world and make decisions to determine, deliver and control the ingredients of an active, healthy and efficient daily life style.