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Here is the list of my publications (sorted by year)

Journals

  • Maggini, M., Melacci, S., Sarti, L.: Learning from pairwise constraints by Similarity Neural Networks. Neural Networks, 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.10.009, Elsevier (2011)
  • Melacci, S., Belkin, M.: Training a Laplacian Support Vector Machine in the Primal. The Journal of Machine Learning Research, Volume 12 (March), 1149-1184, JMLR.org (2011) [code]
  • Melacci, S., Sarti, L., Maggini, M., Gori, M.: A template-based approach to automatic face enhancement. Pattern Analysis & Applications, Volume 13 (3), ISSN 1433-7541, Springer-Verlag (2010), 289-300

International Conferences

  • Melacci, S., Gori, M.: Kernel Methods for Minimum Entropy  Encoding, In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 2011), December 2011
  • Melacci, S., Gori, M.: Learning with Box Kernels, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2011), November 2011, 519-528 (2)
  • Gori, M., Melacci, S.: Support Constraint Machines, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2011), November 2011, 28-37 (1)
  • Melacci, S., Gori, M.: Semi-Supervised Multiclass Kernel Machines with Probabilistic Constraints, In Proceedings of  the 12th International Conference on Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2011), September 2011
  • Gori, M., Melacci, S.: Learning with convex constraints. Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2010, 20th International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 15-18, 2010, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS, Springer-Verlag (2010), 315-320
  • Melacci, S., Maggini, M., Sarti, L.: Semi-supervised Clustering using Similarity Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14-19 June 2009, IEEE (2009), 2065–2072
  • Melacci, S., Gori, M., Maggini, M.: Semi-supervised learning with constraints for multiview object recognition. Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2009, 19th International Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, September 14-17, 2009, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 5769, Springer-Verlag (2009), 653–662
    (*) Best Student Paper Award
  • Castelli, I., Maggini, M., Melacci, S., Sarti, L.: Auto Associative Neural Network based Active Shape Models. In Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2008), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 17-19 September 2008, IEEE (2008), 1–6
  • Maggini, M., Melacci, S., Sarti, L.: Learning similarity measures from pairwise constraints with neural networks. Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2008, 18th International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, September 3-6, 2008, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 5164, Springer-Verlag (2008), 81–90
  • Melacci, S., Sarti, L., Maggini, M., Bianchini, M.: A neural network approach to similarity learning. Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition, Third IAPR Workshop, ANNPR 2008, Paris, France, July 2-4, 2008, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence LNAI 5064, Springer-Verlag (2008), 133–136
  • Maggini, M., Melacci, S., Sarti, L.: Representation of Facial Features by Catmull-Rom Splines. Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, 12th International Conference, CAIP 2007, Vienna, Austria, August 27-29, 2007, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 4673, Springer-Verlag (2007), 408–415

Technical Reports

  • Melacci, S., Belkin, M.: Training a Laplacian Support Vector Machine in the Primal. arXiv:0909.5422v1 [stat.ML] 29 September, (2009)
  • Maggini, M., Melacci, S., Sarti, L.: Approximation capabilities of Similarity Neural Networks. Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena. TechRep #3, (2008)

Theses

  • Melacci, S.: Learning with Pairwise Constraints. PhD Thesis (advisor: Prof. Marco Maggini), Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena, 9 April 2010
  • Melacci, S.: Generazione Automatica di Caricature: Image Warping (advisor: Prof. Marco Maggini), Master Thesis, Informatic Engineering Faculty (curriculum: Multimedial Information Systems), University of Siena, 25 September 2006
  • Melacci, S.: Gestione del processo di creazione di un Learning Set per l'addestramento di un Classificatore di Documenti attraverso un'Interfaccia Web Multi-Utente (advisor: Prof. Marco Maggini), Bachelor Thesis, Informatic Engineering Faculty (curriculum: Networks and Multimedial Information Systems), University of Siena, 11 October 2004