Giorgio Vassena is an associated professor at the University of Brescia where he teaches Geomatics and surveying/cartography. He has been working on several research topics such as Himalyan and African glaciers monitoring, GNSS VRS services, mobile and static laser scanner technologies and construction/buildings/ toll structures monitoring. In 2007, he founded a University Spin Off company named Gexcel srl that develops and sells Slam Based technologies.