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Chiara Bartolozzi is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neuromorphic engineering, event-based vision, and robotics, whose work has fundamentally shaped how machines perceive and interact with the world. Based at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, she has made landmark contributions to event-driven sensing and embodied neuromorphic intelligence, earning well over 1,700 citations across her most influential works alone. Her most celebrated contribution, "Event-Based Vision: A Survey" (2020, 633 citations), has become an essential reference for the field, illuminating how bio-inspired event cameras offer transformative advantages over conventional frame-based systems. Complementing this, her earlier work on Harris corner detection and visual tracking demonstrated the practical power of event-driven approaches for real-time robotics. Bartolozzi also pioneered robotic touch, exploring artificial skin and decentralized sensory processing through self-healing neuromorphic memtransistors — work that bridges biology and machine intelligence in genuinely novel ways. Her involvement with the iCub humanoid platform underscores her commitment to embodied AI as a testbed for these ideas. Through "Embodied Neuromorphic Intelligence" (2022, 203 citations), she articulates a compelling vision for robots that learn and adapt as living systems do — making her one of the most influential voices shaping the future of intelligent, brain-inspired robotics.