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I'm a Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, University of Genova within the Group of Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics.

Education and Qualifications

  • 2009 – today: Researcher fellow at the Department of Computer Science, University of Genova.
  • 2011: Research visitor at the Tetherless World Constellation Center, RPI - USA
  • May 2003 - 2009: Assistant Researcher at Department of Computer Science, University of Genova.
  • 2006 - 2009: Professor with contract at the Department of Computer Science - Free University of Bolzano for the Undergraduate Course in Human Computer Interaction
  • July 2006: Professional qualification to practice as a Computer Engineer obtained through the Italian state exam.
  • May 2005 Laurea Degree in Information Science (italia class 23/S) at the University of Genova, Summa cum Laude.
  • May 2004: Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (Department of Informatics and Computer Sciences - University of Genova) Dissertation entitled: "Surface Reconstruction: Online Mosaicing and Modelling with Uncertainty". This PhD program was certified by the FP6 IST NoE 506766 AIM@SHAPE
  • March 2000: PhD Student in Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, University of Genova.
  • Sep.1998 - Mar 2000: Researcher at the CNR with a scholarship with foundings coming from an European project.
  • March 1998: Laurea Degree in Computer Science at the University of Catania, Summa cum Laude. Dissertation entitled: "Data Structure and Computational Geometric Algorithms for moving objects (Kinetic Data Structures)". The Thesis has been developed under the supervision of Prof. L.J. Guibas during a stage at the Stanford University (California - USA).

Research Awards

  • [2009] University of Genova (Italy) research grant. Research activity on Semantic web applications applied to computer graphics and 3D shape analysis and structuring
  • [2000–03] University of Genova (Italy) PhD research grant. The Ph.D. activity has been certified by the FP6 IST AIM@SHAPE NoE.
  • [1998–2000] CNR (Italian National Research Council) research grant.
  • [1996] University of Catania (Italy) research grant, for visiting the group leaded by Prof. L.J. Guibas at the Computer Science Department, Stanford University (California, USA).

Financed Research Projects

  • [2007-08] PSTL Study of an Ontology-based Underwater Cutting System - Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico della Liguria, POS. N. 5 Avv. 1/2006, Role: promoter, investigator, proposal co-author, project management.
  • [2006-09] FIRB project SHALOM SHape modeLing and reasOning: new Methods and tools, contract n.RBIN04HWR8. Role: investigator.
  • [2007] MIUR-PRIN Multiresolution modelling. Role: investigator.
  • [2004-07] European Network of Excellence Advanced and Innovative Models And Tools for the development of Semantic-based systems for Handling, Acquiring and Processing knowledge Embedded in multidimensional digital objects (AIM@SHAPE), 2004-2007. Role: investigator, research task leader, project management support.
  • [1998-00] FIORES/II Brite Euram-Project BE96-3579]. Role: investigator.

International Events organizations

  • [2010] Organizing committee and PC member of the Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference 2010 (EG-IT 2010): "Computer graphics meets computer vision". November 18-19th, 2010 Genoa (Italy), Auditorium Palazzo Rosso
  • [2007] Organizing committee chair of the International Summer School on Shape Modeling and Reasoning. Genova, June 18-22, 2007. Department of Computer Science, University of Genova - Genova (ITALY)
  • [2006] Scientific committee member of the International Workshop on Shapes and Semantics, Matsushima (Japan) June 17, 2006.
  • [2006] Support in the organization of the AIM@SHAPE panel at the European Society IST 2006 - Strategies for Leadership Event, Helsinki, Nov. 21-23 2006
  • [2005] Support in the organization of the AIM@SHAPE panel at the Communicating European Research 2005 International Conference - Brussels Exhibition Center (Heysel), Nov. 14-15 2005
  • [1999] Organizing committee member of the International Workshop on Innovative Tools in Product Development life-cycle, CNR, Genova (Italia), 2-3 December 1999.

Past and Present Collaborations at International Level

  • James Hendler, Department of Computer Science and Cognitive Science Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY.
  • Lidija Comic, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia.
  • Annie Hui, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park (MD, USA).
  • Gorge Vasilakis and Marios Pitikakis, Research Associate CERTH-ITI (Grecia).
  • Tal Hassner, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israele).
  • Leonidas J. Guibas, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University (California, USA).

Teaching Activities

Professor
  • [2009 - 2011] Professor for the University Postgraduate Master in Touristic-Cultural Project Management. Innovative Strategies and Instruments for touristic valorization of environmental and historic-cultural resources. Teaching module on Interfaces and Products Accessibility and Usability.
  • [2006-2009]: Teaching assistant for the course on Human Computer Interaction, Free University of Bolzano. Topics: human computer interaction techniques, software usability and accessibility, web usability and accessibility.
  • [2003-06]: Professor for the course on XML and web technologies for the Master in Information and Communication Technologies, Department of Engineering, University of Catania and INPDAD. Topics: XML and related languages, web technologie and infrastructures.
  • [2002-03]: Professor for the undergraduate course on XML, Department of Computer Science, University of Catania. Topic: XML, XSL, XSLT, XPath, XForm, SVG, SOAP, WSDL, CSS for XML.
Support activity, lessons and laboratory
  • [2007- 2010] Undergraduate course in Graphical Interfaces, Department of Computer Science, University of Genova. (Ref: Paola Magillo) Topics: support for the laboratory and the project in Java.
  • [2004-06] Undergraduate course on Advanced data structures and Algorithms (Ref: Leila De Floriani). Topics: spatial data structures.
  • [2004-05] Undergraduate and Phd course on Geometric Modeling (Ref: Leila De Floriani). Topics: Geometric Modeling and Shape Modeling.
  • [2007-08] Undergraduate course in Graphical Interfaces, Department of Computer Science, University of Genova. (Ref: Paola Magillo) Topics: Java for interfaces.
Invited Lecturer (International Summer Schools and cycles of seminars
  • [2011- 2012] Undergraduate course in Web Science, Information Technology and Web Science Degree, RPI, Troy USA. (Instructor: Prof. James Hendler) Topics: Advanced Multimedia Searching and Retrieval (Fall 2011).
  • [2007- 2010] Undergraduate course in Graphical Interfaces, Department of Computer Science, University of Genova. (Ref: Prof. Paola Magillo) Topics: Software Interfaces Usability and Accessibility, Usability evaluation.
  • [2000- 2010] Undergraduate and Phd course on Geometric Modeling (Ref: Prof. Leila De Floriani), Department of Computer Science, University of Genova. Topics: Approximation techniques for curves and surfaces (NURBS).
  • [2006] Undergraduate and Phd course on Geometric Modeling (Ref: Prof. Leila De Floriani), Department of Computer Science, University of Genova. Topics: Computational Topology and Morse and Morse-Smale complexes.
  • [2006] Invited Lecturer for the International Summer School of AIM@SHAPE, on Ontologies for shapes, shape acquisition and processing tools, Tallinn (Estonia) 18-24 July 2006
  • [2000-03] Seminars on XML, for the undergraduate course on Database II (Ref: Prof. Alfredo Ferro), Department of Computer Science, University of Catania. Topics: XML and related technologies.
  • [2000-03] Seminars on XML for the IMA-CNR, Genova. Topics: multimedia structuring and web applications: XML.

Master Thesis co-advisor
  • [2009-2010] Student Paola Maiolino. "laurea triennale". September 2010, Design and modelling of 3D urban models using Google Sketchup. Department of Computer Science, University of Genova.
  • [2009-10] Student: Chiara Simetti. "laurea triennale". March 2010, Underwater Cultural 3D environment modelling: design and implementation of the diving site 'Christ of the Abyss'. Department of Computer Science, University of Genova.
  • [2008-] Student Danilo Colla. "laurea specialistica". Feb. 2008 – today, Development of OntoCUT, an ontology for modelling the process related to the removal of off-shore platforms and of a 3D simulation system based on multiresolution models guided by semantic constraints. Department of Computer Science, University of Genova
  • [2007-08] Student: Matteo Bertucelli, "laurea specialistica". May. 2007 – today. Development of java-based editing and segmentation tool for triangular meshes expressed in x3d. Department of Computer Science, University of Genova
  • [2007-08] Student: Nicolς Carissimi. "laurea specialistica". Degree June 23, 2008. Development of a java-based tool for combining merging and segmentation techniques for triangular meshes. Department of Computer Science, University of Genova
  • [2006] Student: Stefano Mazzolini. "laurea triennale". Degree Oct 2006. Triangle PM-Quadtree: Definition and Design of a spatial index for TIN. Department of Computer Science, University of Genova

PhD Jury committee

  • [2009] PhD student Alejandra Garcia Rojas, Dissertation title: Semantics for Virtual Humans, EPFL VRlab, CH 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland) – (January 2009)

Research Visit at International Level

  • [Autumn 2011] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Troy (NY, USA) - Cognitive Science Department to the group of Prof. J. Hendler.
  • [Autumn 2008] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Troy (NY, USA) - Cognitive Science Department to the group of Prof. J. Hendler.
  • [Spring 2007] University of Maryland (USA) - Joint Institute for Knowledge Discovery, Department of Computer Science – University of Maryland at College Park to the group of Prof. J. Hendler.
  • [Autumn 2006] University of Maryland (USA) - Joint Institute for Knowledge Discovery, Department of Computer Science – University of Maryland at College Park to the group of Prof. J. Hendler.
  • [Autumn 2005] University of Maryland (USA) - Joint Institute for Knowledge Discovery, Department of Computer Science – University of Maryland at College Park to the group of Prof. J. Hendler.
  • [Autumn 96] Stanford University - Palo Alto (USA), research stage at the Department of Computer Science within the group of Prof. L.J. Guibas.
  • [Autumn 96] Berkeley University (USA). Short visit at the Department of Computer Science to the group of Prof. Brian Barsky.

International Schools

  • [July 2006] Tallinn (Estonia) – participation to the International Summer School on Application of 3D Shapes: Ontologies, Software Tools and Industrial Case Studies, July 22-24 2006
  • [July 2000] Lipari (ITALY) – participation to the "X International Lipari School in Computer Science - E-Commerce and On-Line Algorithms", July 1-15 2000
  • [Mar 2000] Bertinoro (Italia) – participation to the national PhD school.
  • [July 1996] Lipari (ITALY) – participation to the "VI International Lipari School in Computer Science - Computer Graphics"

Scientific and Program Committee membership

  • See this page for details

Reviewing Activities (selected)

  • MTAP, International Journal on Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2009-11
  • JECI, International Journal of Engineering and Computer Innovations, 2011
  • COGN, International Journal on Cognitive Computation, 2011
  • PATT-REC, International Journal on Pattern Recognition, 2004-2010
  • SMI, International Conference on Shape Modeling, 2004-05-06-07-08
  • ACM-GIS, International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, 2005-06-07-08
  • EG, Eurographics International Conference, 2005-06-07-08
  • SGP, Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing, 2006-07-08
  • ESDA, 9th Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, 2008
  • CGV, International Conference on Computer Graphics and Visualization, 2006-07-08
  • COSIT, International Conference of Spatial and Information Theory, 2005-06-07-08
  • IJIG, International Journal on Image and Graphics, 2005-06-07
  • DGCI, International Conference on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery, 2005-06-07

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Java 3D, Prolog, Pascal, Scheme, Tcl/Tk, SQL, MySQL, ASP, Jsp, JavaScript, Php
  • Markup Languages: HTML, DHTML, XHTML, XML, SMIL, MathML, SVG, XSL (XSLT, XSL-FO, XPath), Xlink, XMLSchema, XPointer, SOAP, XQL, RDF/RDFs, OWL, X3D, VRML
  • Operating Systems: Windows 2000, NT, XP, Unix, Linux, Tiger Mac (as user).
  • Tools: Visual Studio.NET, Jbuilder, Macromedia Suite, Protege, Swoop, PhotoStuff, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, MS-Office, StarOffice, MS visio, MS Project.
  • Libraries: OPENGL, MFC, GWT.

Personal Skills and Abilities

  • High Communications Skills (verbal and written)
  • Strategic and Creative/Innovative thinking
  • Cross Group Collaboration Skills, Remote working, Virtual teaming
  • High Flexibility
  • High attention to detail, and thoroughness
  • Organizational skills for coordinating complicated projects
  • High team building and team management skills, with proven experience managing virtual teams
  • Solid understanding of business document management processes, enterprise web applications, rich internet applications