WORK EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

March 2002 - present

Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science of the University College in London, UK

EQUATOR prj: research on the use of Virtual Reality for treatment in the Agoraphobia pathology.

PRESENCIA EU prj: research on the use of physiological sensors to evaluate the sense of Presence in the Virtual Environment

 

June 2000 – Feb 2002

Research position for “The Analysis And Development Of Systems For Sensory Acquisition And Implementation Of Haptic Interfaces”, at the PERCRO laboratory of the Scuola Superiore S. Anna in Pisa, Italy.

VIRTUAL EU prj: definition and integration of the power system for the haptic interfaces.

GRAB EU prj: definition and integration of the real-time architecture and power system for the haptic interfaces.

 

 

Collaboration contract with PERCRO, Scuola Superiore S. Anna in Pisa, Italy, as leader for the Electronics Sector and Augmented Reality Group.

 

May – Aug 2000

Collaboration contract with LINK Unit (Pisa, Italy) for Technical Aspects Relating in the use of the Technology in Virtual Reality Applications.

 

Feb – May 2000

Assistant in the course “Virtual Environment”, at the Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy.

 

Feb 1999 – May 2000

Collaboration contract with “Stella Maris” Institute, Pisa, Italy, for “Assistance And Training Of People With Disabilities For Integration In The Workplace” (H-Form European Community project).

 

Jan 1999 – April 2000

Collaboration contract as responsible for the tracker sensor acquisition and power/control systems of a 6DOF Stewart platform in the EU Project MORIS at PERCRO, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy

 

May – Dec 1998

Consultant for acquisition systems for electronic sensors, CGS, Advanced Scientific Research Division, Pisa, Italy

 

Nov 1996 - Oct 1997

Photographic assistant for “Foto Atelier” Photographic Studio, Pisa, Italy

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS   See the list of the publications on the Publications Page

EDUCATION

 

 

 

May 1998

Qualification as Chartered Engineer, Pisa University.

 

April 1998

MSc in Electronic Engineering, Pisa University, and Specialisation in Microelectronics with a Thesis in: “Developing And Realisation Of A System For The Presentation In 3-D Space Of Archaeological Finds Modelled In Virtual Environments”. (italian pdf)

 

July 1985

School-leaving certificate, Classical Lyceum “G. Galilei”, Pisa.

 

 

 

LANGUAGES

 

 

 

English

Written & Spoken: Working knowledge.

 

German

Scholastic knowledge.

 

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

 

 

Operating Systems

DOS, Windows 3.1x/95-98/NT/2000, Macintosh, UNIX SGI and Linux.

 

Packages

Microsoft Office 97/2000, Visio, Project, Visual C++, Kdeveloper,  MatLab/Simulink, Spice, Glim

 

Graphics Packages

Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator, Alias|Wavefront StudioPaint 3D, Alias|Wavefront Maya, Softimage, 3DstudioMax, PaintShopPro, Gimp, Photoshop.

 

Languages

C, C++, Perl, Assembler xx86, Basic, Pascal.

 

Other

OpenGL, XFORMS, PUI and GLUT, Performer.

 

 

 

AREAS OF SPECIFIC INTEREST

Virtual Presence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction.