About me
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| I love my wife Irene and my son Alessandro (on the right). I owe a lot to my parents Mihaela and Camilian and to Irene's parents Marina and Agostino. My younger brother Emanuel is a great guy who has taught me many things over the years. I also owe a lot to Franco Giorchino, who died on March 21, 2000. My friends Ivano Carosi and Vincenzo Flore have a special place in my heart. |  |
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| I love challenging problems in theoretical computer science, mathematics and programming. | |||
| I like travelling with Irene and taking pictures from all over the world. Here's a short movie (.mov file, 240x180, stereo, 7.8 MB) Irene and I have recently made at the gorgeous Antilope Canyon, Arizona, in the heart of the Navajo Nation. | |||
| I spend many hours a day listening to music. I am fascinated by the subtle complexity of Classical music (J.S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn, A. Vivaldi, L. Van Beethoven) and by the tribal power of Heavy Metal (Iron Maiden, Metallica, Y.J. Malmsteen, T. Mac Alpine). I'm also in love with Brazilian music. It would be really a long list to mention all the bands and composers that I like. | |||
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I play acoustic and electric guitar. I have a Jackson electric guitar, a Ramirez 1E classical guitar, and a Roland U20 keyboard. I also love piano, drums, and keyboards. Some years ago, my friend Ivano Carosi and I founded a band, called Still. Here's an excerpt from a demo we recorded in June 1992: [Revolution (bridge), 1:20, 758 KB, mp3, digitally remastered from an old low-quality tape] |
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| I like films and theater. Some of my favourite films: Clockwork Orange (S. Kubrick), Blade Runner (R. Scott), Manhattan (W. Allen), La Strada (F. Fellini), Kill Bill (Q. Tarantino), Trainspotting (D. Boyle). | |||
| I like art (e.g., H. Memling, H. Bosch, L. Da Vinci, P. Della Francesca) and literature (e.g., I. Calvino, L. Pirandello). | |||
| I like computers (I have a Macintosh PowerBook G4 Titanium) and cars (I have a Rover 220 SDI). While in the US I've driven a Pontiac Grand AM (2300 Miles) and a Chevrolet Monte Carlo (1200 Miles). While in India I've driven a Tata Indica 1.4 (2000 Km). | |||
| Some of my trips since 1999 | ||
| November 2006 | Palo Alto, California - New York City, New York - Piscataway, New Jersey | USA |
| September 2006 | Zurich | Switzerland |
| September 2006 | Brighton | UK |
| July - August 2006 | Rio De Janeiro, Foz Do Iguaçu, Recife, Olinda, Natal | Brazil - Argentina |
| June 2006 | Bucharest | Roumania |
| January 2006 | Miami, Florida | USA |
| November 2005 | Palo Alto, CA | USA |
| September 2005 | Dagstuhl | Germany |
| July 2005 | Barcellona | Spain |
| July 2005 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| January 2005 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada |
| December 2004 |
Madras (Chennai), Mahabalipuram (here we have been hit by the tsunami while having breakfast on the beach), Pondicherry, Chidambaram, Nagapattinam, Tanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Kanyakumari - Tamil Nadu. Kollam, Varkala - Kerala. [See the route we took by car] |
India |
| November 2004 | Silicon Valley, Monterey, Carmel, Fresno, Sequoia National Monument, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland - California [Photos] | USA |
| July 2004 | Dagstuhl | Germany |
| July 2004 | Rungsted Kyst - Humlebæk | Denmark |
| June 2004 | Chicago, Illinois - Tahquamenon Falls, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Superior Lake, Upper Peninsula) Michigan - Green Bay, Wisconsin | USA |
| May 2004 | London | UK |
| March 2004 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| March 2004 | Lefkosia, Pafos | Cyprus |
| February 2004 | Dagstuhl | Germany |
| January 2004 | New Orleans, Louisiana - Las Vegas, Nevada - Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, Canyon De Chelly, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, Arizona - Arches, Canyonlands (Island in the sky + Needles), Bryce Canyon, Valley of the Gods, Monument Valley, Capitol Reef, Lake Powell, Antilope Canyon, Devil's Garden, White Canyon, Utah - Death Valley, California | USA |
| October 2003 | Boston, Massachusets | USA |
| September 2003 | Dagstuhl | Germany |
| August 2003 | Oberwolfach | Germany |
| July 2003 | Tunis, El Jem, Sfax, Matmata, Tataouine, Douz, Tozeur, Kairouan, Hammamet, Chartage | Tunisia |
| June 2003 | New York City, New York - San Diego, California | USA |
| November 2002 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada |
| October 2002 | Leiden | The Netherlands |
| September 2002 | Dagstuhl | Germany |
| August 2002 | Barcelona, Valencia, Toledo, Salamanca | Spain |
| August 2002 | Evora, Lisboa, Coimbra, Porto | Portugal |
| July 2002 | Málaga | Spain |
| June 2002 | Malmö | Sweden |
| May 2002 to July 2002 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| May 2002 | Berlin | Germany |
| January 2002 | San Francisco, California - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | USA |
| October 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada - Grand Canyon, Arizona | USA |
| August 2001 | Hong Kong, Guilin, Xi'an, Beijing | China |
| May 2001 | Dagstuhl, Frankfurt [Photos] | Germany |
| May 2001 | Bucharest | Roumania |
| January 2001 | Washington, District of Columbia [Photos Jan 7, Jan 9] | USA |
| November 2000 to February 2001 | New York City, New York [Photos Dec 25, Dec 26, Dec 28, Dec 31, Jan 1, Jan 11, Jan 12, Jan 13, Jan 14, Jan 15] | USA |
| November 2000 | Los Angeles, California | USA |
| October 2000 | Sharm El Sheikh | Egypt |
| September 2000 | Saarbuecken - Dagstuhl | Germany |
| August 2000 | Oberwolfach | Germany |
| May 2000 | Victoria, British Columbia | Canada |
| January 2000 | San Francisco, California |
USA |
| September 1999 | Tokyo | Japan |
| July 1999 | London | UK |
| June 1999 | Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
| February 1999 | Prague | Czech Republic |
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