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Professional profile

I have built a strong experience on the study and realization of advanced technology applications in the visualization area. Visualization is a multidisciplinar field that let me explore not only various fields like chemistry and fluid dynamics, but also the cognitive effectiveness of tools and representation methods.

I approach visualization from both a theoretical side, but also with a strong interest in applications development and real-life usage.

Working experiences

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)
Manno (Lugano) Switzerland

I support the center scientific users for their visualization needs. In this role also build visualization applications and toolkits mainly for chemistry users.

Beside this, I teach academic-level courses in the visualization area and continue my applied research on representation in chemistry methods form the perceptual and effectiveness point of view.

Advanced Visual Systems S.r.l.
Milano

I was in charge of the analysis and development of advanced visualization applications for customer projects. In this role I also studied and implemented Computer Vision algorithms.

I was delivering consultancy to customers and partners for the development of visualization applications either for scientific or business decision support systems.

In strict cooperation with CINECA (Bologna) I was in charge of their institutional courses on Computer Graphic and Visualization.

Digital Equipment S.p.A.
Milano

I played various roles, from programmer to project leader, in an internal development group. The development projects I worked on started in the logistic management area and then moved on to client/server applications on LAN and Web.

Then I switched to a software engineering consultant role for DEC customers and internal development groups. During this period I worked in strict cooperation with CNUCE (Pisa) and AICA (Roma).

I was in charge of the Digital Italia Software Engineering Improvement Program.

Centro Studi Internazionali
Roma

I was hired as programmer on DEC Unix machines for text management applications. Then moved to system manager and software development supervisor.

Studies

University “La Sapienza” – Roma

Degree in Electronic Engineering. Vote: 110/110 with honors.
Thesis: “Top-Down Design Proposal for a Fault Tolerant Distributed System” with professor Giacomo Cioffi.

ITIS Feltrinelli – Milano

“Perito industriale” (specialization: industrial electronics) diploma.
Vote: 60/60.

Knowledge and experiences

• Visualization techniques and tools (AVS/Express, VTK and EnSight primarily) and related technologies like computer graphic.
• Computer Vision and Image Processing techniques.
• Programming languages: C++, C, Java and Visual Basic. Scripting languages like Tcl/Tk and PHP.
• Object oriented design and testing methodologies.
• Web development tools and methods.
• Scientific computing tools and algorithms.
• Usage and management of PC, Unix, Linux platforms.

Publications

The publication list is available on: http://mariovalle.name/publications/

Teaching experience

The list of courses given is available on: http://mariovalle.name/teaching/

Languages

Professional societies affiliation

• IEEE Computer Society member.
• American Chemistry Society member.

Other information

• I eagerly accept relocations and moves.
• The work quality in my professional work and hobbies is really important.
• The teamwork is important for me as the personal autonomy and initiative.
• I like mountaineering, classical music and visual arts. When have time I am a watercolor painter. I practice Tai Chi Chuan and sometimes I try to apply my sommelier studies.