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Marek Maurizio

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Education

  • 01/05/2011 - now

  • Research grant with the Computer Science department of the Ca' Foscari University in Venice: "Turismo EX CENTRO: itinerari culturali tailor-made per la promozione dei centri minori del territorio veneto" (promoting cultural tourism itineraries through the less-known cities of the Veneto italian region). Design and development of a server-side system where domain-experts can mash-up existing information from well-known web services to compile a multimedia guide. Design and development of a client-side application to let visitors access personalized information and contribute to the social aspect of the project. Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Ruby on Rails 3.1, HAML, Coffeescript, jQuery. Duration of the grant: 12 months. Tutor: Prof. Augusto Celentano, faculty member at Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. (ING-INF/05)

  • Department of Computer Science, Ca' Foscari University (Venice), Via Torino 155 Mestre Venezia (VE), Italia

  • 01/02/2010 - 01/02/2011

  • Research grant with the Computer Science department of the Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Design and development of multimedia interactive systems to experiment new ways of enjoy artwork in the italian Veneto territory. Design of a specialized development system for multimedia applications in the field of cultural heritage. Duration of the grant: 12 months. Tutor: Prof. Augusto Celentano (ING-INF/05)

  • Department of Computer Science, Ca' Foscari University (Venice), Via Torino 155 Mestre Venezia (VE), Italia

  • 01/11/2006 - 01/11/2009

  • PhD in Computer Science with the Computer Science department of the Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Design and development of Manuzio, a novel functional object-oriented language with persistent capabilities and constructs specific to deal with literary analysis algorithms. The language is meant to be used in conjunction with a system to allow experts of the domain of application to formulate queries and write annotations on texts in an easy and natural way. Results have been discussed in the PhD thesis: "Manuzio: an Object Language for Annotated Text Collections". Tutor: Prof. Renzo Orsini, faculty member at Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics.

  • Department of Computer Science, Ca' Foscari University (Venice), Via Torino 155 Mestre Venezia (VE), Italia

  • 01/09/1998 - 03/03/2005

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science (105/110)

  • In the 5-years span all the main computer science topics have been explored, with a particular attention to Networks and Programming Languages. At the end of the studies the master thesis "Ca’ Foscari Digital Press: Documenti Elettronici e Mezzi di Pagamento" have been presented, dealing with the problem of digital press inside the university environment

  • Department of Computer Science, Ca' Foscari University (Venice), Via Torino 155 Mestre Venezia (VE), Italia

  • 01/09/1993 - 01/07/1998

  • Graduate as "Perito Capotecnico Informatico" (60/60)

  • Computer science in general, C programming, operating systems, mathematics, physics, statistics

  • ITIS F.Severi, Via Pettinati 46 Padova (PD), Italia

Work Experiences

  • 01/10/2008 - 09/01/2009

  • Web Designer

  • Design and development of static websites (2). Old technologies, first experiences, the website worked and looked fine, but the underlying code was a mess...

  • Bioprogramm - via Lisbona, 28/a 35127 Padova (PD) Italia

  • Web design

  • 15/01/2006 - 15/05/2006

  • Ruby on Rails Programmer

  • Design and development of an interactive glossary to store environmental data about the Venice laguna. Tutor: Prof. Renzo Orsini, faculty member at Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics

  • Ca' Foscari University, Venice (VE) Italia e Consorzio per il coordinamento delle ricerche sul sistema lagunare, Venezia (VE) Italia

  • Research on database systems and user interfaces

  • 01/06/2005 - 01/06/2009

  • Computer science teacher for high school students

  • Teaching of computer science and other scientific courses to singles or small groups of students.

  • Associazione "La Guida" - Via Crescini 6 - 35126 Padova (PD) Italia.

  • Education

  • 01/02/2005 - 01/03/2007

  • Web Designer

  • Design and development of static websites (2)

  • Hedra Immobiliare - Via San Crispino n°72, 35129 Padova (PD) Italia

  • Web Design

  • 01/09/2000 - 01/12/2000

  • Database Designer

  • Design and development of a small database.

  • Cooperativa "Nuovo Villaggio". Via del Commissario, 42 - 35124 Padova(PD) Italia

  • Database Design

  • 01/01/2007 - 01/06/2007

  • Tutorship activity for the course of physics "Fondamenti di Fisica" held by the prof. Romana Frattini at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Theory and practical exercises (25 hours).

  • 01/09/2010 - 01/09/2011

  • Temporary professor of E-commerce (CT0158) at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice. (42 hours, 6 CFU).

  • University Ca' Foscari - Venice

  • 01/03/2010 - 10/05/2010

  • Occasional work with research activities

  • In the context of the exhibition "Russie! Memoria/mistificazione/immaginario. Arte Russa del Novecento. Opere dalle collezioni Morgante e Sandretti" on russian art held in Venice: design and development of a multimedia guide on the Apple iPod Touch platform to store information about the presented artworks and allow visitors to access them in a simple way. Subsequent study of frequent patterns on the visitors behavior. Tutor: Augusto Celentano, faculty member at Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics. Duration: 40 days

  • Ca' Foscari University - Venice

  • ING-INF/05

  • 01/08/2010 - 10/09/2010

  • Occasional work with research activities

  • Development of a web application to be used with iPod Touches/iPhones in the context of the project "NoPlaceLike: 4 Houses 4 Films - Pavilion of Portugal - 12' Mostra Internazionale di Architettura - La Biennale di Venezia" held at the architecture biennale in Venice. The application was used to present additional contents to the visitors of the exhibition. Tutor: Augusto Celentano, faculty member at Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics. Duration: 40 days

  • Ca' Foscari University - Venice

  • ING-INF/05

  • 01/10/2010 - now

  • Occasional work with research activities

  • Web developer for two university-related websites: "AsiaMedia - il portale dedicato ai media asiatici (asiamedia.dsi.unive.it)" e "Ca' Foscari Cinema (cafoscaricinema.dsi.unive.it)". Starting from an already-made design, the Drupal 6 CMS has been used to allow content insertion and editing by non-experts, using custom php modules, HTML5, and CSS3. Tutor: Roberta Novielli, faculty member at Department of the History of Art and Conservation of Artistic Heritage "G. Mazzariol", Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.

  • Ca' Foscari University - Venice

  • ING-INF/05

  • 15/7/2011 - now

  • Occasional work with research activities

  • Web designer and developer for a Wordpress-based website. Using Wordpress as a CMS through the development of custom modules and the use of existing plugins. The website will be used to promote a novel service of e-printing in the Ca' Foscari University, allowing users to subscribe, create their own online academic profile, and submit publications. Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Wordpress 3, Php 5.x. Tutor: Roberta Novielli, faculty member at Department of the History of Art and Conservation of Artistic Heritage "G. Mazzariol", Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.

  • Ca' Foscari University - Venice

  • ING-INF/05

Websites

  • http://www.dsi.unive.it/~marek or http://www.marekmaurizio.com

  • My personal website to post information about me, my teaching activities, and my research work. Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Photoshop CS5. Created in 2011. I had fun inventing the design, and used CSS3 to create most visual effects. I also used transitions to animate the main menu.

  • http://www.quattrovalli.com

  • A static hotel website with an original design. Shadows, gradients and special fonts, like the top title, are done with css and font-face custom fonts. Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Photoshop CS5. Created in 2010.

Scientific Activity

  • 01/11/2006 - 01/11/2009

  • Computational Humanities In the context of the PRIN project "Musisque deoque II. Un archivio digitale dinamico di poesia latina, dalle origini al Rinascimento italiano", sponsored by the italian MIUR, the PhD thesis "Manuzio: an Object Language for Annotated Text Collections" has ben written. The thesis presents:

    • a specialized model to code literary texts in digital form that captures complex textual structures and multiple concurrent hierarchies;
    • a functional object-oriented language with persistent capabilities and constructs specific to deal with literary analysis algorithms;
    • a database structure to store texts and make them accessible from the language;
    • the guidelines for a complete system to store, analyze, and annotate complete textual corpora in a concurrent environment.
    In the implementation phase an interpreter for the language has been developed and tested with two textual corpora (Shakespeare's plays and Eugenio Montale's poems). Results have been presented in different international conferences (see Publications).

  • 01/02/2010 - 01/02/2011

  • Multimedia systems for the fruition of cultural heritage During the PhD the research activity also touched the problem of integration between multimedia systems and art exhibition spaces. An experiment has been conducted in the exhibitions "Nigra Sum sed Formosa, sacro e bellezza nell'Etiopia cristiana" and "Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens" both held in Venice. An iPod Touch application has been used to present visitors with rich information about the artworks. Results of the studies on user interfaces and user behavior have been published and presented at international conferences (see Publications).

  • 01/02/2010 - 01/02/2011

  • Research fellow with the Fondo Social Europeo project: Sviluppo di sistemi multimediali interattivi e dei relativi contenuti informativi per sperimentare nuovi sistemi per la fruizione delle opere d’arte nel territorio veneto (multimedia interactive systems for cultural heritage on the Veneto territory). Study of the state of art of technologies in the topic of multimedia systems for the fruition of artworks and cultural heritage in general. A content management system to store museum data have been developed and used to aid the production of multimedia guides on iPod Touches. Development of an art guide for the exhibition spaces of Punta della Dogana in Venice, featuring a collection of contemporary art pieces. Tutor: Augusto Celentano, faculty member at Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics (ING-INF/05) Duration: 1 year

  • 01/05/2011 - now

  • Research fellow with the Fondo Social Europeo project: Turismo EX CENTRO: itinerari culturali tailor-made per la promozione dei centri minori del territorio veneto (ex-centro tourism: personalized cultural itineraries to promote the less-know center of the Veneto territory). Study of the state of art of technologies in the topic of multimedia systems for the fruition of artworks and cultural heritage in the context of the Veneto italian region tourism. Design and development of a server-side system where domain-experts can mash-up existing information from well-known web services to compile a multimedia guide. Design and development of a client-side application to let visitors access personalized information and contribute to the social aspect of the project. Tutor: Augusto Celentano, faculty member at Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics (ING-INF/05) Duration: 1 year

Post Doc Schools and Courses

  • Probabilistic Model Checking Prof. Marta Kwiatkowska, University of Birmingham (UK) Hours: 20 Place: Bertinoro International Spring School 07

  • Probabilistic Methods in Computer Science Professor: Prof. Eli Upfal, Brown University (USA) Hours: 20 Place: Bertinoro International Spring School '07

  • Methods for Image Reconstructions with Applications in Medicine and Astronomy Professor: Prof. Michele Piana, University of Verona (Italia) Hours: 20 Place: Bertinoro International Spring School '07

  • Foundations of XML Data Manipulation Professor: Prof. Giorgio Ghelli, University of Pisa (Italia) Hours: 20 Place: Bertinoro International Spring School '07

  • Algorithms and Methods for Bioinformatics: a case studies approach Professor: Prof. Nello Cristianini, University of Bristol Hours: 20 Place: Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed Applicata - Università di Padova

  • Kernel-based Learning Methods Professor: Dr. Massimiliano Pontil, University College London, UK Hours: 20 Place: Dipartimento di Informatica - Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia

  • Marie Curie Project DESIRE: Theories of Creative Design for innovation in science and technology Place: Palazzo Feltrinelli – Università degli Studi di Milano Hours: 60 Gargnano del Garda (BS), Italia - September 20-26, 2009

  • From Mobility Data Management to Location-based Services Prof. Yannis Theodoridis, University of Piraeus (UniPi) Hours: 20 Place: 14-18 Giugno 2010 - Ca' Foscari University, Venice

  • Object Databases Prof. Renzo Orsini, Ca' Foscari University, Venice Hours: 20 Place: Ca' Foscari University, Venice

Skills

  • Organizational skills in the field of teaching on theoretical and practical computer science topics.

  • Decent social skills, good ability to work in groups with people of different background. Experiences of group work with humanities researchers and museum experts.

  • Able to use Photoshop and Omnigraffle for editorial and web design. Experiences with the design of posters and leaflets for conferences (e.g. GARR'09, see publications and events (e.g. Venice Researcher's Night 2010 and Ca' Foscari Digital Week 2011).

    • Operating Systems: Windows (XP, Vista e 7), Linux and Mac OS X (Leopard, Snow Leopard, and server).
    • Applications: good expertise with office suites MS Office (2007 and up) and iWork ('09 and up). Good knowledge of graphical applications for web design Photoshop. Pixelmator. Good knowledge of Omnigraffle Professional.
    • Programming languages: Good knowledge of C and Objective-C. Academic knowledge of Java. Excellent skill with Ruby 1.8.x and 1.9.x. Good skill in Javascript and jQuery. Basic knowledge of php 5 and others.
    • Frameworks: Good knowledge of iOS SDK 3.x e 4.x for iPod Touch, iPhone ed iPad programming. Good knowledge of the framework Rails 2.x e 3.x for web applications programming.
    • Web Programming: Excellent knowledge of HTML 4 e 5 and CSS 2.x e 3. Good knowledge of the Content Management System Drupal 6 and the blogging system Wordpress 3. A (yet) basic knowledge of Coffeescript, SASS, and HAML.
    • Other: Good skill with the LaTeX typesetting language. Basic video game programming skill on iOS with the cocos2d framework, acquired for fun.

Publications

    • MAURIZIO M., CELENTANO A. (2011). An End-User Oriented Building Pattern for Multimedia Art Guides. In: IS-EUD 2011 Third International Symposium on End-User Development - June 7-10, 2011. Torre Canne (Brindisi), Italy.
    • MAURIZIO M., CEFALÙ V., DEL MONTE M., CELENTANO A. (2011). Building own's guided tour in a contemporary art guide. In: PATCH 2011 : 3rd International Workshop on Personalized Access To Cultural Heritage. Feb 13, 2011 - Feb 13, 2011 Palo Alto, CA United States.
    • CELENTANO A., ORSINI R., MAURIZIO M. (2010). Content Management for Mobile Multimedia Art Guides. In: Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems. Rimini, June 2010
    • CEFALÙ V., MAURIZIO M. (2010). Punta della Dogana, prima e dopo. In: Convegno internazionale di studi Far Vedere Far Comprendere: cinema, fruizione, multimedialità. 7-8 Luglio 2010, Venezia.
    • MAURIZIO M., RENZO O. (2010). Manuzio: A Model for Digital Annotated Text and its Query/Programming Language. In: The European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. Glasgow, September 2010
    • MAURIZIO M., ORSINI R. (2010). Manuzio: An Object Language for Annotated Text Collections. IIR 2010. In: Italian Information Retrieval Workshop. Padova, January 2010, p. 104
    • MAURIZIO M., ORSINI R. (2010). A Model and a Language for Large Textual Databases. In: Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems. Rimini, June 2010
    • BARBIERI G., CELENTANO A., FINOCCHI V., MAURIZIO M., ORSINI R., PITTARELLO F. (2010). Experience with Interactive Multimedia Art Guides, Demo. AVI 2010 - Advanced Visual Interfaces
      • Roma, Italy May 25-29, 2010.
    • MAURIZIO M., ORSINI R. (2009). Manuzio: an Object Language for Annotated Text Collections. In: Trends in computational philology. An italian overview. (LEXIS) Venice, 22-24 May 2008, ISBN/ISSN: 97899025612535
    • FINOCCHI V., MAURIZIO M. (2009). Multimedialità e fruizione interattiva, Poster conferenza GARR 2009 "Network Humanitatis - linguaggi, risorse, persone", October 2009
    • MAURIZIO M. (2009). Manuzio: an Object Language for Annotated Text Collections, Phd Thesis
    • MAURIZIO M., ORSINI R. (2009). A model and a language for representing and manipulating annotated text collections, Technical Report

Languages

  • Italian

  • English

    • C1 Listening (proficient user)
    • C2 Reading (proficient user)
    • C1 Spoken Interaction (proficient user)
    • C1 Spoken Production (proficient user)
    • C2 Writing (proficient user)

Other Information

  • Italian driving license type B issued on May 15 1996

  • Solved

Attachments

    • Master's degree certificate with exams (in italian, pdf)

Behind the Scenes

This website has been programmed entirely with TextMate on a late 2009 Macbook. I used HTML5 for the audio/video elements and for the semantic tags and CSS3 for animations, rounded corners, shadows, etc. jQuery is used to achieve the cool parallax scrolling of the background and pictures, and to handle the navigation menu there on the right.

For faster developing and a less cluttered HTML i used Sass as my stylesheet language. The style.css you are seeing is generated from this sass file. I also like to use guard livereload to keep an eye on what i'm doing without constantly hitting cmd+tab, cmd+R, cmd+tab to reload my browser. Also, i used CoffeeScript to generate avoid the syntactical eye-bleeding of Javascript. If you are interested you can see the source .coffee file. I hate the (Java|Coffee)script typecasting, i keep concateneting strings instead of adding numbers :(

I'm not sure i like using a table to display each of the subsections. While it *is* conceptually a table, i really don't like how you can't easily express the semantics of the rows and columns. It was a good experiment, but I plan to change it to a list soon. Update: Heck, it was so ugly that it did not even pass the initial testing phase. Is there still any decent way to use tables in html?

The parallax scrolling of the pictures and background is a rework of the Nike Better World website. I found this SmashingMagazine a useful source to get a basic idea of the underlying concept. Also, this article on color theory has been a great inspiration for all my works, and helped me choosing the color to use here. Since in iOS Safari Mobile the window scrolling event is fired only when the finger is lifted, the effect was really ugly. I disabled the whole parallax thing in Safari Mobile using the navigator.platform variable in Javascript. For now.

Also, the navigation is position:fixed, so it does not work in iOS4. Not a big deal, i'll just wait for iOS5 to support it, since i don't really like the the javascript alternatives.

My main résumé is written in LaTeX (the source can be found on github). After the first section of copy/pasting LaTeX into HTML i realized it was extremely boring and it scaled really bad with updates, so i wrote a simple regular-expression-based script in Ruby to convert portions of my LaTeX résumé model into HTML structures. I put the code in a TextMate bundle command for faster access. Update: and to get rid of tables, i did it again.

I experimented with a canvas element for the footer, but i ultimately dropped it for the sake of simplicity and cross-browser compatibility. Speaking of cross-browser compatibility, the website use css media queries to serve a smartphone-specific css to make the mobile experience more pleasant.