Publications
FlowRep: Descriptive Curve Networks for Free-Form Design Shapes 2017
Giorgio Gori,
Alla Sheffer,
Nicholas Vining,
Enrique Rosales,
Nathan Carr,
Tao Ju.
Accepted to SIGGRAPH 2017.
Work Experience
Research Engineer 2017 - Current
Adobe Research
Teaching Assistant 2014 - 2016
University of British Columbia
Courses: Computer Graphics: Modeling - Data Structures and Algorithms - Internet Computing.
Received a Department of Science TA evaluation score of 4.76 / 5 and positive feedback.
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Summer 2013
Università della Svizzera Italiana
Project with Mauro Pezzè about cloud technologies.
The task was to adapt a framework for testing elastic applications in the cloud to the Amazon
EC2 Cloud. [Python, Java, shell scripting]
Education
M.Sc. in Computer Science 2014 - 2017
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada
Supervised by Alla Sheffer
B.Sc. in Informatics, Magna Cum Laude 2011 - 2014
Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland
Weighted GPA: 9.38 / 10
Diploma with scientific specialization 2006 - 2011
Liceo Scientifico A.Einstein, Rimini, Italy
Projects
I love building things, here are some projects I worked on my grad, undergrad studies and my free time.
GWToolbox++ 2013 - Present
A mod for a popular multiplayer online game. Contains features to improve gameplay and add functionality with an in-game interface. Experience in design and creation of user-friendly, effective and customizable tools, reverse engineering, UI/UX design, gathering and using user feedback, deployment, auto updates and managing an open source project. [C++, DirectX]
Smart Bot Spring 2016
A game bot focused on advanced path planning using TSP and clustering. The project outperforms the state of the art and novice players, approaching the level of an expert player. [C++, OpenGL]
KineScan - Turning the Kinect into a 3D scanner Autumn 2014
B.Sc. Thesis at Università della Svizzera Italiana supervised by Kai Hormann. Built a 3d scanner using the Kinect sensor and a Lego platform. Experience in Kinect API, point clouds and surface reconstruction. [C#, OpenGL, Kinect SDK, Lego Mindstorms]
PipeWorld 2013
Game inspired by Snake, Knot in 3D, and Counterclockwise. The goal is to capture cubes by moving in a 3D space in a 1st person view and avoiding your trail. The space is open but recursive, meaning that there are no walls, but after moving in a direction for a short time you will find your own trail. [C++, OpenGL]
Railway Empire 2013
[Group project] A simple but fully functional copy of Sid Meyer's Railroad Tycoon. [Java] - [video]
StreamNinja 2012
[Group project] Awesome web application for social listening of music. Features simultaneous playback, playlists sharing and a full tune mixer. [JavaScript]
ComPyLL 2012
[Group project] A Compiler from Python to LLVM, written in Python. Supports a subset of Python which includes basic types, functions, classes, lambdas. [Python]
Achievements
Winner of the 8th AI-Cup May 2013
Competition at Università della Svizzera Italiana promoted by Luca Gambardella.
The challenge was to solve instances of the Travelling Salesman Problem within
a runtime limit of three minutes. Developed an algorithm based
on the ant colony optimization.
ETS GRE Test October 2013
Quantitative Reasoning score: 166 / 170
The GRE test is a world wide offered test that assesses mathematical, reasoning and problem-
solving skills. Score corresponds to the top 7% worldwide.
Math Olympics 2006 - 2009
Ranked top 3 every year in high shool (~1k students)
Other Interests
Keyboardist in progressive metal band Ashes of Chaos 2008 - 2013
Co-founder and fundamental contributor to the composing process. Released an album, Eye (YouTube, Spotify, iTunes), in 2013, which received some good reviews, some explicitly praising the keyboards:
I enjoy the riffs quite a bit, but ultimately, it’s the strong performances on the keys, along with the atmosphere and unique character to the songs that sets it apart in the crowd.