Massimo Fornasier,

Date and place of birth: 06/07/1975, Feltre (Belluno), Italy

Citizenship: Italian

QUALIFICATION

• Maturità scientifica (Scientific Diploma), national plane of computer experimentation, achieved on 1994 at the Liceo Scientifico "Galileo Galilei" of Belluno with mark 53/60. 
• Degree in Mathematics (Laurea in Matematica), achieved on October 1999 at the University of Padua (Italy) with mark 110/110 cum laude.

PRESENT OCCUPATION

• On January 2000 I won a competition for a scholarship position at the Doctorate in Computational Mathematics of the University of Padua. Local activity: studing possible relations between classical homogeneization of elliptic partial differential operators and FEM-discrete homogeneization proposed by Dr. Fabio Marcuzzi, under the guidance of Prof. Maria Morandi Cecchi.
• Actually , I am also engaged in a research project (Mantegna Project) at the Department of Physics "Galileo Galilei" of the University of Padua leaded by Prof. Domenico Toniolo. This project intends to develop an efficient algorithm for the frescos virtual restoration, with particular care of the frescos broken into little pieces. My interest and contribution was applied on the implementation of the method, with the development of the software needed for the production and for the study of the results and as well on the theoretical mathematics formulation to prove the method consistence and correctness. We are testing the method on the Andrea Mantegna's frescos of the Eremitani's Church in Padua, destroyed by bombing in 1944, with about 80000 remaining pieces and we are trying now to obtain the finances to start a more wide reconstruction with the support of the University of Padua, involving a staff of students and art professionals.
• Cooperation with NuHAG (Numerical Harmonic Analysis Group): development of the atomic decomposition theory in function spaces in order to define more general Banach frames, defined also on manifolds (just for instance, discrete Gabor frames or Wavelets on the n-sphere). Algorithms for calculating coefficients in this general context. This investigation is under the guidance of Prof. Hans Georg Feichtinger. Main tools: (Lie) groups and representation theory, Wiener Amalgam spaces, Feichtinger-Groechenig atomic decomposition method, Banach spaces Interpolation theory, Reproducing Kernel Hilbert spaces, numerical methods and algorithms.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• English: good. Some stays abroad improved my linguistic abilities: in particular, a period at the School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin (IRE), June - September 1997 and my reguar visits in Vienna (Austria).
• Spanish: good.
• French: scholastic.
• German: work in (very slow) progress

I think to be able to work in an international environment and to learn quite rapidly what eventually I need for a good communication.

COMPUTER AND PROGRAMMING ABILITIES

• Windows and Unix environment.
• Very good knowledge of C/C++ (compiler on various platform), Java (JDK, SDK, Borland JBuilder), Perl (perl interpreter) programming languages. Complex software development with C/C++ languages and Perl, about three years experience in various contexts. Knowledge of some graphics library as OpenGL, GTK, gimplib and development of some plug-ins in Gimp environment. Scholastic knowledge of Fortran language, used in the courses of Numerical Analysis.
• Mathematica program of the Wolfram Research: one year experience. Knowledge of the internal programming language and of the MathLink library for the networking. Development of some extending plug-ins in C/C++.
• Matlab .
• Experience of Parallel Programming on Cray T3E, at CINECA (Bologna) during a specialising course in the 1998 and further for the Mantegna Project (1999-2000).
• Web edition: CAI (BL) Web Site, Mantegna Project home page, Mantegna Project private framework, Prototype Research Engine (for information, please, contact me)
• Projecting a new computer laboratory based on a 12 PCs cluster under Linux, dedicated on high performance computing. Development of a TCP/IP client-server software architecture for the implementation of the Mantegna Project algorithm working on the cluster.
• Platforms: Pentium (Windows-Linux), Alpha (Unix), SGI-Indigo2 Impact1000 (Irix 6.5.x), Cray T3E (Unix).

JOB EXPERIENCE

• Swimming teacher (1996-present time).
• Assistance for revision to secondary school and university students.
• Stage (about 280 hours) at the firm NetWorkGourp s.r.l (NWG). of Belluno (June-Sempteber 1998).
• Some occasional services at NWG.
• Mantegna Project (September 1998 - present time): research and experimentation activity 1998-1999; organizing a new laboratory, development of new (image processing and networking) software tools 1999-2000; agreement with Institutions and Financers for starting the complete frescoes reconstruction, being scientific-techincal coordinator together with prof. Domenico Toniolo 2000-2004.
• Service of Peloponneso (GR) coast monitoring and activity of public relation in English language at a volunteer camp of the STPS (Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece), an Environmental international society of Life (July-September 1999).
• Teacher (Assistantship) as a Graduated in Mathematics of Mathematical Analysis exercises at the course of Mathematical Analysis I for Engineering students (first semester of the Academic Year 1999-2000).
• Doctorate student of the Doctorate in Computational Mathematics at the University of Padua (official start November 1999 - present time).

SCHOLARSHIPS

• Scientific prize for a study on the Mantegna's problem (1999).
• Doctorate scholarship (2000-2003)

RESEARCH INTEREST

Functional analysis, abstract harmonic analysis and applied, signal theory, mathematics applied to images. Methods and algorithms to compare images independently by rotations.

SEMINARS

• M. Fornasier: "Some ideas on the representation and comparison of digital signals independently by families of diagonal operators", NuHAG, Institute of Mathematics, Vienna (23 February 2000)
• M. Fornasier: "Un metodo per la rappresentazione e il confronto di immagini a meno di rotazioni. Un contributo alla ricostruzione virtuale degli affreschi della Chiesa degli Eremitani in Padova", Dept. of Pure and Appl. Maths, Padova (13 March 2000) (slides on line here)
• C. Fanin, M. Fornasier, D. Toniolo: "Proposta per una Anastilosi Virtuale degli affreschi della Cappella Ovetari nella Chiesa degli Eremitani in Padova", Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, Padova (21 July 2000)

CLOSE LAST AND PROBABLE FUTURE OUTGOING VISITS:

• Assisi (Italy), 1 April, workshop "Dall'utopia alla realtà" on the frescos restoration.
• Torino (Italy), 6-7 April, symposium on "Wavelets and applications".
• Paris (France), 10-14 April, school of mathematics on Finite Elements methods and appl.
• Helsinki (Finland), 19-29 April, private vacancy.
• Vienna (Austria), 20-28 May, activity at NuHAG (Numerical Harmonic Analysis Group)
• Vienna (Austria), 7-12 August, activity at NuHAG (Numerical Harmonic Analysis Group)
• Siegmundsburg (Germany), 19-23 October, Autumn School at the University of Jena
• Vienna (Austria), 9 November - 2 December, activity at NuHAG (Numerical Harmonic Analysis Group)

• Vienna (Austria), 29 January - 21 February, activity at NuHAG (Numerical Harmonic Analysis Group)
• Ferrara (Italy), 29 March, Fiera del Restauro. Official presentation at national level of "Mantegna Project".
• Vienna (Austria), 20 April - 15 March, activity at NuHAG (Numerical Harmonic Analysis Group)
• Vienna (Austria), June
• Denmark, 2-10 August
• Vienna (Austria), 23 Oct.- 13 Nov
• Vienna (Austria), 1st Dec. - 23 Dec.

NON PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• Sport: swimming, diving , free-climbing , biking , fitness .
• Music: classical, ethnic (Sarda, Irish, few others), country. I studied piano at the Scuola comunale di Belluno, "A. Miari" for some years and I also like to sing. Guitar learned on my own.
• Traveling (by bike!! Austria-Germany 1995 [about 1300 Km], Sardinia 1996 [about 500 Km], Ireland 1997 [about 900 Km], Greece 1999, Austria 2000, France 2000, Sardinia 2000, Germany 2000,Austria 2001).

MY INTENTS, INTEREST ON THE NuHAG AND WHAT I EXPECT

I concluded my undergraduate studies at the University of Padua towards the end of October ’99.

I am satisfied by the choice to have studied mathematics and I think to have reached some good results. Therefore, I would like to continue my studies, if possible, and to tempt the way of the research.

My mathematical education includes the basic issues of both pure mathematics and applied. Differently from some of my colleagues I feel comfortable both the environments and, only recently, I have realised what great and beautiful connections the signal and harmonic analysis theories can offer. We have not a "school" of harmonic analysis in Padua. To find a solution for the Mantegna’s problem has introduced to me the applications of the Fourier Analysis and, now, I am very interested in it.

When I have known about NuHAG I thought it as a possible suitable place for the continuation of my education. In fact, I am looking for an international environment where I could improve my abilities and be followed on my interest matters. In particular, I don’t expect to be assisted step by step (I developed most of my work related to the Mantegna Project completely alone) but I would like surely to be right directed and supported. I am a passionate young hard (maybe too much!) worker and I know to be well productive when I am involved in a trust environment and right challenged.

MY ADDRESSES

Massimo Fornasier,

Dottorato in Matematica Computazionale, Dipartimento di Matematica Pura e Applicata, Via Belzoni 7, -35100- Padova

Tel. (Office): +39/049/8275862

Email: fornasier@math.unipd.it