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I am a 3rd year Italian PhD student at [http://www.kuleuven.be Katholieke Universiteit Leuven], in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuven Leuven], Belgium. | I am a 3rd year Italian PhD student at [http://www.kuleuven.be Katholieke Universiteit Leuven], in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuven Leuven], Belgium. | ||
I also belong to [http://www.imec.be Interuniversity MicroElectronic Center | I also belong to Leuven's [http://www.imec.be Interuniversity MicroElectronic Center (IMEC)]. | ||
My | My field of research is mesoscopic self-assembly. Specifically, I am developing new techniques to improve the packaging and assembly of microchip. This (rather dull) task starts to appear exciting once you introduce stochastic techniques and self-assembling processes to work it out. It seems weird, and even weirder when it works! | ||
I started getting interested in complexity by the end of my high-school years, and since then I started pursuing a | Anyway, this was only the ''n-th'' trail that lead me to the galaxy of complex systems. This might well be something one wants to report to a psycotherapist. | ||
I started getting interested in complexity by the end of my high-school years. At that time, to show my embarassing modesty, I wanted to write an interdisciplinary thesis on complexity. Unluckily, the boundaries of my books where to narrow to contain my notes (I guess someone said this already a few centuries ago), so I decided to change topic - I switched to "space and time", not sure I simplified my task. | |||
Anyhow, since then I started pursuing a (mostly self-taught) educational path through self-organization, dynamical systems, pattern formation, critical phenomena, evolutionary computation, artificial intelligence. For my BS thesis, I looked into phase-looked loops, whose functionality is built on non-linear dynamics. For my MS thesis, I investigated (microelectromechanical) resonators, acquiring a taste for these fundamental and ubiquitous objects. Meanwhile, I was feeding on books by Kosko, Kauffman, Gell-Mann, Deutsch, Penrose, Barabasi, Strogatz, Axelrod and more. I can candidly confess I am still addicted. Abusing of crack might be much cheaper. | |||
I probably want (a subset of) this stuff to be the leading theme of my future career. So I | Finally, I lately realized I probably want (a subset of) this stuff to be the leading theme of my future career. So I thought CSSS might be the right place to start this private phase transition. | ||
My other interests include playing and [http://www.jamendo.com/it/album/43295 composing music], singing in polyphonic choirs, [http://www.anobii.com/mangoo/books reading], running and [http://www.daysofmangoo.blogspot.com write satire] and [http://fluttuaedevia.blogspot.com short essays] (Italian only, so far). | |||
I look forward to meeting you next June! | I look forward to meeting you next June! | ||
Till then, you can keep in touch by [mailto:mastrangelim@gmail.com writing me]. | Till then, you can keep in touch by [mailto:mastrangelim@gmail.com writing me]. | ||
Massimo | Massimo | ||
Revision as of 23:52, 11 June 2009
- Hello everyone,
I am a 3rd year Italian PhD student at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium. I also belong to Leuven's Interuniversity MicroElectronic Center (IMEC). My field of research is mesoscopic self-assembly. Specifically, I am developing new techniques to improve the packaging and assembly of microchip. This (rather dull) task starts to appear exciting once you introduce stochastic techniques and self-assembling processes to work it out. It seems weird, and even weirder when it works!
Anyway, this was only the n-th trail that lead me to the galaxy of complex systems. This might well be something one wants to report to a psycotherapist.
I started getting interested in complexity by the end of my high-school years. At that time, to show my embarassing modesty, I wanted to write an interdisciplinary thesis on complexity. Unluckily, the boundaries of my books where to narrow to contain my notes (I guess someone said this already a few centuries ago), so I decided to change topic - I switched to "space and time", not sure I simplified my task.
Anyhow, since then I started pursuing a (mostly self-taught) educational path through self-organization, dynamical systems, pattern formation, critical phenomena, evolutionary computation, artificial intelligence. For my BS thesis, I looked into phase-looked loops, whose functionality is built on non-linear dynamics. For my MS thesis, I investigated (microelectromechanical) resonators, acquiring a taste for these fundamental and ubiquitous objects. Meanwhile, I was feeding on books by Kosko, Kauffman, Gell-Mann, Deutsch, Penrose, Barabasi, Strogatz, Axelrod and more. I can candidly confess I am still addicted. Abusing of crack might be much cheaper.
Finally, I lately realized I probably want (a subset of) this stuff to be the leading theme of my future career. So I thought CSSS might be the right place to start this private phase transition.
My other interests include playing and composing music, singing in polyphonic choirs, reading, running and write satire and short essays (Italian only, so far).
I look forward to meeting you next June! Till then, you can keep in touch by writing me.
Massimo