Current Position

Assistant Professor (tenured) at the College of Engineering, University Roma Tre.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Informatics and Automation, College of Engineering, University Roma Tre, Italy. Degree awarded on March 16, 2007 (National fellowship for Doctoral Degree awarded). Advisor Prof. Alberto Paoluzzi. Reviewers Prof. Chandrajit Bajaj (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and Prof. Vadim Shapiro (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA). Dissertation: "Towards a topological unification of finite computational methods".
  • Doctoral School "Compulog Americas Summer School on Computational Logic", Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, USA, June 2004 (Grant awarded).
  • Doctoral School "32ème École de Printemps d’Informatique Théorique: Théorie de la Concurrence" (32nd Spring School of Theoretical Computer Science: Theory of Concurrency), Centre International de Recontres Mathématiques (CIRM), Marseille-Luminy, France, April 2004.
  • Graduated in Computer Engineering (Laurea Vecchio Ordinamento, DR 1652/1938, equivalent to Masters in Computer Science and Engineering), Summa cum Laude, grade average 29.16 over 30 (GPA 4 over 4). Department of Informatics and Automation, College of Engineering, University Roma Tre, Italy. Degree awarded on March 14, 2003. Advisor Prof. Alberto Paoluzzi, Co-advisor Prof. Antonio DiCarlo (Department of Studies on Structures, University Roma Tre). Dissertation "Stokes BSP: a data structure to compute coboundary and differential forms".

Awards

The "Palazzo Massimo LIS/ASL iOS & Android" multiplatform mobile application has been awarded the European Excellence Award for Accessible Tourism (Bruxelles, Belgium, 2014).

Books

  • Franco Milicchio and Wolfgang Alexander Gehrke. "Distributed Services with OpenAFS for Enterprise and Education". Springer (2007).

Selected Publications

  1. M. Murer, G. Formica, F. Milicchio, S. Morganti, F. Auricchio, "A coupled multiphase Lagrangian-Eulerian fluid-dynamics framework for numerical simulation of Laser Metal Deposition process", The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 1-18 (2022).
  2. V. Cetorelli, P. Atzeni, V. Crescenzi, F. Milicchio, "The smallest extraction problem", Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 14(11), 2445-2458 (2021).
  3. P. Piras, V. Varano, M. Louis, A. Profico, S. Durrleman, B. Charlier, F. Milicchio, L. Teresi, "Transporting Deformations of Face Emotions in the Shape Spaces: A Comparison of Different Approaches", Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 63 (7), 875-893 (2021).
  4. G. Formica, and F. Milicchio, "Kinship-based differential evolution algorithm for unconstrained numerical optimization", Nonlinear Dynamics, 99(2), 1341-1361, (2020).
  5. L. Teresi, F. Milicchio, S. Gabriele, P. Piras, and V. Varano, "Shape deformation from metric's transport", International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 119, (2020).
  6. G. Formica, F. Milicchio, W. Lacarbonara, "Storage and damping optimization in hysteretic multilayer nanocomposites", International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, 18(2), (2021).
  7. M. Oliva, F. Milicchio, K. King, G. Benson, C. Boucher, M. Prosperi, "Portable Nanopore Analytics: Are We There Yet?", Bioinformatics, (2020).
  8. G. Formica, F. Milicchio, and M. Murer, "An Integrated CAD Strategy for Nonlinear Dynamics of 3D Suspended Bridges", Computer-Aided Design and Applications, (2019).
  9. G. Formica, F. Milicchio and W. Lacarbonara, "Computational efficiency and accuracy of sequential non- linear cyclic analysis of carbon nanotube nanocomposites", Advances in Engineering Software, vol. 125, pp. 126–135, (2018).
  10. G. Formica, F. Milicchio and W. Lacarbonara, "Hysteretic damping optimization in carbon nanotube nanocomposites", Composite Structures, (2018).
  11. F. Milicchio, V. Varano, S. Gabriele et al., "Parallel transport of local strains", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, pp. 1–9, 2018.
  12. G. Formica and F. Milicchio. "Crack growth propagation using standard FEM". Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 165, pp. 1-18, (2017).
  13. F. Milicchio, R. Rose, J. Bian, J. Min, and M. Prosperi. "Visual programming for next-generation sequencing data analytics". BioData mining, Vol. 9(1), pp. 1, (2016).
  14. G. Formica and F. Milicchio. "Unconditionally Stable Convergence with Power Principle-based Time-Integration Schemes". Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol. 60(3), pp. 199-220, (2010).

Memberships

Gruppo21

Co-founder of the official Italian National Body to the ISO JTC1/SC22 Working Group 21 (C++ Programming Language).

++it

Co-founder of the Italian C++ Community (https://italiancpp.org).

Engineering Order

Member of the Italian Order of Engineers.

Funding

ISCRA HP10C1MML0 (2023)

Collaborator: Mechanical strength of perforated graphene membrane for water, CINECA Supercomputer Consortium ISCRA.

PRIN 2017L7X3CS_002 (2017--2020)

Collaborator: 3D printing: a bridge to the future, Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito.

RM3 (2018)

Collaborator: Inclusive Memory, Università degli Studi Roma Tre.

AFOSR 12141951 (2017)

Collaborator: Highly reconfigurable, multistable composites with tunable global/local morphing capability, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA.

AFOSR FA9550-14-1-0082 (2014)

Collaborator: Bridging High Strength and Dissipation in Carbon Nanotube Composites, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA.

Velletri 70 V003 (2015)

PI: Interactive gestures-based application for the Bimillennial Anniversary of Augustus, Innovation in Archaeology grant.

SSBAR 5233 (2014)

PI: Ostia Antica Mobile for Deaf (ASL/LIS), Mobile Archaeology Innovation grant.

ISCRA HP10CU1H2A (2014)

PI: Parallel High-throughput Error Correction via Oligomers, CINECA Supercomputer Consortium ISCRA.

SSBAR 20798 (2012)

PI: National Roman History Musem for Families, Mobile Archaeology Innovation grant.

SSBAR (2012)

PI: National Roman History Musem Mobile for Deaf (ASL/LIS), Mobile Archaeology Innovation grant.

Projects

Deformation Animation

Parallel transport of vector fields (deformations) on 3D manifolds via Thin Plate Spline and Finite Elements.

Computational Mechanics

Non-linear elastic and elastoplastic deformations on solids, and reconstruction of Frequency Response Curves using a Newton-Raphson path-foloowing approach.

Completed Projects

Genetic Sequences Parsing

Parser of large Next-Generation Sequences (NGS), employing Intel's SIMD operations (AVX) with a nonlinear encoding of genetic strings.

Fluid Dynamics

Fast and optimized simulation of metal 3D printing processes (Laser Metal Deposition technology) with metal particle simulation released by nozzles and phase-change due to particles-laser interactions.

Genetic Optimization

Parallel genetic optimization algorithm for nonlinear mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Analysis of Large DNA Sequences

Parallel analysis of large Next-Generation Sequences (NGS), based on the de Bruijn graph on desktops and mobile devices.

Ostia Antica LIS/ASL iOS & Android (2016)

Multiplatform mobile application---iOS and Android---tailored for deaf people, for the Roman excavation site of Ostia Antica, Rome. In collaboration with the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage, and the ISSR, the Italian school for deaf of Rome.

Sarcophagus of Hercules (2016)

Gesture-based application based on the Microsoft Kinect SDK for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the "Sarcophagus of Hercules' Labors" in Velletri, Rome. In collaboration with the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage, and the Archaeological Museum of Velletri.

Bimillenary of the Emperor Augustus (2014)

Gesture-based application based on the Microsoft Kinect 2.0 SDK for the Bimillenary of the Emperor Augustus, in Velletri, Rome. In collaboration with the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage, and the Archaeological Museum of Velletri.

Palazzo Massimo Family iOS & Android (2014)

Multiplatform mobile application---iOS and Android---tailored for families, for the museum "Palazzo Massimo". In collaboration with the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage.

Palazzo Massimo LIS/ASL iOS & Android (2012)

Multiplatform mobile application---iOS and Android---tailored for deaf people, for the museum "Palazzo Massimo". In collaboration with the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage, and the ISSR, the Italian school for deaf of Rome.

Econometric Modeling (2007)

Analysis and development of predictive tools (commercial, residential, productive terrains) for the Italian territory with machine-learning techniques. Joint collaboration with Sogei company and the Italian National Territorial Agency.

System Administrator (2003)

System engineer at the Department of Studies on Structures, College of Engineering, Roma Tre University.

Software Developer (2002)

Multi-platform Qt-based IDE for the PLaSM programming language under MacOS X, Windows, and Linux, Department of Informatics and Automation, College of Engineering, Roma Tre University.

Academic Experiences

2022-present

Lecturer for "Computer Graphics". Laurea Magistrale (Masters Degree) in Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Civil, Computer Science and Aeronautical Technologies Engineering, Roma Tre University.

2016-present

Lecturer for the course "Mobile Computing". Laurea (Bachelors Degree) in Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre.

2015-2018

Lecturer for the course "Advanced Topics in Computer Science". Laurea Magistrale (Masters Degree) in Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre.

2012-2017

Lecturer for the course "Elements of Computer Science". Laurea (Bachelors Degree) in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre.

2007, 2009-2015

Lecturer for the course "Parallel and Distributed Computing". Laurea Specialistica (Masters Degree) in Com- puter Science and Engineering, Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre.

2007-2008

Post-Doctoral fellow at the Department of Studies on Structures, College of Engineering, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.

2005-2006

Teaching Assistant for the course "Concurrent Programming". Laurea Specialistica (Masters Degree) in Com- puter Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, University Roma Tre.

2004-2006

Teaching Assistant for the course "Parallel and Distributed Computing". Laurea Specialistica (Masters Degree) in Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, UniversityĹ Roma Tre.

2005

Lecturer for the course "Software Management". Masters in Complex Systems in Metropolitan Mobility, University Roma Tre.

Additional Information

2003-2005

Visiting graduate student at the Spatial Automation Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 2003--2005.

2003

IBM EMEA University Relations Student Recognition Event, IBM Hursley, UK, December 2003.

Personal Interests

Watercolors and painting, Linguistics, Classical piano, Japanese language and culture, Classical guitar, Orienteering, Hiking.