Nico Pietroni

Visual Computing Lab
ISTI cnr
Pisa (Italy)




SHORT BIO

EDUCATION
  • Advanced degree in Computer Science (Laurea),University of Pisa.
  • PHD degree at university of Genova. 2009
WORK
  •  Visual Computing Lab at Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione (ISTI) of the National Research Council (CNR) in Pisa, Italy.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Mesh Parameterization
  •  Solid Texture Synthesis
  •  Deformable Objects.


INTERNATIONAL  JOURNALS


  • Marco Tarini, Nico Pietroni, Paolo Cignoni, Daniele Panozzo, Enrico Puppo
Computer Graphics Forum,  (Special Issue - Eurographics 2010)
2010


  • Nico Pietroni, Paolo Cignoni, Miguel A. Otaduy, and Roberto Scopigno
"A survey on solid texture synthesis"
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications - In press 
2009



  • Nico Pietroni, Marco Tarini, and Paolo Cignoni 
"Almost isometric mesh parameterization through abstract domains"
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)  In press
The original version is avaiable at
http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/TVCG.2009.96
2009



  • Giuseppe Turini, Nico Pietroni, Giuseppe Megali, Fabio Ganovelli, Andrea Pietrabissa, Franco Mosca
"New Techniques for computer-based simulation in surgical training "
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
IJBET , in press
2009




  • Nico Pietroni, Fabio Ganovelli, Paolo Cignoni, Roberto Scopigno

 "Splitting Cubes a Fast and Robust technique for Virtual Cutting"  The Visual Computer, Volume 25 Issue 3, page 227
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
2009



  • Matteo Dellepiane, Nico Pietroni, Nicolas Tsingos, Manuel Asselot, Roberto Scopigno 
"Reconstructing head models from photographs for individualized 3D-audio processing"
Computer Graphics Forum  (Special Issue - Pacific Graphics 2008), Volume 27, Number 7, page 1719 - 1727
2008



  • Nico Pietroni, Miguel A. Otaduy, Bernd Bickel, Fabio Ganovelli, Markus Gross
"Texturing Internal Surfaces from a Few Cross Sections"  Computer Graphics Forum Vol.26(3)
(Special Issue Eurographics  2007)
2007



INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES


  • G.Turini, N.Pietroni, G.Megali, A.Pietrabissa
6th International Conference on the Management of Healthcare & Medical Technology HTCM
2007





  • Blazej Kubiak, Nico Pietroni, Fabio Ganovelli, Marco Fratarcangeli
 "A Robust Method for Real-Time Thread Simulation"
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology VRST
2007  

  • N.Pietroni, A.Giachetti, F.Ganovelli 
"Robust segmentation of anatomical structures with deformable surfaces and marching cubes"
Poster session of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery CARS
2005

  • N.Pietroni, A.Giachetti, F.Ganovelli 
"Robust segmentation of anatomical structures with deformable surfaces and marching cubes" 
in Proceedings of the Second Workshop in Virtual Reality Interactions and Physical Simulations VRIPHYS
2005




MY PHD THESIS


A robust approach to interactive virtual cutting: geometry and color
Advisor: FABIO GANOVELLI
Supervisor: ENRICO PUPPO

Ext. Reviewers:
SUMANTA N. PATTANAIK
RICCARDO SCATENI




OTHER..

  • G. Turini, N. Pietroni, F. Ganovelli, R. Scopigno
"Techniques for Computer Assisted Surgery".
Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference 2007
  • Nico Pietroni, Fabio Ganovelli, Paolo Cignoni and Claudio Montani



FRIENDS

GATTOTIGRE VIDEOMAKERS
Videoclip, Backstage, Spot
SANGIRADIO
 web radio



MUSIC







CONTACT

nico.pietroni "at" isti.cnr.it