Giuseppe Bilotta — Curriculum Vitæ

Personal Information

SURNAME / Given name	Bilotta / Giuseppe
Address	via Conti, 16 I 95125 Catania (CT) ITALY
Telephone	+39 0952880582 Mobile: +39 347661602
Email	giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com
Skype	giuseppe.bilotta
Social network profiles	Google+ LinkedIn
Nationality	Italian
Date of birth	September 28, 1978
Gender	M

Skills / Expertise

Coding / Application development

C, C++
GPU programming: CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL
Toolkits: Qt, wxWidgets
Scripting languages: Ruby, Perl, Python

Web development

Client-side: JavaScript
Server-side: Ruby/CGI, Perl/CGI, PHP

Electronic publishing

Web standards: HTML, CSS, SVG, XHTML, microformats, syndication (RSS, Atom)
Computer Typography: PostScript, PDF, T_EX, L^AT_EX, metapost, metafont

Numerical mathematics

Particle methods
Reliable and self-verified computing: interval analysis, affine arithmetic
Interpolation, Bézier cubics
Multigrid

Software portfolio

Open source

rbot — Ruby IRC bot: current maintainer and lead developer
CLU — OpenCL Utility toolkit: author
GPU-SPH — CUDA-based SPH fluid dynamics simulator: developer
zit — git-based single-file content tracker: author
rcs-fast-export — RCS fast export tool: author
git — fast, distributed version control system: contributor (mainly to gitweb, the Perl/CGI web interface).
Cities3D / Cities Online — online multiplayer Settlers of Catan boardgame implementation: contributor (Linux port)

Other

MAGFLOW — cellular automaton for lava flow simulation (INGV, internal software): current maintainer

Research Experience

Dates	Nov 03, 2008 — today
Role	Post-doc
Topic	Numerical methods for the simulation of lava flows
Affiliation	Università degli Studi di Catania p.zza dell'Università, 2 Catania
Department	Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
Affiliation	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia p.zza Roma, 2 Catania
Dates	Jan 02, 2006 — Jan 01, 2008
Role	Post-doc
Topic	Mathematical models for electromagnetism: Monte-Carlo and deterministic methods and applications to semiconductors
Affiliation	Università degli Studi di Catania p.zza dell'Università, 2 Catania
Department	Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
Dates	Feb 27, 2002 — Oct 31, 2005
Role	PhD student
Affiliation	Università degli Studi di Catania p.zza dell'Università, 2 Catania
Department	Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica

Education

Date	Mar 31, 2006
Level	PhD
Description	Laurea in Matematica, Dottorato di Ricerca
Thesis	Core issues in font conversion: approximation of circular envelopes of Bézier cubics by means of Bézier cubics
Affiliation	Università degli Studi di Catania p.zza dell'Università, 2 Catania
Department	Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
Date	Mar 23, 2001
Level	Bsc+MMath
Description	Laurea in Matematica
Thesis	On the existence of infinitely many solutions for the Neumann problem for a quasilinear equation
Grade	110/110 cum laude
Affiliation	Università degli Studi di Catania p.zza dell'Università, 2 Catania
Department	Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica

Known Languages

Mother tongue

Italian

Self-assessment
European level *

	Understanding		Speaking		Writing
	Listening	Reading	Spoken interaction	Spoken production
English	C1	C2	C2	C2	C2
French	A2	B2	A2	A2	A2

Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

Scientific Publications

Bilotta G., Cappello A., Hérault A., Vicari A., Russo G., Del Negro C. 2012 Sensitivity Analysis of the MAGFLOW Cellular Automaton model Environmental Modelling & Software 35 122–131 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.02.015
Vicari A., Bilotta G., Bonfiglio S. Cappello A., Ganci G., Hérault A., Rustico E., Gallo G., Del Negro C. 2011 LAV@HAZARD: a web-GIS interface for volcanic hazar assessment Annals of Geophysics 54 5 662–670 10.4401/ag-5347
Bilotta G., Russo G., Hérault A., Del Negro C. 2011 Moving least-squares corrections for smoothed particle hydrodynamics Annals of Geophysics 54 5 622–633 10.4401/ag-5344
Hérault A., Bilotta G., Annamaria V. Rustico E., Del Negro C. 2011 Numerical Simulation of lava flow using a GPU SPH model Annals of Geophysics 54 5 600–620 10.4401/ag-5343
Rustico E., Bilotta G., Hérault A., Del Negro C., Gallo G. 2011 Scalable multi-GPU implementation of MAGFLOW simulator Annals of Geophysics 54 5 592–599 10.4401/ag-5342
Bilotta G., Rustico E., Hérault A., Vicari A., Russo G., Del Negro C., Gallo G. 2011 Porting and optimizing MAGFLOW on CUDA Annals of Geophysics 54 5 580–591 10.4401/ag-5341
Hérault A., Bilotta G., Del Negro C., Russo G., Vicari A., 2010 SPH modeling of lava flows with GPU implementation From physics to control through an emergent view Fortuna L. Fradokv A. Frasca M. WSPC 183–188
Hérault A., Bilotta G., Dalrymple R.A. 2010 SPH on GPU with CUDA Journal of Hydraulic Research 48 extra issue 74–79 10.3826/jhr.2010.0005
Bilotta G. 2008 Self-verified extension of affine arithmetics to arbitrary order Le Matematiche LXIII I 15–32
Andrä H., Battiato S., Bilotta G., Farinella G.M., Impoco G., Orlik J., Russo G., Zemitis A. 2008 Structural Simulation of a Bone-Prosthesis System of the Knee Joint Sensors 8 5897–5926 10.3390/s8095897
Bilotta G. 2003 Existence of infinitely many solutions for the quasilinear Neumann problem Panamerican Mathematical Journal 13 2 19–36

T_EX-related Publications

Bilotta G. 2004 The א (Aleph) project TUGboat 25 1 105–107
Bilotta G. 2003 Math in ConT_EXt: bridging the gap with AMS-L^AT_EX TUGboat 24 1 120–121 Proceedings of the 24th International T_EX conference
Bilotta G. 2003 ε-Ω: a step towards the future with a look on the past TUGboat 24 1 95–96 Proceedings of the 24th International T_EX conference
Bilotta G. 2002 ConT_EXt: a general purpose T_EX macro package Τὸ Εὔτυπον (The Eutypon) 9 15–24
Bilotta G. 2001 T_EXlib: a T_EX reimplementation in library form MAPS 26 19–26 EuroT_EX2001: Proceedings of the twelfth European T_EX conference

Giuseppe Bilotta — Curriculum Vitæ

Personal Information

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Research Experience

Education

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Scientific Publications

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