Davide Mezzino

CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor (Tenured Teacher) at the Department of Humanities, IULM University.

Member of the Faculty Board of the PhD program in Visual and Media Studies.

Member of the University Quality Committee.

Member of the Scientific Committee and Executive Board of the Center for Advanced Studies in Artificial Intelligence (CSAIA).

Member of the Scientific Committee, the Assembly of Founding Members, and the Board of Directors of the Paolo Ferraris Foundation s.r.l.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the CUR'ARTI APS association.

Member of technical evaluation committees for national calls for proposals.

Ph.D. in Architecture, from Carleton University, Ottawa.

Doctorate in Cultural Heritage, obtained at the Politecnico di Torino.

In charge of one of the three research units of the Project of Significant National Interest (PRIN) "Know.it" (MUR P2022WRPY5 - CUP J53D23016530001).

From 2022, expert contract at the EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research Executive Agency (REA) for the evaluation of projects submitted to the HORIZON calls.

From 2018 to 2021, at the Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino, he worked as Digital Expert for the development of new paradigms for the management and dissemination of cultural heritage, through digital techniques and tools.

From 2014 to 2017, at the Carleton lmmersive Media Studio (CIMS), Ottawa, he developed advanced skills and abilities in the field of three-dimensional surveying and modeling, as well as skills in the use of cataloguing and management systems for built heritage at the architectural and urban scale. Within CIMS he has also conducted field research projects in Bahrain, Canada, Morocco, Mexico, and Myanmar.

Since 2013, qualified to practice as an Architect in Italy and in the European Union.

Since 2010, he has carried out research and training activities at Universities, Foundations, Companies and Institutions in Italy and abroad (including: Carleton University, Università di Genova, Università degli Studi di Torino, Università Telematica Internazionale UniNettuno, Universidad de Guadalajara, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, Scuola di Amministrazione Aziendale-SAA, Yangon Technolgical University, Fondazione CRT, Fondazione Giovanni Goria, Fondazione Paolo Ferraris s.r.l., URBIT s.r.l., Fondazione Scuola dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, Fondazione Sicilia, Istituto Superiore sui Sistemi Territoriali per l'Innovazione-SiTI; United Nations System Staff College)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Within the graphic-visual-synesthetic, information-computational domains including their historical, epistemological, semantic, technological and applicative aspects, the research activity focuses on:

- the scientific foundations and applications of graphic, infographic and multimedia language

- digital representation;

- visual communication, with particular reference to the possibilities of eXtended Reality (XR);

- the design and visual translation of concepts, ideas and narratives;

- knowledge and dissemination of cultural heritage.

 DISCIPLINARY GROUP:

 Scientific Disciplinary Sector CEAR-10/A Drawing (ex ICAR/17)

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