My history before the Web

Founding director of the Olivetti Artificial Intelligence Center 1985-91

Pictures of the Olivetti A.I. Center

Speech at a conference on "Evolution of Operating Systems", April 1985:

A paper published in Olivetti's own research journal, January 1986:

Paper at conference "Optoelectronic Applied Sciences", April 1986:

Quoted in Computer System News, May 1986

Paper at the "Sixth Canadian Conference on A.I.", May 1986:

(See also this old page of the technical papers)

Speech at A.I. conference in Italy, September 1986:

Speech at a conference on "Molecular Biology and Computer Science", October 1986:

A.I. interview in Mondo Economico of October 1986:

Interviewed by Mondo Economico, April 1987:

An article in Informatica Oggi of April 1987 that summarizes the work of the Olivetti A.I. Center:

A historical picture of the A.I. Center of Ivrea in April 1987. I am the one sitting on the right. Behind me is Grazia Butera. To her left i recognize Marco Tilli, Marino Segnan and Carla Bonci. Sitting at the other desk are Cinzia Donalisio and two interns.

Quoted in A.I. article of La Stampa, August 1987:

Quoted in A.I. article of Il Giorno, August 1987:

Quoted in A.I. article of Corriere della Sera, August 1987:

Quoted in A.I. article of Il Sole 24 Ore, August 1987:

Quoted in A.I. article of Avvenire, August 1987:

Quoted in A.I. article of Italia Oggi, August 1987:

Quoted in A.I. article of Il Sole 24 Ore, August 1987:

Applied Artificial Intelligence Reporter of August 1987 mentioned our A.I. Center in California:

Paper at the conference "Applications of A.I. in Engineering", August 1987:

Quoted in A.I. article of La Stampa, September 1987:

A paper published in Academic Press, October 1987:

Speech at the conference "AI 87 Japan", October 1987:

Mentioned again in A.I. article in the Sole 24 Ore (march 1988):

Mentioned in an advert in Byte Magazine

Paper at the conference "Expert Systems 88", Detroit, April 1988:

Speech at the conference "Computational Intelligence 88", September 1988:

Paper at the conference "Expert Systems in Production Planning", May 1988:

My favorite paper of all the ones we produced at the Olivetti A.I. Center, submitted to three conferences in 1988-89:

Member of the program committee for an A.I. conference in Singapore, January 1989:

Speech at Monterey Institute of International Studies, January 1989:

Paper at conference "Industrial and Engineering Applications of A.I.", June 1989:

My article in Media Duemila, July 1989:

A memo sent by me to my superiors about our participation in an A.I. exhibition, November 1989:

Marketing material for the Olivetti A.I. Center (1989):

Paper at "International Conference for Young Computer Scientists", July 1991:

A.I. panel at Salone del Libro di Torino, 20 May 1994:

Speech at a symposium on A.I. at UC Berkeley, March 1997:

Teaching at UC Berkeley 1988-2003

I taught at UC Berkeley Extensions for several years. This is the 1988 catalog of courses:

In August 2000 i was elected to the board of Leonardo ISAST:

I remained on the board till 2002:

This was my class in 2003:

And students seem to like my classes:

Italian books

In 1991 Franco Angeli published my book "La Mente Artificiale". This is a scathing review published by a philosopher:

In 1996 Feltrinelli published my book "Il Terzo Secolo" which got countless reviews:

A review of my poetry book:

Book and film reviews

My book reviews in Effetto Fiom of December 1987:

My film reviews in Logos, 1986:

My book reviews in Logos, 1986:

Speech at Milano Poesia, October 1991:

"Introduction to the American novel" in Logon, January 1986:

Technology reviews

I started writing for Mondadori's journal ZeroUno in 1991 and my column soon became "Qui Silicon Valley":

My article in ZeroUno 1998:

Science articles

I started writing for "Tuttoscience", a weekly science section of La Stampa, in 1987:

Tuttoscience January 1990:

Tuttoscience 1990:

Tuttoscience 1992:

Tuttoscience 1992:

Tuttoscience 1993:

A Special by La Stampa on "Universo Informazione"

A Special by La Stampa on "Universo Informazione"

My article on A.I. in Neural magazine, 1994:

Travel articles

I started writing for "Tuttodove", La Stampa's travel section, in 1987:

Tuttodove 1989:

Tuttodove 1989:

Tuttodove 1989:

Tuttodove 1989:

Tuttodove 1990:

Tuttodove 1990:

I also wrote about rollercoasters:

Tuttodove 1995

A note from the South American Handbook (1990):

The page of South American Handbook that mentions my trip (1991):

I published several reports of exotic travels in Nuova Era in 1997:

Music critic and historian 1983-2003

I started writing to Rockerilla magazine in 1983 with reports from California:

Thanks to Rockerilla i got to meet some of the most influential rock musicians of the time:

My article on new-age music published by Rockstar in September 1986:

My article on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip in Rockstar, 1986:

I also wrote for Option magazine around 1989:

My album reviews in Option magazine, July 1989:

Reviews of my "History of Rock Music" published in Italy in 1989-90:

Very few reviewers read my "History of Rock Music", but this one certainly did because he didn't like it at all:

My interview of Henry Kaiser, published in Music Retailing, September 1990

A scathing review of my book "Una Guida all'Avanguardia e alla New Age" that was published in 1991 (none of my books were praised in Italy):

My interview of Terry Riley, published in Giornale della Musica, October 1992:

My interview of Pauline Oliveros, published in Giornale della Musica, November 1992:

My article on Steve Roach, published in Giornale della Musica, 1992:

My interview of Terry Riley, published in Nuove Dimensioni Musicali, 1992:

I wrote several articles for Nuove Dimensioni Musicali in 1992:

Article on Oregon, Nuove Dimensioni Musicali, 1992:

Article on Steve Roach, Nuove Dimensioni Musicali, 1992:

Article on Robert Rich, Nuove Dimensioni Musicali, 1992:

Article on Constance Demby, probably 1993:

Article on Michael Jones, New Sounds, December 1993:

In 1992 i started my Internet fanzine "Nuova Musica", distributed via email from California to my Italian readers:

My interview of Pauline Oliveros in e/i 1994:

My article on Experimental Intermedia in e/i 1994:

In 1999 i wrote several music reviews for the i/e magazine:

My album reviews and articles in a magazine called E/I (2003):