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  7. <h2 class="sm:col-span-2">Personal information</h2>
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  10. <p class="hidden print:block"><span itemprop="name">Andrea Franceschini</span>, <span itemprop="honorificPrefix" class="hidden">Ing.</span> <span itemprop="honorificSuffix">PhD</span></p>
  11. <p itemprop="nationality" itemtype="http://schema.org/Country">Nationality: <span itemprop="name">Italian</span></p>
  12. <meta itemprop="birthDate" content="1983-05-07">
  13. <meta itemprop="affiliation" content="Department of Information Engineering, Università di Padova, Italy">
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  17. <p>Find me on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreafranceschini" target="_blank"><client-only><fa-icon icon="fa-brands fa-linkedin" style="color: #0077b5 !important" /></client-only> LinkedIn</a></p>
  18. </section>
  19. </div>
  20. </section>
  21. <section id="work" class="macro">
  22. <h2>Professional experience</h2>
  23. <div class="body">
  24. <section>
  25. <p>November 2022 — current</p>
  26. <p><strong class="underline decoration-dotted underline-offset-4" title="Research Associate" lang="it">Assegnista di ricerca (tipo b)</strong></p>
  27. <p><strong><a href="https://csc.dei.unipd.it">Centro di Sonologia Computazionale</a><br>Università di Padova</strong>, Italy</p>
  28. <p>Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship investigating the development and role of ludic games in education.</p>
  29. <ul>
  30. <li><strong>🌐 <a href="https://edugames.andreafranceschini.org">EduGames project</a></strong>: project website, research journal, and repository of all the material created during the project.</li>
  31. <li><strong>👾 <a href="https://edugames.andreafranceschini.org/cash-or-card">Cash or Card?</a></strong>: and educational puzzle-simulation video games on the costs and opportunities of cash vs electronic payments in everyday life.</li>
  32. </ul>
  33. </section>
  34. <section>
  35. <p>July 2021 — September 2021</p>
  36. <p><strong>Visiting Fellow</strong></p>
  37. <p><strong><a href="https://csc.dei.unipd.it">Centro di Sonologia Computazionale</a><br>Università di Padova</strong>, Italy</p>
  38. <p>Research and development for ArTracker, an IoT platform for tracking and monitoring artworks and cultural heritage.</p>
  39. </section>
  40. <section>
  41. <p>January 2016 — October 2022</p>
  42. <p><strong>Post Doctoral Research Associate</strong></p>
  43. <p><strong><a href="https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk">Department of Computer Science and Technology</a><br>University of Cambridge</strong>, UK</p>
  44. <p>Research and development for <a href="https://www.isaaccomputerscience.org">Isaac Computer Science</a> (now <a href="https://www.adacomputerscience.org">Ada Computer Science</a>) and <a href="https://www.isaacphysics.org">Isaac Physics</a>.</p>
  45. <ul>
  46. <li><strong>Development</strong>: <a href="https://isaacphysics.org/equality">a graphical, web-based entry system for symbolic formulas (maths, boolean logic, physical chemistry)</a>. Research on usability and impact on problem solving skills and physics learning.</li>
  47. <li><strong>Research</strong>: analysis of impact based on <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/">DfE exam results</a> and development of strategies to improve impact and engagement; learning outcome of different question formats; training and technical support for <a href="https://www.asidatascience.com/">ASI Data Science Fellows</a> working on various projects</li>
  48. <li><strong>Other</strong>: maintenance and infrastructure development</li>
  49. </ul>
  50. </section>
  51. <section>
  52. <p>November 2016 — present</p>
  53. <p><strong>Post Doctoral Research Associate</strong></p>
  54. <p><strong><a href="https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/">Robinson College</a><br>University of Cambridge</strong>, UK</p>
  55. <p>Teaching Supervisor, <a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/">Computer Science tripos</a></p>
  56. </section>
  57. <section>
  58. <p>2006 — present</p>
  59. <p><strong><a href="/development">Freelance developer</a></strong> (iOS, Android, web)</p>
  60. <ul>
  61. <li><strong>Web sites</strong>, mostly for clients in the classical music industry</li>
  62. <li><strong>Mobile applications</strong>, small- to mid-sized applications ranging from exhibition guides to citizen engagement, from interactive books to casual games</li>
  63. </ul>
  64. <p>Some <strong>technologies</strong>: iOS (Swift, Objective-C), Android (Java, Kotlin), Cinder (C++), Processing, Arduino, Drupal, Ruby on Rails, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, React</p>
  65. </section>
  66. </div>
  67. </section>
  68. <section id="education" class="macro">
  69. <h2>Education</h2>
  70. <div class="body">
  71. <section>
  72. <p>April 2012 — February 2016</p>
  73. <div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Thesis">
  74. <p itemprop="inSupportOf"><strong>PhD</strong> in Computing (HCI, Music Computing)</p>
  75. <p itemprop="sourceOrganization"><strong><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk">The Open University</a></strong>, UK</p>
  76. <p>📘 <em itemprop="name"><a href="/files/phd-thesis.pdf" title="PDF, 8.2 MB">Learning to use melodic similarity and contrast for narrative using a Digital Tabletop Musical Interface</a></em></p>
  77. <p itemprop="author" class="hidden">Andrea Franceschini</p>
  78. </div>
  79. <p>supervisors: Dr Robin Laney, Mr Chris Dobbyn</p>
  80. </section>
  81. <section>
  82. <p>December 2006 — June 2010</p>
  83. <p><strong>Laurea Magistrale</strong> (MSc) in Computer Science and Engineering</p>
  84. <div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Thesis">
  85. <p itemprop="sourceOrganization"><strong><a href="http://www.unipd.it/">Università di Padova</a></strong>, IT</p>
  86. <p>📘 <em itemprop="name"><a href="/files/master_thesis.pdf" title="PDF, 706 KB">A practical approach to music theory on the Reactable</a></em></p>
  87. <p itemprop="author" class="hidden">Andrea Franceschini</p>
  88. </div>
  89. <p>advisor: Prof. Giovanni De Poli</p>
  90. <section class="indent">
  91. <p>October 2008 — March 2009</p>
  92. <p><strong>Erasmus</strong>, thesis research and development work on the <a href="https://www.reactable.com">Reactable</a></p>
  93. <p><strong><a href="https://www.upf.edu/web/mtg">Music Technology Group</a></strong></p>
  94. <p><strong><a href="https://www.upf.edu/">Universitat Pompeu Fabra</a></strong>, ES</p>
  95. <p>supervisor: Dr Sergi Jordà</p>
  96. </section>
  97. </section>
  98. <section>
  99. <p>October 2002 — December 2006</p>
  100. <p><strong>Laurea</strong> (BSc) in Computer Science and Engineering</p>
  101. <div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Thesis">
  102. <p itemprop="sourceOrganization"><strong><a href="http://www.unipd.it/">Università di Padova</a></strong>, IT</p>
  103. <p>📘 <em itemprop="name">Schematizzazione di uno scheduler ciclico statico per applicazioni embedded in ambiente Windows CE</em></p>
  104. <p itemprop="author" class="hidden">Andrea Franceschini</p>
  105. </div>
  106. <p>advisor: Dr Michele Moro</p>
  107. </section>
  108. </div>
  109. </section>
  110. <section id="awards" class="macro sm:col-span-2">
  111. <h2>Grants and awards</h2>
  112. <div class="body">
  113. <section>
  114. <p>July 2022</p>
  115. <p><strong>MSCA 2021 <a href="https://doi.org/10.3030/101062788">Individual Fellowship (EduGames)</a></strong></p>
  116. <p><a href="https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/">Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions</a>, European Commission</p>
  117. <p>An investigation into the role of entertainment video games in education. I also have a <a href="https://andreafranceschini.org/edugames">project website</a>.</p>
  118. </section>
  119. <section>
  120. <p>May 2022</p>
  121. <p><strong>MSCA 2021 <a href="/files/msca-2021-seal-of-excellence.pdf" title="Seal of Excellence certificate">Seal of Excellence</a></strong></p>
  122. <p>Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Commission</p>
  123. <p>The Seal of Excellence is awarded to applications that rank more than 85% and but cannot be funded <em>in the first instance</em>
  124. due to budget constraints. My application ranked <strong>92.8%</strong> with a funding threshold of 93.6% and was subsequently funded from the reserve list.</p>
  125. </section>
  126. <section>
  127. <p>July 2021</p>
  128. <p><strong><a href="http://csc.dei.unipd.it/artracker/">ArTracker</a> Visiting Fellowship</strong></p>
  129. <p>Supported by Regione del Veneto, POR FSE 2014-2020, project number 2105-0051-1463-2019.</p>
  130. </section>
  131. <section>
  132. <p>April 2015</p>
  133. <p><strong>Full-time Research studentship (PhD) extension</strong></p>
  134. <p>Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology (MCT)</p>
  135. </section>
  136. </div>
  137. </section>
  138. <section id="teaching" class="macro sm:col-span-2 grid sm:grid-cols-2 gap-x-12">
  139. <h2 class="sm:col-span-2">Teaching</h2>
  140. <div class="body">
  141. <h3>Courses</h3>
  142. <section>
  143. <p>January 2019 — March 2019</p>
  144. <p><strong>Teaching Assistant</strong> at <strong><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/">Computer Laboratory</a></strong><br>
  145. <strong>University of Cambridge</strong>, UK</p>
  146. <p>Course: <strong><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1819/L312/">Digital Signal Processing with Computer Music</a></strong></p>
  147. </section>
  148. <section>
  149. <p>October 2016 — present</p>
  150. <p><strong>Teaching Supervisor</strong> at <strong><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/">Computer Laboratory</a></strong><br>
  151. <strong>University of Cambridge</strong>, UK</p>
  152. <p>Courses:</p>
  153. <ul>
  154. <li><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1718/AdvGraph">Advanced Graphics</a></li>
  155. <li><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/2021/FHCI">Further Human-Computer Interaction</a></li>
  156. <li><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1819/FJava">Further Java</a></li>
  157. <li><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/2021/IntDesign">Interaction Design</a></li>
  158. <li><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1718/Graphics">Introduction to Graphics</a></li>
  159. <li><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1718/ProgC/">Programming in C</a></li>
  160. <li><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/2021/ProgC/">Programming in C and C++</a></li>
  161. </ul>
  162. </section>
  163. <section>
  164. <p>October 2011 — November 2011</p>
  165. <p><strong>Full-time teacher</strong> at <strong>Istituto di Istruzione Superiore di Lonigo</strong></p>
  166. <p>Course: A035, Electrical Engineering and Applications</p>
  167. </section>
  168. <section>
  169. <p>October 2002 — June 2010</p>
  170. <p><strong>Private tutor</strong> for high school and university students</p>
  171. <p>Courses: Mathematics, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering</p>
  172. </section>
  173. </div>
  174. <div class="body">
  175. <h3>Students</h3>
  176. <section>
  177. <p>October 2019 — May 2020</p>
  178. <p><strong>Sam Williams</strong>, Clare College, University of Cambridge</p>
  179. <p><em>A Drum Rhythm Processing System to complement Sonic Pi</em></p>
  180. <p>Part II (3<sup>rd</sup> year) dissertation, CompSci Tripos</p>
  181. </section>
  182. <section>
  183. <p>October 2018 — May 2019</p>
  184. <p><strong>Charles J. Y. Yoon</strong>, King's College, University of Cambridge</p>
  185. <p><em>Musical Style Transfer using Neural Networks</em></p>
  186. <p>Part II (3<sup>rd</sup> year) dissertation, CompSci Tripos</p>
  187. </section>
  188. </div>
  189. </section>
  190. <section class="macro sm:col-span-2">
  191. <h2>Publications</h2>
  192. <div class="body">
  193. <section id="ref-papers">
  194. <h3>Refereed papers</h3>
  195. <ul class="nomargin">
  196. <li>A. Franceschini, A. Rodà (2023), <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3582515.3609525">Play to Learn: from serious games to just games</a>. In <em>ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT '23), 6-8 September 2023, Lisbon, Portugal</em>. ACM, New York, NY, USA.</li>
  197. <li>A. Franceschini, R. Laney (2022 [2021]), <a href="/files/jmte-14-2-3.pdf" title="PDF, 1.9 MB">Sketching Music together: mixed groups exploring melodic similarity and contrast using a Digital Tabletop</a>. In <em>Journal of Music, Technology &amp; Education, Volume 14, Number 2-3</em>. (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85152251186&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f">Scopus</a>)</li>
  198. <li>T. Battistin, N. Dalla Pozza, S. Trentin, G. Volpin, A. Franceschini, A. Rodà (2022), <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-13665-7">Co-designed mini-games for children with visual impairment: a pilot study on their usability</a>. In <em>Multimedia Tools and Applications (2022)</em>. (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137768750&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f">Scopus</a>)</li>
  199. <li>J. Waite, A. Franceschini, S. Sentance, M. Patterson, J. Sharkey (2021), <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3481282.3481287">An online platform for teaching Upper Secondary school Computer Science</a>. In <em>Proceedings of the United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER 2021) Conference</em>. (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115215700&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f">Scopus</a>)</li>
  200. <li>A. Franceschini, R. Laney, C. Dobbyn (2020) <a href="/files/jmte-13-1.pdf" title="PDF, 2.3 MB">Sketching Music: Exploring melodic similarity and contrast using a Digital Tabletop</a>. In <em>Journal of Music, Technology &amp; Education, Volume 13, Number 1</em>. (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099455819&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f">Scopus</a>)</li>
  201. <li>A. Franceschini, J. P. Sharkey, A. R. Beresford (2020) <a href="/files/ccers20-inequality-poster-combo.pdf" title="PDF, 1.5 MB">Effective use of mathematical equations in an online learning environment</a>. In <em>Proceedings of the Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium 2020</em>, Cambridge, UK.</li>
  202. <li>A. Franceschini, J. P. Sharkey, A. R. Beresford (2019) <a href="/files/las2019.pdf" title="PDF, 2 MB">Inequality: multi-modal equation entry on the web</a>. In <em>Proceedings of Learning @ Scale 2019</em>, Chicago, IL, USA. (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083953064&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f">Scopus</a>)</li>
  203. <li>A. Franceschini, R. Laney, C. Dobbyn (2016) <a href="/files/met2016.pdf" title="PDF, 87 KB">Sketching music: making music through exploring art</a>. In <em>Proceedings of Sempre: Music, Education, Technology (MET2016)</em>, London, UK.</li>
  204. <li>A. Franceschini, R. Laney, C. Dobbyn (2014) <a href="/files/icmcsmc2014.pdf" title="PDF, 854 KB">Learning Musical Contour on a Tabletop</a>. In <em>Proceedings of the 40th International Computer Music Conference and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference (ICMC-SMC)</em>, Athens, Greece. (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84908884791&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f">Scopus</a>)</li>
  205. <li>A. Franceschini (2010) <a href="/files/smc2010.pdf" title="PDF, 570 KB">Towards a practical approach to music theory on the Reactable</a>. In <em>Proceedings of the 7th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC)</em>, Barcelona, Spain. (<a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84905169162&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f">Scopus</a>)</li>
  206. </ul>
  207. </section>
  208. <section id="posters">
  209. <h3>Posters</h3>
  210. <ul class="nomargin">
  211. <li>A. Franceschini, J. P. Sharkey, A. R. Beresford (2020) <a href="/files/ccers20-inequality-poster-combo.pdf" title="PDF, 1.5 MB">Effective use of mathematical equations in an online learning environment</a>. In <em>Proceedings of the Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium 2020</em>, Cambridge, UK.</li>
  212. <li>A. Franceschini, R. Laney, C. Dobbyn (2014) <a href="/files/icmcsmc2014-poster.pdf" title="PDF, 854 KB">Sketching Music</a>. <em>ICMC-SMC</em>, Athens, Greece.</li>
  213. <li>A. Franceschini, R. Laney, C. Dobbyn (2013) <a href="/files/dmrn8-poster-combo.pdf" title="PDF, 15 MB">A study of contour in music using digital tabletop musical instruments</a>. <em>DMRN+8</em>, London, UK.</li>
  214. </ul>
  215. </section>
  216. <section id="talks">
  217. <h3>Talks</h3>
  218. <ul class="nomargin">
  219. <li><em><a href="/files/csmc2017.pdf" title="PDF, 29 KB">Technologies and practices to “uncomplicate” music</a></em>. <a href="https://csmc2017.wordpress.com/">CSMC</a>, September 2017, The Open University, UK.</li>
  220. <li><em>Qualitative Data Analysis</em>. Workshop, ESSD-HCI seminar series, March 2015, The Open University, UK.</li>
  221. <li><em>Music lessons on a tabletop</em>. Invited seminar, 26 September 2014, Experimental Music Lab, Università di Trento, Italy.</li>
  222. </ul>
  223. <h3>Panels</h3>
  224. <ul class="nomargin">
  225. <li><em>Musical Creativity &amp; HCI</em>. <a href="https://csmc2017.wordpress.com/">CSMC</a>, September 2017, The Open University, UK.</li>
  226. </ul>
  227. </section>
  228. <section id="mag-articles">
  229. <h3>Magazine articles</h3>
  230. <ul class="nomargin">
  231. <li>A. Franceschini (2011) <a href="/files/LC75_drupal.pdf">Estendere Drupal: scrivere moduli personalizzati</a>. In <em>Linux&amp;C</em>, 75. Piscopo Editore.</li>
  232. <li>A. Franceschini (2011) <a href="/files/LC74_drupal.pdf">Creare temi e pagine personalizzate per Drupal</a>. In <em>Linux&amp;C</em>, 74. Piscopo Editore.</li>
  233. <li>A. Franceschini (2011) <a href="/files/LC73_drupal.pdf">Drupal: web content manager potente e flessibile</a>. In <em>Linux&amp;C</em>, 73. Piscopo Editore.</li>
  234. <li>A. Franceschini (2009) <a href="/files/LC67_inkscape.pdf">Inkscape: impariamo a dominare tracciati e colori</a>. In <em>Linux&amp;C</em>, 67. Piscopo Editore.</li>
  235. <li>A. Franceschini (2008) <a href="/files/LC64_inkscape.pdf">Inkscape: fare grafica vettoriale con Linux</a>. In <em>Linux&amp;C</em>, 65. Piscopo Editore.</li>
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