Personal information

Nationality: Italian

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Education

April 2012 — December 2015 (examined)

PhD in Computing (HCI, Music Computing)

The Open University, UK

Thesis title: Learning to use melodic similarity and contrast for narrative using a Digital Tabletop Musical Interface

supervisors: Dr Robin Laney, Mr Chris Dobbyn

December 2006 — June 2010

Laurea Magistrale (MSc) in Computer Science and Engineering

Università degli studi di Padova

Thesis title: A practical approach to music theory on the Reactable

advisor: Prof. Giovanni De Poli

October 2008 — March 2009

Erasmus, thesis research and development work on the Reactable

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Music Technology Group

supervisor: Dr. Sergi Jordà

October 2002 — December 2006

Laurea (BSc) in Computer Science and Engineering

Università degli studi di Padova

Thesis title: Schematizzazione di uno scheduler ciclico statico per applicazioni embedded in ambiente Windows CE

advisor: Dr Michele Moro

Work experience

January 2016 — present

Research Associate (DTG, Computer Lab)

University of Cambridge, UK

Research and development for Isaac Physics

2006 — present

Freelance developer (iOS, web)

  • Web sites, mostly for clients in the classical music industry
  • iOS applications, mostly small- to mid-sized applications ranging from exhibition guides to citizen engagement, from interactive books to casual games

Some clients: Sintetik, Kina

Some technologies: Drupal, CakePHP, Ruby on Rails, iOS SDK

Teaching experience

October 2011 — November 2011

Istituto di Istruzione Superiore di Lonigo

Full-time supply teacher (A035, Electrical Engineering and Applications)

October 2002 — June 2010

Private tutor (mathematics, computer science, electronics, electrical engineering) for High Scool and University students

Publications

Refereed papers

  • A. Franceschini, R. Laney, C. Dobbyn (2016) Sketching music: making music through exploring art. In Proceedings of Sempre: Music, Technology, Education (MET2016), London, UK.
  • A. Franceschini, R. Laney, C. Dobbyn (2014) Learning Musical Contour on a Tabletop. In Proceedings of the 40th International Computer Music Conference and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference (ICMC-SMC), Athens, Greece.
  • A. Franceschini (2010) Towards a practical approach to music theory on the Reactable. In Proceedings of the 7th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC), Barcelona, Spain.

Posters

Talks

  • Qualitative Data Analysis. Workshop, ESSD-HCI seminar series, March 2015, The Open University, UK.
  • Music lessons on a tabletop. Invited seminar, 26 September 2014, Experimental Music Lab, Università di Trento, Italy.

Magazine articles