Franco Milicchio

Franco Milicchio is an Assistant Professor (tenured) at the College of Engineering, University Roma Tre. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the same institution and has conducted postdoctoral research in structural engineering. His research spans computational mechanics, reverse engineering, bioinformatics, and mobile application development for cultural heritage accessibility. He has led projects such as the Palazzo Massimo LIS/ASL mobile app (awarded the European Excellence Award for Accessible Tourism) and has contributed to the NeuroLab project for EEG file format analysis. His academic roles include teaching courses like Computer Graphics, Mobile Computing, and Parallel and Distributed Systems.

Education: Summa cum Laude Laurea Vecchio Ordinamento (2003), Ph.D. in Computer Science (2007). Advisor: Prof. Alberto Paoluzzi. Dissertation: 'Towards a topological unification of finite computational methods.'

Research interests include fluid dynamics simulations, genetic sequence parsing via SIMD acceleration, and deformation analysis in 3D models. He has collaborated on grants such as the Air Force Office of Scientific Research projects on nanocomposites and the CINECA High-Performance Computing initiatives. Awards include the IBM EMEA Student Recognition (2003) and multiple grants for cultural heritage digitization.

Key projects: 'Distributed Services with OpenAFS' (Springer, 2007), 'Ostia Antica Mobile for Deaf' (2016), and 'Bimillenary of Augustus' gesture-based app (2014). His work bridges computational methods with real-world applications in engineering, biology, and cultural preservation.