Massimo Orazio
Spata, PhD

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
(Albert Szent-Györgyi)
massimo.spata@unict.it

Massimo Orazio Spata, PhD, graduated in 1998 in Computer Science, received his PhD degree in Computer Science from Dipartimento di Matematica ed Informatica in 2008 discussing the thesis entitled “Tecniche basate sull’Equilibrio di Nash per lo scheduling in un Cluster Grid”. He joined STMicroelectronics Catania in 1999 as Distributed System Engineer. In November 2009 he joined STMicroelectronics Technical Staff Engineer Group, developing know how and skills in System Integration and Image Processing. Since January 2013 he has joined the STMicroelectronics R&D group where developing know how and skills in biomedical portable devices for DNA analysis. Since 2017 he has been teaching Computer Science at secondary schools where developing know how and skills in robotics systems. Since January 2022 he is a research fellow in Computer Science at the University of Catania, Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica where developing know how and skills in deep learning algorithms for biomedical, audio and biometric application. He collaborates with Universities and Research Institutions involved in different research projects. Author of different patents and publications for journals and international conferences concerning the above fields.

Experience

Research Fellow - March 2024 - Today

University of Catania

Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Research Fellow PNRR Horizon HiCONNECTS.
* Professor of Mobile Programming
* Professor of Architettura degli Elaboratori
* Professor of Programmazione II
* Researcher for STMicroelectronics on Deep Lerning for microelectronics devices applications
* HiConnects Project: Call 2021 KDT JU – HORIZON-KDT-JU-2021-1-IA task 3.2.2

Research Fellow - January 2022 - Feb 2024

University of Catania

Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Research Fellow PON Green Innovation.
* Professor of Mobile Programming
* Professor of Programmazione II
* Researcher for STMicroelectronics on Deep Lerning for microelectronics devices applications
* Research activity with Google Mediapipe Objectron library for collaborative robotics applications
* Research activity for Huawei on deblurring algorithms for video sequences with poor light conditions and camera shacking
* Research activity with Deep Learning for keystrokes detection with audio recorded with mobile smartphones.
* ICAETA 2023 program committee member - International Conference On Advanced Engineering, Technology And Applications

Junior CAD support Engineer

STMicroelectronics

Linux Red Hat and Unix Solaris Administrator for Enterprise Environment - Information Technology and Services.
* Administration of Unix Solaris system II, released from SUN Microsystems
* C++ and object oriented programming, released from SUN Microsystems
* Clearcase Fundamentals for Unix, released from Rational
* Clearcase Metadata for Unix, released from Rational
* Clearcase Administrator for Unix, released from Rational
* Total Quality Management released from St Microelectronics
* Sun Cluster, released from SUN Microsystems
* Sun Grid Engine advance administration, Sun Microsystems France (Grenoble)
* Linux administration, from Sun Microsystems Italia
* English course "Sandwich Method" from STMicroelectronics
* Shell script programming from STMicroelectronics

Senior CAD support Engineer R&D

STMicroelectronics

During this period I designed and configured the STMicroelectronics Catania Site Cluster Grid project.
This Cluster have more than 200 cpu server and data storage server through the LSF tool.
Moreover I have been developed the middleware in order to integrate heterogeneous Linux and Unix Operating Systems the project designer environment, the Clearcase tool for versioning and LSF load balancer.

Apr 2003 – Nov 2009

STUniversity Java Programming Trainer

STMicroelectronics

Certificated trainer for sharing knowledge and cross fertilization about java programming language.

Apr 1999 – Aug 2017

Tutor for University Students and Stagers

STMicroelectronics

*UML-based Web Engineering di applicazioni Web per Divisioni della STMicroelectronics
Sanfilippo Gabriella Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2003-10-23
*Sviluppo di una parte del nuovo middleware JGRID per il grid computing in STMicroelectronics
Cantone Lucio Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2009-07-23
*Tecniche di schedulazione applicate al cluster grid di STMicroelectronics
Lanzafame Antonella Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2009-11-12
*Applicazioni di modelli relativi alla teoria delle code allo scheduling su Griglie Computazionali per il dimensionamento della Griglia.
Lovetere Marco Lucio Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2004-11-24 *studio e applicazione di modelli innovativi per il dimensionamento delle risorse nelle griglie computazionali.
Lovetere Marco Lucio Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2006-10-17
*Valutazione di una virtual machine su un cluster Grid.
Martorana Davide Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2008-11-13
*Applicazioni di monitoring di jobs allo scheduling su griglie computazionali per il calcolo del fattore di utilizzazione
Rizzo Rosetta Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2004-10-08
*progettazione di un sistema multiagente per la negoziazione automatica delle risorse su griglie computazionali.
Rizzo Rosetta Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2006-10-17
*standardizzazione del middleware jgrid con supporto ad agenti mobili per distribuzioni corporate di cluster grid.
Strazzeri Giorgio Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2009-23-04
*Integrazione del middleware JGRID con un modello ad agenti mobili Java in un cluster grid.
Vaccalluzzo Danilo Universita' di Catania - Informatica
Degree 2009-23-04
*Stage on Mobile Agents and Middleware integration for a Cloud Computing Environment
Maria Grazia Messina e Carmelo Pulvirenti Universita' di Catania - Informatica

Apr 2002 – Dec 2009

eLearning system course developer

STMicroelectronics

ST University supports and advises e-Learning course developers as part of the ST trains ST initiative.

April 2008 - December 2010

Technical Staff - R&D Software Engineer

STMicroelectronics

*System integration
*Image processing
*Bioinformatic
*Health
*Java Developer
*Angular web developer
*Matlab developer

Feb 2009 – Aug 2017

Computer Science secondary school Teacher

MIUR

-2017/18 Iti Euclide Caltagirone
-2018/19 IIS Mazzei + Alberghiero Falcone Giarre
-2019/20 Iti Cannizzaro Catania
-2020/21 Iti Cannizaro + IIS Gemmellaro Catania
-2021 Iti Archimede Catania .

Sep 2017 – Dec 2022

Education

University of Catania

Master Degree in Computer Science
Computer Science - System Track

GPA: 108/110

Sep 1993 - Dec 1998

University of Catania

Teaching certification, SISSIS

Final examination rate: 80/80

Sep 2000 - October 2002

University of Catania

PhD in Computer Science

Thesis: Tecniche Basate sugli Equilibri di Nash per lo Scheduling su un Cluster Grid.

Sep 2005 - October 2008

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

Publications

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Interests

Enthusiast about rock music and beginner electric guitar player, beginner and clumsy painter but passionate about painting and art

Awards & Certifications

  • Invention Award Program 2016 STMicroelectronics
  • STMicroelectronics Technical Staff Community Day TSCDay 2016: Point of Care System for Advanced Macular Diseases
  • STMicroelectronics Technical Staff Community Day TSCDay 2015: Miniaturized electrically-actuated microfluidic system for sensor applications
  • STMicroelectronics Technical Staff Community Day TSCDay 2014: Miniaturized system for electrochemical sensors
  • Cisco CCNA: Introduction to networks Certifications - 2021