PhD Candidate at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) passionate about GIS, remote sensing and photogrammetric tools and applications.
Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering - 38th Cycle (PNRR Scolarship)
Research Field: Geomatics for control and security of bridge infrastructures
Main activities focused on the development of GIS, photogrammetric and 3D tools for better
user fruibility of survey data in support of monitoring and inspection of civil
infrastructure.
The research also consists in the cooperation with TECNE, ASPI, Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Brescia and Provincia di Piacenza
Teaching assistant for the course "Sistemi Informativi Territoriali" (Geographic Information Systems).
"OpenStreetMap: il database geografico collaborativo per la conoscenza del territorio" course
tutor for high school teachers.
OpenStreetMap tutor for eductional projects at Morosini Manara middle school in Milano
awarded by Wikimedia Italia in the framework of the WikiImparare 2023 call.
Visiting semester at the Geomatics section of the Institute of Earth Sciences, Department of
Environment Constructions and Design.
Analysis of bridge inspection practices in Switzerland and comparison with Italian
guidelines on the same topic.
Requirement evaluation of geodata needed in low-cost inspections.
Contribution to the field survey campaign in the Leventina District dedicated to the GNSS
measuring of points for the monitoring of a large gravitational slope deformation.
Use and management of spatial data at local and provincial level. Development and
implementation of procedures in GIS environment for the management of geo-referenced
information flows with open-source tools. Main activities based on the municipality of
Bobbio and on the province of Piacenza.
Tutor for the 2021 edition of the summer school focused on land surveying and monitoring of
the Belvedere glacier in Macugnaga (VB).
Contribution to the learning resources preparation for the international "Climate Change
Induced Disaster Management in Africa" (CIDMA) MOOC with recorded presentation about
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) for Climate Change and Mapillary application.
Teaching assistant for the courses "Tecniche di rilievo e modellazione 3D per
l'architettura" (3D survey and modelling techniques for architecture), "GIS Applications" and "Progettazione di Sistemi Informativi Territoriali" (GIS Database
development).
12-weeks data quality training program focusing on the use and application of methodologies and instruments for ensuring the quality of geospatial features on the OpenStreetMap and GIS environment.
Responsible for all the social networks official profiles of "Il Teatro sull'Acqua" for a cultural association based in Arona (Italy, NO) that every year organizes meetings with authors and theatrical shows by the Lake Maggiore. Tutor for the school volunteers' group involved in the communication dynamics during the annual festival in September.
Master Thesis Project: "Geolocated Twitter data as a proxy for the analysis of natural disasters: the Hurricane Florence case study" Supervisor: Prof. Federica Migliaccio Co-supervisor: Katarina Spasenovic, Ph.D. Candidate Graduation mark: 106/110
Genie Civil and Sciences de la terre et des planètes, environnement
Bachelor Thesis Project: "Social Media Geographic Information: analisi geostatistiche sui dati di Instagram - Il caso di studio di Expo Milano 2015" Supervisor: Prof. Federica Migliaccio Co-supervisor: Diana Pagliari, Ph.D. Graduation mark: 93/110
Native Language
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing: Level C1
Certification: First Certificate in English (2014)
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing: Level B2
Certification: Français Langue étrangère (2019), OLS Assessment (2019)
ArcGIS - QGIS: Proficient User
ENVI - Agisoft Metashape - CloudCompare: Experienced User
OpenDroneMap: Beginner User
iD – JOSM – Go Map ! – Mapillary – MapRoulette – OSMCha – OverpassTurbo – Field Papers - WikiOSM: Proficient User
Matlab – Python – SQL - HTML5: Intermediate User
R - CSS - JS: Basic understanding
Microsoft Word – Microsoft PowerPoint – Microsoft Excel - Inkscape: Proficient User
Certification: ECDL (2012)
SAGA-GIS – HEC-RAS: Intermediate User
Gaspari, F., Ioli, F., Barbieri, F., Bonora, S., Fascia, R., Pinto, L., and Migliaccio, F. (2024) Bridging geomatics theory to real-world applications in alpine surveys through an innovative summer school teaching program, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-4/W12-2024, 59–66, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W12-2024-59-2024
Fascia, R., Barbieri, F., Gaspari, F., Ioli, F., Pinto, L. (2024) PONTI: An open WebGL-based tool in support to defect analysis and 3D visualisation of bridges, Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability, 2353-2361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003483755
Morelli, L., Mazzacca, G., Trybała, P., Gaspari, F., Ioli, F., Ma, Z., Remondino, F., Challis, K., Poad, A., Turner, A., and Mills, J. P. (2024) The Legacy of Sycamore Gap: The Potential of Photogrammetric AI for Reverse Engineering Lost Heritage with Crowdsourced Data, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2-2024, 281–288, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-2024-281-2024
Fascia, R., Barbieri, F., Gaspari, F., Ioli, F., and Pinto, L. (2024) From 3D survey to digital reality of a complex architecture: a digital workflow for cultural heritage promotion, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-2/W4-2024, 205–212, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W4-2024-205-2024
Gaspari, F., Barbieri, F., Fascia, R., Ioli, F., Pinto, L. (2024) An Open-Source Web Platform for 3D Documentation and Storytelling of Hidden Cultural Heritage. Heritage, 7, 517-536. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7020025
Global Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Summit 2020 (Dec 4th, 2020): “HOT Data Quality Internship: Results and perspectives of a collaborative project” – Lightning Talk (Video - Slides)
WikiMania 2021 (Aug 16th, 2021): "cOSMopolIT - Diversity and Inclusion within OpenStreetMap Italy" - Lightning Talk (Video)
FOSS4G 2021 Buenos Aires (October 1st, 2021): "Innovation in teaching: the PoliMappers collaborative and humanitarian mapping course at Politecnico di Milano" - Presentation on Academic Track (Video)
ISPRS 2022 Nice (June 6-11, 2022): "Integration of UAV-LiDAR and UAV-photogrammetry for infrastructure monitoring and bridge assessment" - Poster session
EGU 23 General Assembly (April 22-28, 2023): "Integration of 3D surveying approaches for critical infrastructure digital twins in natural hazard-prone scenarios" - Oral session
CIPA 2023 Firenze (June 25-30, 2023): "Rediscovering cultural heritage sites by interactive 3D exploration: a practical review of open-source WebGL tools" - Oral session
ISPRS GeoSpatialWeek 2023 Cairo (September 2-7, 2023): "A geo-database for 3D-aided multi-epoch documentation of bridge inspections" - Oral session
EGU 24 General Assembly (April 14-19, 2024): "From theory to real-world geomatics applications: glacier monitoring fieldworks through an innovative teaching program" - Poster session
FOSS4GE 2024 (July 3-5, 2024): "Bridging geomatics theory to real-world applications in alpine surveys through an innovative summer school teaching program" - Academic Track
Progettazione e implementazione di un database georeferenziato per il monitoraggio del Ghiacciaio del Belvedere (a.y. 23/24) by Samuele Bonora
Amateur swimmer and wannabe Grand Slam tennis champion in the free time.
Cinema , tv series and literature enthusiast. Since 2013, member of editorial staff of print and digital magazines mainly focused on cultural topics:
Occasionally, piano player and guitarist in the making .