Manuel Mazzara

Manuel Mazzara is a dedicated and flexible individual with commitment to research and passion for teamwork, tutoring and coaching. In 2000 he was a system administrator at CS Labs in Bologna and in 2003 he worked as SW Engineer at MS in Redmond where he developed his technical skills for then building a more theoretical background with his PhD in Bologna. During this period, he also worked as a teacher and consultant (banking and private business). In 2006 he was an assistant professor in Software Engineering at the University of Bolzano (Component-based Development and Software Reliability). In 2007 he worked as a Project Manager at the Technical University of Vienna (Semantic Web and Discovery). From 2008 to 2012 Manuel encountered the most challenging and exciting situations of his life working with Newcastle University on the DEPLOY project. This project involved several partners Europe-wide with 4 of them coming from the most varied industrial scenarios: Bosch, Siemens, SAP and Space Finland. The objective was deploying software engineering techniques into the industrial process to guarantee stronger products reliability. In 2012 Manuel also served as a Computer Scientist at UNU-IIST in Macao while still being with Newcastle as a Visiting Researcher. Manuel worked on the automatization of the immunization process for third world countries and on e-health and sustainability projects related to the UN “Agenda 21”. This experience was fundamental to grow form a technical, managerial and human point of view. In 2013/14 he also worked on remote assistance and telemedicine domotics tools with Polytechnic of Milan and as a teaching fellow at the same university before joining Innopolis and ETH. Manuel is a versatile individual who does not spare himself when running the extra mile is needed. His technical and interpersonal skills are demonstrated by the long list of collaborations and by the recommendations of his colleagues, business partners and students.

Publications

Advanced Research on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures
Advanced Research on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures
Jordi Vallverdú, Manuel Mazzara, Max Talanov, Salvatore Distefano, Robert Lowe. © 2017. 297 pages.
There are many different approaches to understanding human consciousness. By conducting research to better understand various biological mechanisms, these can be redefined and...