Leandro Neumann Ciuffo
Curriculum Vitae
May/2009
Leandro Neumann Ciuffo
Curriculum Vitae
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Personal Information
Date of Birth
Nationality
Marital status
13 - Nov - 1978
Brazilian and Italian (dual citizenship)
Married
Address
Via Monte Vergine 18 – Catania (CT)
95124 – Italy
Contacts
+39 346-6841524
[email protected]
www.lciuffo.com
Skype: lciuffo
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Education
2003 - 2005
M.Sc. in Computing (Research area: Artificial Intelligence and HCI)
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi (RJ), Brazil
Master Degree Thesis: An Empirical Case Study to verify the susceptibility of product raters
on the WWW
Supervisor: Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia ([email protected])
1999 - 2003
B.Sc. in Computer Science
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil
Monograph Title: Languages and Tools for Semantic Web
Supervisor: Tarcisio de Souza Lima ([email protected])
1994 - 1997
Technical Education on Industrial Data Processing
Colégio Técnico Universitário - UFJF, Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil
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Research Projects
EELA-2 - E-science grid facility for Europe and Latin America
7th Framework Programme for Research Infrastructures
Responsible contact: Prof. Bernard Marechal ([email protected])
Financial support: European Commission - Grant agreement Nº: 223797
EELA - E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America
6th Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration
Responsible contact: Prof. Roberto Barbera ([email protected])
Financial support: European Commission - FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA-026409
A computational framework for neurophysiology and cardiac electrophysiology modelling based on
distributed computing and Web Applications
R&D Program for capacitating small research groups in IT
Responsible contact: Prof. Rodrigo Weber dos Santos ([email protected])
Financial support: Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) - process 506795/2004-7
U-SITE: Using Web Semantic languages to construct websites and portals
XI Program of scholarships for professional training
Responsible contact: Prof. Tarcísio de Souza Lima ([email protected])
Financial support: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
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Short Courses
EUMedGrid / EUChinaGrid – gLite User Tutorial (2006)
Uiversità degli studi di Roma Tre, Roma, Italy. Duration:24h
Recommender Systems (2005)
UNISINOS, São Leopoldo (RS), Brazil. Duration: 4h
Web Interaction Standards (2004)
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba (PR), Brazil. Duration: 8h
Finances, Business Plans and Marketing Plans (2002)
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - SOFTEX GENESIS (Business incubator). Duration: 46h
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Publications
Book chapter
1. BARBERA, R., ARDIZZONE, V., CIUFFO, L. N.
Grid INFN virtual Lab for Dissemination Activities - GILDA In: Handbook of Research on Grid Technologies
and Utility Computing: Concepts for Managing Large-Scale Applications ed.Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI
Global, 2009
Proceedings book organized
1. Mayo, R., Hoeger, H., Castro, H. E., CIUFFO, L.N. et al.
Proceedings of the First EELA-2 Conference. Madri : Editorial CIEMAT, 2009, v.1. p.508.
2. GAVELA, R., Marechal Bernard, BARBERA, R., CIUFFO, L.N. et al.
Proceedings of the Third EELA Conference. Madri : Editorial CIEMAT, 2007, v.1. p.385.
Papers published in proceedings of conferences
1. CIUFFO, L. N., INGRA, E.
Using Grids to support Information Filtering Systems: A Case Study of Running Collaborative Filtering
Recommendations on gLite In: 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2009, Milan.
ICEIS 2009 Proceedings - Software Agents and Internet Computing. INSTICC, 2009. v.SAIC. p.12 - 18
2. BARBERA, R., CIUFFO, L. N., Giorgio, E. et al.
GILDA: Grid INFN Virtual Laboratory for Dissemination Activities In: International Conference on Computer
Supported Education (CSEDU), 2009, Lisbon. Conference Proceedings. Setúbal: INSTICC Press, 2009.
v.2. p.273 - 278
3. BARBERA, R., BRASILEIRO, F., Diego Carvalho, CIUFFO, L. N. et al.
Approach to sustainable e-Infrastructures: The case of the Latin American Grid In: IST-Africa 2009
Conference, 2009, Kampala, Uganda. IST-Africa 2009 Conference Proceedings. Dublin: IIMC International
Information Management Corporation Ltd, 2009.
4. Marechal Bernard, Diego Carvalho, CIUFFO, L. N., Inês Dutra et al.
Creating and Operating a Grid Infrastructure: Use Case from Latin America In: IST-Africa Conference, 2008,
Windhoek. IST-Africa 2008 Conference Proceedings. Dublin: IIMC International Information Management
Corporation, 2008.
5. Cherubino, C., CIUFFO, L. N., Fuentes, A. et al.
EELA Training Activities: expanding the Grid user community in Europe and Latin America In: IBERGRID: 1st
Iberian Grid Infrastructure Conference, 2007, Santiago de Compostela. 1st Iberian Grid Infrastructure
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Conference Proceedings. Santiago de Compostela: Fundación CESGA, 2007. p.377 - 380
6. Cherubino, C., CIUFFO, L. N., Fuentes, A. et al.
EELA Training Activities in Spain In: Spanish Conference on e-Science Grid Computing, 2007, Madrid.
Spanish Conference on e-Science Grid Computing. Madrid: CIEMAT, 2007. p.115 - 120
7. BARBERA, R., ARDIZZONE, V., CIUFFO, L. N.
Grid Training and Dissemination Facilities: the GILDA experience In: IST-Africa Conference, 2007, Maputo.
IST-Africa 2007 Conference Proceedings. Dublin: IIMC International Information Management Corporation
Ltd, 2007.
8. SANTOS, Rodrigo Weber dos, BARBOSA, Ciro de Barros, CIUFFO, L. N., MARTINS, Daves et al.
A Computational Framework for Cardiac Modeling Based on Distributed Computing and Web Applications In:
Vecpar 2006 Seventh International Meeting on High Performance Computing for computational science, 2006,
Rio de Janeiro . New York: Springer, 2006. p.1 - 14
9. BARBOSA, Ciro de Barros, SANTOS, Rodrigo Weber dos, AMORIM, Ronan Mendonça et al.
A Transformation Tool for ODE based models In: International Conference on Computer Science, 2006,
University of Reading. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. New York: In press, 2006. p.1 - 8
10. GARCIA, A. C. B., CIUFFO, L. N.
Applying the HYRIWYG incentive mechanism in a Recommender System In: IEEE / WIC / ACM Internation
Conference on Web Inteligence, 2005, Compiègne, France. Proceedings of the The 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM
International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'05). Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society,
2005. v.00. p.770 - 773
11. OLIVEIRA, D., CIUFFO, L. N., SANTOS, Rodrigo Weber dos
Visualização da estrutura lamina-fibra do tecido cardíaco obtida por imagens de ressonância magnética In:
3º Workshop de Iniciação Científica em Computação Gráfica e Processamento de Imagens (WIC), 2005,
Natal, Brazil. SIBGRAPI 2005 - WIC. , 2005.
12. GARCIA, A. C. B., NOGUEIRA, Jose Luiz Thomaselli, MACIEL, Cristiano, CIUFFO, L. N. et al.
Avaliação Heurística de Sítios na Web In: VI Escola de Informática do SBC - Centro Oeste, 2004, Cuiabá,
Brazil. 9º Congresso Regional de Informática e Telecomunicações - SUCESU-MT. , 2004.
13. CIUFFO, L. N., GARCIA, A. C. B.
Aplicação do mecanismo HYRIWYG em um sistema de recomendação In: V Encontro Nacional de
Inteligência Artificial, 2005, São Leopoldo, Brazil. Anais do Encontro Nacional de Inteligência Artificial.
SBC, 2005. v.1. p.1158 - 1161
Papers in Magazines
1. Castro, H. E., Marechal Bernard, Diego Carvalho, CIUFFO, L. N. et al.
EELA: una infraestructura para e-ciencia en Latinoamérica. Revista de Ingeniera de la Universidad de los
Andes. Bogotá, Colombia, 2009.
Project Reports
1. CIUFFO, L. N., Mayo, R. EELA-2 Deliverable DNA3.4: Annual report on applications, 2009.
2. CIUFFO, L. N., Marechal Bernard, BARBERA, R. et al. EELA-2 Deliverable DNA3.1: Identification of New
Applications and Status of Gridification Process, 2008.
3. CIUFFO, L. N., Marechal Bernard, Philippe GAVILLET et al. EELA-2 Deliverable DNA3.2: Periodic report on
applications, 2008.
4. CIUFFO, L. N., Cherubino, C., BARBERA, R. EELA Deliverable D1.2: Report on Raising Public Participation
and awareness, 2007.
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5. CIUFFO, L. N., Cherubino, C., Pourailly, M.J.L. EELA Deliverable D4.1.4: Dissemination Report, 2007.
6. CIUFFO, L. N., Cherubino, C. EELA Deliverable D4.1.5: Multimedia material to promote EELA, 2007.
7. CIUFFO, L. N., Cherubino, C., BARBERA, R. EELA Deliverable D4.1.6: Final Plan for Using and
Disseminating Knowledge, 2007.
8. CIUFFO, L. N., Cherubino, C., Pourailly, M.J.L. EELA Deliverable D4.2.3: Knowledge dissemination
progress report, 2007.
9. CIUFFO, L. N., Cherubino, C., BARBERA, R. EELA Deliverable D4.2.4: Revision of knowledge
dissemination plan, 2007.
10. CIUFFO, L. N., SANTOS, Rodrigo Weber dos. Technical report of the PARAFISIO project: Computação
Paralela, Metalinguagem XML e Servidor Web: Soluções para a neurofisiologia e a eletrofisiologia cardíaca
computacionais, 2006.
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Events Organization
CASTRO, H.E.; MARECHAL, B.; HOEGER, H., CIUFFO, L. N.; et al.. First EELA-2 Conference. Bogota,
Colombia. Language: English. February 2009.
BARBERA, R.; CIUFFO, L. N.; Cherubino, C. ; Muñoz, R. Third EELA Conference. Catania, Italy. Language:
English. December 2007.
BAULUZ, C. ; MUÑOZ, R. ; CIUFFO, L.N. Foro e Curso sobre Tecnologías GRID aplicadas al Clima y a la
Biomedicina. Antigua, Guatemala. Language: Spanish. October 2007.
DOVA, M.T.; DIAZ, J.; MANIAS, V.; MOLINARI, L.; MUÑOZ, R.; CIUFFO, L. N.; CHERUBINO, C. Fifth EELA
Workshop. La Plata, Argentina. Language: English. March 2007.
ROSAS, G.; SAN MARTIN, R.M.; MUÑOZ, R.; CIUFFO, L. N.; CHERUBINO, C.; POURAILLY, M.J.L. Third
EELA Workshop. Lima, Peru. Language: English. January 2007.
CIUFFO, L. N.; RIBEIRO, M. H. F.; LIMA, T. S. ENITEC - Encontro de Informação e Tecnologia.
Teatro Pró-Música - Juiz de Fora – MG. Language: Portuguese. March 2002
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Work Experience
2006 - current
Researcher / Employee
INFN – Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics – Catania, Italy
2004 - 2006
Professor
Superior Course of Technologist in Computer Science
Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos - UNIPAC - IET - Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil
2005 - 2006
Substitute Professor
Department of Computer Science
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil
2004 - 2005
Professor
Superior Course of Computer Information Systems
Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos - UNIPAC - Campus V - Leopoldina (MG), Brazil
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2001 - 2002
Marketing Director
Base Três - Junior Enterprise – IT consultancy
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil
1999 - 2003
Trainee in Web Development
GeraesNet / Terra Networks (Internet provider) - Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil
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Academic Supervision
Ana Carolina Costa Martins. Projeto de Interfaces Gráficas para Web. 2007. Monograph.
Computer Science Graduation Course - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Rafael Schäfer. Um estudo sobre o Google. 2005. 43 f. Monograph.
Graduation course of Technologist in Computer Science - Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Brazil.
Leonardo Ciuffo. O Funcionamento atual da informática na Associação de Apoio Comunitário. 2005. Final
Report.
Graduation course of Technologist in Computer Science - Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Brazil.
Eder Saraiva Grigório. Softwares Livres: Ampla utilização enfocando o sistema operacional Linux. 2004. 117 f.
Monograph.
Graduation course of Technologist in Computer Science - Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Brazil.
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Participation in Course Completion Works Examination Boards
LIMA, Tarcísio de Souza; ULYSSES, J. N.; CIUFFO, L. N.. Participation In Board of Crystiam Kelle Pereira e
Silva. 2007. Course Conclusion Paper (B.Sc in Computer Science) - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora,
Brazil.
LIMA, Tarcísio de Souza; ULYSSES, J. N.; CIUFFO, L. N.. Participation In Board of Renata Tibiriçá dos Reis.
2007. Course Conclusion Paper (B.Sc in Computer Science) - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
LIMA, Tarcísio de Souza; OLIVEIRA, Rubens de; CIUFFO, L. N.. Participation In Board of Júlio César Souza
da Costa. 2006. Course Conclusion Paper (B.Sc in Computer Science) - Universidade Federal de Juiz de
Fora, Brazil.
ULYSSES, J. N.; CAMPOS, F.C.A.; CIUFFO, L. N.. Participation In Board of Maria Fernanda Dias Rocha.
2006. Course Conclusion Paper (B.Sc in Computer Science) - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
BATISTA, Arildo de Jesus; MAULER, Daniele Berzoini; CIUFFO, L. N.. Participation In Board of Helio Sandro
Alves de Oliveira. 2005. Course Conclusion Paper (Technologist in Computer Science) - Universidade
Presidente Antônio Carlos, Brazil.
SILVA, Cristiane Moreira da; VALVERDE, Anderson Rocha; CIUFFO, L. N.. Participation In Board of Daniele
Rodrigues do Nascimento. 2005. Course Conclusion Paper (Technologist in Computer Science) Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Brazil.
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Events Attended
11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS)
Milan, Italy, 6-10 May 2009.
International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU)
Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26 March 2009.
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EGEE User Forum/OGF25 & OGF Europe
Catania, Italy, 2-6 March 2009
6th International Conference on Open Access
Lilongwe, Malawi, November 2008
EGEE'07 Conference
Budapest, Hungary. 1-5 October 2007.
BELIEF-EELA e-Infrastructures Conference
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 25-28 June 2007.
Sixth EELA Workshop.
Varadero, Cuba. 28-29 May 2007.
IST-Africa Conference.
Maputo, Mozambique. 9-11 May 2007
Third EELA Workshop.
Lima, Peru. 11-12 January 2007.
V ENIA - Encontro Nacional de Inteligência Artificial, XXV Congresso da SBC
São Leopoldo, Brazil - 22-29 July 2005
10º Encontro de Web Design.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 May 2005
IHC2004 - VI Simpósio sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais.
Curitiba, Brazil, 17-20 October 2004
Two Days on Combinatorial Optimization: A Bridge Between Rio and Niterói.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2003
9º Encontro de Web Design.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 April 2004
EBR 2002 - First Seminar on Advanced Research in Electronic Business
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 7-8 November 2002
5º Encontro de Web Design
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 6 July 2002
2º Encontro de Web Design
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 28-29 April 2001
1º Encontro de Web Design
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1st November 2000
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Languages
Portuguese
Comprehends Well, Speaks Well, Reads Well, Writes Well
English
Comprehends Well, Speaks Reasonably, Reads Well, Writes Well.
Italian
Comprehends Well, Speaks Reasonably, Reads Well, Writes Little
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