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Grazia, two clever sons,
Adriano
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RAMSETE |
Angelo is one of the three authors of
Ramsete,
a powerful computer program (based on the innovative Pyramid Tracing
algorithm) for the simulation of the acoustics of closed spaces, which
can be used also outdoors.
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- Angelo is the
author of Aurora, a
collection of plugins for measuring, filtering and
convolving the Impulse Responses of theatres and other spaces.
The applications of this Virtual Acoustics technique range from
subjective evaluation of the acoustic design to high quality reverberation and
spatialisation of music for the broadcasting and recording industry.
A remarkable example of the results of the above research is the auralisation (virtual
audio reconstruction) of ancient theatres, as the
Teatro
degli Intrepidi in Ferrara, the Teatro Greco-Romano
in Siracusa , the Teatro Farnese in
Parma or the
Gran
Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
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- Angelo is the
author of DISIA, a package of software tools aimed to
simulation and mapping of environmental noise in urban areas.
This project was supported by the Italian Ministry for
the Environment, and the DISIA package is now available for free usage
to qualified subjects (research and no-profit institutions, public
administration offices, etc.).
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Brief Curriculum Vitae
"Laurea" degree (5 years) in Civil Engineering
at University of Bologna in 1982.
Ph.D in Technical Physics at University of Bologna
in 1987.
Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna
since 1 November 1986 and at the
University of Parma since 1 March 1992.
Associated Professor in Technical Physics at the
University of Parma since 1 November 1998.
Full Professor in Environmental Technical Physics at the
University of Parma since 1 May 2005.
Full Member of the Audio Engineering
Society, of the Acoustical Society of America and of the
Italian
Acoustics Association.
Main research activity: Acoustics.
In more details: concert halls, musical instruments, subjective
preference, auralization, numerical models for large rooms (pyramid tracing), small
cavities (finite elements) and outdoors (image sources). Advanced measurement techniques
including sound intensity, MLS, modal analysis, digital recording. And
recently also DSP implementations, Underwater Acoustics, stretched-pulse measurements.
For a more thorough curriculum, Click
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Papers
Angelo Farina is the author of more than 250 scientific papers; most of them
are in English. The large part of them are about various branches of Acoustics,
although some are on thermal sciences and fluid dynamics.
Click Here to see the complete list of publications
(all have active links to the original documents in PDF format!!!).
Presentations
Angelo often produced remarkable presentations of his scientific
work. Some of them are made available here as Powerpoint/PDF slide shows, including
animations and sound samples. Click
here for the list.
Public files
You can browse into the Public Directory of this server,
where You can find some useful stuff (mainly measured or computed Impulse Responses
in .WAV or .TIM format, anechoic sound samples, photos and open-source or public-domain
software developed by Angelo Farina).
Copyright info & legal disclaimer.
This web site is hosted on a computer located at the
University
of Parma (a public institution of the
Italian Government, Ministry of Instruction,
University and Research), under the direct control of Angelo Farina, who is
a full-time employee of the University of Parma. The goal of this web site is
mainly institutional, as a support tool for the didactical and scientific
activity of Angelo Farina. You can read anything You
find there, but be aware that the action of copying or reusing the contents of this
server can result in copyright infringement or other violations of the law
(depending on the country where you are).
From
a legal point of view, the situation is the same as if I leave open the door of
my room, and You walk inside and have a look at my desktop, covered by books and
papers. You are allowed to read them, but You cannot make photocopies of copyrighted
material. An employee of a public institution, in Italy, is not obliged to close
his door: so, if someone copies anything from
this server, the responsibility and legal consequences are only of who makes the
copy.
VERY IMPORTANT
The scientific papers and the other
"research products" accessible on this web site ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE EMPLOYED
for ranking or Research Quality Evaluation (VQR) procedures. Their usage for
these goals constitutes Copyright infringement according to Italian law, and
will be prosecuted in court.
