| Mauro Cherubini @ Media Lab |
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Mauro Cherubini
Former Researcher
Everyday Learning group [mauroc(at)media.mit.edu]
[publications]
[Last update October 13, 2009] |
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In
November 2003, I joined the CRAFT research lab
as PhD candidate. This lab is part of EPFL, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, where I am part of
I defended my PhD thesis in June 2008. I am now
working as a researcher at Telefonica Research, in Barcelona.
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->Master
thesis: Microworlds for Ecology Explorations
->PhD
thesis: Annotations of maps in collaborative work at a distance
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After a year in the department of Physics, I obtained a degree in Educational Studies from the third University of Rome (RomaTre) in 2001, with a thesis on the Usability of the Children's Internet Sites.
I worked for two and a half years as a research assistant at the Media Lab Europe, in Ireland, with several study visits at the MIT Media Lab in Boston. I obtained a Master of Arts by Research from St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University, in 2004, with a thesis on Microworlds for Ecology Explorations.
In 2004, I joined the CRAFT team for a PhD on collaborative annotations of Maps. I am interested in supporting the fruition/navigation of the urban space with collaborative virtual shared notes. |
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| Portfolio developed while @ ML (2001-2003) |
| The Kid Factor: usability and
ergonomics of children's internet sites |
Biosphera: A
biological micro world for experiments with ecology |
DigitalSeed: A
tool for learning about plant growth, life cycles and the origin of
seeds |
DigitalGarden: An
Interface between Virtual and Tangibility |
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An analysis of the most recent
web technology for children's learning and entertainment over the internet. |
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As
though planning a mission to Mars, kids can change environmental conditions
inside the Biosphera and observe perturbations in the system: every actions
has a consequence! |
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The
Digital Seed is a virtual alter-ego of a real seed, who lives in a cube.
To grow up he needs help from outside, the user must take care of the seed:
watering the cube, keeping the cube at the right temperature and exposing it
to the right amount of light. |
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The
DigitalGarden project examines how a computational interface might augment
our visual perception of plants. The goal is to display phenomena that
are usually invisible (e.g. respiration, oxygen production, pollination)
during the plant's growth process. |
| Other projects |
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SensorCUBE |
TimeLapseMachine |
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| Allows
users to log, re-present and transform data (from sensors or internet) in
personal ways across various media. The learner can structure his/her ideas
moving from the personal to the shared meaning of the constructed representation. |
A phisical device for environmental remote
data loggingAllows users to collect information from the environment. This
device is not intrusive and does not require calibration or expert setup. |
This is an experiment to display time not
as a steady flow, but as a parameter of the system that can be changed.
This interface was presented as final project for the course "Contemplaytion
Environments" at MLE in May 2002. |
My contribution to the Jewelry workshop that
was held at "The Ark" in August 2002. |