Nico Pietroni
Full Professor at University of Technology Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolNico Pietroni is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Technology Sydney with over 20 years of research and academic experience specializing in computer graphics and geometry processing. He develops practical algorithms for digital shape representation—covering mesh parametrization, surface abstraction and global optimization—and applies them to entertainment, digital fabrication and architectural geometry. His work bridges rigorous theory and industrial pipelines, aiming to transform production workflows through geometry-aware methods. An active contributor to open-source tooling, he integrated Levenberg–Marquardt optimization into the widely used MeshLab system to enable iso-parametrization filters. Trained with a PhD from the University of Genoa and a master’s from the University of Pisa, he frequently collaborates across architecture and artistic modelling communities to push computational design boundaries.
22 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Excellent, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Excellent at Università degli Studi di Genova / University of GenoaMaster's degree, Computer Science, 110/110, Master's degree, Computer Science, 110/110 at University of Pisa
Italian, English
Github Skills (9)
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3d-models9
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab
Jul 2009 - Sep 2011
The open source mesh processing system
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nico's contributions primarily revolve around integrating and incorporating the Levmar library (for Levenberg-Marquardt optimization) into the MeshLab project. This involved adding the library as an external dependency, modifying the project's build files (.pro files) to correctly link and compile the library. Further contributions include incorporating and adjusting the library's code within the project's core functionality to add iso-parametrization filters.
3d-modelsmeshmesh-generationmesh-simplification3d-reconstruction
mlivesu/LoopyCuts
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Practical Feature-Preserving Block Decomposition for Strongly Hex-Dominant Meshing
Contributions:17 commits, 6 pushes, 3 comments in 2 years
hexmeshdecompositionpracticalsurface
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