Thomas Riga
39 Greenbank Avenue
PL4 8PS Plymouth, U.K.
0044-7-966953330
0039-349-8380725
thomas.riga@plymouth.ac.uk
http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/staff/triga
Profile
- self-motivated and hard working with
experience in all aspects of IT-related work
- able to use own initiative and work as
part of a team
- an effective communicator at all levels
within an organisation
- good problem solving and analytical skills
Work experience
- September 2003 - currently: part-time
lecturer supervising the artificial intelligence laboratory sessions
at the University of Plymouth, U.K.
- October 2001 - July 2003: automation engineer at Ansaldo
Segnalamento Ferroviario S.p.A., Genoa, Italy
- Developing software modules for a
real-time train traffic management system
- Signal processing modules
- Database interfaces
- Communication protocols
- Web services
- Installation and administration of Oracle
Database Servers on Unix platforms
- Web-based graphical user interfaces for
timetable management
- 1996 - 2001: various part-time jobs while studying:
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website
developer and administrator
- www.booktown.net: web-based communication instrument for
touristic book villages under supervision of the European Union (in
collaboration)
- users.skynet.be/redu: bookshop site
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translator: Italian-English at Studio Casą, Genoa, Italy
IT skills
- programming languages: C, C++, Java, SQL,
XML, Perl, Lingo
- operating systems: Linux, Unix, Ms Windows, MacOS
- computational modeling: neural networks, genetic algorithms,
agent-based systems, physics engines
- other skills: web services, networking protocols,
virtual reality, websites
Language skills
- English (fluent)
- Italian (fluent)
- Dutch (mothertongue)
Availability
- Full-time; part-time; transfers;
consulting
Education
- September 2003 - currently: PhD
student at the University of Plymouth, U.K. at the department of
Computing, Communications and Electronics
- 1996-2001: Philosophy of Science at the University
of Genoa, Italy
- graduated with the maximum score of 110
Cum Laude
- dissertation: "Genetic algorithms"
- 1985-1991: High school A Grade
Publications
- Greco A., Riga T. & Cangelosi A.
(2003), The acquisition of new categories through grounded symbols: An
extended connectionist model. Joint ICANN/ICONIP 2003 Conference,
Turkey, June 2003
- Riga T. (2003), Symbol grounding transfer
with neural networks: implications for Alife models. 1st Italian Alife
workshop, Cosenza, September 2003
- Greco A., Riga T., Cangelosi A. (2002),
Grounding transfer of symbols in neural networks. 1st Conference of the
Italian Cognitive Science Association, Rovereto, September 2002
- Greco A., Riga T. & Cangelosi A.
(2001), The acquisition of new categories in neural networks through
grounded symbols. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Italian
Association for Experimental Psychology, Alghero, September 2001
- Riga T., Greco A. & Cangelosi A.
(2001), Acquiring higher-level categories by sensorimotor grounding of
entry-level features. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Workshop of the
European Society for the Study of Cognitive Systems, Maastricht, May
2001.
Personal details
- date of birth: 14.4.1973, Sittard, The
Netherlands
- marital status: single
- nationality: dutch
Professional and personal interests
- artificial intelligence
- cognitive science
- innovative technologies
- traveling
- basketball, soccer, ski