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Giuseppe O. Longo

Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica Elettronica Informatica (DEEI), Università degli Studi di Trieste,
Via A. Valerio, 10, I-34127 - TRIESTE (Italy)

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Curriculum Vitae of Giuseppe O. Longo

 

 

Giuseppe O. Longo was born in Forlì, Italy, on March 2, 1941.

In 1955 he moved to Trieste, where he currently lives.

He obtained his high school certificate in 1959 and university degrees in Electronic Engineering and in Mathematics in 1964 and 1968, respectively.

In 1969 he received a Ph.D. in Cybernetics and Information Theory and in 1975 became full professor of Information Theory at the Electronic Engineering Department of the University of Trieste, where he has been teaching courses on information theory and coding, a subject that he has introduced in Italy back in the Sixties.

He has taken part in many international conferences on information theory and related topics, reading papers and chairing sessions. He organized the 1979 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory at Grignano, near Trieste. He has carried out teaching and research activity in several universities and other scientific institutions in Europe, United States and Asia.

Currently his scientific interests are mainly devoted to epistemology, artificial intelligence, communication, and the social impact of technology. He is very active in giving lectures and publishing papers on such topics. He published several books on the cultural and anthropological consequences of the new technologies:

Il nuovo Golem: come il computer cambia la nostra cultura, (Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1998)

Homo Technologicus (Meltemi, Roma, 2001)

Il Simbionte: prove di umanità futura (Meltemi, Roma, 2003)

Il senso e la narrazione (Springer Verlag Italia, Milano, 2008).

Also, he has acted as director of the section Scientific and literary languages of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of the ISAS (International School for Advanced Studies) in Trieste.

He has translated 15 books (from English and German into Italian), including works by Gregory Bateson, Marvin Minsky, Daniel Dennett, Douglas Hofstadter, and Iräneus Eibl-Eibesfeld.

In 1991 he was awarded the "Monselice" prize for scientific translation.

He has coordinated, and contributed to, several encyclopedic works of the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, and writes regularly for the Corriere della sera, Technology Review, Pluriverso, Avvenire, L'Occidentale, Mondo Digitale, Prometeo and other newspapers and magazines. He also participates in the programmes of the Italian Broadcasting Company (RAI), in particular writing pieces for the radio.

Besides being a scientist, Longo is also a prominent writer. He has

published three novels:

- Di alcune orme sopra la neve (Campanotto, Udine, 1990; Mobydick, Faenza, 2007)

- L'acrobata (Einaudi, Torino, 1994)

- La gerarchia di Ackermann (Mobydick , Faenza, 1998)

six collections of short stories:

- Il fuoco completo (Studio Tesi,  Pordenone, 1986; 2nd edition, Mobydick, Faenza, 2000)

- Congetture sull'inferno  (Mobydick, Faenza, 1995)

- Lezioni di lingua tedesca (Hefti, Milano, 1996)

- I giorni del vento (Mobydick, Faenza, 1997)

- Avvisi ai naviganti (Mobydick, Faenza, 2001)

- Prove di città desolata (Mobydick, Faenza, 2003)

- Trieste: ritratto con figure (Mobydick, Faenza, 2004)

- La camera d'ascolto (Mobydick, Faenza, 2006)

and a collection of pieces:

- Il cervello nudo, (Nicolodi, Rovereto, 2004).

These books (all in Italian) received various prizes and awards. In 1996 his novel L'acrobata was translated into French (and published by Gallimard), receiving the "Laure Bataillon" award for the best novel translated into French. The novel La gerarchia di Ackermann has being translated into French, as well as the story collection Avvisi ai naviganti, both published by A la croisée.

Several short stories have been translated into French, English, German, Gaelic, and Portuguese. The collection of stories I giorni del vento will be translated into Russian. The magazine Open City, based in New York City, has published several of his short stories.

Recently he has devoted himself to writing texts for the radio and for the stage, which have had a good reception. In May, 1999 his piece Il cervello nudo was set up in Trieste. In 2007 he has set up four pieces devoted tu Lucretius, Pascal, Babbage and Einstein in Milan.

In 1996 and 1997 he performed as an actor, playing the main roles in plays by Ionesco (La leçon) and Pinter (Last to Go and Troubles in the Work).

He teaches a course on creative writing at the Master in Science communication of the ISAS in Trieste.

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G. O. Longo
Teoria dell'informazione
Boringhieri [corso Vittorio Emanuele II  86, 10121 TORINO]
Serie di Informatica, 1980, Lire 60000, Eur 30.99

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


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G. O. Longo
Di alcune orme sopra la neve
Campanotto Editore
(Via Michelini 1, 33100 UDINE)

   

New edition:
Mobydick [Corso Mazzini 85 - 48018 Faenza, Ravenna]
(collana ``I Libri dello Zelig'', 228, pp. 256, Eur 16,00)
 

 

 

 
 

 

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G. O. Longo
L'acrobata
Giulio Einaudi Editore
(collana ``I Coralli'', pp. 178, Eur 12,39)

     
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

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G. O. Longo
Congetture sull'inferno
Mobydick [Corso Mazzini 85 - 48018 Faenza, Ravenna]
(collana ``I Libri dello Zelig'', pp. 168, Eur 10,33)
 

    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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G. O. Longo
Lezioni di lingua tedesca
Hefti Edizioni[Milano]
(collana ``Piccole Hefti Edizioni'', 1996, pp. 129,  Lire 14000 Eur 7,23)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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G. O. Longo
I giorni del vento
Mobydick [Corso Mazzini 85 - 48018 Faenza, Ravenna]
(collana ``I Libri dello Zelig'', pp. 176,  Eur 10,33)
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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G. O. Longo
Il nuovo Golem
Universale Laterza
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 http://medea.provincia.venezia.it/autrici/longog.htm (MeDea).

 

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G. O. Longo
La gerarchia di Ackermann
Mobydick [Corso Mazzini 85 - 48018 Faenza, Ravenna]
(collana ``I Libri dello Zelig'', 1998,  pp. 368, Eur 12,39)

    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

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G. O. Longo
Il fuoco completo
Mobydick [Corso Mazzini 85 - 48018 Faenza, Ravenna]
(collana "I libri dello Zelig", 2000, pp. 144,  Eur 10,33)
First edition: Studio tesi, Pordenone, 1986, Premio Selezione Comisso 1987


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 


 
 
 
 



G. O. Longo
Homo technologicus
Meltemi
(collana "Mutazioni", 2001, pp. 216, Eur 15,49)
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


 
 


G. O. Longo
Avvisi ai naviganti
Mobydick [Corso Mazzini 85 - 48018 Faenza, Ravenna]
(collana ``I Libri dello Zelig'', 2001, pp. 224, Eur 11,36)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


G. O. Longo
Prove di città desolata
Mobydick [Corso Mazzini 85 - 48018 Faenza, Ravenna]
(collana ``I Libri dello Zelig'', 2003, pp. 160, Eur 11,00)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 


 
 
 
 
G. O. Longo
Il simbionte. Prove di umanità futura
Meltemi
(collana ``Le melusine'', 2003, pp. 261, Eur 20,50)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 

 
 


 
 


G. O. Longo
Il cervello nudo
Nicolodi
(collana ``Civiltàplanetaria, framing 2'', 2004, pp. 161, Eur 10,00)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 


 
 
 


G. O. Longo
Trieste: ritratto con figure
Mobydick
(collana ``I libri dello Zelig'', 2004, pp. 208, Eur 13,00)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 

 

  
  


 


G. O. Longo
La camera d'ascolto
Mobydick
(collana ``I libri dello Zelig'', 2006, pp. 192, Eur 13,00)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


 
 


 


G. O. Longo
Il senso e la narrazione
Springer
(collana ``I BLU - pagine di scienza'', 2008, pp. 200, Eur 20,00)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 

 

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