Bianca Falcidieno is an Italian applied mathematician whose research interests include

computer graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images with the aid of computers. Today, computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. A great de ...

geometric modeling __NOTOC__ Geometric modeling is a branch of applied mathematics and computational geometry that studies methods and algorithms for the mathematical description of shapes. The shapes studied in geometric modeling are mostly two- or three-dimensi ...

, shape analysis, and

mesh generation Mesh generation is the practice of creating a mesh, a subdivision of a continuous geometric space into discrete geometric and topological cells. Often these cells form a simplicial complex. Usually the cells partition the geometric input domain ...

; she has been called a pioneer of semantics-driven shape representation. She is retired as a research director for the

Italian National Research Council The National Research Council (Italian: ''Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR'') is the largest research council in Italy. As a public organisation, its remit is to support scientific and technological research. Its headquarters are in Rome. ...

(CNR), where she led the Shape Modeling Group of the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies (IMATI).

Education and career

As a master's student, after earning a degree in mathematics in the 1970s, Falcidieno became interested in computer graphics and geometric modeling through a project to visualize mathematical functions for use in teaching

mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...

to engineering students. By 1981, she was a permanent researcher for CNR, and founded its first research center for computer graphics. In the 1990s, with Japanese researcher Tosiyasu Kunii, she helped found both the

Shape Modeling International Shape Modeling International (SMI), also known as ''International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications'' is an annual symposium whose goal is to promote the dissemination of new mathematical theories and novel computational techniques for ...

conference and the associated journal, the

International Journal of Shape Modeling The ''International Journal of Shape Modeling'' covers theories and techniques with regard to handling the shape of objects, focusing on disciplines, roles, and applications. Shape modeling should be intended both in a creative and an analytical se ...

, for which she was editor-in-chief.

Recognition

In 2021, Falcidieno became the inaugural winner of the Shape Modeling International Tosiyasu Kunii Achievement Award, given "for her outstanding career achievements in shape modelling research". She is also a

Eurographics Eurographics is a Europe-wide professional computer graphics association. The association supports its members in advancing the state of the art in computer graphics and related fields such as multimedia, scientific visualization and human–compu ...

Fellow and 2019 Eurographics Gold Medalist, and a Pioneer of the Solid Modeling Association.

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