Piero Scaruffi
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Piero Scaruffi (born 1955) is an Italian-American writer who maintains a website on which his reviews of music, film, and art are published.[1] He has created his own publishing entity called Omnipublishing,[2] which exclusively releases his books about music and science.
Biography
Early life and education
Scaruffi was born in 1955[3] in Trivero, a comune in the Province of Biella of Italy. He graduated from the University of Turin with a degree in Mathematics.[1]
Career
For a number of years he worked for
His work aims to bridge artificial intelligence, mathematics, science and art. As a software consultant, he worked on Internet applications, Artificial Intelligence and Object-Oriented design in
Scaruffi chaired, among others, the Big Bang conference of June 2008 at UC-Berkeley.[9] He has compiled an extensive "Annotated Bibliography of Mind-Related" Topics", as well. He has been running the Leonardo Art Science Evenings (LASERS) at the University of San Francisco and Stanford University, a series that he established in 2008 and as of 2022 spread to 50 universities worldwide.[10][11] He also runs the interdisciplinary quarterly events SMMMASH at Stanford University. Scaruffi is involved in organising and moderating events for Stanford Continuing Studies.[12]
Bibliography
Books on music
- Le origini gli anni d'oro: 1954–1966. Milan: Arcana Editrice. 1989. ISBN 978-8-88-585938-8. (Volume 1 of Arcana's Storia del Rock series)
- Underground & progressive: 1967–1973. Milan: Arcana Editrice. 1989. ISBN 978-8-88-585939-5. (Volume 2 of Arcana's Storia del Rock series)
- Dal glam al punk: 1974–1980. Milan: Arcana Editrice. 1990. ISBN 978-8-88-585997-5. (Volume 3 of Arcana's Storia del Rock series)
- Anni '80 e oltre: 1981–1990. Milan: Arcana Editrice. 1990. ISBN 978-8-88-585995-1. (Volume 4 of Arcana's Storia del Rock series)
- Guida all'avanguardia e alla New Age. Milan: Arcana Editrice. 1991. ISBN 978-8-88-585967-8.
- Il nuovo rock americano degli anni '90. Milan: Arcana Editrice. 1994. ISBN 978-8-87-966055-6. (Volume 5 of Arcana's Storia del Rock series)
- Nuovi poeti rock americano. Padua: Arcana Editrice. 1994. ISBN 978-8-87-966030-3.
- Enciclopedia della musica New Age: elettronica, ambientale, pan-etnica. Padua: Arcana Editrice. 1996. ISBN 978-8-87-966073-0.
- Europa, Canada, Oceania e Giappone: gli anni '90. Padua: Arcana Editrice. 1997. ISBN 978-8-87-966076-1. (Volume 6 of Arcana's Storia del Rock series)
- A History of Rock Music: 1951–2000. New York: ISBN 0-595-29565-7.
- A History of Popular Music before Rock Music. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9765531-2-0.
- A History of Jazz Music: 1900–2000. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9765531-3-7.
- A History of Rock and Dance Music. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9765531-5-1. (Volume 1: 1951–1989)
- A History of Rock and Dance Music. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9765531-6-8. (Volume 2: 1990–2008)
Books on cognitive science and artificial intelligence
- L'Intelligenza artificiale: una guida per il programmatore. Padua: Franco Muzzio. 1987. ISBN 978-8-87-021422-2. (Volume 9 of Muzzio's Intelligenza Artificiale e Robotica series)
- La mente artificiale: realtà e prospettive della "macchina pensante". Milan: Angeli. 1991. ISBN 978-8-82-046805-7. (Volume 10 of Angeli's Prometheus series)
- La fabbrica del pensiero: nuove frontiere dell'intelligenza artificiale. Turn: La Stampa. 1996. ISBN 978-8-87-783080-7.
- Thinking about Thought: A Primer on the New Science of Mind. New York: Writers Club Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-595-26420-9.
- The Nature of Consciousness: The Structure of Life and the Meaning of Matter. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2006. ISBN 978-0-9765531-1-3.
- Intelligence Is Not Artificial. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2013. ISBN 978-0-9765531-9-9.
- Thinking about Thought. Seattle: Createspace. 2015. ISBN 978-1-5033-6106-5.
- Intelligence Is Not Artificial – Expanded edition. Seattle: Createspace. 2018. ISBN 978-1-984101-45-7.
- Humankind 2.0. Beijing: Citic. 2017. ISBN 978-7-5086-7176-5.
Other books
- Il terzo secolo: almanacco della società americana alla fine del millenio. Milan: Feltrinelli. 1996. ISBN 978-8-80-781367-2. (Volume 1367 of Feltrinelli's Universale economico series)
- Synthesis: Essays, Photographs, Poems. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9765531-7-5.
- A History of Silicon Valley: The Largest Creation of Wealth in the History of the Planet. Palo Alto: Omniware. 2011. ISBN 978-0-9765531-8-2. (co-authored with Arun Rao)
- A Brief History of Knowledge: From 3000 BC to the 21st Century. ISBN 978-1-5005-2665-8.
- A History of Silicon Valley: Third Edition. Seattle: Createspace. 2016. ISBN 978-1-5087-5873-0.
- 100 Years of Silicon Valley. Beijing: PT. 2017. ISBN 978-7-115-42996-4.
References
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero (January 22, 2022). "Omniware Publishing House". Scaruffi.com. Redwood City, CA: Piero Scaruffi [self-published]. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
[Page contains book cover image-links to 6 apparent books, and text links to ' Founders / Events / Register / Contact'.]
[third-party source needed] - ^ Ricci, Virginia W. (April 26, 2016). "Lo strano caso di Scaruffi nel disco di Beyoncé". Vice (in Italian). Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- ^ Stuart, S. C. (June 19, 2018). "Why Everything Elon Musk Fears About AI Is Wrong". PCMag. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Italian articles from the 1980s about the Olivetti A.I. Center [1]
- ^ Stanford AI Lab page of the 1990s [2]
- ^ Jablon, Robert (January 19, 2012). "Johnny Otis of 'Willie and the Hand Jive' dies". Boston.com. Boston Globe Electronic Publishing Inc. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ page of Leonardo Journal announcing new Governing Board Members (December 2000) [3]
- ^ Leonardo/ISAST: Leonardo Day at Berkeley Big Bang 2008
- ^ A Century of Art and Technology in the Bay Area [4]
- ^ Stanford University profile [5]
- ^ Watkins, Marshall (January 20, 2012). "Bay Area thinkers ponder 'life'". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2013.