Salvatore Rampone
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Salvatore Rampone is an Italian scientist and bodybuilder. Professor
of Computer Science
at the University of Sannio
- Italy, he possesses two Master of Arts degrees, in Computer Science
and Informatics
. Prior to becoming an academic, Rampone carried out research and teaching activity in several institutions (ALCATEL 89-90, IIASS 90-91, C.N.R. 91-93, University of Salerno 94-95, Master in Advanced Technologies of the Information and Communication 95-97), maintaining a tightened collaboration with the Cybernetics research group founded by Eduardo Caianiello
at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the University of Salerno
.
His research interests focus in the area of Soft Computing
, but applied in several fields (Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Bioinformatics, Computer music, Cosmology, Didactics, Cyclostratigraphy, Information Theory, Signal Processing and bodybuilding). The relation between the evolutionary chain culminating in Homo sapiens and the estimated size of our universe (discovered in 1999 by him and the physicist Antonio Feoli) resolved a long debate in the Anthropic principle
. The HS3D dataset of Homo Sapiens DNA regions (2001) is used to assess the prediction accuracy of methods for gene
identification and characterization.
As active supporter of transhumanism
, an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities, in 2004 he began an intense applied research program as competition bodybuilder. In 2005 he won the Over 40 WPF Italian Bodybuilding Championship.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
at the University of Sannio
University of Sannio
The University of Sannio is a university located in Benevento, Italy. It was founded in 1998 and is organized in 4 Faculties.-History:The University of Sannio began as a part of the University of Salerno. Initially, it was included in the four year plan 1986-90...
- Italy, he possesses two Master of Arts degrees, in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and Informatics
Informatics (academic field)
Informatics is the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. Informatics studies the structure, algorithms, behavior, and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process, access and communicate information...
. Prior to becoming an academic, Rampone carried out research and teaching activity in several institutions (ALCATEL 89-90, IIASS 90-91, C.N.R. 91-93, University of Salerno 94-95, Master in Advanced Technologies of the Information and Communication 95-97), maintaining a tightened collaboration with the Cybernetics research group founded by Eduardo Caianiello
Eduardo Caianiello
Eduardo Renato Caianiello was an Italian physicist. He was born in Naples on June 25th 1921. He died in Naples on October 22th 1993.He contributed to scientific research, especially quantum theory and cybernetics. He was also a pioneer in the theory of neural networks...
at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the University of Salerno
University of Salerno
The University of Salerno is a university located in Salerno, Italy. It is organized in 10 Faculties.-History:Salerno, a city in which, as Michelet said, “emperors, kings, popes, and the richest barons all had their own doctor”, developed during the Middle Ages around its prestigious School of...
.
His research interests focus in the area of Soft Computing
Soft computing
Soft computing is a term applied to a field within computer science which is characterized by the use of inexact solutions to computationally-hard tasks such as the solution of NP-complete problems, for which an exact solution cannot be derived in polynomial time.-Introduction:Soft Computing became...
, but applied in several fields (Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Bioinformatics, Computer music, Cosmology, Didactics, Cyclostratigraphy, Information Theory, Signal Processing and bodybuilding). The relation between the evolutionary chain culminating in Homo sapiens and the estimated size of our universe (discovered in 1999 by him and the physicist Antonio Feoli) resolved a long debate in the Anthropic principle
Anthropic principle
In astrophysics and cosmology, the anthropic principle is the philosophical argument that observations of the physical Universe must be compatible with the conscious life that observes it. Some proponents of the argument reason that it explains why the Universe has the age and the fundamental...
. The HS3D dataset of Homo Sapiens DNA regions (2001) is used to assess the prediction accuracy of methods for gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
identification and characterization.
As active supporter of transhumanism
Transhumanism
Transhumanism, often abbreviated as H+ or h+, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human...
, an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities, in 2004 he began an intense applied research program as competition bodybuilder. In 2005 he won the Over 40 WPF Italian Bodybuilding Championship.
External links
- Salvatore Rampone home page M.Ceccarelli, V.Colantuoni, G.Graziano, S. Rampone, Bioinformatica, sfide e prospettive, Franco Angeli. J.Anderson, G.Catapano, S. Rampone, Manuale di Crescita Muscolare, TRAM.
- Recognition of splice junctions on DNA Sequences by BRAIN learning algorithm in oxfordjournals.org
- World Transhumanist Association