PIERO SCARUFFI

p@scaruffi.com or scaruffi@stanford.edu

Web site: www.scaruffi.com

SYNOPSIS

Published 25 books, on topics ranging from cognitive science to music.
Worked in Silicon Valley for over 40 years.
Founding director of the Olivetti A.I. Center in Cupertino
Founded and still chairing the Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous
Instructor on AI at UC Berkeley for about ten years
Taught dozens of courses and seminars in USA, China and Europe
Strong background in Physics and Mathematics.
50 years of writing on the arts (particularly music)
Award-winning poet
Visited 160+ countries of the world.
Promoting anti-disciplinary thinking
Bridging the humanities and sciences of China, Europe and Silicon Valley
Main areas of research:
- Artificial Intelligence
- History of Knowledge
- 20th century Music
- 20th century Art
- Consciousness
- Creativity
CAREER HISTORY

2014-Present: Dozens of lectures at major Chinese conferences following the translations of my books on Silicon Valley and A.I. and the future of technology

2008-Present: Founder of Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous, San Francisco

Organizing, chairing and curating interdisciplinary events with world-class artists, scientists, anthropologists, psychologists, etc for Stanford University, University of San Francisco and UC Berkeley among others www.lasertalks.com on behalf of Leonardo ISAST www.leonardo.info

2007-Present: Founder and president of Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Research Institute www.svairi.com

1999-2014: Lecturer: Lecturing at UC Berkeley Extensions on "The Nature of Mind" and "A History of Knowledge".

1997-Present: New Media Editor, Silicon Valley

Established one of the earliest websites named after its author (and one of the oldest extant websites) www.scaruffi.com , which by 2024 has more than 6000 articles on music, 1000 on cinema, 2000 on history/politics, 1000 on science and tech, plus visual arts, philosophy, etc.

1985-Present: Author, Italy and Silicon Valley

Published several books on A.I. and Cognitive Science since 1985 (eg "The Nature of Consciousness", 2006; "Intelligence is not Artificial", 2012), nine books on Music (including "A History of Rock and Dance Music", 2008; "A History of Jazz Music", 2007), two on History ("A Brief History of Knowledge" and "A History of Silicon Valley"), three of original Poetry

2003-Present: Software Consultant, Silicon Valley

Consulting for European and USA companies mainly about strategies

1999-2003: Senior architect, IntelliCorp, Silicon Valley

Designed Artificial Intelligence-based systems for one of the earliest AI startups.

1998-Present: Poet

Published four volumes of poetry, including a national award in Italy

1995-1996: Visiting Scholar, Stanford University

Research on adaptive, self-organizing systems and theories of consciousness. Produced a comprehensive on-line bibliography of books related to mind, life and consciousness.

1985-1995: Manager, Olivetti A.I. Center, Cupertino

Established the Olivetti Artificial Intelligence Center, with operations in Italy and California. Manager of both sites, reporting directly to the vice-president of R&D. Helped shape the center as the company's technological bridge to the international research community (started cooperative research programs between Olivetti and universities worldwide). Research projects included knowledge-based systems, neural networks, natural language processing. Joint projects with Yale, CalTech and Stanford. Staff of 62 engineers.

1982-1984: Senior Software Engineer, Olivetti, Italy (user interfaces, operating systems, e-mail system)

1980-1982: Software Consultant, SofTec, Italy (consulting jobs in several European countries, ranging from databases to communications)

EDUCATION

1974: Computer Science diploma with honors from the Peano Institute of Turin, Italy. G.P.A. 60 of 60.

1980: Graduated in Mathematics "summa cum laude" from University of Turin, Italy. G.P.A. 110 of 110. Major in General Theory of Relativity. Thesis on a model for quark dynamics.

1984: Visiting scholar, Harvard University. Research on Artificial Intelligence.

1995-96: Visiting scholar, Stanford University. Research on Artificial Intelligence.

PUBLICATIONS
Dialogue of the Lovers (Amazon, 2023) ISBN: 9798860841352
A History of Silicon Valley - Vol 2: The 21st Century (2023 Update) (Amazon, 2023) ISBN: 9798393156824
A History of Silicon Valley - Vol 1: The 20th Century (2023 Update) (Amazon, 2023) ISBN: 9798393154721
Chinese edition of "Intelligence is not Artificial: Expanded Edition (Posts & Telecom Press, 2020) ISBN: 978-7-115-53680-8
Peace Technology (2019) ISBN 978-7-5057-4708-1
Intelligence is not Artificial - Expanded Edition (2018) ISBN 978-1984101457
Humankind 2.0: The Technologies of the Future (CITIC, 2017) ISBN 978-7-5086-7176-5
Thinking about Thought - Vol 1-4 (Amazon, 2015)
Vol1 Brain - ISBN-13: 978-1503361065
Vol2 Life - ISBN-13: 978-1503362000
Vol3 Matter - ISBN-13: 978-1503362079
Vol4 Consciousness - ISBN-13: 978-1503362161
A History of Silicon Valley - almost a third edition (Amazon, 2014-2016) ISBN: 978-1508758730
A History of Silicon Valley - Chinese edition - ISBN: 978-7-115-42996-4 (2016)
Intelligence is not Artificial (2013-16) ISBN: 978-0-9765531-9-9
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 3: The Age of Globalization (2013)
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 2: From Abstract Art to Conceptual Art (2012)
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 1: From Impressionism to Surrealism (2012)
A Brief History of Knowledge (Amazon eBook, 2011) ISBN: 978-1500526658
Synthesis. Essays, Photographs, Poems (Omniware, 2009) ISBN: 978-0-9765531-7-5
A History of Rock and Dance Music Vol 2 (Omniware, 2009) ISBN: 978-0-9765531-6-8
A History of Rock and Dance Music Vol 1 (Omniware, 2009) ISBN: 978-0-9765531-5-1
A History of Jazz Music 1900-2000 (Omniware, 2007) ISBN: 978-0-9765531-3-7 (Italian translation: 978-0-9765531-4-4)
A History of Popular Music (Omniware, 2007) ISBN 978-0-9765531-2-0
The Nature of Consciousness (Omniware, 2006). ISBN 978-0-9765531-1-2
Dialogo Degli Amanti - Poesie (Dialogue of the Lovers - Poems) (Lacaita, 1998)
Il Terzo Secolo (The Third Century - Essays on the USA) (Feltrinelli, 1996)
La Fabbrica del Pensiero (The Factory of Thought - Cognitive Science) (La Stampa, 1994)
Guida alla Musica d'Avanguardia (A Guide to Avantgarde Music) (Arcana, 1991)
La Mente Artificiale (The Artificial Mind - Cognitive Science) (Franco Angeli, 1991)
L'Ultimo - Poesie (The Last One - Poems) (Il Salice, 1991)
L'Intelligenza Artificiale (Artificial Intelligence) (Muzzio, 1987)