**Educational Technologies**.
* [[http://www.unifi.it/ | Unviersità degli Studi di Firenze]] -- I attended only one term of
- **Software Engineering** (computer Science exam **30/30 cum laude**).
- In 1995, I dropped out to work for a startup in the emerging field of
+ **Software Engineering** (Computer Science exam **30/30 cum laude**).
+ In 1995, I dropped out to work for a startup in the emerging industry of
enterprise networking.
- * [[http://www.itcvolta.it/it/default.asp | Istituto Tecnico-Commerciale Alessandro Volta]] -- High-school diploma
- in **Mathematics and Computer Science** with a rating of **56 out of 60**.
- The track included good amounts of **Electric Engineering**.
+ * [[http://www.itcvolta.it/it/default.asp | Istituto Tecnico-Commerciale Alessandro Volta]] -- Diploma
+ in **Mathematics and Computer Science** with a rating of **56 out of 60**. The curriculum included good
+ amounts of **electric engineering**.
=== Reading List ===
-My favorite books of computer science and software engineering:
+My favorite books of CS and engineering:
* **Compilers** -- textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools and several others.
* **Algorithms** -- many, including classics such as DonaldKnuth's bible TheArtOfComputerProgramming,
CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and NicholasWirth's ancient, but still brilliant,
"Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs".
-o
+
* **Operating Systems** -- Too many to mention here, most of which were quite
theoretical and boring. My favorite will always be [[http://www.apuebook.com/|Advanced Programming In The Unix Environment]] by Richard Stevens.
I also recommend [[http://catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/|The Art of Unix Programming]].