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=== Formal studies ===

* [[http://www.extension.harvard.edu/ | Harvard Extension School]] -- Undergraduate courses of **Mathematics** and
 **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 industry of
 enterprise networking.

* [[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 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".

* **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]].

* **Networking** -- My favorite is the immortal [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_Illustrated | TCP/IP Illustrated]] trilogy.

* **Programming Languages** -- All the obvious textbooks such as BjarneStroustrup's
 SeePlusPlusProgrammingLanguage, and many others like the old SeeProgrammingLanguage,
 ThinkingInJava, and dozens of C++ books.

* **Programming Techniques** -- Countless.  Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming
 and the controversial ModernSeePlusPlusDesign by AndreiAlexandrescu.
 My absolute favourite is Brian Kernighan's and Rob Pike's [[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/ | The Practice of Programming]].

* **Software Architecture and Design** -- All the "must-read" classics such as
 GangOfFour's DesignPatterns, UmlDistilled and UmlDesignPatterns.

* **Project Management** -- My favourites are TheMythicalManMonth and
 [[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AntiPatternsBook|AntiPatterns]], but I've also read
 [[http://www.amazon.com/Waltzing-Bears-Managing-Software-Projects/dp/0932633609|WaltzingWithBears]],
 [[ExecutionPlainAndSimple]] and a few others.

* **Technical Writing** -- TheElementsOfStyle and DonaldKnuth's TheTexBook are my
 favourites on the topics of stylish writing and typesetting.

* **Numerical Methods** -- I'm sorry to have quite a thin mathematical background.
 Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading DonaldKnuth's ConcreteMathematics and
 CambridgeUniversityPress' NumericalRecipes.

* **Database** -- Relational algebra, principles of schema normalization, SQL.

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Formal studies ¶

Harvard Extension School — Undergraduate courses of Mathematics and Educational Technologies.
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 industry of enterprise networking.
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 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".
Operating Systems — Too many to mention here, most of which were quite theoretical and boring. My favorite will always be Advanced Programming In The Unix Environment by Richard Stevens. I also recommend The Art of Unix Programming.
Networking — My favorite is the immortal TCP/IP Illustrated trilogy.
Programming Languages — All the obvious textbooks such as BjarneStroustrup's SeePlusPlusProgrammingLanguage, and many others like the old SeeProgrammingLanguage, ThinkingInJava, and dozens of C++ books.
Programming Techniques — Countless. Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming and the controversial ModernSeePlusPlusDesign by AndreiAlexandrescu. My absolute favourite is Brian Kernighan's and Rob Pike's The Practice of Programming.
Software Architecture and Design — All the "must-read" classics such as GangOfFour's DesignPatterns, UmlDistilled and UmlDesignPatterns.
Project Management — My favourites are TheMythicalManMonth and AntiPatterns, but I've also read WaltzingWithBears, ExecutionPlainAndSimple and a few others.
Technical Writing — TheElementsOfStyle and DonaldKnuth's TheTexBook are my favourites on the topics of stylish writing and typesetting.
Numerical Methods — I'm sorry to have quite a thin mathematical background. Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading DonaldKnuth's ConcreteMathematics and CambridgeUniversityPress' NumericalRecipes.
Database — Relational algebra, principles of schema normalization, SQL.