BIOGRAPHY
Gabriele Di Cerbo is an Italian mathematician conducting research in algebraic geometry. He is currently an assistant professor in Mathematics at Princeton University. Before he was a Ritt assistant professor at Columbia University. He grew up in Italy where he obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 2009. He received his doctorate from Princeton University in 2013 under the supervision of János Kollár.
His research interests include many areas of geometry. His main contributions to geometry are in a very abstract field called minimal model program with the goal of reducing very complicated shapes of arbitrary dimension to their simplest forms. In one of his latest papers, he successfully applied these techniques to physics and to the problem of the finiteness of the string theory landscape, a hypothetical model for parallel universes. While studying these theories, he became fascinated by recent research in neural networks and artificial intelligence that can be applied not only to similar problems in mathematics and physics but also to generative art and natural language processing.
His research has been presented at numerous conferences and universities, such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Oxford.
Marco Gallotta is an Italian-born, New York City-based artist. He received his associate's degree in fashion illustration and a bachelor's degree in general illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology. He grew up in Italy, before moving to New York City in 1998.
His artistic craft consists mostly of paper-cutting techniques, drawing, painting, and printmaking.
Today, Marco resides with his wife and daughter in New York City, where he finds inspiration in its urbanscape, distinct artistic facets, and diverse population. He currently practices his craft in an intimate studio workshop in West Harlem. His vast expertise in mixed media techniques, including drawing, painting, and printmaking, add to his work a unique combination of artisan craftsmanship and graphic sensibility. Watercolors, inks, and graphite are applied to photographs that are then cut out. Layers of cut-out photographs, paper and other materials are strategically overlapped to create ingenious compositions.
His clients include Chanel, Nike, Vogue, Campari, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City, Radio City Music Hall, Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone, actor Will Smith, NBA player Gigi Datome, Dolce and Gabbana, celebrity tv host Samantha Bee, Festival of Spoleto (Italy) and fashion entrepreneur Renzo Rosso.
CONTACTS
Email: gdi[@]princeton.edu