Dr Mannone Maria

Maria Mannone achieved her MSc in Theoretical Physics at the University of Palermo (Italy) in 2012, an MSc in Acoustics, Computer Science, and Information Processing applied to Music (ATIAM) at IRCAM - Paris VI Sorbonne (France) in 2013, and her PhD in Composition at the University of Minnesota (USA) in 2017. She is currently PhD student in Theoretical Physics at the University of Potsdam, and researcher at the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Her research interests include complex networks, swarm robotics, quantum computing, and the interactions between mathematics and music.

Books

M. Mannone, Mathematics, Nature, Art, Palermo University Press, Palermo, 2019

F. Favali and M. Mannone (editors and translators), “Simmetrie fra Matematica e Musica,” selection and translation into Italian of English articles on music and symmetry, Palermo University Press/New Digital Frontiers, I quaderni di Clio no. 3, 2020

G. Mazzola, R. Guitart, J. Ho, A. Lubet, M. Mannone, M. Rahaim, F. Thalmann, The Topos of Music III: Gestures, Springer Series Computational Music Science, 2018

G. Mazzola, M. Mannone, Y. Pang, M. O’ Brien, N. Torunsky, All About Music: The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment, Springer Series Computational Music Science, 2016

G. Mazzola, M. Mannone, Y. Pang, Cool Math for Hot Music, Springer Series Computational Music Science, Heidelberg et al., 2016.
Translated into Chinese: 酷冷的 数学 和 炽热的 的音乐, Springer & Shanghai Educational Publishing House, 2023

M. Mannone, Dalla Musica all’Immagine, dall’Immagine alla Musica - Relazioni matematiche fra composizione musicale e arte figurative (From Music to Images, from Images to Music – Mathematical relations between musical composition and figurative art), Edizioni Compostampa, Palermo, 2011


Book Chapters

M. Mannone and F. Jedrzjeweski. Venice, Glass, and Math. Women in MathArt (editor: Shanna Dobson), Springer, accepted for publication, to appear 2024

M. Mannone and D. Rocchesso, Sing and Measure: Sound as Voice as Quanta. In: (eds.) Miranda E. R., Quantum Computer Music. Springer, Cham (2022), 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13909-3_12

M. Mannone and D. Rocchesso, Quanta in sound, the sound of quanta: a voice-informed quantum theoretical perspective on sound. In: (eds.) Miranda E. R., Quantum Computing in the Arts and Humanities. Springer, Cham (2022), 193–226. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95538-0_6

M. Mannone, “Theoretical Physics and Category Theory as Tools for Analysis of Musical Performance and Composition,” in Mathematical Music Theory: Algebraic, Geometric, Combinatorial, Topological and Applied Approaches to Understanding Musical Phenomena, eds. M. Montiel and R. W. Peck, 215-231, World Scientific, 2018

M. Mannone, “Can Mathematical Music Theory be Easily Learnt and also be Fun?” In Theoretical and Practical Pedagogy of Mathematical Music Theory: Music for Mathematics and Mathematics for Music, From School to Postgraduate Levels, eds. M. Montiel and F. Gómez, 281-298, World Scientific, 2018


Journal Papers

M. Mannone, P. Fazio, N. Marwan, A. Giacometti. Multi-Layer Networks and Routing Protocols for Aquatic Robotic Swarm Management. Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 22 (2), 2024, 10.15598/aeee.v22i2.5595

M. Mannone, P. Fazio, N. Marwan. Modeling a Neurological Disorder as the Result of an Operator Acting on The Brain: A First Sketch based on Network Channel Modeling. Chaos, 34, 053133 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0199988

M. Mannone, M. Montiel, M. Wilhelmi. Music-Driven Geometric and Topologic Intuition: A Case Study with the Klein bottle. Journal of Mathematics and Music, 2024, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17459737.2024.2344095

M. Mannone, N. Marwan, P. Fazio, A. Giacometti. Multi-Layer Networks and Routing Protocols for Aquatic Robotic Swarm Management. AEEE, accepted for publication, 2024

M. Mannone, A. Chella, G. Pilato, V. Seidita, F. Vella, S. Gaglio. Modeling Robotic Thinking and Creativity: A Classic–Quantum Dialogue. Mathematics 2024, 12(5), 642;  https://doi.org/10.3390/math12050642

V. Distefano, M. Mannone, I. Poli, Exploring Heterogeneity with Category and Cluster Analyses for Mixed Data. Stats 2023, 6, 747-762. https://doi.org/10.3390/stats6030048

M. Montiel, M. Mannone, M. Wilhelmi. Assessment of mathematical learning in a musical composition workshop applying tools from the onto-semiotic approach. Bolema: Boletim de Educação Matemática, accepted for publication, 2023

M. Mannone, V. Seidita, A. Chella. The Sound of Swarm. Auditory Description of Swarm Robotic Movements. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, Volume 12, Issue 4, Article No.: 53, pp. 1–27. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3596203
Indexed as Computer Science and Engineering as Q2

M. Mannone, V. Seidita, A. Chella. Modeling and Designing a Robotic Swarm: a Quantum Computing Approach. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 79: 101297, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2023.101297. Indexed as Computer Science and Engineering as Q1

A. Chella, S. Gaglio, M. Mannone, G. Pilato, V. Seidita, F. Vella, S. Zammuto. Quantum Planner for Swarm Robotics. Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), 2022, DOI 10.1016/j.robot.2023.104362. Indexed as Computer Science and Engineering as Q1

M. Mannone, V. Distefano, and G. Santini. Classes of Colors and Timbres: A Clustering Approach. Electronic Journal of Statistical Analysis, 15 (3), 2022, http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/ejasa/article/view/25173/21936.

M. Mannone and M. Montiel. Atlanta: Mathematics and Music. Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, 16 (4), 374-38, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513472.2022.2137890

M. Mannone and G. Compagno. Characterization of the degree of Musical non-Markovianity. Journal of Creative Musical Systems, 2022, https://www.jcms.org.uk/article/id/975/. Former version: 2013, https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.0229

M. Mannone and V. Seidita. Quantum Creativity of Humans and Robots, Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, 9 (3), 2022, 1–16, DOI: 10.1142/S2705078522500102.

M. Mannone and T. Yoshino. Temari Balls, Spheres, SphereHarmonic: from Japanese Folkcraft to Music. Algorithms, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/a15080286 Indexed as Computer Science; Q2 for Computational Mathematics

M. Mannone, V. Seidita, and A. Chella. Categories, Quantum Computing, and Swarm Robotics: A Case Study. Mathematics, 2022, 10(3): 372. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/3/372 Q1 in Mathematics, according to Clarivate, Q2 according to Scimago

M. Mannone, G. Santini, E. Adedoyin, and C. E. Cella. Color and Timbre Gestures: an Approach with Bicategories and Bigroupoids. Mathematics, 2022, 10(4): 663. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/4/663
Q1 in Mathematics, according to Clarivate, Q2 according to Scimago

M. Mannone. “Mirrors.” Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture 25 (2021): 87-89. doi:10.1353/wam.2021.0006.

M. Mannone. Reversing Arrows: Duality. Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, 2021.
DOI:10.1080/17513472.2021.1979910

M. Mannone. A musical reading of a contemporary installation and back: mathematical investigations of patterns in Qwalala. Journal of Mathematics and Music, 2021, DOI:10.1080/17459737.2021.1871787

M. Mannone and F. Favali. Musical Form and Architectural Structure: Some Considerations on Qwalala. Context 46 (2020): 35–49 (indexed on the International Index of Music Periodicals)

D. Rocchesso and M. Mannone. A Quantum Vocal Theory of Sound. Quantum Information Processing, 2020, 19(292) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11128-020-02772-9, SJR: 0.610 updated to 2018, H-Index: 51 according to Scimago, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-020-02772-9, Q2 in Theoretical Computer Science, according to Scimago

P. beim Graben and M. Mannone. Musical pitch quantization as an eigenvalue problem. Journal of Mathematics and Music, 14(3): 329-346, 2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17459737.2020.1763488
JCR: 0.261, updated to 2018; H-Index: 11 according to Scimago

M. Mannone and D. Papageorgiou. Gestural Similarity, Mathematics, Psychology. Hints from a First Experiment and some Applications between Pedagogy and Research. Journal of Collected papers of Academy of Arts of Novi Sad (Zbornik radova Akademije umetnosti), Eight Issue, Zbornik, Serbia, 2020, pp. 137-153
doi: 10.5937/ZbAkU2008137M. ISSN 2334-8666

M. Mannone, F. Favali, B. Di Donato, and L. Turchet, Quantum GestART: Identifying and Applying Correlations between Mathematics, Art, and Perceptual Organization. Journal of Mathematics and Music, 2020, 15:1, 62-94 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17459737.2020.1726691
JCR: 0.261, updated to 2018; H-Index: 11 according to Scimago

M. Mannone, I. Iaccarino, and R. Iembo, Dense Geometry of Music and Visual Arts: Vanishing Points, Continuous Tonnetz, and Theremin Performance, The STEAM Journal, 3 (2), article 15, 2018 https://scholarship.claremont.edu/steam/vol3/iss2/15/

M. Mannone, Artist’s Statement: Some Parametric Art, The STEAM Journal, 2018, 3 (2), article 13, 2018
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/steam/vol3/iss2/13/

M. Mannone, cARTegory Theory: framing Aesthetics of Mathematics, Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 9 (18), 277--294, 2019, https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol9/iss1/16

M. Mannone, E. Kitamura, J. Huang, R. Sugawara, and Y. Kitamura, Musical Combinatorics, Tonnetz, and the CubeHarmonic, Journal of Collected papers of Academy of Arts, Sixth Issue, pp. 104-116, Zbornik, Serbia, 2018, https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-8666/2018/2334-86661806104M.pdf

M. Mannone, Introduction to Gestural Similarity in Music. An Application of Category Theory to the Orchestra, Journal of Mathematics and Music, 12 (2), pp. 63-87, 2018, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17459737.2018.1450902
JCR: 0.261, updated to 2018; H-Index: 11 according to Scimago

M. Mannone, Knots, Music, and DNA, Journal of Creative Music Systems, March 2018, https://www.jcms.org.uk/article/id/523/
Indexed on SCOPUS

M. Mannone, K. Gkoudina, E. Tyler, Narrating the Origin of the Universe through the Music: a Case Study, Journal of Collected papers of Academy of Arts of Novi Sad, Fifth Issue, pp. 110-119, Zbornik, Serbia, 2017, http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-8666/2017/2334-86661705110M.pdf
A video abstract is available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mb6FnGDZiI

M. Mannone, Networks of Music and Images, Gli Spazi della Musica, University of Torino, 6 (2), 2017, http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/spazidellamusica/article/view/2528

M. Mannone, Marco Orsini conducts Music without Seeing, American Council of the Blind, ACB E-Forum Volume LV June 2017 No.12, http://acb.org/content/acb-e-forum-volume-lv-june-2017-no-12

G. Mazzola and M. Mannone, Global Functorial Hypergestures over General Skeleta for Musical Performance, Journal of Mathematics and Music, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17459737.2016.1195456
JCR: 0.261, updated to 2018; H-Index: 11 according to Scimago

G. Mazzola and M. Mannone, Hegel’s Conceptual Group Action on Creative Dynamics in Music, Gli spazi della musica, University of Torino, 2014, https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/spazidellamusica/article/view/819

M. Mannone, R. Lo Franco and G. Compagno, Comparison of non-Markovianity criteria in a qubit system under random external fields, Physica Scripta, Phys. Scr. T153 (2013) 014047, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-8949/2013/T153/014047
JCR: 0.534, updated to 2018; H-Index: 71 according to Scimago




Papers in Conference Proceedings


Avitabile, A., Hamido, O.C., Mannone, M. (2024). Quantum Memory and Mathematical Gestures: Two Perspectives on Verdi and Wagner. In: Noll, T., Montiel, M., Gómez, F., Hamido, O.C., Besada, J.L., Martins, J.O. (eds) Mathematics and Computation in Music. MCM 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14639. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60638-0_11
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/dILfu


Spector, J., Mannone, M., Montiel, M., Gómez, F. (2024). Voice and Math: The Art of Singing in Light of Mathematical Music Theory. In: Noll, T., Montiel, M., Gómez, F., Hamido, O.C., Besada, J.L., Martins, J.O. (eds) Mathematics and Computation in Music. MCM 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14639. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60638-0_9
Shareable link: https://rdcu.be/dILgP


P. Fazio, M. Mehic, M. Mannone, F. Astorino, M. Voznak. An Overview of a New Statistical Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) Analysis and Recognition Approach for Domestic Environments: DENARDO. 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Living Environment (MetroLivEnv), June 12-15, 2024, Chania, Greece

M. Mannone, N. Marwan, V. Seidita, A. Chella, A. Giacometti, P. Fazio. Entangled Gondolas. Design of Multi-Layer Networks of Quantum-Driven Robotic Swarms. In: Villani, M., Cagnoni, S., Serra, R. (eds) Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. WIVACE 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1977, 177–189. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57430-6_14

V. Distefano, M. Mannone, I. Poli, G. Mayer. Clustering Trajectories to study Diabetic Kidney Disease. In: Villani, M., Cagnoni, S., Serra, R. (eds) Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. WIVACE 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1977, pp 271–283. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57430-6_21

Thomas, M. Mannone, V. Seidita, A. Chella. Swarm Robotics and Quantum Computing in Simulated Environments, AIRO 2023, https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3686/short6.pdf


M. Mannone, O. C. Hamido, Quantum Memory of Musical Compositions, ISQCMC Berlin: 2nd International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity, 2023, accepted

M. Mannone, L. Turchet, Theoretical Quantum Modeling of Improvisation in Networked Music Performances to Regulate the Behaviour of Artificial Musician. 4th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds, IS2 2023, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/IEEECONF59510.2023.10335489

M. Mannone, V. Seidita, A. Chella, A. Giacometti, P. Fazio. Energy and SNR-Aware Robotic Swarm Coordination for Aquatic Cleaning Operations. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023, doi: 10.1109/VTC2023-Spring57618.2023.10200327

M. Mannone, V. Seidita, and A. Chella. Quantum Robotic Swarms: What, Why, and How. AIRO workshop, Udine (2022), https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3417/short8.pdf; AIRO@AI*IA 2022: 55-63

M. Mannone, V. Seidita, and A. Chella. Does Creativity Help Us Survive? A Possible Approach with Quantum-Driven Robots. CEUR, CREAI workshop on artificial intelligence and creativity, Udine (2022), vol. 3278, ISSN 1613-0073, https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3278/; CREAI@AI*IA 2022: 76-83

M. Mannone, V. Seidita, and A. Chella. Quantum RoboSound: Auditory Feedback of a Quantum-Driven Robotic Swarm. 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Naples 2022, pp. 287-292, doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900578, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9900578, preprint https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363370815_Quantum_RoboSound_Auditory_Feedback_of_a_Quantum-Driven_Robotic_Swarm

M. Mannone and V. Distefano. Sonification and Clustering: a Multi-Sensory Perspective for Precision Medicine. SoniHed conference, Stockholm, 2022. In: Pauletto, S., Delle Monache, S. and Selfridge, R. (Eds) Proceedings of the Conference on Sonification of Health and Environmental Data (SoniHED 2022), pages 63-67. ISBN: 978-91-8040-358-0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7243855.

M. Mannone and V. Distefano. Trajectory-based and Sound-based Medical Data Clustering. Conference. ACM BCB '22: 13th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics Northbrook Illinois August 7 - 10, 2022. Article No.: 62, Pages 1,https://doi.org/10.1145/3535508.3545102 (remotely-sent poster; Abstract). Indexed as Computer Science. Acceptance rate: 27%

M. Mannone. Seeds, Brains, and Bridges. Creativity & Cognition ACM conference, Venice 2022. June 2022, Pages 649–651, https://doi.org/10.1145/3527927.3531194. Extended abstract. Indexed as Computer Science. Acceptance rate: 30%

M. Mannone, T. Yoshino, P. Chiu, and Y. Kitamura. Hypercube + Rubik’s Cube + Music = HyperCubeHarmonic. In: Montiel M; A. Agustin-Aquino O; Gomez F; Kastine F; Lluis-Puebla E; Milam B. (Eds.), Mathematics and Computation in Music. LECTURE NOTES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, vol. LNAI 13267, BERLIN HEIDELBERG: Springer-Verlag, ISSN: 0302-9743, Atlanta, June 21-24 2022, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-07015-0_20. Indexed as Computer Science

M. Mannone and J. S. Arias-Valero. Some Mathematical and Computational Relations Between Timbre and Color. In: Montiel M; et al, Mathematics and Computation in Music. LECTURE NOTES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, vol. LNAI 13267, p. 127-139, BERLIN HEIDELBERG: Springer-Verlag, ISSN: 0302-9743, Atlanta, June 21-24 2022, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-07015-0_11. Indexed as Computer Science

M. Mannone and T. Yoshino. Mathematical Aspects of a new Spherical Musical Instrument: the SphereHarmonics. In: Viana, V., Nagy, D., Xavier, J., Neiva, A., Ginoulhiac, M., Mateus, L. & Varela, P., Viana, V., Nagy, D., Xavier, J., Neiva, A., Ginoulhiac, M., Mateus, L. & Varela, P. (Eds.), Symmetry: Art and Science | 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress [Special Issue]. Porto: International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry. Porto, July 2022.

M. Mannone, V. Distefano, C. Silvestri, and I. Poli. Comparison of clustering methods for diabetic kidney disease patients formalized through category theory. APPLIED STATISTICS 2021, Statistical Society of Slovenia, pp. 33-33, 2021, https://akastrin.si/as-book-2021.pdf

Distefano V, Mannone M, Silvestri C, Poli I (2021). Cluster analysis of diabetic kidney disease longitudinal data. In: Kontoghiorghes, E J, Book of Abstracts: CFE-CMStatistics 2021; 15th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics, 14th International Conference of the ERCIM Working Group on Computational and Methodological Statistics. King's College London, UK, 2021

M. Mannone, V. Distefano, C. Silvestri, and I. Poli. Clustering Longitudinal Data with Category Theory for Diabetic Kidney Disease. CLADAG 2021 conference: Book of Abstracts and Short Papers, pp. 364-367 (2021), ISSN 2704-601X (PRINT) - ISSN 2704-5846 (ONLINE), https://media.fupress.com/files/pdf/24/7254/19407 2021. Indexed as Computer Science

V. Distefano, M. Mannone, C. Silvestri, and I. Poli, Categories and Clusters to investigate Similarities in Diabetic Kidney Disease Patients, 50th Conference of the Statistics Italian Society, Books of Short Papers SIS 2021, pp. 1162-1167, Pearson, ISBN 9788891927361, 2021

M. Mannone, E. Kitamura, J. Huang, R. Sugawara, P. Chiu, and Y. Kitamura, CubeHarmonic: A New Musical Instrument Based on Rubik’s Cube with Embedded Motion Sensor, ACM SIGGRAPH ’19, Los Angeles, California, USA, pages 53:1-53:2, 2019, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3306214.3338572. Indexed as Computer Science. Acceptance rate: 21%
H-Index: 144 according to Scimago

M. Mannone and F. Favali, Categories, Musical Instruments, and Drawings: A Unification Dream, Proceedings of the Conference of Mathematics and Computation in Music, Madrid.

M. Montiel, F. Gómez and O. Agustín-Aquino (editors), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pages 59-72, 2019, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_5. Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 11502), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence book sub series (LNAI, volume 11502), Q2 in Computer Science, according to Scimago
SJR: 0.283 updated to 2018, H-Index: 324 according to Scimago

M. Mannone and L. Turchet, Shall We (Math and) Dance?, Proceedings of the Conference of Mathematics and Computation in Music, Madrid. M. Montiel, F. Gómez and O. Agustín-Aquino (editors), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pages 84-97, 2019, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_7. Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 11502), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence book sub series (LNAI, volume 11502), Q2 in Computer Science, according to Scimago
SJR: 0.283 updated to 2018, H-Index: 324 according to Scimago

M. Mannone, Have Fun with Math and Music!, invited contribution, Mathematics and Computation in Music Conference, Madrid. M. Montiel, F. Gómez and O. Agustín-Aquino (editors), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pages 379-382, 2019, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_33. Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 11502), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence book sub series (LNAI, volume 11502), Q2 in Computer Science, according to Scimago
SJR: 0.283 updated to 2018, H-Index: 324 according to Scimago

D. Rocchesso and M. Mannone, Embryo of a Quantum Vocal Theory of Sound, CIM Conference, Udine, Italy, Proceedings of the 22nd CIM, Udine, November 20-23, 101-108, 2018, http://cim.lim.di.unimi.it/2018_CIM_XXII_Atti.pdf

M. Mannone, E. Kitamura, J. Huang, R. Sugawara, and Y. Kitamura, CubeHarmonic: A New Interface from A Magnetic 3D Motion Tracking System to Music Performance, Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, editors Luke Dahl, Douglas Bowman, Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech, 2018, pp. 350-351, http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2018/nime2018_paper0076.pdf

M. Mannone, Mathematics, Art, and Cognitive Sciences: Some Examples of Connection, Proceedings of the Conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, University of Catania, Italy, May 29 2017, 10 (2),
233-238, http://www.universitypublications.net/proceedings/1002/pdf/S7Y131.pdf

M. Mannone and G. Mazzola, Hypergestures in Complex Time: Creative Performance Between Symbolic and Physical Reality. Proceedings of the Conference of Mathematics and Computation in Music, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2015, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_14. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI 9110)
SJR: 0.283 updated to 2018, H-Index: 324 according to Scimago



Selected Italian Publications

M. Mannone. Dante e l’Ipersfera: una felice intuizione. Nuova Lettera Matematica, n. 4, 2022, pp. 59-67

M. Mannone. Alberi e Sinfonie. Nuova Lettera Matematica, 2021, pp. 79-83

M. Mannone and D. Passaro. Stereotipi che allontanano: il violino e il legame perduto fra arte, matematica e scienze. Query, 2020

M. Mannone and D. Passaro. E se l’Arte e la Matematica tornassero ad abbracciarsi? STEAM, intelligenza artificiale e arte. Prisma, 2020

M. Mannone, Libellule, fiori, origami: Momenti artistici al Joint Mathematics Meetings 2020. Nuova Lettera Matematica, 1, June 2020

M. Mannone and D. Passaro, Matematica, Arte e Coding. La leva di Archimede, Archimede, rivista per gli insegnanti e i cultori di matematiche pure e applicate, Year LXX, October-December 2018, Number 4, Le Monnier, 2018

M. Mannone, Il corso di ascolto e teoria musicale al Liceo Classico “G. Meli,” in: L’insegnamento musicale a livello di base, Quaderni del Toscanini (Course of listening and musical theory, basic level, “Books of the Toscanini”), Piccola biblioteca musicale Ars Nova, Palermo, 2012


M. Mannone, Forme e funzioni matematiche come collegamento fra le arti visive e musicali: un’ipotesi di reversibilità parziale, Atti del Convegno Composizione Musica Architettura (Mathematical forms and functions as a link between visual and musical arts: an hypothesis of partial reversibility), Proceedings of the Conference Composizione Musica Architettura, Casa Editrice Libria, Dicembre 2013

Course “INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS IN NEUROSCIENCE,” (ING-INF 05), Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, March - June 2024 

Co-supervisor of the Master thesis “Introduzione alla teoria dei gesti: omologia gestuale, applicazioni e motivazione musicologica,” Department of Mathematics, University La Sapienza, Rome, March - October 2023

Course “INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS IN NEUROSCIENCE,” (ING-INF 05), Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, March - May 2023

“Robot nell’arte, nella società e nella medicina” (Robots in the arts, in the society, and in medicine), 15h (articulated in five lessons) to high school students, Liceo Meli, Palermo, November - December 2022

“Chi ha collegato la matematica alla musica?”, Lezione e laboratorio (within the course by Prof. S. Polizzi), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Mestre), July 16, 2021 

“Specchi, musica, fisica?”, Lezione e laboratorio (within the course by Prof. F. Polo), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Mestre), July 15, 2021 

Laboratorio F “Specchi, Suoni e Immagini”, March - May 2021, University of Palermo, DAMS (online)

Informatica Musicale, Esercitazioni, March-May 2021, University of Palermo, DAMS (online)

Workshop “Chi ha collegato la matematica alla musica?”, Ca’ Foscari, Venezia-Mestre (online), July 8, 2020

Cycle of seminars “SUONI, GESTI, DIAGRAMMI: relazione tra saperi diversi per una musica che è cultura e sapere complesso” (Sounds, Gestures, Diagrams: Relations between different knowledge areas for a music that is complex knowledge) Music Conservatory of Palermo, February-March 2020 (Covid interruption)

MasterClass “Suoni, Gesti, Diagrammi,” Matera Music Conservatory, October 21-22, 2019 

Co-supervisor of the Bachelor thesis “Gruppi Diedrali e Simmetrie Tonali: un Dialogo fra Matematica e Musica,” Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Palermo, March-October 2019

Workshop “Chi ha collegato la matematica alla musica?”, Ca’ Foscari, Venezia-Mestre, June 25, 2019

MasterClass “Suoni, Gesti, Diagrammi,” Livorno Music Conservatory, April 2-3, 2019

 Cycle of seminars “SUONI, GESTI, DIAGRAMMI: relazione tra saperi diversi per una musica che è cultura e sapere complesso” (Sounds, Gestures, Diagrams: Relations between different knowledge areas for a music that is complex knowledge) Music Conservatory of Palermo, November 2018 - March 2019

“Nature, Music, Maths, Coding (Composing Sound to Image),” 3-hour lesson in “Creative Coding” class (workshop with the students), see Lectures, University of Greenwich, October 5 2018 

Italian Coaching for Opera singers for “Gianni Schicchi” and “Suor Angelica,” Spring 2017

Substituting teaching Italian Diction Class, University of Minnesota School of Music, April 2017

Substituting teaching  Orchestration Class, University of Minnesota School of Music, November 2016

Substituting teaching  “How to Write a Scientific Book about Music,” University of Minnesota School of Music, February and March 2016

Substituting teaching  “Performance Theory,” University of Minnesota School of Music, February and March 2016

Substituting teaching  “Music Informatics,” University of Minnesota School of Music, February and March 2016

Teaching-assistantship as Italian coach for Opera Workshop, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016

Teaching-assistantship as Italian coach for Opera singers in “Le Nozze di Figaro,” University of Minnesota School of Music, Minneapolis, Spring 2015

Substituting teaching  “Mathematics for Music Theorists,” University of Minnesota School of Music, September 2015

Teaching-assistantship (TA) at University of Minnesota School of Music, Contemporary Music Workshop, Fall 2014

Private piano class in Paris (as volunteering), also to a child affected by autism (2013-14)

Teaching in the course of The theory, the listening, the analysis, the history of music in the project Sounds, gestures, words of women and men, a bridge in the Mediterranean Sea, Liceo Classico Statale “G. Meli,” Palermo (Italy), 2011

Composition Teaching-Assistantship, Music Conservatory “Vincenzo Bellini,” Palermo (Italy), 2009-2011

Piano Teaching-Assistantship, Music Conservatory “Vincenzo Bellini,” Palermo (Italy), 2008-2010

• Medalist: Lotze Prize, Berlin, Humboldt University, July 2022 
• Drawing “Venetian aMazing Recursions” selected and included in the Mathematical Imagery Calendar 2022 of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• Special Mention at the “Creatività Quantistica” (Quantum Creativity) competition, Italian Quantum Weeks, 2022
• University of Minnesota, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2016
• U of M, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, Fine Institute of Theoretical Physics, 2015
• U of M, School of Music Fellowship, 2014

Lectures and Talks

My Journey: Physics, Nature, Art. Technische Universität München, Germany, October 27, 2023

Quantum Memory of Musical Compositions, p 2nd International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity, Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2023

Identifying typical trajectories in longitudinal data: a case of study for patients affected by diabetic kidney disease, co-presented with V. Distefano, Applied Statistics ’23, Koper (Capodistria), Slovenia, September 25 2023

Entangled Gondolas: Design of Multi-Layer Networks of Quantum-Driven Robotic Swarms. In collaboration with N. Marwan, P. Fazio, A. Giacometti, A. Chella, V. Seidita, A. Chella. WIVACE Workshop, Venice, September 6, 2023

Diagrams and Abstract Thinking to Connect Images and Music — The Art of Diagram, June 29, Study Group Musical Digram - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (online), June 29 2023, https://medienarchiv.zhdk.ch/entries/aod_mannone_video

Energy and SNR-Aware Robotic Swarm Coordination for Aquatic Cleaning Operations, VTC, co-presented with P. Fazio, 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference, Florence, June 22 2023

Mathematics for Timbre and Color, Timbre for Data Analysis. Symposium “Timbre Topologies – Perceptual and Conceptual Spaces,” Zurich University of the Arts, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, February 3, 2023

Math as Pleasure, Math as Bridge (video participation). Joint Mathematics Meetings 2023, Boston, USA, January 7, 2023

Sonification and Clustering: a Multi-Sensory Perspective for Precision Medicine. Video, online for Stockholm. In collaboration with V. Distefano. Conference on Sonification of Health and Environmental Data (SoniHED 2022), November 2022

Quantum RoboSound. In collaboration with V. Seidita and A. Chella. Naples, August 30 2022, IEEE RO-MAN conference

Hypercube + Rubik’s Cube + Music = HyperCubeHarmonic. In collaboration with Y. Takashi, P. Chiu, and Y. Kitamura. Mathematics and Computation in Music, Atlanta, June 24 2022

Some Mathematical and Computational Relations Between Timbre and Color. In collaboration with J. S. Arias-Valero), Mathematics and Computation in Music, Atlanta, June 22 2022

CubeHarmonic: when the Rubik's cube becomes a musical instrument. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle (rescheduled online), April 2022

Quantum of Sound, the Sound of Quanta. In collaboration with Prof. Davide Rocchesso. 1st International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity. November 19, 2021 

Clustering longitudinal data with category theory for diabetic kidney disease. CLADAG conference. Italy (online), September 9, 2021

Category-Inspired Diabetic Kidney Disease Trajectory Clusterings. DSSV conference. Nederland (online), July 7, 2021

Color and Timbre Gestures. Workshop on Mathematics and Music. University of Pavia (online), June 28, 2021

Categories and Clusters to investigate Similarities in Diabetic Kidney Disease Patients. SIS, Pisa (online), June 22, 2021

Exploring Sonic Environments. With Daniel Finch-Race and Heather Contant, ECLT-HSC Join Seminar (online) June 11, 2021

Forme nella natura e nella musica: uno sguardo matematico. Scienza è Musica, University of Padova (online), April 30, 2021. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=479479193103028&ref=watch_permalink

Categories, Color Gestures, and the “Souvenir Theorem”: using Math to navigate the Complexity of Music and the Visual Arts, January 8 2021, Joint Mathematics Meetings, special session on Mathematics and Music (online) — USA 

Category Theory and Compositional Music Interaction, Interactive Music Technology, International Workshop Conference on Digital Intelligence and Aware Systems, January 23 2020, Salzburg, Austria

Klein Concert: A Report from a Math-Musical Classroom Experience, January 17 2020, Joint Mathematics Meetings, special session on Mathematics and the Arts, Denver, USA 

Can Beauty be Translated? A Journey between Mathematics, Music, and Nature, November 7 2019, Laser Nomad Palermo, University of Palermo, Italy

Natural Roots and Mathematical Abstraction: Algorithms and Beauty in Music, Symposium on Art and Computers, October 15, 2019, Venezia, Italy 

Trees and Symphonies: Music and Mathematics to Navigate through Natural Complexity, XVI Convegno di Analisi e Teoria Musicale, October 12, 2019, Rimini, Italy 

Navigare nella Complessità attraverso le Arti? Una ricerca matematica, Ca’ Foscari, June 25 2019, Venezia, Italy

Have Fun with Math and Music!, Mathematics and Computation in Music 2019, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), June 20 2019, Madrid, Spain

Shall We (Math and) Dance? (co-authored with L. Turchet), Mathematics and Computation in Music 2019, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), June 18 2019, Madrid, Spain

Categories, Musical Instruments, and Drawings: A Unification Dream (co-authored with F. Favali), Mathematics and Computation in Music 2019, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), June 18 2019, Madrid, Spain

Natural and Mathematical Forms and Transformations in Music, International Workshop of Composition, Alba Music Festival, May 29 2019, Alba, Italy

Avant-première: Klein Concert, Five Compositions on a Geometric Shape, Satellite Event (Categorical Methods in Algebra) of PSSL 105 (Peripatetic Seminar on Sheaves and Logic), in collaboration with students M. Barilà, M. Camuti, B. Genco, M. Seggio, M. Vizzini, May 17 2019, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Gesture, Music, and Categories: The Abstraction of Math meets the Variety of Expression, Workshop “Linguistic investigations beyond language: gestures, body movement and primate linguistics,” March 11 2019, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany

Natura, Matematica e Musica, Botanical Garden of Palermo, March 2, 2019, Palermo, Italy

A Dialogue between Mathematics, Music, and Technology, Tohoku University, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, February 21 2019, Sendai, Japan

Nature, Music, Maths, Coding (Composing Sound to Image), lecture and workshop with students, October 5 2018, Greenwich University, London, UK 

Music from Nature: a Mathematical Journey, October 4 2018, Queen Mary University, London UK

How does a water lily sound? What could be the music of ammonites? A journey between mathematics, music, and nature, October 3 2018, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

Strutture condivise e trasformazioni in matematica e musica: dalle categorie alla musicologia (with F. Favali), video with my voice, slides, and pictures, ESCOM Giornata di studio italiana, campus Trigoria, Roma, June 28 2018

A Dialogue between Mathematics and Art: Interface, Concepts, Applications, January 24 2018, Goldsmiths University, London, UK

MathemArt: presentarlo con i fiori. Un’introduzione alle connessioni fra teoria delle categorie, musica e arti visive, January 18 2018, Physics Department — DIFTER, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Categories and Arts: Some cARTegory Theory of Music and Visual Arts, January 10 2018, Joint Mathematics Meetings, special session on Mathematics and the Arts, San Diego, USA 

Lecture and workshop with students, Similarità gestuali: l’interpretazione musicale e il dialogo interdisciplinare, December 20 2017, Music Conservatory “V. Bellini” of Palermo, Italy

MathemArt: presentarlo con i fiori. Un’introduzione alle connessioni fra teoria delle categorie, musica e arti visive, December 6 2017, Mathematics Department, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Music, Information, Expressivity, November 22 2017, RIEC, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Sound, Image, Gestures, and Mathematics. New translation strategies between arts, November 11 2017, Sound and Image Colloquium, University of Greenwich, London, UK 

Math, Music, and Visual Arts: some examples of connection, June 21 2017, RIEC, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Composition and Orchestration Revisited. Musical Gestures as a Bridge between Scores and Acoustics, Composers’ Rostrum, May 17 2017, Conservatory of Palermo, Italy

Math helps Art, Art helps Math, Northern Kentucky University, USA, April 14 2017

Lecture & Recital, Mathematics and Music: an Italian Perspective, University of Minnesota, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis & St. Paul, USA, March 29 2017

Mathematical Theory of Gestures to Connect Music and Visual Arts, Spring Symposium 2017, Music and Sound Studies Group, University of Minnesota, USA, March 25 2017

Theoretical Physics and Category Theory as Tools for Analysis of Musical Performance and Composition, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Special Session on Mathematics and Music, Atlanta, USA, January 6 2017

The Pianist’s hand, the Conductor’s Baton, and Theoretical Physics: The Paradigm of String Theory in Musical Gestures of Performance and Composition, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship Seminar, March 2 2016, University of Minnesota, USA, and Poster (May 6)

(signed also by G. Mazzola), Physical String Theory for Creative Gestural Performance and Composition in Music, International Conference on Musical Gesture as Creative Interface, March 2016, Porto, Portugal

The Hand of the Pianist, the Baton of the Conductor, and Theoretical Physics: The Paradigm of String Theory in Musical Gestures of Performance and Composition, Conservatory of Palermo, Italy, July 2 2015

A new approach to Musical Performance and Composition: Complex Time connecting Symbolic and Physical Reality, University of Palermo, Italy, June 29 2015

(with prof. Guerino Mazzola) “Hypergestures in Complex Time: Creative Performance between Symbolic and Physical Reality, MCM 2015 Conference, Queen Mary University of London, UK, June 24 2015

Complex Time in Music: Connecting Symbolic and Physical Reality in Creative Performance, University of Palermo, Italy, May 27 2015

Complex Time in Music: Connecting Symbolic and Physical Reality in Creative Performance, Music and Sound Studies Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Minnesota School of Music, Minneapolis, USA, April 24 2015

Physics, Mathematics, Music, Visual Arts: a possible link among different subjects, in the project of Concerts-Laboratories 2012, Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “Arturo Toscanini,” Ribera (AG) Italy, March 6 2012

Forms and mathematical functions as a link between the visual arts and music: a hypothesis of partial reversibility, May 7 2009, National Congress National Composition Music Architecture, Music Conservatory “V. Bellini,” Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Architecture, Palermo, Italy, May 6-9 2009

Posters

An Application of Category Theory to the Orchestra. Applied Category Theory (ACT) 2020, MIT, 2020, USA (online) 

HyperCubeHarmonic: a Frontier of Music and 3D Magnetic Motion Tracking System. In collaboration with E. Kitamura, J. Huang, R. Sugawara, P. Chiu, and Y. Kitamura. RIEC Annual Meeting (preparation of the poster only), February 20, 2020, Sendai, Japan

Natura, Immagini e Musica: un dialogo matematico. February 17-23 2020, PalermoScienza 2020, Palermo, Italy

Mathematical theory of musical gestures, gestural similarity, and psychology: a first validating experiment, in collaboration with T. Collins, D. Hsu, D. Papageorgiou, September 28 2018, WiMIR First Workshop, Télécom Paris Tech, France (Skype participation)

CubeHarmonic: A New Interface from A Magnetic 3D Motion Tracking System to Music Performance, in collaboration with E. Kitamura, J. Huang, R. Sugawara, and Y. Kitamura, June 2018, Virginia Tech, USA

Mathematics, Art, and Cognitive Sciences: some examples of connection, Conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, University of Catania, Italy, May 29 2017, plus lecture

Musical Gestures between Scores and Acoustics: A Creative Application to Orchestra,” Doctoral Research Showcase, April 11, 2017

Musical Gestures between Scores and Acoustics: A Creative Application to Orchestra, Council of International Graduate Students Research Showcase, November 28, 2016
and Sound Studies Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Minnesota School of Music, Minneapolis, April 24 2015

The Pianist's Hand, the Conductor's Baton, and Theoretical Physics: The Paradigm of String Theory in Musical Gestures of Performance and Composition, Interdisciplinary Research Showcase, April 2016

Can the Mathematics transform Music into Images and Images into Music? in the manifestation Esperienza InSegna 2011, Polo didattico dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), 2011