Hello and welcome. My name is Max Novelli.
Well... my full name is Massimiliano, but, in my everyday life, I go by Max.
I spent the first 30 years of my life in a small town just outside Milano, Italy. At the age of 30, I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. For my 50th birthday, I gave to myself an unusual present:
I accepted a new job in Copenhagen, Denmark.
An unexpected decision, but one of the best in my life.
I do love Copenhagen and its life style. I do enjoy to be back in Europe, its diversity, its history and how everything is close together and accessible.
I'm a software engineer, a data enthusiast, a yogi, a yoga teacher, a movement enthusiast, a pacifist, and an environment lover.
I do not own a car. My feet, my bikes and public transportation take me where I need to go.
I do not enjoy bullies and disrespectful people.
I love dear friends, good food, traveling and exercising.
Peace and respect for all.
I am a software engineer, data architect, and data manager with a Laurea degree from Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
I currently works as Senior Data Curation Scientist at the Copenhagen office of the European Spallation Source.
In my current position, I am the project leader of the catalog system for scientific data SciCat. I lead the effort to establish a well-defined set of metadata to describe all data acquired at ESS and conform them to the FAIR principles. I also collaborate internationally to promote data sharing, data curation and data quality to improve scientific output.
My current interests and passions are exploring and developing tools and visualizations to discover new insights in experimental data and assess their integrity. I do not shy away to leverage the latest AI technologies to further improve study and improve data and their curation.
When I am not lost in "computer land", I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I like biking, running, hiking, swimming, walking (better on the beach), paddle-boarding, cross-country skiing, eating good food, sipping good wines, and drinking good espresso. I invest a considerable amount of energy in practicing, teaching, and experimenting with yoga and body movement.
Lately, in order to curb my curiosity, I have been bouldering, and I am attending classes of floor acrobatics at the local circus school.
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