FERDINANDO VILLA, Ph.D.Department of Plant Biology, Department of Computer Science and...

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FERDINANDOVILLA,Ph.D. ResearchProfessorDepartmentofPlantBiology,DepartmentofComputerScienceandEcoinformaticsCollaboratory,GundInstituteforEcologicalEconomicsUniversityofVermont617MainStreet,Burlington,VT05405(802)6562968ferdinando.villa@uvm.edu

Personal

Citizenship:Italian.USPermanentresidentsince2005.Phone:(802) 656- 2968 Fax: (802) 656-2995 Email: Ferdinando.Villa@uvm.eduRefereelistavailableuponrequest.

Studiesandcareer

1986‐1989:Chiefsoftwareengineer,EDECA,Parma,Italy.1987M.Sc.cumlaudeinBiologyfromtheUniversityofParma,Italy.DegreethesisattheInstituteofEcologyon``TheAnalysisoftheStabilityofNaturalCommunities:LoopAnalysisandComputerSimulation.''1989‐1991:IndependentconsultantinIT,database,andeducationalsoftwareforlarge‐scaleenvironmentalandcommercialapplications.1989‐1993:Ph.D.inEcologyattheUniversityofParma.Dissertationtitle:``Theroleofenvironmentaldisturbanceinthebiogeographyofsmallislands:simulationstudiesasacontributiontoresearchandmanagement.'Ph.D.advisor:OrazioRossi,InstituteofEcology,UniversityofParma.1996‐2002:AssistantResearchScientist,InstituteforEcologicalEconomics,UniversityofMaryland.2002‐2008:AssociateResearchProfessor,DepartmentofPlantBiology,UniversityofVermont.2002‐present:ResidentFellow,GundInstituteofEcologicalEconomics,UniversityofVermont2007‐present:AdjunctResearchProfessor,DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofVermont.2009‐present:ResearchProfessor,DepartmentofPlantBiology,UniversityofVermont.

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Postgraduateandpostdoctoralstudies

1984Scuoladimodellisticamatematicaperlabiologiaelamedicina.CorsodiModelliperl'Ecologia.(SchoolinMathematicalModellingforBiologyandMedecine;CourseinEcologicalModelling)Ancona,Italy.1992InternationalSummerSchoolonEnvironmentalDynamics.Venice,Italy.1993SummerSchoolonModellingStructuredPopulationsinFreshwater,MarineandTerrestrialEcosystems,CornellUniversity,Ithaca(NY),U.S.A.1993‐1996:Postdoctoralfellow,TheoreticalEcology,GIS,IslandBiogeography,UniversityofParma.

Languagesspoken

Italian NativespeakerEnglish Excellentspeaking,reading,writingandcomprehensionFrench Goodspeaking,comprehension,writing;excellentreadingSpanish Excellentreading,comprehension;goodspeaking;basicwritingPortuguese Goodreadingandcomprehension;basicwritingandspeaking

Researchareas

WithaPh.D.(1993)inTheoreticalEcologyandalongparallelcareerasascientificsoftware

designerandengineer,IhavebeenworkingattheinterfaceofEcologyandComputerSciencesincethebeginningsofmycareer.Overtheyears,myresearchonhigh‐performancecomputersimulation,ecologicalmodeling,andartificialintelligenceappliedtoenvironmentaldataandmodelintegrationhasearnedmerecognitionandcollaborationswithprimaryUSinstitutionsandNGOsaswellasseveralforeigninstitutionsandgovernments.

AfterworkinginmanyfieldsofEcology,fromtheoreticalIslandBiogeographytoprotectedareadesign,Icamein1996totheInstituteforEcologicalEconomics(since2002theGundInstituteatUVM)initiallywithmixedfeelings(that"economics"word...)andsoondiscoveredthejoysandpainsofinterdisciplinaryresearch.Iamnowenthusiasticaboutsciencethatcaninspirelarge‐scalevisionsforasustainablefutureandbeuseddirectlyfordecision‐making,whichtranslatesdirectlyintoahumbleattitudetowardsotherdisciplinaryfieldsandattentiontotheapplicationpotentialofresearchproducts.Ontheotherhand,Iremainfullyawareofthechallenge(andtheresponsibility)ofmaintainingscientificdepthunalteredinfaceofthegreatlyincreasedbreadth,andIseemyrelationshipwithinterdisciplinaryscienceasanevolvingone.

Atthebroadestlevel,themainsubjectofmyresearchhasalwaysbeenlanguage,inawide‐rangingdefinitionthatencompassesthewaysinformationisformulatedandhowpreexistingtheoryshapesandconstrainsthedepthofthequestionsscientistsask.Whereasmostecologistsspendtheircareersseekinganswers,Ifeelstronglythatalotofimportantworkremainstobedoneonthequestionsthemselves,whichoftenconstrainanswersandpreventprogress.WhilemyresearchextendstoseveralapplicationfieldsthataredirectlyrelatedtotheGundInstitute’smission(includingprotectedareasplanning,environmentalvulnerabilityassessment,andthe

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economicvaluationofbiodiversityandecosystemservices),virtuallyallofmyresearchhasapproacheditstopicsthroughthelensofformalsemanticsandknowledgerepresentation,withastrongcriticalattentiontotheconceptualframeworksimplicitinnaturalsystemdataandmodels.Thenaturaloutletofsuchresearchisnotonlyacademicpublications,butmostoftenalsothedevelopmentofsoftwareinfrastructurethatoperationalizesthetheoreticalachievementsandprovidesdirectlyusefultoolkitsthatsolvereal‐worldproblems.

Overtheyears,Ihaveattainedrecognitionasaprimarythinkerin,andoneofthepioneers

of,thenascentdisciplineofEcoinformatics.IntheUVMacademiccontext,IhaveconcentratedmyeffortsintodevelopingtheidentityforthedisciplineofEcoinformatics,andcreatedtheEcoinformaticsCollaboratorywithintheGundInstitute.TheCollaboratory,whichhasanextensivewebpresenceathttp://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu,iscommittedtounifyingthescienceandmanagementofthenaturalandhumanenvironmentinanewsynthesisinspiredbythelatestdevelopmentsofinformationtechnology,contributingnoveltechnologies,openlyaccessibledataandmodels,andinnovativeeducationtopromoteabreakthroughintheeffectivenessofenvironmentalresearch,decision‐makingandpolicy‐making.InthecourseofmyfouryearsatUVM,IhavemadetheCollaboratoryarecognizedactorinlarge‐scaleecoinformaticsinitiativesworldwide,andaparticipantinkeypartnershipssuchasthePartnershipforBiodiversityInformatics.MuchofmyoutreacheffortwithinUVMhasbeendirectedtomakingtheimportanceofEcoinformaticsrecognizableinthelargercontextoftheenvironmentalmissionofUVM.

QuicksynopsisofprimaryresearchfieldsEcoinformatics:Developmentofintegrative,collaborativesoftwareinfrastructureforecologicalmodeling;integratedknowledgeretrievalandmanagement

• Conceptualizationandsoftwaretoolkitforintegratedmulti‐scale,multi‐paradigmmodeling

• Client/serverarchitecturesfordistributedmodelinganddataaccess.• Spatially‐explicit,high‐performancesimulationsoftware• Methodsforevaluatingtheperformanceandgoodness‐of‐fitofcomplexsimulation

models• ResearchoninnovativemeansofstorageofislanddataincollaborationwithUNESCO

GeographicalInformationSystems(GIS),LandscapeEcologyandEnvironmentalManagement

oMulti‐criteriaanalysisandGISoDevelopmentofsyntheticindexesofenvironmentalqualityandvulnerabilityoMulti‐criteriadecision‐makingandGISapproachtoareaselectionandmonitoringin

planningMarineProtectedAreasTheoreticalpopulationandcommunityecology

oQualitativeanalysisofmodelcommunitiesoTheeffectofavariabledelayindevelopmentaltimeinmodelpopulationoIndividual‐orientedsimulationstudiesofpopulationsandcommunitiesoTheoreticalIslandBiogeographyoCoexistenceinmany‐speciescommunitiesoMassiveparallelcomputersandtheadvancementofecologicaltheoryoThedynamicsofagroecosystemsandtheecologicalapproachtopestmanagement

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Statisticalanalysisofterrestrial,freshwaterandmarinecommunities

Educationalactivity

Mypositionisagrant‐fundedresearchpositionthatdoesnotincludeteaching

commitments.Yet,Ialwaysconsideredteachinganecessarylearningexperienceaswellasachancetoputone’sscientificbeliefsandachievementstohardesttest.Inrecognitionofthis,Ihavebeeninvolvedinteachinginseveralways.MygoalsinteachingaremostlypartofaplantoraiseawarenessofEcoinformaticswithinUVM,giventhatmytimeiscompletelycommittedtoresearch.Despitethis,IseemuchunexploredpotentialinagraduatecertificateinEcoinformatics,consistingin15‐20creditsexploringthediversefacetsofenvironmentalinformationtechnology(database,knowledgemodeling,dynamicmodeling,andGIS)inanintegratedperspective.Icirculatedinformalproposalsin2004andobtainedgoodresponsefromseveralpotentialpartnersatUVM,andI’mhopingtohaveachancetopursuethisgoal.DrivenbythenotionthatnoplaceintheUSAwouldbebetterplacedthanUVMforbecomingtheprimaryeducationcenterinEcoinformaticsintheNortheast(withonlyanotheroneexistingnationally),IamcurrentlydiscussinganinterdisciplinaryecoinformaticscurriculumwithkeyplayersatthedepartmentsofComputerScienceandtheRubensteinSchoolofEnvironmentandNaturalResources,andIhavehopesthatthisdiscussionwillturnintoanactionplansoon.Incasewecancatalyzeenoughinterestandsupportfromthedepartmentsinvolved,Iwillbehappytorediscussmyagendatoinvolvemoreteaching.

TeachingisanintegralcomponentofthestatedmissionoftheEcoinformaticsCollaboratoryattheGundInstitute.Thewebsiteathttp://ecoinformatics.uvm.eduexpandsonthevisionofanintegratedteachingofferthatIwillbepursuingifgiventhechance.

Coursestaught(partial)1.1990:teacherofStatisticsinthe``15CorsodiMetodologiaStatisticaperlaRicerca

BiologicadiBaseedApplicata''(15thCourseinStatisticsforBaseandAppliedBiologicalResearch)heldinCortona(Italy)17/9to6/10bytheBiometricSociety.

2.1990:teacherofStatisticswithinthePh.D.programinEnvironmentalBiologyattheUniversityofMessina,Italy.

3.1993:teacherofEnvironmentalManagementinthe1stEuropeanMasterinEnvironmentalManagementorganizedbyEuropeanAssociationforEnvironmentalManagementEducation(EAEME)sponsoredbytheEuropeanCommunity,Verbania,Italy.

4.1998:Collaboratedasateacheronthecourse``Dynamicmodelingofecologicalandeconomicsystem''(MEES698S/ZOOL708U)attheUniversityofMaryland.

5.2001‐2004:KnowledgeRepresentation,datamanagementandinformationtechnologyforEcologicalEconomics.CoursemoduleforMaster’sPrograminEcologicalEconomics,ChulalongkornUniversity,Bangkok,Thailand.

6.2002:Teachingfacultyinweek‐longworkshop:ReforestationoftheAtlanticForestasatoolforwatershedmanagement.ConceicaodoMacabu,Brazil.TeachinginPortugueseandEnglish.

7.2002:ParticipationinteachingandorganizationofEcosystemServicesandBiodiversity(NR285)3credits,UniversityofVermont,Fallsemester.

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8.2003.ParticipationtoNR378‐IntegratingAnalysesofNaturalResourcesIssues.UniversityofVermont,FallSemester

9.KnowledgemodelingforEnvironmentalResearchandManagement.(1credit).UniversityofVermont,SpringSemester,NR385.Syllabus:http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/courses/nr385kr2004.html).

ItaughtenvironmentalscienceandcomputerscienceseminarswithinresearchprojectsandPh.D.programsatmanyinstitutionsworldwide.Ihavealsotaughttechnologyresearchandmultimediaproductionforremotelearning.

Studentsadvisedandfunded1.AndreaMazza,post‐doctoralfellow.Primarysupervisor.UniversityofParma.1995‐1996.2.SergeyKrivov,post‐doctoralfellow.SuperviseduntilhebecamepartoftheComputer

Sciencefaculty.Full‐timepositionfunded100%2001‐2006,50%in2007.3.ShuangLiu.NaturalResources(primaryadvisor:MatthewWilson).Funded100to50%.

2001‐2004.4.GaryW.Johnson,Jr.ComputerScience.Primaryadvisor.Researchassistantshipfunded

100%since6/2007.Ongoing.5.KennethJ.Bagstad.Naturalresources(primaryadvisor:AustinTroy).Funded50%since

6/2007.Ongoing.

Softwaredevelopmentactivity

Softwareproductionhasbeenwheremostofmyusefulresearchtimehasbeenspent.I

considertheproductionofhigh‐qualitysoftwareoneofthebestwaystoensurethepracticality,usabilityandmaximalimpactofmyresearchactivity.MysoftwarehasbeenwidelyusedandhasoftenbeenthemainreasonbehindoffersforcollaborationthathaveultimatelyledtowhatIconsidermymajorachievements.Ihavereleased12majorsoftwareprojectstodate,andledlarge‐scaledevelopmentteamssince1986.

Duringmycareer,Iconsistentlystructuredsoftwaredesignwithanemphasisonopensource,modularity,andindependenceofthecomponents,whicharecarefullydesignedtoprovideasmuchreturntotheopensourcecommunityaspossible.InordertomaximizethereturnfromsoftwaredevelopmentactivitiesattheEcoinformaticsCollaboratory,Ihavecreatedasharedopensourcecollaboratory(www.integratedmodelling.org)thatgivesaccesstoallthesourcecodeandservesasacoordinatinghubforusandotherinstitutions.Ialsocreatedandmaintainthefollowingweb‐basedcollaborationtoolsrelatedtosoftwareactivity:1. Acollaborativeintranetandwikisite,situatedat

http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/confluence/.2. Anissuetrackingandfeaturerequestserver,situatedat

http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/jira.Thesiteisusedtokeeptrackofbothsoftware‐relatedandorganizationalissues.Externaluserscansignupforaccounts,enterandtrackbugreportsandfeaturerequests.

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3. Acontinuousintegrationserver,whosewebinterfacecanbepubliclyaccessedathttp://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/bamboo.Theservermonitorsthesoftwarerepositoriesandautomaticallycompiles,packagesandtestsallsoftwarecomponentsassoonastherepositoriesaremodified,notifyingtheauthorsofanyerrorcondition.Thepubliccancheckthedevelopmentstatusandworkingconditionofeachsoftwarecomponentusedintheproject.

4. Aweb‐basedsoftwareanalysisandreviewsystem,situatedathttp://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/crucible.Thepubliccanviewthesoftwarereleasesandperformsophisticatedhistoricanalysisandsearchesonthewholesoftwarerepository.TheEcoinformaticsteamusesthetooltoperforminternalreviewsofthecodebaseanddiscussbugsandimprovementsusingthesourcecodedirectlyasabasefordiscussion.

TheGundInstitutecommunityatlargeiscurrentlyusingmanyoftheseresourcesasacollaborationplatformandtoholddiscussionsandannouncements.

ComputerskillsOperatingsystems:Unix(system,GUIprogramming,databasedevelopment,professionallevel),MS‐DOS/Windows(systemprogramming,professionallevel),MacIntosh;professionalknowledgeofmultiplatformportabilitykits.Programminglanguages:C++andC,Java,FORTRAN,Scheme/Lisp,Tcl/TK,Perl,parallelextensions,XMLparsingandvalidation,XSLT.Developmentenvironments:GNUdevelopmenttools,X11,GRASS,commercialandopensourceSQLRDBMSwithspatialextensions,UMLmodeling.Systemadministration:Linux,Solaris,SunOS.Networking:TCP/IPprotocol,network(Internet)configuration;WorldWideWebpagedesigninHTML,DHTML,Javascript,CGI,Javaservlets/J2EE,andAJAX.Client/Serverarchitecturedevelopment,webservice(SOAP,Axis)development.Nonconventionalarchitectures:ConnectionMachine(CM‐2)programming(C‐star).

Majorsoftwareprojects1. ALICE(1988):object‐orientedprogramminglanguagewithintegratedhypertext

capabilities.Smalltalk‐likelanguagewithseparatebytecodecompilerandinterpreter;graphicalfront‐endcapableofhypertextfunctionalities,withdisplayofmathematicalnotation.RunningunderMS‐DOS.C++,28,500lines.CommissionedandusedintheMAT‐UNOprojectforself‐learningofmathematicsinsecondaryschool,financedbyregionaleducationauthorities.

2. BBSim(1991‐1993):individual‐orientedecologicalsimulationpackage,withspecialfeaturestoalloweasysimulationofcolonization,interaction,reproduction,anddeathinheterogeneoushabitats.RunningunderUNIX,thesystemusestheTCL/TklanguagebyJ.Osterhoutasacommandlanguageandgraphicalinterfacegenerator,andretrieves/storesdatathroughSQLlanguagecallstothePostGresrelationaldatabasemanager.UsedinallthesimulationprojectsdescribedinSection5,C/C++,11,500lines.

3. r.concordance(1995):multicriteriaanalysismodule,tobeusedwithinthegeographicalinformationsystemGRASSdevelopedbytheConstructionEngineeringResearchLaboratory(CERL)oftheU.S.Army.Allowsthedefinitionofmanagementpriorities,theidentificationandreclassificationofinputdata,andproducesrastermapsofthe

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concordanceanddiscordancelevelbetweendataandpriorities.C/C++.PubliclyavailableascontributedsoftwaretotheGRASSsystem.

4. Collaborative Modelling Environment(1997):agraphical,integratedenvironmenttoenablecollaborativedevelopmentofecologicalmodels.C/Tcl/TK,8,000lines.

5. SME graphical user interface.1997.GraphicalinterfacetotheSpatialModellingEnvironment(http://www.uvm.edu/giee/SME3).C++/Tcl/Tk,3200lines.

6. Model Performance EvaluationPackage.1999.SoftwaretodefineandcalculatetheModelPerformanceIndex.C++,2800lines.

7.TCL‐basedextendedcommandlanguagefortheSpatialModellingEnvironment.1977.Acommand‐languagefortheSpatialmodellingenvironmenttoallowadaptive,context‐sensitivespatialsimulation..

8. Simulation Network Interface (SNI).Aclient‐serverbasedprotocolandsoftwarepackagetointeractandexchangedatawithremotelyrunningsimulationmodels,usedtoconnectdifferentsimulationparadigmsinhigher‐level,distributedsimulationmodels,toprovideremoteaccesstomodelswithremotegraphicalinterfaces,andtoimplementremotedataserverstobeusedfromwithinsimulationmodelsorindedicatedconfigurations.1999.

9.IntegratingModellingToolkit(IMT).Atoolkitforintegrateddevelopmentanduseofmulti‐scale,multi‐paradigmecologicalmodels.2004.C++,150,000lines.Webpages:http://sf.net/projects/imt,http://www.integratedmodelling.org,

10.GEOS:anopensourceportingtoC++oftheJTSlibraryforOpenGis‐compliant2dtopologyoperations.UNIX/Linuxconfigurationandcodebasestructuring.Webpage:http://geos.refractions.net

11.GrOWL:agraphicalbrowserandeditorofSemanticWebontologies.2004.DesignandprojectdirectionwithSergeyKrivov(principaldeveloper)andRichWilliams.Java.Webpage:

12.ThinkLab:asoftwareframeworkthatallowsconnectingformalontologiestosoftwareobjects,bothin‐memoryandpersistent.Itcanbeusedforanyapplicationofsemanticallyexplicit,generic,integratedmodelling.BecauseThinklabenablesformalreasoningonthecontentsofdatabasesandusersessions,itisparticularlyusefulinintegrateddatamanagement,dynamicmodelling,intelligentdatabaseandcollaborativeknowledgedevelopment.Thinklabmanageslarge‐scalestorageofobjectsfrommultiple,heterogeneoussources,andallowsautomatedreasoningovertheirabstractdefinitions.ThinklabtransparentlyconnectsobjectsfromdatasourcestoAPIobjectsandliterals,realizinganeffectiveintegrationofanobject‐orientedframework,anobjectorienteddatabasesystem,andanontology‐basedknowledgemanagementenvironment.Java,100,000+lines.

13.ThinkCap:acollaborativeknowledgeportaltoolkit.Thinkcapisawebapplicationthatprovideseasilyassembled,customuserinterfacecomponentsoveraknowledgebasemanagedbyThinklab.ThinkCapisaknowledgeportaltoolkitthatallowsextensivecustomization.Bymodifyingorcreatingthinkcaptemplatesand/orextensionplug‐ins,sophisticatedknowledge‐basedapplicationscanbedeveloped.Webpage:http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/technologies/thinkcap.html.

Researchcollaborations

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1.1987‐88:researchworkonevaluationofkidneyfunctionalityinthefieldofNuclearMedicine,SanitaryUnit9,Saronno(Italy)(publication1).

2.1992:NationalAeolianProject(ItalianMinistryofInstruction,40%funding),directorProf.OrazioRossi.

3.1992:ConsultantasanenvironmentaldatabaseexpertwithUNESCO(ManandtheBiosphereprojectn.7``EcologyandRationalUseofIslandEcosystems'',DirectorDr.P.G.D'Ayala)inParis(publicationR3).

4.1993:CoastalLagoonsEutrophicationandAnaerobicProcesses(C.L.E.A.N.)project,EuropeanCommunity,DirectorProf.P.Caumette.Participationasanexpertinmodelling,statisticsanddatamanagement.

5.1994‐1995:ConsultantfortheItalianMinistryoftheEnvironmentintheProject``BasiconoscitiveperlarealizzazionedellaCartografiadellaNaturaItaliana''(KnowledgebasesfortherealizationoftheItalianNatureMap).ParticipationasecologistandGISdeveloper(publicationC3).

6.1998‐2002:Partofafour‐personsinternationaladvisorypanelonthedesignofMarineProtectedAreasintheMediterranean,selectedbytheItalianMinistryoftheEnvironment'sInstituteforMarineResearch(ICRAM).

7.1998‐2001:PartofaninternationaladvisorypanelforthedevelopmentofanEnvironmentalVulnerabilityIndex(EVI)fortheFijiislandsandothercountriesintheSouthPacific,selectedbytheSouthPacificAppliedGeoscienceCommission(SOPAC).

8.1998‐2003:PartoftheApplicationTechnologyTeamonEnvironmentalHydrologyintheNationalComputationalScienceAlliance(NCSA)PartnershipforAdvancedComputationalInfrastructure,fundedbytheNSF.

9.1998‐2000:present:PartoftheongoingWorkingGroupontheValueoftheWorld'sEcosystemServicesandNaturalCapital;fundedbytheNationalCenterforEcologicalAnalysisandSynthesis(NCEAS).

10.1998‐2002:CollaboratorintheNSF‐fundedLongTermEcologicalResearch(LTER)projectontheurbanecosystemofBaltimorecity.

Otherrelevantworkexperience

1.1986‐1989:chiefsoftwareengineer,EDECA,Parma.Designedandimplementedanumberofmajorsoftwaresystems,includinganobject‐orientedprogramminglanguageandhypertextengine,bothusedinComputerAidedself‐learningofMathematicsinItaliansecondaryschools.Developed(incollaboration)apackagefortheoptimizationoftheuseofchemicalsinagriculturalpestcontrolandcompletedseveralotherscientificandenvironmentalsoftwareprojects.

2.1989‐1991and1993‐1996:softwareconsultantwithmanynationwideItalianfirmsandinstitutions,whilepursuingecologicalresearchattheUniversityonavoluntarybasis.

3.1984‐present:Artistphotographerandgraphicdesigner.HeldmanypersonalphotographyexhibitionsinItalianartgalleries.Participationindocumentaryexhibitsonnaturalenvironments.Authoredanddesignedrecordcovers,logos,andwebsitesforbothartisticandscientificapplications.ArtCVandportfolioavailableonrequest.

MembershipsandAwards

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1991ItalianSocietyofEcology(SITE).1997InternationalSocietyofEcologicalEconomics(ISEE).2004Sigma‐Xi,Vermontpanel.

Workshopsandconferencesattended(partiallist)

1987IIIsymposiumoftheItalianSocietyofEcology(S.It.E.),Siena,Italy1990IVsymposiumoftheItalianSocietyofEcology(S.It.E.),ArcavacatadiRende(CS),Italy.(publication2).1992ISLANDS2000,Taormina,Italy.1992Ecologytowardstheyear2000:ecologyintheviewofleadingeditors.Parma,Italy1996VIIsymposiumoftheItalianSocietyofEcology(S.It.E.),Napoli,Italy.1996GADIOsymposium,Venezia,Italy.1996EcologicalSocietyofAmerica,Providence,RI.1997US‐IALE,Durham,NC.1998InternationalSocietyofEcologicalModelling(ISEM),withintheEcologicalSocietyofAmericaconference,Baltimore,MD.1999AssociationofAmericanGeographers,95thmeeting,Honolulu,HI,23‐27March1999.2000InternationalLandscapeEcologyAssociation(IALE)15thconference.FortLauderdale,Florida,March2000.2000ModellingComplexSystems2ndConference,Montreal,Quebec,August2000.2000Agent2000:Thesimulationofsocialagents:architecturesandinstitutions.Chicago,ILOctober5‐7,2000(panelistandsessionchair).2002DigitalGovernment.BiologicalDatabaseandEcosystemInformaticspanel.LosAngeles,CA,May19‐22,2002.2002BiodiversityandEcosystemHealth.Washington,DC,2002.2003BiologicalDatabaseandEcosystemInformaticsconference.NationalScienceFoundation(NSF),Arlington,VA.2003.OpenMeetingoftheHumanDimensionsofGlobalEnvironmentalChange.Montreal,Quebec,Canada.2003OpenSource/ContentLULCModelingWorkshop.Boston,MA.

GrantsandAwards

1.ItalianNationalInstituteforAlternativeEnergy(ENEA).Three‐yearscholarship.$39,000.1989‐1993.

2.AnOpenSpatialModelingEnvironment.NSF07525335,1996‐1999.$381,000(Co‐Investigator)

3.IntegratedEcologicalEconomicModelingandValuationofWatersheds.EPA07525275,1996‐1999.$997,000(Co‐Investigator).

4.IntegrationofProcess‐basedandAgent‐basedmodellingapproaches.USArmy07525366,1998.$25,508.(Co‐Investigator).

5.Wholewatershedrestoration:applyingthePatuxentandGwinnFallslandscapemodelstodesigningasustainablebalancebetweenManandNature.EPA07525377,1999‐2002.$699,916(Co‐Investigator).

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6.ModularSpatialEcosystems.NSF07525282,1998‐2002,$219,369(Co‐Investigator)HumanSettlementsasEcosystems:MetropolitanBaltimorefrom1797‐2100.NSF07525343,1997‐2000.$600,000(Co‐Investigator).

7.Aweb‐accessibleknowledgebasefortheintegratedanalysisandvaluationofEcosystemServices.$780,377.NationalScienceFoundation,2000‐2003.(Principalinvestigator)

8.BiodiversityandEcosystemInformatics(BDEI)‐TowardsanOperationalSemanticsofBiologicalDiversity:IntegratingStructureandFunctioninaWeb‐accessibleKnowledgeBase.".$95,680.NationalScienceFoundation,2001‐2003(PrincipalInvestigator).

9.InformationTechnologyResearch(ITR):SEEK:EnablingtheScienceEnvironmentforEcologicalKnowledge.NationalScienceFoundation.(Mainprogram:UNM,$12,500,000Pi:WilliamMichener).SubcontracttoUniversityofVermont:$464,277,2002‐2007(PrincipalInvestigator).

10.SystemforEnvironmentalandAgriculturalModelling:LinkingEuropeanScienceandSociety(SEAMLESS).EuropeanUnion,€12,500,000.SubcontracttoUVM:€158,000.2005‐2009(Principalinvestigator).

11.BiologicalDatabasesandInformatics:ProjectARIES(ARtificialIntelligenceforEcosystemServices):anintegratedDigitalCollaboratorytosupporttheeconomicvaluationofecosystemservices.NationalScienceFoundation.Awardnoticereceived1/11/2007.Projectduration:3/1/2007‐2/28/2010.$887,852.Principalinvestigator.

TotalgrantmoneygeneratedasPrincipalInvestigatorsinceyear2000:$2,433,794.

Invitedlecturer,chair,orpanelist

1.Lecture:Multi‐paradigmSimulationModelling:ModelInteroperabilitythroughNetwork‐basedinterfaces.Invitedlecture,ComputerScienceDepartment,LouisianaStateUniversity(BatonRouge,LA),February9,1999.

2.Seminar:Frameworksformulti‐paradigmmeta‐models:integratingprocess‐basedlandscapemodelswithSwarmagents.Swarmfest'99,UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles(UCLA),March29,1999.

3.Seminar:Scientifictoolsformarineprotectedareasplanningandmanagement.Workshop``IlCoordinamentodellaRicercanelleAreeMarineProtetteItaliane'',ICRAM,Rome,Italy,September22‐231999.

4.Seminar:Marineprotectedareasplanningandmanagement:spatializedmultiplecriteriaanalysis.Workshop``LaPoliticadelMare'',Portoferraio,Italy,September25‐281999.

5.Panelistandchair:Agent2000:Thesimulationofsocialagents:architecturesandinstitutions.Chicago,October5‐7,2000,sessions:``RepresentingAgentWorlds''and``ImplementationandToolConvergence''.

6.Presentation:dg.o2002‐NationalConferenceforDigitalGovernmentResearch.Invitedtalk:TowardsanOperationalSemanticsofBiologicalDiversity:IntegratingStructureandFunctioninaWeb‐accessibleknowledgebase.LosAngeles,May19‐22,2002.

7.Seminar:UniversityofMassachusettsatBoston,Dept.ofComputerSciences.TowardsageneralizedmodelandXMLsemanticsforintegratedcross‐paradigmmodeling.October28,2002.

8.InvitedPresentation:NationalScienceFoundationheadquarters,Arlington,VA.F.Villa,M.Ceroni:AnOperationalSemanticsforBiologicalDiversity.February11,2003.

9.InvitedPresentation:UniversityofVermont,DepartmentofBotany.TowardsanewsemanticsforEcology:representingNatureacrossscalesandparadigms.April24,2003.

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10.Presentation:UniversityofVermont,DepartmentofBiology.TowardsanewsemanticsforEcology:representingNatureacrossscalesandparadigms.April182003.

11.Presentationandworkshopparticipation:BostonCollege:OpenSource/ContentLULCModelingWorkshop.August21‐222003,Boston.

12.Workshopparticipationandsessionchair:"CollaborationinEcology"workshop.October22‐24,2004,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine.

13.Workshopparticipations:SystemforEnvironmentalandAgriculturalModelling:LinkingEuropeanScienceandSociety(SEAMLESS).Modellingworkshop.Wageningen,theNetherlands.Jan10,2005.

14.WorkshopparticipationandSeminar:Ontology‐drivendataintegration.SystemforEnvironmentalandAgriculturalModelling:LinkingEuropeanScienceandSociety(SEAMLESS)meeting.Lund,Sweden,2005.

15.InvitedtalkonEcosystemServicesvaluationandtheEcosystemServicesDatabase.ConservationInternational,Washington,DC,Nov16,2005.

Outreach

TheoutreachcomponentofmymissionatUVMisenabledthroughseveralchannels.

ThedifferentfacetsoftheEcoinformaticsCollaboratory’swebpresencearethemostimportant:

• TheEcoinformaticsCollaboratorywebsite(ecoinformatics.uvm.edu)isamajorresourceinecoinformatics,withdailyhitsinthehundreds,andlinkedbymostimportantwebresourcesinthefield.

• TheEcosystemServicesDatabase(esd.uvm.edu),adefiningprojectinthehistoryoftheGundInstituteandtheEcoinformaticsCollaboratory,containsspatially‐explicit,peer‐reviewedvaluationdataaswellasmethodsofanalysis,publications,andprojectionmodels,anditisamajor,freelyavailableresourceforanyoneinvolvedinthepracticeofEcosystemServiceseconomicvaluation.

• TheIntegratedModellingwebsite(www.integratedmodelling.org)isarepositoryoftechnicalinformationonintegrated,knowledge‐mediateddataandmodelmanagementthatservesasaresourceforawidecommunitydespitebeingonlypartiallycompleted.

TheARIESproject,mylatestongoinggrantfromtheNationalScienceFoundation,is

producingahighbroaderimpactresourcetosupportenvironmentalassessmentandvaluationforgovernments,NGOsaswellasacademics.

TheconceptsI’vedevelopedandtherelatedsoftwarecontinuetoinspireprojectsand

collaborations.Itisformeapointofreflectionthatsofarthey’reearningmemuchmorerecognitionoutsideUVMthaninside.ItismybeliefthatUVMhasmuchtogainfrominnovativeresearchbeingdoneinEcoinformatics,andIplantotryandenhancethepositionoftheEcoinformaticsdisciplinewithinUVM,compatiblewiththeresourcelimitationsimposedbyalargelyself‐fundedresearchposition.

EditorialBoards:JournalofEarthScienceInformatics(Springer);EnvironmentalModellingandSoftware(Elsevier).Refereeactivityforinternationaljournals(including:EcologicalModelling,EcologicalEconomics,EnvironmentalManagement,J.ofEnvironmentalModellingandSoftware,

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RestorationEcologyandothers)andbookpublishers(GordonandBreachpublishers,Reading,UK).BookreviewerforEcologicalEconomics,IndicedeiLibri.ReviewerofresearchproposalsfortheNationalScienceFoundationandtheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency,CanadianResearchCouncil.RegularmemberintwopremierreviewpanelsattheNSF.

PUBLICATIONS(total112includingmajorsoftwareprojectsandwebsites)

It’scommonpracticetousemeasurablemetricssuchasthenumberofpublicationsasobjectivemeasurementofperformance.Ingeneral,I’mskepticaloftheword“objective”inthiscontext,asnumbersofpublicationsrarelyreflecttherealimpactofone’sachievements.Asanexample,IconsidermyworkonMarineProtectedAreasplanning(Villaetal.2002)oneofmymostimportantachievements,asthemethodsdevelopedareusedaroundtheworld,fromMassachusettstoSouthAfrica,althoughonlyafewacademiccitationsareavailabletodocumentthat.Thesameconsiderations,andpossiblytoalargerextent,holdfortheopenweb‐accessibledatabasesandtheopensourcesoftwareIhavedeveloped.

Publishedabstracts,conferencepapers,reports1.F.Villa(1992):Unprogrammaperlasimulazioneorientataall'individuodipopolazionie

comunitáinhabitatcomplessi.InstituteofEcology,UniversityofParma.6.F.Villa,O.Rossi,P.G.D'Ayala(1992):Problemsandperspectivesindesigningadatabank

forsmallislandsresearchandmanagement.PaperpresentedattheinternationalsymposiumISLANDS2000,GiardiniNaxos19‐24May1992.

7.F.Villa(1995):r.concordancemanual.Distributedwiththecorrespondingprogram(seesection13).

8.S.Sei,G.Rossetti,F.Villa,I.Ferrari(1996):``Studidilungoterminedellozooplanctoninduelagunedeldeltapadano''.Conferenceproceedings,GADIO1996symposium,Venice,Italy.

9.CostanzaR.,R.Boumans,W.Boynton,T.Maxwell,F.Villa,A.Voinov,L.A.Wainger,T.Fisher,R.Gardner,N.Bockstael,J.Geoghegan,I.Strand,1996.IntegratedEcologicalEconomicModeling:ProgressinthePatuxentWatershed.In:1996WaterandWatershedsProgramReview.NSF/EPAPartnershipforEnvironmentalResearch.14‐15November1996.Alexandria,VA.

10.Maxwell,ThomasP.,andF.Villa(presentingauthor)(1997):``Aparadigmforcollaborative,highperformancelandscapemodeling''.US‐IALE'97symposium,Durham,NC.

11.Boumans,R.M.,R.Costanza,T.Maxwell,F.Villa,A.Voinov,H.VoinovandL.Wainger(1997):``IntegratedecologicaleconomicmodelingofthePatuxentwatershed,Maryland''.US‐IALE'97symposium,Durham,NC.

12.Voinov,A.,R.Costanza,L.Wainger,R.M.J.Boumans,F.Villa,T.Maxwell,H.Voinov,1998.Integratedecologicaleconomicmodelingofwatersheds.In:ProceedingsofConference:MissionEarth'98,SanDiego,SCS.

13.Maxwell,T.andF.Villa,1998."CollaborativeMulti‐ParadigmModelingofEnvironmentalSystems."Proceedingsofthe1998ConferenceinSimulationMethodsandApplications.Orlando,Florida.

14.F.Villa(1997).UsageoftheCollaborativeModellingEnvironment.IEEinternalreport,UniversityofMaryland,27pp.

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15.F.Villa(1997).GuidetotheSpatialModellingEnvironmentgraphicaluserinterface.IEEinternalreport,UniversityofMaryland,42pp.

16.F.Villa(1997).GuidetotheSpatialModellingEnvironmentTCL‐basedcommandlineinterface.IEEinternalreport,UniversityofMaryland,11pp.

17.F.Villa(1997).UsageoftheModelPerformanceEvaluationsoftware.IEEinternalreport,UniversityofMaryland,24pp.

18.F.Villa,R.M.J.Boumans,R.Costanza.Anapproachtothecalibrationandevaluationofperformanceofcomplexsimulationmodels.ISEM1998conference,Baltimore,August2‐5,1998.

19.R.M.J.Boumans,F.Villa,R.Costanza.AcalibrationstrategyforthePAT‐GEMmodelusingtheModelPerformanceIndexandexploratorydataanalysis.ISEM1998conference,Baltimore,August2‐5,1998.

20.F.Villa,R.M.J.Boumans,R.Costanza.Calibrationandtestingofcomplexprocess‐basedsimulationmodels.12‐pagesdraftacceptedforthe1998AppliedModellingandSimulation(AMS)conference,Honolulu,August12‐14,1998.

21.CostanzaR.,R.Boumans,T.Maxwell,F.Villa,A.Voinov,H.Voinov,L.Wainger,1998.IntegratedEcologicalEconomicModelingandValuationofWatersheds.In:1998WaterandWatershedsProgramReview.NSF/EPAPartnershipforEnvironmentalResearch.28‐29January1998.Corvallis,OR.

22.Voinov,A.,R.Costanza,L.Wainger,R.Boumans,F.Villa,T.MaxwellandH.Voinov,1998.Integratedecologicaleconomicmodelingofwatersheds.In:A.Sydow,Jin‐YiYu(eds.)Proceedingsofthe1998ConferenceonMissionEarth:ModelingandSimulationoftheEarthSystem,SanDiego,SCS,p.35‐40.

23.F.Villa(1998).SimulationNetworkInterface:UserGuideandReferenceManual.IEEinternalreport,UniversityofMaryland,42pp.

24.F.Villa(1999).Swarm/SpatialModellingEnvironmentinterfacelibrary:UserGuideandReferenceManual.IEEinternalreport,UniversityofMaryland,14pp.

25.F.Villa,R.Costanza(1999).Callibrationoflargespatialmodels:amulti‐stage,multi‐objectiveoptimizationtechnique.AssociationofAmericanGeographers(AAG)95thmeeting,Honolulu,Hawaii,23‐27March1999.

26.R.M.J.Boumans,A.Voinov,F.Villa,R.Costanza(1999).TheGeneralEcosystemModel(GEM):aprocess‐basedlandscapeunitmodel.AssociationofAmericanGeographers(AAG)95thmeeting,Honolulu,Hawaii,23‐27March1999.

27.Costanza,R.,A.Voinov,R.Boumans,T.Maxwell,F.Villa,H.Voinov,L.A.Wainger,R.Gardner,S.Walters,1999.IntegratedEcologicalEconomicModelingandValuationofWatersheds.In:1999WaterandWatershedsProgramReview.NSF/EPAPartnershipforEnvironmentalResearch.19‐21April,1999.SilverSpring,MD.

28.Costanza,R.,R.Boumans,T.Maxwell,F.Villa,A.Voinov,L.A.Wainger,1999.WholeWatershedHealthandRestoration:ApplyingthePatuxentandGwynnsFallsLandscapeModelstoDesignaSustainableBalanceBetweenHumansandNature.In:1999WaterandWatershedsProgramReview.NSF/EPAPartnershipforEnvironmentalResearch.19‐21April,1999.SilverSpring,MD.

29.T.Maxwell,F.Villa(1999).Anopengeographicmodellingsystem.AssociationofAmericanGeographers(AAG)95thmeeting,Honolulu,Hawaii,23‐27March1999.

30.F.Villa(2000).Calibrationtechniquesforcomplexsimulationmodels.IALEconference,FortLauderdale,FL,March2000.

31.F.Villa(2000).IntegratingModellingArchitecture:adeclarativeframeworkformulti‐scale,multi‐paradigmecologicalmodelling.ModellingComplexSystemsConference,Montreal,Quebec,August2000.

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32.T.Maxwell,F.Villa,R.Costanza(2000).ModellingComplexSystemsConference,Montreal,Quebec,August2000.

33.Villa,F.,Ceroni,M.dg.o2002‐NationalConferenceforDigitalGovernmentResearch.Invitedtalk:TowardsanOperationalSemanticsofBiologicalDiversity:IntegratingStructureandFunctioninaWeb‐accessibleknowledgebase.LosAngeles,May19‐22,2002.

34.Villa,F.,Boumans,R.M.J.Avisionforcollaborative,web‐basedglobalchangemodeling.PresentedattheOpenMeetingoftheHumanDimensionsofGlobalEnvironmentalChange.August2003.Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

35.Villa,FandCeroni,M.2004.Towardsanoperationalsemanticsofbiologicaldiversity:integratingstructureandfunctioninaweb‐accessibleknowledgebase.FinalReportNSF.

36.Rizzoli,A.E.,M.Donatelli,R.Muetzelfeldt,T.Otjens,M.G.E.Svensson,F.vanEvert,F.Villa,J.Bolte.2004.SEAMFRAME:aproposalforanintegratedmodellingframeworkforagriculturalsystems.In:S‐E‐Jacobsen,C.R.Jensen,J.R.Porter,ProceedingsoftheVIIESACongressEuropeanAgricultureinaGlobalContext.KVLCopenhagen,Denmark,11‐15July2004.ISBN87‐7611‐062‐1,pp331‐332.

37.VanEvert,F.,Rizzoli,A.E,Svensson,M.,Villa,F.2005.Convergenceamongintegratedmodelingframeworks.ProceedingsMODSIM05,Melbourne,Australia,December2005.

38.Rizzoli,A.E.,Villa,F.,SemanticLinksinModelComponentsforIntegratedModellingFrameworks.2005.ProceedingsMODSIM05,Melbourne,Australia,December2005.

39.Villa,F.2005.Asemanticmodelofcomputationfornaturalsystemmodelling.ProceedingsMODSIM05,Melbourne,Australia,December2005.

40.Krivov,S.,2005.Villa,F.Towardstheparadigmofanontology‐baseduserinterface:fromsimpleknowledgemapstographicalquerylanguages.2ndInternationalWorkshoponDataIntegrationintheLifeSciences,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,July20‐22,2005.

41.Villa,F.,Donatelli,M.,Rizzoli,A.E.,Krause.P.2006.Declarativemodellingforarchitectureindependenceanddata/modelintegration:acasestudy.ProceedingsoftheIEMSS06SummitonEnvironmentalModelling,Burlington,VT,July2006.

42.Villa,F.,Athanasiadis,I.N.,Johnson,G.W.2007.AnOntologyfortheSemanticModellingofNaturalSystems.15thAnnualInternationalConferenceonIntelligentSystemsforMolecularBiology(ISMB)&6thEuropeanConferenceonComputationalBiology(ECCB),PLOStrack,Vienna,Austria,July21‐25,2007.

43.Pennington,D.D.,Madin,J.,Villa,F.,Athanasiadis,I.N.2007.Computer‐SupportedCollaborativeKnowledgeModelinginEcology.CKC2007:WorkshoponSocialandCollaborativeConstructionofStructuredKnowledge.16thInternationalWorldWideWebconference.Banff,Canada,May8,2007.

44.Rizzoli,A.E,Athanasiadis,I.N.,Li,H.,Janssen,S.,Donatelli,M.,Villa,F.2007.Cross‐platformmodelintegrationthroughontologies.FarmingSystemsDesign2007Symposium,Catania,Italy.

MajorWebSites(science‐relatedonly)developed1. TheUVMEcoinformaticsCollaboratory.http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu2. TheEcosystemServicesDatabase.http://esd.uvm.edu3. IntegratedModellingcollaborativeportal.http://www.integratedmodelling.org4. TheARIESproject.http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/aries.5. EnvisioningaSustainableandDesirableAmerica.http://www.uvm.edu/giee/ESDA.

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Monographsandwhitepapers1.F.Villa.1994:``IlconcettodiEcosistema''(TheEcosystemconcept).EssayfortheEcology

programinEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofParma(16pp).2.F.Villa.1994:``IlconcettodiAmbiente''(TheEnvironmentconcept).EssayfortheEcology

programinEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofParma(16pp).3.F.Villa.1994:``Unsistemagerarchicodiindicatoriperilmonitoraggiodellabiodiversità''

(AHierarchicalSystemofIndicatorsforMonitoringofBiodiversity).Commissionedaspartoftheproject``BasiConoscitiveperlaRealizzazionedellaCartografiadellaNaturaItaliana''(KnowledgeBasesfortheRealizationoftheItalianNatureMap)fortheItalianMinistryoftheEnvironment(seeSection8(31pp).

4.F.Villa,I.Ferrari.1995:``NotesullacompatibilitàecologicadellarealizzazionedelcanalediversivoperloscolmodellepienedelCanaleBenecetoedelFossoFormicanelRiodelleFontane.''EnvironmentalAssessementEvaluationstudy,privatelycommissioned.

5.Villa,F.,WilsonM.,Ceroni,M.,andBoumans,R.2004.Developingandapplyingnewecologicalandeconomictoolsforthevaluationofecosystemgoodsandservices.Gundwhitepaper.

6.Villa,F.,Ceroni,M.,DeGroot,R.2005.SettingthebasisforaworldwidecoordinationfortheeconomicvaluationofEcosystemServices.GundWhitepaper.

7.Villa,F.2005.DesignoftheDomainManagercomponentofSEAMFRAME.RefereedEuropeanUnionreportSEAMLESSPD5.3.2.54pp.

8.Villa,F.,Athanasiadis,I.2005.GuidelinesforpopulatingtheSEAMLESSknowledgebase.RefereedEuropeanUnionreportSEAMLESSPD4.2.1.20pp.

9.Rizzoli,A.,Svensson,M.,Rowe,E.,Donatelli,M.,Muetzelfeldt,R.,vanderWal,T.,vanEvert,F.,Villa,F.ModellingFramework(SeamFrame)requirements.RefereedEuropeanUnionreportReport6,Ref.:PD5.2.2,December2005

10.Rizzoli,A.,Athanasiadis,I.,Donatelli,M.Huber,D.,Muetzelfeldt,R.,vanEvert,F.,vandeBroekM.,vanderWal,T.,Villa.F.OverallarchitecturaldesignofSeamFrame.RefereedEuropeanUnionreport7,Ref.:D5.3.1,December2005

11.Villa,F.,Ceroni,M.2007.TheAriesProject:ArtificialIntelligenceforEcosystemServices.EcoinformaticsCollaboratorywhitepaper,6pp.Availableonline:http://ecoinformatics.uvm.edu/aries/uploads/media/ARIES.pdf.Spanishversionalsoavailable.

Refereedpublications1.F.Villa(1987):L'analisidistabilitádellecomunitánaturali:loopanalysisesimulazioneal

computer.(Italian.Englishtitle:Thestabilityanalysisofnaturalcommunities:loopanalysisandcomputersimulation).M.Sc.thesis(AdvisorsO.Rossi,G.Giavelli).UniversitádiParma,132pp.

2.B.Palagi,F.Villa,P.Verga,A.Broggi,F.Guzzini,C.Cozzi,A.Tomasi,R.Picozzi.(1988):``Measurementofglomerularfiltrationratebyimpulsesynthesis:clinicalvalidationandoptimization''.Nuklearmedizin27:147‐150.

3.F.Villa,F.Sartore,O.Rossi(1991):``Ecologicalfactorsandtheshapeofthespecies‐arearelationship:asimulationstudy''.AttidellaSocietàItalianadiEcologia(S.It.E.)12:891‐896.

4.F.Villa,O.Rossi,F.Sartore(1992):``Understandingtheroleofchronicenvironmentaldisturbanceinthecontextofislandbiogeographictheory.''EnvironmentalManagement,16:653‐666.

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5.F.Villa(1992):``Newcomputerarchitecturesastoolsforecologicalthought.''TrendsinEcologyandEvolution7:179‐183.

6.F.Villa,A.Bodini,F.Sartore(1992):``Nuoviapprocciallostudiodellacomplessitàinecologia:automicellularielaprospettivaagroecosistemica.''Englishtitle:Newapproachestoecologicalcomplexity:cellularautomataandtheecosystemsperspective.(Italian/English)Scienza,DirittoedEconomiadell'Ambiente,3:10‐21.

7.F.Villa,A.Bodini,G.Giavelli,O.Rossi(1992):``Esperimentidisimulazionecomecontributoallostudiodellesogliedidisturboantropiconellecomunitáfluviali.''(Italian,Englishabstract).Quadernidell'IstitutodiRicercasulleAcque(IRSA)95:7.1‐7.17

8.F.Villa(1993):TheRoleofEnvironmentalDisturbanceintheBiogeographyofSmallIslands:SimulationStudiesasaContributiontoResearchandManagement.Ph.D.dissertation(Italian).

9.F.Villa(1995):Lineeguidaperlarilevazioneelavalutazionedeiparametriambientalirichiestidalprogetto``ReteNatura2000''.(Italian).S.It.E.Notizie,24(1),67‐76.

10.J.Val,F.Villa,D.Lika,C.Boe(1996):``NonlinearModelsofStructuredPopulations:DynamicConsequencesofStageStructureandDiscreteSampling''.Pages587‐613in:S.TuljapurkarandH.Caswell(eds.):Structured‐PopulationModelsinMarine,Freshwater,andTerrestrialSystems.ChapmanandHall,London.

11.S.Sei,G.Rossetti,F.Villa,I.Ferrari(1996):``ZooplanktonvariabilityrelatedtoenvironmentalchangesinaeutrophiccoastallagooninthePodelta.''Hydrobiologia,329:49‐55.

12.F.Villa,M.Ceroni,A.Mazza(1996):``AGIS‐basedmethodformulti‐objectiveevaluationofparkvegetation.''.LandscapeandUrbanPlanning,35(4):203‐212.

13.F.Villa,I.Ferrari(1996):``L`espansionedellaricercaecologicaversolascaladelpaesaggio.''(Theexpansionofecologicalresearchtowardsthelandscapescale).Pages99‐104in:V.IngegnoliandS.Pignatti(editors):L'EcologiadelpaesaggioinItalia(LandscapeEcologyinItaly).UTET,Milano.

14.S.Sei,G.Rossetti,F.Villa(1996):``VariabilitáalungoterminedellozooplanctonnelDeltadelPo''(``Long‐termvariabilityofzooplanctoninthePoRiverdelta'').Italian.Englishabstract.AttidellaSocietàItalianadiEcologia(S.It.E.)17:471‐474.

15.F.Villa,R.Antonietti(1996):``Metodiempiricidivalutazionediparametriecologicidisintesi:primeesperienzenell'ambitodelprogetto``ReteNatura2000''''(``Empiricalmethodsforevaulatingsyntheticecologicalparameters:firstresultsinthecontextofthe``ReteNatura2000''project'').Italian.Englishabstract.AttidellaSocietàItalianadiEcologia(S.It.E.)17:675‐677.

16.F.Villa,M.Ceroni(1996):``Theconcordancemapasatoolforlandscapeanalysis''.AttidellaSocietàItalianadiEcologia(S.It.E.)17:679‐681.

17.F.Villa(1999):EcologicalDemography.Pages115‐6in:Alexander,D.,Fairbanks,R.E.(editors):EncyclopediaofEnvironmentalSciences.KluverAcademicPublishers,TheNetherlands.

18.F.Villa(1999):IslandBiogeography.Pages349‐51in:Alexander,D.,Fairbanks,R.E.(editors):EncyclopediaofEnvironmentalSciences.KluverAcademicPublishers,TheNetherlands.

19.F.Villa(1999):Problemsandperspectivesinthedesignofahypotheticaldatabankforsmallislandsresearchandmanagement.In:P.G.d'Ayala,J.Cavallaro,A.Moropoulou(eds):Islands2000‐Whatdevelopmentontheeveoftheyear2000?NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthensPress,Athens,Greece.

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20.Voinov,A.A.,Costanza,R.,Wainger,L.A.,Boumans,R.M.J.,Villa,F.,Maxwell,T.,Voinov,H.(1999):``Integratedecologicaleconomicmodelingofwatersheds.''.EnvironmentalModellingandSoftware,14:473‐491.

21.Villa,F.,Costanza,R(2000).:``Designofmulti‐paradigmintegratingmodelingtoolsforecologicalresearch''.EnvironmentalModellingandSoftware15:169‐177.

22.Villa,F.(2001).IntegratingModellingArchitecture:adeclarativeframeworkformulti‐scale,multi‐paradigmecologicalmodelling.EcologicalModelling,137:23‐42.

23.Voinov,A.A.,Costanza,R.,Wainger,L.A.,Boumans,R.M.J.,Villa,F.,Maxwell,T.,Voinov,H.2001:``Integratedecologicaleconomicmodelingofwatersheds.''.In:Institutions,EcosystemsandSustainability,CRCPress,BocaRaton,FL.

24.Boumans,R.M.J.,Villa,F.,Costanza,R.,Voinov,A.,Voinov,H.,Maxwell,T..2001.Non‐spatialcalibrationsofageneralunitmodelforecosystemsimulation.EcologicalModelling,146:17‐32.

25.Villa,F.,Tunesi,L.,Agardy,T.2002.Optimalzoningofmarineprotectedareasthroughspatialmultiplecriteriaanalysis:thecaseoftheAsinaraIslandNationalMarineReserveofItaly.ConservationBiology,16(2):515‐526.

26.Costanza,R.,Voinov,A.,Boumans,R.,Maxwell,T.,Villa,F.,Wainger,L.,Voinov,H.2002.IntegratedecologicaleconomicmodelingofthePatuxentRiverWatershed,Maryland.EcologicalMonographs,72(2):203‐231.

27.Villa,F.,McLeod,H.2002.Frameworksforthecalculationofsyntheticenvironmentalvulnerabilityindicatorsforenvironmentalplanninganddecision‐making.EnvironmentalManagement,29(3):335‐348.

28.Villa,F.,Wilson,M.A.,DeGroot,R.,Farber,S.,Costanza,R.,Boumans,R.M.J.2002.Designofanintegratedknowledgebasetosupportecosystemservicesvaluation.EcologicalEconomics41,445‐456.

29.Boumans,R.M.J.,Costanza,R.,Villa,F.etal.2002.ModelingthedynamicsoftheintegratedearthsystemandthevalueofglobalecosystemservicesusingtheGUMBOmodel.EcologicalEconomics41,529‐560.

30.Villa,F..M.Ceroni.2003.CommunityEcology.ArticleintheEncyclopediaofLifeSciences(online:http://www.els.net).NaturePublishingGroup.

31.Villa,F.,Voinov,A.Fitz,C.Costanza,R.2004.Performanceandgoodnessoffitofcomplexsimulationmodels:amulti‐criteriaapproachtomodelcalibrationusingtheModelPerformanceIndex(MPI)framework.Pp.77‐118in:Costanza,R.,Voinov,A.(eds):LandscapeSimulationModelling:aSpatiallyExplicit,DynamicApproach..Springer‐Verlag,NewYork,330pp.

32.Villa,F.2005.Bookreview:H.G.Natke,IntroductiontoMulti‐DisciplinaryModelBuilding.EcologicalEconomics53(3):431‐432.

33.S.Krivov,F.Villa2005.TowardsanOntologyBasedVisualQuerySystem.In:Ludascher,B.,Raschid,L.,(Eds)DataIntegrationinLifeSciences,LNBI3615,Springer

34.Krivov,S.,Villa,F.,Williams,R.,Wu,X.(2006).OnVisualizationofOWLontologies.In:Baker,C.J.O.,Cheung,K.H.(eds):SemanticWeb:RevolutionizingKnowledgeDiscoveryintheLifeSciences.Springer,NewYork,NY.

35.KrivovS.,R.Williams,F.Villa,2007.GrOWL,visualbrowserandeditorforOWLontologies.JournalofWebSemantics:ServicesandAgentsontheWorldWideWeb.

36.Villa,F.2007.Asemanticframeworkandsoftwaredesigntoenablethetransparentintegration,reorganizationanddiscoveryofnaturalsystemsknowledge.JournalofIntelligentInformationSystems29(1):79‐96.

37.Villa,F.,Ceroni,M.,Krivov,S.2007.Intelligentdatabasesenabletransparentandsoundeconomicvaluationofecosystemservices.EnvironmentalManagement39:878‐899.

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38.Athanasiadis,I.,Villa,F.,Rizzoli,A.M.2007.Enablingknowledge‐basedsoftwareengineeringthroughsemanticobject‐relationalmappings.4thEuropeanSemanticWebConference2007.

39.Athanasiadis,I.,Villa,F.,Rizzoli,A.M.2007.Ontologies,Javabeansandrelationaldatabasesforenablingsemanticlinking.IEEEWorkshoponDevelopmentandApplicationofKnowledgeBasedSoftwareEngineeringTools(KASET)2007.

40.Madin,J.,Bowers,S.,Schildauer,M.,Krivov,S.,Ludaescher,B.,Pennington,D.,Villa,F.2007.AnontologyforDescribingandSynthesizingEcologicalObservationData.EcologicalInformatics2:279‐296.

41.Rizzoli,A.E.,Donatelli,M.,Athanasiadis,I.N,Villa,F.,Huber,D.2008.Semanticlinksinintegratedmodellingframeworks.MathematicsandComputersinSimulation78:412‐423.

42.Pennington,D.,Villa,F.,Athanasiadis,I.,Madin,J.,Schildauer,M.,Bowers,S.,Krivov,S.(2008).Indirectly‐DrivenKnowledgeModelinginEcology.InternationalJournalofMetadata,SemanticsandOntologies.Inpress.

43.Villa,F.,Athanasiadis,I.N.Rizzoli,A.E.2008.Modellingwithknowledge:areviewofemergingsemanticapproachestoenvironmentalmodelling.EnvironmentalModellingandSoftware.Inpress.

Books1.Ingram,G.B.,andVilla,F.(dueNovember2009).TradeoffsinBiologicalDiversity

Conservation:ScenariosforProtectedAreas.SpringerseriesonEnvironmentalManagement.300pp.Springer,NewYork,NY.ISBN0387982973.

Manuscriptscurrentlyunderreview1.Villa,F.,DeGroot,R.S.,Ceroni,M.,Zijlstra,M.Towardsacoordinatedstrategyto

facilitateandoverseeatransparentpracticeofecosystemservicesvaluation.EcologicalEconomics.

2.Rizzoli,A.E.,Leavesley,G.,Ascough,J.,Athanasiadis,I.N.,Argent,R.,Brilhante,V.,Claeys,F.H.A.,David,O.,Donatelli,M.,Gijsbers,P.,Havlik,M,Kassahun,A.,Krause,P.,Quinn,N.W.T.,Scholten,H.,Sodja,R.S.,Villa,F.IntegratedModellingFrameworksforEnvironmentalAssessmentandDecisionSupport.EnvironmentalModellingandSoftware.

3.Johnson,G.W.,Villa,F.,Snapp,R.,Krivov,S.Inreview.GeneralizedSource‐SinkModelsforEcosystemServicesAssessment:aProbabilisticToolforEnvironmentalPlanningandResearch.