Luigi Logrippo received his "laurea" in law from the University of Rome (Italy)
in 1961.  Until 1967, he worked with Olivetti, Olivetti-Bull, General Electric,
and Siemens as a programmer and systems analyst. From 1967 to 1969 he was a 
Research Associate at the Institute for Computer Studies, University of Manitoba, 
where he obtained a MSc in Computer Science in 1969.  He then obtained a PhD in 
Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in 1974.  Since 1973, he has been
with the Computer Science Department of the University of Ottawa, where he is now 
Professor and Department Chair.
He has done research in parallel program schema theory  and computer-assisted 
analysis of music.  His current research interests are in the area of 
telecommunications software engineering: specification, verification, formal 
development from specifications, and testing. Application areas studied are in 
data communications protocols, telephone systems (including mobile ones), and Open 
Distributed Processing. He has participated in the design of the specification 
language LOTOS and is pursuing research on its applications and extensions.
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