Gino Cassinis

Gino Cassinis (born January 27, 1885 in Milan , † January 13, 1964 in Rome ) was an Italian mathematician and politician .

Life

He studied in Rome. In 1907 he finished his technical studies and found work as an assistant to Vincenzo Reina (1862-1919). Until 1924 he taught at the engineering school in Rome , and then geodesy in Pisa . In 1932 he went back to Milan, where he taught at the Polytechnic ( Politecnico di Milano ) and became president of the technical faculty (from 1937 to 1944).

As early as 1940 he was planning the establishment of an institute for numerical calculating machines and is one of the pioneers of computer science in Italy. However, the war delayed his plans. It was not until 1954 that he was able to receive the computer 102-A from the American company Computer Research Corporation , a subsidiary of the NCR Corporation .

Cassinis retired in 1960. From 1961 until his death, as a member of the PSDI, he was both mayor of Milan and president of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei . He formulated a so-called normal weight formula , which was internationally recognized in 1930 at a general assembly of the IUGG in Stockholm. He also made significant contributions to the development of photogrammetry in Italy.

From 1934 to 1938 Cassinis was President of the ISP ( International Society for Photogrammetry , today ISPRS ), from 1951 to 1957 Vice-President of the IAG and from 1940 to 1964 President of the Italian Geodetic Commission . He represented Italy on the International Committee for Weights and Measures from 1946 to 1960 as a successor to Vito Volterra . Since 1955 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

In 1999 the Italian Society for Geodesy and Photogrammetry endowed the Gino Cassinis Prize in his honor .

Web links

Gino Cassinis in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

Individual evidence

^ List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 25, 2019 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Cassinis, Gino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian mathematician and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 27, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	January 13, 1964
Place of death	Rome

[1] List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 25, 2019 (French).