Profile

[in italiano: Profilo (storico) e Profilo insolito]

I’m a researcher at the National Research Council (CNR) affiliated with the Laboratory for Applied Ontology at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC). I have closely collaborated since 2019 with the University of Tours (France) and research centers such as CESR and MSH Val de Loire, where I (try to) spend regular visiting research periods.

I have a background in philosophy and a PhD in Computer Science. My research focuses on ontology engineering, primarily delving into foundational and methodological aspects related to the use of conceptual models and ontologies. The research and application areas where I’m mostly active include product design, manufacturing, and the digital humanities. Regarding the latter, my particular interests lie in literary studies, philology, and musicology.

I’m also interested in (analytic) metaphysics, logic, business process modeling, robotics, and LLMs.

So far I have invested my spare time in reading books, learning foreign languages, biking, trekking, climbing, and hanging out with people (and other forms of life).

Recent updates:

I’m principal investigator of the project MITE – Make it explicit: Documenting interpretations of literary fictions with conceptual formal models (December 2023- December 2025), funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR) through the PRIN PNRR 2022 framework, under grant agreement n. P20225MRTS.

Contact:
emilio [dot] sanfilippo [at] cnr [dot] it

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

03.2020
French qualification as Associate Professor (Maître de conférences), section 27 (computer science)

02.2017
Ph.D in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), University of Trento (Italy)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

10.2020 – current
Researcher at the National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC), Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA)

2019 – current
Adjunct professor (professore a contratto in alcuni semestri) at the University of Tours (France), Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR). Teaching subjects mainly related to ontology/Semantic Web modeling for cultural heritage

04.2019 – 08.2020
Research fellow at Le Studium, Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, Orleáns & Tours, France; and at CESR – Université de Tours, France

11.2017 – 11.2018
Post-doctoral researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) affiliated to the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N), École Centrale of Nantes, CNRS UMR 6004

07.2014 – 03.2017
PhD Student and research fellow (assegnista di ricerca) at the Italian National Research Council (CNR), affilitated to the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) within the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC);

07.2013 – 07.2014
PhD Student and research fellow (assegnista di ricerca) at the Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation (ITIA-CNR);

07.2011 – 07.2013
Research fellow (wiss. Mitarbeiter) at the Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science (IFOMIS), Saarland University, Germany

EDUCATION

07.2013 – 02.2017
Ph.D. at the Doctoral School in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), University of Trento (Italy), 29th cycle;
Thesis: Ontological Foundations for Feature-based Product Modelling (language: English).
Advisors: Stefano Borgo and Nicola Guarino;
Thesis Committee: Bob Young (Loughborough University, UK), Michael Grüninger (University of Toronto, Canada), Caterina Rizzi (University of Bergamo, Italy)

10.2010 – 11. 2012
M.A. in History of Philosophy, University of Catania, Italy.
Thesis: Formal Ontology: Philosophy, Logics and Computation (language: Italian).
Advisor: prof. Giovanni Camardi.

10.2006 – 03.2010
B.A. in Philosophy, University of Catania, Italy.
Thesis: Towards a Theory of Objects. An Introduction to Applied Ontology (language: Italian).
Advisor: prof. Giovanni Camardi.


PUBLICATIONS

JOURNALS

Borgo, S., Ferrario, R., Gangemi, A., Guarino, N., Masolo, C., Porello, D., Sanfilippo, E.M., & Vieu, L. (2022). DOLCE: A descriptive ontology for linguistic and cognitive engineering. Applied ontology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 45-69, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-210259

Sanfilippo, E.M., Ontologies for information entities: State of the art and open challenges, Applied ontology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 111-135, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-210246

Sanfilippo, E.M., Terkaj, W., and Borgo, S., Ontological modeling of manufacturing resources, Applied Ontology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 87-109, 2021 (link to IOS Press) (link to Research Gate)

Masolo, C. and Sanfilippo, E.M., Technical artefact theories: A comparative study and a new empirical approach.  IN: Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 11, Springer 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-020-00475-9

Sanfilippo, E.M., Kitamura, Y., Young, R.I.M., Formal Ontologies in Manufacturing. IN: Applied Ontology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 119-125, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-190209 

Sanfilippo, E.M., Belkadi, F., and Bernard, A., Ontology-based knowledge representation for additive manufacturing. IN: Computers in Industry, vol. 109, pp.182-194, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2019.03.006

Sanfilppo, E.M., Terkaj, W., Editorial: Formal Ontologies meet Industry, Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 28, Elsevier, 2019

Sanfilippo, E.M., Feature based product modeling. An ontological approach. IN: International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2018;
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2018.1497814

Sanfilippo, E.M. and Borgo, S., What are features? An ontology-based review of the literature, CAD journal, vol. 80, 2016, pp. 9-18
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2016.07.001

Boem F., Gaoussou C., Chuck E., Quattri F., Ratti E., Sanfilippo E.M., Sojic A. Diverse Perspective on Ontology: A joint Report on the First IAOA Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis. IN: Applied Ontology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 59-71, 2013 (pdf: Boem et al.))
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/AO-130121

Sanfilippo E. M., Review of: K. Munn/ B. Smith (Eds.), Applied Ontology. An Introduction, Ontos-Verlag, Frankfurt 2008, IN: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica Junior, 2:2 (2011)

BOOK CHAPTERS

Borgo S., Sanfilippo E.M., Sojic A., Terkaj W., Ontological Analysis and Engineering Standards: an Initial Study of IFC, in V. Ebrahimpour and S.Yacout (Eds.), Ontology Modeling in Physical Asset Integrity Management, Springer International Publishing, 2015

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS

2023

Sanfilippo, E. M., Sotgiu, A., Tomazzoli, G., Masolo, C., Porello, D., & Ferrario, R. (2023). Ontological Modeling of Scholarly Statements: A Case Study in Literary Criticism. In Formal Ontology in Information Systems (pp. 349-363). IOS Press.

Compagno, F., Borgo, S., Sanfilippo, E. M., & Terkaj, W. (2023). Manufacturing Resources, Capabilities, and Engineering Functions: Towards an Ontology-Based Integration. In Formal Ontology in Information Systems (pp. 272-287). IOS Press.

2022

Sanfilippo, E. M., & Freedman, R. (2022). Ontology for Analytic Claims in Music. IN: European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (pp. 559-571). Springer, Cham.

Terkaj, W., Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo, S. (2022). Ontology for Industrial Engineering: A DOLCE Compliant Approach. IN: Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop, CEUR Workshop Proceedings vol. 3240

2021

Borgo, S., Sanfilippo, E.M., Terkaj, W., Capabilities, Capacities, and Functionalities of Resources in Industrial Engineering. IN: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI) held within the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Compagno, F., Borgo, S., Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., Comparing Ontological Alternatives to Model Engineering Systems and Components. IN: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI) held within the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., Ferrario, R., Pierazzo, Elena, Texts, compositions, and works. A socio-cultural perspective on information artefacts. IN: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Foundational Ontologies (FOUST) held within the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Cristofaro, S., Sanfilippo, E.M., Sichera, P. Spampinato, D., Towards the representation of claims in ontologies for the digital humanities. IN: Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH), co-located with the Bolzano Summer of Knowledge 2021 (BOSK 2021), CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2949

Borgo, S., Compagno, N., Guarino, N., Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., An overview of some ontological challenges in engineering maintenance. IN: International workshop on Domain Ontologies for Research Data Management in Industry Commons of Materials and Manufacturing, June 2021

2020

Sanfilippo, E.M., Markhoff, B., Perrine, P., Ontological analysis and modularization of CIDOC-CRM. IN: Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS): Proceedings of the 11th International Conference (FOIS 2020), vol. 330, IOS Press, pp. 107-121

2019

Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo, S., Terkaj, W. Resources in manufacturing. IN: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI), CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2518, 2019

Guarino, N., Sanfilippo E.M. Characterizing IOF terms with the DOLCE and UFO ontologies. IN: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI), CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2518, 2019

Lamé, M., Pittet, P., Ponchio, F., Markhoff, B., Sanfilippo, E.M., Heterotoki: Non-structured and heterogeneous terminology alignment for Digital Humanities data producers. IN: CEUR workshop proceedings, vol. 2375, 2019

Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., Lamé, M., and Pittet, P. (2019). Modeling Concept Drift for Historical Research in the Digital Humanities. IN: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Ontologies for Digital Humanities and their Social Analysis (WODHSA). CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2518

Romero, F., Sanfilippo, E.M., Rosado, Borgo, S., Benavent, S., Feature in product engineering with single and variant design approaches. A comparative review. IN: Procedia Manufacturing 2019, vol. 41
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.09.016

Belkadi, F., Sanfilippo, E.M., Martinez, L., and Bernard, A. Towards a Conceptual Modeling Framework for Additive Manufacturing Knowledge Representation. IN: Proceedings of CAD 2019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14733/cadconfP.2019.142-146

Benavent, S., Rosado, P., Solano, L., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., How to restructure PPDRC and MIRC according to DOLCE. IN: Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 28, 2019, Pages 195-200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.12.032

2018

Sanfilippo, E.M., Jeanson, L., Belkadi, F., Laroche, F., Bernard, A., A foundational view on nominal and actual qualities in engineering. IN: Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS): Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (FOIS 2018), vol. 306, IOS Press, pp. 149-156

Sanfilippo, E. M., Ontological foundations for feature based modeling. Proceedings of the 28th CIRP Design Conference, Procedia CIRP 70 (2018), 174-179 (link)

Sanfilippo E.M., Why (computational) ontology matters. Proceedings o f the 7th Biennial Meeting ofthe Society of Philosophy of Science, 4-6 July, 2018, Nantes, France (to appear)

Sanfilippo E.M., Benavent, S., Borgo, S., Guarino, N., Romero, F., Rosado, P., Solano, L., Belkadi, F., Bernard, A., (2018), Modeling Manufacturing Resources: An Ontological Approach. IN: IFIP International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, Springer, Cham, pp. 304-313

Adamo, G., Borgo, S., Di Francescomarino, C., Ghidini, C., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., Business Process Model Activity Relationships: Is there anything beyond arrows? IN: Business Process Management Forum. BPM 2018. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 329, Springer, Cham, pp.53-70

Belkadi, F., Martinez, L.V., Bernard, A., Pei, E., Sanfilippo, E.M., Towards an unified additive manufacturing product-process model for digital chain management Purpose. IN: Procedia CIRP, vol. 70, 2018, pp. 428-433

Borgo, S. and Sanfilippo E.M., Components and interactions: Paving the way to model agent-based cyber-physical social systems (ACPSS). IN: Proceedings of the International Conference Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE), 7-11 May 2018, Gran Canarias, Spain

2017

Sanfilippo, E. M., Masolo, C., Ragni, M., Mandorli, F., The interplay between shape and feature representation. Proceedings of the International Workshop Shapes 4.0, The shape of Things, 2017, CEUR vol.2050 (pdf)

Adamo, G., Borgo, S., Di Francescomarino, C., Ghidini, C., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., Business process languages: An ontology-based perspective. Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI), 2017, CEUR vol.2050 (pdf)

Adamo, G., Borgo, S., Di Francescomarino, C., Ghidini, C., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., Business process participants: An ontology-based perspective. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2017), Springer, LNCS, vol.10640, 2017 (pdf)

Masolo, C. and Sanfilippo, E.M., Representing Types through Image Schemas and Patterns, Workshop on Cognition and Ontologies (CAOS) at the AISB Annual Convention, University of Bath (UK). See the AISB proceedings.

2016

Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., Porello, D., and Borgo, S., Features and components in product models. IN: Ferrario, R., and Kuhn, W. (Eds.), Formal Ontology in Information Systems. Proceedings of FOIS 2016, IOS, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 2016, pp. 227-240

2015

Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., Porello, D., Design knowledge representation. An ontological perspective. IN: Lisi, F. and Borgo, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence & Design, CEUR Workshop Proceedings vol-1473, 2015, pp. 41-54

Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo, S., Feature-based modelling and information systems for engineering. IN: Giovannelli, M., Lamma, E. and Riguzzi, F. (Eds.), Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings of AIXIA 2015, Springer, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 2015, pp. 151-163

Sanfilippo, E.M., Towards an ontological formalization of technical product for design and manufacturing. IN: Cuel, R. and Young, R.I.M., Formal Ontologies meet Industry, Proceedings FOMI 2015, Springer, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 225, 2015, pp.75-87 (pdf)

2014

Sanfilippo E.M., Borgo S., Masolo C., Events and activities: Is there an ontology behind BPMN?. IN: Garbacz, P. and Kutz, O. (Eds.), Formal Ontology in Information Systems, Proceedings of FOIS 2014, IOS, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 267, 2014, pp. 147-156

Borgo S., Sanfilippo E.M., Terkaj W., Towards an Ontological Grounding of IFC. IN: Rademaker, A. and Chaudhri, V. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry. Proceedings of FOMI 2014, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 1473, 2014, pp. 1-9

Sanfilippo E.M., Borgo S., Masolo C., Towards an Ontological Analysis of BPMN. IN: Nalepa, G. and Baumeister, J. (Eds.), Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering, Proceedings of KESE 2014, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 1289, 2014, pp. 1-6

2013

Schwarz U., Stenzhorn H., Koleva N., Schneider L., Sanfilippo E.M., A Method for Semi-Automatic Extension of a Middle-Layer Ontology, Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO), July, 6-12, 2013, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Schwarz U., Schneider L., Sanfilippo E.M., Stenzhorn H., Koleva N., Health Data Ontology Trunk: A middle-layer ontology for health care. Bio-Ontology SIG 2013, 21st Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, 12th European Conference on Computational Biology, July, 21-23, 2013, Berlin, Gemany,

2012

Sanfilippo E. M., Schwarz U., Schneider L., The Health Data Ontology Trunk (HDOT). Towards an ontological representation of cancer-related knowledge. Proceedings of the 5th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation, The TUMOR Project Workshop, October, 22-23, 2012, Athens

POSTERS

Sanfilippo E.M, Ontology-based Product Modelling. Poster presentation at the Early Career Symposium of the 8th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2014), September, 22-25 , 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sanfilippo E.M. et al., An ontology for the protection of animals in scientific investigations. Poster presentation at the satellite meeting Bio-Ontology SIG 2013, 21st Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, 12th European Conference on Computational Biology, July, 21-23, 2013, Berlin, Germany

SPECIAL ISSUES IN JOURNALS

Bahar, A., Terkaj, W., Poveda-Villalón, M., Sanfilippo E.M, Semantic Web for Industrial Engineering: Research and Applications. Special issue of the Semantic Web journal (to be published soon, early 2024)

Sanfilippo, E.M., Kitamura, Y., Young, R.I.M. (Eds.), Formal ontologies in manufacturing. Special issue of the Applied Ontology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp.119-197, 201

EDITED VOLUMES

Sanfilippo, E.M.  et al. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop, CEUR Workshop Proceedings vol. 3240, 2022

Sanfilippo, E.M.  et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Sanfilippo, E.M., Terkaj, W. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop, within the Proceedings of the International Conference Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production (CARV), Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 28, Elsevier, 2018

Sanfilippo, E.M., Daniele, L., Colombo, G. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop, within the Proceedings of the Joint Ontology Workshops 2017 Episode 3: The Tyrolean Autumn of Ontology, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 2050, 2017

EVENTS ORGANISATION

FOIS 2024 Journal-First Track – Co-chair (with Adrien Barton), at FOIS 2024, 8-9 July 2024 (online) and 15-19 July 2024 (Enschede, Netherlands)

JOWO 2023 – Workshops and tutorials co-chair (with Megan Katsumi), 19-20 July 2023, Sherbrooke, Canada

FOMI 2022 – Co-Chair (with Hedi Karray, Arkopaul Sarkar, Dimitris Kiritsis) 12th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry, 12-15 September 2022, Tarbes, France

FOUST 2021 – Co-Chair (with Tiago Sales) of the 5th International Workshop on Foundational Ontologies, at JOWO 2021, 13 September 2021, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

FAIR Heritage: Digital Methods, Scholarly Editing and Tools for Cultural and Natural Heritage- Co-Chair (with Xavier Rodier), 17-18 June 2020, online event (due to Covid-19 pandemic)

WODHSA 2019 – Co-Chair (with Roberta Ferrario and Marianna Nicolosi-Asmundo) of the 1st International Workshop on Ontologies for Digital Humanities and their Social Analysis, at JOWO 2019, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Workshop on The Quotable Musical Text in a Digital Age: Modeling Complexity in the Renaissance and Today, co-chair with Freedman, R., Viglianti, R., Fiala, D., and Besson, V. at the Music Encoding Initiative Conference, Wien, Austria, 2019

FOMI 2018 – Co-Chair (with Walter Terkaj, CNR-STIIMA) of the 9th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry within the CARV conference, 9 October 2018, Nantes (see proceedings – Procedia Manufacturing vol. 28; see FOMI Editorial)

Early Career Symposium (ECS; co-chair with Maria Hedblom and Zubeida Khan) at FOIS 2018 – 10th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, 17-21 September 2018, Cape Town, South Africa

FOMI 2017 – Co-chair (with Laura Daniele, TNO, and Giorgio Colombo, Politecnico di Milano) of the 8th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry, at JOWO 2017, 21-23 September 2017, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

09-2020 – current
CRIM – Citations: The Renaissance Imitation Mass Project

09-2020 – current
OntoCommons – Ontology-Driven data documentation for industry commons , H2020 CSA

04.2019 – 08-2020
Heritage(S) Platform for the management and integration of heterogeneous data on natural and cultural heritage, at ARD Intelligence des Patrimoines

11.2017 – 11.2018
SOFIA – SOlutions pour la Fabrication Industrielle Additive métallique, at LS2N

01.2016 – 03.2017
Knowledge-Aware Operational Support (KAOS), funded by European Region Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino, at LOA-ISTC-CNR

01.2014 – 01.2015
Product and Process Co-Evolution Management via Modular Pallet configuration (Pro2Evo), Progetto Bandiera “La Fabbrica del Futuro Piattaforma Manifatturiera Nazionale”, at LOA-ISTC-CNR and ITIA-CNR

07.2011 – 07.2013
p-medicine, European Community’s 7th Framework Program,
at IFOMIS (WP4, Standardisation, Semantic Interoperability and Data Integration)

11.2011- 03.2012
Erstellung einer Ontologie zur Klassifizierung des Schweregrades vonTierversuchsverfahren gemäß Anhang VIII der Europäischen Richtlinie 2010/63/EU (Development of an ontology for the classification of severity in animal procedures according to the European Directive 2010/63/EU), Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR), at IFOMIS

AWARDS

2015-2016, AI*IA Grant supporting a two-month visiting at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University (prof. Bob Young)

2015, AI*IA Grant for attending the 14th Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence

2014, AI*IA Grant for attending the International Workshop on Design Semantics

2010-2011, Erasmus fellowship, University of Catania

INVITED TALKS

Ontology for Music. Invited lecture at Haverford College within the course Encoding Music by prof. Richard Freedman, Philadelphia, USA, 21 September 2022

Ontology engineering meets geology. Invited talk at: Knowledge’s frontiers in water unsaturated hydrogeosystems: interface dynamics, heterogeneities & couplings, BRGM Órleans, 27-28 June 2019

LANGUAGES

Italian: mother language
English: fluent (both writing and speaking)
Spanish: fluent (speaking), intermediate (writing)
German: intermediate (DSH II; both writing and speaking, although French is conquering my neurons nowadays)
French: beginner (both writing and speaking; just give me some time..)

SPARE TIME INTERESTS

Reading, Rock climbing, Biking, Hiking, Wine tasting

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