Nicoletta Sala

Sala Nicoletta received the degree in Physics (“Laurea”), applied cybernetics, at the University of Milan (Italy). Ph.D. in Communication Science at Università della Svizzera italiana of Lugano (USI, Lugano, Switzerland). Postgraduates (two years for each) in :"Didactics of the communication and multimedia technologies" and "Journalism and mass media". She is professor in Information Technology and in Electronics and she teaches at University of Lugano (Mendrisio, Switzerland). She is founder and co-editor of Chaos and Complexity Letters International Journal of Dynamical System Research (Nova Science, New York). Her research interests concern various scientific topics from an interdisciplinary point of view and comprise the following areas: Fractal Geometry and Complexity; Mathematics in Arts, Architecture and Industrial Design; New media and IT in the learning environments; Virtual Reality in education. She has authored 20 mathematics and information technology books, and edited 10 others. She has written 300 scientific papers.

Publications

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality in Education: A Brief Overview
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality in Education: A Brief Overview
Nicoletta Sala. © 2021. 26 pages.
Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) are three different technologies developed in the last decades of the 20th century. They combine hardware and...
Virtual Reality and Education: Overview Across Different Disciplines
Virtual Reality and Education: Overview Across Different Disciplines
Nicoletta Melida Sala. © 2018. 26 pages.
Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which combines hardware and software solutions. It permits to create three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds and virtual objects. This chapter...
Virtual Reality and Education: Overview Across Different Disciplines
Virtual Reality and Education: Overview Across Different Disciplines
Nicoletta Melida Sala. © 2016. 25 pages.
Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which combines hardware and software solutions. It permits to create three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds and virtual objects. This chapter...
Complexity Science, Living Systems, and Reflexing Interfaces: New Models and Perspectives
Complexity Science, Living Systems, and Reflexing Interfaces: New Models and Perspectives
Franco Orsucci, Nicoletta Sala. © 2013. 466 pages.
There are new and important advancements in today’s complexity theories in ICT and requires an extraordinary perspective on the interaction between living systems and information...
The Residence Time of the Water in Lake MAGGIORE. Through an Eulerian-Lagrangian Approach
The Residence Time of the Water in Lake MAGGIORE. Through an Eulerian-Lagrangian Approach
Leonardo Castellano, Nicoletta Sala, Angelo Rolla, Walter Ambrosetti. © 2013. 17 pages.
This chapter describes a study designed to evaluate the spectrum of the residence time of the water at different depths of a deep lake, and to examine the mechanisms governing...
Fractals, Computer Science and Beyond
Fractals, Computer Science and Beyond
Nicoletta Sala. © 2013. 24 pages.
In the modelling of the natural shapes (clouds, ferns, trees, shells, rivers, mountains), the limits imposed by Euclidean geometry can be exceeded by the fractals. Fractal...
Applications of Virtual Reality Technologies in Architecture and in Engineering
Applications of Virtual Reality Technologies in Architecture and in Engineering
Nicoletta Sala. © 2013. 11 pages.
Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which permits to create virtual objects and 3D virtual worlds which are hosted on the computer’s memories. It is indispensable in critical...
Virtual Reality in Architecture, in Engineering and Beyond
Virtual Reality in Architecture, in Engineering and Beyond
Nicoletta Sala. © 2012. 10 pages.
Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology which has various application fields (from video games to psychiatry). It is indispensable in critical simulation, for instance in military...
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education and Beyond
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education and Beyond
Nicoletta Sala. © 2009. 6 pages.
The rapid evolution of digital, networked multimedia technology such as the Internet, e-mail, and computer based and video conferencing can open new educational opportunities....
Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments in Education
Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments in Education
Nicoletta Sala. © 2009. 6 pages.
Virtual reality (2007), or VR, is defined in the Encyclopædia Britannica as: the use of computer modeling and simulation that enables a person to interact with an artificial...
Fractal Geometry and Computer Science
Fractal Geometry and Computer Science
Nicoletta Sala. © 2009. 20 pages.
Fractal geometry can help us to describe the shapes in nature (e.g., ferns, trees, seashells, rivers, mountains) exceeding the limits imposed by Euclidean geometry. Fractal...
Reflexing Interfaces: The Complex Coevolution of Information Technology Ecosystems
Reflexing Interfaces: The Complex Coevolution of Information Technology Ecosystems
Franco F. Orsucci, Nicoletta Sala. © 2008. 432 pages.
Information and communication technologies are increasingly prolific worldwide, exposing the issues and challenges of the assimilation of existing living environments to the...
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education
Nicoletta Sala. © 2008. 7 pages.
The rapid development of digital, networked multimedia technology such as the Internet, e-mail and computer-based and video conferencing can open new educational opportunities....
About the Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the Framework of Physical Limnological Studies on a Great Lake
About the Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the Framework of Physical Limnological Studies on a Great Lake
Leonardo Castellano, Walter Ambrosetti, Nicoletta Sala. © 2008. 21 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to discuss how far computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is currently able to simulate the limnological physics of a complex natural body of water. The...
Fractal Geometry and Computer Science
Fractal Geometry and Computer Science
Nicoletta Sala. © 2008. 21 pages.
Fractal geometry can help us to describe the shapes in nature (e.g., ferns, trees, seashells, rivers, mountains) exceeding the limits imposed by Euclidean geometry. Fractal...
Cooperative Learning and ICT
Cooperative Learning and ICT
Nicoletta Sala. © 2006. 18 pages.
ICT can promote the cooperative learning that is a teaching strategy where small teams, each composed by students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning...
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education
Nicoletta Sala. © 2005. 6 pages.
The rapid development of digital, networked multimedia technology such as the Internet, e-mail and computer-based and video conferencing can open new educational opportunities....
Learning-by-Doing Strategy Using ITC
Learning-by-Doing Strategy Using ITC
Nicoletta Sala. © 2005. 12 pages.
The use of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in the learning process can help the constructivist theory because it is possible to build a “learning by doing”...
Virtual Reality, Telemedicine, and Beyond: Some Examples
Virtual Reality, Telemedicine, and Beyond: Some Examples
Franco Orsucci, Nicoletta Sala. © 2005. 9 pages.
This chapter introduces virtual reality and telemedicine as instruments inserted in a path of medicine. It argues that virtual reality, combined with communication technologies...
Virtual Reality in Education
Virtual Reality in Education
Nicoletta Sala, Massimo Sala. © 2005. 10 pages.
This chapter introduces the technology of virtual reality as an educational tool. It argues that virtual reality, combined with multimedia technologies and in support of...
A Survey of Distance Education Challenges and Technologies
A Survey of Distance Education Challenges and Technologies
Timothy K. Shih, Giani D. Antoni, Timothy Arndt, Asirvatham Asirvatham, Ching-Tao Chang, Yam S. Chee, Chyi-Ren Dow, Jason C. Hung, Qun Jin, Insung Jung, Hong V. Leong, Sheng-Tun Li, Fuhua Lin, Jonathan Liu, Nicoletta Sala, Ying-Hong Wang. © 2003. 20 pages.
Distance education, e-learning, and virtual university are similar terms for a trend of modern education. It is an integration of information technologies, computer hardware...
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education and Virtual University: Some Examples
Hypermedia Modules for Distance Education and Virtual University: Some Examples
Nicoletta Sala. © 2003. 18 pages.
The explosive growth of the Internet and the convergence of information and communication technology is opening up new educational opportunities. In fact, the rapid development...