My turn

Hello everybody! My name is Enrico. I am 26 years old. I am a first year PhD student in computer science at the University of Verona. Last September I attended a Summer School about automatic software verification in Elba island. There was a lot of people from all over the world (even China and Argentina) and most of them felt comfortable in speaking English even though it was not their native language. Unfortunately, this was not my case, so I could realize how much I needed to improve my English. Furthermore, next year I will probably be in Arizona (US), to work together with some guys involved in the same topics faced by my Italian research group. Hence, I would like to improve my English. For those who may be interested, like Cristiano perhaps, just let me say that our research field concerns how to embed secret messages within computer programs; in other words, we are trying to create a digital counterpart of the watermarks usually embedded in banknotes. I like my job, even if it is hard. You are free to decide what to do, but then you are also responsible of doing it. So you must be careful! I have learnt that friends and workmates can be of great help in this job.
In my spare time I practice some sports. I am not a great swimmer, but I like water a lot and once a week I go to the swimming pool; my favourite style is breaststroke. When it is hot, I sometimes go jogging early in the morning and I cycle with some friends. I like classical music and the sound of human voice, especially those of some female singers. I sing in a polyphonic choir of Verona, which performs sacred, secular and folkloristic music. I like reading books, although I always do it late in the evening. I like keeping in touch with people, in particular with some good old friends.

Enrico