Paolo Magrassi is an Italian technologist known as one of the authors of the Supranet concept, the co-creator of the AlphaIC methodology for assessing the value of

information technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

expenditures, and the manager of the Pontifex project, which in the mid-1980s introduced a novel approach to complex fleet scheduling. In the early 2000s, Magrassi also was instrumental in introducing to the industrial and business world then-emerging miniature

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When tri ...

and

internet of things Internet of things (IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks. The IoT encompasse ...

technologies such as those proposed by the

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

's Auto-ID Center.P.Magrassi, "A World Of Smart Objects: The Role Of Auto Identification Technologies", Strategic Analysis Report,

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, Stamford (CT), USA, 2001. He also published several books, including ''The Caricature Of A Revolution'' (2012), ''Digitalmente confusi'' (2011), ''La good-enough society'' (2010), ''Difendersi dalla complessità'' (2009), ''Il filo conduttore '' (2006), ''2015 Weekend nel futuro'' (2005), ''A World Of Smart Objects'' (2002).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magrassi, Paolo Living people People in information technology 1954 births 21st-century Italian scientists