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Giorgio De Michelis is full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Milano - Bicocca, where he has served as Head of the Department of Informatics, Systems and Communications from 2002 to 2007. His research focuses on models of concurrent systems (Petri Nets), and computer supported cooperative work, community-ware, knowledge management and interaction design. Giorgio De Michelis has created in 2008 Itsme, a spin-off of the University of Milano - Bicocca, devoted to the design and construction of a newly conceived Linux-based operating system for workstation. In 2011, MIT Press published “Design Things” by A. Telier (pseudonym of T. Binder, G. De Michelis, P. Ehn, G. Jacucci, P. Linde and I. Wagner).