Daniele Marini graduated in Physics in 1972 and is currently retired. He has been Professor of Computer Science at the University of Milan and the Polytechnic University of Milan until 2014. He pioneered computer graphics research in Italy, educating and founding a start-up company in 1980 (led until 1989) to offer computer animation services. His research field encompasses digital imaging, virtual reality, colour processing and colour perception. He published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and conference communications. He is life Member of IEEE and Member and Fellow of IS&T.
In 2016, he presented a novel approach to visual rendering of astro-photographs and, in the last years, he published several articles on astronomical photography.
His commitment with cultural events is set back in 1995, when he co-designed the first web site of Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 1998 he was a consultant of Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica in Milan, the largest science and technology museum in Italy. From 1997 to 2000 was curator of the multimedia activities at the Triennale in Milan. From 2020 to 2021 he built a mechanical planetarium, and received an award from Orologiko, the Italian forum of horological experts.
He is a Member of: CAT - Circolo Astrofili di Trezzano; SIC - Scientific Instruments Commission; Amici di Hora - Associazione Italiana Cultori di Orologeria Antica; and the British Horological Institute.